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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Basundi



Ingredients
1) 3 L whole milk
2) 3 wati sugar (1 wati sugar for 1 L)
3) Dry fruits of choice

Method
1) Heat & boil milk on medium flame for 1 hr stirring constantly.
2) Now add sugar & again boil for 1 hr stirring constantly.
3) Add dryfruits & basundi is ready. Keep refrigerated. 

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Coriander kothimbir wadi

Ingredients
1) 2 cups chopped coriander
2) 1 cup Besan flour
3) 1.5 cups water
4) Red chilli powder, turmeric powder, corriander powder, salt, sugar, garam masala, grated ginger - garlic
5) Hing powder

Method :
1) Mix all the ingredients
2) In a wok, take little more oil, add Hing & the batter.
3) Allow it to cook on low - medium heat.
4) Remove little. If it sets, it's ready.
5) Put everything on a plate. Cut the wadis & shallow fry it. 

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Kesari Bhaat

Ingredients:
1) 2 bowls old basmati rice (wash & keep)
2) 3 bowls sugar
3) Slightly roasted dry fruits- badaam, kaju, dry coconut, pista
4) Kismiss, grated nutmeg, grated coconut,
     Kesar soaked in milk, cardamom       powder.
5) 5 bowls of hot water. Keep extra ready. Old rice needs more water.
6) Sajuk ghee

Method-
1) In a nonstick cookware, add ghee & roast the dry fruits. Keep it aside.
2) in to the ghee, add 3-4 cloves, 3-4 cinnamon sticks. Add rice into it. Roast for 5-7 mins on medium flame. Add hot water.
3) Let it cook. Add sugar, dry fruits.
4) Cover the container & let it cook.

(The rice has to be separate Dana Dana. Also, you can add little jaggery along with sugar. Eg. If you have to add 3 bowls sugar then you can add - 2.5 bowls sugar + 0.5 bowl jaggery. It tastes good).


Thursday, February 1, 2018

Til papdi

Ingredients -

1) 2-3 wati wheat flour
2) Turmeric, red chilli powder, Til, ajwain seeds as per taste
3) Salt to taste
4) Oil for deep frying
5) Water

Method -
1) Mix all the spices in the flour.
2) Add hot oil mohan to the flour. Knead the dough by adding water.
DOUGH SHOULD BE FIRM & NOT SOFT.
3) Allow the dough to stand for an hour or two.
4) Make small papdi & press it. Deep fry in the oil.


Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Kharapaara

Ingredients:
1) 1 kg maida / 6 big watis atta
2) Salt & oova to taste
3) Oil for deep frying

Method:
1) Mix the maida,water & hot oil (slightly more than we use for making papdi) Do not make very loose dough.
2) Cover the dough for an hour.
3) Roll it into very thin chappati, cut the desired size, deep fry in hot oil.
4) Deep fry on medium flame, so that it gets crispy. 

Aamrakhand

Ingredients:
1) 500 gm chakka
2) 500 gms sugar or slightly more (sugar dissolves in a day or two, taste changes)
3) 2 alphoso mangoes ras
4) Cardamom, nutmeg powder

Method:
1) Mix chakka, aamras & sugar in a bowl.
2) Blend the mixture using a blender or with an egg beater.
3) Mix the spices. Aamrakhandis ready.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Nachni laddu

Ingredients :
1) 500 gms nachni peet
2) 250 gm sattu flour (optional)
3) Small half wati kanik
4) 500 gms pure ghee
5) 750 gms powder sugar
6) Cardamom & nutmeg powder

Method :
1) In a wok, add ghee (do not add entire 500gms. Add around 400gms)
2) Roast nachni peet, kanik on a low to medium flamee for 30mins.
3) Let it cool. Now add, powdered sugar (measure the nachni peet & kanik by number of watis. Accordingly, add so many number of watis of sugar or less) TASTE IT IF REQD. Also add, little pure ghee while making laddus. It tastes good.
4) Add spices & sattu flour. Roll it into laadus.