Quick Treats

7 cup Burfi

7 cup Burfi is a Indian sweet. Very easy one to make. As name indicates we are using 7 cups of equal measures to make this delicacy.If you are looking for quick and easy sweet. Try making seven cup Burfi.

Ingredients

1 cup – Besan /chickpea flour,
1 cup – milk,
1 cup – coconut,
1 cup – melted ghee/clarified butter,
3 cups – sugar,
2 Tbs – badam/almond powder,
Pinch of Cardamom

Description

Grease the tray and keep it aside.
Dry roast the Besan in medium low heat until the raw smell of Besan goes away..
In a thick bottomed pan,add ghee,Besan, sugar , milk, cocunut and keep on stirring, make sure no lumps.

After 18 to 20 minutes of continuous stirring, mixture starts leaving the pan and becomes thick collecting to one side.

Now pour to a greased tray and let it cool little and run knife to make desired shape.

When it completely cools cut into pieces.

7 cup burfi is ready. Enjoy!!

Notes

* With non- stick pan, it takes less time like 15 minutes.
* Sugar can be reduced to 2 1/2 cups.
* Can use fresh or dry coconut .

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Quick Treats

Ghee(clarified butter)

Ghee made by simmering butter, is widely used in Indian cuisine. Roti’s , Rice and many Indian sweets.
Try making ghee at your own, you will love the taste. Healthy and tasty than store bought ghee.

Description

Take few sticks of unsalted butter (try organic 0r butter made of cow’s milk for better taste) ,make pieces and put it on a thick bottomed small/medium sized pan.

At low – medium heat (at number 4) bring it to boil,foam forms and after 10 minutes you will notice bubbles and also hears bubble sound. Stir occasionally.

In another 10 minutes, you will see milk solids sinking to bottom and upper layer which is butter starts becoming transparent.

When the bubble sound stops ,butter turns gold color and milk solids at bottom turns brown, take it off the heat and strain using muslin cloth.

Discard the milk solids collected on Muslim cloth.

Let your ghee sit overnight at room temperature for a creamy yellow texture.

Enjoy your homemade ghee!!

Notes

* For better taste,when ghee is almost done, you can add spices like 1/4 spoon turmeric few curry leaves or betel leaves(which you are going to strain at end).

* After keeping for one day If you don’t get grainy texture of ghee then you have removed early from stove. Boil it at medium low for 5 more minutes.

* Easy trick to know when it is done is when the sound which it was making stops.

* Total time taken is 20 to 25 minutes depending on your pan.

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Rava coconut ladoo

A easy and quick treat made with very less ingredients and requires less cooking. Blend of tasty ingredients like rava, coconut, sugar , ghee , cardamom and nuts.

Ingredients
1 cup – Rava/ Semolina ,
1 cup – Sugar,
1 cup – desiccated coconut powder,
1/4 cup – nuts and raisins,
1 Tsp – cardamom powder,
1/4 cup – hot milk,
2 Tbs – ghee

Description

Roast rava for 5 minutes or until you start to smell nice and little crunchy. Set aside to cool.
In a small pan, heat ghee and fry cashews till golden brown , add raisins and switch of the stove.
In a medium sized bowl, put roasted rava, sugar, Coconut powder, cardamom powder, fried nuts and raisins .stir well.

Add hot milk spoon by spoon binding the mixture. take a little portion of the mixture make balls. Add milk as needed .

Mixture makes about 15 ladoo ‘s. Enjoy!!
Note

* milk should be hot. Use spoon to add milk do not pour the milk into mixture Or at once.
* Refrigerate the remaining ladoo’ s . Can get spoiled outside as we have added milk.

* For longer life of ladoo’ s you can skip milk and use hot ghee(around 1/4 cup) for binding.

* If you have added more milk or ghee, don’t worry add more rava, sugar and coconut .

