DIWALI Special: Gulab Jamun Recipe

Gulab Jamun Recipe

Gulab Jamun is one of the well-known Diwali sweets. This is the recipe of Gulab Jamun.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Bisquick
• 2 cup Carnation Powder
• 2 cup Water
• 1 1/2 cup Sugar
• 4 pods Cardamom Seeds
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 6-8 drops Rose Water
• 1/8 cup Yogurt
• 1/2 cup Milk
• Oil

Method

• Heat butter and pour in a bowl. Add bisquick, carnation powder and yogurt and blend together. Knead well adding milk if necessary.
• Make a smooth ball, cover and let rest for around 30 minutes. Make 12-14 small balls.
• Heat the water, add sugar, and bring to boil, add cardamom seeds and simmer.
• Boil, then simmer to reduce the water by half. Heat the oil until hot and fry the balls to a golden brown or until they are dark brown, almost black.
• Soak in sugar syrup for a few hours until they double in size
• Serve hot or cold

DIWALI Special: Recipe of Kaju barfi

Recipe of Kaju barfi

Here is the online recipe of Kaju barfi. This diwali sweet dish is really tasty.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Cashew powder
• 2 cups Sugar
• 0.5-cup Water
• Silver foil

Method

• Make sugar syrup of almost 2 thread consistency.
• Then dissolve cashew powder in the solution and make the whole solution thick.
• Then spread it on the plate and put some silver foil.
• Then cut barfi into pieces.

Serve this sweet and enjoy the diwali evening.

DIWALI Special: Rasmalai Recipe

Rasmalai Recipe

The recipe of Rasmalai is given below. It is easy to cook at home and can be served as a Diwali sweet dish.

Ingredients

• 4 Measuring cup milk for channa (2% milk)
• 3 measuring cup milk for Ras
• 4 - 4 1/2 tbsp. sugar for Ras
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 cups of water
• saffron, cardamom, pista, almonds
• lemon juice

Method

• First keep the 3 cups of milk for ras to boil until it remains 1 3/4 cup.
• Bring 4 cups of milk to boil. Now to curdle the milk add lemon juice to it stirring continuously.
• Then drain it in a thin muslin cloth or handkerchief.
• Hold it covered with cloth in the running water. Drain the excess water by pressing the cloth there must not be water remaining.
• In a pressure cooker take 3 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar.
• Take the channa out of the cloth in a dish, mash it and make around 15 small size of balls out of it
• Toss that balls in the pressure cooker and bring two whistles.
• In the mean time see the milk for ras may be ready.
• Add the sugar for ras to it and add cardamom, pista, almond and saffron to it. Let it cool aside
• As the pressure cooker is warm now open it take out the balls of channa with the spoon in a dish and let the water drain by pressing it little and let it cook.
• When the milk is cool add channa balls to it.
• Refrigerate it.
• And it is ready to serve.

DIWALI Special: The recipe of Shahi Pulao

The recipe of Shahi Pulao

There are different kinds of Pulao. But Shahi Pulao is really rich in taste.

Ingredients

• 3 cups basmati rice, wash & soaked for 30 minutes.

Layer 1

Grind to a paste

• 1" piece ginger
• 3 green chilies
• 2 tbsp. coconut grated
• 2 sprigs mint leaves
• ½ cup coriander leaves
• 4 flakes garlic
• 1 carrot
• 1 capsicum
• 6-7 french beans
• 1-sprig sping onions greens chopped

Layer 2

Grind to a paste

• 1 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 1 tsp. soaked khuskhus seeds
• 1 onion
• 5-6 blanched green chilies or white pepper
• 1 cardamom
• 1 clove
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2" piece cinnamon
• 1 potato
• 1 onion

Other ingredients

• 6-7 whole shelled walnuts
• 15 cashew nuts halved
• 15 almonds, blanched and halved
• 1 tbsp. raisins
• 1 tbsp. cheese or paneer grated
• 1 tbsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1-cup milk
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 3 tbsp. ghee or oil

Method

• Put plenty of water to boil, add salt and bay leaves, bring to boil.
• Add rice and cook till done but not mushy.
• Drain water, cool in large plate.
• Heat half ghee in a heavy pan , add carrots.
• Fry till tender, drain, add French beans to same fat.
• Repeat frying till tender, drain, add capsicum.
• Fry, drain, add paste for layer 1.
• Fry paste for 3 minutes, add salt, spring onions, stir.
• Take off fire, add fried vegetables back, and keep aside.
• Heat remaining ghee in another pan.
• Fry and drain cashews, almonds, potato slices.
• Add onions , stir fry till light golden.
• Add raisins, salt, half the milk, and paste for layer 2.
• Add fried dry fruit, stir and cook for 3 minutes,
• Take off fire , keep aside.

