Rice Kheer - Rice Pudding - Rice Payasam

Ingredients:

½ cup rice

4 cups whole milk

½ cup sugar

3-5 saffron strands

1 tsp crushed cardamom

2 tbsp sliced almonds

1 tsp ghee

Wash and soaked rice in water for ½ hour. Heat the ghee in a frying pan on medium heat, add the rice and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the milk, cook until the rice is tender and the milk is creamy and reduced to about half. Stir often. Add the sugar, saffron, cardamom, almonds and let simmer for a few more minutes. Turn off the heat. Serve chilled.

Mandvi paak (shing paak) - Peanut bar

Wishing you a Happy Rakshabandhan to all brother and sister.Brothers n sisters relation is the best in the world. Enjoy your day with this sweet.

Ingredients:

1 cup peanuts

¾ cup sugar

1 tsp cardamom powder

1 tbsp ghee

¼ cup water

Method:

Blend the peanuts in blender like a fine powder. Dissolve the sugar with ¼ cup of water and bring it to a boil while stirring continuously.  Boil the syrup again until it is of 1 string consistency. Add peanut powder, ghee and cardamom powder . Remove from the fire while stirring continuously. Spread the mixture on a thali (flat metal plate) and allow to cool. Cut into desired shape.

Sending this recipe to :  

Birthday special event  ,Raksha Bandhan'event , 

Celebrating Friendship Day, 

ONLY’ Food For Pregnancy ,  Foodabulous Fest Event page and my  and      Sowmya's page ,"Walking through the memory lane" event  and Avika's page, my guest hosting event and Cooking with Love at Sara's 

Dudhi Halwa - Milk-Gourd dessert with less ghee

Ingredients

4 cups grated dudhi (Bottle gourd)

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp ghee

3 cup milk

½ tsp cardamom powder (elachi powder)

½ cup dry fruit (chopped almonds, cashew nut and raisin)

Method

Heat the ghee in a pan. Add grated dudhi (Bottle gourd) and sauté for 5 minutes add milk and cook on a law flame for 15 minutes or till milk will be evaporated by dudhi, stir occasionally. Add sugar and cardamom powder and mix it well.  Cook till all the moisture has dried. Add dry fruit and mix well garnish with dry fruit. Serve hot or cool...

Sending this recipe : 

Birthday special event , Fast!Fresh!Simple ,Raksha Bandhan'event , 

ONLY’ Food For Pregnancy ,  "Walking through the memory lane" event  and Avika's page, my guest hosting event and Cooking with Love at Sara's 

Choorma Na Ladoo (Bhakhari Na Ladva) - leftover chapati ladoo

Ingredients:

3 bhakhari (leftover chapatti)

2 tbsp jaggery

1 tbsp ghee

Cashew nuts, raisins and poppy seeds for garnishing

Method:

Crumble chapaties and blend coarsely into the blender. Heat the ghee in a pan add jaggery cook it till jaggery melt in ghee. Remove from the heat. Add chapties mixture in it and mix well. Make ladoo (balls) out of this mixture. Garnish with cashew nuts, raisins and poppy seeds.



Sending this recipe at : Authentic Indian Sweets , Sara's Event Annoucement page and Motions and Emotions ,  Gayathri’s event  and Manju's page , Kids Special ’13,  Fast!Fresh!Simple