RICE KHEER

 

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time :30 mins

Serve : 4

Milk     - 5 cup
Rice   - 50 gms
Sugar     - 4 tbsp
Green cardamom    - 1/4 tsp
Roughly chopped almonds and raisins - 2 tsp
Rose water   -  1 tsp

METHOD.
Boil milk in a heavy bottom vessel
Once boiled,keep it in a low flame
Add rice  and stir occasionally
Add sugar and mix well.
Add cardamom powder and roughly chopped pistachio and rose water and mix well.
Garnish with  almonds and raisins. 

RICE FLOUR PITHA

 

Cooking Time  20 mins
Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS
Rice flour  -  2 cup
Warm water  -   1cup
Salt    - to taste
Chana dal   -  1 cup
Cumin seeds   -  a pinch
Chopped green chilly  -   2
Chopped coriander leaves -  1 tbsp
Ginger   -  1 inch stick

METHOD
     Soak chana dal for 4 -5 hours
.Then drain chana dal  add ginger and green chilly
.No need to add water
.While grinding, smooth paste is ready
. Mix finely chopped coriander leaves, cumin seeds and salt
. Now stuffing is ready.
  Take rice flour,mix salt and make a smooth dough with the help of warm water.
   Divide the dough into 12 equal size balls.
 On your palm, with the help of your fingers expand the pieces 2-3 inches in diameter.
. Now add 1 - 2 tbsp of dal filling on it,wrap up the dough pieces and close from all sides.

Steam for 10 to 15 mins
Enjoy with coriander chutney.

SUJI HALWA

 

Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cooking Time : 25 mins

 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS

 Semolina -  1/2 cup

 Water - 1.5 cup 

Sugar - 1/2 cup

 Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

 Crushed almonds - 1 tbsp 

Saffron - few strands

 Clarified butter - 1/2 cup

Saffron - few strands 

 

 METHOD 

Heat clarified butter in a pan.

 Roast the semolina on medium flame until light brown in color and give out the fragrance.

 After stirring further for 10 - 15 mins make the syrup of sugar and water and add into the suji and mix well.

 The semolina absorbs the syrup Stir properly otherwise lumps formed.

 The whole mixture cook for 7 - 8 mins. 

Add cardamom powder,crushed almonds and saffron strands. 

The halwa is ready to serve.

 Garnish with crushed almonds and saffron

BESAN KI SUBJI

 

Prep Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS

Besan - 1 cup

Mustard seeds - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Garlic cloves -8-10
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Sliced tomatoes - 2
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Mustard oil for frying -1  cup
Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

METHOD
Mix salt and enough water in the besan and make pakora like liquid. Grease oil in a kadai and heat it. 

Pour the besan liquid and stir it continuously. Make a soft besan dough.

 Grease the oil in a plate and spread it all over. Now cut it in diamond shapes.
Heat oil in the kadai and deep fry the diamond shape pieces.

 Fry the pieces on a slow flame till golden brown. 

Drain on paper napkin.

 Grind the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and garlic cloves to make a fine paste
. Now once the paste is ready, add in it turmeric powder and red chilly powder
. Now heat up the remaining oil, and put the fenugreek seeds to crackle and mix the paste in the oil and stir fry for a few minutes.
  Add the finely chopped tomatoes and cover it and cook in a medium flame.
      Add the water and salt for gravy and boil it
. Now add the fried diamond shape pieces in the gravy and cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot besan curry with rice.

BOONDI LADDU

 

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 25 mins
Serve : 6

INGREDIENTS
Gram flour / besan   -  1 cup
Water   -  3/4 cup
Baking soda - a pinch
Clarified butter   -  1 tsp
Clarified butter - for frying

To make the sugar syrup
Sugar   -  1 cup
Water   -  3/4 cup
Cardamom powder  -  1/4 tsp

METHOD
Sieve the besan take a bowl add besan ,water and one tsp clarified butter.
Make a thick batter now add baking soda.

Heat  enough clarified butter in a wok and pour 1 tbsp gram flour / besan batter over a large round boondi jhara.
So that boondi drops into the clarified butter
So in this way deep fry all the boondis in medium flame.
And strain it from another boondi jhara.
For the sugar syrup
Heat sugar and water in a pan keep it medium flame for 8 to 10 mins.
When it gets sticky it means syrup is ready .
Add cardamom powder and gram flour /besan boondi and mix well.
Sweet boondi is ready ,once cooled to make a ladoo.