Ras Malai soaked in condensed milk

Milk balls soaked in condensed milk delicately flavored with nuts and sugar
INGREDIENTS

1 cup fullcream milk powder
1 egg
Milk 1 liter (liqued)
sugar according to your taste
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee
1 tsp baking powder
8 to 10 pistachioss

METHODS

In a vessel mix milk and sugar and boil it for 10 min.
Add elaichi powder, let it boil on a slow flame.
Mix milk powder& baking powder well.
Add one lightly beaten egg and ghee, knead it into a dough.
Make 20-22 small balls of it.
Put these balls into the boiling milk.
Cook for 10-12 mins.
Remove from heat.
Garnish it with finely chopped pistachios. Serve it cool.

Pineapple Pudding

INGREDIENTS

540 ml pineapple tin,
1 egg,
1 1/2 cup milk,
2 tbsp custard pwd
sugar as u desired,
full cream 10 oz,
5 almonds,
5 pictachio

methods

Grind pineapple in semi paste with the same water and cooked for 10 min on a low flame.
In a bowl beat egg, milk,custard powder and sugar for 1 to 2 min.
Pour this in pineapple and stir till it becomes thick.
Take it off the flame and let it cool then put the whip cream on it and decorate it with almonds and pictachio flakes.
Refrigerate it before serving. Enjoy!!!!

Ras Malai

Dry milk dumplings simmered in sugary milk and garnished with mixed nuts.

1 cup full cream milk powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon maida
2 teaspoon oil
1 egg
6-8 tablespoon sugar
1 litre milk
5-8 Pistachio and Almonds
2-3 GREEN cardomom

METHODS
Put cardomom and pista, badam in liquid milk and heat at low burner for sometime until it gets a little thick.
Then put sugar in it and let it boil.
In the meanwhile mix full cream milk powder, baking powder and maida and shake well.
Then add oil and egg and make a dough by mixing well with hands.
Make small balls and put in boiling milk while on burner.
Let the balls boil till they become big and move the pot so that milk is well over all the balls.
Do not stir with spoon.
Let it cool for sometime and then put it in fridge.
Serve after it gets chilled.

Coloured Barfi

Simple and easy recipe of burfi which is prepared from milk, sugar and served cut into diamond

INGREDIENTS
A Pack of powdered milk
2-3 cups of sugar
Few table spoons of ghee
2-3 table spoon blended (green cardamons)
Few cups of water
Coloured m&ms or smarties to decorate the top of barfi

METHODS

Sift the powdered milk.
Boil some water then add sugar and let that boil and get into a browny texture.
While your syrup is being cooked mix few table spoons of ghee in the powdered milk and use both hands to mash it to make the ghee dissolve in the powdered milk to give it a pure colour.
Mix some ilachi into the powdered milk and ghee.
Meanwhile keep stirring the sugar syrup and see if the water dries up a little and its turning into a texture of honey.
It has to be slightly like a honey not so sticky as it will be still runny type of syrup.
Now turn off the stove. Use a large wide spoon and stir in the syrup mixing your barfi.
Grab a big tray and spread the barfii all over tray while pressing down then sprinkle some rainbow coloured smarties to give it a festive colour or some nuts of your choice.
Set it in the fridge for hour or so, when its ready cut into small pieces.

Sheer Khurma

Sheer korma or Sheer Khurma is a festival vermicelli pudding prepared in sweetened milk and dried dates.

INGREDIENTS
Milk - 1L
Dates - 8 pcs., Dried
Pistachios - 15 pcs.
Cloves - 2 pcs.
ghee - 2 tbsp
Vermicelli - 1 cup
Almonds - 12 pcs.
Green Cardamoms - 6 pcs.
Sugar - 2 cups

METHODS
Crush the vermicelli.
Cut almonds and pistachios in thin slices and crush green cardamoms.
De-seed dried dates and cut into 4 pieces each.
Heat GHEE in a pot and fry cloves and cardamoms.
Now add vermicelli and fry for few minutes.
Add dry fruits and fry for few seconds and remove from heat.
Cook milk and sugar in a pot.
Add fried vermicelli when the sugar is completely dissolved.
Remove from flame after cooking for a few minutes.

