STRAWBERRY COMPOTE

 

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

INGREDIENTS
Strawberry - 250 gms
Orange juice - 4 tbsp
Honey - 2 tbsp


METHOD
Wash and chop the strawberry
Heat  a pan.add chopped strawberry. and orange juice bring to a boil,once boiled keep it in a low flame and stir and mash the fruit to combine.
Cook for about 10 - 15 mins until the juice is reduced
Turn off the flame,once cooled add honey and mix well.

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 pistachio   - 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  pistachio.

INSTANT DHOKLA

 

Prep Time- 10 mins
Cooking time- 15 mins
Serve- 4 to 6

INGREDIENTS
Gram flour/besan   -   1 cup
Semolina                  -  1 cup
Curd                       -  1 cup
Sugar                          - 2 tbsp
Salt                            -  to taste
Water                            -  1 cup
Oil                                 -  2 tbsp
Lemon juice                  -    1 tsp
Eno fruit salt                    -  1tbsp

For tempering
Black mustard seeds   - 1 tsp
Green chillies        -        5 

Sesame seeds  - 1 tbsp

Oil                       -         1 tbsp


METHOD
In a bowl mix together gram flour, semolina, yogurt, sugar, salt,  lemon juice, oil and water to make a smooth paste.
Keep aside for 15 minutes.
Add eno fruit salt in the dhokla mixture just before making dhokla and mix well.
Pour the batter in a greased plate and steam it for 10 mins.
Heat oil in a pan for tempering and add mustard seeds ,sesame seeds ,curry leaves, green chillies.
Pour it over the dhokla and cut in cubes

GAJAR HALWA

 

Preparation time- 20 minutes
Cooking time- 1 hour

Serve -  10

INGREDIENTS
Chopped carrot     -  2.5 kg
Milk   -    1 kg
Milkmaid   - 250 gms
 ghee     -   1 cup
Cardamom powder    -   1 tsp
Crushed cashew nuts     -   2 tbsp
Raisins       -    2 tbsp


METHOD
Wash, peel and chop the carrots
. Pressure cook the chopped carrots and milk.
 When cooker release the whistle turn off the flame. Once cooled, open the lid.
Simmer the flame and stir continuously till it gets thick
. Add   ghee and mix well
. When the mixture (carrot and milk) gets dried, add milkmaid and saute for 4-5 minutes.
Add cardamom powder, raisins and cashew nuts, pistachio and mix well
 serve hot.

POMEGRANATE APPLE RAITA

 

Prep Time : 25 mins
Total Time : 25 mins
Serve - 4


INGREDIENTS
Pomegranate  - 1 cup
Apple - 1/2 cup
Hung curd   -  1 cup
Milkmaid  - 1/2 cup
Fresh cream  -  1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
White pepper  -  1/2 tsp
Salt  - to taste


METHOD
Hung the curd in a muslin cloth for 2 - 3 hours and then prepare raita.
Beat the hung curd and add milkmaid and cream.
Add olive oil, white pepper ,salt and mix well.
Add pomegranate  seeds and apple chunks and mix well.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and apple
Serve chilled