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Soft & Fluffy Marshmallows (No-Fail)

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  Soft & Fluffy Homemade Marshmallows (No-Fail) Yield: About 30 marshmallows Ingredients: To bloom the gelatin👇🏻 2 tablespoons gelatin (1 oz) 1/2 cup water  For the Syrup 👇🏻 450g sugar 1/2 water For dusting: 1/2 cup cornflour 1/2 cup powdered sugar Optional: Food coloring Tray size:  8 × 8 inch (20 × 20 cm) square tray  Method (Step-by-Step) 1️⃣ Bloom the gelatin Add gelatin to a bowl. Pour water over it and let it sit for 5 minutes until it becomes thick and spongy. 2️⃣ Make the sugar syrup In a pan, add sugar and water. Cook on medium-low heat, stirring until the sugar completely dissolves. Let it cook further until it reaches 1-string consistency 👉 When you lift the syrup, it should form a thin thread between your fingers. 3️⃣ Add gelatin Add the bloomed gelatin into the hot syrup and mix well until fully combined. 4️⃣ Whipping stage (VERY IMPORTANT) Transfer the mixture into a bowl. Attach a whisk attachment and start whipp...

Kalu Dodol:

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Quick and easy  LANKAN  MICROWAVE KALU DODOL In microvawe less than 40 minutes ( you can make in the stove top also the same way) To get best results : 1.. Use fresh thick coconut milk .2..use good Kithul jaggery 3.. Use good quality cardomon powder. Ingredients  1/2 cup unroasted rice flour  350 grams jaggery  1/4 cup white/ brown sugar  550 ML thick coconut milk (I used the Tin Coconut milk) 1 teaspoon cardomons powder  Cashewnuts  Method  In a large microvawe proof bowl add scrapped jaggery ,sugar and coconut milk and mix it well until  all the jaggery has dissolved. Add the rice flour and mix well without any lumps.  Add cardamons powder. Mix well.Microvawe for 10 minutes. Remove and mix it well with a spoon. Return to the microwave for another 5 minutes. And remove and mix well and add the cashewnuts. Return again for another 5 minutes and now it's really thick and you can see the oil is coming out. Mix well and return to the m...