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Desserts, Kids Special Menus, Sweet Dish

Choco Almond Burfi

During the festival, we prepare sweet dishes as an offering to the God and Goddess. This time especially on the occasion of Dussehra I am preparing a sweet dish as an offering (Naivedhya) which is quick and simple,i.e. Choco Almond burfi

Ingredients :
1 cup soaked Almond (Badam) ( 18 to 20 approx )
1 tbsp fresh cream
2 tbsp Cocoa powder
1 tsp Cardamom (Elaichi) powder
Few drops of chocolate essence
Powdered sugar 3/4 cup
2 tbsp clarified butter(Ghee)
Method:
Soak the Almond (Badam) for 1/2 an hour. After completely soaking peel the skin and grind it into a smooth paste by adding the fresh cream.
Now heat a pan and add ghee. Once ghee melts, roast the paste till it stops sticking to the pan. Now add Cocoa powder and powdered sugar, stir for another 5 to 7 min. Add Cardamom powder and chocolate essence and stir well. Finally, pour the mixture into a greased plate and give it the desired shape and garnish it with syrups, dry fruits or dusting powdered sugar over it.

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Desserts, Fasting Snacks

Paneer Modak

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2 cup crumbled paneer
1/2 cup rice flour,
1/2 cup milk powder,
Salt to taste, (usually we avoid salt if we are keeping this as naivedya)
Ghee for frying

For stuffing
1 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup grated jaggery
Cardamom powder
Almond and Pista sliced

Garnishing
1 cup pomegranate juice
1 tbsp sugar

Method
Put Pomegranate juice and sugar in sauce and pan stir continuously till the sugar is dissolved. Reduce the flame and cook till the mixture becomes thick.

In a mixing bowl, take Paneer, rice powder, milk powder, pinch of salt, mix well. Prepare the soft dough.

In another bowl, mix coconut, jaggery, cardamom powder
and chopped almonds and pistas.

Make a round ball from dough and stuff the coconut stuffing. Seal it. Give it the shape of modak and deep fry in ghee.
Garnish with Pomegranate Syrup.

Note: During festivals I don’t think much of calories 😉
If you are keeping these modaks as Naivedya, don’t use salt while preparing the dough.

Desserts

Paneer Malpua

Very happy to share this recipe with you all. Paneer is my all time favorite. It is a magical ingredient with which I can experiment loads of recipes. Keeping this in mind I prepared this dish with citrus flavor..
I have used Rajgira flour as it’s navratri special but you can add any flour as per you choice ..

Ingredients for Malpua:
1 cup paneer crumbled
1/2 cup milk powder
1 cup rajgira flour

For sugar syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 cup sweet lime juice
Cardamom powder
Lemon zest few
Method

In mixing bowl, take crumbled paneer, milk powder and Rajgira flour
Mix well. Now add water to make smooth batter. Let it rest for 20 mins. By that time you can prepare the sugar syrup.

Heat 1/2 sugar and 1/4 cup on a low flame, simmer this mixture. Stir well. Then add sweet lime juice, cardamom powder and lemon zest.

In another pan, heat ghee, pour the batter in hot ghee and shallow fry the malpuas till golden brown. Fry on low flame. Then immediately place them in sweet lime sugar syrup and coat well. Remove them from sugar syrup and serve in plate.

Serve hot.. 🙂

Desserts

Gud ka Halwa

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1 cup Sooji
1/2 cup Grated Jaggery (Gud)
1/4 cup Besan
Chopped dryfruits
Cardamom powder
Pinch of nutmeg powder (Optional)

Method:

First melt Jaggery (Gud) in water till it gains a syrupy consistency.
Now roast the Semolina (sooji) and besan well. Now add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder, chopped dry fruits and finally the jaggery syrup and stir continuously till the water evaporates.

Note:
While making syrup add milk or lemon juice if any dirt in the syrup it separates.

Jaggery is very good for health in winter.

Desserts

Thandai Lolly

Thandai Lolly
Ingredients
1/2 ltr Fat milk… Boiled & Cooled
1 to 2 tbsp Milk Powder,
2 to 3 tbsp Rose syrup
10 to 12 Almonds, Pistachios, Cashew nuts
1 tbsp Poppy seeds
1 tbsp Melon seeds,
1 tsp Fennel seeds
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder,
½ tsp Cinnamon powder,
1/2 tsp Pepper powder,
Few Saffron strands, (soaked in milk)
Sugar (Optional)
 
Method
Soak almonds, pistachios, Cashew nuts, Poppy seeds, Melon Seeds, Fennel seeds for 3 to 4 hours. Now grind to a fine paste. While grinding add cinnamon, cardamom and pepper powder. Keep aside. In a pan, boil the milk. Add little milk powder for thickness. When the milk begins to boil add the ground paste and boil another 5 to 10 min. Now let it cool. Deep Freeze by placing it in an ice cream mould. Set for some hours.