Eating Breakfast Every Day Boosts Energy
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Lauki ka Halwa
Ingredients 2 kg lauki / long marrows 400-500 g khoya crumbled 1/2 kg sugar 600 ml milk 300 ml water 6-8 cardamoms of rose essence drops (optional) silver varq/leaf for decorating, (optional) Few sliced pistachios and almonds Method Peel and grate the marrow on a clean grater and place in water simultaneously to keep it [...]
Phirni-Rice Pudding
Ingredients Rice, Basmati, soaked for 1 hour 3 tbsp Milk, full cream 1 liter Sugar 1,1/3 cup Rose water (gulab jal) 1 tbsp Almonds (badam), blanched, chopped 15 Pistachios (pista), finely chopped 10 Saffron (kesar), soaked in 1 tbsp water 10 strands Green cardamoms(choti elaichi), crushed 5 Silver leaves (varq) 4-5 (optional) Method Grind the [...]
Gajar ka Halwa
Ingredients Carrots 1 1/2 kg- grate and cook without water till liquid evaporates. Milk powder 2 cups Sugar 1 1/2 cup Ghee 1 cup Cardamoms 8, peeled and seeds crushed Almonds, pistachios as required, chopped for garnish Walnuts 1/2 cup shelled, finely chopped Method Cool the cooked carrots and lightly crush them. Heat ghee in [...]
Apple Pie
Ingredients 6 Apples (cored & sliced) 1 ½ cups of All-Purpose Flour (Maida) Another 3 tbsp. of All-Purpose Flour (Maida) Another ½ cup of All-Purpose Flour (Maida) 1 ½ tsp. of Sugar Another ¾ cup of Sugar Another ½ cup of Sugar 1 tsp. of Salt ¾ tsp. of Ground Cinnamon (Pisi Dal Cheeni) ½ [...]
Almond Cake
Ingredients ½ cup Fine Yellow Cornmeal ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (Maida) 1 tsp. Baking Powder 1 stick or (4 ounces) Unsalted Butter (softened) ¼ cup Almond Paste (cut into ½” pieces) 1 ¼ cup Confectioners’ Sugar Additional Confectioners’ Sugar (for dusting) ½ tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract 2 Eggs 4 Egg Yolks ¼ cup Sour Cream [...]
Chum Chum
Ingredients 4 litter milk 1 kg sugar 10 g alum(phitkari) 1/2 tsp. saffron 10 almonds 10 pistachio nuts few drops of kewra essence Method 1. Heat the milk in a deep pan over high flame to boiling point. Add the alum powder to curdle. Remove it from the flame quickly otherwise the cheese will become [...]
Easy Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients: 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix 1 1/2 cups milk 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed Preparation: Prepare the pudding in a large bowl using 1 1/2 cups milk instead of the suggested 2 cups. Fold in the whipped topping until blended. Refrigerate until chilled and serve.
Vermicelli
In South Asia, the vermicelli used is different from what is used in Italy. Here, it is made from semolina, unlike the Italian, which is made from durum wheat. In Asia it is known variously as seviyan in Urdu and Hindi, shemai in Bengali, sev in Gujarati, shavige in Kannada, sevalu or semiya in Telugu, [...]
