Monday, March 16, 2009

Seimbaal

SEIMBAAL
The colostrum is also known as seimbal (Tamil), Posu(Konkani), Ginnu(Kannada), Junnu(Telugu), Kharvas(Marathi) is a sweet made from lactating cow’s milk. Usually it is prepared by the first 3 days milk from the cows who has littered. This is a sweet made in different ways. I prepare this like pal kova. When the colostrum is boiled that forms like crumbled paneer. And jaggery adds colour and flavour to the colostrum.

Ingredients:
colostrum - 4 cups
jaggery - 1.5 cups
salt - a pinch
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
water - 1/4 cup

Method:
- make a syrup with jaggery and water and bring it to boil
- then strain it and remove the dirt- the cool- now boil the colostrum.
- after 5 - 7 mins of constant stirring it forms small crumbles like paneer.
- now pour in the jaggery syrup and keep stirring once in between
- now when the sweet is firm add the cardamom powder and pour in a greased plate and cut them into cubes when they are cold.
- I have left them as crumbles as I prepared in the night and left them in the kadai.
- I consumed the seimbal during the early mornings.


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5 comments:

Ashwini said...

Love this..It has been years since I have eaten this ..Yumm

Sapthanaa Vytheswaran said...

Iam on the way of postingfew more recipes .. made lots of them during the weekend.. Thanks.. Thats my fav too!!

Sapthanaa Vytheswaran said...

Iam on the way of postingfew more recipes .. made lots of them during the weekend.. Thanks.. Thats my fav too!!

Srikitchen said...

haven't tasted this dish so far!
name is also so unique for me sapthana!

lubnakarim06 said...

I heard of this but never tasted it. Looks gr8!