SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

Pulses    * Split beans    * Thuvar Dal    * Chickpea    * Horse gram    * Black eyed pea    * Masoor Dal    * Mung Dal    * Sesame    * Kidney Beans    * Urad Dal    * Peas

Spices:   * Dry Ginger   * Cardamom   * Cinnamon   * Turmeric   * Coriander seeds (Dhaniya)   * Red Chilly Powder   * Asafodeita   * Cumin seeds   * Fennel seeds   * Black Pepper   * Cloves   * Fenugreek seeds   * Mustard seeds   * Nutmeg   * Mace   * Star Anise

A kheer or payasam is always a relishing dessert. Dry fruits kheer is another wonderful dessert which every one will like more. It is also a healthy one. Ingredients: Dry fruits powder mix - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 cup Milk - 2 cups Water - 1/2 cup Cashew sliced - 8 nos Badam sliced - 8 nos Safron strands - a ew Condensed milk - 1/2 tin Method: Warm the water and mix the powder in it to make a paste. Ensure no lumps are formed. Boil milk and add sugar to it. Mix well. Add the powder paste to the boiling milk. Mix well and keep stirring ensure no lumps are formed and no burning at the bottom happens. When the kheer thickens remove from flame and transfer to a serving bowl immediately. Add condensed milk to it and mix well. Decorate it with sliced Cashew nuts and Badam. Can be served hot or chilled. 

Any kheer or payasam is always a welcome dish when it comes to a festival or party. Ingredients: Cashew nuts - 1 cup Badam - 1 cup (soak and deskin) Cardamom - 8 nos Ground nut - 1 cup (deskinned) Dry grapes - 1 cup Walnut - 1/2 cup Method: Dry roast cashew, badam and ground nut one by one in a pan. It should be roasted in low flame. Grind it together with cardamom, dry grapes and walnut. Add 2 spoons of this powder to 1 cup of warm milk along with a spoon of sugar. This is a very good health drink. A spoon of this powder can be added to a cup of corn flakes and milk.

I have already posted Rawa Kesari in traditional method. After learning the OPOS method, I tried it so many times, and my hard anodised cooker never failed to give me a hand. Ingredients: Double roasted rawa - 1 cup Ghee - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1 1/2 cup Water - 4 cups Food colour - 1/2 tsp Roasted Cashew Nuts - 10 nos Method: Mix water, sugar, 2 tbsp ghee and food colour in a pressure cooker and cook for 1 whistle. Lift weight to release steam. Add the double roasted rawa. Mix well, close the cooker and put the weight  again and close for 20 mins. Before serving add the remaining ghee and roasted cashew nuts. Recipe for  Rawa Kesari in traditional method . 

The day when the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh laid down the foundation of the Panth Khalsa on 1699 is one of the important festivals of Sikh which falls on 13th or 14th of April every month (This is also the New Year day for Tamils). This is also the day of harvest festival of the Rabi crops. Its a thanksgiving festival to mother earth for giving a sumptous harvest. Its marked as a new beginning and beginning of Hindu Solar Year.  Baisaki Recipes Carrot Halwa Aloo Gobi Coconut Ladoo Amritsari Chole Bhature Sarson ka Saa Makki Roti Atte ke ladoo Rawa Halwa (Rawa Kesari) Alu methi Dal Makhani Dal Tadka Dil Gajak Mixed Fruit Kheer Mooli Paratha Baingan Bharta Punjabi Pickles Paneer Butter Masala Dry Fruit Kheer Paneer Makhni Mint Paratha Tandoori Aloo Tandoori Baby Corn Dahi Papdi Chaat Cheese Stuffed Potatoes Chana Dal Pancakes Lentil Patties Paneer Cocktail Tandoori Baby Corn Besan ka Halwa Kesari Phirni Badami Besan Ke Laddoo

One another sweet that can be made using Coconut is Coconut Ladoo. Simple and easy to make sweet with very basic ingredients.  Ingredients Rawa - 1 cup Grated Coconut - 1 1/2 cup (fresh) Condensed Milk - 1 tin Powdered Sugar - 1 cup Method: Roast Rawa in a dry pan, till it turns golden brown. Add one cup of grated coconut and mix well. Dry roast the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut and grind it to a fine powder.  Mix in the powdered sugar and add 1/2 tin of the milk maid and mix well. Make small balls of the mixture and roll in the ground coconut. Place it in the refrigerator.