Sunday, April 20, 2014

Nariyal Ladoo



Preparation Time : 10 Min.
Cooking Time : 10 Min.
Complexity : Easy


Ingredients :

Dry Shredded Coconut : 3 cup
Milk : 1 cup
Powdered Sugar : 1 cup
Cardamom Powder : 1/4 tsp
Almonds : 1/4 cup
Pistachio : 1/4 cup

 Method :

  1. Boil 1 cup of milk in a heavy bottom pan. When it starts boiling, add 2 cup of shredded coconut and mix well.
  2. When the milk gets absorbed in coconut, add sugar and mix well.
  3. Stir continuously on medium flame until mixture starts leaving the side of pan.
  4. Add cardamom powder, almonds and pistachios and mix well.
  5. Turn off the gas and remove the pan from gas.
  6. Take a small portion of mixture and make a small ball with your palm.
  7. Take remaining dry shredded coconut in a plate and roll the balls in shredded coconut to make ladoos.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Masala Peanut in Microwave




Preparation Time : 10 Min.
Cooking Time : 5 Min.
Complexity : Easy

Ingredients :

Peanuts : 1 cup
Gram Flour (Besan) : 1/3 cup
Salt : as per taste
Red Chili Powder : 1/2 tsp
Mango Powder : 1/2 tsp
Chaat Masala : 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida : 1 pinch
Baking Soda : 2 pinch
Oil : 1tbsp

Method : 

  1. Take besan in a large bowl and add salt, red chili powder, Asafoetida, Baking powder and mango powder to it. Mix well.
  2. Take peanuts in a bowl and fill it with water. Then sieve peanuts immediately.
  3. Add peanuts to besan mixture and mix it well so that peanuts get coated with besan. If some dry besan has left then spread 1-2 tsp of water and again mix it well to cover peanuts with besan.
  4. Add 1tbsp of oil to it and mix well.
  5. Now spread these peanuts to a microwave safe tray and microwave it for 4 min. Remove tray from microwave and turn the peanuts and microwave it for another 1 min.
  6. Remove tray from microwave and add chaat masala to peanuts and mix well.
  7. Our masala peanuts are ready. Serve it with coofee or tea.

Note :

  1. You can also deep fry peanuts instead of microwave. For deep frying fry them on medium flame.
  2. Microwave timing may vary based on power of microwave. For some microwaves it may need little bit more time. So first check and microwave it again if not done.