My son's first Diwali 2016

My son is 2 yr 5 months now and he is so excited this year to celebrate Diwali festival....Below is snacks and savories made/bought for this year by his Atchi and mama :)
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He liked chicken biryani this time as it was less spicy and he slept for 3 hrs nicely....LOL

In the evening...Let this Diwali be the beginning of Good over Evil, Happyness over Sadness, Courage over Coward

Crackers....coming soon...

Coconut Aval

This is my mom's recipe. She used to make when we were small during school days. Today she did this to my son who liked it very much.

You need:

Aval
Coconut shredded
Sugar
Ghee

Method:

Dry roast the aval in little ghee until it is crispy. Then immediately add sugar and coconut as per your taste. Add spoonful of ghee and nix well until it all binds well.

That's all...Delicious simple yummy snack is ready.

Garlic Bread

GARLIC BREAD

I always wanted to have garlic bread at home..I love the ones in Dominoes....When looking for the recipe, I came across a site which has very easy garlic bread recipe...But this one is really authentic garlic bread.....No waiting..Immediately I tried..It came out well...Very less ingredients and less time...:)


You need:

Bread - 4 slices

Garlic - 3 pearls(medium sized)Butter - 3 tbspCheese - 1 tbsp gratedChilli flakes - 1/2 tspMixed Herbs / Oregano - 1/2 tspCoriander leaves -  1 tsp choppedGhee - to toastSalt - to taste


What for you are waiting....

http://www.sharmispassions.com/2014/10/garlic-bread-recipe-easy-bread-recipes.html


http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2011/03/garlic-bread.html

Yummy and tasty Garlic bread within minutes.....

Mango cheese cake

Hi all,

I tried mango cheese cake receipe today adopted from yummy tummy website.

http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/04/eggless-mango-cheese-cake-no-bake-no.html

Yummilious it is :) 

Dates - Dry Fruits Laddu

One of the easiest snack receipe for your kids....Very healthy and yummy taste...

You Need:

Dates - 250 gms
Almonds, Cashew, Pista, Walnuts, Raisins - As needed

Method:

Grind the dates which is deseeded in blender. Heat a non stick pan and cook the blended dates. It will come together and form a dough kinda mixture. Once the dates come together, add the chopped nuts and give a stir so that dates and nuts are combined well.

Then apply ghee in your palm and start making laddu's.

Date - Dry fruits laddu is ready to be glubbed down..:)

Nei kadalai paruppu

You Need:

• 1 cup Chana dhal (Split Chickpeas / Kadalai Paruppu)
• Water to soak
• Oil to deep fry
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi / Manjal thool)
• 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (Hing / Perungaayam)
• 1 tsp Red Chilly Powder
• 2 tsp Salt, adjust to taste

1. Soak the dal in water overnight
2. Take the oil in the pan and heat piping hot.
3. Then reduce to medium flame and put the chana dal handful. 
4. cook it turned light golden color.
5. Sprinkle salt, turmeric, chilli powder, hing as per taste.

Enjoy this spicy and easy to do snack along with hot tea...:)

Garlic Bread

GARLIC BREAD

I always wanted to have garlic bread at home..I love the ones in Dominoes....When looking for the recipe, I came across a site which has very easy garlic bread recipe...But this one is really authentic garlic bread.....No waiting..Immediately I tried..It came out well...Very less ingredients and less time...:)

You need:

Bread - 4 slices

Garlic - 3 pearls(medium sized)Butter - 3 tbspCheese - 1 tbsp gratedChilli flakes - 1/2 tspMixed Herbs / Oregano - 1/2 tspCoriander leaves -  1 tsp choppedGhee - to toastSalt - to taste


What for you are waiting....

http://www.sharmispassions.com/2014/10/garlic-bread-recipe-easy-bread-recipes.html


http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2011/03/garlic-bread.html

Yummy and tasty Garlic bread within minutes.....

