Rava laddu is a popular laddu prepared almost in every household during festivals. I prepared during Holi celebration.Rava laddu is a simple and easy laddu made with very few ingredients.Just rava,sugar,nuts and coconut gives a wonderful flavor to this recipe. Rava is a very healthy ingredient which is widely used in many recipes.Most popularly it s used in the preparation of upma in mostly south India.Posting this recipe in Blogging marathon#74 under the theme Festival of India.

• Rava or sooji ( Semolina)1 cup( 250 ml cup)
• sugar 1 cup
• Fresh or frozen grated coconut 3/4 cup 
• cardamom 6
• Raisins 10
• cashewnuts 10 to 15
• Ghee 1 tbspn
• Milk 2 tbspn for binding laddus

Procedure:

• Blend sugar into fine powder and keep aside.Remove the seeds from the cardamom and blend into fine powder. keep aside
• Heat a pan ,dry roast semolina on low flame around 10 mins or until  we smell nice aroma.Keep sauting in between,then we observe change in the color.Transfer this to another bowl,keep aside.
• In the same pan add ghee dry roast cashews raisins until golden brown.Remove and keep aside.
• In the same pan add grated coconut and roast few mins 3to 4 mins.
• Mix coconut,cashewnuts,raisins to the semolina mixture.Add 1 tbspn of ghee and mix it well.
• Now shape the mixture into laddus by adding very little milk.
• Store in airtight container and enjoy.

Note: key taste depends on how you roast the sooji.Make sure always fry sooji in low flame.

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kajjikayalu is traditional Andhra sweet usually prepare in the pekan raya time like Ganesh chaturthi ,Diwali,sankranthi ugadhi..It has different names in different states.In North India it is called as Gujiaa..Usually this sweet is prepared during Holi pekan raya in North India.I hardly prepare this sweet dish in these many years.Though it is easy sweet to prepare at home,but some how I missed it.After long time I prepared this dish.The filling inside the dish is very tasty and healthy too.The filling is just roasted semolina,nuts,dry coconut.Every bite of this dish gives you nice crispy and sweet cardamom flavor. As ugadhi (Telugu New year)is coming soon celebrate ugadhi with this lezat sweet.Posting this recipe in BM#74 under the theme Festivals of India.

Important points:

• Always make sure dough should be soaked atleast half an hour in oil.
• Make sure stuffing should be double the size of the dough.
• Dal should be very well cooked.

Dibbarotti is a Traditional Andhra breakfast which is made of Idli batter.I grew up eating this enak Dibbarooti in my childhood.Mom used to prepare this dish every other week.Mostly,when we bored of eating Idli everytime,mom used to prepare Dibbarotti. This is very easy dish made with Idli batter.But,we always use Idli rava for Idli batter not Idli rice. Dibbarotti is  such healthy and tasty dish that you never forget the taste.We can  eat Dibbarotti just like that or you can accompany with kobbari chutney or coconut chutney.People keep surprising me cooking traditional breakfast everytime.Though we have lot of options for breakfast I  feel this dish is one of the healthy option for whole family.Even kids love to taste the crispy layer of dosa. Here is the recipe below.

Oats rava dosa is one of instant dosas can be prepared very easily and a healthy option.Oats being not our favorite ingredient despite many health benefits.I had big box of quaker oats and finally used it today to prepare this rave dosa.I never expected oats dosa will be this much crispy and tasty.We can have this dosa with any of our favorite chutney like we eat other dosas.We like to eat with coconut chutney and potato curry.Our family first choice is potato curry.Enjoy this dosa with enak chutney.Here is the recipe sharing below.

Paneer is a fresh cheese common in Asian countries like India Pakistan..Kadai paneer is mainly prepared with fresh kadai masala.kadai masala is made with coriander seeds,pepper corns,Fennel seeds Jeera and redchillis.If we prepare kadai masala instantly then the recipe comes awesome in taste.You will match exactly restaurant style taste.When I was searching for kadai paneer I was inspired by Chef Harpal singh recipe.With very few changes I prepared the recipe.Here goes the recipe.

Dates and walnuts bread is my favorite do list bread pending for long time.This is a wonderful moist bread can be eaten any time.Nice cinnamon flavor enhances the bread taste.Dates are rich  in many vital nutrients and lot of health benefits.My kids doesn't like to have dates any time.So the only way I have to manage mixing in a wonderful flavored bread.Walnuts contain several unique antioxidants that are available in only a few commonly eaten foods.Among nuts Walnuts are considered as king of nuts as research shows they may boost your health in a number of ways.( gosip from wiki)coming to the recipe I added few almonds entirely your choice. I followed the steps of Joy of baking video in baking the bread.It was awesome.with very few changes I baked the bread.

Barley is the largest grain crop globally,after wheat and corn.Barley is mostly used in breads,soups and stews.Barley is a major cereal grain ,rapidly been gaining popularity over the past few years due to the various health benefits.Although barley may not be as popular as other whole grains like oats,wheat,quinoa,barley has more good health benefits.A very high in fiber content,vitamins,and minerals,antioxidants.Barley is lower in fat and calories,but higher in dietary fiber and minerals.This above information I collected from wiki.Coming to my story I grown up in a hot atmosphere where we used to drink barley every day in summer.During my childhood days I used to enjoy drinking barley water.Usually when you are not feeling well or fever  barley gives lot relief to our body.Here is the simple barley soup recipe below.

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Chapathi pizza sounds different! But it is very easy to prepare at home and a great snack, a wonderful lunch box recipe for kids.Though I tried different pizza recipe I haven't tried this recipe.One day I tried this recipe in my kids lunch box recipe and it was a big hit with both of my kids.As it is very easy to prepare at home when you have everything ready for pizza.I folded and cut into two in kids lunch box.They enjoyed to the core.Here goes my recipe.

PIZZA SAUCE 

Method: 

Blanch tomatoes by boiling tomatoes in hot boiling water for 3 to 4 mins.Remove from heat and peel the skin and grind tomatoes into fine paste.

Oats are the healthiest grains on Earth compared to all other grains.It has numerous health benefits.They are a great source of important vitamins and minerals.Oats usually are eaten in breakfast just boiling oats in milk or water.I tried eating oats that form, but I haven't tried this utappam till now.Oats is our least favorite in our family until I cook this lezat utappam.Oats don't have its original taste when just eaten like the way.So some spices and veggies definitely add up the taste.Nowadays oats utappam became our favorite Breakfast in our family.Here goes my recipe.

Eggless butter less,sugar free carrot beetroot cake is a excellent healthy cake for everyone.When I  first decided to bake the cake immediately thought to bake an egg less version.So,for a change first time tried honey instead of sugar. Truly I haven't expected a tasty cake.To my surprise to was enak even my kids loved it.First Aarini( daughter) said mummy I don't want to taste it.Then I said first taste it and then come to the conclusion.She tasted soon after baking and said mummy it was good. Aaryan(son) too loved it.Sharing this recipe in my blog as follows...