Apple Tropics

Here goes the Recipe for Apple Tropics..!!!

3 apples

1/2 pineapple

1/2 lime

1/2 passion fruit

An extra tang and a taste of the tropics  are evident in the apple recipe.

It's bes to stir the passion fruit flesh into  the juice once it's made, rather than passing it through the blender.

Semolina Laddu........thari unda..!!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup semolina or Rava
• 1/2 cup grated coconut
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 1 tbsp ghee

Method:

Roast the semolina.

Add sugar, coconut, raisins and ghee and mix well.

Remove from the fire and form making lime sized balls. 

Banana Cotton Buds....Unnakkayi

Ingredients:

4 ripe bananas
3 eggs
4 tbsp sugar
1 tsp raisins
1 tbsp chopped cashewnuts
2 tsp oil/ghee
Oil for frying

Method:

Steam the banaas until peel separates slightly.
Remove and grind the banana to a smooth paste without adding water.
Keep aside.

Mix the eggs with sugar.
Heat 2 tsp ghee/oil in a saucepan.
Add the cashew nuts and raisins and fry for a minute.
Add the egg mixture and stir it well till it reaches scrambled egg consistency.

Oil you hands and take small balls( size of a lime ) of the ground banana.
Flatten on your palm into small disc.
Put 2 tsp of scrambled egg in it.
Fold the edges and press lightly.
Now roll it with your hands, and shape it like cotton buds ( both ends pointed).

Heat oil and deep fry to a golden brown on all sides.

Serve.


Enjoy
S

Sweet Banana Fritters

• 3 Fully ripe malabar bananas
• Peel and cut the bananas into thin slices.

• 2-3 tbsp sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup maida
• 2 tbsp gram flour
• Beat the egg and sugar.
• Add flour and a little water may be 1/4 cup.
  Add a pinch of salt and if need a pinch of cardamom powder.    

• Oil for frying
• Heat the oil.
• Dip the banana slices in the batter.
• Deep fry to a golden brown.
• Drain the excess oil from the fried banana.

Enjoy Snacking !!

S