Sunday 4 November 2012

doodh peda


Ingredients

  • Milk Powder: 1 1/2 cups
  • Condensed milk: 1 can (400 g OR 300 ml)
  • Butter: 8 tbsps
  • Cardamom: 4 (peel and crush the seeds in a mortal and pestle)
  • Nuts: Almonds OR Pistachios OR Cashew nuts OR Raisins.          
  •  Method  
  • Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed vessel.
  • Add the condensed milk and milk powder and mix well. Cook on low to medium flame, stirring constantly, till it becomes a thick paste.
  • Add cardamom powder and mix well.
  • Turn off heat and allow to cool till you can handle the mixture with your hand.
  • Lightly grease your fingers and palm, shape the milk powder mixture into small balls and flatten them slightly.
  • You can decorate the doodh pedas with any nuts of your choice.
  • Store the pedas in an air tight container and place in the fridge. Remove the pedas from the fridge an hour before serving.

kaju burfi


Ingredients:
• 3 cups Raw Cashew Nuts • 2 cups Water • 2 cups Sugar • Silver foil
How to make Kaju Burfi:
Grind the cashews to make a fine powder.
Next prepare a sugar syrup by combining water and sugar together in a pot and heating them.
Stir continuously until it has a 2-thread consistency.
Turn off the flame.
Dissolve cashew powder in the syrup. Make the solution thick.
Spread the solution on a greased plate and put silver foil on it.
Allow to cool and then cut it into pieces.
Kaju Burfi is ready.