Besan Pedas

Besan Pedas are most popular dessert prepared during festivals.This recipe is prepared using gram flour.TheBelow recipe will prepare around 25 medium sized pedas.

Ingredients

4 cups Gram Flour

1 cup Cow Ghee

2 cups sugar

1 tsp Powdered Cardamom

1/2 cup chopped Almonds and Pistachios

Procedure:

1.Heat the ghee in a pan.
2.Add the gram flour and fry it on a low flame stirring continuously till brown.
3.Once it is browned, and starts leaving ghee,this shows besan is cooked properly,now let it cool.
4.Add powdered cardamom and sugar. Mix well.
5.Add chopped almonds and pistachios.
6.Shape into pedas(flat rounds).

7.Serve and enjoy this yummy dessert

Thurri (Makhana) Kheer

Thurri or makhana is most delicious recipe prepared specially during navratra fast.This is prepared using crushed makhana.It is very simple to prepare.Below recipe will prepare 4 servings.

Ingredients:
6 cups milk(whole milk)
3 cups makhana.
1 cup sugar.
4 Cardamoms finely grounded.
6-7 Cashews sliced
5-6 raisins.
2 tsp Desi ghee

Procedure:
1.Heat ghee in skillet and fry makhanas for 5 min or until light golden.
2.Coarsely ground the makhana and keep aside,
3.Heat milk to boil in a pan.
4.Once milk starts boiling simmer the gas,and let it cook for 10min.
5.Now add crushed makhana,cashews,raisins,cardamom in it and cook it for another 10 min on low flame.
6.Thurri Kheer is ready.Serve hot or chill

Gulab Jamun

This is a traditional Indian dessert. Spongy milky balls soaked in rose scented syrup.It is very popular recipe in India and prepared in various occasion.Its a very easy recipe.This recipe will make 10 Gulab jamun.

Ingredients:

For balls:

1 cup dry milk powder
1/4 cup tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tablespoons ghee (clarified unsalted butter), melted
1/4 cup warm milk

pinch of baking soda.

2 cups oil for frying
For syrup:
1 1/4 cup of sugar

1 cup water
4 cardomom seeds

few strands of saffron

Procedure:
1.In a large bowl, stir together the milk powder, flour, baking soda. Mix in the melted ghee, then pour in the milk, and continue to mix until well blended. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
2.In a large skillet, stir together the sugar, water and cardamom seeds. Bring to a boil, and simmer for just a minute. Set aside.
3.Heat oil in a skillet. Heat over medium heat for at least 5 minutes.

4. Knead the dough, and form into about 10 small balls.

5.Reduce the heat of the oil to low, and fry the balls in one or two batches.

6.After about 5 minutes, they will start to float, and expand to twice their original size, but the color will not change much. After the jamun float, increase the heat to medium, and turn them frequently until light golden.

7.Remove the balls from oil and drain extra oil by placing them over paper towels.

8.Let the balls cool for 3-4 min.

9.Place the balls into the skillet with the syrup.

10. Serve immediately, or chill.

Kheer/Rice Pudding

Kheer is one of my favourite dessert, which is very nutritious and easy to prepare.It is known by different names in different regions like Kheer in Punjab,Rice Pudding in Bengal and Payasam in South India.The below recipe will make 6 servings.

Ingredients:
2 litres milk.

4 tablespoons sugar.

2-3 tablespoons rice(washed well and dried on plate)

a few raisins.

a few almonds blanched and finely sliced

few strings of saffron

Procedure:
1.Heat milk in a large pan.

2.Add saffron strings with boiling milk, so that it gives its colour and flavour.

3.Simmer until reduced to three-quarters of its original volume.

4.Add washed rice.

5.Add sugar when rice is tender and continue cooking until milk is reduced to half its original volume.

6.Add raisins and finely sliced almonds.

7.Cool and serve.

Ghujia

Holi is on 11-March ,so thought to prepare some delicacy for this occassion.If its festival of Holi then Ghujia is the first thing that comes into our minds,so decided to prepare Ghujia this festive season.Preparing Ghujias takes little bit of time and efforts but once prepared successfully brings a feeling of joy in your as well as your loved ones face.Below recipe will make around 8 ghujias.

Ingredients:

4 cups of All purpose flour

16 oz Ricotta cheese(500 gm khoya)

10-12 resins

100 grams of Almonds

4 tablespoon of cooking oil

1/2 cup sugar

For sticking the rolled chapattis -

1 tsp all purpose flour

2 tsp water

Procedure:

1.Mix the 1 tablespoon oil and flour properly to form a binding consistency of breadcrumbs.

2. Add some water and knead lightly the entire mixture.

3.Make it soft dough and keep it aside with a damp cloth covering it.

4. Heat 1/2 tbspn oil in pan and fry khoya/ricotta cheese till it becomes light brown(or a dry in case of ricotta cheese).This will take around 7 min.Keep stirring so that khoya doesn't get burnt.

5.Now add sugar in this mixture and mix well.

