Ingredients needed for rava laadu:
1 cup Rava / Semolina
1 cup Sugar, powdered
1/2 cup Ghee
1 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tbsps Chopped cashews
How to prepare rava laadu:
Roast rava on a with a tablespoon ful ghee in a fry pan, till the rava gets pale pink in colour.
Cool and powder in a mixie.
Roast cashews in 1 tsp ghee.
Mix powdered rava, sugar and cashews together.
Take the mix in a wide plate and make a well in the centre.
Heat ghee to smoking point and pour into the centre.
Mix them with hands and immediately roll them into small balls.
If needed, a little more hot ghee can be added.
Let it cool.
Points to Note:
It takes a little practice to roll the mixture into round balls. Don't worry, pracrice makes a person perfect. First make the balls roughly before the mixture cools.
Then slowly roll each balls between both palms very softly without breaking them till they form perfect balls.
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Gajar halwa / Carrot Halwa
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Showing posts with label Diwali Recipes. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14
Gajar Ka Halwa / Carrot Halwa
Ingredients
2 cups freshly grated carrots
1/3 cup milk powder
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 cup thickeneed cream
Raisins, cashews and almonds as needed
a little ghee for frying the nuts to a golden brown colour
Method
Spread the freshly grated carrot in a microwave casserole and cook it on high for 7-8 minutes. If the carrot is not tender cook it a little more Microwaves and their cooking power differs from brand to brand.
Remove it from the microwave and now add milk powder, sugar, thickened cream and cardamom powder. Mix well.
Again return it to the microwave and cook on high for another 7-8 minutes.
Remove it from the microwave
Garsnish the dish with fried raisins, cashews and almonds.
Serve either hot or cold
2 cups freshly grated carrots
1/3 cup milk powder
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 cup thickeneed cream
Raisins, cashews and almonds as needed
a little ghee for frying the nuts to a golden brown colour
Method
Spread the freshly grated carrot in a microwave casserole and cook it on high for 7-8 minutes. If the carrot is not tender cook it a little more Microwaves and their cooking power differs from brand to brand.
Remove it from the microwave and now add milk powder, sugar, thickened cream and cardamom powder. Mix well.
Again return it to the microwave and cook on high for another 7-8 minutes.
Remove it from the microwave
Garsnish the dish with fried raisins, cashews and almonds.
Serve either hot or cold
Tuesday, October 13
Gulab Jamuns
Ingredients:
3 Cups of Dry Milk Powder
1 Cup of Self Raising Flour
1/2 cup waterThickened Cream
200 gramsOil for Deep Frying
3 Cups of White Sugar
3 Cups of Water
2 Green Cardamoms
How to get the Sugar syrup:
Put a vessel on fire with 3 cups of water and 3 cups of Sugar.Add the Green Cardamoms in the water and bring to boil.Let it boil for 15 minutes.Keep the pot covered with a lid , just leave a bit of a room for steam to escape.The sugar shoud have completely dissolved and the syrup slightly thickened removefrom fire and let cool.
How To fry the Gulab Jamuns to Golden colour
Take a mixing bowl and add the Milk Powder, Self Raising Flour ( or Add the Plain Flour and the baking Soda), milk, cream and knead the mixture into a dough.
Adjust the quantity of cream to get a tight dough.
Heat a pan on very low fire with the oil for deep frying. The oil should not come to the boiling point.Make small balls of the dough and use some oil on your hands to make a smooth and shiny ball of the size of a cherry.
Remember that it will swell up while frying and while in the syrup , it will get 2-3 times larger in size, so make the balls very small.
Once the balls have turned dark brown then transfer them in the sugar syrup.
Dos and Don'ts while making Gulab Jamuns:
Do not use the low fat options of the milk.
If you do not have Self raising flour you can use maida or the plain refined flour and you can add 3 Pinches of Baking Soda to get the needed texture.
While you are frying the jamun balls the oil should not get very hot since the insides will not get cooked and the outside will turn brown soon. The centre portion of the Jamuns will be hard.
Be, be careful while frying the balls for you to get delicious jamuns.
Note:
The easiest way of getting the correct mixture is to get ready made mixes available over the counter and prepare the dough as given in the reverse side of the packets Just follow the method if you do not want to spend more time using the traditional recipe.
3 Cups of Dry Milk Powder
1 Cup of Self Raising Flour
1/2 cup waterThickened Cream
200 gramsOil for Deep Frying
3 Cups of White Sugar
3 Cups of Water
2 Green Cardamoms
How to get the Sugar syrup:
Put a vessel on fire with 3 cups of water and 3 cups of Sugar.Add the Green Cardamoms in the water and bring to boil.Let it boil for 15 minutes.Keep the pot covered with a lid , just leave a bit of a room for steam to escape.The sugar shoud have completely dissolved and the syrup slightly thickened removefrom fire and let cool.
How To fry the Gulab Jamuns to Golden colour
Take a mixing bowl and add the Milk Powder, Self Raising Flour ( or Add the Plain Flour and the baking Soda), milk, cream and knead the mixture into a dough.
Adjust the quantity of cream to get a tight dough.
Heat a pan on very low fire with the oil for deep frying. The oil should not come to the boiling point.Make small balls of the dough and use some oil on your hands to make a smooth and shiny ball of the size of a cherry.
