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Brownie Sizzler in Marathi
Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients:
4 squares of chocolate brownies
Chocolate Sauce: 1 bar of milk chocolate, 1/2 cup whole milk
Pack of Vanilla Ice-cream
Sizzler Plate with wooden trey
Dry Fruits (walnut and almond pieces)
Method:
1) To make chocolate sauce, we need to melt the chocolate. Break the bar into pieces. Put in glass bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir with a whisker. Microwave for 10 to 15 more seconds if require. Work with chocolate very carefully. It gets burn if microwaved more than required.
2) Once chocolate is melted add milk and stir vigorously to get smooth, shiny chocolate sauce.
3) Microwave brownies for 10 to 15 seconds just to make them warm.
4) Heat a sizzler plate. Make it very hot. Carefully put the heated plate on wooden trey. Place brownies at the center. On top of each brownie place one scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Pour chocolate sauce on vanilla ice-cream and let it flow on the sizzler plate. Chocolate sauce will start sizzling. Garnish with walnuts and almonds. Serve immediately.
How to eat? - A small chunk of ice cream with a brownie piece and a bit of chocolate sauce.
Tips:
1) To avoid chocolate sauce from sticking to the sizzling plate. Place a piece of aluminum foil on hot sizzler plate.
2) After 30 seconds of microwaving chocolate, you will notice that chocolate has not melted and intact from the outside. Infact, it has melted from the inside. Hence, after first 30 seconds, stir the chocolate. You may need to microwave twice for 15 seconds. Each time, stir and check.
3) Eat with caution. If you spoon the chocolate sauce directly from the sizzling plate you will sizzle your tongue too !! [my own experience ;) ]
Mango Icecream in Marathi
Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Serves: 8 people
Ingredients:
1 cup Heavy whipping Cream, chilled
2 cup Mango Pulp chilled (I used ready-made sweetened pulp)
1/2 cup powdered Sugar
Cardamom Powder (Optional)
Method:
1) Take a big glass bowl and refrigerate it for half an hour before whipping the cream.
2) Pour the cold heavy whipping cream into chilled glass bowl. Using hand mixer, whisk the cream.
3) When cream starts becoming fluffy, add sugar in 2-3 batches and keep whisking. Do not whisk once cream becomes nicely fluffy. Over-whipped cream will begin to separate and curdle, and then turn to butter.
4) Add chilled mango pulp to whipped cream and fold with spatula. Also add cardamom powder or any other flavor (vanilla, mango etc) at this point. Mix nicely.
5) If you have ice-cream machine, churn the mixture as per the instructions written in the manual.
6) If you don't have ice-cream machine:-
i) Pour the mixture into a freezer safe plastic or metal container (Metal pan used for baking work too). Freeze the ice-cream mixture for an couple of hours. Then Remove it from freezer. Wait till it loosens a bit. Grind in a grinder for couple of minutes. Again freeze the mixture. Repeat this process for atleast 3-4 times to get smooth consistency.
Tips:
1) Home squeezed Alfonso mango pulp can be used instead of ready-made pulp. Squeeze out the pulp and strain through a strainer to get smooth pulp. Also, you need to add some more sugar as homemade pulp is not as sweet as ready-made one.
2) Roasted Khoya tastes great and gives nice texture. So add around 1/2 to 3/4 cup of khoya to the ice-cream mixture.
3) Chopped pistachio, almonds give a nice crunch.
4) Add small mango pieces after final grinding.
Amrakhand in Marathi
Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 5 to 6 people
Ingredients:
32 OZ cup of "Chobani" plain Greek Yogurt OR 1/2 kg chakka
3/4 to 1 cup mango pulp (I had used sweetened mango pulp)
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tbsp Charoli (Chironji)
2 tbsp Pistachio, finely chopped
Method:
1) Hang Greek yogurt into a muslin cloth for about 8 to 10 hours or until all the water content drips out.
2) Take the pressed yogurt (chakka) into a big mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup mango pulp and 1/2 cup sugar. Mix well. Leave it for 15 minutes until sugar dissolves. Check the taste. If you want more sweetness and mango flavor, add mango pulp. Add some sugar if needed. Churn it through Pooran Machine.
3) Add cardamom powder, charoli and pistachio. Chill in the refrigerator and serve with puri.
