Friday, October 14, 2016

Gulshela recipe (Tasty and healthy pumpkin kheer recipe) / Kaddu ki kheer



Gulshele recipe (Tasty and healthy pumpkin kheer recipe)

Gulshele (pumpkin kheer) is one of the Maharashtrian traditional recipe. Gulshele (pumpkin kheer) not only tastes good but also very healthy and easy to make recipe.

 Ingredients

1)      ½ ltr full cream milk
2)      1 ½ bowl grated pumpkin
3)      Desi ghee 1 tbsp
4)      1 tbsp chopped cashew, 3 tsp raisins (kishmish), 1 tsp chironji nuts
5)      ½ tsp cardamom powder
6)      1 tbsp wheat flour (gehu atta)
7)      ¾ bowl sugar (adjust as per taste)


Method

1)      Heat 1 tsp ghee in pan. Roast the wheat flour (atta) in ghee till it becomes light brown (golden).
2)      Once the atta is roasted properly, it will leave the ghee and becomes very soft and light.
3)      Now take out the roasted atta from pan and put in separate bowl.
4)      Heat 1 tbsp ghee in pan.
5)      Add grated pumpkin and mix well.
6)      Now cover the pan with lid and cook the pumpkin for 7 to 10 minutes. If needed stir in between.
7)      Mash the pumpkin with table spoon a little in pan itself.
8)      Add roasted atta in pumpkin and mix well.
9)      Boil the milk.
10)   Add pumpkin atta mixture to boiled milk and mix well.
11)   Heat the kheer for 5 to 7 minutes more on low heat.
12)   Add sugar to the kheer. Add cashews, raisins and cardamom powder. Mix well.
13)   Heat the kheer for 5 more minutes after adding sugar and dry fruits.
14)   Pour the kheer in serving bowl. Garnish with dry fruits like chopped cashews, raisins, chironji nuts.

Tip

You can use khoya (mawa) instead of using atta. But using atta makes it more healthy.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Coconut Barfi Recipe / Nariyal Barfi recipe



Coconut Barfi Recipe / Nariyal Barfi recipe (ओल्या नारळाच्या वड्या)

Coconut barfi (Nariyal barfi) is very tasty and very easy and to make. It requires very less ingredients which are easily available at home.

Coconut barfi can be made as prasad for any pooja or any festival like Diwali, Navratri.
You can also make coconut barfi for dessert for any party.



Ingredients for Coconut barfi

1)      1 small bowl fresh coconut
2)      1 bowl sugar
3)      ½ bowl milk
4)      ½ bowl cream (malai)
5)      ½ tsp cardamom powder
6)      Desi ghee for greasing



Method for Coconut barfi

1)      Mix all ingredients in pan except cardamom powder and desi ghee.
2)      Heat the pan on high heat till the mixture becomes hot. Continuously stir the mixture so that it does not burn.
3)      Once the mixture becomes hot, heat the pan on low medium heat. Continuously stir the mixture.
4)      Heat the mixture for about 15 minutes total or till it becomes little thick and starts leaving the sides of the pan. All sugar should be melted and at this time.
5)      Add cardamom powder and turn off the heat.
6)      Grease the plate with desi ghee. Pour the mixture on the greased plate and spread evenly.
7)      Allow it to cool down. Once cooled, cut into barfi like pieces.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

How To Make Crispy Tasty Tawa Thalipeeth recipe from pumpkin (kaddu)



Thalipeeth is one of the most popular dish in Maharashtra. Thalipeeth is all time dish. You can make it for breakfast, afternoon snack or even for lunch and dinner. Traditionally, thalipeeth is made from bhajni but this is thalipeeth recipe from pumpkin (Kaddu). So it's not only tasty but also very nutritious.


Ingredients
1)      1 bowl wheat flour (atta)
2)      ½ bowl grated pumpkin
3)      1 tbsp oil
4)      Coriander chopped
5)      2 tbsp besan
6)      1 tbsp jowar flour
7)      ½ tsp turmeric powder
8)      1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust as per taste)
9)      ½ tsp cumin powder
10)   ½ tsp coriander powder
11)   ½ tsp sesame seeds (til)
12)   ½ tsp asafoetida




Method
1)      Mix all the ingredients in big bowl.
2)      Knead the dough without adding the water. Add the little bit of water only if required.
3)      Add some oil to dough and knead again.
4)      Now add 1 tbsp oil on pan (tawa). Now place the dough on tawa and with palms and fingers, lightly press the dough from all sides to make thick roti (like bhakri).
5)      Make some holes with index finger in the thalipeeth and add little bit of oil in the holes to make it crispy.
6)      Now heat the pan with thalipeeth on low to medium flame. Cover it and cook for 5 minutes.
7)      After 5 minutes, check if the thalipeeth is cooked nicely and turned golden brown color.
8)      If not, cook for some more time.
9)      If thalipeeth is cooked bottom side spread 1 tsp oil on uncooked top side and turn the thalipeeth to cook other side.
10)   Let the thalipeeth cook from other side for 5 minutes without covering it.
11)   Once it is coocked, serve hot with mango pickle and curd.