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Ingredients
Milk - 1/2 litre
Edible food colors of yur choice
Sugar as per taste
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp


Method
Soak agar agar in water for half an hour, add soaked agar agar in half litre milk till it is melted fully. When it is fully cooked, off the flame. Filter it and remove any unwanted leftover china grass.
Take any food color and mix little of this milk and put it in a desired mould or pan and leave it to set.
When it is set, take little milk and add food color and pour it in the same  mould and let it set.Repeat few times and let it set with or without refrigerator.
Unmould it and serve.

Choco Balls

Ingredients

Digestive biscuits-
200 gm

Cocoa powder – 2
tbl.sp

Vanilla essence – 1
tsp

Condensed milk – 3
to 4 tbl.sp

Walnut powder – 1
tbl.sp

White chocolate –
50 gm

Cream – 2 tbl.sp

Method

Powder digestive
biscuits and to it add cocoa powder, vanilla essence and condensed milk. Mix it
well and make balls. Refrigerate it for some time.

Melt white
chocolate in a pan and add cream  and
walnut powder to it. Mix it well. Dip this balls in the white chocolate mixture
and coat it with choco strands. Refrigerate this for some time before serving.

Sweet Coconut Semolina/Suji Recipe

Ingredients
 roasted semolina - 1 cup
jaggery - 1 cup
paste of 1/4 coconut
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
a pinch of nutmeg powder
saffron color
few nuts and raisins

Method
In a bowl add semolina and jaggery.  Make a paste of coconut by adding little water and add it to semolina. Mix it well and let it rest for half an hour.
Heat butter in a pan and add  chopped nuts and raisins. Fry till raisin puffs up. Add semolina mixture to it, mix well. cover and let it cook till done. Keep stirring in between. When done, add a pinch of nutmeg powder and saffron color. Serve hot.

Dink Ladoo /Edible Gum Ladoo

Ingredients

Wheat
flour – 1 cup

Walnut
– ½ cup

Almond
– ½ cup

Dates
– ½ cup

Raisins
– ¼ cup

Edible
gum – 50 gm

Poppy
seed – 4 tsp

Nutmeg
powder – 1 tsp

Cardamom
powder – 1 tsp

Jaggery
– ½ cup

Method

Dry
roast almond and walnuts and make a powder of it.

Heat
ghee in  a pan add edible gum and fry
till it puffs up. Remove in another bowl and crush it. To this add powdered
walnut and almond.

In
the same pan, add raisins, fry till it puff up. Mix it in the bowl.

Deseed
dates and fry in ghee along with poppy seeds till soft.

Dry
roast wheat flour .  to this add cardamom
powder and nutmeg powder and fry for 3 to 4 minutes on a medium flame.

Remove
in the same bowl.

In
the same pan, add jaggery with little water and cook till jaggery melts.

Add
to this the flour, mix everything and immediately make laddoos.  Store it in an air tight container.

Coffee and Walnut Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 200 gm

Powdered sugar – 170 gm

Oil – 90 gm

Eggs – 2

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Baking soda – ½ tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Coffee powder – 3 tsp

Milk – ¼ cup

Make a syrup of coffee and sugar

For icing

Butter – 100 gms at room temperature

Icing sugar – 200 gm

Cream – 3 tbl.sp

Coffee and sugar syrup – 2 tbl.sp

Whisk it till creamy and refrigerate it for sometime

Method

Take a bowl and  add oil and sugar and whisk it till it becomes creamy. Then add egg one by one  along with coffee powder and beat it for a minute with a hand blender.

In another bowl, sieve together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Then little by little add it to the egg mixture  and beat it with a hand blender. If the batter is too thick add little milk. Also add coarsely blended walnuts to it.

Now take a grease baking mould, put  batter,  tap it.  Then bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for 35 to 40 minutes.

When cool demould it.

Slightly remove the top layer and then cut the cake into half horizontally.

Put little coffe and sugar syrup on both the cake pieces

Spread cream in between the two cake pieces and then decorate it with walnuts.

Marble Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
All purpose flour – 200 gm
Powdered sugar – 170 gm
Oil – 90 gm
Eggs – 2
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Dark chocolate – 40 gm
Cocoa powder – 1 tbl.sp
Milk – ¼ cup
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Method
Take a bowl and add oil and sugar and whisk it till it becomes creamy. Then add egg one by one along with vanilla essence and beat it for a minute with a hand blender.
In another bowl, sieve together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Then little by little add it to the egg mixture and then with the help of a spatula do cut and fold. If the batter is too thick add little milk.
In another bowl, take dark chocolate, add little water and keep it for boiling till chocolate melts completely.
In another bowl take 2 to 3 tbl.sp of batter and add this melted chocolate and mix well, add cocoa powder too and again mix it well.
Now take a grease baking mould, put little white batter, spread it and then put little chocolate batter, with a fork make design. Again pour white batter and then chocolate batter, design it and then bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for 35 to 40 minutes.
When cool demould it.

