A healthy middle eastern cake known by names Harisseh or Nammurah
Ingredients
4 cups Sooji (semolina)
1 cup Canola oil/Ghee(clarified butter)
1 cup Sugar
¼ tsp Baking soda
1 cup 2% yogurt
1 cup 2% milk
3 cups Attar (Sugar syrup/see below to make)
¼ cup Almonds
Dash of salt.
2 tbsp.Tahini (optional)
How to make Attar
3 cups Sugar
1 cup water
1tsp Lemon juice
1 tsp orange Blossom water
Mix sugar,water and boil on medium heat until sugar gets dissolved completely.Then add lemon juice and orange blossom water.
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This recipe is dedicated to all those breast feeding mothers out there.Fenugreek’s mechanism of action seems to be related to its’ propensity to increase sweat production. The simple truth is that, breasts are modified sweat glands. I prefered it over uluva kanji, uluva juice and uluva unda.
Ingredients
Uluva/Methi (Fenugreek) seeds -3/4 cup
Jaggery(Sharkkara) – 250 gm
Cardamom(Elakka) – 5 nos
Dry ginger (chukku)powder-1 tsp
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Dry roasted cumin ( nalla jeerakam) powder – 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tsp Continue reading Uluva(methi/fenugreek seeds) Sharkaravaratti →
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