Wednesday 8 March 2017
Gadbad Thandai Kulfi....
Thursday 24 March 2016
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Nutty Chocolatey Mawa Donut Gujjiya.......
Saturday 19 March 2016
Thandai
Thandai is a refreshing drink made on Holi. It’s cooling and hence the name thandai .There are variations of thandai. It’s more popular in the north.
Thandai Masala
Ingredients
30 Almonds
20 Pistachios
4 tbsp Melon Seeds
8 Rose Petals
1/2 tsp Poppy Seeds
2 Green Cardamom
6 Peppercorns
1 tsp Fennel Seeds
1 tsp Rose Essences
Few strands of Saffron
2 tbsp Sugar
Method
Grind all the ingredients together and store in an airtight container.
Thandai Drink
Ingredients
2 to 3 tbsp of Thandai Powder
1 glass of Cold Milk
Sugar as per sweetness
Few Almond flakes and Saffron strands for garnishing
Method
Mix in one glass of chilled milk and add sugar according to the sweetness required. Add the thandai powder and mix well. Garnish it with Almond flakes and few strands of Saffron. Let it stand for sometime for the taste to enhance. Serve it chilled.
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Malpuas
Saturday 19 September 2015
Thandai Chocolate
Ingredients
250 grams of White chocolate compound
Some candy colours of your choice
10 Almonds
10 Pistachios
2 tbsp Melon Seeds
8 Rose Petals
1/4 tsp Poppy Seeds
2 Green Cardamom
4 Peppercorns
1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
1/2 tsp Rose Essences
Few strands of Saffron
Grind all the ingredients together and keep aside. Take white chocolate and melt it. Temperature of the White chocolate should be 100 – 110° F (37 – 43° C). Be very careful as the high milk and sugar content in white chocolate will cause it to burn easily.
Add the powder to the melted chocolate . Mix it. Add colours to the mould and fill the moulds with chocolate . Keep it in the fridge till it sets.
The Thandai powder can be used in the milk adding sugar to it to make Thandai drink...
Friday 19 June 2015
Whole wheat,Samolina and Oats Bread Thandai Mava Gujjya.....dipped in sugar syrup...
Healthy Whole wheat,Samolina and Oats Bread Thandai Mava Gujjya.....dipped in sugar syrup...a baked fusion recipe for Holi
Ingredients for the Bread
2 cups whole wheat
1 cup Simolina
1 cup Oats
1/2 cup Maida
300 ml Milk or more
4 tbsp sugar
2 tsp Yeast
2 tbsp Ghee
1/2 tsp Salt
Method
Mix all the dry ingredients. Take Luke warm milk mix sugar and yeast. Let it rise. Make a soft dough with the yeast milk. If needed add more milk... Add the ghee and knead it for 5 minutes. Keep it cover till it rises.
250 grams Mava
2 tsp Thandai powder
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp Raisins
2 tbsp Almond flakes
Few strands of saffron
1/2 tsp Cardomom powder
1/2 tbsp ghee
Method
Take Ghee and heat it. Break up the Mava and add to the ghee. Add cardomom powder, Thandai powder, saffron, raisins and Almond flakes. Mix it. Keep on stirring occasionally on low flame till the Mava becomes a bit dry and starts to leave the sides of the vessel. Take of the gas and keep it aside.
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Few strands of saffron
Method
Boil all the ingredients till the syrup reduces and becomes a bit sticky.
Take the dough and knead it again. Roll the dough and cut circles out of the sheet with a cutter. Add filling and fold one side to the other side. Press it and fold the edges. Brush the tray with ghee. Keep the Gujjyas and brush ghee on the Gujjyas too. Garnish with almond flakes, saffron and Pistachio powder. Keep it for 20 minutes.... Bake in a pre heated oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Take it out of the oven and pour hot sugar on the baked Gujjyas and Enjoy.......