Recipe- Aamras

Aamras


Ingredients
Mango Pulp 2 Bowl
Sugar 4 tsp
Saffron 2 Pinch
Green Cardamom 4 nos
Nutmeg/ Jaiphal Powder 0.5 pinch
Fresh Milk 1 tbsp

Method

  • Grind mango pulp with sugar well and keep aside.
  • Crush saffron and green cardamom seeds well in a traditional grinding stone (Fig 1).
  • Add milk and grind well again (Fig 2).
  • Mix this with mango pulp.
  • Sprinkle a pinch of nutmeg powder and mix well.
  • Pour in a serving dish and garnish with some saffron and cardamom seed.
  • Serve with puri, rice or paratha.
 


Tips
Do not add nutmeg powder more than half a pinch otherwise it may dominate the taste of mango.
Use sweet mango otherwise the taste would not be good.

Vegan may substitute cow milk with any vegan/almond/ coconut milk.
Adjust sugar as per the sweetness of mango.


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Recipe- Whole Wheat Cake

Eggless Whole Wheat Choco Walnut Cake in Microwave

Buttermilk 1 cup


Method

  • Take a wide and deep microwave safe bowl and grease well with oil or butter.
  • In another bowl Sift Aata + Chocolate Powder + Baking Soda + Baking Powder for 3 times. 
  • In the third time add walnuts while sifting so that walnuts gets the coating of aata. 
  • By this all the dry ingredients will go down and the aata coated walnuts will remain in the strainer. Keep aside.
  • Now in another bowl take oil and buttermilk, Mix well.
  • Add sugar and mix well.
  • Now add the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Add coated walnuts and mix well.
  • Now pour this in to greased bowl and microwave for 10 minutes on high.
  • Check with the help of knife or tooth pick, if not cooked keep it for another 2-3 minutes.
  • Now with the help of a sharp knife remove the cake from the sides of the bowl.
  • Flip over a wired rack or grill and tap a bit the cake will come out easily. 
  • Let it cool for 5-10 minutes.
  • Cut when cool enough.
  • Serve warm.

Tips
Check if your baking powder is not too old otherwise cake will not rise well. 
You may top the cake with chocolate sauce as well while serving.

Recipe- Mango Banana Smoothie
Mango Banana Smoothie

Ingredients
Mango 1 medium
Cold Milk 1 cup
Sugar 3 tsp (optional)

Method 

  • Wash and peel mango, Cut the pulp into small cubes.
  • Peel Banana and cut in to slices. 
  • Deep freeze mango cubes and banana slices for an hour.
  • Now in a blending jar take frozen banana and mango.
  • Add sugar and 1tbsp cold milk, blend till smooth.
  • Now add rest of the cold milk blend well.
  • Take a drop of smoothie on your finger tip and apply on outer rim of your glass.
  • Take some sugar in a wide plate and turn your glass down and dip in sugar so that the sugar sticks on the rim of glass.
  • Pour smoothie inside the glass.
  • Garnish with mango and banana slices.
  • Serve immediately.

Tips
Adjust sugar as per taste. 
You may also omit sugar as mango and banana are natural sweetener.
If you want real chill, while blending add some ice cubes.

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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- Idly Fry

Idly Fry



Ingredients
Mini Idlis 1 medium bowl
Tomato 1 small (Roughly chopped)
Carrot 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Capsicum 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Salt 1 tsp (or according to taste)
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Red chili Powder 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Sambhar Masala 1 tsp
Ghee 

Method
Take 1 tbsp ghee in a non stick pan and heat on medium flame.
When ghee is hot enough add 1 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
Add tomato and fry until soft.
Add turmeric powder and red chili powder mix well.
Add all other vegetables with 0.5 tsp salt, fry for few seconds.
Cover the pan and reduced the flame to low, check after 4-5 minutes. 
When vegetables are soft, raise the flame to high and add Mini idlis.
Toss well on high flame when idlis starts change in color, switch off the flame and sprinkle sambhar masala powder.
Serve hot with chutney.

Tips

Jains or others who don’t eat root vegetables, can cook this recipe without carrot. 
You can use yellow or red capsicum as well to make the dish more colorful.
Best for tiffin as well.
Make sure to adjust chilli if you are serving to kids.

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