Eggless Strawberry Mousse

Ingredients
strawberry - 3 to 4
china grass powder - 2 big sp. heaped
milk - 250 ml
whippped cream for decorating

Method
Take a bowl and blend strawberry to a fine paste. Take dessert glass and pour two spoon of strawberry pulp.
In another pan take 250 milk and keep it for boiling.
When it starts boiling, add china grass powder, mix well and keep on stirring till it starts boiling.
Pour this in the dessert glass, mix well with strawberry pulp and leave it to set with or without refrigerator.
Decorate with whipped cream and chopped strawberry.

Banana Upside Down Cake

Ingredients
Refined flour – 200 gm
Castor Sugar – 120 gm
Oil – 70 gm
Eggs – 2
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Bananas – 5
Milk – ¼ cup

Method
Heat sugar in a pan by adding two tsp of water. Keep cooking until it caramelize.
Take a baking mould, grease it with oil or butter and spread 2 bananas that are round sliced. Now pour this caramelize sugar on top of it and keep aside.
In bowl sieve together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
In another bowl, take 3 bananas and prick it with a fork till it becomes mushy. Take sugar and oil and beat until creamy. Then add eggs one at a time and whisk it till creamy and then add vanilla essence.

Gradually start putting refined flour and whisk it. If the batter is too thick, add little milk and again whisk it.
Pour it in the baking mould and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 30 to 40 minutes or till done.
When at room temperature turn upside down and your cake is ready.

Eggless Lemon Semolina Cake

Ingredients
semolina - 100 gm
refined flour - 50 gm
oil - 75 gm
yoghurt- 50 gm
powdered sugar - 100 gm
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
baking powder - 1 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
little lemon zest
juice of half lemon
tutti fruiti
food color - optional

Method
In a bowl add oil, yogurt, powdered sugar and beat it well for few seconds, then add vanilla essence to it. In another bowl, take semolina and with the help of seive add refined flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix it well and then slowly add fold this in oil batter.
Take a baking dish, grease it with oil and dust with flour. Pour half of this batter into the mould and then put tutti fruitt dusted in refined flour. This will not allow the tutti frutti to settle down at the bottom.
With the leftover batter, add food color, though it is optional and then pout into the cake mould and sprinkle on top tutti fruiti.

Bake it at 180 celcius for 25 to 30 minutes.

Coffee Cake Recipe

Ingredients
refined flour - 100 gm
powdered sugar - 100 gm
oil - 100 gm
egg - 1
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
make hot coffee syrup - 1/2 cup

for icing
refrigerated cream - 250 gm
icing sugar - 4 to 5 tbl.sp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
coffee syrup - 2 to 3 tsp to which 1 tbl.sp cocoa powder is mixed, boiled and cooled


Method
In a bowl take oil and egg and whisk it for few seconds. Then to it add powdered sugar and again whip it. With the help of sieve, add refined flour, baking soda, baking powder, then add vanilla essence. Whip it  well and then add half of  hot coffee syrup. Mix well and pour it in a baking mould and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcuis for 25 to 30 minutes or till done.

For making cream icing
To the leftover coffee syrup add one tbl.sp of cocoa powder boil it and then cool it down.
Take 250 gm cold thick cream and whip it. Add slowly icing sugar 4 to 5 tbl.sp and vanilla essence and again whip it well. Refrigerate it for some time and then remove it and again whip it by adding  2 to 3 tsp of coffee syrup. Whip it again and then refrigerate it.

When the cake is ready, remove from the mould and let it cool down completely.
Cut cake evenly from top and then sprinkle little coffee syrup on the cake and then spread cream and sprinkle choco strand. Refrigerate it for some time and then serve.

Fruit Srikhand

Ingredients
yoghurt - 500 gm
powder sugar
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
fruits of your choice
chopped nuts for garnishing

Method
Take yoghurt in a muslin cloth and tie it till all the water is drain out, either overnight or 10 to 12 hours.
Put it in a bowl, add powdered sugar, cardamom powder and mix well till all the lumps are removed and it has become soft.
And any fruits of your choice, mix well and garnish with chopped nuts

Dates Halwa (fudge)

Ingredients
cashewnut and raisins - 1 tbl.sp
sesame seeds - 2 tbl.sp
crushed cardamom - 1/4 tsp
paste of dates - 200 gm
milk - 1/4 cup
jaggery as per taste


Method
Make a paste of dates with 1/4 cup of milk
Heat 2 tsp of ghee or butter and add chopped cashewnuts and raisins. Fry till raisins puffs up. Then add ssesame seeds and fry for few seconds. Add paste of dates and cardamom powder and mix well. Let it cook for few seconds. Then add jaggery, mix well and let it cook till it thickens. Remove and garnish with dry chop nuts.