Tips:
1) Do not add entire amount of mango pulp and sugar. Once sugar dissolves in chakka, the consistency loosens. Therefore check the consistency and add sugar and mango pulp accordingly.
2) Fresh Alfonso mango pulp (homemade) can be used instead of canned mango pulp. In that case, you will have to add more sugar.
3) If you are using granulated sugar, you might not need to grind the chakka-sugar mixture through pooran machine.
4) Cardamom powder can be substituted by nutmeg powder.
5) Nuts other than pistachio like cashews, almonds can be added at your choice
Pressure cooker Cake in Marathi
Time - Preparation: 25 minutes | Baking: 35 to 40 minutes.
Yield: 8 to 10 medium pieces
Ingredients:
3/4 cup All purpose flour
250 to 300 gram Condensed milk (1/2 to 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup Butter (unsalted)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup carbonated water (soda water)
Method:
1) Take a big pressure cooker. Remove the ring and weight from the lid. Close the pressure cooker with lid. Heat it over high flame for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not add water.
2) Grease a baking pan with some butter. Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder together into a medium bowl
3) Take another deep and medium mixing bowl. Add softened butter and condensed milk. Beat using hand mixer or egg beater. Mix until well blended and smooth. Add vanilla essence and blend for a minute.
4) Now, add half of the all purpose flour to butter and condensed milk batter. Mix with the hand mixer. Then add half of the soda water and blend. Then again add flour, followed by soda water. Mix well until smooth consistency.
5) Pour the batter into greased cake tin. To remove excessive air bubbles, hit the pan very gently on the counter-top. Remove the cooker's lid. Turn the heat to medium. Put the cake tin inside with help of Pakkad (Indian Tong). Put the lid on and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Do not open the cooker for first 25 minutes.
6) After 25 minutes open the lid. You will notice cake has risen nicely, but its not cooked inside. You may check by poking with toothpick in the middle of the cake. If you find wet batter on the toothpick, that means cake needs 10 to 12 minutes more to bake. Put the lid on.
7) After 10 to 12 minutes again check with toothpick. If it comes out clean, that means cake is ready.
Turn off the heat and use Pakkad to remove cake tin out of pressure cooker.
Remove the cake out from the cake tin and put it on a wired rack to cool down. After 15-20 minutes, cut the cake and its ready to enjoy.
Tips:
1) To get the perfect sweetness, taste the batter before pouring into cake tin. If you feel that batter needs to be little more sweet, add some condensed milk.
2) Do not forget to remove Pressure cooker ring and weight. Also DO NOT add water in the cooker.
3) Use thick Aluminum Metal cake tin. Thin metal might crack due to high heat.
4) To make the cake in two colors. Divide the batter into two portions. Keep one portion as it is. Add 2 to 3 tbsp dark coco powder and some condensed milk. Mix well. First add white portion of batter and then pour chocolaty portion over the white one. Now bake as per above method.
5) First of all, check whether cake tin fits inside the pressure cooker.
6) Do not fill the cake tin completely. Batter level should be upto a little over half. Otherwise, cake will overflow out of the tin.
Dudhi Halwa in marathi
Time: approx 30 minutes
Servings: 3 to 4
Ingredients:
2 n 1/2 cup packed grated bottle gourd (First peel and deseed)
1 tsp ghee
3/4 cup condensed milk
1 tsp Chironji (Charoli)
1 tbsp Almond slivers, blanched and peeled
1 tbsp other dried fruits like cashews, pistachio, sliced
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Method:
1) Heat a pan, add ghee and wait till it melts. The add bottle gourd. Cook over medium high heat. Stir continuously.
2) After 5 to 8 minutes, the water in bottle gourd will evaporate. Then check a little thread of bottle gourd and taste it. If you feel its under cooked, cook for few more minutes.
3) Add condensed milk and let it cook until nice and thick. Add chironji, and dry fruits. Stir nicely. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Serve warm or cold. Both way, it tastes great.
Tips:
1) Do not cover the pan when cooking grated bottle gourd.
2) Adjust the amount of condensed milk as per your preference.
