Sunday, March 1, 2026

Gajar Halwa in the Oven

 

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Gajar Halwa in the Oven

Post credit:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVSpdqOjUKt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==  

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.

Friday, August 29, 2025

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

    


Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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  :) 




Saturday, May 17, 2025

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. 



Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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

Saturday, September 21, 2019

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.