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Halwai October 4, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 cups – plain flour • 1 cup – Sugar (finely powdered) • 1 cup – Butter • 2 – eggs • 1/2 tsp – dried Ginger (finely powdered) • 2 pinches – Cinnamon powder • 1/2 tsp – Orange peel, grated • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 1 tbsp – caramel […]

Halwai October 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 100 g – Fresh Cream • 100 g – Icing Sugar • 1/2 tsp – Vanilla essence • 1/4 tsp – Lemon/orange food colour • 2 tbsp – Lime juice/orange juice • 1- Cake. Method: Whip the fresh cream, icing sugar, vanilla essence, lemon, food color and lime juice/ orange juice until creamy. […]

Halwai October 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 500 g – Dates • 1 cup- Milk • 500 g – Sugar • 8-10 – Almonds • 5 tsp – Ghee Method: Remove seeds from dates Add milk and cook the dates till soft. Add sugar and ghee Stir continuously for 20-25 minutes Once the mixture thickens, add pieces of almond, pour […]

Halwai October 3, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – small cooked shrimps • 8 rings canned pineapple, drained • 1/2 Carrot • 1 red bell pepper • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped • 1 green onion, white and green sections • 1-2 tbsp – hot jalapeno peppers • 2 tbsp – oil for stir-frying, or as needed • 1 tsp […]

Halwai October 2, 2024

Ingredients: • 1.5 – kg ripe plums, wiped and stoned • 2 – Lemons • 6 cups (900gs) – Sugar • 8 to 10 drops – red colour (optional) Method: Extract juice of lemons. Tie rind and pit in a muslin bag. Chop plums coarsely. Put in a large cooking pan. Add in juice and […]

Halwai October 2, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 – yellow Onion • 1/2 Clove – Garlic • 3 to 4 – green thin chillies • 1 to 2 – Tomatoes • 1/2 cup – Milk • vegetable broth/water • 1/2 small piece – Cinnamon • 2 to 3 – Cloves • 1 – Bay Leaf • 2 to 3 – […]

Halwai October 2, 2024

Ingredients: • Milk Powder – 250 gms • Sugar – 250 gms • Ghee – 350 gms • Water – 100 ml Method: Mix milk powder with 250 gms ghee well. Keep it aside. Then take sugar and mix water to it and keep it on the stove. When the sugar start melting and reaches […]

Halwai October 1, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 lb – Wheat flour (atta) • 10 oz – Jaggery or Sugar • oil or Ghee for frying • salt to taste Method: Heat a fry pan and 1 tsp of ghee. Add wheat flour and fry until the flour turns brown and leave it aside to turn cold. After it gets […]

Halwai October 1, 2024

Ingredients: • Pineapple – 1 (big, cut into cubes). • Custard powder – 2 tbsps. • Milk – 1/2 litre. • Condensed Milk – 1 can. • Milk – 1/4 cup. • Sugar – 2 tbsps. • Elaichi powder – 1 tsp. • Vanilla ice Cream – 2 tbsps. Method: Boil the milk on low […]

Halwai September 30, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 – Raw Mango (medium size peeled and grated ) • 3 cups – cooked Rice • 2 – Green chillies (cut into long slices ) • 2 tsp – urad daal • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 2 tsp – Channa daal • 4 – dry Red Chillies • 2 tsp […]

Halwai September 30, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – plain yogurt beaten • 1 cup – Milk • 1 tin (400 g) – sweetened condensed Milk • 5 – Almonds • 10 – Pistachio nuts sliced • 5 – Raisins • 2 cups – water Method: Beat together yogurt, milk and condensed milk till well blended. Add almonds, pistachio […]

Halwai September 30, 2024

Ingredients: • 3 cups – plain flour • 1/2 cup – almonds, powdered finely • 1/2 cup – Ghee or Butter • 1/4 tsp – salt • For garnishing: • 1 tbsp – almonds, slivered • 1 tbsp – pistachios, slivered • 1/4 tsp – Cardamom granules, crushed coarsely • 15 to 20 – Saffron […]

Halwai September 30, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 heaped cup rajagaro flour (amaranth flour) • 3/4 tsp minced Green chillies or 1 tsp minced jalapeno pepper • 1 tsp salt • 1 tsp oil • 1/4 tsp Jeera • 1 tbsp oil • Rice flour (a little for rolling to make it crisp) • 1/2 cup water Method: Combine rajagaro […]

Halwai September 30, 2024

Ingredients: • 15 – Pitted Jackfruit • 1.5 cup – Jaggery • 1/2 cup – Moong dal • 2 medium size tins – Coconut Milk Method: Cut the jackfruit into small pieces. Pressure cook it along with moong dal for about 10 minutes after three whistles. Once it depressurises, mash the cooked jackfruit pieces and […]

Halwai September 29, 2024

Ingredients: • 120 gm – margarine • 2 – eggs • 120 gm – Sugar • 1 tbsp – Milk • 175 gm – Refined flour • 1 tsp – baking powder • 50 gm – mixed fruit (currants sultanas, raisins) • 15 gm – almonds, chopped • 15 gm – walnuts, chopped Method: Cream […]

Halwai September 29, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – fine vermicelli • 3 cups – vitamin D Milk or thick Milk • 1 can – sweetened condensed Milk • 1/2 cup – Sugar (or according to taste) • 4 tbsps – Butter • A few Saffron threads • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder • Cashews, Raisins – for seasoning […]

Halwai September 29, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 – Raw bananas • 1 stalk – Curry leaves • 1 tsp – Coriander leaves finely chopped • 1 – Green chilli slit • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – Arrowroot powder • 1 tbsp – curds • 1 tsp – Lemon juice […]

Halwai September 29, 2024

Ingredients: • 2 – potatoes, medium size • 3 tbsp – Poppy Seeds soaked in water and ground into a fine paste • 1/2 tsp – Panchpuran (a mixture of cumin, coriander, fennel, Fenugreek and Onion seeds) • 1 – hot chilli pepper, cut into small pieces • 1 tsp – Turmeric powder • Salt […]

Halwai September 28, 2024

Ingredients: • 6 -slices (rings) of canned pineapple. • 4 tbsps -golden syrup. • 6 -cherries. • 5- eggs (separate Egg white from Egg yolk). • 150g- melted butter. • 200g- sugar. • 180g -self-raising flour (sieved). • 1/2 tsp – baking powder. • 1/4 tsp- vanilla essence| Method: Grease cake tin with butter and […]

Halwai September 27, 2024

Ingredients: • 1 cup – plain flour • 1 cup – Rice flour • 1/2 cup – roasted Chickpea (dalia or phutana) flour • 1 tbsp – sesame seeds • 2 tbsp – oil • 2 – green chillies, ground • 1/4 tsp – soda bicarb • To taste – salt • To deep fry […]