AMBA KESAR PEDHA !!

AMBA KESAR PEDHA!!

Ingredients: ¼ Kg Khava/ Mawa, ½ cup Mango Pulp, 1 cup Sugar, 1cup Milk powder, pinch of edible orange color and 1 tsp Kesar.

Method:

1) Crumble Khava/ mawa into fine granules.

2) Roast khava/ mawa for 5 minutes in a thick bottom kadai, on low heat.

3) Add sugar, Mango pulp and orange color. Stir and cook continuously till it thickens.
4) Remove from the heat and add milk powder and Kesar to it. Mix it well. 5) Spread in a plate and knead the mixture till it is thick and firm.

6) Divide the mixture into equal balls.

7) Garnish each ball with kesar and shape them into pedhas. :-)

SPICY DAL!!

SPICY DAL!

Ganpati Bappa Prasad Dal ! This is the specific Dal which we make as Prasad for Ganpati on occasion of Anant Chaturdashi/ Ganpati Visarjan. Ingredients:
1 cup Harbara Dal, 1 12/ tsp Red chili powder, Salt for taste.

Method:
1) Soak the dal in water for 4 hours.
2) Remove the dal from water dal and add red chili powder and salt to it.
3) Mix it well. Offer it to Ganesha before having it.

AMBA MODAK (Mango Modak)

AMBA KHAVA MODAK (Mango Mawa Modak)

I tried preparing these Amba Khava Modak’s first time on the occasion of Ganpati Visarjan. It turned out to be really yummy!!:-)

Use Modak-Mould and shape into Modak.

Ingredients: ¼ Kg Khava/ Mawa, ½ cup Mango Pulp, 1 cup Sugar, 1 cup milk powder and pinch of edible orange color.

Method:

1) Crumble Khava/mawa into fine granules.

2) Roast khava/Mawa for 5 minutes in a thick bottom kadai, on low heat.

3) Add mango pulp, orange color and sugar. Stir and cook continuously till it thickens.

4) Remove it from heat and add milk powder to it.
5) Spread in a plate and knead the mixture till it is thick and firm.5) Divide the mixture into equal balls. 6) Put the ball in the modak mould and shape them in to modak.
Offer it to Ganesha before having it :-)

SUNDAL !

SUNDAL!

South Indian style Prasad for Ganpati. Healthy, wholesome, yummy and spicy festival specialty for those who are tired of eating just sweet stuff as prasad.
My friend Sharmila shared this recipe with me. :-) Ingredients:
Bengal gram (Kabuli Chenna) ( Black Chick peas) - 200 gm, 1 tsp Mustard, 1 cup
Coconut scraping, 2-3 Red Chilly(dry), pinch of Asafetida powder (Hing), curry leaves and Salt to taste. Method:
1. Cook the Chenna in a pressure cooker with salt, remove it and drain the water.
2. Heat oil in a deep pan and fry mustard, red chilly (dry), curry leaves and hing powder.
3. Add the cooked Chenna to the fried items and add coconut scraping and salt.
4. Stir well and remove from fire; serve hot :-)

KARANJI!!

KARANJI!!

Ingredients:
For Dough:

1-cup maida ½ cup fine rava, Salt and Oil for deep-frying.
For Stuffing:
1-cup coconut, 1/2-cup sugar, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, ¼ tsp of orange color, ¼ tsp nutmeg powder, 1 tsp poppy seeds, ½ cup raisins and ½ cup cashew nuts.
Method:

In order to prepare Karanji, you will have to first prepare dough and then prepare the stuffing. Once you are done with both of them, you simply need to fill the stuffing and deep-fry the Karanji.
Dough Preparation:
Heat 2 tbsp of oil and add it to maida. Mix it very well till all the maida gets the oil. Add salt and water to make it very stiff dough. Keep aside the dough for around 1/2 an hour. Stuffing Preparation:1. Roast the poppy seeds.
2. Take a pan and heat ½ cup water in it. Add sugar to it. Add coconut and orange color to it. Mix well till it forms a uniform mixture.
3. Mix poppy seeds well. Remove from heat and add cardamom powder and nut meg powder to it.

4. Add Raisins and cashew nuts. Mix well.

Karanji Preparation:

1. Roll small oval shaped puris from the hard dough.

2. Now place the prepared stuffing in the middle of it.

3. Stick both the corners of the puri by applying some water so that it will seal properly. Remember not to apply too much of water as it will not seal properly.4. Deep fry it till it becomes brownish color.

5. Serve it hot or cold as you wish.

Besan Ladoo!!

Besan Ladoo!!

Ingredients:
4 cups Gram Flour, 1 cup Pure Ghee, 2 cups sugar, 1 tsp Powdered Cardamom and 1/2 cup Raisins.
Method:
1. Heat the ghee in a pan.
2. Add the gram flour and fry it on a low flame stirring continuously till brown. 3. Once it is browned, let it cool.
3. Add powdered cardamom and sugar. Mix well. 4. Add raisins.
5. Shape into ladoos and serve. :-)

GANESH FESTIVAL SPECIAL- MODAK!! :-)

MODAK!!

Ganpati Bappa Moraya!!

Ganesh festival is a very popular festival in India.
Below is the snap of our Home Ganpati. :-) Ingredients:

1-cup maida ½ cup fine rava, Salt and Oil for deep-frying.
Stuffing:1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, ¼ tsp of orange color, ¼ tsp nutmeg powder and 1 tsp poppy seeds.

Method:

1. Heat 2 tbsp of oil and add it to maida. Mix it very well till all the maida gets the oil. Add salt and water to make it very stiff dough. Keep aside the dough for around 1/2 an hour.2. Roast the poppy seeds.
3. Take a pan and heat ½ cup water in it. Add sugar to it and make syrup. Add coconut and orange color to it. Mix well till it forms a uniform mixture.
4. Mix poppy seeds well. Remove from heat and add cardamom powder and nut meg powder to it. Mix well. 5. Take small balls of the dough roll it into small puris. Keep a round ball of stuffing on the puri and cover with the dough to give modak shape. 6. Heat oil and deep fry the modaks. Offer it to the god before serving :-)