Dudhi/Ghiya/Lauki/Bottle gourd Ka Halwa

You can call it by any name but the nutrition of this vegetable is beyond imagination. So my today’s recipe is Lauki ka halwa which is extremely nutritive and it can be consume while observing fast.

Ingredients:

One medium size bottle gourd

Half bowl of milk powder

Half bowl of sugar

pinch of cardamom powder

one tsp of desi ghee

Method:

First of all we will grate bottle gourd and put it in a pan on low flame.

Keep stirring.

It will get cooked in 4-5 mins then add milk powder and mix it well.

Cover it for 2-3 mins. Now add sugar and mix it again.

Now it will leave some water. Stir it at low medium flame until get thick.

Add cardamom powder and here it is. Healthy dessert of all time. Enjoy monsoon season and also stay home as far as possible and stay safe.

Moong dal halwa

This recipe of halwa was very tiresome until today. Today I tried this delicious and healthy halwa which took only 10 mins. to get ready and no previous preparation at all. So let’s see how I made it.

Ingredients:

Half bowl of moong dal

Less than half bowl of sugar

One bowl of water

Three tbsp desi ghee

Green cardamom powder (one pinch)

5-6 cashew nuts

Method:

First of all grind dry moong dal. Shift this moong dal powder into a thick bottom pan.

Add desi ghee and saute at low flame until get golden brown.

Add sugar, cardamom powder and water. Make the flame high and mix well until it get halwa texture.

Now add chopped cashew nuts. The flavor of desi ghee and moong dal is awesome. Serve your loved ones.

Sweet Mathri

Today is Rathyatra and I made sweet mathri for my Thakurji as special offering. It’s simple as salted Mathri.

The dough will be same as shakar pare or namak pare. Only salt and carrom seeds will not be added.

all purpose flour with ghee for dough

Sugar syrup is to be made as malpua recipe but it will be thick for sweet mathri.

sugar syrup thick consistency

When dough and sugar syrup is ready we need some white sesame seeds. Make small balls from dough and roll with rolling pin and spread some white sesame seeds over mathri and deep fry them.

rolled mathris with white sesame seeds
deep fry mathris

The flame will be low. It takes time get crispy. When it is golden brown dip into sugar syrup for five minutes.

dip into sugar syrup

Now its ready to serve but before that offer to your deity for a while. Now have it as prasad. Being prasad mathris will become more tasty.

Sweet Mathri

Pooran Poli

This is the delicacy of Maharashtra. Being north Indian I tried it first time, its really yummy. I don’t know whether it’s like, what Maharashtra people make but I loved this dish of mine. So let’s look out for the recipe and prepare it. Kids gonna love this.

Ingredients:

For dough:

  • one bowl of wheat flour

For filling:

  • 100 gm chana dal (chickpeas split)
  • 75 gm jaggery powder
  • pinch of green cardamom powder
  • one tbsp of coconut powder

Method:

Soak chana dal for 4-5 hrs. Make a dough if wheat flour like parathas. Then boil chana dal in a little water.

When it get cooked add jaggery powder and stir it until get like a dough.

Add cardamom powder. Now let it get cool. Mix coconut powder into filling and blend it into smooth dough.

Take a ball size wheat flour dough and keep small ball size dough of filling into it and roll it with the help of rolling pin.

Cook it like paratha in a desi ghee/oil. Now its ready to serve.

Vegetarian Tacos

These are homemade tacos. These are my kids favourite. Its Mexican recipe but today I prepared it with little Indian touch.

Ingredients:

There are chopped onions, carrots, capsicum, mashed potatoes, crispy corn and mozzarella cheese. Beside that we need taco shells and some spices also. So lets prepare yummy vegetarian tacos.

Method:

First prepare the fillings. Prepare crispy corn as I suggested in my earlier post. Now take a tbsp of vegetable oil. Add some ginger garlic paste then saute onions. Then add other chopped vegetables and saute them also. Now add boiled potatoes and corns also. Mix well. Now add salt, paprika, a tsp of soy sauce and chilli sauce. Mix well. Add 2 tsp of lemon juice and mix well. Add some herbs and oregano. Filling is done cover it up.

Now Take taco shells and fill it with fillings and topped up with grated cheese. Put it in the oven for 5 mins. at 150 degree.

Yummy, tasty tacos are ready.

Crispy Corn

Hey, missing restaurant style crispy corn during lockdown. Don’t worry here’s the full recipe of crispy corn.

Ingredients:

  • 100 gms sweet corn
  • one small onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small spoon of vinegar, soy sauce, red chilli sauce
  • salt n pepper
  • oil to fry
  • 3-4 tbsp corn flour

Method:

Boil sweet corns and strain it. Spread corn starch and little salt over it. Mix well. Leave it to dry for 10-15 mins. Take one tsp of oil in a pan and saute chopped garlic and onion.

Meantime fry corn flour covered corns until crisp. Now add other ingredients into pan. Now mix fried crispy corn into it and mix well. Yummy crispy corn us ready to serve.

Bel ka Sharbat

Bel

In this scorching heat of India only this kind if shake is needed when you need taste as well as health. It is loaded with beta carotene, vit c, vit b1, b2, calcium.

Ingredients:

Only bel and water. Sugar is totally optional.

Method:

First of all break the bel fruit into smaller pieces and dip in the water as shown in the picture and leave it for 4-5 hours.

Now it will get soft. Scrumble it with hands in that water only. This shake is only handwork. Then sieve it with the help of strainer.

Now you can add some sugar if you want but bel is naturally sweet. Put some ice cubes and the refreshing drink is ready. Enjoy the sharbat and improve the immunity. Stay safe.

Neer dosa

Neer Dosa is Manglorian dish which is very healthy and quick to make.

Ingredients:

  • one cup of rice flour/one cup of soaked, blended rice
  • one tbsp coconut paste
  • salt
  • oil/ghee

Mix all the ingredients except oil in a bowl. Pour a glass of water and mix. The batter will be flowing consistency.

Now put a pan on the high flame for one minute and pour a small bowl of batter.

Cover it for one minute. Now apply some oil and flip to other side for 10 seconds and its ready to serve. It can be eaten with coconut chutney or any sauce of your choice. Stay safe.

White sauce pasta

Ingredients:

  • one bowl any kind of pasta (boiled)
  • 1 tbsp salted butter, wheat flour
  • 2 tbsp mozzarella cheese
  • salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • oregano
  • one cup col milk

Method:

First take a butter and flour in a pan and saute at low flame for 4-5 mins. Then add milk slowly and very little at a time. Then boil it until thick.

Then add one tbsp grated cheese, salt, pepper, oregano and boiled pasta. Then mix it well and transfer it into baking bowl. Then bake it for 15 mins at 180 degree. Hot cheesy past is ready to serve.

ready to serve

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