Friday, September 23, 2011

Singhare ki Burfi....


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inghara is Indian water chestnut with thick red.....esh green skin. It is triangular is shape with two small skips at top. The fruit is lightly sweet in taste and it is milky white in color. It is eaten as a fruit when it is fresh, made into curries when halfway mature and made into flour when completely dry.
During fasting, Hindus don't eat anything that contains cereals, lentils and ordinary salt. So fasting food or vrat ka khanna, is the other way of making staple food like poories and parathas.
Singhara flour is one of the flours which can be used during fastings. It can be used in different ways as to make poori, halwa, paratha, pakori or burfi.
Find my other fasting food recipes here.
Poppy Seeds/Khus khus Barfi
Til Laddo / Sesame Seeds Laddo
Gond ki Panjeeri
Guava Shake
Lauki Halwa 
Carrot Halwa


Ingredients
Singhara flour - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Mawa/ Khoya - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Method
  • In a heavy bottom pan roast the flour with ghee on a medium heat until it is pink in color and gives the nice aroma.
  • Grate the mawa to make sure that there is no lump.
  • Mawa should be very well roasted and lightly brown in color.
  • Add mawa and cardamom powder to the flour and mix well. There should not be any lump in this paste. Keep the heat low for some time.
  • In a pan make the sugar syrup to one wire consistency. 
  • Keep a greased tray ready.
  • Mix sugar syrup to the flour and mawa paste and mix well.
  • Transfer this to greased tray.
  • When it is still warm cut it into pieces and decorate with almonds.
  • This platter goes to Vrat ka khanna 



This is off to Potluck Party




Thursday, September 22, 2011

Friday potluck #8



Welcome to the friday potluck.  The link for potluck party will be up every week on friday (according to Indian time) and it will be up till friday in USA. I'll request you to join and make it sucessful. This time we have a new logo to use.
Rules to link the post

  • Click Enter Here on the Potluck post, and follow the directions. The post you enter must be published on your blog, before you join the potluck.This post shouldn't be older than one week.
  • Please vegetarian dishes only. Eggs are not allowed.
  • Include a link in your blog posting back to this page using my logo. This way, whoever visits your blog, will know about this event and will be encouraged to join it.
  • Please become a follower of my blog, if you haven't done so already.
  • Please like my facebook page, the button is in the right side.(not mandatory but I would love it)
  • Visit at least one other link from the party and leave some comment love for that person. (Come on! We all love a nice comment!
  • Only one blog post per person per party, please.


THIS LINKY PARTY IS TO SPOTLIGHT

YOUR BEST RECIPE  OF THE WEEK.








Thursday, September 15, 2011

Poppy Seeds/Khus khus Barfi

This is my favorite burfi. I learned it from my mom. This is a must in our home on Janmashtami and some times during fasts on other festival.

Ingredients
Poppy seeds - 1 cup
Mawa / Khoya- 1 cup
Sugar - 1 3/4 cups
Water - 1 1/4 cups
Method
Rost the poppy seeds and let them cool. Click here for mawa/khoya recipe. Grease the tray and keep aside. Grind the poppy seeds. In a pan boil water and sugar to three string consistency. Turn off the heat. Mix mawa and poppy seeds paste to it. Mix it fast and transfer it to greased tray. Spread evenly in the tray quickly before it sets. Let it cool. Cut it in diamond or square shape.

This goes to Friday Potluck

Potluck Party #7


Welcome to the friday potluck. I'm very disappointed to see last week friday potluck. But still have some hopes that you will make it successful by participating.

The link for potluck party will be up every week on friday (according to Indian time) and it will be up till friday in USA. I'll request you to join and make it sucessful. This time we have a new logo to use.
Rules to link the post

  • Click Enter Here on the Potluck post, and follow the directions. The post you enter must be published on your blog, before you join the potluck.This post shouldn't be older than one week.
  • Please vegetarian dishes only. Eggs are not allowed.
  • Include a link in your blog posting back to this page using my logo. This way, whoever visits your blog, will know about this event and will be encouraged to join it.
  • Please become a follower of my blog, if you haven't done so already.
  • Please like my facebook page, the button is in the right side.(not mandatory but I would love it)
  • Visit at least one other link from the party and leave some comment love for that person. (Come on! We all love a nice comment!
  • Only one blog post per person per party, please.


This linky party is to spotlight

your BEST Recipe  of the week.











Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Mango Rice


This post is dedicated to Blog Hop Wednesday and this time I'm paired with Shalini. She maintains a nice blog with lots of different recipes. Today I picked mango rice out of them.
I've followed the recipe except I've added channa dal in tadka.


Here I'm presenting this mango rice with the photo frame made by my daughter and me for a gift. To see the details of this photo frame, please click here
A reminder - Friday Potluck link will be up Tomorrow. Please make in successful by participating.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Gingered Carrot Soup - For the weight watchers

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o I'm eating soup right now, which is incredibly easy to make. Recently I realised that I dint post any soup recipe so now I shall post some soup and salad recipes. This is my first step towards it.
This soup almost remind me of homemade tomato soup except it is little bit sweeter than that. Everyone knows the health benefits of carrot still I would like to mention that.