To proceed

• Take a deep casserole about 6-8 inches wide.
• Divide rice into 3 parts.
• Grease insides of casserole; spread one part of rice at bottom.
• Spread layer 1 mixture evenly over the rice.
• Spread second layer of rice over mixture.
• Mix layer 2 mixtures with the remaining rice.
• Spread evenly over 2nd rice layer.
• Sprinkle milk over layers.
• Sprinkle cheese evenly to cover casserole.
• Cover the casserole with a lid or clingfilm, making cuts for steam to escape.
• Bake in preheated oven at 250°C for 9-10 minutes.
• Garnish with fresh ground pepper, coriander and walnuts before serving.
• Serve hot with pakodi kadhi or raitha

DIWALI Special: Mishti Doi Recipe

Mishti Doi Recipe

Mishti Doi is a popular Bengali sweet dish. Here is Mishti Doi recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 liter full cream milk
• 3-4 tbsps yoghurt
• 250 gms sugar

Method:

• Boil the milk in a heavy-bottomed pan, on a medium flame till it is reduced to half its original volume. Stir frequently to prevent the milk from sticking. When it is complete, cool the milk till it is just warm.
• Put the sugar in another pan and heat it over a low flame to melt.
• Allow the sugar to caramalise (brown). Remove from the fire when done, add the reduced milk to this caramalised sugar and mix well till it blend.
• Mix milk and sugar thoroughly now add the yoghurt to the mixture and stir gently to mix.
• Pour into the desired container and keep in a warm dark spot for the Mishti Doi to set. The best taste results are achieved by setting the Mishti Doi in a earthenware pot.
• When the Mishti Doi has set and is firm, chill for a few hours and serve.

DIWALI Special: Lemon Rice Recipe

Lemon Rice Recipe

Lemon Rice is a very popular South Indian dish. Here is Lemon Rice recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2cups boiled Rice
• 1/3rd cup Lemon Rice
• 6Tbsp Oil
• 1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
• Few curry leaves
• 3-4 green chilies
• Salt to taste
• 1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
• 1/4th cup peanuts

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow it to splutter.
• Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
• Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
• Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
• Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well. Lemon rice is ready to be served.

The Recipe of Pista Lassi

Pista Lassi is a popular Diwali Drink.Its tasty and healthy too.

Ingredients

• Chilled Fresh Curds - 2cups
• Sugar - 1tbs
• Cardamom Powder - 1/2tsp
• Pistas - 2-3nos
• Pista Essence - 2drops
• Crushed Ice - 1/2cup
• Hot Milk - 1tsp

Method

• Coarsely grind pista. Dissolve sugar in curd.
• Mix all the ingredients together. Blend well in an electric blender. Chill the lassi and serve.

Recipe of Mini Samosa

Here is the recipe of Mini Samosa that can add a flavour as snacks of Diwali.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of all purpose flour (maida)
• 1 cup of vegetable oil
• Salt (depending upon the taste)
• moong daal (soak 6-8 hrs in Plenty of water with baking soda)
• 1 tbs red chili powder
• 1 tbs garam masala
• 1 tbs coriender powder
• 1 tbs salt
• tbs amchur
• 3-4 pinches asafoetida powder
• tbs cumin seeds
• Vegetable oil for frying

Method

• Grind the moong daal with minimum quantity of water.
• Add oil in heavy pan.
• Add cumin seeds, asafoetida powder and daal paste in it.
• Stir it properly. Add salt,garam masala,coriender powder,chili powder and amchur powder.
• Stir it until the mixture dried very well.

