Sweets

A collection of South Indian Sweet Recipes.

Sweets

Milk Halwa

Preparation: Put all the  ingredients in a thick bottomed Kadai and keep it on medium flame. Stir continuously till it become thick and leaves the sides of the vessel. Remove and put it in a greased bowl. No need to add any flavoring agent. It tastes like milk khoya. However […]

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Sweet Puttu

A sweet idli made with puttu flour (rice flour) and coconut gratings.  If you do not have Puttu flour, you can use ordinary rice flour also. In that case, first dry fry the rice flour till hot to touch and cool it. Then prepare puttu as above.

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Panai Olai Kozhukattai

It is specially prepared for Thirukarthigai Day (Karthigai Deepam festival) in the districts of Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin.Hand-ground raw rice flour is mixed with powdered ‘karuppatti’ (palm jaggery) and coconut gratings. This flour mixture is then stuffed in the tender palm leaves and cooked in steam for a while.Now people […]

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Badhusha

Method: Combine ghee and cooking soda in a bowl and rub them with the palm of your right hand for 15 minutes. Or slightly melt the ghee and add cooking soda and beat it. Then sprinkle maida to the beaten ghee gradually and mix with your fingers lightly. Then sprinkle […]