besan ke laddu

If you have a sweet tooth and an Indian chances are high that   besan laddus is in your favourite list. So here goes easy but patience full recipe of besan ke laddu.

• Ingredients:

1. Besan (Gram Flour): 3& 1/2 cup.
2. sooji : 1/2cup.
3. Sugar: 2 cup.
4. Desi Ghee: 1 cup.
5. Grounded green cardamom : 2 table spoon.
6. Dry fruits ( of your choice): crushes roughly.

• Recipe:

Take a pan/ wok and put on medium heat put desi ghee to it , don't let it to be heated much just when it liquidify add besan and sooji to mix well and stir well. keep it on medium flame and keep stiring from time to time , when the aroma starts spreading around you have to make sure that you stir continuously so that it dont burn the whole process from putting the ghee to full roasting of besan takes about 25 minutes .By the time you will be done with the roasting people sittin in others room and even outside your house will know that you are roasting the besan.

 The smell will be so tempting that you will want the laddus to be done soon. But now the waiting has to be done . 

Now shift the roasted mixture into a big plate or big mixing bowl and let it cool down for around 15 minutes. In the mean while grind your sugar fine and now mix chopped dry fruits , sugar and cardamom and mix well into the mixture.

Now make round round bolls with your hand and on top decorate with almond pieces.
Now enjoy these delicious mouth watering and soft Besan laddus.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur.

makhaane Ki kheer (lotus seeds porridge)- fasting special

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A refreshing and healthy way to go through your fast . Makhaane ki kheer.

• Ingredients: 

1. Makhaana/ Lotus seeds: 2 bowls.
2. Sugar: 3-4 table spoon.
3. Dry fruits : a hand ful of your choice.
4. Milk Half Litre.

• Recipe:

First roast makhaana a bit in a pan with out oil. Now take a vessel and boil milk once the milk is boiled put the flame on medium and add makhaana to it. Let it keep boiling , keep stiring from time to time so as to prevent milk from spiling. Once the milk starts getting thicker add sugar and mix well. keep on the flame till the milk become close to half of its original quantity in the starting . Now chop dryfruits and add to the kheer.
Its Not just a yummy dish but also gives you much energy to go through the fast and ofcource the taste has its own story. Try it once.
Happy Fasting;
Noopur

kuttu and aloo tikki with green chutney (fasting special)

A tasty and yummmy tikki/ dumplings made of kuttu/ singhara flour and potatoes served with Green  coriander chutney.

• Ingredients: for 8 pieces Tikki.

1. Kuttu/ singhara flour: 1 cup.
2. Boiled Potaotes: 5.
3. Green chilli:2
4. Coriander leaves: few.
5. Tomato: 1 medium.
6. rock salt( sendha namak): as per taste.
7. Oil: for Deep/ shallow frying.

• Ingredients for Chutney:

1. Green Coriander : 1 bunch.
2. green chilli: 2.
3. Tomato:1 big.
4. lemon: half.
5. Rock salt : as per taste.

• Recipe:

For Tikki:

Peel and mash potatoes well. Now chop tomatoes, chill and corinader very finely and mix in potato along with rock salt.

 In a big bowl take kuttu/singhara flour and add some water the consistency should be thick say 2:1 ratio. add some rock salt to this mixture too.

  Now if you want to shallow fry your tikkies take a non stick pan and add some oil on it or take a pan and add enough oil for deep frying (choice is yours).

Now make small round tikki like shape from aloo mixture dip t well in singhara aata mixture and then shallow/ deep fry it from both side to give it golden texture . fry on medium flame so that tikkis should not burn from outside and get cooked well from inside and out both. 

Take them out carefully on a kitchen towel to siak extra Oil.

For Chutney: 

Take all the ingredients except lemon and grind well in a mixer. If required add few drops of water. Now. squeeze the lemon and your chutney is ready.

Enjoy this tikkis hot with chutney and feel full and satisfied .

Happy Fasting,

Noopur.

Lauki launj( bottle guard sweet) - Fasting special Dessert

Here is a dessert specially for fasts with lesser calories in comaprison to most of the desserts. Make them for fasts or otherwise and u will be lost in its soft and yummy taste.

• Ingredients:

1. Bottle guard: about 6-7 inches long (grated).
2. Milk: 1/2litre.
3. Sugar : 1/2 cup.
4. Green cardamom: (powdered 1 t spoon).
5. Almonds : 10-12.
6. Kissmiss: 10-12.
7. Desi Ghee : 2table spoon.

