PORI URUNDAI/PUFFED RICE BALLS RECIPE-WITH VIDEO - KARTHIGAI DEEPAM RECIPE1

PORI URUNDAI/PUFFED RICE BALLS - KARTHIGAI DEEPAM RECIPE

PORI URUNDAI/PUFFED RICE BALL is one of the healthy tasty traditional sweet. Actually there are variety of pori like aval pori, nel pori., During the thiru karthigai festival simple sweetened pori (without making balls) or pori urundai will be offered to god. 

It is nothing but the sweetened puffed rice shaped into balls. Actually to get the crunchy balls is in the making of jaggery syrup.

In our house this puffed rice (Pori) is very common snack and we will always having this in hand. Everyone in our family likes even the simple raw puffed rice very much. So no need to say how much this pori urundai is favourite to usJ.

Actually I am having a sweet child hood memory about pori. My native is a village, there one person usually comes weekly twice or thrice to sell the pori.

He will sing some rhyming lines to attract the kids even eldersJ, like

“Pori pori soodaana pori pillaigal sari endru sappidum pori pori “ J.

Whenever I think about or eats pori this lines will comes to my mind instantly J

Ok now coming to the recipe.
VIDEO RECIPE:

PORI URUNDAI(PUFFED RICE BALLS)

RECIPE TYPE: SWEET | CUISINE: SOUTH INDIAN |

YIELDS: 20 TO 22 MEDIUM SIZED BALLS|PREPARATION TIME: 5 MIN |

COOKING TIME: 15 MIN

                                                   

METHOD:

Firstly dry roast the sesame seeds for few minutes till it splutter and set aside.

In a heavy bottomed pan add jaggery and water and allow it to boil.

Once the jaggery got dissolved add the cardamom powder and mix.

Once the jaggery syrup gets thicken, check for the right stage. Ie., if you pour one or two drop of syrup in water you can able to make a nice ball with it. That is the perfect stage.

For me after 10 minute (approx.) got the right stage.

Once attained the right stage switch off the heat and then add the roasted gram, sesame seeds, and puffed rice and mix well.

In the mean time it gets cooled little bit. Grease your hands with ghee to avoid sticking and make small or medium sized balls as per your wish.

To make the balls in easy way, just take a portion of prepared puffed rice in a small tiffin plate and rotate the plate in circular motion, it will make the pori to stick together and becomes a whole mass. Then make it into perfect round balls by pressing with the hand.(Refer Video)

Store in a airtight box to retain its crispiness.

NOTES:

Actually the retension of crispiness is in the making of jaggery syrup. You should be able to make nice ball out of the jaggery syrup.

If  you add the puffed rice before reaching the right consistency, the balls becomes soggy.

Or if you missed the right stage and over boiled the syrup, you cannot make balls out of that and can eat as it is.

Use good quality jaggery better to use paagu vellam/urundai vellam to get nice colour and to make balls.

 You can add little dry ginger powder also in the jaggery syrup.

In the end if puffed rice becomes dry reheat it for few seconds and make the balls.

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EGG-LESS CHOCOLATE BROWNIE RECIPE-WITH VIDEO

EGG-LESS CHOCOLATE BROWNIE RECIPE

I have tried few brownie recipes before but somehow not satisfied. This egg less version of walnut brownie recipe satisfied me both in texture and taste. It is really a yummy brownie that you can serve along with evening tea or coffee, or even as dessert topped with a scoop of ice-cream of your choice.

As it is in between of cakey and fudge texture we liked it most and definitely it is a keeper recipe.

Actually I had some unsweetened cooking chocolates in hand, so used that to make this brownie. I referred the egg less brownie recipe in Gayathris cookspot,but modified some ingredients and measurements.

OK, now coming to the recipe.
VIDEO RECIPE:

EGG-LESS CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

RECIPE TYPE: DESSERT | CUISINE: CONTINENTAL |

YIELDS: 10 TO 12 PIECES|PREPARATION TIME: 15 MIN | COOKING TIME: 35 TO 40 MIN

                   

                                                                                    

METHOD:

Preheat the oven for 10 minutes @ 180 ° C. Grease an 8” baking tin using oil and sprinkle some flour on the pan, or line it with a parchment paper.

Mix the baking soda and flour together and keep aside.

In a bowl add the chopped chocolate and butter and heat in double boiler method.

Double boiler method:

Take water in a bowl and allow it to boil. On the top place another bowl and add the chocolates and butter and stir continuously till the chocolates gets melt completely. Take care that the bowl should not touch the water level.

