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GUR(JAGGERY) PARE

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This is a Punjabi delicacy prepared specillsp in weddings. So here is the recipe. I wish you will enjoy while making as well as eating this. Ingredients required are below:- Maida(white flour) - 250 gm Oil or Ghee - 1/2 cup ( kneading) Fennel(saunf) - 1 tpsp Jaggery- 150gm Oil or Ghee for frying  Preparation:- First of all sieve the maida and add 1/2 cup of ghee or oil for kneading the dough. Use water accordingly for kneading the dough. But keep the dough jus average, not so hard and not so soft . Keep it aside for 20 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the jaggery syrup for Paras. Cut out jaggery in very small pieces that while heating it in water it will get melt or you can make a powder also. Take 2 cups of water in a pan and heat it . After that add jaggery and heat it for at least 5 to 10 minutes till it comes out as a smooth syrup and in last add fennel seeds or fennel powder. N keep it aside. Now  take out the dough and make small balls of maida....

Carrot Walnut tutti frutti cake

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Healthy n nutrient cake for all age groups n that is without egg INGREDIENTS:- all purpose flour- 1 cup Baking powder - 1/ 4 tpsp Baking soda - half of baking powder Butter - 1/2 cup Condensed milk - 1 cup Tutti frutti - as per taste Roasted Walnut - as per taste Vanilla essence - 1 tpsp Grated carrots - 1/2 cup PROCESS:- Mix butter n condensed milk together with hand mixer n add 1 tpsp of vanilla essence. Sieve all dry ingredients together i.e flour, baking powder n baking soda. After wards mix dry ingredients to butter n condensed milk mixture with cut n fold method. Meanwhile also add tutti frutti n carrots n roasted Walnut also. Preheat the oven @180 degree n bake for at least 35-40 min. Check in between if not baked then keep for few more minutes.

Til k Ladoo

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For this chilling out winter have some healthy n tasty Ladoo INGREDIENTS: Seasme seed- 250 gm Jaggery - 250 gm Process- Roast the seasme seeds or till on a low flame till they get light brown in color. Let it cool n grind in a mixture  ( not make it too Grind , jus keep granuel consistency) Now heat jaggery for 30 sec till it becomes soft n take it off from gas. Now add above prepared til mixture to it. N make small round balls like Ladoo. Plz notice

Rasgulla Pudding..

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When you have rasgulla in your fridge and you wanna try something new... Then here is recipe for you.. Ingredients:- Rasgulla - 6 pieces Custard :- vanilla flavor 1 small bowl Vanilla ice cream- 1 small bowl Saffron - a pinch Dry fruits of choice  Cherry  Preparation:-  Take a small glass and add rasgulla in base ( half cut rasgulla) then pour some custard on it . Then again add other half of rasgulla and pour some Custard. Add dry fruits in between layers. Top it with vanilla ice cream and dry cherries.

Almond Pistachio Cookies

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Ingredients:- Almond - 1/4 cup Pistachio - 1 tpsp Sugar - 1/2 cup Butter- 1/2 cup All purpose flour - 1 cup Preparation:_ # Beat butter and sugar untill it gets fluffy. # Grind almond and pistachio in a grinder. # Add APF to butter and sugar mixture with almond and pistachio powder also. All this mixture​ come out in a form of soft dough. Don't knead it . # Now make small round balls from the dough and thumb press in middle for decorating it with almonds. # Pre heat the oven in convection mode @ 180°c and bake cookies for 10 - 12 minutes.

Naan Khatai Biscuits..

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This recipe is very easy one and a perfect partner for evening​ tea. Easy to bake .. INGREDIENTS:- All purpose flour/ Maida - 1/2 cup Semolina/ Suji - 1/4 cup Gram Flour / Beasn- 1/4 cup Butter - half cup Sugar - half cup Baking powder - a pinch PREPARATION:- Mix besan, Maida, Suji n baking powder. Sieve twice. Take a bowl and mix sugar and butter together for 5 min for a smooth consistency. Now add all the above prepared mixture to the butter and sugar mixture. Make a soft dough and keep for 5 min. Now make small round flat balls of dough and keep on baking tray . Grease the baking tray with butter or ghee. Preheat the oven @180 degree and bake for 15 -17 min till comes out golden brown. If you want more golden brown then bake for 1 minute more as I prefer more golden brown.