Remember that it will swell up while frying and while in the syrup , it will get 2-3 times larger in size, so make the balls very small.
Once the balls have turned dark brown then transfer them in the sugar syrup.
Dos and Don'ts while making Gulab Jamuns:
Do not use the low fat options of the milk.
If you do not have Self raising flour you can use maida or the plain refined flour and you can add 3 Pinches of Baking Soda to get the needed texture.
While you are frying the jamun balls the oil should not get very hot since the insides will not get cooked and the outside will turn brown soon. The centre portion of the Jamuns will be hard.
Be, be careful while frying the balls for you to get delicious jamuns.
Note:
The easiest way of getting the correct mixture is to get ready made mixes available over the counter and prepare the dough as given in the reverse side of the packets Just follow the method if you do not want to spend more time using the traditional recipe.
Monday, October 12
Dry Fruit Chikki, a diwali sweet
Ingredients needed for the Dry Fruit Chikki
1/2 cup almonds (sliced into 2-3 pieces)
1/2 cup pistachios broken
1/2 Cashewnuts split or broken
½ tbsp Ghee = to grease the tray
3/4ths cup Sugar
a pinch Green cardamom powder
a few strands Saffron
1/2 cup Dried rose petals for garnish
How to prepare dry fruit chikki:
Take a baking tray and place almonds, pistachios and cashewnuts in it. Microwave for 2-3 minutes till they are crispy.
Take a heavy rolling pin and grease it with ghee. Similarly grease the board on which you are going to roll the chikki.
Heat thick-bottomed pan and add ghee, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron strands. Cook till it forms a thick syrup and turns light brown in colour. Remove from heat.
Add roasted nuts, mix and immediately transfer onto the greased worktop.
Sprinkle dried rose petals and roll out lightly with the rolling pin to about one centimetre thickness.
Make marks with knife even while it is slightly warm.
When cool, scrape with knife and cut into marked pieces.
Store in an air-tight container.
Points to Note:
If you do not have a Microwave, just preheat the oven and then roast the dry fruits for 7-8 minutes.
If you have cut the dry fruits into small pieces even a minute or two should be enough .
The timing should be adjusted according to your microwave.
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1/2 cup almonds (sliced into 2-3 pieces)
1/2 cup pistachios broken
1/2 Cashewnuts split or broken
½ tbsp Ghee = to grease the tray
3/4ths cup Sugar
a pinch Green cardamom powder
a few strands Saffron
1/2 cup Dried rose petals for garnish
How to prepare dry fruit chikki:
Take a baking tray and place almonds, pistachios and cashewnuts in it. Microwave for 2-3 minutes till they are crispy.
Take a heavy rolling pin and grease it with ghee. Similarly grease the board on which you are going to roll the chikki.
Heat thick-bottomed pan and add ghee, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron strands. Cook till it forms a thick syrup and turns light brown in colour. Remove from heat.
Add roasted nuts, mix and immediately transfer onto the greased worktop.
Sprinkle dried rose petals and roll out lightly with the rolling pin to about one centimetre thickness.
Make marks with knife even while it is slightly warm.
When cool, scrape with knife and cut into marked pieces.
Store in an air-tight container.
Points to Note:
If you do not have a Microwave, just preheat the oven and then roast the dry fruits for 7-8 minutes.
If you have cut the dry fruits into small pieces even a minute or two should be enough .
The timing should be adjusted according to your microwave.
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Kalakand
Chandrakala
Chandrakala - a Sweet Recipe for Diwali
Ingredients needed for the sweet Chandrakala:
1 cup mawa
1 cup powdered cashewnuts
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 Kesar paste
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
How to prepare Chandrakala, a sweet recipe for Diwali?
Mix together,awa, powdered cashews and sugar nicely. Cook in a heavy bottommed pan like a pressure pan for about 5 minutes.
Cool completely. Add Kesar and cardamom powder and mix well.
Divide the mixture into equal portions.
Shape them into balls of uniform size.
Cover the top of each ball with a silver foil piece.
1 cup mawa
1 cup powdered cashewnuts
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 Kesar paste
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
How to prepare Chandrakala, a sweet recipe for Diwali?
Mix together,awa, powdered cashews and sugar nicely. Cook in a heavy bottommed pan like a pressure pan for about 5 minutes.
Cool completely. Add Kesar and cardamom powder and mix well.
Divide the mixture into equal portions.
Shape them into balls of uniform size.
Cover the top of each ball with a silver foil piece.
Easy Kalakand ( Microwave recipe )
Ingredients needed for Easy Kalakand
1/2cup milk
1/2 cup sugar1 cup milk powder
1 cup grated paneer
1/2 cup fresh cream
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
How to prepare easy Kalakand:
Mix milk and sugar and micriwave it for 2 minutes.
Remove and mix in milk powder and grated paneer. Mix well and microwave for 2 more minutes.
Remove from th microwave and mix in Cardamom powder
Microwave for 2 more minutes
Remove from the microwave and stir well.
Again microwave for 2 more minutes. Stir once inbetween after 1 minute.
Remove from the microwave. Mix the contents properly.
Spread the mixture in a tray evenly.
After an hopur unmould and apply silver foil.
Sprinkle broken pieces of Badam and pista on top. Cut into square pieces and serve.
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