ENJOY :)!!!!

chocolate kisses

recipe

3 large egg whites

1 cup sugar

3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

vanilla extract

preheat oven to 275F.

whip egg whites till foamy.

keep ur processor goin.gradually add in sugar.beat till stiff but shiny.

sift cocoa powder over whites.add vanilla.gently fold in.

bake for 30-35mins.cool completely in oven

Rasmalai

Ingredients:

Egg - 1
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Milk powder - 1 cup
Maida - 1 teaspoon
Fresh milk - 4 cups or 1 litter
Sugar - according to your taste, I add usually 3 hipped tablespoon
Crashed Cardamom pods - 1
Vanilla essence - half teaspoon
Pistachios & Almonds (chopped) - To garnish

Preparation:

1. In a deep bottomed vessel add sugar with milk and crashed cardamom , keep the milk on law flame and let it be boiled.

2. In a mixing bowl mix all dry ingredients together...maida,milk powder,and baking powder.

3. Now, add in the egg(which is beaten lightly), vanilla essence and knead into a smooth dough. Don't knead too much, 1st it will be sticking to your hand but if you keep it for 3/4 minutes , the dough won't stick to your hand then.

4. Ball the dough to small shapes(as it will rise when cooked in milk). Now add immediately these balls into the boiled milk & let them be cooked. The balls will tend to swell up , Lower the heat to simmer.Cook the milk with the balls for another 8- 10 minutes. Shake the vessel lightly in between so you won't burn the dish.

5. After 10 minutes check a ball, If its cooked from inside, turn off the heat. If not, cook for another few minutes. Now, turn off the heat & let it cool.

6. Serve chilled & garnish with some pistachios and almonds before serving.

Enjoy :)

Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls Recipe:

Ingredients
Makes 12

DOUGH
2 and half tsp instant yeast
1 cup warm milk
1/4 cup granulated sugar (if you have a very sweet tooth then double this)
1/3 cup margarine or butter (I use butter)
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
4 cups flour

FILLING
half cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/3 cup margarine/butter, softened (I use butter)
2tbsp flour

ICING
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar/icing sugar
1/8 cup cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
pinch of salt

Directions

Knead the dough with all it's ingredients until nice and soft. If it's a bit sticky, don't worry about it. It will come together later on. Put in a bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 180 C.

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is approx 21 inches long by 16 inches wide. It should be approx 1/4 thick.

To make filling, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. (DO NOT DO THIS EARLIER AS IT WILL START MELTING ON IT'S OWN) Spread the butter over the surface of the dough, then sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon evenly over the surface. Press down gently with your hand so the sugar sticks to the dough. Then sprinkle 2 tbsp of flour using a sieve so it's a light dusting. This will help absorb any extra moisture from the sugar as the cinnabons are baking.

Working carefully, from the longer side of the rectangle, roll the dough down to the bottom edge, like a swiss roll.

Cut the dough into 1 3/4 inch slices, and place in a lightly greased baking pan. TIP: Don't slice the cinnabons with a knife, it will smoooosh the roll so you won't get that perfect spirally top. Slide a thread...even dental floss will do...under the roll then bring the two ends of the thread to opposite sides like you're gonna tie a knot, and pull....the thread will slice the roll for you PERFECTLY! ;)

Bake for 10-15 minutes or until light golden brown. If you want the buns super crisp on the outside without having them burn or get too dark, cover them with a foil in the last 5 mins of baking so they will keep baking but wont turn colour.

While the rolls are baking combine the icing ingredients. Beat well with an electric mixer until fluffy. When the rolls are done, spread generously with icing and serve warm! Leftovers warm up beautifully in a mini oven toaster or in the micro. ENJOY!!

—

Custard Cookies

Ingredients

Yields approx 40 cookies, I made mine really teeny and started out with just half the amounts, had about 24 cookies

2 cups flour
half cup custard powder
half cup pure icing sugar
250g unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla essence

method
Bring the butter to room temperature. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C.

If you have a food processor, mix the butter with icing and vanilla. Process for a couple of minutes or until well combined. You can use a hand-mixer.

Add the flour and custard. Pause until JUST well combined. Do not over-process coz then your cookies won't have a fine delicate crumbly texture.

Shape as desired and bake on greased trays!

PS: I rolled teeny balls with my hands, placed them on the tray and flattened them slightly with a fork. Dip the fork in flour to avoid it sticking to the cookies

Country Apple Pie

Ingredients

Grease the base of pie dish and dust with flour.
Keep ready.

