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Diwali Sweets

This diwali I have made a few resolutions; No New clothes for me - closets overflowing Few crackers - last year we said no more, but gau was disappointed so limited enjoyment better than starving Regular traditional sweets as opposed to something fancy off the web;  My sweets last year were easily perishable. Definitely bajji, ukkarai on diwali day. I have not made my mom style sweets in a long while, the kind to fill cookie jars for 2 - 3 weeks.  So here goes my first attempt: 7-cup sweet Payathamaavu/Ulundamaavu urundai Panjiri (My sister special) Savouries?  Not sure.  maybe ribbon pakoda.

A tale of two biscottis

What do you give to someone who has everything?  Perhaps your time, attention and effort?  Biscottis fit the bill exactly.  Now, I used to be the biscotti making queen in my MS days in UT Austin;  I had modified a recipe found in a cook book (this was way before food blogs became so prolific online), adding lemon and orange zests, fine semolina etc... But unfortunately, I have not written down the recipe anywhere so I have to start from scratch.  I went to joy of baking website and took their best biscotti recipe and ran into trouble immediately.  The batter wouldn't come together when I did everything described.  I had to rework the recipe to finally get something in the oven.  here is my modified recipe. 1 cup (145 grams) mixed nuts, I used almonds, cashews and walnuts 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 cups (260 grams) organic chapathi flour 3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated white s