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June 26, 2008

Instant gulab jamun

Ingredients:-

Milk powder 1 cup + 2 tablespoons
Refined flour (maida) 1 tablespoon
Soda bicarbonate ¼ teaspoon
Green cardamom powder ½ teaspoon
Ghee
4 teaspoons + to deep frySugar 1 cup
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon

Method:-

Take milk powder, refined flour, soda bicarbonate, green cardamom powder and four teaspoons of ghee in a bowl and mix.
Heat sugar and one cup of water in a pan and cook to make a syrup.
Add lemon juice to clarify the syrup.
Remove the scum.
Transfer the syrup into a serving dish.
Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai.
Add sufficient water to the milk powder mixture and knead into a soft dough.
Divide the dough into small balls.
Deep fry these in the heated ghee on low heat.
When the gulab jamuns are golden brown, drain them and add to the hot syrup.
Serve hot or at room temperature.

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Badam and suji's halwa


Ingredients:-

Almonds, blanched and peeled 2½ cups
Semolina (rawa/suji), roasted 1 cup
Ghee ½ cup + 1 tablespoon
Sugar 2½ cups
Milk 1 cup
Saffron few strands
Green cardamom powder 1½ teaspoons

Method:-

Pat the almonds dry.
Keep aside twenty almonds for garnish and grind the rest to a coarse powder.
Heat half a cup of ghee in a pan.
Add almond powder and sauté over medium heat till golden.
Add semolina and mix well.
Add sugar and mix.
Add milk and stir to mix well.
Let it cook for eight to ten minutes.
Add saffron and stir.
Continue to cook till the halwa thickens.
Add green cardamom powder and stir to mix well.
Add one tablespoon of ghee to finish off.
Garnish with reserved almonds and serve hot.

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Ingredients:-

Apples 3 medium
Milk 1 litre
Sugar 4 tablespoons
Green cardamom powder ¼ teaspoon
Almonds, blanched and sliced 8-10
Pistachios, blanched and sliced 8-10

Method:-

Pour milk in a broad vessel and bring to a boil.
Simmer till reduced to half the original quantity.
Add sugar and cook on low heat, stirring continuously.
Peel and grate two apples.
Add the grated apples to reduced milk and mix.
Cook for three to four minutes.
Add cardamom powder, almonds and pistachios.
Pour into a serving dish.
Thinly slice the remaining apple.
Arrange the slices all around the dish.
Serve hot or cold.

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June 05, 2008

Tandoori Roti

Ingredients:-

2 cups Indian whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
About 3/4 cup warm water (enough for a kneadable dough)

Method:-

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Knead the dough, cover, and set aside for at least 1/2 hour (ideally 1-2 hours).
Divide the dough in 10-12 equal pieces.
Roll out into 5-6-inch rounds, paint lightly with ghee, then prepare by one of the two following methods:

Make a slit from one edge of the round to the center.
Wrap one cut edge around the other to make a cone-shape.
Flatten the cone back into a disk, then roll out with the rolling pin to the thickness of carboard, about 5-6-inches wide.
Roll up the disk into a "jelly-roll."
Now curl the roll into a spiral, like a cinnamon bun.
Seal the outside end by pressing with your fingers, then flatten and roll out with a rolling pin to the thickness of cardboard, about 5-6- inches wide.

Place the roti on a cake rack, and set on top of the oven rack in your oven; bake until lightly browned.
Paint one side of the roti with ghee to keep it from becoming brittle.
You can also cook these in a skillet just like chapati.
Remember to butter them when browned.

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