Dudhi halwa using Milk and sugar
Fruit Salad in Marathi
Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Serves: 4 to 5 persons
Ingredients:
1 medium banana
1 medium apple
1 medium orange
1/2 cup grapes
1/2 cup papaya, small cubes
Dry Fruits: - 2 tbsp sliced almonds, 1 tbsp sliced pistachio, 2 tbsp golden raisins, 1 tbsp cashews
1/2 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup milk
Method:
1) Preparation
Grapes: Use whole grapes. If the size is big, cut them into two halves. Also, use seedless grapes.
Orange: Peel the orange. Separate the wedges. Now remove skin and take out the fleshy part.
Papaya: Peel the papaya. remove seeds. Chop the papaya into medium cubes.
Banana: Peel the banana and make medium cubes.
Apple: Always cut the apple when you are ready to mix all the ingredients. Cut the apple, deseed and make small cubes.
Mix all the fruits. Add condensed milk and plain milk. [Amount of milk may vary. So first, add 1/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of condensed milk. Taste the fruit salad. If it is sweet enough then only add plain milk, if required.]
Add dry fruits, save some for garnishing.
Chill the fruit salad and serve as a dessert.
Tips:
1) You may add your choice of fruits like Chickoo, Pomegranate kernels, strawberries, Alfonso mango etc. [use any sweet or sweet and sour tasted fruits]
morawala in Marathi
Ingredients:
1 cup Amla, grated (Indian Gooseberry)
1 cup sugar
2 to 3 cloves
Method:
1) Add water (level should be 1 inch from bottom) into the pressure cooker.
2) Mix grated amla and sugar. Take a steel container which would fit inside the pressure cooker. Add this mixture to the container. Also add cloves. Do not add water in it. Put the container into pressure cooker and pressure cook upto 1 -2 whistles. Then turn off the heat.
3) Let the pressure cooker stand for 10 minutes after turning the heat off.
i) If you are going to put the Morawala in the refrigerator, then pour it in a clean glass jar and close with an airtight lid.
ii) If you want to keep it outside at room temp., then put the mixture in a pan and boil until sugar syrup reaches two thread consistency. Then let it cool down. Transfer it to a clean glass jar and close with an airtight lid.
Tips:
1) Clove can be replaced by green cardamom or cinnamon.
Gulpoli in Marathi
Time: around 2 hours
Yield: approx 25 gulpoli
Ingredients:
Stuffing
1/2 kg Jaggery
1 cup Besan flour (Chickpea flour/ Gram flour)
1/2 cup Oil2 halves of dry coconut
3/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup poppy seeds
1/2 cup peanutsCover
1 and 1/2 cup maida
3/4 cup wheat flour
2 tbsp oil
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp besan (Optional)
Method:
1) Grate the dry coconut. Dry roast till golden brown. Gently crush with hands. We need around 1/2 to 3/4 cup of crushed coconut. If it is less, then grate some more coconut. Roast and crush it.
2) Dry roast sesame seeds, poppy seeds separately, till golden brown. Grind to a fine powder.
3) Dry roast peanuts. Remove the peels and grind the peanuts to a fine powder.
4) Heat a pan. Add 1/2 cup oil. Add 1 cup besan flour and roast till, you sense nice aroma and color changes til golden.
5) Grate the jaggery to a fine powder. Add all the roasted items to the grated jaggery. Knead to a semi-stiff dough.
6) Mix maida, wheat flour, salt and besan. Heat 2 tbsp oil to the smoke point. Add it to the flour mixture. Make a medium consistency dough by adding water. Use little oil if required. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
7) Divide the stuffing into 23 to 25 equal balls.
8) For the cover, we will need two equal dough balls for 1 stuffing ball. Therefore, the 2 dough balls should be slightly smaller than stuffing ball.
9) Sandwich the stuffing ball between two dough balls. Seal the edges. Use dry flour and roll it to a thin roti. While rolling, do not flip the sides.
10) Roast over medium-high heated tawa. Roast both the sides. Put it on a paper towel. Stack them into Chapati Container after cools off.
Gulpoli can be served warm or cold. It tastes delicious either way. Do not forget to put a dollop of desi ghee.
Gulpoli stays fresh for 8 to 10 days at room temp. Hence, you can stack some extra gulpoli and enjoy them for few more days.
