SHAKAR PARA, SHANKAR PALI,

When  all bloggers and websites will be busy posting the ribbon pakoda, mysore pak, thenkuzhal, boondi, mixture etc. etc.  I am posting a different item here.

Shakar para or Shankar pali is a Maharashtrian dish specially made for Diwali.   It is a semi sweet fried dish can be served as snack too along with a cup of tea or coffee.    It is made out of Maida, Powdered Sugar and ghee.

Though I am too late to post the recipe for this festival, you need not worry as it can be prepared very easily.

RAVA PAK, RAVA CAKE

Varieties of sweets and savories are made during any festival, specially for Diwali.  A really different kind of  sweet dish for this year's Diwali is here for you.  It is very simple and easy to make.  Rava cake, rava pak you can name it anything is made with rava, milk, sugar and ghee.  Is bored of making the usual mysore pak, this sweet is an alternate one for you.  

SUVA BHAJIA, DILL LEAVES BHAJIA, BHAJIYA , SHEPU CHE BHAJIA

Dill is relaxant, fortifying (strength giving), diuretic (increases urination helping removal of toxic substances from the body), carminative (helps removal of gases), anti spasmodic (prevents cramps), anti flatulent, stimulates lactation (galactagogue) and endocrinal secretions, enhances libido due to presence of Arginine and last but not the least, it ensures bone and dental health being a good source of calcium. Dill is also very rich in minerals, vitamin C and flavonoids.  It is known as Suva, and Shepu in Marathi. 

Suva  or Dill  is a leafy vegetable which is very good for health.  It has got the medicinal properties as mentioned above.    Suva Bhajiya  is made  along with moongdal, onion and little bit spice to satisfy your taste bud.  I have  already posted shepuche vade, dill leaves dosa.  

Suva bhajia

SUVA BHAJIA KADHI, DILL LEAVES BHAJIA KADHI, KADHI, SHEPU BHAJIA KADHI

Suva bhajia kadhi is made with suva bhajia and  butter milk.  It is very tasty with pulao, plain rice.  I like any kind of kadhi with pulao and plain rice.  Since suva bhaji is not consumed by my family members, I tried the bhajia and everyone liked it.   You may also see the posts of dill leaf dosa, shepuche vade on  my blog.

Suva bhajiya kadhi

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.