Baingan Bharta/ Brinjal / Eggplant

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Baingan Bharta is mostly served in North India with Chapatis. Being a Punjabi this is my favorite and I cooked this in Punjabi style that is bit spicy but tasty Ingredients:- Brinjal - 1 Onion - 1 finely chopped Tomato - 2 finely chopped Green chiiles - 2 finely choppedand Garlic - 7 to 8 cloves finely chopped Ginger - 1 tpsp finely chopped Turmeric powder - half small tpsp Red chilli powder - as per your taste Salt as per taste Coriander powder - 1/2 tpsp Cumin seeds -  a pinch Coriander seeds - a pinch Preparation:- Roast a Brinjal on a open flame on a gas stove or roast in a microwave. Before roasting apply oil on a Brinjal so that it is easy to peel there after. After roasting the Brinjal,  once it get come to normal temperature peel it off and mash it . Keep aside mashed Brinjal for later use. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin and coriander seeds. After that add garlic and ginger . Now add chopped onion and saute it till golden brown color appea...

Easy Garlic Bread

This is one of my favorite as it is easy to made and tasty to eat. You can use normal bread slices or you can use loaf and cut it into slices of some good width ( the width you see in garlic bread served in restaurants ). Let's start Ingredients:- Capsicum - 1 Garlic cloves - 10 finely chopped Cheese- 1/ 2 cup grated or if u want more cheesey you can use one Chilly flakes - 1 top Oregano - 1/2 tpsp Butter for greasing  all bread slices Salt a pinch Mozzarella cheese for toppings Preparation:- Take out a bowl and add finely chopped capsicum and garlic cloves. Further add grated cheese and dry spices and herbs. If you want you can add a tpsp of butter also. Keep this mixture aside. Take out bread slices and Grease with butter. Now spread above prepared mixture on all bread slices. And topped with mozzarella cheese. Pre heat your microwave @150 degree and put in microwave for 10- 12 min. Serve hot

Bharwa Bhindi / Okra

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Ingredients:- Bhindi - 250 gm Onion - 1 Tomato - 2 Green chillies - 2 Dry mango powder- 1 tpsp Red chilli powder - 1 tpsp Salt - 1/2 tpsp Coriander powder - 1 tpsp Preparation:- Wash the bhindi well and dry and clean  it with the help of a clean cloth. Slit the bhindi lengthwise. Take a bowl and add all dry spices together and filled in slitted bhindi. Take a pan and add oil. Add cumin seeds and then chopped onions. After that add a pinch of turmeric powder and tomato and green chillies puree. ( Grind tomatoes and green chillies in a mixture to make a fine paste) Once the above gravy got saute add filled bhindi to the gravy and cooked for 10 to 12 min. Check after that if Bhindi get cooked or required some more few minutes then allow it to get cooked.

Soya chunks sandwiches..

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A best option of protein for vegetarian people. A high protein morning breakfast or a healthy tea time snack. INGREDIENTS: Soya chunks or soya granules - 1 cup Onion - 1 finely chopped Capsicum - 1/2 finely chopped Garlic cloves - 3 or 4 finely chopped Green chillies - 2 finely chopped Red chilli powder - a pinch Salt as per taste PREPARATION: Soaked soya chunks or granules​ in warm water until they get soft. After that squeeze off the forthy water and rinse. Repeat once again to make chunks completely dry. If you are using chunks then you have to grind with help of a hand blender or a mixture grinder to make in form of granules but after soaking  and squeezing only. Heat butter or oil in a wok and add garlic cloves once oil gets heated. Then add onion and green chillies and capsicum. Saute for 2 or 3 minutes and finally add soya granules . Now mix all the dry spices with soya granules and heat for few more minutes. Now fill the above prepared mixture in breads...

Penne Pasta in white sauce

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Today i am sharing recipe of Pasta in home made white sauce.  I hope it will be liked by you all INGREDIENTS  :- For Pasta Penne pasta or your choice of pasta - 1 bowl capsicum - 1/2 carrot - 1 small one Brocolli - 1/4 bowl Tomato - 1 Onion - 1 Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves butter Processed cheese Chilly flakes as per taste Salt as per taste Orgeno as per taste or 1 /4 tpsp Parsley as per taste or 1/4 tpsp For White Sauce Butter - 2 tpsp Milk - 1 small cup Garlic cloves - 5 or 6 Black pepper - 1/2 tpsp crushed All purpose flour - 1 tbsp salt - a pinch WHITE SAUCE PREPRATION:- Heat butter in a pan and add finely chopped garlic cloves. After that add 1 tbsp of all purpose flour and saute it for 2 minutes and add salt and crushed black pepper. Keep the stove on minimum flame and start adding milk by continously stirring so that no lumps will form in sauce. If somehow lumps form then stir it for a fine consistency sauce. Keepp this sauce aside in...

