454: Pongal Recipes

Pongal Recipes

Pongal is a harvest festival - the Tamil equivalent of Thanksgiving. In an agriculture based civilization the harvest plays an important part.
The best of South Indian dishes are relished during the harvest festival of Pongal making the occasion a gourmet's delight. To help you participate in Pongal and zestfully enjoy the festival here are some selected Pongal Recipes. Try these popular recipes with love and share the dish with family and friends and have a blast this Pongal!!

Pongal Recipes are here

http://sadhanakitchen.blogspot.com/2013/01/pongal.html

Let’s celebrate the Pongal, welfare to spread and delight to sunshine in our lives.

453: Maladu/ Ma Ladoo with New year wishes

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 

• Every end marks a new beginning. Keep your spirits and determination unshaken, and you shall always walk the glory road. With courage, faith and great effort, you shall achieve everything you desire. I wish you a very Happy New Year.

Maladus are very popular in Tamil Nadu. Call it a cousin of the Besan ladoo!!  Maladu is made from roasted chutney dhal (Pottukadalai).  This is very tasty sweet and easy to make.

Ingredients:

Roast gram dal / Dariya Dal / Pori Kadala   1 cup                    .

Sugar                                                      ¾ cup

Cashew nuts                                            2 Tbsp.

Ghee                                                       1  cup (you may not need it all)

Powdered cardamom                                1 Tsp

Method:

• Take a nonstick pan, roast the roasted gram. Just roast till it is aromatic. Do not allow it to change color.
• Powder, the dal, cardamom and sugar fine separately.
• Roast the cashew in a 1 tsp of ghee and add this to the mixture.
• Melt the ghee. Pour this over the mixture and mix well.
• It might form lumps. Mix it gently with your hands and break them.
• As it is still warm, start making small balls out of it.
• Store it in an airtight container for a couple of weeks.

Tip: 

• You can make the powders and store them separately to whip this up even more quickly.  

452: 5th Anniversary

Today marks the five year anniversary of My “ Madappalli” Blog .Can you believe that?! I cannot believe five years flew so fast. The number of visitors to my blog is constantly increasing and it’s always fun to see where they live.  I have regular world-wide visitors from about 100 countries.

I really just wanted to say thank you to all of my amazing followers and friends who have been with me on this journey! It has been an exciting journey and without your support it won’t be possible. Your each and every word made me happy and encouraged me so far. I hope you all will support me in my journey for further years .Thank you for the Five remarkable years of warmth, friendship, and support.

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