Mix fruit halwa

I was motivated to experiment more new recipes on halwa as a result of good ginger halwa recipe. As offerings to Lord Krishna on festival of Janmastami I tried mix fruit halwa on the availability of the fruit at home. One can use fruit of thier own choice, only to be careful on its selection for example i preferred sweet taste fruits like chickoo, apple and banana. It is best choice of dessert and also good for children as its made up of natural fruits. 

Ingredients :-


5 chickoo
2 banana
2 apple
1 cup khoya
1/1/2  cup milk
2tbs cardamom powder
5tbs sugar
1tbs ghee


How to :-

• Take pulp of chickoo and apple and banana and grind in food processor to prepare paste.
• Heat ghee in pan and stir the pulp paste for 10 min.
• Add khoya and cardamom powder and mix well.
• Add milk and sugar and heat it for next 15 min and keep stirring till it becomes thick.

Serve it hot and garnish with cashew nuts. 

Ginger halwa

Its always been exiting to experiment cooking new recipes . Ginger halwa was an experiment as had purchased more of ginger. I wanted to use it as fast and in better way and thought of making ginger halwa. Basically its a boon when having cough or cold. Moreover its also healthy option of sweet dish for those having diabeties. The recipe is as below.






Ingredients:-

                                                                     
1kg grated ginger
1 bowl seedless dates
1 bowl grated coconut
1 bowl sugar syrup (2 tar) / honey
1tbs cardamom powder
1 cooking spoon ghee








How to:-

• Heat ghee in pan and add grated ginger to it.
• Stir it well till turns light brown and then remove it to another plate.
• Add coconut to the same pan and heat it till it turns light pink if required add ghee.
• Now mix ginger, seedless dates, grated coconut and mix well. 
• Later on add bowl of honey or sugar syrup along with cardamom powder.
• Make a thick paste and garnish with pistachio and serve it hot.

Store in refrigerator and before consuming heat it in microwave or else it tasted good when chilled. Enjoy this new recipe.

Kesar Pista Shrikhand

Hello everyone,

Shrikhand is a very popular yogurt dessert in gujarat state. It is served in many other states of india but mostly gujaratis are very fond of it. Kesar Pista shrikhand is a sweet yogurt dessert made up of saffron and pistachio. It tastes yummy and one tablespoon of smooth shrikhand is a source of temptation. A heavy dish but very yummy.

Ingredients :-

3 Kg sour yogurt (curd)

2 cup sugar powder

2 tbs cardamom powder

1/2 cup hot milk

1/2 tbs saffron strands.

How To :-

1. Take yogurt (curd) in thin cotton cloth and tie it tightly and hang it at a reasonable height. In kitchen one can tie it over wash basin so that the water content of the Yogurt (curd) is removed and thick curd is left. Put this thin cotton bag of yogurt (curd) for 7 to 8 hrs or overnight.
2. Remove the thick yogurt (curd) from cloth and put it in a bowl. Add sugar powder to it, if required more add as per taste.
3. Now in a food processor grind the yogurt and sugar powder to make smooth paste.
4. Take 1/2 cup hot milk and add the saffron strands to it and leave it for 1/2 an hour. 
5. Meanwhile add the cardamom powder to the smooth paste of yogurt. mix it well.
6. The saffron colour milk should be added to the yogurt mixture and stir it well. This will give saffron colour and taste to the yogurt. Also add the pistachio powder.
7. Garnish it with pista slice.

One tablespoon of shrikhand is so delicious and it swallows so easily to get tempted to eat more. Gujaratis prefer to have as dessert with lunch specially with puris. Very famous known as shrikhand puri. Enjoy this flavour of yogurt dish till i come up with more flavours of shrikhand.

Cucumber raita

Dear Readers,


On my blog this is my first recipe on raita. A special yogurt dish used as supplement to main course in indian dish. It goes with almost all types of indian dishes and enhances the taste of full dish. Varities of raita are there and they are much more easier and requires less time. 


Ingredients:-

                                                                      
1 grated cucumber
1 bowl beated yogourt (curd)
1 tbs salt
1/4 tbs black pepper powder
Chat masala as per taste.


Preparation:-


Take 1 bowl yogurt and add grated cucumber to it. Also add all the above ingredients and mix well and leave it for 1/2 hour.  It can be stored in refrigerator if  want to serve it chilled. It tests good at room temperature as well.

Garlic Bhakhri

Garlic bhakhri or say lasun bhakhri is my own recipe which i tried at home. Bhakhri is our favourite dish during dinner. At times while travelling for more than 2 to 3 days this dish turns out to be a boon . No preservatives are needed to preserve it and can eat with tea or pickle or curry or plain milk.

Ingredients :-


3 bowl wheat flour
1 bowl bajra flour
1/2 cup garlic paste
1/2 cup cumin seeds roasted ( jeera)
1tbs black pepper powder
3 cooking spoon oil
4 tbs ghee.
Salt
milk/water




Preparation :-

• For bhakhri take wheat flour and bajra flour and mix well. Add all the above ingredients .
• Make dough of the mixture by adding little amount of water and milk. For bhakhri the dough needs to be hard.
• Divide the dough into equal parts and make the ball shape of each part of dough. Each ball will make 1 bhakhri.
• Roast it on the tava with the help of thick cloth to press on each side while roasting. Apply ghee approx 1/2tbs on one side of bhakri and make little holes on the bhakhri so the ghee gets soaked. The holes need not be so deep.
• Serve it hot with curry or chai or yogurt or plain milk. while travelling wrap it with silver foil or small thin cotton cloth.