Black Sesame Seed Ladoos

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Black Sesame Seed Ladoos

Ingredients:
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Black sesame seeds – ½ cup
• Flax seeds – ¼ cup
• Walnuts – ½ cup
• Pumpkin seeds – ⅓ cup
• Dates – 10–12 (deseeded)

Method:
• Heat ghee in a heavy pan on low flame.
• Add black sesame seeds, flax seeds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
• Roast everything together for 3–4 minutes on low flame until aromatic (do not brown too much).
• Switch off the flame and let the mixture cool slightly.
• Add deseeded dates and grind everything into a coarse mixture (pulse, don’t over-grind).
• Take small portions and press tightly to shape into ladoos.
• Let them set for 10–15 minutes before storing.

Tips:
• If the mixture feels dry, add 1–2 extra soft dates or 1 tsp warm ghee.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 10 days at room temperature.
• Perfect as an iron-rich, omega-loaded snack.

Recipe copied from:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVgAnrMAUdO/

Gajar Halwa in the Oven

 

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Gajar Halwa in the Oven

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1. Carrots - 1 kg
2. Milk- 250g (full cream)
3. Sugar - 100g
4. Khoya / Mawa - 150g
5. Ghee - 120g
6. Cardamom - 2-3 pods / 1 tsp pdr.
7. Nuts (Cashew, Almonds) - 50g

1. Peel Carrots, cut into chunks and put in an oven safe dish. Add Milk, cover with lid and Bake in the oven at 160°C for 40-45 minutes.
2. Mash it, and add Sugar, Khoya and mix. Bake again for 10-20 minutes till it thickens to desired consistency
3. Mix in cardamom and Fried slices nuts before enjoying.

HEALTHY BANANA WALNUT CAkE

 Ingrediants:

• 1+3/4 cup wheat flourlittle less than half cup jaggery
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3 over-riped/riped bananas
• half cup walnuts choppd into pieces
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• half teaspoon baking soda
• half cup milk
• 1/4 cup ghee
• 2-3 eggs
• any essence-1 teaspoon

    

Tea Masala

 

Cloves powder - 2 teaspoons

whole Cardomom - 1/4 cup 

Dry ginger powder - 1 whole storebought packet 

Dalchini - few sticks 

roasted saunf - 1/4 cup 

roast and grind them all to make tea masala  :) 

Pani Puri Pani

Ingredients

 4 People

1. 1/2 cup Mint Leaves
2. 1/2 cup Coriander leaves chopped
3. 1-2 Green Chilli chopped (or to taste)
4. 1/2 inch pcs of Ginger
5. 1 1/2 medium sized Lemon
6. 2 tsp or more Everest Pani Puri Masala
7. 1/4 tsp Black Salt (kala namak / sanchal)
8. 4 cups Water

Cooking Instructions

 15 mins

1. 1

   Rinse Coriander and mint leaves properly in water.

2. 2

   Take a mixture Jar add Coriander and mint leaves, green chill, ginger and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Grind until the smooth paste if required add 1/4 cup of water.

4. 4

   Take a big bowl and add this mixture in a bowl now add remaining ingredients such as chaat masala, black Salt and water stir well

5. 5

   Pani puri ka tikka pani is really to serve.

6. 6

   You can keep it in the refrigerator for 1 hour for the best results.

Copied from:  https://cookpad.com/in/recipes/13967766-pani-puri-ka-tikha-pani  with little modification. 

Pudina Chutney

1. Half bunch pudina 
2. Same amount of kothimbir  as Pudina
3. Garlic cloves
4. 3-4 green chilli,  
5. 1 inch ginger,   
6. half spoon sugar   
7. limbu   And 
8. black salt + regular salt…
9.  Add some water and grind it.. 
10. To make it even consistency add  1-2 spoon Barik Kesari shev or dalava and grind it again.. Do not add too much shev or dalva… 
11. Last la thoda chat masala optional

Kolhapuri Mutton

Ingredients for 2 KG mutton:

1. Lots of coriander leaves - may be 3 cups
2. 1/4 cup sesame seeds
3. 1/8 cup cumin seeds
4. 2 whole garlics
5. 2 inch ginger
6. half a cup grated fresh coconut  

1. Mix everything from above masala together and make a smooth paste.
2. mix 3 tsp of salt and 2 tsp of turmeric to washed mutton, mix it well.
.
3. Now cut 1 onion and take 1 cup oil in a large vessel or cooker, add mutton. Mutton will lose its water. cook without lid till all the water from mutton is gone

4. Now add less than half of above-grinded masala paste and cook it on simmer for 3-4 mins
5. Then add hot boiling water till all the mutton covers into the water.
6. Cook 2 vessels if mutton is fresh, else more vessles would be needed
7.