Pastry dough;
225g flour – sift into a big bowl
100g salted soft butter – add and rub into flour with fingers until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
3 tb sp fine sugar – add and mix
1 egg - beat slightly and add
1 tb sp cream – add
Press dough into a ball, cover bowl with a damp cloth and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Remove the rim of the springform and roll out the dough 3 mm (1/8th) thick over the base.
Cut away the overlapping part then fit the rim back to the base.
Make a thin roll from about half of the remaining dough and place it around the inner side of the springform.
Pull the roll upwards with fingertips and press firmly to the rim making a 3 cm high edge.
Prick the base with a fork several times,so that the steam can escape while baking.
Sprinkle the base with some breadcrumbs or semolina (suji) and a handful of coarsely ground walnuts.
Place into the refrigerator until the filling is ready.

method for the Filling;
1 kg apples – peel and dice
1 glass (200 ml) apple juice – add
½ lime – add
100-120 g sugar – add
1 cinnamon stick – add and bring all to boil, then simmer until the apples are soft and all juices has evaporated. Remove cinnamon stick and lime and blend.
1 tb sp vanilla custard powder – mix into the apple sauce
Cool the apple sauce before spooning it into the pie dish. Make a smooth surface with the back of the spoon.
Roll out the remaining dough, cut stripes and decorate the tart in a lattice fashion, attaching the ends firmly to the edge of the pie and brush the strips with egg white.
Preheat the oven 10 mins before baking
Bake the pie in medium hot oven for about 30 minutes or until dough turns golden brown. Keep checking
and serve with vanilla ice cream
enjoy :)

Apple Kesari with Nutmeg

Serves : 4-5 people.
Prep time : 10 mins.
Cooking time : 10 mins

For the kesari:
Cooking apple [medium] :1
Lemon juice: 1 tsp.
Rava [Semolina]: 1 cup.
Sugar: 1 cup.
Hot Water: 3cups.
Saffron threads: 2 pinches.
Milk: 3 tbsp.
Nutmeg powder : 2 pinches
Almond flakes: 1 tbsp.
Raisins: 1 tbsp.
Ghee: 4 tbsp.

Method

1.In 1 tbsp of ghee fry the almond flakes and raisins. Keep aside. Soak the saffron in the warm milk.
2.Peel, core and chop the apple. Mix with the lemon juice and keep aside.
3.Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a kadai and add the rava. Saute in low flame until you have a pleasant aroma coming through.
4.Add the water. Increase the flame to medium. Keep stirring as there should not be any lumps.
5.Once the rava is cooked add the sugar, nutmeg and the saffron soaked in milk and mix well.
6.The mixture will become watery first but will come together in a few minutes.The semolina will take around 6 - 8 minutes to cook
7.Add the raisins, almonds, chopped apples and the rest of the ghee and mix well.In a couple of minutes the mixture will start leaving the sides of the pan. Remove from flame.

Serve warm.

Choc Chip Cookies

Ingredients

200g softened butter
300g soft brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
300g self raising flour
80g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
300g choc chips

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 c/ gas 4

2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in vanilla extract and eggs

3. In a separate bowl sift flour, cocoa and baking powder together

4. Add flour mix to the creamed mix in stages( a third at a time) mix well. Fold in choc chips until just combined.

5. Spoon a tablespoon of the mixture on to a baking tray and just let it drop off the spoon, repeat until you have used up all the cookie mixture.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes, when you remove the cookies from the oven they will still be soft, leave to cool completely on the baking tray, where they will continue to cook slightly,when completely cold move to a cooling rack. Then enjoy, Mmmmmmmm.

Easy Kulfi

Ingredients
Evaporated Milk 1can (14oz)
Whipping Cream 1cup
Condensed milk 1can(14oz)
Cardamom ground 2tsp
Almonds coasrely powdered 1tsp

Method

1. In a large bowl mix all the ingredients.

2. Freeze in popsicle moulds or in a bowl overnight.

3. Scoope out the frozen kulfi or the popsicles.

Carrot Halwa

Serves 4-5 persons  

.

Ingredients:
2 cups grated carrot
3/4 cup milk
2 cloves
3- 4 tbsps condensed milk
2-3 tbsps sugar
2-3 tbsps ghee/clarified butter
1/2 tsp cardamom pwd
few raisins, almonds, cashew nuts, lightly roasted in ghee
few strands of saffron mixed in a tbsp of milk
Method

1 Heat 3 tbsps ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel, add the grated carrot and saute for 8 mts on low to medium flame.
2 Add the milk and cloves and allow to cook till the milk is almost absorbed. Add sugar and cook further for another 15 mts. Add the condensed milk and go on stirring till it leaves the sides of the pan.
3 Remove the cloves, add the cardamom pwd and saffron and mix. Garnish with toasted almonds, raisins and cashew nuts.
4 Serve warm or refrigerate and serve. It tastes good both warm and cold