Tips:
1) The proportion of the flours can be changed according to your preference. If you want firm and little crispy gulpoli, then use only maida and add hot oil. If you want soft gulpoli, then use wheat flour and do not use hot oil, use room temp. oil.
Nankatai in Marathi
Yield: 20 to 22 small pieces
Time: 35 to 40 minutes
Ingredients
8 tbsp Butter (1 stick OR 1/2 cup)
6 tbsp Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup Soyabean flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
2 tbsp chopped Pistachio
Method:
1) Add butter and sugar a medium bowl. Butter should be very soft. Then beat until mixture becomes light. It will take about 3-4 minutes.
2) Preheat the Oven at 350 F.
3) Grease a Cookie pan / baking sheet with little butter.
4) Mix soy flour, wheat flour, cardamom powder and baking powder. sift the flour. Add it to the beaten butter and sugar mixture. Mix with the clean hand. It will turn into a nice dough. (You may need a spoonful flour)
5) Divide the dough into 23 to 25 small balls. Surface should be smooth. Place the dough balls on baking sheet. Nankatai balls should be about 2 inches apart. Gently press pistachio chopped over each nankatai dough balls. 12 to 14 balls will occupy one tray. So you will need 2 treys . Otherwise, bake in 2 batches.
6) Place the trey on the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. After baking, remove the trey from the oven and let the nankatai cool down for 10 minutes.
Nankatai is ready to eat now !
Tips:
1) Use unsalted butter. You can use homemade butter (Makkhan) instead of readymade butter.
2) Addition of almond, pistachio, cashew-nuts pieces inside the dough makes the nankatai more delectable.
3) The dough should not be too soft and greasy. If so, add little bit flour. If the dough is soft and buttery, Nankatai becomes flat after baking.
Aliv Kheer in Marathi
serving: 1
Time: 10 minutes (excluding soaking time)
New moms require food, rich in vitamins and minerals. Aliv (Watercress seeds) is a good source of vitamins C, B1, B6, K, E, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Zinc, and Potassium. Aliv helps in reducing postpartum back-ache. It also improves digestion.
Aliv is very healthy to human body, it can be eaten to reduce weakness and to treat anemia.
Note: Pregnant women should not eat Aliv during pregnancy as it can increase the heat in body.
Ingredients:
1 cup Milk + 1/4 cup more milk for soaking Aliv
1 to 1 and 1/2 tbsp Aliv seeds
3 to 4 Almonds
1 Dried Date (Tip 2)
Sugar to taste (approx 1 to 2 tsp)
Pinch of Cardamom powder
Method:
1) In a small bowl, soak Aliv in 1/4 cup milk. In another small bowl, soak almonds and dried date in little water or milk (Important tip 1). Soak Aliv, dried date andalmond for atleast 4 hours.
2) After 4 to 5 hours aliv and dried date will be nicely swollen. Almonds will also be nicely soaked.
3) Peel the almonds and make thin slices. De-seed the dried date and chop nicely.
4) Add 1 cup milk in a small deep pan. Turn on the heat. Add soaked aliv seeds, sliced almonds, chopped dried dates and sugar. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Add cardamom powder and mix nicely.
Serve hot.
Tips:
1) If the climate is hot and humid, milk might get spoiled if kept outside. In that case, soak aliv seeds, almonds and dried dates in water.
2) Powder of dried dates can be used instead of whole one. Make powder of dried dates (around 300 to 400 grams) and keep in the container. Put a spoonful powder in boiling milk along with aliv seeds.
3) Water used for soaking almonds and dried date and almond peels are good health. Although almond peels are little chewy, they are packed with fiber and antioxidants. Eat them immediately after peeling and drink the water as well.
4) Add Pistachio, cashews, raisins to make it more rich.
5) Aliv seeds are light weight, hence float on the water. Therefore, After adding to the water/milk, stir with the spoon. So that they will soak evenly.
Lapsi Shira in Marathi
Lapsi rava Shira is a healthy breakfast recipe. Specially, for new moms (nursing moms) and people who requires high calorie food.
Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 3 to 4
Ingredients:
1 cup Lapsi Rava (cracked wheat/ Bulgur wheat/ Dalia)
3/4 cup grated Jaggery
2 tbsp Pure ghee
1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
3 cup Water
1/4 cup warm Milk
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Pinch of salt
3 tbsp cashew, pistachio, almond slices
1 tbsp golden raisins
Method:
1) Heat 2 tbsp ghee into a pan. Roast rava nicely over medium heat. Also add cashew, pistachio and almond slices
2) While roasting rava, boil 3 cups of water on another stove-top. Add pinch of salt to the water.
3) When rava is roasted nicely, add hot water and warm milk. Mix nicely. Cover and cook for couple of minutes over medium heat. Add fresh coconut and mix.
4) When rava is almost cooked, add grated jaggery and stir with spatula, until jaggery melts. Add raisins.
5) Cover and cook for few more minutes over low heat. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Serve hot.
Tips:
1) Lapsi Rava should be roasted nicely. Otherwise 'shira' won't come out well.
2) After adding water to the rava, Let it cook nicely. If you rush to add the jaggery, rava may remain little uncooked.
3) If you want it more sweet, add 1/4 cup of jaggery more.
4) When serving to new mothers (nursing mothers) add a teaspoon of ghee and sprinkle some fresh coconut to enhance the taste.
Malai Chop in Marathi
Time: around 45 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 small pieces
Ingredients:
Paneer
2 1/2 cup Milk (2 % reduced Fat)
1 tsp Vinegar
2 tbsp Water
Sugar syrup
1 cup Sugar
3 cup Water
Khoya Mixture
100 gram Khoya
2 tsp Sugar
4 tbsp whipping cream (Note 1)
small pinch of Saffron or edible Color (Note 2)
Cardamom Powder (Note 1)
1 tbsp Pistachio slices for garnishing
Method:
Paneer
1) To make Paneer, bring 2 1/2 cup milk to boil over medium heat (Avoid copper or aluminum cookware.). Keep stirring to avoid burning. In a small bowl, mix vinegar and 2 tbsp water. Add vinegar mixture slowly into boiling milk. Turn heat to medium low. Milk will start curdling immediately. Paneer granules and water will get separated completely. Line a muslin cloth over colander. Drain all the water. Wash Paneer granules with cold water. twist the cloth and squeeze out all the water.
2) Put squeezed paneer into a Thali (bigger plate). Knead the paneer well. Make a very smooth dough without any granules and lumps. Divide this dough into 8 equal balls. Gently Press each ball a little.
Sugar Syrup
3) In a deep pan, add sugar and water, stir. Once mixture starts boiling add Paneer balls. Cover with lid and cook for 20 to 22 minutes (Do not cover completely, Cover only 90 % of the pan surface). After 22 minutes, turn the heat off and let the Paneer balls rest for atleast 3 hours into sugar syrup.
Malai Mixture
4) Roast Khoya till color changes to light pink. Once become cold, crush the Khoya with fingers and crush all the lumps. Add whipping cream and sugar, mix well. Blend nicely to fine smooth paste. Add little edible color, mix evenly. Cover and store in the refrigerator.
5) After 4 hours, remove soaked Paneer balls from sugar syrup. Do not squeeze. Cut each piece horizontally into two equal parts. spread 1 tsp khoya mixture on one part and place second part on it. squeeze lightly. Garnish with Pistachio slices (Note 3).
Refrigerate fro an hour and then serve.
Note:
1) In readymade Malai sandwich, rose water is used in khoya mixture to give nice flavor. If you want to use rose water, skip cardamom powder, add 3 tbsp whipping cream and 1 tbsp rose water instead of 4 tbsp whipping cream.
2) You can use pinch of saffron instead of Saffron Color.
3) Use edible siliver foil to make it more attractive.
Pakatalya Purya in Marathi
Time: 25 to 30 minutes
Yield: 25 to 30 medium puris
Ingredients:
1 cup Maida
1/2 cup Semolina, fine quality
1 tbsp Oil
Pinch of Salt
Plain Yogurt (Tip)
For Sugar Syrup - 1 and 1/2 cup Sugar, 1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
4 Saffron strands
Ghee for deep frying puree (around 1 to 1 and 1/2 cup)
Method:
1) Mix maida and semolina into a bowl. Add 1 tbsp hot oil and pinch of salt. Add yogurt and knead to a stiff dough. Let it rest for an hour.
