Vithya's Cook Book

Besan ladoo / Boondi ladoo Ingredients: Besan flour / gram flour 1.2 cup Baking soda / powder 1/4 tsp Oil for deep frying Sugar 1.5 cup Cloves 5-6 Cardomom 5-6  Rose essence 1/4 tsp ( optional) Raisins / dry grapes 15-20pcs Directions:  Take a full cup of besan flour / gram flour  Add some cooking soda / baking powder  Mix well. Add water and stir Add more water and mix well  The batter should not be very thick  Now the batter is watery so I'm adding 2 spoonful flour  Now the batter consistency is perfect  Meanwhile heat up oil in a flat kadai for deep frying. Once is hot enough just pour one drop of batter in hot oil.  If it's suddenly raises then it's good. You can continue pouring the batter using holed spatula  Pour the batter on top of holed spatula and move it slowly  Leave it only for 2-3 seconds in hot oil, just stir 2 seconds and remove all the Boondi else the Boo...

Pal payasam / Rice payasam/ Rice kheer Recipe Ingredients: Milk/pal 1 litre Cardomom/ elakai/ elaichi 4-5 PC's Rice / arisi 1 cup Saffron (optional) Directions:  Boil 1 litre of milk and simmer it for 15 minutes to get thick consistency  Soak a cup of rice for 10 minutes ( any rice of your choice, it can be basmati/ jeera Samba/ raw rice)  I'm taking a cup of raw rice and pressure cook it for about 2-3 whistles.. rice should not be in a mashy consistency.  Take 4-5 cardomoms and ground it  Add the cardomoms to the boiling milk  Take a cup of sugar.. If you are adding 1/2 cup rice then take 1/2 cup sugar  Add sugar, cooked rice, and I'm adding a pinch of turmeric powder, if you have saffron you can add saffron..  Allow it to cook for 10 more minutes.  You will get a nice colour of your pal payasam.. make sure you are cooking in a low flame. Finally after an hour our pal payasam is ready😀 ...