Preparation for cover

• Sieve all-purpose flour, add salt.
• Add vegetable oil (so that you can make bowls) and mix it very well.
• Then add small quantity of water and make smooth dough.
• Make small round rolls with dough.
• Roll it like chapatti (chapatti should be around 4-5 inches in diameter).
• Cut it into 2 equal halves along the diameter.
• Put small water along the diameter.
• Join and press together to make a cone.
• Place a tbsp. of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
• Make five to six. Put in hot oil, deep fry on low to medium till light brown.
• Do not fry on high, or the mini samosas will turn out oily and soggy.
• Drain on rack or kitchen paper
• Serve hot with green chutneys.

DIWALI Special: Masala Cashew Recipe

Masala Cashew Recipe

With big cashew nuts and a little bit of masala Masala Cashew can be prepared instantly for your guests.

Ingredients

• 500 gms. Whole big cashew nuts
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp. red chili powder
• 3-4 pinches garam masala
• 2 pinches citric acid powdered
• 3 tbsp. ghee

Method

• Heat ghee in a deep frying pan.
• Add cashews few at a time.
• Fry till light brown on low flame.
• Drain, keep aside in a colander.
• Repeat for remaining cashewnuts.
• Sprinkle all other ingredients over them.
• Toss with hand till masalas are well blended with cashewnuts.
• Cool completely to room temperature before storing in airtight container

PAKISTANI Foods: Barbecue Stuffed Chicken Breast With Mushrooms

 Barbecue Stuffed Chicken Breast  With Mushrooms

Ingredients:

• Skinned and boneless chicken breast (4),
• olive oil (3 tbsp),
• minced garlic (1tbsp),
• salt and black pepper,
• lemon juice (1/2 lemon),
• finely chopped spring onion (3 tbsp),
• chopped basil leaves (2 tbsp),
• coarsely chopped button mushrooms (8 fresh),
• coarsely chopped morel mushrooms (8 fresh).

Method:

1. Take both kinds of mushrooms; mix them together along with chopped fresh basil leaves. Divide the mushroom mixture into 4 equal parts.
2. Slit each chicken breast with a knife lengthwise to make a pocket. Now fill the mushroom mixture in each pocket and seal it with tooth pick.
3. Take a bowl, mix spring onion, garlic salt, lemon juice and olive oil in it.
4. Take a dish, place the chicken pieces in it and then pour the mixture of bowl over the chicken. Turn the chicken to coat it well. Keep it to marinate for 1-2 hours.
5. Barbecue the chicken about 4-6 minutes on each side until they are cooked.
6. Garnish it with mint leaves and serve it with chunks of parsley and ginger butter.

PAKISTANI Foods: (Walnuts Sweets) AKHROT KA HALWA

(Walnuts Sweets) AKHROT KA HALWA



Ingredients:

• Walnuts 2 cup slightly toasted and grated
• Ghee 2 cup
• Sugar 2 cup
• Milk gova/khoya 2 cup
• Heavy cream/milk 1 litre
• Condensed milk 1 cup
• Cardamon seeds powder 1 spoon
• Food color of your choice
• Favourite nuts of your choice for decoration

Method:

Toast/ fry in ghee…all the decoration nuts first and set aside.
Mix sugar and heavy cream and boil them, reduce it into half(maybe add cardamon seeds powder too)
In a separate pan, heat ghee and add gova, fry it real good. let it get loosened up first and slightly change color. That is golden brown. Do not fry beyond this point. It may become too brown.
So now to this fried gova add reduced milk. Further add condensed milk to.
Toss your grated walnuts + color and cook them. When the halwa consistency is achieved, it leaves the pan. Maybe one can run few more spoons of ghee at this point.
It turns up into dark velvety brown color. With distinct aroma. Now toss the fried nuts from step 1 to it. Mix well! Serve this after heavy meals as dessert. Heaven!!!

PAKISTANI Foods: Mirchi Ka Raitha

Mirchi Ka Raitha
Ingredients: Yogurt 2 cups Sesame seeds 1 tspn roasted Small onions 1/2 cup chopped Red chillies 4 nos Honey 1/2 cup Salt use as required
Method: Beat the yogurt in a blender with the salt. Remove and transfer to a bowl.  Grind the red chillies , small onions and the honey to a smooth paste in a blender. Remove and mix with the sesame seeds. Pour into the bowl containing the yogurt in the form of straight lines.

