Cashew Burfi/Kaju Burfi

Hello Everyone,

My mom used to make this often during my childhood days. I must say she is expert in making this delicious sweet. Everyone in our family love this especially my son. Whenever my mom visits my place, she used to make this for him. We moved to USA and my son asked me to make this.. phew, I don't know how to make. My mom gave me this recipe and I started making this. This has become fav for my friends here.

Ingredients
1 Cup Cashew
1 Cup Besan flour
1 Cup Milk
1 Cup Fresh Grated Coconut
1 Cup Ghee + 2 tbsp ghee in case needed while stirring
3 Cups Sugar

Method
1. Soak cashew in cup of milk for 1-1.5 hrs. Grind soaked cashew, milk and coconut to smooth paate. Keep it aside.
2. Heat and melt Ghee in a large pan/ non stick pan. Add Besan to ghee and mix well without any lumps. Switch off the flame.
3. Add ground cashew, milk, coconut paste and 3 Cups of sugar to ghee and besan. Mix well thoroughly without lumps.
4. Switch on the flame. Start stirring.
5. Stir continuously on low flame.
6. Mixture starts to thicken. Stir until it is thick paste. The mixture should separate from the pan.
7. Add 1 or 2 tbsp ghee if needed so that mixture doesn't stick it the pan.
8. Switch of the flame. Grease large plate with ghee.
9. Transfer cashew mixture to the plate. Let it cool down for 5-10 mins. Cut it to diamond shaped pieces.

Beetroot Halwa with Paneer

Hello Everyone,

I have tried carrot halwa earlier but never tried beetroot halwa. I had tasted beetroot halwa once at a wedding and at a homestay in Sakleshpur. I have made carrot halwa with paneer so i wanted to try adding paneer with beetroot halwa as well. It came out really well. 

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 3 cups grated

Milk - 1 1/2 cups

Brown Sugar/White - 1 Cup

Paneer - 1/2 Cup grated

Cardamom powder -  1 tsp

Ghee - 3tbsp

Cashew and Pistachios - 10

Method:

1. In a heavy bottom pan heat 1tbsp ghee and fry grated beetroot for 3-4mins.
2. Add milk and bring it to boil. Simmer the stove and let the beetroot cook in milk until it gets slightly thick.
3. In the mean time heat 2tbsp ghee, fry cashew and pistachios. Keep this aside.
4. Add grated paneer to the beetroot and give a stir. When the mixture is think add sugar(I used brown sugar).
5. Cook in medium flame until it is glossy. Switch of the stove.  
6. Finally add fried cashew,  pistachios and cardamom powder to the halwa. Mix well.

Strawberry Rasam

Hello everyone,

We usually buy small box of strawberry whenever we go for groceries. This time SV(my husband) bought huge box from Costco. I wanted to try some interesting yet simple recipe with strawberry. Why not try south Indian Rasam instead of regular Dal, garlic, tomato or lemon Rasam. I replaced Strawberry instead of tamarind with freshly ground rasam powder. 

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1cup chopped

Water - 2 cups

Coriander leaves few chopped

Curry leaves- 5-6

Salt to taste, pinch of hing

Rasam Powder

Toor dal -1tbsp

Pepper corns-1/2tsp

Cumin/Jeera-1/2tsp

Dhania/Coriander seeds-1/2 tsp

Dried red chilli-1-2 according to spice level

To temper

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Method:

1. Heat 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan and roast Rasam powder ingredients mentioned above. Grind it to coarse powder. Keep this aside. 

2. Grind strawberry with 2 cups of water in a mixie. Let one or 2 pulps be there. 

3. Transfer it to a vessel, add salt, turmeric powder and curry leaves. Allow it to boil in a medium heat for 5 mins. 

4. Add the ground rasam powder to strawberry mix and let it boil for another 2 mins. 

5. Heat ghee and add mustard seeds, once it sizzles and hing pour it to rasam. Garnish with cilantro. 

Serve with hot rice or drink as soup.

Guacamole Sandwich

Ingredients:

Avacado - 1 ripe

Tomato - 1/2 cup chopped

Onion - 1/4 cup finely chopped

Jelapeno - 1 finely chopped

Lemon -1 extracted to juice
Salt as per taste
Bread Slices - 2
Cheese slice - 1
Lettuce - few

Method:

1. Cut Avacado and deseed it. Mash the fleshy part of Avacado in a bowl.

2.Add onion,tomato, jelepeno, lemon extract, salt and mix well. 

3.Guacamole is ready. 
4.Butter the bread slices and toast it. Spread the guacamole to one of the bread slice. 
5. Place Cheese and lettuce of top of the guacamole. Cover it with other slice of bread. Guacamole Sandwich is ready.