Sabudana Kheer

Sabudana Kheer

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sabudana/Sago/Tapioca Pearls
• 2½-3 cups Water
• 1 cup Whole Milk
• 1¼-1¾ cups Sugar
• A Pinch of Saffron, crushed
• 5-6 Green Cardamoms, peeled and seeds crushed to powder
• Few Cashews
• 1 tbsp Ghee/Clarified Butter

Method:

• Take sago pearls in a bowl and rinse them with water till all the scum is washed away. Drain all the water and add another 2 cups of water and let it soak for at least 30 mins.
• Drain all the water from soaked sago pearls. Add about 2½-3 cups of water and cook sago pearls in medium flame till they are cooked and become transparent, for about 15 minutes.
• Mix in milk and sugar and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring in between, for another 5-7 minutes.
• While its cooking, heat ghee in a pan and add broken cashews to it. fry cashews to golden brown on medium flame, about 2-3 minutes and keep them aside till needed.
• Add crushed saffron strands and cardamom powder and let the Kheer come to a gentle boil, about 3-5 minutes.
• Switch off the flame and mix in fried cashews. Serve it hot, warm or chilled and enjoy!

Spicy hot Cashews - Diwali Special

Ingredients: 

1. One cup Cashews
2. One tbs finly chopped coriander leaves
3. Half tbs green chilli paste
4. Half tbs clarified butter (desi ghee)
5. Salt to taste

Method: 

• Mix ingredients until cashews are well coated.
• Spread in a single layer on a microwavable dish and heat for 1/2 minute.
• Stir and heat again for 1/2 minute.

Note: Always cool the roasted nuts before serving as it gets crispier. 

Honey Roasted Cashews - Diwali Special

Ingredients: 

1. One cup Cashews
2. two tbs honey
3. one tbs butter
4. one tsp cinnamon powder

Method: 

• Mix ingredients and microwave them for 1/2 minute on high, stirring occasionally in between, then heat for another 1/2 minute.
• cool it for a while and Honey roasted cashews are ready to serve.

Roasted Masala Cashews - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. One cup Cashews
2. One tsp butter (melted)
3. Black pepper to taste
4. Half tsp dried mango powder (Amchoor)
5. Chat masala for garnishing
6. Salt to taste

Method:

• Toss cashews in the melted butter to evenly coat
• Put all the rest of ingredients except chat masala in the butter coated cashews and mix well.
• Put this in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 1/2 minute or until it turns slight red in color.
• Sprinkle chat masala over it. Cool it for a while
• Roasted masala cashews are ready to serve.

Roasted Almonds - Diwali Special

Ingredients: 

1. One cup almonds
2. One tsp butter (melted)
3. Black pepper to taste
4. Salt to taste

Method: 

• Toss almonds in the melted butter to evenly coat
• Put this in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle Black pepper and salt over it.
• Roasted almonds are ready to serve.

Honey Roasted Almonds - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. One cup almonds
2. two tbs honey
3. one tbs butter
4. one tsp cinnamon powder

Method:

• Mix ingredients and microwave them for 2 minutes on high, stirring occasionally in between, then heat for another 2 minutes.
• Sweetened almonds are ready to cherish.

Sweet & Spicy Almonds - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. One cup almonds
2. One tbs crushed red pepper flakes
3. Two tsp sugar
4. One Tsp Fennel seeds

Method:

• Mix ingredients until almonds are well coated.
• Spread in a single layer on a microwavable dish and heat for 1 minute.
• Stir and heat again for 1 to 2 minutes.

Note: Always keep an eye on microwave during the whole process, especially if you are roasting in it for first time.

Potato Toppings - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. Few potato chips
2. Fresh Cheese
3. Tomato
4. Fresh Coriander leaves
5. Salt to taste

Method:

• Mash or cut the cheese in small cubes.
• Slice the Tomato, in thin slices.
• Take the potato chips (Crispy,Crunchy Potato Chips in microwave Under Navratri special label).
• Place the cheese cubes carefully on each potato chips and then the tomato slices.
• Now decorate with coriander leaves.
• Sprinkle the salt over them and the special potato toppings are ready to serve.
• It’s the simple but elegant looking dish that compliments the evening snacks and makes the tea special.

Note : One can experiment with may other things on the potato chips as toppings , depending upon the availability like mashed potatoes, boiled eggs, Thick Chutneys, Tomatoe sauce, minced chicken …………

Potato Cutlus - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. 3 bread slices
2. 1 large boiled potato
3. 1 Onion
4. 1 chopped green chilly
5. ¼ tsp dried pomegranate powder (Anardana)
6. Oil for deep frying
7. ½ bowl dry bread crumbs
8. ¼ cumin seeds
9. Few chopped coriander leaves
10. Salt to taste

Method:

• Roast cumin seeds in a pan then add oil, chopped onion and green chili, Sauté for 2 mnts.
• Add mashed boiled potato.  Mix salt, anardana and coriander leaves.
• Remove the corners of bread slices. Wet lightly the bread slices.
• Fill the potato mixture in the wet bread slices and roll it in circular shape.
• Roll these balls in the bread crumbs and deep fry in hot oil on both sides till golden brown in colour.
• Hot and crispy potato cutlus are ready to serve with spicy mint chutney.

Meetha Tukda - Diwali Special

Ingredients:

1. Six bread slices
2. One litter full-cream milk
3. One can (400gm) sweetened condensed milk
4. One tsp cardamom
5. Chopped dry fruits

Method:

• Remove the corners of bread slices, and cut it into half in triangle shape.
• Mix the milk and condensed milk in a thick-bottomed pan and boil till it reduces to half its original volume. Stir frequently to prevent from burning the milk. When it is done add the cardamom, mix well and remove from the fire.
• Dip the bread slices in the mixture generously and arrange in a microwave safe pan evenly.
• Pour the remaining mixture over it.
• Microwave it for 2 minutes on medium high. (Could vary from one microwave to another)
• Garnish it with chopped dry fruits and serve hot.

Rava Ladoo

Ingredients:

1. three Cups Rava (Semolina)
2. two Cups Sugar
3. four  Tbsp Ghee
4. two Tbsp Elaichi (Cardamom) powder
5. one  Cup Dry Coconut powder (optional)

 Method: 

we can make it by two methods the first one is traditional one and the second one is in microwave.

Traditional :

•  Roast rava for few minutes without ghee till the rich aroma of rava fills the air.
• Add ghee and fry for few more minutes till mixture turns brown.
• Mix coconut and elaichi powder.
• Prepare sugar syrup.
• Add rava mixture in sugar syrup.
• Keep it for cooling.
• Stir till the mixture turns thick.
• Make ladoos of this mixture.
• Garnish these ladoos with splited cashew nuts on top and serve.

 Microwave:

• Place rawa in a microwave safe bowl and add ghee to it.
• Mix well and place in microwave on high for 6 minutes, keep stirring in between at interval of every one minute.
• When done, remove and set aside to cool in a wide plate (takes almost 30 minutes)
• Once cool, add sugar syrup, cardamom and nuts and mix well to remove lumps.
• Roll laddus with hand.
• If they break easily and are hard to roll, add 2-3 tbsp hot melted ghee and then try rolling in circular shape.
• Serve or store in air tight container and enjoy!