Category: Diwali Special

Khoya Gulab Jamun Recipe | खोया गुलाब जामुन | How to make Gulab Jamun | Sweets Recipe

Ingredients –

  1. Khoya or mawa(crumbled) – 1 cup
  2. Paneer / cottage cheese (crumbled) – 1/2 cup
  3. All purpose flour / maida – 1 tbsp.
  4. Semolina / suji – 1 tbsp.
  5. Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp.
  6. Baking powder – 1 tsp.
  7. Vegetable oil / ghee for frying.
  8. Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)

Method –

  • Mash the khoya with your palm until it becomes soft and smooth.
  • Mix paneer, semolina, maida and baking powder.
  • Now mix everything well and knead until it becomes soft.
  • With help of milk, prepare soft dough.
  • Soft and smooth dough is ready, keep it aside for 20 minutes.
  • You can use this dough for kala jamun, khoya gulab jamun and langcha.
  • Add sugar, cardamom powder and 2 cups of water into the kadhai on medium heat.
  • Let the sugar dissolve in the water completely.
  • Keep the syrup gooey in texture, don’t make it too thin.
  • Once sugar chasni is boiled, turn off the heat.
  • After 20 minutes, knead the dough once again.
  • Take small amount of dough, roll the dough into round shape.
  • Prepare rest of the Gulab jamun in the same way.  
  • Heat the oil in a pan/kadhai to medium heat.
  • Fry all the Gulab Jamun balls in the heated oil.
  • Keep stirring until it turns golden in color. 
  • Once ready, transfer into a kitchen or absorbent tissue.
  • Fry all the gulab jamun in the same way.
  • Leave fried Gulab Jamun for 10-15 minutes in warm sugar chasni.
  • After 15 minutes, take out all the Gulab Jamun into a bowl.
  • Gulab Jamun is ready, you can garnish with Pista powder, coconut powder, etc.

स्वादिष्ट मूंग दाल का हलवा – Instant Moong Dal Sheera– How to make Rajasthani Moong dal halwa

Ingredients –

  • Unsalted butter (Ghee) – 1 cup
  • Split yellow Moong dal – 1/2 cup
  • Sugar –1 1/2 cup (as per your taste)
  • Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp.
  • Mawa (Khoya) –  ½ cup
  • Chopped Dry fruits (as per your taste)- 1/2 cup
  • Saffron strands – 3-4 (for garnishing) Optional

Method-

  1. Wash Moong dal thoroughly and soak in 2 cups of water for at least 4 hours.
  2. Drain the water and blend dal into a thick paste, adding just enough water as needed to blend.
  3. Heat ghee on a non-stick pan on medium heat, once ghee is melted, add grinded moong dal paste to it.
  4. Cook it on medium to low heat and stir continuously  to avoid the formation of lumps.
  5. Let it cook until the mixture turns golden brown and it becomes of a granular consistency.
  6. Add khoya (Mawa) and mix well.
  7. Keep stirring continuously, cook  for 5-6 minutes till  it becomes a little brown in color.
  8. Add 3 cups of water, sugar, cardamom powder into the  other pan on medium heat.
  9. Mix and Let it boil, once syrup boiled turn off the heat.
  10. Add all sugar syrup into the pan, little at a time.
  11. The syrup will splatter as you are adding.
  12. Stir for a few minutes, till the halwa starts to leave the sides of the pan.
  13. Add chopped dry fruits (as per your choice) and mix.
  14. Turn off the heat, Moong Dal halwa is ready,
  15. Garnish it with chopped dry fruits and saffron strands, etc.

Beetroot Barfi / Burfi ( चुकंदर की बर्फी )– Beetroot Recipe–Indian Sweets

Ingredients –

  • Grated Beetroot (Peel and finely grate with grater) – 1 medium size 
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
  • Khoya / Mawa / Dried evaporated milk solids – 1/2 cup
  • Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  • Cardamom powder – 1/2 tbsp.
  • Milk – 1/2 cup
  • Chopped Cashew nut – 1/2 cup
  • Wafers (as per your choice) – 1 packet
  • Aluminum foil

Method –

  1. Heat non-stick pan/ Khadai with ghee then add beetroot and sauté.
  2. Add crushed Khoya, Sugar cook  well till melts.
  3. Add Cardamom powder, Milk and mix.
  4. When the mixture becomes slightly thick and start leaving the side of the pan, turn off the heat.
  5. Add half chopped Cashew nut and mix.
  6. Transfer this to the Aluminum foil and  spread it with the spatula.
  7. Spread out the mixture evenly.
  8. Let cool down and set for 30 minutes.
  9. With the help of knife cut the wafers in 2 halves, now split the wafers.
  10. Barfi mixture is settled down, place the wafer pieces gently over the barfi.
  11. Using a knife, cut the mixture into the shape of barfi.
  12. Take one piece of a barfi at a time and cover the other side also with wafer split.
  13. Enjoy the delicious beetroot barfi.
  14. Refrigerate and use within 2 weeks.