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peda

Peda is a Indian sweet. I have made it using just 4 ingredients- butter, ricotta cheese, milk powder and condensed milk.Easy and Tasty😋

Ingredients
4 Tablespoons/1/4 cup – Unsalted Butter,
425 grams – Ricotta cheese,
14oz – condensed milk,
1 1/2 cups – milk powder

Description

Take a non stick pan at medium heat and melt butter. Add Ricotta cheese and stir for 3 to 4 minutes.
Now, add condensed milk and mix well..

Keep stirring. add milk powder in 2 batches and stir continuously until it becomes thick batter.( approximately 10 to 12 minutes)make sure no lumps.
Once it becomes thick and leaves the sides of pan switch of the flame and allow it cool..
When it’s slightly warm(don’t let it completely cool)make lemon sized balls.
Enjoy delicious Peda😋
Note

* decorate peda’s with almonds, pistachio, cashews etc of your choice .

* Can use cardamom powder .

* Apply ghee to your hands if peda mixture is Sticky or hard.

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Masala vada/ Dal vada

Masala vada is a South Indian snack made of Chana dal / Bengal gram. Bengal gram is soaked and with some spices ground to smooth paste. Fried in oil till golden brown.
Best tea time snack.

Ingredients

1 cup- Chana dal/ split Bengal gram,
1 small onion,
6 to 8 – green chilies,
1 or 2 – garlic cloves,
Small piece of ginger,
1 teaspoon – cumin/ jeera seeds,
3 tablespoons – dry coconut,
1/4 cup cilantro,
mint leaves,
1 and 1/2 teaspoons- salt,
Water, oil to fry

Description
Wash and Soak Chana dal in water for 2 to 3 hours. Drain Chana dal.
Grind soaked Chana dal(no water),1/2 onion, green chilies,ginger, garlic, cumin,dry coconut,cilantro, mint and salt.

Add 2 tablespoons of water(if required while grinding).
Add 1/2 finely chopped onion to the mixture and mix well.

Make lemon sized balls of vada mixture(about 20 balls) and press them to flatten.

Heat oil in deep- fry pan on high heat for about 5 minutes. Check oil by putting tiny size of mixture to oil , it should puff up .
Reduce heat to medium low. Fry 4 to 5 vada’s on both sides till golden brown .

Fry remaining vada’s . Serve hot with chutney.

Enjoy!!

Note-

* try to grind dry without water. If your mixer needs water, add 2 Tablespoons of water. No need of fine paste.
* Be patient, vada’s takes time to cook.
* easy if you flatten the vada’s on palm and put them directly into oil.

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Bread paneer roll

Best snack for kids. It’s healthy and filling.
With very less ingredients you can make this yummy evening snack.

Ingredients
6 to 8 slices of brown/ white bread,
1 cup – grated paneer( Indian cheese),
1 teaspoon- salt,
1/2 teaspoon – Chat masala,
1/4 teaspoon- ginger powder,
2 tablespoons – butter
1 tablespoon – water

Description
In a medium sized bowl grate the paneer , add salt, chat masala and ginger powder. Mix well.

Add water and mix .

Cut the edges of bread and by rolling flatten it.Fill the mixture and roll the breads.

Put some oil/ water/ butter to the edge of bread roll to glue it . Butter the bread rolls with the help of brush.

Heat the skillet in medium low heat.put some oil and cook the bread rolls all side by flipping.

Paneer bread roll is ready😋
Enjoy with tomato ketchup !!

Note–
– use white or brown bread.
– Add chilly powder for spicy rolls.
– bake the rolls at 350 degree Fahrenheit each side for 10 minutes.

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Garlic- cheese swirl

Delicious garlic cheese swirl great for evening snack or picnic. They are soft inside and crispy top with bursts of cheese and herbs in every bite. Enjoy!!

Preheat the oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit

Garlic- cheese swirl

Ingredients
1 sheet- puff pastry- thaw to room temp,
1 1/2 spoon- Italian herbs,
1/4 cup- mozzerala cheese,
2 cloves- garlic,
2 tablespoons- olive oil,

Description
In a small bowl, take olive oil and add minced garlic, Italian herbs and mix well.
Spread the mixture all over the pastry sheet and spread cheese on top of it.