ThenkaiDosa

ThenkaiDosa+Dosapowder Thenkai Dosa: Thenkai means coconut and dosa out of it. I was literally surprised to see this recipe in Shanthi's blog.  First thing I remember about coconut is it is used to worship God in our Hindu culture. It's a must on festival days to make sweets or savories, to worship, in some of the houses it is used to take drishti/nazar lagna (evil eyesight). Where is coconut found? Found across much of the tropic...

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"T" Tiffins

Trial Mix: 3/4 cup cashews 1 cup walnuts 1 cup raisins 3/4 cup peanuts 3/4 cup shredded coconut 3/4 cup chocolate chips Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Store in an airtight container and refrigerator Treat yourself to the trail mix whenever you want to munch something! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tropical Ball of Cheese: 8 oz light cream cheese, softened 4 oz light tropical fruit cocktail (drained) 1 cup chopped walnuts Cut the fruit into smaller pieces. Mix softened cream cheese, fruit and 1/2 cup walnuts. Chill...

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Coconut Roughs

Recipe for Coconut Roughs:1/2 cup mashed potato40 gms. butter1 1/2 cups icing sugar2 tbsp. cocoa2 cups coconut desiccated1 tsp. vanilla essencePlace butter and mashed potato in a large bowl and beat well.Gradually beat in the icing sugar and cocoa.Add coconut and vanilla essence.Place small spoonfuls of mixture on over proof paper.Refrigerate coconut roughts until s...

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