Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

hello nga vs.....thank you for instant pictures :-)

I will look for both in indian super markets or health food stores.....ilaati adutha murai india pogumbothu vaangitu vanthida vendiyathu thaan....;-)

K, looks like ur inbox is full... pls clear some of the msgs...

kugan, so nice of u. the spread is so tempting. can u post the receipe for the cake and instant halwa.

Thanks Suvai, my helper is from India.
We have about 10 workers with us.
All stay in the top floor of our store.
One more worker is from Sri Lanka.
The rest are all Malaysians, the beauty is only this worker has become a vegetarian like us.
So he eats in our house. The rest all will have their meals out.
We are really gifted to have him as our helper.
Thanks Suvai. Take care, Kugan

Dear Crazy, thanks for your nice mail.
Even though I am from India, I hate cooking rice in a pressure cooker.
Normally these types of pulao's are cooked in rice cooker, or
I will do like "kalantha saatham.
As for this tomato pulao, I cooked the rice and strained it.
Then I did the tomato goju, and mixed the rice.
Thanks, Take care, Kugan

Thanks V-S for your nice recipe and the pictures.
Give our thanks to your Mrs. for the recipe.
I will surely try out your recipe and give the feed back.
Thanks again. Kugan

Sorry, Dev, did not notice that the box was full.
I have deleted some messages.
Thanks, Kugan

Dear Selviem, thanks for your nice pm.
I will soon post the recipes for you.
Please take care of your health.
Thanks, Kugan

Dear Selvieam , here is the halwa recipe for you.
Enjoy, thanks Kugan



INSTANT HALWA

Ingredients:

1 cup corn flour
3/4 cup sugar
4 cups of water
1 tbs chopped roasted cashew nuts
2 tbs ghee
Little cardamom powder
Little food colouring

Method:

In a bowl, mix the corn flour, water, sugar.
See that there are no lumps.
Add in the roasted cashew nuts, cardamom powder and food colouring.
Mix every thing nicely.

Now pour the mixture in a non-stick pan.
Put the pan on the stove, only then you light your stove.
Keep on stirring, on a low flame till the mixture thickens.
You can see bubbles at the sides of the cooking pan.

This halwa, will not leave the sides and roll into ball like the normal halwa.
Add in the ghee, you can add a bit more if you like.
Pour the mixture into a greased plate.
Let it cool nicely, or you can keep it in the fridge for some time.

Now you can slice it according to your wish.
Even though, this halwa cannot be equal to our origional halwa.
The taste is good for a quick halwa.


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Here is the cake recipe for you Selvieam.
You can do it in a jiffy, if you have the ingredients ready.
Thanks, Kugan.


EGGLESS CUSTARD CAKE

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
1 ¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda

1 ½ cup of milk
¾ cup of caster sugar
1/3 cup of custard flour
100 grms of softened butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
½ cup chopped almonds

Method:
Grease a 7 inch baking pan, line with a parchment paper.
Heat oven to 150 degrees C.

Sieve together the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a mixing bowl.
Heat the milk, in a pan, when it is hot enough, add in the sugar.
Once the sugar is dissolved, remove and allow to cool to room temperature.
Add in the custard powder and mix well.

Now add in the butter, and mix do not worry if the mixture is lumpy.
Now add the milk mixture to the flour mixture, and mix well.
Do not over beat the mixture, add in the vanilla essence, and nuts.
Just fold the mixture and pour it into the greased baking pan.

Bake for about 40 minutes or till a cake tester comes out clean.
Or till the cake is cooked. Remove and rest for 10 minutes,
Before removing the greased paper, cool on a rack till well cooled.
You can ice the cake, or just have it like that.


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