Once the chocolate and butter gets melted completely, add the cocoa powder and vanilla essence and mix.

Add the curd, half of the milk and sugar and mix well.

Sieve the flour and soda mixture to the wet mixture. Mix well.Then add the remaining milk and mix.

Pour into the prepared pan and sprinkle some chopped walnuts on the top and press slightly.

Bake until the inserted toothpick  comes out clean or comes with little crumbs.

For me it took 35 minutes to get it done. But baking time may vary on the oven. So check after 30 minutes.

Invert and Cool down in a wire rack. After completely cooled down remove the parchment paper (if used) and cut into pieces.

Serve with tea/coffee or with a scoop of any ice-cream on the top as dessert.

NOTES:

• You can replace the unsweetened chocolate with semi sweet chocolate chips.
• You can use sour cream instead of curd.
• Actually original recipe called for ¼ cup milk only, but I felt my final mixture is too thick because of my thick curd, so I have added ¼ cup more milk. So the additional ¼ cup milk is purely optional.
• You can use any nuts individually or mixed on the top.
• Cool the cake completely before cut into pieces to get neat and clean pieces.

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MICROWAVE APPLE BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE/CRISP

MICROWAVE APPLE BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE/CRISP

Apple blueberry crumble/crisp is a delicious dessert having apple and blueberry layer in the bottom and topped with cinnamon flavored oats.

Generally the crumble or crisp can be made in savory or sweet version, fruits like apple, pears, berries, peach, plums are commonly used in making crumbles.

 In this recipe I have used apples and blue berry flavored with cinnamon.

As I have used mainly whole Oats and brown sugar, it is healthy also.

Ok now coming to the recipe.

APPLE BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE

RECIPE TYPE: DESSERT | CUISINE: CONTINENTAL |

YIELDS: 2 PERSONS|PREPARATION TIME: 5 MIN | COOKING TIME: 1 1/2 MIN

                               

                                                                        

METHOD:

Keep the ingredients ready. Chop the apples into small pieces.

In a microwave safe bowl add the chopped apples and blueberries.

Mix the date’s syrup and ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder and toss well.

In a separate bowl add the oats, flour, remaining cinnamon powder and brown sugar. Mix well.

Sprinkle the oats flour mixture on the top of the fruits.

Place few blueberries on the top and keep in microwave high for 1 ½ minutes.

Once blue berries on the top, cooked and juice is coming out it means the crisp is ready.

Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or any of your choice. It tastes even with whipped cream also.

NOTES:

For me it got ready at 1 /2 minutes. If it is not getting ready in mentioned time, microwave for 30 more seconds.

You can add a pinch of nutmeg powder and crushed ginger.

You can replace the all purpose flour with almond meal.

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MICROWAVE ALMOND PRALINES - CHEWY BADAM CANDY COOKED IN MICROWAVE

MICROWAVE ALMOND PRALINES-CHEWY BADAM CANDY

Almond pralines are a chewy sweet which can be made in a jiffy. Generally pralines are the sweets which are made using nuts, sugar and cream. In this recipe I have used Almonds and brown sugar.

It definitely tastes delicious. In simple it is almost like our ground nut chikki(kadalai mittaai in tamil)

Ok now coming to the recipe.

MICROWAVE ALMOND PRALINES

RECIPE TYPE: SWEET/CONFECTIONARY | CUISINE: CONTINENTAL |

YIELDS: 13 MEDIUM PIECES |PREPARATION TIME: 5 MIN | COOKING TIME: 3 MIN

                               

                                                                         

METHOD:

Dry Roast the almonds in medium heat till it becomes crunchier or bake in preheated oven for 3 to 5 minutes.

Chop the roasted almonds in to pieces. (I just chopped an almond into 2 halves)

In a microwave safe bowl add the almonds, butter, cream, brown sugar and salt.

Mix everything well. Microwave the prepared mixture in high for 3 minutes.

Stir two times in between. After 3 minutes remove from microwave and add vanilla extracts and mix well. Stir well for 1 minute.

Then on a greased parchment paper drop a heaped teaspoon of mixture as small portions and allow it to cool.

After cooled down the candy will becomes stiff and store it in a airtight container.

NOTES:

• If the mixture is too runny wait for 1 minutes, if it is still thin then microwave for 30 more seconds.
• If the mixture becomes too stiff add a teaspoon of hot water and try.
• While cooking in microwave stir 2 times in between other the mixture will become so hard.
• For me mixture got ready in 3 minutes. But the timing may vary on different microwaves. So don’t forget to check in between.

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