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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rava Besan Ladoo - Dussehra Special !!!

Ingredients:
1.One cup fine semolina.(Rava)
2.Two cups besan.
3. One and a half cup Ghee.
4. Four cups sugar.
5. Two and a half cup water.
6. Cardomom powder - 1 Tablespoon.
7. Raisins and Almonds.



Method:

1. Take half of the ghee and heat it in a kadhai.
2. Put the besan in it and roast it on the ghee.



3. Keep the flame low and stir it continuously.
4. Take it off the fire when it becomes slightly reddish brown.
5. Now take the remaining ghee and heat it another kadhai.
6. Put the rava in it and roast it on low flame, stirring continously.



7. Once it becomes golden brown, remove from the fire.
8. Boil the measured quantity of water and sugar together till it forms a mixture of a slightly thick density.
9. Take out half a katori of the above sugar-water mixture aside.(Use it later , if required)
10. Mix the roasted besan and rava and put them in the remaining sugar-water mixture.


11. Put the cardomom powder, raisins in the mixture and mix it properly and keep it aside.
12. After 2-3 hours, make medium sized ladoos by hand.


13. Garnish each ladoo with finely cut almonds and raisins.
14. Serve and enjoy. !!!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Sitaphal Rabdi !!!







Ingredients:
1 litre whole milk
1 tsp chopped red rose (gulab) petals
8 almonds (badam)
1/2 tsp saffron (kesar) strands
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
125 gms cup sugar (cheeni)
1 cup sitaphal (Custard Apple) pulp
raisins/pistas for garnishing.




How to make sitaphal rabdi:
1.Put the kesar strands in a little milk and keep it aside for sometime.
2.Boil milk in a heavy pot.
3. Stir while boiling.
4. Boil the milk till it gets reduced to almost half the quantity.
5.Mix in sugar and stir till dissolved.
6.Take off fire and mix the cardomom powder and kesar.
7.Mix in sitaphal pulp and keep in fridge for 2-3 hours.
8. Serve the rabdi in glass bowls.
9. Decorate it with red rose petals and dryfruits of your choice.

Enjoy !!!

Tip: Dont grind the sitaphal pulp in mixer.Crush it a bit with a heavy spoon or hand.The ungrounded pulp of the fruit gives an amazing texture to the rabdi.