Health Benefits of Carrot:
  1. Carrot can enhance the quality of breast milk.
  2. Carrot can improve the appearance of the skin, hair and nails.
  3. When taken daily it can lower cholesterol and blood pressure.
  4. Raw contain beta-carotene, a strong antioxidant that can prevent cancer.
  5. Carrot juice when taken everyday prevent bodily infections and is claimed to be valuable for the adrenal glands (the small endocrine glands situated above the kidneys).
  6. Carrot can help improve eyesight.
  7. Carrot can help increase menstrual flow.
  8. Carrots can regulate blood sugar.
  9. Carrot can promote colon health, because carrot is rich in fiber.

Ingredients
Carrot - 5 large
Yam peeled- 1 small
Tomato - 1 medium
Onion - 1 small
water - 3 cups
Ginger(grated) -2 '' piece
Garlic - 2 cloves
Salt - 1/2tsp
Black pepper - 1/3 tsp
Croutons - for garnish

Method
  • Wash all the vegetables and cut them in small pieces.
  • Add water and salt and pressure cook them for 2 whistles.
  • Let it cool for some time.
  • Blend into the smooth soup in the blender.
  • Run through the sieve.
  • Add black pepper and mix well.
  • Taste and adjust the taste if required.
  • Pour into soup bowls and garnish with croutons.
  • Ready to serve.


Thursday, September 8, 2011

Friday Potluck #6

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ear friends,
It is a time to meet again. 
Due to some unavoidable situation we missed the potluck last week. Sorry about that.
The link for potluck party will be up every week on friday (according to Indian time) and it will be up till friday in USA. I'll request you to join and make it sucessful. This time we have a new logo to use.
Rules to link the post

  • Click Enter Here on the Potluck post, and follow the directions. The post you enter must be published on your blog, before you join the potluck.This post shouldn't be older than one week.
  • Please vegetarian dishes only. Eggs are not allowed.
  • Include a link in your blog posting back to this page using my logo. This way, whoever visits your blog, will know about this event and will be encouraged to join it.
  • Please become a follower of my blog, if you haven't done so already.
  • Please like my facebook page, the button is in the right side.(not mandatory but I would love it)
  • Visit at least one other link from the party and leave some comment love for that person. (Come on! We all love a nice comment!
  • Only one blog post per person per party, please









Besan Laddo

People of India are fond of laddos. Any festival oe occasion is incomplete without laddos. On the occasion of Diwali and Ganesh Chaturthi, laddos hold special significance because it is considered auspicious of offer laddos to Lord Ganesh, who is well known for his love towards laddus.
Besan Laddos are made of besan or gram flour. It needs lots of patience to roast gram flour but it is worth because the laddus are so tasty.


Ingredients
Besan - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Gond - 1 tbsp

Method
  • Sift the besan to make sure that there are no lumps.
  • Take the gond/edible gum in a microwave safe plate and microwave it for 30 seconds.
  • stir the gond and again microwave it for another 30 seconds.
  • Check in between if it is done. If the gaund expand in the size and becomes white, it is done.


  • Mix besan and ghee in a heavy bottom pan and roast the besan on low heat.
  • Add gaund to the besan.
  • Stir continuous till it release a nice aroma and the flour turns brown.
  • Transfer it to a different vessel and let it cool.
  • When it is warm add cardamom powder and sugar.
  • Mix well with the palms.
  • Roll them in round shapes like laddu.
  • Garnish with chopped pistachios and almonds.
  • Ready to serve and store in a air tight container.

These goes to FSF-Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi event started by Sonia and hosted by me.

Dinner Recipes from Sonia's Kitchen


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Til Laddo / Sesame Seeds Laddo

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hose were the days when I used to start my day with these laddos......my childhood memories :)......so sweet like these laddus. Throughout the winters I relish my mom made laddus. Being my favourite we mostly have these at home in winters. Sesame seeds are very nutritious. They are rich in calcium, phosphorus, potassium and some vitamins too. This is a very simple and quick dessert recipe. I always make it for festivals. This platter goes to FSF- Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi.


Ingredients
Condensed milk - 1 tin
Sesame seeds - 2 1/2 cups + 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Method

  • Dry roast white sesame seeds and keep aside to cool.
  • Grind them in a grinder to a coarse powder.
  • In a pan mix the powder and condensed milk and cook on medium heat for 8- 10 mins, until the mixture gets thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
  • Keep it aside for 10 mins.
  • Once the mixture is warm mix cardamom powder and it is ready to roll into laddos. Grease the palm and roll the laddo. 
  • Roll the laddo in the remaining sesame to give it a nice coating.
  • Ready to serve and store the remaining in a air tight container.

Dinner Recipes from Sonia's Kitchen

Goes to FSF - Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi started by Sonia and Hosted by me.
Goes to Friday Potluck too.


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