Ladoo(with pistachios&cashew)

A semi sweet..yet yummy Indian sweet....Ladoo with two main ingredients-cashews and pistachios is right here.....

All you need is
Pistachios 1 cup
Cashews 3/4 cup
Sugar 1/4 to 1 cup(ur pref)
Ghee 4 tsp
cardamom powder 3/4 tsp
Method:
1)Soak both the nuts for about an hour or two in a cup of milk.after 2 hours,Peal of the outer skin of the pistachios.
2)Add both the nuts in to a blender and grind it to a fine paste.
Remember:leave a drop of water/milk...Dont add any extra amount of water or milk to it when you blend as the you will not get the right texture later in your process.
3)Take a pan,pour 3 tsp of ghee and add this paste
twist,stir continuously (for about 10 min or so),add sugar ,cardamom powder to this mixture and allow it boil in medium flame and you will find the paste-Non sticky,slightly turned golden yellow /green.
4)Transfer this dough another ghee -greased plate and allow it to cool.

5)Make small balls(any desired shape) and garnish each ladoo with pistachios

Njoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rava Kesari

Ingredients:
Rava -1 cup
Sugar – 1/4 cup
Water – 3cups
Ghee -1/2 cup
Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp
Cashew nuts, Raisins (fried) -1/2 cup
Method:
1) Roast the Rava in 2 tsp of Ghee of ghee for few minutes (it will turn slightly brown).
2) To 2 ½ c cups of water, add, Rava and stir continuously and also add liquefied ghee on the sides of the pan as and when Rava boils.
3) Turn off the flame when Kesari boils to a consistency that it becomes soft (it should not stick to the pan, add some more ghee as per your pref)
4) Add roasted Cashew nuts, raisins and also Cardamom powder.
5) Transfer the Kesari to ghee/butter greased plate.
Note: You can add saffron and color to your Kesari as an added flavor

Rasamalai

RASAMALAI!!! One amongst my most fav milk sweets..whenever I go to any restaurant, I will first check for the dessert list in the menu card to make sure rasamalai is over there…most of us like the sweets made with fresh paneer(rasamalai,rasagulla,kalakand )….We shall try this.,…

TThe mix for such sweets is readily available at shop…….We could either get this mix,

Make small patties with milk and mix(basically milk powder) -->boil it in sugar syrup -->then soak in milk syrup .This is one way!

Another way,

Milk-->soft paneer---->knead the dough make patties-->prepare sugar syrup -->boil the patties in syrup --->prepare milk syrup with badam powder and sugar -->soak patties garnish with cashews, almond, pistachios.

Will go through the second process now!!!!

First let we be clear in what we use.

Fresh paneer:

Whole Milk 1 litre

Lime juice/Vinegar (to squeeze it in the boiling milk)

Muslin cloth/cheese cloth 1

Syrup (to boil the Patties)

Sugar 1 /2cup

Water 4 cups

Cardamom pods ½ tsp

Malai (Milk Syrup)

Whole milk 1/4litre

Sugar 1/2 cup

Grinded cashew/almond paste ¾ cup (or) as an alternative you can use even badam drink mix.

Garnishing

Nuts and saffron

Method:

Fresh paneer:

1) Take a deep pan, boil milk in low-medium flame .let it boil well...slightly reduce the heat and add vinegar or lemon juice (around 3 -4 tsp) and whisk it slightly.

2) Adding citric acid will make the milk to curdle and float on the to separate them out ,take a muslin cloth drain excess milk from this fresh paneer(It might take from 40 min -50 min),knead this to get a dough consistency and now make small round patties (here I lost my patience in making flat and round ones….I started making different shapes tooJ)

Syrup (to boil the Patties)-do it in medium flame

3) Take another Pan; boil the water with sugar and cardamom powder

4) Put patties, let it boil till it becomes big and soft enough.(remember to close the pan with lid when it is boiling)

Malai (Milk Syrup)

5) Boil Milk with sugar, cashew/almond paste, saffron.(or)just boil the milk with the badam feast mix you have….

6) Transfer the drained patties in to the milk syrup bowl, garnish with nuts

Refrigerate and serve Cold!!