Recipe- Rava Kheer

Rava Kheer


Ingredients (2 nos)
Suji 4 tbsp
Ghee 2 tsp
Sugar 4 tsp cup
Milk 4 cups
Chopped Almond 2 tsp
Chopped Pistachio 2 tsp
Raisins 2 tsp

Saffron 1 pinch

Method

  • Heat ghee in a pan on medium flame.
  • When ghee is hot enough add suji.
  • Keep stirring Suji and fry untill golden brown.
  • Remove from flame, add milk and sugar.
  • Put the pan on medium  flame and add saffron and nuts.
  • When milk starts boiling switch the flame to low.
  • Cover the pan and leave on low flame for 1-2 minutes.
  • Switch off the flame and garnish with nuts.
  • Serve hot.

Tips
Make it just before you need to serve. as it may set if you leave it for long.
Add nuts of your choice.

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Recipe- Phirni

Phirni



Ingredients
Uncooked Rice 0.75 cup
Cooked Rice 2-3 tbsp
Milk 1 litre
Sugar 4-5 tbsp 
Green Cardamom 2 nos
Saffron 1 pinch

Method

  • Wash and soak uncooked rice for 2-3 hours.
  • Drain and wipe rice with a clean cloth.
  • Grind in to a coarse powder and keep aside.
  • nd mix sufficient cold milk to make the consistency thin. Keep aside.
  • Heat a heavy bottom pan on high flame and bring milk to boil.
  • When milk starts boiling add the rice powder and reduce the flame to low.
  • Partially cover the pan and keep stirring at regular intervals.
  • Crush the green cardamom and add to the milk.
  • Soak saffron in a tbsp of cold milk and add to the boiling milk mix well.
  • Add sugar and mix well.
  • Keep stirring and add cooked rice paste.
  • Check if rice is cooked and when phirni appears sufficient thick (keeping in mind that it will thickens more when you cool it) switch off the flame. 
  • Pour in serving bowls, garnish with saffron and cardamom.
  • Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
  • Serve Chill.


Tips
You can use ready made rice rava instead of soaking and grinding rice.
You can mix chopped or powdered dry fruits as well.
You can adjust sugar according to your taste.




Recipe- Rava Idli

Rava/ Semolina Idli



Ingredients 
Suji/ Semolina 2 cups
Curd 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp or according to taste

Eno Salt 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Oil to temper

Method
Take suji in a deep bowl add curd and salt, mix well.
Add sufficient water to make a medium thick batter.
Cover and keep aside for 1-2 hours.

Take 1-2 tsp oil in a small pan and heat on high flame.
When oil is hot enough add 1 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
Add this tempering to the batter and mix well.
Now pour sufficient water in idli stand pan and heat it. 
grease the idli mould. 
When water comes to boil mix 2 tsp Eno salt to the suji/ rava/ semolina batter.
Fill the greased idli mould with this batter and place the mould in the boiling water inside the pan.
Note the time and reduced the flame to low after 2-3 minutes. 
After 20 minutes check if idlies are cooked. For this, use a knife and insert it in the idlis.
If knife does not have batter traces, it means idles are ready. 
Remove the idli mould and keep aside for 5 minutes before taking out idlies from it.
Serve with Chutney

Tips

Do not beat too much after adding Eno salt.
Fill the moulds as soon as you mix Eno salt to the idli batter.
If you do not have idli stand you can place idli mould in a pressure cooker but without whistle.
Always keep checking if steam is coming out of the pan (to ensure availability of steam inside the pan).
Make Idli fry out of it. (If you have big Idli mould cut each idli in four.)

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Recipe- Suji/ Semolina Pancake

Suji/ Semolina Pancake

Ingredients (4 nos)
Suji/ Semolina 2 cups
Curd 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp or according to taste

Eno Salt 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds 2 tsp 
Oil to temper

Method

  • Take suji in a deep bowl add curd and salt, mix well.
  • Add sufficient water to make a thick paste.
  • Cover and keep aside for 0.5- 1 hour.
  • Divide the mixture in 4 portions.
  • Take 1-2 tsp oil in a deep pan and heat on high flame.
  • When oil is hot enough add 0.5 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
  • Meanwhile take a small bowl add one portion of suji paste and mix 0.5 tsp Eno salt to it.
  • Pour this batter in the heated pan and sprinkle 0.5 tsp of sesame seeds over it.
  • Cover the pan and reduce the flame on low.
  • let it cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
  • Check if its upper side is cooked. 
  • Otherwise cover the pan for another 1-2 minutes and check again.
  • Turn pancake carefully and cover the pan again. 
  • Let this side also cook for 5 minutes approx.
  • When both sides are cooked and golden brown in color.
  • Remove and serve hot with chutney.
  • Make other pancakes following the same steps.

Tips
Do not beat too much after adding Eno salt.
Eno salt.
according to your child taste and tolerance.

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Recipe- Pongal

Pongal

Ingredients
Rice 1 cup
Dhuli Moong yellow Daal 0.5 cup
Water 4 cups
Salt 1tsp (or according to taste)
Whole black pepper 10-15 pc
Ginger chopped 2 tsp

Green chilli chopper 2 pc 
Jeera 1 tsp
Ghee 2 tbsp
Cashew chopped 15-20 pc 

Method
  • Wash properly rice and daal together. 
  • Take a Pressure cook and heat on high flame.
  • Add Daal, Rice, Salt and Water in the pressure cooker with one tsp of ghee (Ghee is optional here).
  • Close the lid and pressure cook (1 whistle) on high flame and then until 2 whistle on low flame.
  • Switch off the gas and let pressure cooker cool down.
  • Meanwhile take a small pan, add ghee and heat on high flame.
  • When ghee is hot add Jeera to it.
  • When jeera starts cracking add whole black pepper and fry for few seconds. 
  • Add cashew to it and fry till golden brown.
  • Now add ginger and green chillis to it and fry.
  • Add this tempering to pongal and mix well.
  • Serve hot.
Tips
To enhance taste add more ghee.
You can use curry leaves also in tempering. 
Jains or others who don’t eat root vegetables, can cook this recipe without ginger.
Vegan should substitute ghee with vegetable oil or shortening. 

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Recipe- Jalebi

Jalebi
 
Ingredients
Maida 1 Cup
Besan 1 tbsp
Curd 2 tbsp
Baking Soda 1 pinch
Ghee to fry
Method

  • Mix maida and besan in a deep bowl.
  • Add curd and mix well with spoon.
  • Now add sufficient water to make a thick paste of a pouring consistency.
  • Cover bowl and keep in a warm place for about an hour.
  • Add soda powder and beat well.
  • Pour the mixture in a piping cone or in the plastic empty ketchup bottle.
  • Now take sufficient ghee in a pan to fry.
  • Heat ghee on medium flame.
  • Pour the batter through bottle or cone in a medium heated ghee making your favorite shape.
  • Fry them till golden brown.
  • Remove and soak in a warm single string sugar syrup for 1-2 minutes.
  • Serve Hot.
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Tips
You can also serve jalebies topped with Rabri or Vanilla Ice cream.
Before frying check if ghee is heated sufficient.
Prefer flat pan to fry jalebies.
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