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Black Halwa

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Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice 1 full coconut 250g Black jaggery 4 tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder 2 pinch Salt 4 tbsp. ghee 30g Cashew nut   Preparation: Soak the raw rice in water. Extract the first, second and third coconut milk after grating the coconut. Grind the raw rice with the third coconut milk. Place jaggery in a vessel. Dissolve in some water by heating. Strain the dissolved jaggery to remove sediments. Heat 2 tbsp. of the ghee in a kadai. Fry the cashew nuts in it and keep it aside. In the same ghee in the kadai, pour the ground rice, the second coconut milk, and the dissolved jaggery syrup. Stir well. Now add the first coconut milk with the salt. Stir continuously while frequently adding parts of the remaining ghee.  Add the cardamom powder and cashew nuts when the mixture thickens with the oil separating. Mix well. If there is excess oil from the halwa, you may remove it. Grease a plate with ghee. Pour the hot mixture into it and spread a...

Jalebi

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I ngredients for sugar syrup: Sugar -1 cup Water - 1 cup Lime juice- 1tsp Method: Place a pan on medium heat add sugar and water.keep stirring until sugar dissoves and water add cardamom powder and lime juice. Mix well. For the batter: All purpose flour -1 cup Rice powder-- 2tbsp Baking powder- 1/4 tsp Food colour-  Water Method: In a bowl add flour ,rice powder,baking powder ,food colour and water.Mix well and make a batter.. Transfer it into a piping bag. Heat pil in a deep pan ,press the piping bag and make spiral shape and fry it until crispy and golden colour..Put the fried jalebies to the sugar syrup,remove it Yummy yummy  jalebies are ready to serve IIt can also serve with ice creams..Enjoy..

Rasbora

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I ngredients: Rawa- 1/2 cup Milk- 3/4 cup Milk powder 1tbsp Sugar- 1cup Water- 1 cup Baking soda-14 TSP Cardamom powder- 1/4 tsp Methid: Heat ghee in a pan,add rawa and saute for 5 minutes and make a dough like consistency .cover the pan and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Add milk powder, cardamom powder and baking soda and make a smooth dough.Make ball shape or flattend (as your choice).Fry it in a oil till golden brown in colour,and put them  to the sugar syrup. Transfer it to the bowl and garnish with  chopped almonds. Sugar syrup preperation: In a pan add sugar and water and boil it till slightly thick,add cardamom powder and lemon juice lemon juice.

Papaya Payasam

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INGREDIENTS: Milk- 1 1/2 litre Grated papaya(semi-ripe)- 2 cups Sugar- 2 cups Sago pearls- 1 cup Ghee-2 tbsp vanilla essence-1 tsp salt - a pinch METHOD: Soak sago pearls in warm water.In a pan heat ghee and saute the grated papaya. Add 3tbsp sugar in it and cook it well. Allow it to cool. Take another pan and cook the sago pearls with milk and remaining sugar. Add salt and vanilla essence to it and allow it to cool. After it cools down add the cooked papaya and mix it well.Papaya payasam is ready to serve.

Cake

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INGREDIENTS 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup butter 3 eggs Vanilla essence (optional) 1 tsp. baking powder 2 tbsp. fine sugar for dusting PREPARATION 1. Sift together flour, baking powder and keep it aside. 2. Whisk butter, fined sugar till smooth. Then add eggs          beating well after each addition. 3. Add flour mixture little by little.  Then add vanilla              essence and combine. 4. Spoon the batter into the prepared moulds, dividing          evenly. 5. Preheat oven at 180 OC and then bake it for 15 min. 6. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature 7. Dusting fine sugar on top of the cake.   

Bombay Halwa (Karachi Halwa)

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Preparation time: 5 min Cook time:  30 min                                                                     Sweets   Cuisine : Indian Ingredients: Corn flour - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 1/2 cups Water - 1 1/2 cups + 1/2 cup for syrup Ghee - 2 tbsp Nuts - 1/4 cups (finely chopped Pista, Almond and cashew nut ) Cardamom powder – little Food colour – one drop red colour Preparation In a large bowl, mix corn flour with water and whisk well. Add food color and keep aside. In a pan, dry roast the chopped cashews and keep aside to cool. In a pan, heat 1/2 cup of water and add sugar and boil till the sugar melts. Cook for another few minutes till the water starts getting a little thick. Now start adding the corn flour mixture by stirring continuously in low heat. You will see the mixt...

Strawberry kheer (payasam)

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Preparation time: 10 min Cook time:  30 min                                              SWEETS Cuisine : Indian INGREDIENTS: Milk (double cream) -1 ½ lr Milk powder- ½ cup Sugar- 1 ½ cups Water-1/2 cups Sago pearls- 1cup Strawberries- 10 nos(chopped) Strawberry essence-1/2 tsp(optional) Preparation : Cook sago pearls with lots of water, then drain it well and keep it a side.  In a pan add chopped strawberries with ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water and cook it for few minutes, then add cooked sago pearls and mix well. Allow to cool. In a deep bottom pan add milk, milk powder and sugar. Stir well. Allow to cool after that add cooked sago pearls and strawberry mixture. Mix well. Yummy yummy strawberry kheer (payasam)is ready to s...

Kozhikkodan Halwa

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Ingredients: 2 cups of all- purpose flour 4 cups of sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp cardamom seeds, crushed 1.5 liter coconut oil Cashew nuts Coconut slices ¼ tsp colour (optional) Directions: Mix the flour with 9 cups of water and leave it covered for a day. Flour will settle on the bottom, drain the water from top and again add same quantity of water and leave it for one more day. On the second day drain the water without shaking the fermented batter. Check for any lump portion in the batter and remove it. Fry the cashews and coconut slices and keep them aside. Grease a small pan/vessel and keep it aside. Heat the oil on full flame and let it boil. On another burner, boil the sugar with 1 cup of water and add the batter, cardamom crushed seeds and colour. Stir well and pour the boiling oil into the mixture. Stir continuously on medium/high heat until the halwa separates from oil and starts sticking together. Add the fried coconut slices and stir for two more min...

Laddu

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Preparation time:  10 mts                                              SWEETS Cooking time: 1hr    INGREDIENTS: 3 cups sunflower oil. 2 cups gram flour 2 1/4 cup sugar 1  cup water for syrup. ¼ tsp baking soda 1 tbsp raw rice powder 1 tbsp candy 1 tbsp raisins 10 nos Cashew  3 nos Cloves  5 nos Cardamom 1 tbsp spoon ghee ½ tsp yellow colour(liquid) Fry raisins, cashew in ghee and keep aside. Grind cardamom, cloves and mix with sugar. Make thick syrup by adding 2¼ cup water to this sugar mixture and keep aside. In another vessel make thick batter by mixing baking soda, colour, gram flour, rice powder and water. Heat the sunflower oil at medium flame. Hold a ‘thavi’ over the boiling ...

Gulab Jamun

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Gulab Jamun Preparation time:         15 min                    VEGETARIAN Cook time: Less than 10 min INGREDIENTS: ½ cup milk powder 2 tbsp. flour 2 tbsp. yogurt 1 tbsp. ghee ¼ tsp. baking soda Yogurt 2 cups water Oil 2 tsp. rose water 2 cups sugar PREPARATION 1.       In a bowl add milk powder, flour, yogurt, ghee and baking soda to make dough.   2.       Roll the dough into small balls. Keep aside. 3.       Boil water and add sugar to make sugar syrup. Then add rose water. 4.       Fry the small dough balls in oil until they turns golden brown. Remove them and place them in the sugar syrup. Your Gulab Jamun is ready to serve. ...