Mango Sheera!!

Mango Sheera !! or Mango Sooji Halwa

Ingredients

1 n 1/4 cup coarse Sooji.
1 n 1/4 cup Canned mango pulp.(chunky kinds)
1/4 cup and 2 tbs ghee.(clarified butter)
1 cup Sugar.(if the pulp is fresh add 1/4 cup more sugar)
3 cups milk.(or you can also use 1.5 cup each of milk and water)
1/4 cup Cashewnuts.

Pistachios for garnish.

Procedure

Start heating the milk on low medium flame.

On another burner heat a pan and add ghee.
Once ghee melts add in cashews and roast for 2--3 mins.
Add sooji and roast till it just changes the color.About 3-4 mins.(don't let it turn brown)
Then add in the Mango pulp.
Cook for 2 mins the sooji will absorb most of the pulp.Keep stirring to avoid lumps.
Add in milk slowly stirring the sooji to avoid lumps.(do not add in milk at once)
Keep it covered for 2 mins.
Then add in sugar.
Keep stirring it till the sugar dissolves.
Cook covered for 3-4 min.

Switch of the burner.
Serve it warm for the best flavours.

Rainbow Cake!!

Rainbow Cake

Ingredients

2 n 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour.
1 cup butter(Softened 2 sticks)



1/4 cup Canola oil.



2 n 1/4 cup sugar.



4 eggs.



Food Colours.(your Choice)
1 tbs Cocoa Powder.



1 cup whole milk.

1 tsp Vanilla Extract.
1/2 tsp Salt.
1tbs baking Powder.

Procedure

Preheat oven to 300 F.

Mix sugar ,Oil and Butter till light and fluffy.

Add eggs and mix till pale yellow.

Add all purpose flour,baking powder and salt.(don't overmix)

Then add milk and mix just till combined.

Add Vanilla extract.

Divide the Batter into 4 different parts.

Add different colours in each and in the fourth one add cocoa Powder.

Put the Dollops of coloures batter in random fashion.

Take a skewer and make light swirls in the batter creating a design.

Bake the cake for about and hour or till the toothpick comes out clean.

    

Ras Malai

Ingredients

5 cups milk -for Malai(rasgullas)
5 cups milk -Ras(sweet milk)
3 tbs vinegar.
14 oz can condensed milk.
dry nuts coarsely ground.
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder.
1 n 1/2 cups sugar.
6 cups water.
1 muslin cloth.

Procedure

Ras
In one heavy bottom pot add 5 cups milk and 1 can of condensed milk and turn on the heat with continuous stirring.(whole milk)
Boil the milk  for 7-10 minutes, add the ground nuts ,cardamom powder and switch off the gas.

I prefer Ras Malai a little less sweet,  if you like it sweeter add 2 tbs sugar to it.
let it cool down.
Malai
Add 5 cups of milk in in another pot and turn on the heat.(whole milk)
When the milk comes to a rolling boil add vinegar and switch of the gas.
Keep stirring till the milk curdles.
Sieve the curdled milk with the muslin cloth.
Squeeze gently.
Keep some weight on and let it stand for 15 mins.



Meanwhile mix the water and sugar and bring it to a rolling boil.


After 15 mins take out the cheena and rub it with your palm gently.(dont apply too much pressure)

    
keep kneading till it forms a smooth ball(no cracks).

Make all the balls and put them in the sugar syrup.(I prefer to keep the size small....)
Cook them uncovered for 5 minutes.
Then cover it and cook fro another 5 minutes.
You will see the gullas double in size.

   
Again cook it uncovered for 5 minutes switch off the burner.
let it sit uncovered till it cools down.
Now squeeze the sugar syrup out of the balls and add the balls to the milk(normal temperature).
Keep it in the fridge for atleast 6-8 hrs so that the balls soak up milk.
Serve cold.

Nutella Sandwiches.

Ingredients

1 Cup all purpose flour.
1/2 cup oats roasted and ground.
1 n 1/4 tsp Baking powder.
1/4 tsp Salt.
1 n 1/2 tbs Sugar
2 Tbs Butter.
1 large egg.
1 cup milk.
Oil to spray on the pan.
Nutella spread.

Procedure

Mix milk and butter and heat till butter melts,keep aside.
Mix the All purpose flour,oats,salt ans sugar.
Add egg and mix.
Then add the milk butter slowly to form batter.(milk should be room temp.to avoid curdling.)
Heat the pan.
Spray some oil.
Pour about a tbs of batter and flip after 20 seconds(or after bubbles start appearing on the surface.)
Apply nutella on one side of the pancake and cover with the other.
Sandwich a banana slice or a strawberry slice fot kids lunch box.

Ukadiche Modak:)

puran

• 2 cups shredded coconut
• little less than 1 cup jaggery
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• cardamom powder and saffron (1tbs of khoya optional)
• heat for few mins till  little dry(puran is more on wet side)

ukad

• 1 n 1/2 cups rice flour
• 2 tbs maida
• 1 n 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tbs ghee

Procedure

• Mix water,ghee and salt ..bring it to a boil
• Add maida n rice flour
• Cover and keep for 2 mins on low heat
• Knead it into a soft dough.
• Using modak mould
• Close the mould put rice flour ball into it.....start making a hollow so that u can fill in the puran .seal it with excess dough...steam for 15 minss...