Beet Root Raita

Beet Root or Chakundar... A very healthy vegetable to eat with many new experiments.. Here is the one INGREDIENTS:- Beet Root - 2 Green chiiles -2 Cumin seeds - a pinch Black salt as per taste Curd - 1 n half cup PROCESS- Heat 1 tpsp oil or ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds and saute. After that add grated beetroot and saute it 4 to 5 minutes. Take out this in a bowl and allow it to cool. Then add curd 1 and half cup, black salt and finely chopped green chillies. Serve with lunch or like the way you love to eat. TIP- if you like to add you can add red chilli powder for make it less Sweet.

Sprouts Bhel

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Healthy way of eating... I soaked moth beans for making sprouts but it doesn't came out so well..so I tried a new recipe.. INGREDIENTS:- Soaked moth daal- 1 cup Chopped tomatoes - 1 Chopped onion - 1 Green chillies - 1 or 2 Coriander leaves Lime juice Peanuts - 10 or 12 Namkeen ( if u want more spicy) Puffed Rice - 2 cups Red chilli and salt as per taste Cumin seeds - a pinch PROCESS:- Heat oil in pan and add cumin seeds. After that add soaked daal, salt and red chilli. Saute for 5 to 7 minutes till all the water in daal evaporate perfectly. Now take a bowl and add above prepared daal. Keep it aside for few minutes to getting it cool. Once it get cool down add chopped onion, tomato, green chillies, coriander leaves , Peanuts and lime juice. Mix it well. In last add puffed Rice and any kind of namkeen to make it more spicy. Serve immediately otw it gets soggy. Have a helathy eating....

Arbi or Taro Root Cutlets/ Sandwiches

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This recipe is come out as an innovation to me. I boiled arbi for making dry sabzi but it get over boiled and then it comes out at as Arbi cutlets.   INGREDIENTS:- Arbi - 250 gm Carom or Ajwain seeds - 1 tpsp Dry coriander powder - 1 tpsp Red chilli - 1/2 tpsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tpsp Dry Mango Powder- 1/2 tpsp Salt as per taste Garam masala ( if you want to add for make it more spicy​) Chopped green chillies - 3 or 4 Chopped coriander for garnish Bread slices - 4  PROCESS:- Wash the arbi and boiled it for two whistles in a pressure cooker without peeling it off. After it get boiled peeled it off and mash it properly. In a pan add 2 tpsp refined oil , once oil get heat add carom seeds and after that all above mentioned spices. At last add mashed arbi and chopped green chillies and saute it for few minutes. Now take the bread slices and cut out it's corner with the help of a knife. Now take a single slice and cut it i...

Coconut Cookies ( Eggless)

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Mouth melting homemade coconut cookies, easy to make and tasty to eat. INGREDIEANTS:- All Purpose Flour - 1 cup Sugar - 3/4 cup Butter- 1/2 cup Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Baking Powder - a pinch PROCESS - Take butter and sugar in a bowl and beat it till a white fluffy consistency come out. ( You can beat with the help of a egg beater or a hand beater). Keep this mixture aside. Now sieve flour and baking soda together twice or thrice. After that start adding flour and bakin powder mixture to the butter and sugar mixture by cut and fold method. Also start adding grated cocunt. This mixture comes out to the form of a very soft dough. ( you can also add some tpsp of milk if ypu feel dough id bit hard. At lasst grease ypur baking tray with butter or can use butter paper. Make small balls of the above prepared dough and bake for at leat 17 min. or check it after 15 min and if you feel it take some more time to come out ao a color of golden brown then increase the t...

Homemade Dark Choclates with Nuts

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HI to All Today iam sharing my Homemade choclates recipe with nuts. This is an easy recipe and tasty too. You can made choclates at home for gifting purpose or for yourself. INGREDIENTS:- Dark Choclate Slab - 1 cup ( you can grate the choclates) these slabs alreay have added sugar to it. Butter ( i have used amul butter) - 2 tpsp Nuts ( Almond, Pistacho, Walnut,, as per your choice) Milk - 3/4 cup ( add more milk if you prefer some mild taste of choclate) Choclate Moulds ( i prefered silicon moulds) PROCESS;- In a double boiler ( you can take a big utensul and filled it half with water and now put an other utensil in the first utensil) that is on the utensil you keep above, add grated chochlate and heat it until it come to a molten state. After that add butter and milk and mix well all the three ingredients. Now turn off your stove and please notice tha choclate not get burnt. So its advisable to do all this process on a low flame. Now place your moulds and add choppe...