KAJU KATLI, CASHEW BARFI

Whenever you make an item for the first time, must start with small quantity.  I tried making kaju katli with very less quantity of cashews and ended up in a mess.  I had to call my friend who is  an expert in all the work who taught me how to make kaju katli.  Kaju katli or kaju barfi is a very simple and easy to make sweet dish if you have the patience and willingness to learn anything and everything.

Kaju Katli is made out of kaju, sugar and little bit of cardamom powder and is very yummy.  when you can make it at home, why to run to the shop for buying it.  try with this small quantity and win the heart of everyone at home.




Let us see the recipe now:

RAVA LADOO

Rava Ladoo or semolina ladoo or suji ladoo you can call it.  I never made this in my life time till today as somehow i did not bother to try it out.  Today, one of my cousin is coming to invite us for his only Son's wedding, I thought of trying my hand out.  Otherwise also, for this Diwali, I had planned to make the same.  So why not make a trial today.  To tell you, it was really nice and came out well even though it was my first attempt.

Rava ladoo is made with fine semolina, you can use the upma rava also( but must grind to a fine powder after roasting)  with sugar, ghee.  Since I am making it for the first time, i tried with only 1 cup of semolina and the end product was awesome.

BURGER

Burger is one of the fast food liked by kids and adults.  But for weight watchers, you cannot afford to fill the same with lot of cheese and other rich items in it.  Here is a burger made with kabuli chana, hung curd, onion with vegetables and for cheese lovers with cheese.

CHOCO MILK SHAKE

Cold drinks - when it is very hot  a nice cold drink is  very soothing to the throat.  Everyone runs to the fridge as soon as they come from out to check in the fridge anything is kept. Either butter milk or fruit juice or milk shake.  Children are very fond of drinking cold items from the fridge and my daughter tries to do something or the other whenever she feel like doing.  Here is a nice cold milk shake for you which she is sharing.

Choco milk shake is made with cold milk, velchi banana (small banana), sugar and cocoa powder.  There was a packet of cocoa powder which she had purchased to make cake which she used in making this.  You can also use kellogs chocos in place of cocoa powder.

KABULI CHANA CHUNDAL, KABULI CHANA SUNDAL

Sundals are prepared with green gram or black chana or any other dried grams.  This is specially made during Navrathri festival.  For normal days also you can prepare this and have it as a snack with a dash of lime, chopped onion, tomatoes etc.

SAMOSA (TAMARIND POHA SAMOSA)

Samosa  is a fried or baked  pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced  potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, ground lamb, ground beef or ground chicken. Its size and consistency may vary, but typically, it is distinctly triangular. Samosas are often accompanied by sweet chutney or green chutney or sauce.   

Since so many days I wanted to try samosas at home but really did not take the pain to do so.  But made an attempt to prepare this when I had some left out Brown Chana Sundal with me prepared during Navrathri, and the tamarind poha which my neighbour gave me as Prasadam.  Since I do not want to waste the both the dishes, I tried on the samosa and it was really awesome.

MALAI PEDA

Happy Dassera to all the viewers of my blog.

Today is Dassera and I wanted to make some sweets other than the normal payasam or kheer.  Few years back I had made this peda and faintly remembered how to make it.  It is made with milk, sugar  and corn flour,  and the preparation is somewhat similar to Pal theratipal. paal-theratipal-palgova.html.  the only difference is corn flour is used and continuously stirred in malai peda.

Anyway, sweets in any form either it is peda or theratipal, everyone loves it.

BLACK URAD CHUNDAL, BLACK URAD SUNDAL, SUNDAL RECIPES

You can make varieties of sundals.  Another variety is with whole black urad.  It is very nutritious and is recommended for diabetics.   Black urad is  very popular in the Punjabi cuisine of India and Pakistan where it is known as "sabit maash" an ingredient of dal makhani. In Tamil it is known as "ulunthu" in Telugu as "minumulu", in Kannada as "Uddina Bele", and in Oriya as "Biri Dali" and in Malayalam "uzhunnu".

Spinach Paneer Kofta in potato case

Every day evening it is a big question mark in front of me what to make in the evening as accompaniment  for Chapati.  Thought of making Shaam Savera but did not have enough Spinach with me.  I had little paneer, so thought of making Spinach Paneer Kofta  with tomato gravy.  The final product was very very tasty as all the members in my family enjoyed it though it was bit oily.  (koftas were fried)

TUVAL DAL NE BAATH, TUVAR PULAO, TUVAR DAL PULAO, PULAO

                                                       

During winter season, you get fresh tuvar.  The taste of this is awesome.  You can either use fresh tuvar or tuvar dal for making this rice.  Garma garam pulao with raita or salad, papad,pickle,  it is really  yummy.  So why are you waiting? Let us begin to cook.