Spinach (Keerai) kunukku!

It is a cold rainy season here and gets dark very soon. This is a heavenly afternoon snack for that kind of a weather made with the remainder of adai maavu(batter)!

Spinach mentioned here can be murungai keerai or methi keerai or the spinach as said and sold in other countries throughout the world!

Ingredients:

Spinach(keerai) - 50gms of leaves

Adai batter - just enough to make 4  to 5 adais.

Salt - a pinch

Sooji rava - 1 handful

Water- if necessary

Oil - 100ml to deep fry

Procedure:

1.) Cut spinach leaves  and mix with adai batter

2.) Add a pinch of salt and sooji rava to it and mix well.

3.) Heat oil in a small stir fry pan.

4.) Make the kunukku maavu to small balls(roughly) and deep fry

5.) Spinach kunukku is ready to serve.

This kunukku can have variations like having carrot, beetroot, cabbage together or seperate, to it other than spinach! It tastes equally great and will be ready in some fleeting minutes!

 

Oats halwa!

This post is a long time coming! I tried this tasty halwa a year back and wanted to post it for the past month , but forgot totally about it!

Ingredients:

White Oats - 1 cup

Sugar - 3/4th of a cup

Elaichi powder- 1/2 tsp

Cashews - 10 whole ones

Food color - as  you wish

Milk - 2 1/2 cups

Water - 100 ml

Ghee (Clarified butter) -  200gms

Procedure:

1.) Take a tsp of ghee in a medium heated stir fry pan.

2.)  Add oats to it and roast it till the raw smell of oats dies away.

3.)  Cool it and grind to a nice powder

4.) Add milk to a pan and bring to a boil, add this powder and stir well for a minute, until it becomes a thick paste.

5.)  Add sugar to the stir fry pan and add water just to immerse it and make a sugar syrup with oily consistency. This takes approximately about 2-3 minutes after the syrup starts to boil in medium heat.

6.) Add the oats milk paste and keep mixing. Add ghee in parts in equal inervals until it becomes an halwa.

7.) Add your choice of food colour, elaichi powder and cashews roasted in ghee as garnish and serve.

This is a very nutritious halwa, rich in fibre and protein!