My father-in-law loves sweets but is highly conscious about ghee and sugar. He insisted me to make Besan ke Laddoo and asked if they could be made with less ghee and sugar. This is my mother-in-law’s recipe. The original recipe calls for a 2:1:1 ratio of gram flour, ghee and sugar, but as I told [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2009
My family members are fond of having sweets after their meals, although a small portion. Being a working woman I cannot prepare sweets everyday. But whenever I get time, I try out few. I remember my mother used to make similar laddoos when I was a child, but this is not the exact recipe. I [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
Ingredients: 2 cups besan (chickpea flour), 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 cup ghee, 1/4 cup warm milk, A pinch of saffron (kesar), 1 tsp ground elaichi (green cardamom), A handful of chopped dry fruits. Method: Mix saffron in warm milk and keep it aside. Melt ghee in a non-stick kadhai and add flour to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
Ingredients: 8-10 dry anjeer; soaked in little water for few hours, 100 gms khoya, 7-8 tbsp powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp kesar (saffron) dissolved in little warm water, Few drops of red food color, 2 tbsp milk powder 1 cup cashew nut powder, 1/2 tsp elaichi (green cardamom) powder, 1/2 cup crushed dry fruits of your [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Ingredients: For the churma- 2 cups coarsely ground wheat flour, Milk as required to knead dough, A pinch of salt, 1/4 cup melted ghee. Other- 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup + for frying – ghee, 1/8 cup dry roasted khus khus (poppy seeds), 1/4 cup roasted dry coconut, Sliced dry fruits as per choice, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 6, 2008
A Maharashtrian recipe for rava or suji laddus. These laddus are too soft, they melt as soon as you put them into your mouth…Yummmm! Ingredients: 1 kg rava or suji (semolina), 200gms whole wheat flour, 1/2 kg fine sugar or as per taste, 1/2 kg or more ghee (home made unsalted butter) as per requirement, [...]
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