Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Kala Sheera !!

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Ingredients :

2 cups of Wheat flour
1/2 cup of ghee
2 cups of water(Approx)
1 cup of jaggery(Approx)
2 tsp of sliced almonds ,green raisin and Cashew nuts

Directions :
1)In a pot mix the water and jaggery and bring it to boil.

2)In a non-stick pan heat ghee(till it melts) ,add the flour and saute it till the color of the flour turns dark brown and there is nice aroma from it.

3)Now add the water(from step 1) and continuously mix it so there are no lumps formed.

4)After few minutes the ghee starts leaving the sheera(this is the stage were we know the sheera is cooked properly).

5)Add the sliced dry fruits and mix it well.

Serve hot.




Monday, October 6, 2008

Besan ke laddoo!!

Ingredients :

1 cup ghee
2 cup's of besan flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp milk

Directions :

1) In a non-stick pan take ghee and warm it then add the flour to it and saute it till you smell nice aroma from it the color of the besan flour changes from yellow to light brown.

2)Then add 1 tsp of milk and mix it well (note you should feel some crispness when you kind of hold this mixture in your hand).

3)Add sugar to it and mix it well again,remove it from flame.

Let it cool for some time.


Please note if you feel the proportion of ghee is more and you cannot make ladoo's just freeze the mixture for 15-20 minutes and form ladoo's as shown above.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Gulab Jamun - in Jiffy !!!

Quickest way to make Gulab Jamun :)

Ingredients :

3 cup sugar
300 ml water
1 & 1/2 cup bisquick pan cake mix
ricotta cheese (to make dough)
pinch of saffron

pinch of Cardamon powder
Oil for frying.


Directions :

1)In a pot mix Sugar and water and boil it till it becomes thick sugar syrup,once done add saffron and cardamom to it.

2)In a bowl take 1 1/2 cup of pancake mix and mix ricotta cheese (till u make a nice dough out of it).

3)Make small balls out of it and deep fry it in oil,make sure when you put the jamun's it should not rise quickly if it does slow down the heat so that the oil becomes little bit cold.Also when you fry the jamun's take a spoon and move it in circular motion in the oil(so that it cooks and gets good color all over).

4) Once jamun's are fried and has good color soak it in sugar syrup(warm) for few minutes and then remove it in a bowl. Then once the syrup gets cold enough add it to the jamuns :).


Ready to serve.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Peanut Ladoooo's !!!!


Ingredients:

1/2 cup jaggery
3-4 tsp ghee
1 cup crushed peanuts.

Directions :

Take some ghee in a pan...add jaggery and heat it till it melts.
Once the jaggery melts add crushed peanuts and remove it from the flame.
Make small balls out of it and its ready to eat:)