AFVOA Newletters of Year 2003

Page 145 of 170 amongst the downtrodden is to enter the true spirit of Deepavali. This is the true prayer to Lakshmi Devi. (Source: http://www.hinduism.co.za/deepaval.htm ) For Your Palate Chilled Curds Idlis Ingredients Method Chilled curds - 4 cups Idli – 24 Carrots - 1 cup Oil – 11/2 tabs Coriander leaves- 1tabs Mustard – ¼ tsp Salt – ½ tsp Hing Powder – pinch Dried curds chill- 4 (mor milagai) Make idlis and let it get cold. Beat curds adding a cup of water, add salt to it. If preferred 1/2 tsp of sugar can be added. Grate carrots and chop coriander leaves. Heat 1/2 tabs oil, add mustard. When mustard splutters add hing, pour on to the curds. Keep half the curds mixture aside. Soak the idlis in the other half of the curd mixture and keep both in the fridge to chill well. To serve break the dried curds chilli Into little pieces. Fry them in the remaining oil till brown. Place the soaked idlis In an attractive platter, cover them with the remaining curd mixture - scatter the fried chillies over them, and decorate with grated carrots and coriander leaves. This is refreshing in hot weather. Carrot Halwa Ingredients Method Carrots -1/2 kg (preferably Red Delhi Carrots) Milk -1 litre Cardamom -4 to 5 Sugar -1/4 kg Charmagz -1 tbsp (dried melon seeds) Ghee or cashew nuts -100 gms Almonds -a few Scrape carrots and grate them. Bring milk to a boil In a heavy bottomed pan. Add grated carrots. Cook on medium heat stirring occasionally without closing the lid till the mixture is fairly dry(Opp-30 to 40 mts). Add sugar, cardamom crushed and melon seeds, mix well till everything becomes semi solid dry. Then add ghee and fry well by adding the nuts cashew nuts and badam. Decorate with silver foil and serve after getting cold. (Source: http://www.indiaexpress.com/faith/festivals/dsweet.html ) Some Tips.... We are giving below more tips which we do hope will be of some use to the community. a) Once a month soak all your plastic equipment like cutting board, tea strainers, colanders, etc. in a weak solution (50ml. to a 15 litre bucket of water) of domestic bleach and water for 1 or 2 hours. Then wash with a mild detergent and scrubber to be rid of accumulated dirt, food particles, etc. b) One may save batter of dosas, idlis, Take care to refrigerate the batter before it becomes sour, and also place a piece of banana leaf in the base of vessel before pouring batter, and on top of it. This will keep it from getting sour. c) If you have boiled spinach etc. in excess water, do not throw away this liquid so full of health. Just stir in some salt or sugar and drink up, to you well being. Make this a habit, and drink up the vitamins and minerals, with a smile! d) Allowing a kid too many options confuses him. Don't ask him what he likes or doesn’t like. Give him something which will catch his attention and taste, in the first place! Keeping