Toasted Marshmallows

This time for diwali I tried completely different sweets... some traditional and one which I had not at all tried before... Did not know anything about the taste of it... but still wanted to try it out when I read the recipe.... Recipe was simple and also had the material available.. tried it and really it worked out good... everyone liked it... me too... so here goes the simple and nice recipe for toasted marshmallows...

Preparation time: 25minutes
Cooking time: 3 minutes
Makes approx 36

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

½ cup water

5 tsp gelatin powder

½ cup extra water

1tsp vanilla essence

2 to 3 cups dessicated coconut

Method

1. Combine sugar and water in a bowl and with the help of electric beater for 3 minutes.

2. Add gelatin to the water and then double boil it till the gelatin dissolves.

3. Add this to the sugar water mixture and beat with the beater for another 10min. Till a white froth appears on it.

4. Place butter paper in a tin and brush it with oil or butter and pour the gelatin sugar mixtur into it.

5. Leave it to set at room temperature overnight.

6. Morning refrigerator for 1 or 1½ hrs. Cut into pieces.

7. Take the dissicated coconut and dry roast it until brown or microwave it till brown.

8. Roll the cut marshmallows into the coconut to coat nicely. Serve.

This goes for the Sweet event on Srilekha's Me and My kitchen.
& for Mytreyee Sweet Series event.
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Vada Bhat

A nagpuri style Bhat...

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup besan
1tsp Garlic paste
1tsp red chilli powder
salt as per taste.
2 cups rice.
water as required

Method
1. Mix besan, garlic paste, salt and chilli powder. Add water and make small marble sized balls out of it.
2. Wash rice and keep it for half an hour.
3. In a thick bottomed vessel add rice and enough water to cook the rice. Keep a strainer on this vessel and keep the besan vadas in the strainer.
4. Cover the strainer.
5. Let the vadas cook on the steam of rice water.
6. Serve hot with some sour saar or kadhi.....

Note: you can add the vadas in the rice and steam them together.
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Penne Pasta

A quick pasta recipe

Serves 4
Cooking and Preparation time 15min

Ingredients
2 cups cooked penne pasta (Pasta is cooked by boiling it in sufficient water along with salt as per taste)
1/2 cup mixed boiled vegetables
or even one onion cut into long strips is enough
5 tbsp instant tomato soup powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup grated cheese

Method
1. Combine tomato soup powder with 1 cup of water and mix well so that no lumps remain.
2. Put it in a saucepan and bring to boil.
3. Add milk & cheese and simmer.
4. Add cooked vegetables and the penne. If using only onion then fry it in 1 tsp oil till transparent and add it with the penne.
5. Toss well and serve immediately sprinkled with oregano.

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