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.

Gatte ki sabji!!!

Ingredients :

For dough :
2 cups besan ka aata
salt to taste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
water to knead dough

For Gravy :
3-4 tsp oil
3/4 tsp garlic paste
approx 3 cups of yogurt
2-3 tsp besan ka aata
cumin seeds
water as needed
1/4 turmeric powder
1/4 red chili powder
salt to taste

Directions :
1)First of all knead dough using the above mentioned ingredients.Please note the dough should not be very soft it should be hard enough to make rolls and cut it as shown in the picture below.

2)In a pot pour some water and bring it to boil and put the cut gatte's into it.Keep boiling it until it starts sticking to bottom of the pot. 3)Then drain it in a vessel as shown above.

4)In a pan take some oil add cumin seeds and after it sputters add garlic paste and saute it. Add the mixture of yogurt and besan and add water to it.
Let it boil then add turmeric powder,red chilli powder and salt. Once it has the thickness of a gravy add gattes to it and garnish with cilantro and serve with roti.

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.