Spicy Honey Cauliflower (Gobhi)- Sweet and Spicy Starter– Party- Party Recipe–Dry Manchurian

Ingredients –

  • Green chilly slice
  • Cauliflower florets – 2 cups
  • Sugar – 1/2 tsp

For batter –

  • Corn flour / Cornstarch – 1/2 cup
  • All purpose flour (maida) – 1/2 cup
  • Black pepper – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as needed
  • Soya sauce – 1 tbsp.
  • Red chili sauce – 2 tbsp.
  • Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp.
  • Honey – 2 tbsp.
  • Vinegar –1 tbsp.
  • Ginger – Garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
  • Chopped garlic – 1 tbsp.
  • Chopped spring onions white and greens – 1/2 cup
  • Vegetable oil  for deep frying

For the garnish –

White Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp.

Method –

  1. Add Corn flour, Maida, black pepper and Salt into a bowl.
  2. Pour water to make a thick batter consistency.
  3. Add the Cauliflower florets and coat them in the batter well.
  4. Heat vegetable oil in a kadhai / pan on medium heat.
  5. When the vegetable oil turns hot, drop the batter coated Cauliflower florets in the hot oil.
  6. Fry them until the Cauliflower florets turn crispy and golden in color.
  7. Drain them to a kitchen towel.
  8. Heat a vegetable oil into the other pan on medium heat.
  9. Add chopped garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes.
  10. Add spring onions and sauté for few minutes.
  11. Add tomato sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, and salt to taste.
  12. Mix well and cook for few minutes.
  13. Add chilly paste, Honey and little water, mix well.
  14. Add the fried Cauliflower florets ,toss gently.
  15. Cook on a high heat for 1 to 2 minutes.
  16. Sprinkle  White Sesame seeds and mix.
  17. Turn off the heat.
  18. Serve immediately garnished with spring onion.

Khoya / Mawa Barfi (खोया बर्फी )- Milk Khoya Burfi–How To Make Barfi

Ingredients –

  • Mawa Or Khoya Or Dried evaporated milk solids – 2 cups
  • Milk Powder – 2 tbsp.
  • Sugar Powder – 3/4 cups (as per your taste)
  • A tray covered with Aluminum foil

For Garnishing –

  1. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds , Silver warq (optional)

Method –

  1. Crumble it the khoya nicely.
  2. Add khoya, milk powder and sugar powder into the pan.
  3. Begin to cook on a low heat stirring.
  4. Sugar melts and makes the mixture gooey.
  5. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes so it doesn’t burn..
  6. When the mixture becomes slightly thick and start leaving the side of the pan.
  7. Switch off the heat.
  8. Transfer this to the foil and spread it with the spatula.
  9. Allow it to cool down for 10 minutes.
  10. After 10 minutes garnish with sliver warq.
  11. Keep it in fridge for sometime, so it can settle down.
  12. Once the khoya barfi cool down, remove Aluminum foil from khoya mixture.
  13. Cut to desired shapes with knife.
  14. Khoya Barfi is ready to serve.
  15. Refrigerate and use with in 4 to 5 days.

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.

फटे दुध से बनाये स्वादिष्ट बर्फी और लडू- Curdled Milk Barfi- Sour Milk Laddu/Ladoo/Katli

Ingredients –

  • Normal Milk / Curdled Milk
  • Sugar (as per your taste)
  • Dry milk powder – 1/2 cup
  • Dry coconut powder – 1/2 cup
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Food color (optional) yellow
  • Green cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee / Butter – ¼ tsp (if needed you can add )
  • Condensed milk (optional)

For garnishing –

  • You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional)

Method –

  1. Heat  milk in a pan and bring it to boil.
  2. Keep stirring once a while.
  3. When milk is boiled, turn off the heat.
  4. Add Vinegar, mix well as the milk starts to ferment stop adding Vinegar.
  5. Place a muslin cloth/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk on it to separate remaining water from Paneer.
  6. Take a bowl, add crumbled paneer, coconut powder, sugar, dry milk powder, green cardamom powder and mix well.
  7. Heat a pan, add ghee on a medium heat.
  8. Add  paste  into a pan.
  9. Add coconut powder and mix well.
  10. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes so it doesn’t burn..
  11. Once mixture is ready, turn off the heat.
  12. Apply ghee / butter on the plate (If you like you can use aluminum foil)
  13. Pour the mixture and then spread it evenly.
  14. Press it gently.
  15. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional).
  16. Let it cool down for sometime, so it can settle down.
  17. Once Curdled milk barfi  settled, cut it into pieces as per shape of your choice.
  18. Refrigerate to keep it fresh for up to 1 week.

