The festival of Kavady is one of the most auspicious occasions on the Tamil calendar and is one of the festivals that has always been celebrated by my family.
From as long as I can remember we have been observing this occasion and my childhood memories are filled with the blistering Durban heat, cups and cups of sweetened milkshakes , sweet rice and of course, delicious breyani.
Every year I try go home to Durban to celebrate this time and like to take along some nice treat for our beloved Muruga.
For more information of this festival and its significance, I have found this this helpful link:
http://www.lenzshree.co.za/kavadysignificance.htm
Now the treat I made this year was Soji Laado, its incredibly easy and like most Indian Sweetmeats, doesn't need any oven time
Ingredients
500g semolina
1.5 cups of coconut
1.5 cuos of castor sugar
250g butter or ghee
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp elachi (cardamom)
25ml of sesame seeds
125g chopped almonds
397ml condensed milk
Red Food Colouring (or any colour of your choice)
Method
- Melt butter or ghee in a thick base pot
- Add in the semolina and let brown then add in coconut
- Remove from the heat
- Add castor sugar, nutmeg, elechi, sesame seeds and mix together
- Mix together the condensed milk and almonds into the semolina mixture
- Add colouring as desired, depending on how dark or light you wish. A few drops do the trick
- The consistency of the mixture will be slightly sticky and is now ready to be rolled into small balls
The balls should hold nicely and hardens almost immediately
Done ! Easy Peezy
I'm glad to report that everyone enjoyed these sweet little babies which were incredibly quick and easy to prepare.
From as long as I can remember we have been observing this occasion and my childhood memories are filled with the blistering Durban heat, cups and cups of sweetened milkshakes , sweet rice and of course, delicious breyani.
Every year I try go home to Durban to celebrate this time and like to take along some nice treat for our beloved Muruga.
For more information of this festival and its significance, I have found this this helpful link:
http://www.lenzshree.co.za/kavadysignificance.htm
Now the treat I made this year was Soji Laado, its incredibly easy and like most Indian Sweetmeats, doesn't need any oven time
Ingredients
500g semolina
1.5 cups of coconut
1.5 cuos of castor sugar
250g butter or ghee
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp elachi (cardamom)
25ml of sesame seeds
125g chopped almonds
397ml condensed milk
Red Food Colouring (or any colour of your choice)
Method
- Melt butter or ghee in a thick base pot
- Add in the semolina and let brown then add in coconut
- Remove from the heat
- Add castor sugar, nutmeg, elechi, sesame seeds and mix together
- Mix together the condensed milk and almonds into the semolina mixture
- Add colouring as desired, depending on how dark or light you wish. A few drops do the trick
- The consistency of the mixture will be slightly sticky and is now ready to be rolled into small balls
The balls should hold nicely and hardens almost immediately
Done ! Easy Peezy
By adding a little red you get a pretty pinkish tint, these
are how they turned out
Thanks to my mum for this easy recipe !
I'm glad to report that everyone enjoyed these sweet little babies which were incredibly quick and easy to prepare.
Happy Baking and always remember, if its made with love, that love will always be tasted
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