Badam Burfi

Easy & yummy sweet to make on the go...

Soak 2 cups of almond nuts in water for an hour and peel offf their skin. Grind them to a paste adding little milk. In a heavy bottomed pan in medium flame, add 2 cups of milk, 1 cup of sugar and the almond paste. Keep stirring occasionally till the almonds are cooked. Add 3-5 tbsp of ghee. Add 4 powdered cardomoms. Take off from the fire once the mixture reaches a thich consistency and make little pedas out of it. Place a raisin on each peda.

Peas Briyani

This serves for 2 persons.

Ingrdients:

100 g basmati rice
50 g fresh/frozen green peas
1 big onion
3 flakes garlic
an inch long ginger root
1 long green chilli
spices - 2 bayleaves, 1 cardomom, 1 tsp cumin seeds,
3-4 cinnamon sticks, 3 cloves, 1 Star anise
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
4 tbsp ghee
250 ml water
coriander leaves for granishing

Preparation:

Cut onion, garlic and ginger into long slender pieces. Split chilli into two. Wash and drain the peas and rice.


In a pressure pan, heat 2 tbsp of ghee. Add cumin seeds and spices.


Add chili, garlic and ginger.


Set aside 1/4 of cut onion. Add rest to the pan and fry till tender.

Add peas ans fry for a min. At this stage, you can also add tomatoes - deseeded and cut into long slender pieces.

Add chilli and turmeric powder.

Add the rice and enough salt to the mixture and fry for a min.

Add water and pressure cook till done.

Chop coriander leaves nicely.

Add remaining ghee to a small pan. Fry the remaining onions with a pinch of salt. You can also add a pinch of chilli powder.

Briyani is done.

You can top with the fried onions and coriander; serve hot with raita.

Sweet Milk Khoa

Making this sweet milk khoa is the simplest sweet i ever have known !!

Just boil 1 litre milk in a heavy bottomed pan; once it becomes around 1/4 th, add 50 g of ghee and 250 g of sugar. Keep stirring till u get a thick consitency and serve chilled.

Masala Finger Chips with butter dip

Ingredients:

2 long potatoes

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp chat masala powder

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1/2 tsp pepper powder

oil for frying

2 tbsp butter

Recipe:

1. Peel the potato skin

2. Cut potatoes into long fingers of 1/4 inch thickness

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry the potatoes till well cooked. Oil on the potatoes may be absorbed using tissues/oil absorbing sheets.

4. Take a bowl, mix the powders and salt.

5. Add the potatoes and toss gently and fine coat the potatoes with this mixture

6. Serve hot with butter.