PAKISTANI Foods: Mixed Fruit Raita Recipe

 

Mixed Fruit Raita Recipe

Ingredients:

• Curd or Yogurt (2c)
• Pineapple (1small)
• Ripe mango (1)
• Bananas (3)
• Apples (2)
• Pomegranate seeds (1c)
• Sugar (to taste)
• Salt (to taste)
• Black pepper powder (to taste)

Method:

Take a bowl, put curd in it and mix it with hand mixer and then mix the salt and sugar in the curd. Add a little water or milk in the curd if it is thick. Take all the fruits, wash them and then cut them into small cubes and add to the curd. Mix all the cubed fruits in the curd properly. Garnish the fruit raita with pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander leaves. Mix it well and then keep it in the refrigerator to cool. When the raita gets chilled then it is ready to serve.

PAKISTANI Foods: Ghiya Raita Recipe

Ghiya Raita Recipe

Ingredients:

• Curd or yogurt (2c)
• Cumin powder (1tsp)
• Grated ghiya or lauki (1c)
• Red chilli powder (to taste)
• Salt (to taste)

Method:


Take a pan, boil the grated ghiya with a little water in the pan until it gets soft. Drain it and then kep it to cool. Beat the curd with the hand mixer in a bowl. Add the cooked ghiya in the curd, mix it well. Add a little water or milk if the curd is thick. Now add salt, chilli powder and cumin powder and mix well. Now keep the bowl of raita in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or more. Serve the ghiya raita chilled in the lunch or dinner.

PAKISTANI Foods: Beetroot Raita Recipe

 

Beetroot Raita Recipe

Ingredients:

• Beetroot (1)
• Yogurt (1c)
• Ghee or oil (2tbsp)
• Green chilli (1/4tbsp)
• Asafoetida (a pinch)
• Coriander leaves (1tbsp)
• Karipatta (5-6leaves)
• Cumin seeds (1/2tsp)
• Mustard seeds (1/2tsp)
• Sugar and salt (to taste)

Method:

Take beetroot and cut it into 4-5 pieces. Boil the pieces with water, peel the skin and then grate it finely. Take a bowl, put curd in it and then beat it lightly. Add the grated beetroot into the beaten curd. Take a pan, heat oil in it. Add mustard seeds and the cumin seeds in the hot oil and fry until they get splutter. Add asafoetida and karipatta, finely chopped green chilli. Add the oil to the grated beetroot curd. Now add sugar and salt and mix them together. Keep the raita in the refrigerator and serve it chilled.

PAKISTANI Foods: Onion and Tomato Raita Recipe

 
 

Onion and Tomato Raita Recipe

Ingredients:

• Plain yogurt (8oz)
• Tomato (1small)
• Onion (1small)
• Ground black pepper (1/2tsp)
• Salt (1tsp or to taste)
• Chat masala (1tsp optional)
• Milk (1/2c)

Method:

Take a bowl; put the yogurt in the bowl. Beat the yogurt and then add ¼ cup of milk in the yogurt and again beat it until it gets smooth. Take onion and tomato and then chop them into very small pieces. Add them into the yogurt. Add salt and pepper according to taste and then sprinkle the chat masala on it. Serve it in a serving bowl with rice, pullao or with the vegetables.

PAKISTANI Foods: Bondi Raita Recipe

 
 

Bondi Raita Recipe

Ingredients:

• Yogurt (1 ½ c)
• Milk (1/4c)
• Salt (to taste)
• Pepper (to taste)
• Chat masala (to taste)
• Besan (1/4c)
• Water (1/2c)
•  Ghee for frying

Method:

Take a bowl, mix besan and water in it to make a pouring paste. Take a frying pan, heat ghee in it for frying. Drop the paste of besan and water in the hot ghee through a slotted spoon to get little drops that fall in the ghee one by one. Fry them until get golden brown. Now take out the boondis from the ghee and dry them on the paper towel to remove the extra oil from them. Soak these boondhis in warm water. Take a bowl, put yogurt in it and add milk, salt, pepper and the chat masala to the yogurt. Squeeze the water from the boondhis and add into the yogurt. Now put this boondhi raita in a serving bowl and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves if desire. Serve it with rice or vegetables.

