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Easy Marshmallows | No Egg No Corn Syrup Marshmallows |Celebrating Veena’s Curryworld’s 5th Birthday

Posted by veeenajan on November 5, 2020
Posted in: dessert, Desserts, diwali sweets, sweets, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

Hello dears ..

November 3rd, a special day in my life…. 

5 years back, I began my channel Veena’s Curryworld on this particular date with Trissur Fish Curry. I still can’t believe that we have crossed 5 years! 

Happy to have all the support from my family, friends and near and dear ones for the last many years and expecting the same always. Got to know many people, made friends, aunts and sisters. A big sister for many teenagers and youngsters too. A moment that brings in tears of happiness!

All the changes that you see in me and my family today are truly because of the love and affection we have received from our extended family, Veena’s Curryworld!

On this special day, here I am with the recipe of Marshmallows! A perfect sweet treat that can be made at home and turns out any day to be special. Kids will love it for sure!

Marshmallows are a type of confectionaries that are made of sugar, water and gelatine. It is found in many colours and shapes. An all-time favourite for most of the kids all over the world. 

It’s an easy recipe with just few things to be careful with while making. Follow the recipe as it says and do watch the video on our YouTube channel to have a clearer picture. 

Try them out and don’t forget to share your feedback with me. 

Ingredients 

Powdered Sugar -1/2cup 

Corn flour -2tbsp 

Sugar-1cup 

Water -1/2cup 

Gelatine -2tbsp 

Method

Salt-one pinch

Powder the sugar and measure ½ cup and add this to a siever. 

Add 2tbsp cornflour over it. Sieve both well. Keep this aside. 

Grease a tray with sunflower oil or any odourless oil. Or you can even cling wrap a glass mould or tray too. 

Sprinkle little of the sugar cornflour mix in the tray. You can dust it using a siever. This is done to avoid the marshmallow sticking to the tray. 

Take ½ cup cold water in a bowl and add 2tbsp unflavoured gelatine to it. Mix this well and leave it aside for 10 minutes. 

After 5 minutes, take a saucepan and add 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water. Bring this to boil on medium flame stirring continuously till it reaches a thick consistency. 

Keep a bowl of water next to you to test the consistency when the syrup is done. 

Add a pinch of salt and keep stirring continuously on medium flame. 

When you add a drop of syrup to the bowl of water, you should be able to make a soft ball of it. That’s the stage we need. 

I took 7 minutes to reach that stage. 

At this stage, reduce the flame and add the soaked gelatine. Mix this well till the gelatine melts completely. 

In 2 minutes, the gelatine will melt. Switch off the flame. 

Pour this into a deep bowl and keep it to cool down slightly for nearly 5 minutes. Beating the syrup when its very hot is dangerous. So wait for it to cool down slightly. 

Place a turkey towel under the bowl so that it doesn’t slip while beating. 

After 5 minutes, when the syrup is still warm, start beating it with a hand beater on medium speed. 

Be patient, it takes time to reach the correct consistency. In 3 minutes, it becomes frothy. Keep beating on medium speed. 

In 5 minutes in would look like a semi whipped cream. Add 1tsp vanilla essence and beat it again till it reaches a ribbon consistency. 

If you want your marshmallows to be in double colour, fist pour half of the white mixture into the tray and then add few drops of colours to the remaining mix and pour it over the white mix. 

It begins to set fast, so the final stage should be done soon. 

Tap the tray few times. If you see any air bubbles, prick them with a toothpick. 

Sprinkle a good amount of sugar cornflour mix over the marshmallow spread. 

Keep this out for 4 hours or more to set. 

Once set, lift the cling wrap from the tray and place it to a flat surface or cutting board. 

Remove the cling wrap from it and sprinkle the sugar cornflour mix vigorously over the cutting board. 

Coat the back and sides of the marshmallows in this. 

Dust sugar cornflour mix over a knife too and then cut the marshmallows to the size you want. 

Coat all these pieces in the sugar and cornflour mix and cut them to small cubes or as you prefer. Dust away the excess sugar from the marshmallows once they are done. 

Our Marshmallows are done. 

Now you have soft pillow like textured marshmallows made at home. 

I am sure kids are going to love this. 

Do make these squishy marshmallows at home from scratch and enjoy them with your loved ones!

Don’t forget to send me your marshmallow pics and feedback 

Happy Cooking!

Love

Veena ❤️💕

Mutta Pathiri/Muttayappam/Mutta Pola /Ottayappam/Kerala Pancake :)

Posted by veeenajan on February 24, 2015
Posted in: appam, Bachelors Recipes, tea time snacks. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , . 12 Comments

I really miss my valiyamma ..She used to make this appam for me when ever she visit us ..Now she is no more.. I dedicate this recipe for her 😦

Mutta Pathiri

Mutta Pathiri

Ingredients 

Rice Flour-3/4 cup

All Purpose Flour-1 1/4cup

Salt-2pinch

Egg-1

Hot water-1/4cup

Coconut milk -of 1

Baking Soda-2pinch

for Soaking appam -coconut milk of 1 coconut

Mutta appam /kerala pancake

Mutta appam /kerala pancake

Method

In a bowl add rice flour and salt ,mix well.