Fallooda - An Indian dessert

After with all the spicy non vegan recipes, I'm here with a delicious, yummilicious, finger-licking drink to your taste buds..... Falooda!! As the name sounds different..this one is truly an different dessert/drink:) 

There are lot more versions in falooda...The authentic one calls for use of FALOODA SEV ( which can be prepared at home ( Check Here) and also use of basil seeds. I used vermicelli which we use for making payasam etc.  And also I didn't use basil seeds (Nanari ) as I didn't get it near my place. This is my version, simple and easy. 

You Need: (Serves - 1 no)

Rose Syrup - 6 tsp 

Whole Fat milk - 1 cups

Sugar - As per taste

Cashew nuts/Almonds/Pista - For garnish

Cherries - For garnish

Vermicelli - 4 tsp per serving

Vanilla Ice cream - 1 or 2 small scoops

FALOODA

If using, Soak the basil seeds for 30 min or more. Chop the nuts into mini bytes.

Once the milk is boiled, add the sugar, rose syrup (4 tsp) and mix well. Refrigerate this. Prepare this first in the morning and keep handy so that you can just use instantly when your guests arrive in evening.

Just before serving, take a pan, add water just enough to cover the vermicelli and cook. Strain the water and keep aside. It takes hardly 5 min.

Take the serving glasses, add the 2 tsp of rose syrup, then the boiled vermicelli, then slowly pour the chilled milk over the sides till 3/4 filled. Then top it with vanilla icecream. Garnish with nuts and cherries.

Note:
1. Be careful while pouring milk and ice cream so that you can form a layer.
2. Use of basil seeds is healthy version. After chilled milk, add the basil seeds. Then ice-cream and nuts.
3. The vermicelli should be in separate strands like in payasam. If the vermicelli is cold, it will stick to each other like in upma. So prepare this at last before serving guests. Add directly into glass while it is as separate strands.


The taste of ice-cream with the flavored milk, with healthy basil seeds and bytes of vermicelli along with crunchy nuts makes this dish unique......Mouth Watering isn't..? :)

Bread Malai

My first introduction to this dish was in one of my friend's house in US. Thereafter, I serve this dessert whenever I invite my friends to home. This is also called as Shahi Tukra:)

You Need:

Bread - 6 
Milk - 1 lt
Badam - 15 (soaked overnight, peeled and chopped, Optional)
Sugar - 1 cup or Condensed milk - 1/2 tin
Ghee / Oil - To deep fry
Saffron - 3 to 4 strands ( If using sugar)

Deep fried bread in saffron flavored malai (Pic 1)

Bread Malai using condensed milk

Take the bread pieces, remove the sides (optional) and then cut into triangles.

Option 1:  Deep fry the bread slices in oil (Pic 1) .
Option 2: Alternatively if you are calorie conscious , you can also roast it in little oil/ghee in non stick tawa (Pic 2).

If you follow option 1, it tastes little more crispy than optional 2. But, I stress again, both the method tastes very similar and highly delicious. Guaranteed!

There are two ways to prepare the malai.

Way 1:

Sugar Syrup: Take one cup of sugar and one cup of water. Stir continuously till the sugar is dissolved. Add pinch of cardamom powder for flavor. Stir till it changes to light golden color syrup. Soak the bread pieces one by one in hot sugar syrup for a min and remove. Keep the remaining sugar syrup aside.

Take a non stick pan, add milk, remaining sugar syrup. You can add saffron now. The one litre milk should be reduced to 1/2 litre. Stir continuously till the mixture starts to thicken. This is called malai/rabri.


Soak the roasted bread slices in hot malai mixture and keep it in the refrigerator. Serve chilled. Top it with nuts.

Way 2:

This method is not time-consuming since the addition of condensed milk. Take a non stick pan, add milk, condensed milk. Stir continuously till the mixture starts to thicken. The one litre milk should be reduced to 1/2 litre.  Pour the rabri over the bread pieces and sprinkle almonds. Serve chilled.

Truly a royal dessert. Also called as Double ka meetha,  in the state of Andhra Pradesh.  Its another dessert which is really to die for! 

PS: No drooling over my bread malai :P