Basundhi

I have wanted to try out basundhi for a long time. Couple of weeks back , hubby and myself where on the 6 day sahsti veredham. It was a devine week with lord muruga, and I made this delicious bsundhi on the 6^{th day} day to celebrate Soorasamharam.

Hope you try out this sweet and simple dessert for your next veredham!

Basundhi: 

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients:

Milk – 3 Cups

Sugar – ¼ Cup

Pista /Badam – 10

Saffron – few strands

Cardamon /cardamom extract – a pinch 

Method:

• Heat the milk in a pan, over medium flame.
• Keep stirring until in reduces to one-third of volume.
• Keep stirring at regular intervals, to prevent burning at the bottom of pan.
• Add the sugar,cardamom and pista/badam and keep stirring until the sugar dissolves for about 3-4 minutes.
• Remove from stove and cool completely. Serve chilled.

Diwali Cupcakes - Eggless Vanilla with Fondant toppers

Here are my cupcakes for Diwali. Sorry for a very late Diwali post my friends. 

I have been taking cupcake orders on request for a while now. So these are some eggless vanilla cupcakes with fondant toppers that I made for Diwali. Please contact me for price and details at chitra_visalakshi@yahoo.co.in. Do follow us on facebook for future updates. 

I had so much fun making these fondant toppers. I was so glad to hear great feedback from happy customers. I also made a batch for my friends, along with some homemade murukku!