In to that pour hot water and mix well.

Then add maida and mix

Now pour coconut milk and beaten egg d baking soda  ..

Blend using a egg beater so that the batter bubbles up. (Add coconut milk in small amounts and mix and add more until we get a dosa batter consistency   )

Heat a non stick pan to high heat  ,pour some batter in the middle and gently spread to a small circle ..

U can see the bubbles coming ,now reduce the heat and close the pan cook on medium flame (or the back side will get burn)

Take the appam with the help of a spatula and dip into the coconut milk Just dip and take and place in a plate ..

or u can pour coconut milk over the appam .. Make appams with rest of the batter ..

U can serve this appam with coconut milk and sugar ..(thats my fav combo ) But its very tasty along with chicken ,mutton ,beef curry etc.. Usually we make this appam in a manchatti (clay pot )especially designed for this..

U can see the chatti below

Mutta pathiri Chatti

Image Courtesy Google

Otta Appam

Otta Appam

The name of this appam varies place to place ..In my area(thrissur ,perinjanam ) we call this as mutta pathiri ..There  we don’t use baking soda and rice flour for this recipe .. Only egg ,coconut milk ,maida and salt .. But as  i have an electric ceramic stove ,can’t use this type of pots .. So When I tried the authentic recipe with a non stick pan in that stove ,i didn’t get the good result which i was looking for ..So tried this recipe and came out well .. This recipe is a fail proof ..that i guaranty .. 🙂 So try this easy tasty mutta pathiri and give me ur feed back..

mutta pathiri

mutta pathiri

Love

🙂

Veena

Unni Madhuram(Sweet Banana Dumplings)

Posted by veeenajan on September 15, 2014
Posted in: Bachelors Recipes, kerala ruchi, Kids Special, Mother`s Special, starter, Taste of Kerala, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , . 8 Comments

You can make this with both nentra pazham and cherupazham(poovan,kadhali,robust etc..) I tried with both … both tastes good but taste differ too… 🙂  The major advantage is u can make this  with in no time ..If u don’t want to fry ,u can mix and give to ur kids like ladoo ..Try it dears..

 

Unni Madhuram

Unni Madhuram

Ingredients

Banana -finely chopped  2 nentra pazham or 7 small banana

Bread -5 slices for nentra ,8 slices for small bananas

Sugar-3tbsp or adjust accordingly

Roasted Crushed Cashew nuts-handful

Ghee-1/2tsp

Oil-for frying

Unni Madhuram

Unni Madhuram

Method

Make bread crumbs by crushing bread slices in a mixer..Keep aside

In a bowl add finely chopped banana,half of the bread crumbs , cashewnuts , ghee and sugar ..

Mix well.. Then try to make small small balls out of it … If u feel its too watery u can add more bread ..

Roll each balls in the remaining bread crumbs and make even balls …

Heat oil and deep fry each balls in medium heat until cooked well ,by that it will be golden colour …

Transfer them to a kitchen tissue ,after cooling down serve with hot tea 🙂

Unni Madhuram

Unni Madhuram

Recipe Courtesy :Asianet Plus

 

Unni Madhuram

Unni Madhuram

 

 

Love

🙂

Veena

Gajar Halwa/Carrot Halwa

Posted by veeenajan on June 23, 2013
Posted in: dessert, Kids Special, Mother`s Special. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

Ingredients

Easy Carrot Halwa

Easy Carrot Halwa

Grated Carrot-2 1/2 cup

Full fat milk-3 1/2 cup

Sugar-1 cup or according to ur taste

Cardamom Powder-1/4tsp

Ghee-11/2tbsp

Salt- one pinch

Cashew nuts-10(opt)

Raisins-10(opt)

Easy Carrot Halwa

Easy Carrot Halwa

Method

Roast cashew nuts and raisins separately in ghee and keep aside .

Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed non stick pan.

Add grated carrot and saute  for 10 minutes in low flame .

Then add sugar and salt ,saute for 2 minute

Finally add milk and bring to boil ..

Transfer this to a cooker and cook in low flame(2 whistle )

After 10 minutes open the cooker and transfer this cooked carrot mix to the pan along with cardamom powder ,roasted cashew nuts and raisins ..

Stir this mix until all the milk evaporates ..

At this point halwa become soft and moist… U can see ghee oozing out from the halwa ..

I added only very small quantity of ghee ,if u want u can increase ..

Same thing with sugar .. U can increase or decrease according to ur personal taste.

So the healthy version of carrot halwa is ready to serve ..

U can serve hot or chilled ..

Best combination with ice-cream

Hope u all will try this yummy halwa and leave ur comments 🙂

Easy Carrot Halwa

Easy Carrot Halwa

Love

🙂

Veena