My cousin was with us for long weekend. After a long time, meeting a family member was great. I cooked few new things for him. I wanted to make something for him and his friends which he could carry when he returned. Since he loves cookies and they are easy to make, I baked these cookies.
These cookies are very easy to make and taste great when they are fresh, they became a bit soft the next day. These are not very crispy(as much as I like). By the time I finished baking the whole batch, it got over. Three of us ate so much that, I had serious doubt if there will be anything remaining for him to carry. So I baked another batch. These were simply awesome.
I got this recipe from here .
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup peeled and finely chopped apple 1 tea spn baking powder 1 tea spn baking soda 2/3 cup butter 1 tea spn vanilla extract 1/2 tea spn salt 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tea spn cinnamon powder 1/2 cup walnuts
Method: Beat butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla extract and mix well. Now add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt and mix well. Now add apple, chopped walnuts. Preheat the oevn at 375F for 10mins. Lineup a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray baking spray(or apply butter). Keep small rounds of the dough on the sheet, take care to leave enough space between two cookies because they expand after baking. Bake in oven at 375F for about 15mins or until golden brown. Store in airtight container when they cool to room temperature.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
As I had mentioned earlier, Konkanis make many different sarus which are like rasams . These are very quick to make, so they are very suitable when you want to cook something tasty very fast. This is such a saru which has very few ingredients. My mother and grand mother used to make these kind of sarus . This is my son in law’s favorite and on his request, I am posting this.
This can be served as a soup on its own or served with rice.
Ingredients: 2 cups water 1 tbl spn lemon juice 1 tea spn jaggery A pinch asafoetida A pinch turmeric powder 1/2 tea spn mustard seeds 4-5 curry leaves 2-3 green chillies 1 tbl spn fresh/frozen coconut(optional) 3-4 strands coriander leaves(optional) Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they start popping, add curry leaves, green chillies, turmeric, asafoetida. Fry for a min and add water. When it starts boiling, add salt, jaggery, coconut and boil for another 1min. Add lemon juice and take off the heat. Garnish with coriander leaves (optional, I did not use it).
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 10mins