For ladoo / Laddu –

  1. Take small portion of mixture, roll them into small ball.
  2. Coat with dry coconut powder .
  3. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional).
  4. Curdled milk ladoo is ready to serve.
  5. Refrigerate to keep it fresh for up to 1 week.

Angoori Rasgulla (अंगूरी रसगुल्ला)-White Rasgulla-Small Rasgulla-Bengali Sponge Rosogulla

Ingredients –

  • Paneer /Chena /cottage cheese
  • Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  • Cardamom powder – 2 pinch
  • Food color (optional)

Method –

  1. Add the sugar into the pan, add 2.5 cup of water and cardamom powder in it and allow sugar chashni to boil.
  2. 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).
  3. Take small portion of chena in your hand and shape them into small balls.
  4. Roll the chena balls between your palms and keep all of them on a plate.
  5. Once sugar syrup starts boiling add 1 tsp milk, after adding milk a brownish froth will start appearing on the surface of the chashni, remove all the forth using a spoon.
  6. Now put all the chena balls in boiling sugar syrup and close the lid, Cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
  7. After 15- 20 minutes Turn off the stove.
  8. Open the lid  and let it cool down completely.
  9. Angoori Rasgullas are ready.
  10. Now take them out in a bowl  and serve it.

Soft And Easy Rasgulla Recipe- White Rasgulla-Chena Rasgulla(छेना रसगुल्ला)- Bengali Sponge Rasgulla

Ingredients –

  1. Whole milk – 1 liter
  2. Lemon – 1-2 (you can also use vinegar)
  3. Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  4. Cardamom powder – 2 pinch
  5. Pistachio (pista) for garnishing

Method –

  • To make rasgulla, you need to first make paneer/chena from the milk. You can also use unsalted paneer from market.
  • Heat whole milk in a non-stick pan and bring it to boil.
  • Keep stirring once a while.
  • When milk is boiled, remove the milk from heat and keep aside for 1-2minutes.
  • After 1-2 minute add lemon juice, as the milk starts to ferment stop adding lemon juice.

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  • Once the milk is fermented, filter it and remove excess water.
  • Place a muslin cloth/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk on it to separate remaining water from chena.

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  • Put the sugar in a pressure cooker or pan with lid, add 2.5 cup of water and cardamom powder in it and allow sugar chashni to come to boil.
  • 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).

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  • Take the small portions of chena in your hand and shape them into balls.
  • Roll the chena balls between your palms and keep all of them on a plate.

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  • Once sugar syrup starts boiling add 1 tsp milk, after adding milk a brownish froth will start appearing on the surface of the chashni, remove all the forth using a spoon.
  • Now put all the paneer balls in boiling chashni and close the lid of the pressure cooker. Cook on high flame until it simmers (whistle) once.
  • Reduce the flame to medium heat and cook for 13-15 minutes more while the lid is still closed.
  • Turn off the stove and let it cool down completely. Once the pressure cooker cools down open the lid.

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  • Rasgullas has become puffy and doubled in size. Now take them out in a bowl .
  • Garnish with pista powder and serve it.

Meetha Paan (मीठा पान) From Ash Gourd–Dessert Recipe For Party–Indian Recipe By Sunita

Ingredients –

  1. Ash Gourd ( Winter melon)– 600 gram (wash and dry)
  2. Limestone / Chuna – 1 tsp.
  3. Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  4. Food color – green
  5. Vanilla essence – 1 tbsp.

