Kala Kalaa / Maida rolls

Ingredients:


Maida - 200 gm
Butter - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Coconut milk(thick) - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Cooking oil - 250 ml
New comb with broad gap / Fork - 1
Procedure:

• Add salt, sugar, butter, coconut milk, little water to Maida and make chappathi style dough..
• Set aside for almost 3 hours.
• After 3 hours, the dough will be softer.
• Make small balls (small marble size).
• Place a ball over a comb or at the back side of a fork and press and extend it towards one side.
• Carefully remove it and roll it over the tip of your left index finger.
• Press both ends lightly.

• Take it out carefully..the sides of the roll should not be in contact..there should be a hollow..
• Roll all the balls similarly..

• Add oil to the frying pan, when it gets heated, deep fry the rolls.

• Add only 2 to 3 tablespoons of water to the sugar and heat it in a broad container.
• Stir evenly till the sugar melts.
• When the sugar syrup boils and turns to  a pale white colour, switch off the stove.
• Add the fried rolls to the sugar syrup and blend well.
• As the syrup is hot, it immediately spreads around the roll.

Learnt from: Mrs.Padma, my mother

White chili in tamarind

Ingredients:

White chili - 150 gm
Tamarind - size of a small lemon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Feugreek - 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
Gingley oil - 1/4 cup
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dal -  1/2 teaspoon
Salt - as needed

Procedure:

• Roast fenugreek in a frying pan and powder it.
• Add cooking oil to the frying pan, when it gets heated up, season mustard seeds, urad dal and asafoetida.
• Cut the white chili into small pieces.
• Add the chili pieces to the pan and saute in low flame.
• When it gets sauted well, add thick tamarind pulp.
• Add salt, turmeric powder and powdered fenugreek.
• Add gingley oil once the raw smell is gone and stir well.

Note:

• Those who enjoy the taste of tamarind+jaggery, add a piece of jaggery.
• It tastes good immediately, but tastes better as days go by.
• Green chili can be used instead of white.

Learnt from: Getting back memories of tasting this item from the hands of my school friend's mom + Internet..self trial