Showing posts with label almond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label almond. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 December 2012

Carrot Halwa (Gajar Halwa)

Ever wondered what  sweet makes people salivate.  It's the one and only Gajar kaa Halwa. A traditional Indian sweet prepared from grated carrots and lots of sugar and milk. It's one of the hottest selling Indian sweet. So check out the recipe below and satisfy your sweet tooth.


Ingredients:

  1.  Carrots                                           8-10 medium
  2.  Cashew nuts                                  5-6
  3. Almonds                                         5-6
  4. Raisins                                            10-15
  5. Pure ghee (Clarified butter)       3 tablespoons
  6. Milk                                                2 cups
  7. Green cardamom powder           1/4 teaspoon
  8. Mawa (khoya)                              1 cup
  9. Sugar                                             3/4 cup

Method:

  1. Peel, wash and grate carrots.
  2. In a thick bottom pan add grated carrots and milk.
  3. Cook on medium heat for five to six minutes or until the milk evaporates and the carrots are cooked.
  4. Stir in the grated khoya and sugar and cook for two to three minutes or till the sugar melts and mixes well, stirring continuously. Continue to cook for two minutes more.
  5. Add ghee and  Green cardamom powder  and mix well.
  6. Garnish with chopped cashewnuts, sliced almonds and raisins.
Gajar Halwa is ready to serve.Serve hot or at room temperature.      

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Roasted Almond Chocolate

Homemade Chocolates......
Yummy.... :-)
Everybody loves to eat chocolates. This homemade chocolate recipe can be delicious for your children, or you can gift them to someone. It is very easy to prepare and won't even take your too much time to prepare. So let start to prepare delicious chocolate.
Ingredients:
1 cup cooking butter
1 cup Icing Sugar
1 cup Cocoa Powder
1-1/4 cup Milk Powder
1-1/4 cup roasted Almond
1 teaspoon vanilla essence


Method:
1. Mix  icing sugar,cocoa,and milk powder together.
2. Melt Butter on a double boiler.
3. Add Cocoa,Icing Sugar and Milk Powder Mixture in a melted butter.
4. Stir well.
5. Add roasted almond and vanilla essence in this mixture.
6. Pour this mixture in a chocolate molds and deep freeze them.
7. After 10-15 Minutes , take them out and  remove the chocolates from the molds into separate    plate.

Your Roasted Almond Chocolates are ready to serve. 




Saturday, 21 January 2012

Milk Burfi

A Desert from India. It's fast fresh and simple. Easy to make for beginners also.
So what are you waiting for??? Let's start an Indian delicious desert.


Ingredients:
1-1/2 Cups Milk Powder
1/2 cup Superfine sugar
1-1/2 tea spoon  Citric acid Powder
1/2 cup milk
Cardamom Powder
Chopped Almonds,Pistachios

Method:
1. Mix milk powder,Superfine sugar,Citric acid powder.
2. Add Milk into it until the mixture  becomes smooth.
3. Pour this mixture in a greased plate with butter and allow it to set and cool.
4. After 10-20 minutes cut into square or diamond shape and top them with almond and pistachios pieces.

Your milk burfi is now ready to serve.