For stuffing

  1. Whole milk – 3 cups
  2. Sugar – 2 tsp. (as per your taste)
  3. Chopped dry fruits – Pista, cashew, almonds, etc.
  4. Elaichi (Cardamom) powder – 1 tsp.

Method –

  • Peel the ash gourd skin and make sure the green part is not left out.
  • Slice the ash gourd in triangular shape.
  • Take a utensil, add enough water and limestone, mix well. 
  • Drop all the pieces of ash gourd in water, mix well and leave it for 2-3 hours.
  • After 2-3 hours take out the limestone from water and rinse well.
  • Take out all the ash gourd pieces into a pan.
  • Add sugar, food color, mix it well and add enough water to immerse the sliced ash gourd.
  • Turn on the stove on medium heat, cook till the ash gourd becomes transparent.
  • Stir continuously so that it doesn’t burn.
  • Do not let the syrup get too thick, if required add half cup water to keep the syrup thin.
  • When the ash gourd becomes transparent, turn off the heat, add vanilla essence and leave aside for 1 hour, allowing them to cool down. 
  • To prepare stuffing, take 3 cups of whole milk and allow it to boil in a pan on high to low heat.
  • Once milk is boiled, reduce the heat to medium temperature and keep stirring to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the container.
  • When the milk becomes thick, add sugar and cardamom powder to the milk.
  • Stop heating when all the water disappears. You can also add chopped dry fruits to your stuffing (khoya).
  • Now take out the pieces of boiled ash gourd from syrup, drain extra sugar syrup and let them dry out for an hour.
  • Take few cloves for decorating the paan.
  • Once ash gourd is dried, stuff each ash gourd slices with khoya, fold the slices from the corners and pin them using cloves.
  • You can also use toothpick and cherry or tutti fruity to decorate Meetha pan.
  • Meetha paan is ready, serve with your meals… Smile

Meetha Paan (मीठा पान) From Ash Gourd–Dessert Recipe For Party–Indian Recipe By Sunita

Ingredients –

  1. Ash Gourd ( Winter melon)– 600 gram (wash and dry)
  2. Limestone / Chuna – 1 tsp.
  3. Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  4. Food color – green
  5. Vanilla essence – 1 tbsp.

For stuffing

  1. Whole milk – 3 cups
  2. Sugar – 2 tsp. (as per your taste)
  3. Chopped dry fruits – Pista, cashew, almonds, etc.
  4. Elaichi (Cardamom) powder – 1 tsp.

Method –

  • Peel the ash gourd skin and make sure the green part is not left out.
  • Slice the ash gourd in triangular shape.
  • Take a utensil, add enough water and limestone, mix well. 
  • Drop all the pieces of ash gourd in water, mix well and leave it for 2-3 hours.
  • After 2-3 hours take out the limestone from water and rinse well.
  • Take out all the ash gourd pieces into a pan.
  • Add sugar, food color, mix it well and add enough water to immerse the sliced ash gourd.
  • Turn on the stove on medium heat, cook till the ash gourd becomes transparent.
  • Stir continuously so that it doesn’t burn.
  • Do not let the syrup get too thick, if required add half cup water to keep the syrup thin.
  • When the ash gourd becomes transparent, turn off the heat, add vanilla essence and leave aside for 1 hour, allowing them to cool down. 
  • To prepare stuffing, take 3 cups of whole milk and allow it to boil in a pan on high to low heat.
  • Once milk is boiled, reduce the heat to medium temperature and keep stirring to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the container.
  • When the milk becomes thick, add sugar and cardamom powder to the milk.
  • Stop heating when all the water disappears. You can also add chopped dry fruits to your stuffing (khoya).
  • Now take out the pieces of boiled ash gourd from syrup, drain extra sugar syrup and let them dry out for an hour.
  • Take few cloves for decorating the paan.
  • Once ash gourd is dried, stuff each ash gourd slices with khoya, fold the slices from the corners and pin them using cloves.
  • You can also use toothpick and cherry or tutti fruity to decorate Meetha pan.
  • Meetha paan is ready, serve with your meals… Smile