My Kitchen

  Ingredients:      1)      Bombay rava (fine wheat semolina) – 400 gm.      2)      Maida (white wheat flour / all-purpose flour) – 100 gm.      3)      Sugar – 250 gm.      4)      Milk – 500 ml.      5)      Water – 500 ml.      6)      Cardamom pods – 6 Nos.      7)      Saffron – 2 pinches      8)      Oil to deep fry (cooking oil / ghee / hydrogenated vegetable oil) – 500 ml.      9)      Powdered sugar for dusting (optional) – 100 gm. To prepare:           Put a thick bottomed pan on medium heat. Tip in the rava. Stir continuously so that the rava heats up without browning or burning in the least. As soon as the rava is u...

  Pumpkin is one of my husband’s favorite vegetables. Mine too. So often, I make several pumpkin dishes, no matter whether the pumpkins are tender or mature. I had planted some cowpeas in our garden. This morning, I saw my husband bring in a nice pumpkin. I quickly went out and collected a few cowpea beans. There were fresh coconuts in the kitchen. Soon, our favorite pumpkin olan was boiling away and we had it for lunch. Absolutely delicious! Here is the recipe. Pumpkin Olan Pumpkin Olan A delicious, mild, soupy pumpkin curry.   Cuisine Indian ,  Kerala   Prep Time 10   minutes   Cook Time 20   minutes   Servings  servings INGREDIENTS 350   gm   pumpkin   (peeled and deseeded) 1   cup   thick coconut milk   (250 ml) (see note) 2   cups   thin coconut milk   (500 ml) (see note) 40   gm   fresh cowpea beans   extracted from mature cowpea bean pods 2   tender cowpea bean ...