Sunday, August 24, 2008

Gokulashtami Appam, Chithundai and Akkaravadisil

Appam for Krishna Jayanthi (recipe as before from the yum blog):


Chithundai and sweet butter (mom's recipe):


Ingredients: Jaggery (1 cup), coconut shreds (3/4 cup), ghee (1 tsp)

Melt jaggery, mix coconut over low heat with a teaspoon of ghee until it reaches a sticky consistency.

Akkaravadisal (mom's recipe):


Ingredients: Rice (1/2 cup), milk (2 glasses), jaggery (1 cup), raisins, cashew, ghee, cardamom powder as needed.

Cook rice in milk and smash to a paste. Melt jaggery, add rice paste to it. Season with raisins and cashew fried in ghee and add cardamom powder in the end.