Malai Chop/ Malai Sandwich (मलाई चॉप)–Chena Mitha– Bengali Or Bangladeshi Sweet

Ingredients –


1. Paneer / Chena / Cottage Cheese – 2 cups.
2. Sugar – 2 cups (as per your taste).

For Stuffing-
3. Khoya or Mawa (crumbled) – 1 cup.

4. Food color (Yellow) as per your choice.
5. Cardamom powder or Kewra essence – 1/2 tsp.

For Garnishing –
Slices Pistachio (Pista), Cashew, etc.

Tutti Frutti (optional)

Method –

1. Add Sugar and 2 cups of water into the utensil and mix well.
2. Cover and let it boil on medium heat.

3. Put paneer/chenna on the plate and using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until chena becomes completely smooth (You can use blender also).
4. Take the small portion of chena in your hand and shape them into oval shape and press.
5. Cover and Keep it aside.
6. When chasni started boiling, put chena balls in boiling chashni.
7. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
8. After 10 min, remove the lid and flip the chop to cook the other side.
9. Cover and cook for another 10 min.
10. After 20 min Chops are ready, turn off the heat.
11. Allow it to cool down for few minutes.
12. Add Kewra essence into the Sugar chasni and mix well.
13. Take them out in a strainer for 5- 10 minutes to drain extra sugar syrup.
14. Crush the Mawa and heat into the microwave or pan for 1 min.
15. Add sugar Chasni – 2 tbsp, few drops of food color, Pista into the Khoya and mix well.
16. Khoya Stuffing is ready.
17. Take 1 piece Chop in your hand and slit it from the center with help of the knife.
18. Prepare all Chop in the same way.
19. Take one slice and apply little stuffing.
20. Put another slice over the stuffing and gently press.
21. Garnish with Chopped Pista and Tutti Frutti .

22. Prepare all Malai Chop in the same way.

23. Malai Chop is ready Enjoy !!!
24. You can store them in airtight container Refrigerate and use up to 7 days.

Carrot Laddu / Ladoo (गाजर के लडू) –How To Make Carrot Ladoo–Festival Recipe -Truffles

Ingredients –

  • Carrot – 3 cups (Wash, peel and grate)
  • Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  • Muskmelon seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
  • Kewra essence / Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Method –

  1. Mix grated carrot and sugar in the bowl.
  2. Keep it side for 30 minutes.
  3. After 30 minutes, heat a pan / khadai on medium heat.
  4. Add carrot mixture and mix well.
  5. Sauté until carrots are little soft and it will ooze out some water and get dried.
  6. When the mixture  gets thick in consistency, the color gets brown in color and it emits good aroma.
  7. Cook it until the mixture gets thick and starts to roll like a ball.
  8. Add muskmelon seeds, mix well and cook on low heat.
  9. Turn off the heat, add Kewra essence and mix well.
  10. Cool the mixture but not make it really cold. Cool it little so that you can handle by hand.
  11. Just apply ghee/oil in your hand, make round balls by taking that mixture in your hand.
  12. Carrot ladoo are ready to serve.
  13. You can store them in airtight container Refrigerate and use up to 7 days.

आम की बर्फी–Mango Bafri–Summer Recipe- Mango Fudge Bars- Mango kalakand

Ingredients –

  • Mango Pulp – 2 Cups (Peel two big sized mangoes,  take out the pulp, grind it to a paste)
  • Sugar- 1/3 cups (as per your taste)
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
  • Dry Milk Powder – 1 1/2 tbsp.
  • Dry Coconut Powder – 1 1/2 tbsp.
  • Green cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp.
  • For Garnishing –
    Blanched Pistachio (Pista)

Method –

  1. Pour Ghee in the pan and heat it on medium heat.
  2. Once the ghee melts, add mango puree to it.
  3. Add dry milk powder, coconut powder and green cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp.
  4. Keep stirring, so it doesn’t burn.
  5. Take a tray and cover with Aluminum foil
  6. Cook  till the mixture forms a thick consistency
  7. When the mixture gets thick like a halwa, and starts to leave the corners of the pan.
  8. Turn off the heat.
  9. Immediately, pour this hot mixture into the tray and spread it evenly.
  10. Press it gently and sprinkle some Pista.
  11. Keep it in fridge for sometime, so it can settle down.
  12. Once Mango barfi  settled, cut it into pieces as per shape of your choice.
  13. Mango Barfi is ready to serve.
  14. Store in the refrigerator for a week.

Chena Goja बिहार की प्रसिद्ध छेना मिठाई- Khurma Sweets- Festival Recipe–Paneer / Chena Sweets

Ingredients –

  • Paneer/ Chena – 2 cups.
  • Sugar – 1 1/2  cups
  • All purpose flour (maida) – 1  tbsp
  • Cardamom (elachi) powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Maida/all purpose flour – 1 tbsp.

