Soulful Creations

Its been 2 months since my last post, isn't it? Our move from Boston to Houston was a long wonderful winding road. We flew to Denver, CO and drove from there to San Diego CA. On our way we did devour some great food. From San Diego the wise guy flew to Boston for some last bits of work while I set sail to SFO and had a great time there- oh so much to eat, so little time! More on that in a later post- but today read on for my first Indian Cooking Challenge post The melt-in-your-mouth tirunelveli halwa Ingredients Wheat berries- 3/4 cups Sugar- 1 cup almonds & walnuts, chopped- 3/4 cup, reserve 1/4 cup for garnish Ghee- 5 tbsp cardamom- 1tsp Pachai karpooram- a pinch Food color Method Soak the wheat berries overnight. Grind in a blender with about a cup of water. Strain the milk into a bowl. Return the husk to the blender and grind again with water. Strain and repeat the process about 4-5 times. Note*: Clean the strainer and blender immediately, otherwise you wo...