• Recipe:

Grate bottle guard finely . Now take a pan and put on flame. Add Ghee to it now add the bottle guard to it.Fry it well for 2 minutes and now start adding little milk from time to time. now add sugar and green cardamom to it and fry it till the milk dries and form just small small white particles (khoya type) in the dessert. Switch off the flame .

now add some chopped almonds and kissmiss and enjoy the smooth and creamy delicacy.

Happy fasting ,

Noopur. 

eggless walnut brownie

Mmmm close to every girls favorite and boys will also like this may be not as passinately as girls but this eggless brownie get all the brownie points for its yummilicious taste. Try this easy recipe.

• Ingredients:

1. Dark choclate grated: 100 grms.
2. Butter :120 grms.
3. .Refined flour:1cup.
4. castor / grounded sugar:3/4 cup.
5. Milk:1/2 Cup.
6. vanilla essence:1/2tspoon.
7. walnuts: 1/2cup chopped.
8. Baking Soda : 2 t spoon.

• Recipe:

Take the dark choclate slab grate it mix butter and put in microwave for 1/2 min to melt . take it out and mix well with the help of a spatula . Now add sugar to it. Mix refined flour and baking soda in a separate bowl first and then mix to it Now  add vanilla essence and milk to it . While mixing milk don't pour all the milk in one go , add little milk mix and then little and so. Finally add the chopped walnut to it.

Now take a Microwave save dish and first put few drops of oil and brush the whole inside of the dish then dust it with some refined flour. and pour the mixture to it.

Finally baking , if using microwave , microwave on high for 5-6 minutes .
If using Oven preheat the oven for 5 min and then put the batter at 180degree celcius or at 320 farenheight for 30 minutes.
And your crispy out side and fluffy inside brownie is ready.

For dressing :Mix whippped cream with choclate sauce and spread on it.
Now enjoy it like this. 
My favourite way is to enjoy my brownies is with chilled icecream and choclate sauce. Sounds yummy , right. Then what are you waiting for.

                       
Happy Baking,
Noopur

chiwda dahi ( yoghurt with flattened rice)- low calorie breakfast

A two minutes dish that's so healthy and yet so fulfilling . Try this nutritious and yummylicious dish now.

• Ingredients:

1. Chiwda.
2. Yoghurt.
3. Honey.

• Recipe:

Soak Chiwda in water for 10 minutes . Now strain the water and add yoghurt and honey to it. Mix well and your dish is ready to it.

Enjoy this healthy and nutritious dish and fill satisfied .
Tip: if you want you can change honey with sugarfree or with sugar.  

boiled lobia chaat (tangy black eye beans )

Its a very nutritious and tangy recipe which is quiet fulfilling too. Eat it in the breakfast and you will feel so fresh , light but full for hours, and healthy and fulfilling breakfast helps in a great day ahead.

• Ingredients:

1. Lobia : 200 grms(soaked over night ).
2. Onion:1.
3. Tomato:1.
4. Green chilli: 2.
5. Coriander: 7-8 strands .
6. Chaat masala:1 t spoon.
7. Black salt: 1 t spoon.
8. Asafoetida; a pinch.
9. Roasted cumin seed powder: 1table spoon.
10. Grounded pepper:1 t spoon.
11. lemon juice:of  1 lemon.
12. Salt : as per taste.

• Recipe:

Pressure cook lobia with water and asafoetida for 2-3 whistle. Rinse out the extra water and keep it aside. 

Now chop onion, chillies, tomato and coriander fine and mix with lobia. Next put all the other ingredients too and and mix well . Your lobia chaat is ready to savour.

 Enjoy it and make your tummy happy happy and so do your tongue.

 Happy Eating.

Noopur.

grilled tofu with veggies

A  healthy and fulfilling dish which can be eaten as snacks or as main course .believe me after eating it you will feel so filled that you feellike eating nothing else for few hours and has calories close close to nothing.

• Ingredients:

1. Tofu : 200 grms.
2. Onions: 1 big.
3. Cherri tomatoes: few .
4. Green chilli: 2 -3
5. Olive Oil: 1 table spoon.

• Recipe:

Add one table spoon on grill plate and spread eventually. Now chop Cherry tomatoes into half (if you don't get you can chop normal tomatoes into big chunks). Chop onions into big chunks and de petel them , which mean separate each petal and chop chillies.

 Now put them on grilling plate and grill them for one min . Now add Tofu and salt Mix and gril for two more minutes . 

Your grilled Tofu is ready. Sprinkle some pizza seasoing and your tofu is ready to eat without any guilt.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur.