Carrot Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake, what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carrots, along
THERALI ILAI KOZHUKATTAI
The real flavour of this kolukattai not only comes from the ingredients, but most of them comes from the leaf which we roll this. It is called as therali ilai, which has its distinct aroma. When you steam this i am damn sure that your house will be filled with that lovely aroma.
If you don’t have that leaf you can just steam it as it is…Lets cook with step-by-step pictures.
Now lets see how to cook:
THERALI ILAI KOZHUKATTAI
Prep time
Cook time
20min
Total time
30min
When you steam this i am damn sure that your house will be filled with that lovely aroma.
Author: Shalini
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 10 servings
Ingredients:
- THERALI ILAI - 5 to 6
- Rice flour - 1 cup
- Jaggery / Sarkarai – 2 cups grated
- Water – 2 cups
- Cardamom powder / Yelakai podi – 2 tsp
- Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku podi – 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
METHOD :
- Wash all the THERALI ILAI and apply oil and keep aside
- In a heavy bottom pan add grated jaggery and 1 cup of and bring it to boil until it gets dissolved and strain the juice and keep aside
- In a bowl add 1 cup of slightly roasted rice flour, then add cardamon powder, dry ginger powder and salt and mix all well
- Now add required jaggery juice and mix it until it forms little sticky dough
- Apply oil on your palms and make small balls and place it on the therali ilai kolukattai and roll it
- Place all the rolled therali ilai kolukattai into steamer and cook for 20 mins
- Once cooled remove from the steamer and serve them
Pictorial:
Take all items |
Add 1 cup of slightly roasted rice flour |
Add in ginger powder, cardamom powder, salt |
And mix all |
Add jaggery juice |
to form a sticky dough |
Apply oil on your hands |
Make a small ball |
Place it on ilai |
Roll it |
Squire with stem |
Make all like this |
Place it on the steamer |
Steam them for 20 min |
Remove them once its warm |
Serve delight!! |
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