Sweet plantain cutlets

Boil 1 plantain and chop it into small pieces. Heat 1 table spoon ghee,1 table spoon grated coconut, add some cashew nuts,raisins and 1/2 tsp cardamom powder. Add plantain and mash it. When done and the mixture is cold, make small balls and flatten it into cutlets. Dip in a thick batter made of salt and all purpose flour and fry in oil. Serve hot.

Moong dal (cherupayar parippu) payasam

Pressure cook 2 cups of dal and add to a sauce pan. Add 1/2 cup ghee and 1 cup jaggery liquid. Roast well. Add 1 cup coconut milk. Cook until thick. Add fried raisins, coconut pieces and cashew nuts (in ghee). Sprinkle 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder and 1 tsp cardamom powder.

Boondi laddoo

Boil 1 cup sugar with water just enough to cover it. Add 1 tsp milk and remove the top layer. Keep on boiling until the syrup becomes 1 string consistency. Add 1 pinch yellow color, 2 cardamoms and 1 clove. Heat oil in a frying pan. Make a running batter with 1 pinch salt, 1 tsp baking soda and 1 cup besan/chick pea flour. Form boondies/droplets into the hot oil, with the batter using a sieve spoon. Fry for 45 seconds. Remove from oil before the bonds become crisp. Add the boondies into the sugar syrup. When warm enough to touch, add table spoon ghee and make lemon size balls.While making balls, crush the boon dies so that they become smaller.

Biscuit chocolate pudding

Dip 1 packet of glucose or marie biscuits in a syrup made with 1/2 cup boiling water and 2 tsp coffee powder.Make a thick paste using enough milk, 3 tbsp cocoa powder and 3 tbsp cornflour.Boil 500 milk along with 5 tbsp sugar (or as per taste), and add this paste. Cook until sauce is boiled and thick.Pour this over the marie or glucose biscuits arranged on a dessert bowl.Sprinkle crushed cashewnuts on top.Serve after refrigerating for 4-5 hours.

Coffee chocolate cake

Mix 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of fine granulated sugar, ¼ teaspoons salt, and 1 tsp baking soda.In a saucepan, melt 1 cup unsalted butter and once butter is melted and add 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1-2 tsp coffee and 1 tsp cinnamon powder. Add 1 cup boiling water and boil for 30 seconds. Let it cool.
Combine 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 beaten eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir this into cocoa mixture. Bake 350 F degrees for 30-35 minutes. While cake is baking, make the icing.

FOR COFFEE FROSTING
Melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan. Add 4 tablespoons cocoa and 1 tsp coffee. Combine, and turn off heat. Add the 6 tablespoons of milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 1/2 to 2 cups of icing sugar. Mix well. Add the 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds and chocolate chips.

Honey drop cookies

Aval payasam

Boil 2 cups of milk. Add 1 cup aval and 3 table spoon sugar. When the milk is thickened, add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder. Serve hot.

Orange cake

Combine ½ cup vegetable oil, 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons grated orange zest to make a fluffy mixture. Add 2 egg yolks, 1 cup flour, ½ tsp baking powder, a pinch of salt and ½ cup orange juice. Whisk 2 egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes in an 8 inch dish.

Jalebi

Banana bread

Naan kattai

Mix 1 cup of maida, half a cup of powdered sugar, 2 drops of vanilla essence, 1/2 tsp baking powder and half a cup of ghee. Make a soft dough. Divide into small balls and bake them at 350 F for 20 minutes.

Boondi laddu

Mango pudding