Mango Froyo - frozen yogurt

Its mango season and its summer season too.This season unlike last year we had a lot of freshly plucked mangoes and so lesser tension eating them not having to think about the chemicals or pesticides.My kids love ice cream and in the greedy intention of making my son have some form of milk i tried this recipe which was yummy but he ran away seeing it.

Sheera/ Semolina Pudding

Sheera(from the north) is just a distant cousin of our Rawa kesari from the south.Its surprising how India is so much diverse in its cultures and its cuisines.Similar foods with different names and variations made all across the length and breadth of our country.There are more than one names and versions to this sweet.

I make sheera often for my LM who surprisingly doesn't love the fluffy kesari(orange color especially) and that kesari is also a big too sweet for her.I made Sheera with less fat and sweet a low cal version for her i must say but I'm happy she likes it atleast.

But this is a simplified version i know the oringal Maharastrian version uses much more ingredients like coconut, sesame seeds.

You need

Rawa/semolina 1 cup

Water 1 cup

Milk 1 cup

Butter 1 tablespoon 

Sugar 3 tablespoons (or more)

Cardamom/elaichi/elaka powder a pinch

Salt a pinch

Almonds 4 slivered

- Heat butter on a low flame add the rawa to this and roast until it gets fragrant.

- Add the milk and water and cover and cook until the rawa soaks all the liquid.

- Add the sugar and mix well.

- Toast the nuts in a teaspoon of butter and top the sheera with it.

- Enjoy yummy sheera with your evening tea.

Some of my notes : 

- Adding raw or roasted rawa is ok as we toast it with butter first.

- You can be more generous with the sweetness and the butter it will be still better :) 

- Once this cools it will be a little tight in consistency but thats because of the lesser oil and liquid content.

Sheera/ Semolina Pudding

Sheera(from the north) is just a distant cousin of our Rawa kesari from the south.Its surprising how India is so much diverse in its cultures and its cuisines.Similar foods with different names and variations made all across the length and breadth of our country.There are more than one names and versions to this sweet.

Watermelon green apple Granita

Summer is here and its already beating the hell out of us here in Chennai!This is what you should have to cool yourselves down!A simple granita made out of the juiciest watermelons!

Granitas are just frozen fruitjuice/slush you can add any seasonal juicy fruits like melons or peaches.I had been wanting to try this for a while but i thought it was a lot of work.But i was wrong.It took me all of 10 minutes to just stash it in the refrigerator and you don't have to bother for the next two hours.After 2 hours you need to fork the mixture around the edges of the container you are freezing especially so you don't end up with one whole large popsicle.

Pic taken at night

I did the forking bit for about 4 5 times and the final product was super good.I started the process in the evening at about 3 and we enjoyed loved cool granitas for dessert after dinner!

Preparation time : 10 mins + 5-6 hours freezing time

You need 

Watermelons 1 large wedge

Green apple 1 just half is enough

Sugar 2 tsps or more as per your taste

Lemon juice 1 tsp

• Grind all the above in a blender and sieve it incase your watermelon is not seedless.
• Pour this into a container you can freeze, cover and freeze for about 6 hours with contant forking every 2 hours or whenever you remember.

All gone!Serve cold in any glass of your choice and enjoy the cold cold granitas and chill yourselves this summer!

Sending this to Summer splash @ Sizzling Tastebuds , Celebrate Summer @ Nivedhanam

Watermelon green apple Granita

Summer is here and its already beating the hell out of us here in Chennai!This is what you should have to cool yourselves down!A simple granita made out of the juiciest watermelons!

Winner of CEDD17 and CEDD17 Cake's gallery

I recently held an event the first ever on my blog.I was happy Raven of CEDD gave me the opportunity to do so, thanks Raven.

I received 29 entries.Thank you to all those who made my event a big success.

The winner is Janine Bruce for her Mulled red wine velvet cake.Congratulations Janine!

Janine Bruce -  Mulled red wine velvet cake

I'm giving you a image gallery of the entries for your eyes to feast upon!! :)

Sharanya - Steamed eggless banana cake

Eggless pumpkin raisin cake

Eggless Beet cake

Sangeetha Priya-Checker board cake

Padmaja Thommandra - Zucchini,carrot n cranberry cake

Archana Vijay - neopolitan cake

Harshada - Christmas fruit cake

Zareena - eggless vanilla cupcakes

Divya Pramil - mini banana walnut pressure cooker cake

Sheelu - Rich chocolate cake

Deepali Jain - Eggless roasted strawberry pound cake

Eggless christmas cake

Ramya - Badami cake

Saraswati - neopolitan cake

Amrita vishal - Chocolate almond cake

Fabida Abdul- Chocolate almond cake

Pallavi - Almond peanut chocolate cake

Chocolate chip cake with fudgy frosting

Fruit cocktail cake

Mirielle - Banana upside down cake

Sandhya - Neopolitan cake

Jaleela banu - Eggless chocolate nuts mug cake

Kavitha - Chocolate griddle cake

Eggless dates cake

Sowmya - Eggless neopolitan cake

Eggless chocolate cake

Ramya - Pomogranate cake

Julie - pineapple cobbler

PJ - eggless vanilla cake

Chandrani Banerjee - Eggless chocolate nuts cake

Roha - Red velvet cupcakes 

Thanks to all the participants again!

Winner of CEDD17 and CEDD17 Cake's gallery

I recently held an event the first ever on my blog.I was happy Raven of CEDD gave me the opportunity to do so, thanks Raven.

I received 29 entries.Thank you to all those who made my event a big success.

The winner is Janine Bruce for her Mulled red wine velvet cake.Congratulations Janine!