2) Boil sugar and water together and make 2 string consistency sugar syrup. Crush the saffron and 1 tsp sugar together and add it to the sugar syrup along with cardamom powder.
3) Divide the dough into equal size balls. The size of ball depends on how big you want the Puree. Roll each ball to a medium circle.
4) Heat ghee into a medium wok. Deep fry all the purees. Put them on a cooling rack to drip out excessive ghee and rest (Tip 3).
5) After 2 to 4 minutes of resting immerse puris into sugar syrup. Put 4-5 puris at a time. Soak them for 3-4 minutes now remove them from sugar syrup and put them on the rack again.
Garnish with coarsely ground pistachios.
Tips:
1) Yogurt should be sour in taste. Puris can be made without using yogurt. Knead the dough by using water. To give sour taste, add a tablespoon of lemon juice to the sugar syrup.
2) Instead of Ghee, Oil can be used for deep frying. However, Ghee gives a rich taste to the dish.
3) Place a plate under the cooling rack. Ghee will drip in the plate and can be use for other cooking purposes.
Dinkache Ladu in Marathi
Yield: 25 to 28 medium Laddus
Time: approx 1 and 1/2 hour
Ingredients:
200 gram Dink (Edible Gum)
Ghee - Little less to 1/2 KG
1 cup Mung Flour
1 cup Soybean flour
3/4 cup coarsely ground Almonds
3/4 cup coarsely ground cashew nuts
3/4 cup coarsely ground Pistachio
1 cup dried dates powder
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup dry coconut, grated
1 nutmeg, finely grated
3/4 KG good quality Jaggery
Method:
1) Heat ghee into a wok. Deep fry dink. Keep the fried dink into a plate. Roast mung flour and soybean flour in the remaining ghee.
2) Roast ground almonds, cashew nuts, pistachio and dates powder separately. Use 1 to 2 tbsp ghee with each roasting.
3) Dry roast grated coconut. Grate the nutmeg and make fine powder.
4) Then mix all these ingredients (roasted flours, roasted dry fruits, nutmeg, fried dink, roasted coconut)
5) Add 1 cup of water to a pressure cooker. Put 1 container inside the pressure cooker. Add grated jaggery to it, keep the container open. Then pressure cook upto 2 whistles.
6) Immediately after pressure releases, take the jaggery container out from the pressure cooker. Transfer the jaggery to a big Thali (Plate). Add the prepared mixture to the jaggery. Mix and make Laddus while mixture is hot.
Tips:
1) If you don't have pressure cooker, put the grated jaggery in a nonstick pan. Add 2 to 3 tbsp water. Let the jaggery melt over medium heat. Once all the jaggery is melted, turn off the heat and add the mixture prepared in step 4.
Coconut Rice in marathi
Time: Approx 45 to 50 minutes
Serves: 2 to 3 persons
Ingredients:
3/4 cup Rice
1 and 1/2 cup Water
2 + 1 tbsp Ghee
2-3 cloves
1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
1 cup Jaggery, grated (Tip 2)
1 cup fresh coconut, scraped
8-10 cashew nuts
8-10 Raisins
Method:
1) Wash the rice and drain all the water. Keep aside for 30 to 45 minutes
2) Heat 2 tbsp ghee into a deep pan. Add cloves, saute for few seconds. Add washed rice, and saute for couple of minutes over medium heat.
3) While sauteing rice, boil 1 and 1/2 cup water on another stove-top.
4) Add hot water to the rice. Cover and cook the rice. Once rice is cooked nicely, put it into a big plate and spread evenly to cool down.
5) Gently, mix the coconut and grated jaggery in a bowl. Once rice becomes warm, add coconut-jaggery mixture to it.Fluff the rice with the fork and mix with coconut-jaggery mixture. Mix very gently. Otherwise, rice grains may get crushed and rice will become soggy.
6) Heat a deep heavy bottom pan. Add 1 tbsp ghee to it. Fry cashew nuts and raisins. Remove with a slotted spoon. Turn the heat to low. Now add rice-coconut-jaggery mixture. Also add cardamom powder. Cover with a tight lid. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Cook for atleast 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Once rice becomes dry, add fried cashew nuts and raisins. Add little ghee while serving.
