Varutharacha Kozhi curry

                 Navrathri Bommaikolu 2018

                           Today's Breakfast

Baked Chicken

Ingredietns:
Chicken Breast - 2
Salt as required
Pepper - ground pepper 1 tsp
Olive oil - few drops ( I used spray)

Preparation:

Wash chicken breast nicely and marinate with salt, pepper and olive oil (few drops) and bake till done at 375 degree.

Fruits and Nuts Kesari

Starting this year's 1st  post with a sweet dish - fruits & nuts kesari

Ingredients:

Sooji – 1 cup

Sugar – 1 ½ cup

Water – 1 cup

Milk – 1 cup

Apples – ½  cup chopped finely

Ripe Banana – ½ cup chopped fine

Cashews – 10

Raisin– 2 tbs

Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp

Food Color - a pinch ( I used yellow)

Ghee – 3 tbs

Preparation:

Take 2 tblspn of ghee in a kadai. Add in the cashew, raisins and saute till golden , drain and keep aside.  In the same add in all fruits and saute for few minutes. Meanwhile take a pan add milk and water and bring it to boil, add in the sauted fruits too with food color of your choice. When it boils nicely add this mixed to the roasted rava, mix well and keep stirring. When it starts  thickening, add sugar and mix well. Keep stirring again, now you can add some ghee and cardamom powder and fried nuts and raisin, mix well. Remove from stove and serve hot.

  Thanksgiving 2017

Apple Halwa

Ingredients:
Apple -4 No's
Sugar - 1 and half cup
Ghee - 5 tbls
Nuts  and Raisins -few (Roasted cashew and raisins)
Cardamom powder - Half tsp

Preparation:
Wash the apple, peel the skin and cut into small pieces. Take a blender and add the apple pieces and grind it to a smooth paste. Take a pan add 1 tsp of ghee, them add the ground apple paste and saute it. Keep stirring until all the water is absorbed, at this stage add sugar and keep stirring again. Add cardamom powder and mix well. Now ad the rest of the ghee and keep stirring until the halwas becomes thick. Halwa should not stick on the sides. Finally add the roasted nuts and raisins and mix well. Remove from heat. Allow it to cool and serve......