Dry Nuts Modak

Ingredients
walnut, almond and cashewnut take in small quantities
dry coconut - 50 gm
dates - 200 gm
poppy seed - 1 tbl.sp
jaggery - 50 gm or as per taste
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
raisins - 2 tbl.sp

Method
Dry roast nuts and grated dry coconut seprately and coarsely make a powder of it.
Heat 2 tbl.sp of butter in a pan and add raisins, cook till it puffs up. Then addpaste of dates, jaggery, poppy seeds, cardamom . Mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the blended powder. Mix well and cook again for 2 minutes. Remove and let it cool down.
Take a modak mould and stuff this mixture inside it and close. Open and take out dry nuts modak. Serve.

Dates and Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients
powdered sugar - 150 gm
egg - 2
paste of dates - 1/4 cuip
cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
walnut - 1/4 cup
butter - 80 gm
milk - 1/4 cup
refined flour - 150 gm
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda - 1 tsp

Method
Blend together sugar, egg, butter, cocoa powder, walnut, paste of dates and milk. Remove in a bowl. Seive together refined flour, baking soda, baking powder and gently mix with the batter.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degree for 35 to 40 minutes. Prick it . If it comes out clean then the cake is ready.

Dates With Cinnamon Muffin Cake

Ingredients
Paste of dates - 1/4 cup or 5 to 6 dates soak in water and then make a paste
Refined flour - 1 cup
powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
melted butter - 1/2 cup
baking powder - 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
egg - 1
cold milk - 1 to 2 tbl.sp

Method
Take a bowl and add sugar and butter and whisk it for few minutes then add egg and again whisk it.
Add dates paste and mix it well.
With the help of a seive add refined flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder  and gently mix it well with the help of a spatula.Add cold milk if needed.
Pour the batter in muffins mould and bake it in a preheated oven at 200 degree for 20 to 25 minutes.
Prick it when it comes out clean, it is cooked. Serve.

Milk Halwa (Milk Fudge)

Ingredients
Milk - 1/2 litre
edible gum - 2 tbl.sp
semolina/rava - 2 tbl.sp
yoghurt - 1 tbl.sp
sugar - 120 gm
ghee - 3 tbl.sp
chopped nuts

Method
Take a pan and add sugar. Heat it on a slow flame till it caramalize.
In another pan add 3 tbl.sp of ghee/unsalted butter and add edible gum and fry it till it puffs up.
Remove it in another pan and add semolina and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Again add fried edible gum , milk and yogurt. Mix well so that milk curdles. Now Keep cooking till it becomes thick.
When sugar is caramelised add it to the milk. Stir and leave it to cook till all moisture is lost.
Remove and garnish it with chopped nuts and serve.

Chocolate Ice Cream (Eggless)

Ingredients

milk - 150 ml

cornflour - 1 tbl.sp

cocoa powder - 1 tbl.sp

vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp

condensed milk - 200 ml

cream - 100 ml

dark chocolate chopped (optional)



Method

First take cold milk in a pan and add cornflour, cocoa powder and vanilla essence.

Mix it well and cook on a low flame stirring it continously till it becomes thick.

Remove from fire and let it cool down.

Add condensed milk, cream and dark chocolate and mix well.

Fill in ice cream mould and let it set in freezer for 8 to 10 hours.

Dudhi Rabdi (bottle gourd rabdi)

Ingredients
bottle gourd - 1/2 kg
milk - 1/2 cup
condensed milk - 3/4 cup
cardamom powder/rose essence
chopped almonds and pistachio and raisins


Method
Heat ghee in a pan and add chopped almonds, pistachio and raisins and fry for few seconds. Remove and keep aside and in the same pan add grated dudhi/bottle gourd, condensed milk, milk and cook till it becomes thick. Add cardamom powder. When done remove in a bowl and garnish with fried nuts.

Paneer Jalebi

Ingredients
paneer - 150 gm
all purpose flour - 1 tbl.sp
few pistachios chopped

for making sugar syrup
sugar - 1 cup
water - 1/2 cup
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
few strands of saffron


Method
For Making Syrup
mix together all the ingredients given and boil it till one thread consistency.

Mix together paneer and all purpose flour to make a soft dough. Roll it into thin long strip and shape it like jalebi. Deep fry in hot oil and put in sugar syrup. Serve hot.

Oats with Dry Fruits Laddoo

Ingredients

Take dry nuts like almonds, pistachio, walnuts,seedless dates, cashewnuts, raisins in any quantity you like.
 Jaggery  - 1 cup
oats - 1 cup
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
sesame seeds - 3 tbl.sp
nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/4 tsp
ghee/butter - 3 tbl.sp


Method

Dry roast almonds, pistachio, cashewnuts, walnuts and keep coarsely make a powder of it.
Dry roast oats for few seconds and keep aside.
Heat jaggery using 1 cup of water till one thread syrup. To it also add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
Heat ghee/butter in a pan add raisins. When it puffs up add sesame seeds, fry for a second and then add seedless dates.  Let the dates soften a bit and then add these coarsely powdered nuts, oats and salt and mix well. In the end add jaggery water and mix well. When little warm make round balls and refrigerate it. Have it daily in the morning on empty stomach . Its very good for health.