Archive for October, 2009
Ingredients:
Milk 1 Litre
Rice flour 1 cup
Sugar 1 cup
Badam
Pista
Elaichi powder
How to make Phirni:
In a bowl take 2 cups of milk and add rice flour.
Mix finely and make a paste without any lumps.
Mix above paste in milk and allow to boil on low flame.
Keep stirring till it thickens.
Remove from the fire and add sugar.
Mix well and keep boiling again for 4-5 min.
Now add elaichi powder and finely chopped badam and pista.
Phirni is ready.
Serve chilled in small earthen pots.
October 24th, 2009
Ingredients:
Moong dal 2 cups
Wheat flour 500 gms
Red chilly powder 2 tsp
White sesame 1 tbsp
Jeera powder 2 tsp
Dhania powder 1 tsp
Oil to fry
Salt
How to make Moong Dal Ki Chakli:
Place wheat flour in a muslin cloth and tie with a string.
Place in a steamer and steam for 18-20 minutes.
Cook moong dal very finely and smash it.
Remove the string of muslin cloth and beat the flour with a spoon to make powder.
Add cooked and smashed moong dal,red chilly powder,sesame,jeera powder,dhania powder and salt.
Mix finely and knead dough with water.
Dough should be a soft but not sticky.
Place some dough in the chakli press and make circles of a dough on a plastic sheet.
Drop 4-5 chaklis carefully into hot oil and fry till crisp on a medium flame.
Fry all the chaklis.
Moong dal ki chakli is ready.
Allow to cool and store in airtight container.
October 11th, 2009
Ingredients:
Wheat flour 2 cups
Coconut 1
Jaggery 2 cups
Elaichi powder 1 tsp
Ghee or oil to fry
Salt
How to make Fried Modak:
In a wheat flour add salt and oil.
Knead dough and keep aside.
In another pan take fresh grated coconut and jaggery.
Mix well and cook on low flame upto dry.
Add elaichi powder and mix well.
Make small balls of dough and roll out small puris.
Stuff the coconut mixture and give shape of modak.
Fry modak in a hot ghee or oil.
Fried modak is ready.
October 2nd, 2009
