Nutmeg

A childhood hot favorite! A coveted 'naalu mani palaharam' - vatteppam. My grandmother made awesome vatteppams and my Mummy (mother in law) makes even better ones. This is her recipe and it comes out awesome every time! So here goes....                         Vattayappam  Raw rice (pachari) - 2cups Grated coconut    - half a coconut       Yeast              - 1/2 tsp Cardamom       - 4, big (seeds, crushed)  Sugar                - to taste Salt                   - a pinch Soak the rice in boiling hot water, for 4 hours. Grind the rice with coconut with cardamom   adding water or milk. When it reaches a semolina consistency (Rava thari paruvam), take 4 tbsp out, into a pot. Grind the rest to very smooth. Into the half ground mix,...

          CHOCOLATE  FUDGE BROWNIES  What can drive the blues away? Chocolate. Ice cream. Both. So then how about some brownies and ice cream?! 😋 These are very simple but yummy brownies that do not require melted chocolate as an ingredient, so yay! 😊 They are fudge brownies, so gooey at the centre and not firm/crunchy. So here goes... .            FUDGE BROWNIES . Cake flour - 3/4 cups  Cocoa. - 1/4 cup  Sugar. - 1 1/8 cups  Eggs - 2 Unsalted Butter. - 1/2cup(melted, still hot)  Oil. - 1tbsp  Vanilla. - 1tbsp  Salt. - a pinch. . . Beat the hot melted butter, oil and sugar till really combined, maybe for a minute. Add in the eggs and the vanilla.  Sift flour, Cocoa and salt together, onto the mix. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mix. Do not over mix. Lightly grease and line an 8inch × 8inch baking pan. And pour the brownie batter into it. Bake at 170 degrees for...