Adadiya Pak
Aug12

Adadiya Pak

  Ingredients • Urad dal – ½ kilo • Ghee – 1 kilo • Khoya – ¼ kilo • Dry ginger powder – 50 gms • Sugar powder – ¾ gms • Pepper root powder – 20 gms • Poppy seeds – 100 gms • Cardamom powder – 6-8 • Almond – 50 gms • Pistachio – 50 gms • Cashew- nut – 50 gms • Raisins – 50 gms...

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Date, Orange, Walnut & Banana Semolina Halava Pudding
Aug11

Date, Orange, Walnut & Banana Semolina Halava Pudding

  Ingredients: • Water – 2½ cups   • Raw sugar or sugar plus some honey (not 100% honey – too wet) – 1¼ cups  • California dates, chopped, or any dried fruit – 3/4 cup  • Zest from 2 oranges, lemons or any citrus • Unsalted butter, or ghee (1 ounce = 28.35 grams) – 140 gram • Coarse-grained semolina (farina) –...

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Sweet Spice Pumpkin Bites
Aug11

Sweet Spice Pumpkin Bites

  . 1 medium pumpkin (any pumpkin of your choice) . 2 cups jaggery or brown sugar . 1 medium orange or tangerine . 2-3 cinnamon sticks . 4 cups water . 1 tbsp ghee Preparation 1) First begin by slicing the orange or tangerine into thin half moon shapes. Then place the sliced oranges, jaggery, cinnamon sticks and water into a large heavy bottomed pot. Begin cooking on medium high heat. 2) While the jaggery...

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Laddu
Aug10

Laddu

  Ingredients • Unsalted butter – 3/4 cup   • Chickpea flour, Sift after measuring – 2 cups  • Chopped walnuts – 2 tbsp • Ground nutmeg – 1/4 tsp • Icing sugar, sifted after measuring – 1 cup    Preparation 1. Melt the butter in a heavy-based frying pan or small saucepan over a low heat. Add the sifted chickpea flour, walnut pieces, and...

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Channar Payesh with Milkmaid
Aug10

Channar Payesh with Milkmaid

  Ingredients • Chena (fresh, not pressed, cottage cheese) – 550 gms • Baking powder – ½ teaspoon • Water – 6 ½ cups • Sugar – 2 ½ cup • Refined flour (Maida) – 3 ½ tbsp • Milk – 6 cups For garnish • Cardamom – ½ tsp • Pistachio – 4 tsp • Saffron – ½ tsp Preparation 1. Squeeze out water from...

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Almond Toffee Fudge
Aug09

Almond Toffee Fudge

  Ingredients: • Good quality unsalted butter (I prefer Danish style) – 250g   • Raw sugar – 1 1/2 cups   • Pouring consistency pure cream – 1 cup   • Whole unblanched almonds, oven-roasted or fried, and very coarsely chopped – 1 cup  • Full cream powdered milk – 3 1/2 cups  • Extra toasted, crushed, slivered, flaked or...

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