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
Thambittu Unde ( karnataka food series)
Traditionally thambittu is made on festive day and shaped has diya (deepa) and is called Thambittu Deepa . By litting all diya’s “aarthi ” is performed to Lord called as “Tambittu aarti ” . This ritual is followed since ages and is one of the most important ritual on Maha shivratri day . Later Thambittu unde is distributed among devotees as Prasada.
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Thambittu Unde ( karnataka food series)
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This type of thambittu is prepared during Shivarathri festival across Bangalore and Mysore region of Karnataka.
Author: Shalini
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- Rice flour - 1 cup
- Peanuts - 1/2 cup
- Bengal gram - 1/2 cup
- White sesame seeds - 4 tsps
- Desiccated coconut - 1/4 cup
- Cardamom - 2
- Jaggery syrup - 1 cup
- Salt - pinch
Instructions
- In a dry pan start dry roasting rice flour, Bengal gram, white sesame seeds, desiccated coconut, cardamom separately until good aroma comes out.
- Now dry roast peanuts and remove its skin.
- Now all cool down add all roasted items except rice flour into blender and make a fine powder.
- Add the powder into roasted rice flour, with pinch of salt and mix it well.
- Now add the jaggery syrup little by little and form a dough.
- Apply ghee on your palm and make small balls.
- Keep the Thambittu unde in air tight box and it will be good for 3 days if kept outside. If needed you can keep them in fridge.
Pictorial:
Take all items |
Dry roast bengal gram |
Dry roast peanut and remove its skin |
Dry roast desiccated coconut |
White sesame seeds with cardamom roast it |
Rice flour dry roast it until good aroma comes out |
Add all items into blender except rice flour |
grind into fine flour |
add rice flour into a bowl |
Add the powdered into rice flour |
With a pinch of salt |
Mix well |
Add the jaggery syrup |
Mix until to form a dough |
Apply ghee on your palm and make small balls |
with all the doughs |
serve!! You can keep it unde in airtight box for 3 days outside, if needed you can keep it in fridge!! Try out my other karnataka foods below Drumstick | Murungai keerai Stem Soup |
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