Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Kaju Burfi(Cashew Burfi)



Ingredients:

1  cup cashew nuts
2  cups sugar
1  cup water
3-4 table spoon ghee
2 silver foil(or leaf.This is optional)

Recipe:

Finely powder the cashew nuts in a mixer. 
In a pan put the sugar and water.
Allow it to heat.
Meanwhile take a plate and grease it with ghee.
Now,when the bubble's start to form add the powdered cashew.
Stir it continuously so that no lumps get formed.
Add 2 table spoon ghee(optional).
Cook it for about 2-3 mins. 
But make sure you keep stirring it continuously. 
Now pour the mixture to the greased plate.
Take the chapati roller and slightly grease it with ghee and roll it over the mixture. 
Now put the silver foil over it. 
Allow it to cool for 10-15 mins. 
Kaju burfi is ready to serve. 




Thursday, February 23, 2012

Besan Lado





Ingredients: 

2 cup besan (bengal gram flour)
1 cup ghee 
2 cup sugar powder(depending on how much sweet you want you can add more sugar)
Dry grapes and Cashew

Recipe:

Take a non-stick pan.Put the ghee and besan together in the pan.
Mix and fry both of them. Keep stirring continuously.
Keep stirring till you get the aroma of besan. 



Now fry cashew and dry grapes in 2tb spoon ghee and put in the above mixture. 
Allow it to cool down for 5 mins. 
Now add sugar powder and mix well. 
Grease your hand with ghee and take small portion of mixture to form small balls. 
Besan ladoo will be soft while it is made and becomes hard after some time. So don't worry if it is too soft. 






Eggless Cake




Ingredients:

2 and 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
2    tb spoon Baking Powder
1    tb spoon Baking Soda
1/4  tb spoon Salt
3    tb spoons Sugar
2    tb spoons Vanilla Extract
1    can Condensed Milk
1    cup Water
1/2  cup Melted Butter
2    tablespoons Vinegar

Recipe:

Mix all the ingredients properly.
Stir it properly and make sure there is no lumps formed.
Grease the pan which is big enough to bake the cake with flour.
Pour the mixed cake batter to pan.
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree.
Keep the pan in oven for about 15-20 mins.
Use a tooth pick or a knife to see if the cake is properly baked.
Insert the tooth pick inside the cake and make sure that tooth pick comes out smoothly without anything getting stick to it.
If tooth pick comes out smoothly then it means your cake is done.

Variations:

You can add chocolate chips.
You can add dry fruits.
You can use fresh fruits for topping it.


Butter Biscuits / Benne Biscuits



Ingredients : 

1 cup maida
1 and 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup daldha
1 tb spoon baking powder
1 tb spoon baking soda

Recipe:

Mix maida and powdered sugar well.
Add baking powder and soda.
Add daldha and beat it until it forms soft dough.
Make small balls from the dough.
Pre-heat the oven for 350 degree.
Grease an oven plate with little maida so that the biscuits doesn't get sticked.
Place all the ball into the plate.
Once the oven is pre-heated keep the plate in the oven.
Leave it for over 15 mins.
After 15 mins remove them and keep it in room temperature for about 10mins.
After 10 mins it will be soft enough for you to eat.

Customize : 

You can add chocolate chips to the dough.
You can add cashew/almond or any dry fruits.