Tips:
1) While cooking the jaggery-coconut-rice mixture, you will notice rice has become little watery. It's due to melted jaggery. However, as you steam for few more minutes, it will start thickening. Also, cook the rice uncovered during last few minutes.
2) If you don't want coconut rice too sweet, add 3/4 cup jaggery instead of 1 cup.
3) If you taste the rice immediately after jaggery is melted, it will taste very sweet. However, the sweetness will reduce after some time as the rice absorbs the melted jaggery.
4) Rice should be cooked 100 %. Under-cooked rice grains may become hard after coming into contact with jaggery. Over-cooked rice will become mushy and unappetising.
5) While cooking the rice, you may add few strings of saffron for flavor and color.
Gulab Jamun In Marathi
Approx 15 to 18 medium Gulabjamun
Time: approx 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
250 gram Khoya (Use special Gulabjamun Khoya)
Sugar Syrup::::
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1 and 1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
Other ingredients::::
Oil of Ghee to deep fry Gulabjamun
1 tbsp Maida (All purpose flour)
Milk as needed (You will need very little, may be few tsps)
Pinch of Baking Soda
Method:
1) Grate the khoya. Sprinkle all purpose flour and baking soda over grated khoya. Mix. Drizzle little milk and knead to medium consistency dough. Use very little ghee if needed. Cover the dough with a damp clean cloth.
2) Make one thread consistency sugar syrup. To make it, mix sugar and water in a deep medium pan. Boil and make one thread consistency syrup. While sugar syrup is getting ready, divide the dough into equal small balls (1 and 1/2 cm to 2 cm). Give them a smooth round shape. There should not be any cracks on the surface.
3) Heat the oil over high heat and them turn the heat to medium low. Oil temperature is a very important while frying the gulabjamun balls. To check the temperature, drop one ball in the heated oil. If it floats immediately on the oil surface and start browning, the oil is hot. So wait for couple of minutes to get the right oil temperature.
If the dough ball sits at the bottom of kadai for few seconds and rises slowly, this is the right temperature. Then, you can drop multiple jamun balls into the oil. Turn and roll them with slotted spoon to get same color at all sides. Fry them into batches. Cook them until they become reddish brown in color. Remove the first batch of fried jamun out of the oil and let them rest for couple of minutes. Then put them into hot sugar syrup. Repeat the same process for other jamun balls. One thing to remember that sugar syrup should not be boiling hot or warm. It should be in the middle.
Let the jamun soak into the sugar syrup for atleast 5 to 6 hours. For better results, soak them overnight.
Tips:
1) Some people like a nice aroma of rose to the Jamun. For that, add 1 or 2 drops of rose essence in the sugar syrup.
2) You can give little twist to the traditional recipe. While make balls out of dough, place a small piece of dry fruit (cashew, pistachio), small piece of rock sugar or a seed of cardamom in the center of the ball. Then fry them normally.
3) You can replace all purpose flour with Araroot powder or corn flour.
4) Oil temperature is very important while frying the Gulabjamun. If the oil is too hot, jamun will get reddish color immediately. however inside, they will remain uncooked. Therefore adjust the oil temperature first.
5) Sugar syrup should be one thread consistency. Thick sugar syrup is hard to absorb into the gulabjamun.
Gulpapdi Laddu in Marathi
Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 5 to 8 medium laddu
Ingredients:
1 cup Wheat flour
1/2 to 3/4 cup pure Ghee
1/2 to 3/4 cup grated Jaggery
1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
Method:
1) Heat ghee into a pan. Add wheat flour and roast over medium heat until you sense nice aroma. It will take about 6 to 7 minutes. Stir continuously.
2) Once wheat flour is roasted nicely, lower the heat, add jaggery and cardamom powder. Mix nicely until jaggery mingles nicely.
3) Make laddus when mixture is hot.
Note:
1) To make these laddus more healthy, Add 1 tbsp dry-dates powder, 1 tbsp almond powder, 1 tbsp roasted dry coconut (grated) along with jaggery. If you are going to add all these ingredients, increase the amount of ghee by a little.
Sabudana Sevai Kheer in Marathi
Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Sabudana (Sago)
2 tbsp Sevai
1/2 tsp pure ghee
3 cup Milk
1/4 cup Condensed Milk (Sweetened)
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
Almond Cashewnuts slices
Method:
1) Soak Sabudana in water and drain all the water after a minute. Keep covered for atleast 3 hours.