INDIAN Foods: Malai Ladoo Recipe

 

 Malai Ladoo Recipe



Ingredients:
 

• Cottage cheese or paneer (250gms)
• Condensed milk (1/2c)
• Kewra essence (2-3drops)
• Yellow color (1/4tsp)

Method:

Take a bowl, mash the paneer in it and add the condensed milk in the paneer. Mix it well. Now put this mixture in a pan and cook on low flame by stirring it continuously. Cook it until the mixture gets thicken and leaves the sides of the pan. Add essence in the mixture and then take off the pan from the heat. Mix the mixture properly. Take a plate, Pour the mixture in the plate and keep it to cool. When the mixture gets cool then make the ladoos of this mixture. Sprinkle the powdered elaichi over the ladoos and decorate then with grated dry fruits.
Makes – 20-25 pieces
Time required – 1/2hour

PAKISTANI Foods: Dum Ka Keema

Dum Ka Keema

 

Ingredients: 1 kg. lean Mince ( beef or lamb) 3 medium onions, skinned and thinly sliced 1 cup oil 1 tbsp. ginger paste 2 tbsp. unripe green papaya (ground) 1 tsp. garam masala 1 1\2 tsp. salt 7-8 whole red chilli 2 tbsp. yogurt 1 piece coal 2 tbsp. freshly chopped green coriander 1 tsp. finely chopped green chillies 1 tbsp. roasted chick pea flour Method: Heat oil in a heavy based sauce pan. Add onions and stirring frequently, fry for 8-10 minutes to a light golden color. Remove onions from oil and fry the whole chillies just for a moment, otherwise they will burn. Reserve the oil and put the onions and whole chillies in a chopper or food processor and blend to a smooth paste without using water. Thoroughly wash the mince and squeeze out any water. Put the mince in a bowl. Add onion paste, ginger paste, salt, garam masala and yogurt. Knead the mixture really well for a few minutes with your hands until it is smooth. Cover and leave to marinate at room temperature for about 3-4 hours or overnight in the refrigerator. One hour before cooking mix in the ground papaya. Put the charcoal over medium flame, wait until the coal is fully red and is covered by white ash. Meanwhile place the mince in a metal pan. Make a well in the center. Put a small piece of aluminum foil in it. Place the burned coal over it and put 2-3 drops of oil on it. Cover it at once with a tight fitting lid and put aside for 20-25 minutes. Take out 1\2 cup of oil from the reserved oil. Reheat the oil in a heavy based pan. Discard the charcoal and fry the mince over low heat for 4-5 minutes. Cover with a tight fitting lid and cook for 15-20 minutes or until all excess moisture has absorbed. Transfer to a serving dish and decorate with onion ring, green chilli and coriander leaves. Serve hot with Roti or Nan

PAKISTANI Foods: Chicken In Cream Sauce

Chicken In Cream Sauce

Ingredients

• Boneless chicken-37g gm
• Onions (thin sliced)-2 medium
• Oil-4 tbsp
• Corn (boiled)-1/2 cup
• Peas-1/2 cup boiled
• Cream-1/2 cup
• Green Chilies (chopped)-2
• Tomato (chopped)-1
• Crushed Red Pepper-1 tbsp
• Oregano-1/2 tsp
• Salt-to taste
• Black pepper Powder-1/2 tsp
• Cumin-• 1/2 tsp
• Garlic cloves (chopped)

Method

• Heat oil and sauté garlic, add onions and cook till the onions become soft on low flame.
• Don’t let it to be brown.
• Add oregano, cumin, and black pepper. Mix it well.
• Now add tomato, green chili.
• When tomato become soft then add chicken and cook it for 3-5 minutes.
• When chicken changes it color then add corn and peas, mix it all well.
• On this stage add red chili.
• Remove it from heat and then add cream.
• After adding cream put it again on heat and cook till the chicken becomes soft and gravy thickens.
• Serve it with boiled rice or garlic bread.