Carrot Payasam and awards!!

Last week was a busy week because of Varalakshmi viratham, aavani avittam and Gayathri japam. I had to make different payasams for these three days. I made this carrot payasam on saturday. Here is the recipe I followed to make this payasam.

Ingredients:-

1. Carrot - 2
2. Milk - 3 cups
3. Water 1 cup
4. Sugar - 2 cups
5. cardamom powder - a pinch
6. Pacha karpooram - a pinch
7. Cashew - for garnishing
8. Ghee - 1/2 tsp

Peel off the skin and microwave carrots for 4 to 6 mts. Let it cool and grind it finely. Just put this carrot paste in a pressure cooker, add milk and water and pressure cook in a low flame upto 2 whistles. By doing this, carrots will be fully cooked. We can even cook mashed carrots on stove top without pressure cooking. After pressure is released, open the pressure cooker, add sugar, cardamom powder, and pacha karpooram to it and let it cook for another 5 mts. under low flame. Pre heat ghee, fry cashews to golden brown. Add it to payasam. Serve it hot or cold.

Srilekha and Dershana has passed me this Wylde Woman Award. Thanks Srilekha and Dershana.


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Carrot Kosumalli

Kosumalli is a traditional dish of south Indian Iyer family. In my mom's place, they don't make kosumalli, but in my in-laws place, it is necessary to make kosumalli during any occasion. Here is the recipe for kosumalli.

Ingredients:-

1. Shredded Carrots - 1 cup
2. Moong Dhall - 1/4 cup
3. Green chillies - 2
4. Salt to taste
5. Lemon juice - 2 tsp
6. Coriander leaves - 2 tsp
   

For Seasoning:-

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Asafoetida powder - a pinch.

Soak moong dhall for an hour in water. Drain it fully after an hour. Now mix it with the shredded carrots. Add green chillies, salt and lemon juice to it. Mix it well. Pre heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, fry asafoetida powder and pour it on top of carrot mixture. Garnish it with coriander leaves. This is Carrot Kosumalli.

Cheese & Carrot Uthappam

Again I tried this with my 3 year olds and it worked out really well. I make uthappam with the left over idly batter. In my family nobody(including me) likes to eat idly more than a day. The left over batter will become dosa or uthappam. Here is the receipe and the main ingredients are as follows...

Ingredients:-

1. Idly Batter - 1 small cup (approx. 2 full spatula)
   
2. Shredded Cheese - 1 tbsp
3. Shredded carrots - 1 tbsp
4. oil - 2 tsp

Pre heat the dosa pan, pour the above said idly batter, sprinkle the shredded cheese and carrots on top of it. Pour one tsp of oil and let it cook for 3 mts. Turn it over and pour the remaining oil and let it cook for another 3 mts. Serve it hot with tomato sauce or chutney(if your kids like one!!)