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Halwai April 8, 2024

Ingredients: • Milk – 1 litre • Almond – 10 • Sugar – 3 cups • Rawa – 1 tbsp • Ghee – 1 cup Method: Boil milk till it reduces to about quarter of a litre. Soak almonds for about an hour, peel and grind them into fine paste. Add sugar, rawa and almond […]

Halwai April 8, 2024

Ingredients: • 100 g – Sugar powdered • 150 g – grated dry Coconut • 100g – chopped mixed dry fruit of choice Method: Put sugar in a large plate. Add dried coconut and dry fruit mixture. Mix well with hand till flavours blend together. Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering

Halwai April 8, 2024

Ingredients: • 100 g – Soya tofu, grated • 50 g – Gram flour • 2 tsp – White flour • 80 g – Sugar • 5 – Walnuts- powdered • 1 tsp – Sweet Cardamom powder • 1 tbsp – Ghee Method: Roast the gram flour in a thick bottom pan in 1 tbsp […]

Halwai April 7, 2024

Ingredients: • 250 g – Almonds • 250 g – Sugar • 300 g – Icing Sugar • 2 – Egg whites • 1/4 tsp – Rose water for grinding • 1/4 tsp – Almond essence • 250 g – Cashew nuts • 1-2 drops – Food colour. Method: Grind the almonds and cashew nuts […]

Halwai April 6, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Milk powder • 1 tin – sweetened Milkmaid • 1/4 cup – Butter Method: Melt the butter in the microwave in a glass bowl for 2 mins. Take it out and mix the Milkmaid and milk powder well, without forming lumps. Then place the bowl in the microwave again for […]

Halwai April 6, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cup – Pineapple juice • 1.5 kg – sponge cake • 1 tbsp – Lemon juice • 2 tsp – Corn flour • 1.5 cup – Sugar • 2 Egg yolks • 2 tbsp – Butter • 1 cup – whipped Cream • Pineapple rings – few • 2 tbsp – grated […]

Halwai April 6, 2024

Ingredients: • 1/4 kg – Rice flour • 2 – large Cucumbers • 4-5 – Green chillies • 1 tbsp – Cumin seeds (Jeera) • Asafoetida (Hing) • Salt • 1/2 cube – Butter • Oil for frying Method: Peel off the cucumber skin and deseed it. Cut into small cubes and along with the […]

Halwai April 5, 2024

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – melted Butter • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 1 cup – Flour/Maida • 1 tsp – Baking powder • 2 – Egg • 4 tbsp – Milk • 1 tsp – Vanilla essence Method: Sieve flour and baking powder together and keep aside. Mix butter, sugar, eggs and milk thoroughly. […]

Halwai April 5, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Rice • 1/2 cup – coconut, grated • 1 cup – jaggery, powdered • 1 tsp – elaichi powder • Plantain leaves to steam the kadubu Method: Soak the rice overnight in enough water. Drain and grind into a very fine powder. Boil 1.5 cups of water in a kadai. […]

Halwai April 5, 2024

Ingredients: • Coconut – 1 • Kokam – 7 -8 • Garlic – 4 Cloves • Green chilli – 1 • Coriander leaves – 1 tsp chopped • salt to taste Method: Soak kokum in 3 tbsp of warm water. Grind kokum, coconut, garlic and green chilli, by gradually adding water. Extract coconut milk and […]

Halwai April 5, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 – Egg • 3/4 cup- Orange juice • 1 cup -milk • 1.5 tbsp – Sugar • 1/4 tsp – Nutmeg powder • 1 tbsp – grated cheese powder • A few Mint leaves for garnishing • 1/4 tsp – grated Orange rind Method: Separate egg yolk and egg white. Beat white […]

Halwai April 5, 2024

Ingredients: • For Filling: • 1/2 cup – Jaggery • 3/4 cup – water • 1 cup – rava (semolina) • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom • 10-12 – Saffron strands • 1/2 cup – desiccated coconut, grated • Ghee for shallow frying • For Dough: • 2 cups – fine Wheat flour • 1 tbsp […]

Halwai April 4, 2024

Ingredients: • Milk – 1 litre • Maida – 1 tbsp • Chiroti Rawa – 1 to 2 tbsp • Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp • Oil or Ghee to fry • Some rabri • Handful of Almonds and pistachios, slivered • Sugar syrup: • Sugar – 1 cup • Water – 1/2 cup Method: […]

Halwai April 4, 2024

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups (225g) – all-purpose flour • 3 tbsp – cocoa powder • 3/4 tsp – baking soda • 1/4 tsp – baking powder • 1/4 tsp – salt • Method: Take water in a bowl; add vanilla essence, sugar, lemon juice and oil. Mix well till sugar completely dissolves. Keep aside. Now […]

Halwai April 4, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 kg – fish • 2 cups – Mustard oil • 1 tbsp – Red Chilli powder • 2 tsp – Turmeric • 2 tsp – Ginger powder • 1 tsp – aniseed powder • 3 – Cloves • A pinch of Asafoetida • 1 tsp or 15 g – Garam Masala or […]

Halwai April 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 250 g pumpkin, peeled, cubed • 250 g string beans cut into 1-inch lengths • 2-3 stalks Curry leaves • 1 sprig Mint leaves • 4 green chillies, slit vertically • 1 tsp Rice flour dissolved in 1 tbsp water • salt to taste • 1 tbsp oil (olive or coconut) • To […]

Halwai April 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – Milk powder • 1 – Butter stick • 1/2 tin – Condensed Milk (200g) • A handful of nuts of your choice Method: Heat butter and nuts in a big microwave bowl for 1 minute in the microwave. Mix in the condensed milk. Then add milk powder and mix all […]

Halwai April 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 200g – fresh bread crumbs • 200g – Butter • 2 tsp – instant coffee (Nescafe or Bru) • 2 tsp – golden or date syrup • 1/2 tsp baking powder • 2 – eggs beaten well • 1/4 cup rum • 1 tsp – ground Cinnamon and Cloves • 1/4 tsp – […]

Halwai April 2, 2024

Ingredients: • Ginger, grated – 25 g • Cinnamon – 1/4 tsp • Cloves – 3 • Ground Sugar – 1 g • Lemon juice – 1/2 cup • Orange juice – 1 cup • Pineapple juice – 1 cup • Apple juice – 1 cup (optional) • Water – 2 cups • Some slices […]

Halwai April 2, 2024

Ingredients: • For Chicken Saute: • 4 – Chicken breasts halves, skinned and boned. • 1/2 cup – mushrooms, cut into halves. • Chicken broth. • pepper to taste. • Salt to taste| For Mushroom Sauce: • 2 tbsp – flour. • 2 cups – vegetable broth. • 2 cups – sliced mushrooms. • 1/2 […]