Ellu Urundai is a crunchy,nutty traditional sweet of India.These sesame seed balls are so nutritious with just two healthy ingredients sesame seeds and jaggery, also a zero oil and zero sugar sweet recipe.Sesame seeds are roasted,mixed with caramelized jaggery and then made to burfis.Ellu Urundai is a part of our tradition to make them for … Continue reading Ellu Urundai / Sesame seed balls
Sesame Burfi is a crunchy,nutty traditional sweet of India.These burfis are so nutritious with just two healthy ingredients sesame seeds and jaggery, also a zero oil and zero sugar sweet recipe.Lot of variations are followed in different regions of India in preparing this sweet. Sesame Burfis are made for Makar Sankranti in Maharastra(India),an auspicious festival … Continue reading Sesame Burfi / Sesame brittle recipe (using jaggery)
Kadalai Mittai is a healthy and a high Protein delicacy prepared using natural ingredients like peanuts,jaggery and cardamom powder.A zero sugar and zero oil sweet recipe that one could enjoy without any guilt.Peanuts provide rich energy for growing children. Nowadays children are getting so addicted to unhealthy ,junk foods with high sugar level and empty … Continue reading Kadalai Mittai / Peanuts jaggery chikki
Today I'm posting my Dad's favorite childhood sweet recipe called Kali Idly or Kali burfi.I don't know why they were called Kali idly as it is neither steamed nor Idly shaped.So,I renamed it as Kali burfi. My Dad used to buy them from small shops(petti kadai) by his school for 1 anna which equals 1/16 … Continue reading Kali Burfi
Ellu Mittai / Sesame Burfi a crunchy,nutty,sweet made with sesame seeds and jaggery.These burfis are so nutritious with the goodness of two healthy ingredients Sesame seeds and Jaggery(natural sugar substitute).Ellu means Sesame seeds in Tamil,but we dont call the Sesame oil as Ellu(sesame) Yennai(oil) instead we say Nalla yennai which means Good oil.Sesame seeds and … Continue reading Ellu Mittai / Sesame Burfi
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