AAM KA MEETHA ACHAAR

Prep Time :15 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve : 8

INGREDIENTS
Raw mango - 250 gms
Sugar - gms
Kashmiri mirch powder - 1 tsp
Black salt - 1 tsp
Crushed cloves - 2 - 3
Whole black pepper - 2 - 3
Oil - 1 tsp

METHOD
Wash and peel the skin of the mango and grate it.
Add sugar and salt and mix it well
Stir continuously until sugar melt it and mix in the mango
Cover with soft cloth and keep in the sun light.
Next day stir continuously and keep in the sunlight.
Third day cover with soft cloth and keep in the sunlight.
Now add kashmiri mirch powder and mix well.
Heat oil in a pan add crushed cloves and whole pepper to splutter and add in bthe mango pickle.
Your mango pickle is ready to eat.

WATERMELON RIND HALWA

Prep Time : 25 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS
Grated watermelon white portion -250 gms
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
Mawa - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Crushed cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
Raisins - 1 tbsp
Almonds - 1 tbsp

METHOD
Wash and grate the watermelon rind.
Heat clarified butter in a pan.
Add grated watermelon and saute for five mins.
Now cover the lid and cook in a slow flame until the oil leaves the sides of the pan.
Add sugar,mawa and cardamom powder and mix it well.
Add cashew nuts and raisins and mix well.
Garnish with almonds.

ALOO KULCHA

Prep Time : 25 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
All purpose flour  -  1.5 cup
Baking powder  - 1/2 tsp
Milk  -  2 tbsp
Curd  -  2 tbsp
Salt  -  to taste
Sugar  -  1/2 tsp
Butter  -  1 cube
Clarified butter  - 21tbsp
For stuffing
Boiled n mashed potato  -  1/2 bowl
Finely chopped onion  -  2 tbsp
Finely chopped green chilly  -  1
Ginger paste  -  1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Roasted cumin seeds powder - 1 tsp
Onion seeds - 1 tbsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves  -  1 tbsp
Chilly flax  -  1/2 tsp
Salt  -  to taste

METHOD
In a kneading bowl mix together all purpose flour,salt,sugar,clarified butter,milk,curd and baking powder.
Make a soft dough,keep aside for an hour.
After an hour knead it again,add some clarified butter and knead it again
Take some dough and make medium size balls.
Take a bowl add all listed ingredients of stuffing and mix well.
Now stuffing is ready.
Stuff the filling in the dough and roll into balls.
Then roll out the kulcha,sprinkle some coriander leaves and onion seeds and roll out.
Heat the tawa,sprinkle some water on the other side of the kulcha in order to stick it to the tawa and cook it for a mins on a high flame till it gets golden brown.

Apply some butter over the hot kulcha and serve hot

MANGO SANDESH

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serve : 8

INGREDIENTS
Mango pulp  - 1/2 cup
Cottage cheese paneer - 1 cup
Mawa - 1/2 cup
Sugar powder- 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Saffron - few strands
Milk - 2 tbsp

METHOD
Soak saffron in warm milk.
Heat mango pulp in a pan and stir continuously till thick
Blend the paneer in the blender to make smooth and also blend the mawa in the blender to make smooth
Add the paneer and mawa and saffron in the pan and mix well.

,Continuous stirring until the moisture would begin to dry up,remove the pan from heat and allow the mixture to cool
add sugar powder and mix well
Divide the dough into balls and make a shape like mango
Garnish with leaves.

Mango sandesh is ready to serve