Monday, March 29, 2010

Wandering Memories

Somewhere in the middle of shaping the candies, I looked down at my fingers. I Just looked. I hear you say, so what? doesn't everyone look at their fingers...or actually hands? Yes. Well, okay. But, not everyone have memories attached to it, well..maybe or maybe not, as I do.

There we [my sister, brother & me] were, standing near the kitchen door wanting,..no waiting...no watching. Wait,..yes definitely its 'watching' this time - watching  our mom's tender fingers wandering in the coarse, stickier, nuttier peanuts, well you get the point. She tries to shape them into perfect round candies. For some reason, our cravings for these soft, sticky candies becomes harder,  ignoring her little efforts.

Do you think we waited for our mom to shape them? Yes, No..I mean No. Cravings overcoming patience! And you know what happens. Grab a handful. Indulge in happily. Ignore mom's little angry face. Such a fragrant and delectable fellas you see. Couldn't stop eating them - then and even now. But, I do have the patience now, to shape them - just to complete my mom's work. Sweet isn't it?

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PEANUT CANDY/KADALAI URUNDAI

  • 1 cup Peanuts
  • 1 tbsp packed jaggery[Use a mortar pestle to powder the jaggery]
[Recipe makes 8 medium sized round candies]
Dry roast the peanuts over medium-heat till lightly browned. Cool and remove the skin.

Grind the peanuts and the jaggery together in a mixi, till they form a slightly coarse mixture. Transfer and shape them into round-shaped candies.

To be noted: Do not grind it to very fine or a more coarse texture, somewhere in between coarse and fine should do. I dusted my candies with little grounded peanuts-just for photograph.

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33 comments:

  1. Awesome!!! looks simply yummy and nice recipe..

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  2. kalai,

    Nice kadalai urndai, looks really good.

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  3. Excellent click.. looks lovely...

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  4. What an interesting peanut sweet.Ladoos look so sweet and mouth watering.

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  5. Super delicious..I too have so many nostalgic memories with this one :-)

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  6. Great memories and greater treat for my eyeballs.

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  7. Wow. I am definitely drooling here. Such an mouthwatering peanut candy. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. easy and very delicious...beautiful clicks too

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  9. Wowww, this peanut balls makes me nostalgic too..mouthwatering balls indeed..

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  10. Hi. Such eye cathcing candies and so true as children how Mom would give us that NO NO look and we would still sneak and eat.

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  11. Looks awesome and very nice pictures!

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  12. perfect!! mouthwatering..loved the clicks..

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  13. Nice kadala urundai...lovely memories!

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  14. It was nice reading about your childhood memories :)....kadala urundai looks yum!

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  15. Ohhh Kalai
    you reminded me too my childhood days! eagerly waiting for those sweets, sometimes sneak and have it..sweet looks yummy and delicious!

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  16. I tried this and came out well..thnx for posting such an easy to make, delicious sweet..

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  17. Yummy . An award waiting for you

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  18. First time here !! You have a lovely blog !!

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  19. Thanks Kali for taking me back to my childhood days...when we sisters used to fight for besan ka ladoos which Ma used to make:-)
    I'm drolling here...feel like grabbing it from my computer screen:-)

    Deepa
    http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/

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  20. Dear Kalai, you have a tag award waiting at my blog..
    http://www.nithubala.com/2010/04/tag-award-from-latha.html

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  21. Lovely post, the kadalai urundai looks perfect and inviting !

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  22. Hy Kalai,

    chanced upon ur blog...while blog hopping..healthy n delicious recipes you have...glad to follow u...do drop in at my blog sometime...

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  23. Dear Kalai,
    Read your guest post at Nithu's.Nice to know a little more about you.Potato-Yam curry loooks very delcious.
    I have a Chain Post waiting for you at my blog ,please accept it.
    http://kiranjay.blogspot.com/2010/04/ten-women-i-like-most-chain-post.html

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  24. lovely recipes Kalai, following your blog. Please visit mine as well as I am also new in the blog world.

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  25. The peanut candy looks so yummy..
    first time here u have a good collection of recipes..following ur blog

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  26. First time here and loved ur space. Glad to follow u.

    Chitchat

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  27. wooow,,kadalai urundai looks perfect with perfect photography dear,,,you got special kind of hands both in cooking n also in craft works,,,simply superb dear..

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  28. Hi Kalai

    Recipe looks simple with only two ingredients, I'm going to try it out for this Deepavali. Thanks for sharing it. I'm a recent blogger, please visit and comment.

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