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Halwai April 22, 2024

Ingredients: • Besan – 1 cup • Sugar – 1.75 cups • Ghee – 3 cups • Water – 1.5 cups Method: Heat ghee and keep aside when melted. Mix besan with 2 tbsp of ghee to get a semi-solid consistency. Mix sugar and the water in a pan and start heating it. Once it […]

Halwai April 22, 2024

Ingredients: • 3 – Carrots • 1 – Cauliflower • 2 – Potatoes • 1/2 cup – peas • 4 – Green chillies • 1/2.5bunch Cilantro • 1 cup – Coconut grating • 2 – Cinnamon pieces (1 inch each) • 3 – Garlic Cloves • 4 – pepper Corns • 3 tsp -oil • […]

Halwai April 22, 2024

Ingredients: • Wheat flour – 1 cup • Besan – 1/2 cup • Sugar – 1/2 cup • Sieved and powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup • Melted Ghee or dalda – 1/2 tsp • Chopped Cashewnuts – 3 tsp • Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp • Melted Ghee – 1/2 cup Method: Heat a pan […]

Halwai April 22, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Corn flakes • 1 tbsp – Peanuts • 1 tbsp – cashews, broken • 10-12 – Coconut slivers (1 inch length approx.) • 2 – Green chillies chopped • 1/2 tsp – Poppy Seeds • 3-4 pinches – citric acid powder • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/4 […]

Halwai April 21, 2024

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup-rice • 4 litres- Milk • 2.5 cups-sugar • Cardamom Method: Take the rice and grind it in the mixie so that it becomes small granules. Use just a handful of rice. Take a vessel add the milk and rice and cook it using a pressure cooker. After 4 to 5 whistles […]

Halwai April 21, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cups – raw Rice • 1.5 cups – grated Jaggery • 1 tsp – Cardamom powder • 2 tbsp – Ghee • 2 tsp – grated coconut. Method: Wash the rice and soak it for 10-15 mins Drain the water and spread the rice in a clean white cloth. Powder in a […]

Halwai April 20, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cups – besan (chick peas flour) • Orange food colour (optional) • Ghee or oil, to deep fry • 2 tbsp – Raisins • 2 tbsp – Cashew nuts • 1.5 cup – Sugar • 1/2 cup – water • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder Method: Mix besan with water and make […]

Halwai April 19, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cups-rice • 1 cup -tuvar dal • 1 cup-split peas • 1 cup-urad dal • 5-green chillies • 4- Red Chillies • 1.5 tbsp- salt • 1/4 tbsp-hing powder Method: Soak rice and the dals together in water for 2 hours. Grind them into a fine paste adding red, green chillies, salt […]

Halwai April 18, 2024

Ingredients: • Cashew nuts – 1/2 cup • Oil – 2 tbsp • Garlic – 1 tbsp, minced • Fresh Red Chillies – 3 to 4, sliced • Onions – 1 cup, sliced • Coriander powder – 2 tsp • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp • Potatoes – 1 cup, peeled and cubed • Snake […]

Halwai April 18, 2024

Ingredients: • Big size Lemon – 1 • Tamarind pulp – 1 tsp • Sambar powder – 1/2 tsp • 1/2 cup – Toor Dal • 1/2 cup – white Channa • To roast and grind into paste: • Coriander – 1.5 tsp • Channa dal – 1 tsp • Urad Dal – 1 tsp […]

Halwai April 18, 2024

Ingredients: • Milk – 3 litres • Sugar – 5 to 6 tbsp • custard powder – 1 tbsp • Almonds, soaked and sliced – 15 • 1/2 cup – cold Milk Method: Make paneer (cottage cheese) with 1 liter milk. Cool the paneer and put it in a sieve and wash it well under […]

Halwai April 17, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup (8 oz) – Maida • 1 cup – Sugar • 1/4th cup (2oz) – Cocoa Powder • 2 tsp – Baking powder • 1/2 cup (100 ml) – Pepsi (or) Aerated Cola (or) Aerated Soda • 3 – Egg • 100 ml – Vegetable Oil • 2 tsp – vanilla essence […]

Halwai April 17, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 – small ripe and healthy watermelon, deseeded, cubed • 1 – medium pomegranate, deseeded • 1 sprig – Mint leaves, finely chopped • 2 – betel leaves, veins removed, finely chopped • 1 – lemon, cut into thin rounds, deseeded carefully • 2 – strawberries, finely chopped • 1 – Orange segmented, […]

Halwai April 17, 2024

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Cashew nuts • 100 g – ground Sugar • 25 ml – water Method: Grind cashewnuts, and sugar separately. Make sugar syrup boiling only once. Add cashewnuts on low heat. Mix well. Remove from heat. Spread on a smooth surface and roll out quickly with a rolling pin. Cut into […]

Halwai April 16, 2024

Ingredients: • 200 g – Sugar • 1 tin – condensed Milk • 2 cups – pure Ghee • 1 cup – Milk Method: Heat half of the ghee in a thick-bottom pan or kadai. Fry besan till a nice aroma arises. Remove and keep aside. Mix sugar with 1.5 cups of water in the […]

Halwai April 14, 2024

Ingredients: • eggs – 2, lightly beaten • Mashed Bananas – 2.5 cups • Rice flour – 1 cup • Tapioca flour – 1/2 cup • Sugar – 2/3 cups • Thick Coconut Milk – 1/2 cup • Grated Coconut – 3 cups • Salt – 1/2 tsp Method: Combine bananas with rice flour, tapioca […]

Halwai April 13, 2024

Ingredients: • 45ml – vodka • 15ml – Passion fruit syrup • 15ml – lychee syrup • 60ml – Pineapple juice Method: Muddle passion fruit syrup with lychee syrup, and pour all the ingredients into the shaker. Shake well and double strain it into a martini glass. Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi

Halwai April 13, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 – Egg • 2 cups – all-purpose flour • 1 cup – packed Brown sugar • 1/2 cup – Peanut Butter • 1/4 cup – butter, softened • 1/4 cup – Molasses • 2 tsp – baking soda • 1/2 tsp – ground Ginger • 1/2 tsp – ground Cloves • 1/3 […]

Halwai April 13, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 kg chicken, • 1.5 cups sweet oil, • 1.5 cups vinegar, • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder, • 4-6 green chillies, • 1 bunch Coriander leaves • To grind: • 6-7 flakes garlic, • 2 cm piece ginger, • 6 cardamoms, • 6-8 cloves, • 8-10 peppercorns, • 1/2 kg cashewnuts, • […]

Halwai April 11, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 can – chickpeas, rinsed and crumbled. • 1 cup – crumbled paneer. • 1/2 cup – chopped onion. • 1 tbsp – chilli-ginger paste. • 1 tsp – Garlic paste. • 2 tsp – Channa masala powder. • 1 tsp – sugar. • 2 tsp – Lemon juice. • 2 tbsp – […]