Carrot Halwa Recipe

You will need

• 3 cups grated carrot
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 2 cups mixture of milk and water (the proportion may be as you like)
• 5 cardamons
• 15 cashews
• 10 raisins
• 2 tbsp ghee or butter

Method :

Step 1 : Peel all the carrots and grate them finely.
Step 2 : Put pan in low heat .Add ghee, some cashews, raisins and grated carrot, and fry it for just 30-40 seconds.
Step 3 : Then add milk in pan and bring it to boil with grated carrot and add sugar to it.
Step 4 : Cook over medium heat until all the milk gets thicken.
Step 5 : When ghee starts separating then add cardamon powder. Mix it well and turn off the heat.
Step 6 : Decorate with cashew nuts.

Do not heat the mixture too long, so as to prevent it from getting hardened.

Parupu Vadai/ Masala Vadai recipe

Step 1:

You will need

• 2 cups bengal gram/chana dal
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 3 green chillis
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp chilli powder
  
• 1tbsp of chopped ginger
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves ( cilantro)
  
• salt
• oil for frying

Step 2:

Soak and grind

Soak chana dal in warm water for half an hour and drain it for half an hour. Then grind it without adding water such that it should not become a paste.

Step 3:

Adding ingredients:

Dal should be semi ground then add the rest of the ingredients just to fold them in with the dal. Don't grind them for long. May be only for a second or two.

Step 4:

Deep fry:

Divide the above mixture into equal portions, flatten in the palm of your
hand and deep-fry in vegetable oil till light-golden-brown. Drain the oil by placing it in the paper towel.

Serve it hot with a cup of tea or coffee.

Note:

You can freeze it after making masala vadas. Just microwave it when its needed. Not very crispy when you heat it after freezing. But the taste wont varies!!

Crispy dosa recipe

Step 1:

You will need

• 4 cups of Basmathi rice
  
• 1 cup urad dal
  
• 1 cup besan flour
• 1 tbsp fenugreek
• 2 tbsp rava (sooji)
• salt as required
• water as required
  

Step 2:

Soak

Soak the rice and fenugreek seeds together in a separate box over night and urad dal in another box


Step 3:

Dough

In a Grinder or Blender (Mixie) blend the ural dhal till it become very soft by adding water. Urad dal has to be very soft to get very thin and soft dosa. Then grind the rice with the fenugreek and the water and then mix with the urad dal. While grinding rice add 1 cup flour and rava to it and blend it altogether. Add salt according to your taste.

Allow it to ferment for min 7 hours.


Step 3:

Frying

Heat a flat pan and make thin dosas. Fry on both sides until golden brown in color with little oil.

Banana dosa recipe

Step 1:

You will need

• 250g all-purpose flour (maida)
• 4 bananas, mashed
• 1 egg
• 75g sugar
• 2g cardamom powder
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 glass milk
• 50g oil

Step 2:

Dough

Beat the egg well and to this, add sugar, milk and mashed bananas. These ingredients can also be mixed in a blender. To the all-purpose flour, add the above banana mixture and mix well to form dosa batter. Now add cardamom powder and baking powder to the batter and mix well.


Step 3:

Frying

Heat a flat pan and make thin dosas. Fry on both sides until golden brown in color with little oil.

Handy Hint:

Add some green chillies if u like spice dosa..

God's ways are higher than our ways!

One of the reasons that prayer is so vitally important in the life of the believer is that it affords him the opportunity to inquire of God concerning His will and His ways. The ways of God are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are deeper than our thoughts. It's imperative that every Christian spend time seeking God's leadership. It's not enough to understand the principles found in God's Word. We must also learn to be led by His Spirit in every situation.

Joshua:

Joshua understood this truth, and it became the centerpiece of his leadership. An incredible statement is made about Joshua's military strategy, "Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. 'Go, look over the land,' he said, 'especially Jericho.' So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there" (JOSHUA: 2 : 1 NIV).

Moses:

Moses certainly didn't do things that way. Moses sent twelve spies into the land of Canaan, but Joshua only chose two. Why? Perhaps Joshua remembered that ten of the twelve that Moses sent were men of fear rather than men of faith. He knew that two men of faith could accomplish much more than ten men of doubt. But there was a greater reason that only two were chosen - the Providence of God.

God doesn't change. He remains the same in His character and eternal attributes. But His ways and methods continually change. That's one of the greatest lessons that any Christian leader must learn. God knows everything. He knows every circumstance of our lives. Consequently, He knows the exact strategy that is needed for our leadership. With Moses, one strategy was needed. But for Joshua, another strategy was essential. God led Moses to choose twelve spies, but He led Joshua to pick only two.

If Joshua would have tried to simply do what Moses had done, it would have been disaster. But Joshua found God's plan for that particular moment and it worked. At first sight, it may have looked like a catastrophe in the making. But God's ways are higher than our ways. God had a plan that was far beyond anything Joshua could have ever imagined.

If I had been the leader of the children of Israel, I would have probably told those spies, "Look fellows, this is a dangerous mission. There's all kinds of potential perils that you're going to face. Stay focused. What ever you do, stay away from any prostitute's house!"

But God's ways are higher than our ways! He led them to a most unlikely place to stay - the home of Rahab, the harlot (JOSHUA: 2 :1). It would have been difficult for twelve men to stay there, but it was perfect for two. It would have been spiritual suicide for only one person to stay in the Harlot's house, but there was safety in twos. God's ways are good and perfect.

Rahab protected and hid the spies. They were able to witness to her of the greatness of their God. She embraced the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. She turned from her idolatry and trusted in the One, True, and Living God to save her and her family. The FAITH of the Israeli spies combined with the faith of the Canaanite harlot resulted in God's protection of the children of Israel and the family of Rahab.

God's ways are certainly higher than our ways. If we are to be all that God wants us to be, then we must do what the Scriptures teach, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (proverb: 3: 5,6 NIV).