6. Add the almonds and raisins, and fry for a 2 more minutes.

7.Remove from fire and let it cool and keep this mixture aside.

8.For making mixture that will help in sticking the edges of ghujia dissolve 1 tsp all purpose flour in 2 tsp water and form a smooth paste

9.Now kneed the flour for 2 min,and divide it into 10 equal parts.

10.Roll each part into 4 inch diameter circles.

11.Dip a finger in sticking mixture( that you prepared in step 8) and apply it on edges of these circles.

12. Fill half of the chapatti with the khoya mixture and seal the sides of the chapatti keeping the khoya inside it.

13.Make the sealing look decorated by giving a look of hemming.

14.Deep-fry these gujias until it becomes light golden brown, keeping the flame at low.

15. Drain oil from these ghujias.

16.Enjoy it in this festive season.

Fruit Pudding

Fruit pudding is a recipe loved by people of all ages,specially its my mom's and my dearest Manav's(grandson of my mom)favourite.In fact this is loved by everyone in general.Its best part is that it is highly nutritious for kids(specially)and lovely for everyone's palate.My mom used to make it spl for Manav as he enjoyed eating it any time and all the time.The below recipe will prepare for 4 people.
Ingredients:
1 apple finely chopped.
1/2 pound grapes(250 gms)each sliced into two.
1 Mango (cut in small pieces)
1 orange(cut in small pieces)
100 gms strawberry(cut in small pieces)
250 gms Cream
100 gms sugar.
Procedure:
1.Take cream in a vessel and stir it till it is smooth and creamy.
2.Mix sugar in this cream and stir well so that the sugar is properly dissolved.(If cream is sweet need to add sugar).
3.Add all the fruits and mix well.
4.Refrigerate it for 3 hrs.
5.Serve chilled.You will really love it.

Boondi ladoo

It is a delicious Indian dessert made during all special occasions all over India.These are also prepared during various Indian festivals like Holy,Diwali,and Rakshabandhan.

Ingredients:
For Boondi preparation:
1 cup gram flour.
1/2 cup water
For syrup preparation:
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp of sliced almonds
1 tsp of cardamom water.

1 tsp sliced pistachios for garnishing
Procedure:
1.Heat the sugar and water till reaches 1 thread consistency(It will take 10 minutes).
2.In the mean time mix the flour and water and make a smooth batter,the consistency of batter should be such that it should flow properly through the skimmer.
3.Check if syrup is done,keep it aside.
4.Heat the oil.
5.Place skimmer 1 1/2 inch from pan level,otherwise boondi would not come round.Now pour the batter over a skimmer(sieve with round holes).Round boondies will come in the oil.
6.Fry it for 3 min or till bubbles disappear from oil.
7.Remove these boondies from oil and put them in the hot syrup.Add cardamoms,and almonds in this mixture.
8. When the mixture is still warm make into round balls.

9.Garnish ladoos with pistachios(sliced) on the top.
10.Boondi Ladoo are ready to be served

Sooji ke laddoo

This indian dessert although very quick and easy to prepare but is reallytasty to have.If you have less time and want to eat something sweet thisis the best choice.

Ingredients:
1 cup fine sooji/rava.
1 cup sugar.
8 cashews each cut into 4 parts
Few strands saffron(optional).
1 tea spn raisins.
1/2 tea spn cardamom powder.
3/4 cup water.
Ghee.


Method of preparation:
1.Heat ghee and add raisins and cashews. The raisins will slightly puff up and the cashews will become very light golden brown in hot ghee.
2.Add sooji in it and fry for about 5 mins on medium heat mixing continuously till a nice aroma comes out of it and it is golden brown in colour.
3.Take out the sooji in a plate.
4.In the same pan, add water, sugar and heat. Add the saffron strands. Boil it for about 5mins.
5.Switch off the heat and add sooji and mix well. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
6.At this stage, the mixture becomes too watery which is perfectly fine.Close the lid of the pan and let it sit for about 15-20mins.The mixture will get dry in this time period.
7.When it is dried and can be handled, apply some ghee to hands and make laddoos.
8.When they are cooled to room temperature, store in air tight containers. Finish them within 1 week.

Suji Ki Kheer

Ingrediants:
3 Cups Milk
2 tsp suji
4 tsp sugar(cane sugar)
1/2 tsp crushed cardomom
10 finely cut cashews
5 finely cut badam
4-5 strands saffron

Serving:2 Persons

Methods Of Cooking:
1.Fry suji to v light brown colour.
2.Take kadhai and boil milk in it.
3.Put some cardomom in it when it is boiling.
4.Now add suji in it and continuosly stir the mixture so that no lumps are there.Simmer the flame.
5.Now add saffron strands and sugar in it.
6.Keep stiring the mixture.
7.Now switch the flame off.
8.Garnish it with cashews and badams.
9.Let the mixture cool and place it in refrigerator for 2 hrs.
10.Serve it cool and I promise you will really love this dish.