2) Once sabudana is soaked, proceed with the recipe. Heat a thick bottom pan over medium low heat. Add 1/2 tsp ghee. Add sevai and roast over medium heat. Keep stirring until sevai turn into light pink color.
3) Once sevai turned into light pink color, add milk and cook over medium heat. Stir from the bottom to avoid burning. Cook for 5 minutes.
4) Add soaked Sabudana and cook over medium heat. After 2-3 minutes, add condensed milk, cardamom powder, and Almond slices. Also, keep stirring Kheer so that it won't burn at the bottom.
5) After few minutes Sabudana become translucent and start floating on the top. This is a sign that sabudana are almost cooked. Boil over medium for about 3-4 minutes.
Serve lukewarm as dessert.
Tips:
1) By adding condensed milk, you don't have to add sugar and Kheer gets the required thickness in less time. If you don't have condensed milk, use 4 cups of normal milk instead of 3 cups. Add sugar to taste (approx 3 to 4 tbsp). Also, after adding sevai boil for few minutes more.
2) The consistency of this kheer should not be very thick or very thin.
3) Serve this kheer when it's lukewarm. It does not taste good cold because Sabudana soak the milk and get swollen and mushy.
4) Add saffron while boiling the milk. It will give nice flavor and color to the Kheer.
Falooda in Marathi
Servings: 4
Time: 10 minutes (If all ingredients are ready to serve)
Ingredients:
8 scoops of Vanilla Icecream
1/2 cup Rooh afza Rose syrup
2 tbsp Sabja seeds (Falooda Seeds)
2 to 3 cups cold Milk
2 tbsp dry fruits, crushed
1 packet Falooda Sevai
1 cup Strawberry flavored Jelly
Some Cherries for garnishing
Method:
1) Set jelly into refrigerator atleast 5 hours before serving, just follow the instructions on the packet.
2) Soak 2 tbsp Sabja seeds for 2 hours into 1/2 cup water.
3) Heat 1 liter water, let it boil. Add Falooda sevai and cook it for 4 to 5 minutes. drain out hot water and transfer cooked sevai into cold water.
4) Mix Milk and rose Syrup. Add little more rose syrup, if needed.
5) Take 4 glasses, First add 1 tbsp soaked sabja seeds, jelly pieces, cooked sevai, milk, 1 scoop Ice-cream and little more jelly again. Add mixture of rose syrup and milk. Place a scoop of Vanilla ice-cream. Garnish with dry fruits and cherry. Serve immediately. Insert 1 straw and spoon while serving.
Tips:
1) Add a layer of some sweet and sour fruits like grapes, pineapple chunks, strawberry to Falooda. It will taste good and make it more attractive.
Dudhi Halwa in Marathi
Time: approx 1 hour
Serves: 4 people (yield: around 1 and half to 2 cups)
Ingredients:
3/4 Kg Bottle gourd
1 and 1/2 cup milk
2 tsp Ghee
3/4 cup Khoya
3/4 cup Sugar
1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
Dry fruits pieces (I used Chirounji, cashew, almonds)
Method:
1) Peel and grate bottle gourd. Squeeze out and reserve the water. Use reserved water for making soup, sambar or Dal.
2) In a deep pan, heat 2 tsp Ghee. Add grated and squeezed bottle gourd and saute for 2 to 4 minutes. Then add 1 and 1/2 cup milk and let the bottle gourd cook over medium heat. Cover the pan while cooking.
3) Once milk is absorbed, check whether bottle gourd is cooked or not. If you get little rawness, add little milk and cook for some more time. Then add Khoya. Remove all the lumps from khoya.
4) Five minutes after adding khoya, add sugar, cardamom powder, dry fruits and stir well. Keep the flame low. After adding sugar, halwa will become little watery. But within 5 to 7 minutes it will start thickening. Keep stirring until you get perfect consistency dudhi halwa.
Serve Halwa hot or cold.
Note:
1) Bottle gourd should be fresh and seedless.
2) If you have leftover Pedha, use it instead of khoya. But reduce the quantity of sugar as pedha already have some sugar.