Method –

  1. Put chena on the plate and using your hand press until chena becomes completely smooth.
  2. Roll and cut into cubes shape with help of knife.
  3. Add 3 cups water, sugar and  cardamom powder into the pan/kadhai.
  4. Mix well and let it boil on high heat.
  5. Chasni is boiled, add chena cubes.
  6. Cook for 10 minutes on high heat.
  7. Keep cooking till chena turns light brown in color.
  8. Keep stirring regularly so that it is evenly coated over the chena.
  9. Add All purpose flour (maida) into the water, mix and add into the chasni.
  10. If chasni becomes thick, add little water time to time.
  11. Keep cooking till chena turns light brown in color.
  12. Once chena become brown in color turn off the heat.
  13. Now take them out in a strainer for 15-20 minutes to drain extra sugar syrup.
  14. Khurma sweets is ready.
  15. You can store in refrigerator for up to a week.

    हलवाई जेसा बनाये स्वादिष्ट बादाम का हलवा- Almond Halwa–How To Make Badam Halwa

    Ingredients-

    • Almonds (badam) – 1 cup
    • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp (if required you can add more)
    • Milk – 1/2 cup (if required you can add more)
    • Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
    • Cardamom (elachi) powder- 1/2 tsp
    • For Garnishing – Sliced almond, chopped pista etc.

    Method

    1. Soak almonds (badam) in a bowl with enough water for 7-8 hour.
    2. Drain and de-skin the almonds.
    3. Add almonds and milk in a mixer jar and blend them.
    4. Make a fine paste.
    5. Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick kadhai,
    6. Add the almond mixture, mix well & cook on medium to low heat.
    7. Keep stirring constantly otherwise it will get burnt.
    8. Cook till the halwa thicken.
    9. Add sugar and cardamom powder, mix well.
    10. Once halwa will start leaving the side off the pan.
    11. Switch off the heat.
    12. Add dry fruits and mix well.
    13. Almond(Badam) Halwa is ready.
    14. Serve warm or store in an air-tight container.

    Blueberry Juicy Rasgulla (ब्लूबेरी रसगुल्ला)– Fresh Blueberries Dessert– Indian Recipe- Rosogulla

    Ingredients –

    • Paneer / Chena – 1 cup
    • Sugar (as per your taste) – 1 cup
    • Blueberry – 1/2 cup (as per your taste)

    Method –

    1. Put sugar in a pan with lid, add 2 cups of water and  mix it.
    2. Put blueberry into the mixer jar and make a paste.
    3. Add Blueberry paste and mix well.
    4. Allow sugar chashni to come to boil.
    5. Now put chena on the plate and using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until chena becomes completely smooth (You can use blender also).
    6. Take the small portions of chena in your hand and shape them into balls.
    7. Roll each portion of paneer into a smooth ball between your palms, making sure there are no cracks.
    8. Now put all the paneer balls in boiling chashni and close the lid.
    9. Cook on high heat for 9-10 minutes.
    10. After 10 minutes, open the lid and check the rasgullas..
    11. Again cook for 10 minutes.
    12. Turn off the heat.
    13. Blueberry Rasgullas has become puffy and doubled in size.
    14. Now take them out in a bowl .
    15. You can store in refrigerator up to a week.
    16. Blueberry Rasgullas are ready to serve.

    Holi Special (होली स्पेशल)- Chena / Paneer Rolls– Indian Sweets- Festival

    Ingredients –

    • Mawa / khoya for stuffing
    • Yellow Food color (optional)
    • Sugar as per your taste
    • Chena (Paneer) – 1 cup
    • Cardamom powder (optional) – 2 pinch

    Method –

    1. Put Mawa/khoya on the plate, add sugar(as per your taste) and  food color.
    2. Using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until it becomes completely smooth.
    3. Take small portion of khoya in your hand and shape them into oval shape.
    4. Khoya Stuffing is ready.
    5. Prepare all khoya stuffing in same way.
    6. Put the chena /paneer on the plate.
    7. Using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until it becomes completely smooth.
    8. Take small poison of chena on your hand and flatten.
    9. Place the khoya stuffing in the chena and cover.
    10. Chena roll is ready, prepare all in same way.
    11. Heat a pan on medium heat.
    12. Add 1 cup sugar(as per your taste) 1 1/2 cup of water into the utensil and let it boil.
    13. When chasni starts boiling, put chena rolls in boiling chashni.
    14. Cover and cook for 5 – 7 minutes on high heat.
    15. After 5-7 minutes, open the lid.
    16. Flip the chena rolls, cover and cook for another 5-7 minutes.
    17. After 15 min, turn off the heat.
    18. Once ready, let it cool down.
    19. Take them out in a strainer to drain extra sugar syrup.
    20. You can garnish with pistachios  (Pista) and saffron.
    21. You can store in the refrigerator for almost a week.
    22. Chena / Paneer Rolls  are ready to serve…