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
Pasi Paruppu(Moongdal) coconut milk payasam A Payasam variety rich in Coconut milk and garnished with Fried Cashews! Pasi Paruppu (Moongdal) Coconut milk Payasam is one of the most common and traditional Payasam variety most of us have a practice of making for any festivals and auspicious occasions. Unlike the Tamilnadu style payasam, where we use jaggery with cooked moong dal and finally add milk once the jaggery payasam cools down completely, Kerala Style Moong dal payasam is enriched with coconut milk instead of plain milk. Also they call it as “Pradhaman” as we call as Payasam. Generally for any payasam, we garnish with fried cashews and raisins. Most of us have a tradition to make dal payasam with jaggery for any festivals. My mom always tell me that sugar based payasam is not a best offering to God. So she always advice me to make jaggery based dal payasam. Also only Bengal gram dal (Kadalaparuppu) and Moong dal are used for payasam. Lets cook with step-by