Sugarcane Kheer

sugarcane kheer

It is a different type of sweet dish of vermicelli cooked in healthy sugarcane juice with dry fruits.

Ingredients

Vermicelli                                  3 tbsp

Ghee                                         3 tbsp

Sugar                                        2 – 3 tbsp

Sugarcane juice                         1 cup

Cardamom powder                     ½ tsp

Chopped almond, pistachio

And cashew nuts                       3 – 4 tsp

For garnish

Cashew nut

Almond

Pistachio

Method

Heat ghee in a pan, add broken vermicelli and roast it till light brown.

Now add sugarcane juice and stir well and add sugar and cook.

roast the vermicelli and add sugarcane juice

Then add chopped dry fruits and mix well.

add dry fruits and cook

Now serve it in a bowl and garnish with dry fruits.

garnish the sugarcane kheer

Palak Malai Barfi

palak malai barfi

It is a delicious sweet dish made with healthy spinach, milk and dry fruits.

Ingredients

Boiled finely chopped spinach                 1 cup

Milk                                                      1 cup

Granulated khoya                                  2 tbsp

Sugar                                                   6 – 8 tbsp

Soaked saffron in milk                            2 tbsp

Almond finely chopped                           1 tsp

Pistachio finely chopped                        1 tsp

Desi ghee                                             3 tbsp

For garnish

Silver leaf

Method

Heat desi ghee in a pan, add spinach in it ans stir for 2 – 3 minutes.

Then add milk, saffron soaked  and mix well.

add milk and soaked saffron in spinach 

Add khoya, sugar and mix well then cook for 4 – 5 minutes.

add khoya sugar and mix

Now grease plate and sprinkle chopped almond and pistachio.

sprinkle pistachio almond in greased plate 

Then pour the cooked spinach on it and spread then freeze it for 2 hours.

pour the cooked spinach 

Take out from freeze and cut in pieces.

cut the palak malai barfi in pieces

Garnish with silver leaf and serve.

Chocolate with sponge

chocolate with sponge

It is a delightful chocolate dish with sponge, chocolate syrup, jam and plum. Very easy to prepare so try it.

Ingredients

Sponge chocolate flavour            2nos

Chocolate syrup                        ½ cup

Fruit jam                                   2 – 3 tsp

Plum(Alu bukhara) chopped       1 tbsp

Chopped dry fruit                       as required

Chocolate flavoured cream          for garnish

Vanilla flavoured cream              for garnish

Method

Take a mixing bowl, crush the sponge in it.

crushed sponge

Then add chocolate syrup and mix well.

add chocolate syrup

Add fruit jam and mix well.

add jam

Then add plum (aloo bokhra), chopped dry fruits and mix well.

add chopped dry fruits

Now take a butter paper and put the prepared mixture on it and add chopped dry fruits.

put chocolate sponge mixture on butter paper

Then roll it and close both sides lightly and keep it fridge for an hour.

roll the mixture with butter paper

Now remove from butter paper and cut in middle and place on serving plate.

takeout chocolate from butter peper

Garnish with both cream and serve.

garnish with cream

Coconut Dumplings

coconut dumpling 

It is a very easy to prepare sweet Indian dumpling with coconut, Bengal gram and jaggery mixture which is delicious.

Ingredients

Refined flour dough                   1 cup

Soaked and boiled split

Bengal gram                             1 cup

Jaggery                                    2 – 3 tbsp

Grated coconut                         ½ cup

Cardamom powder                    ½ tsp

All purpose flour                        as required

For garnish

Grated coconut

Soaked and boiled split Bengal gram

Method

Take a mixing bowl, add boiled split Bengal gram, jaggery.

bengal gram and jaggery 

Add grated coconut, cardamom powder and mix well.

add coconut and cardamom powder

Now make rotis of refined flour dough.

make roti from dough 

Place the roti on triangular mould and stuff the prepare gram-coconut mixture in it.

stuff the dumpling with coconut-gram mixture

Close the mould and cut the extra roti portion and take out the dumpling and keep aside.

prepare triangular dumpling 

Make more like this.

ready to cook dumpling

Now place them in a bamboo steamer.

place the dumpling in bamboo steamer

Then cover and steam for 15 minutes.

steam the dumpling for 15 minutes

Serve the prepared dumplings with coconut-tomato dip.

serve coconut dumpling with coconut-tomato dip 

Garnish with grated coconut and soaked and boiled split Bengal gram.

garnish the coconut dumpling

Coconut Rice

coconut rice

This delicious South Indian styled coconut rice is very easy to make & tastes mind blowing if you have fresh coconut. Coconut rice is a dish prepared by soaking white rice and cooking it within coconut milk with coconut flesh. Coconut Rice is a very simple recipe and can be done by everyone.

Ingredients

Ghee                                        1 tbsp

Cashew nuts                             4 – 5 nos.

Raisins                                     8 – 10 nos.

Jaggery                                    1 tbsp

Sliced coconut flesh                  1 cup

Soaked rice                              1 cup

Coconut milk                            1 cup

Water                                       as required

For garnish

Dried grated coconut

Roasted curry leaves

Green chilli

Raisins

Cashew nuts

Method

Heat ghee in a pan, add cashew nuts, raisins and stir.

stir cashew nut and raisins in ghee 

Then add jaggery and mix well.

add jaggery

Add sliced coconut flesh and stir well.

add coconut flesh

Add soaked rice and mix.

add soaked rice

Then add coconut milk, some water and cover the lid and cook until done.

add coconut milk

Open the lid and move the rice.

ready coconut rice

Now serve the rice in coconut shell.

Garnish with grated coconut, roasted curry leaves, green chillies, cashew nut and raisins.

garnish the coconut rice

Besan Halwa

besan halwa

Besan (gram flour) halwa is a rich, sweet, traditional Punjabi favourite for any celebrations and puja. It's also helpful for curing sore throats.

Ingredients

Clarified butter (ghee)                ½ cup

Gram flour                                1 cup

For doodh ki chaashni

Milk                                          1 ½ cup

Powdered sugar                        ½ cup

Cardamom powder                    1 tsp

Saffron water                            1 tsp

For garnish

Rose leaves

Silver foil

Method

To prepare doodh ki chaashni

In a pan heat up milk, add powdered sugar, cardamom powder, saffron water then stir and let it cook.

prepare doodh chaashni

In another pan heat clarified, add gram flour and stir well.

put besan in ghee and stir

Now add the saffron milk into gram flour and keep stirring 

add milk mixyure in besan

Strring continuously until it becomes smooth thick mixture.

keep strring the halwa 

Now pour the besan in a bowl and garnish them with rose leaves by putting the silver foil on it.

garnish the besan halwa

Lassi

Lassi is a popular and traditional yogurt-based sweet drink of India, is the perfect cooler on a hot day.

Ingredients

Yoghurt                                    1 cup

Powdered sugar                        2 tbsp

Cardamom powder                    1 tsp

Saffron water                            1 – 2 tsp

Almonds flakes                         1 tbsp

Milk                                          ½ cup

Method

Take a blender and put yogurt, sugar powder, cardamom powder.

yogurt, sugar and cardamom 

Then add saffron water.

add saffron water 

Add almond flacks.

add almond flacks 

Now add milk.

add milk

Then blend it well.

blend to prepare lassi 

 Now pour the yogurt lassi a copper glass.

pour lassi in copper glass