Kesar Peda Recipe....!!!!!!!

                                      

kESAR pEDA.....!!!!

 Kesar peda is a simple and easy milk based peda. Paneer and Condensed milk and flavoured with Milk powder and saffron strings.  It is an ideal and perfect peda recipe for any festivals like Diwali, Navarathri, holi, raksha bandhan or any other special occasions.  Kesar peda is a very delicious and popular Indian sweet dish and saffron added to it gives a unique taste to the peda.

Ingredients:-
1 tin Sweetened condensed milk
1 cup fresh paneer
5 tbsp. milk powder
4 tbsp. butter/ ghee
6-7 saffron threads
2 tbsp. crashed pistachios
Method:-
1. Soak the saffron in warm milk for 10-15 minutes and keep aside.

2 Heat the non stick pan and add the ghee. Once ghee in hot add condensed milk, fresh crumble paneer, milk powder mix all ingredients in low heat for 5 minutes stirring continuously until the all mixture is completely dissolved. The mixture will first liquid  and then thickness again. Be careful mixture will be not to burn.

3. Then add the crushed pistachios mix well.

4. Keep stirring till the peda mixture and add the saffron milk to the pan.

5. Again keep stirring continuously peda mixture starts to get thicker and fluffy and roll like a ball without sticking on to the sides of the pan. switch off the flame and keep aside.

6. Peda mixture to cool. shape them into small round balls with a peda mould, round shape cutter if you choice.

Garnish with the pista slices.Yummy Yummy Kesar Peda is ready to be served...

Dum Aloo Recipe....!!!!!!!!!

 Dum Aloo is a yummy potato based simple curry with thick gravy and is an excellent accompaniment with any Indian bread such as chapati phulka, poori or dosa.  Try Kashmiri Dum Aloo if you prefer a spicier dish without the onion and tomato paste. Or try Punjabi Dum Aloo if you favor a thick rich gravy made  with  onions and tomatoes.

Ingredients
6/7 small baby potatoes
1 cup cubed onions
1 cup tomato puree
10 cashew nuts
2-3 green chills
1 1/2 tbsp. chill powder
1/2 tbsp. turmeric powder
1 tbsp. garam masala powder
1 piece of ginger 
3-4 garlic
1/4 tbsp. kasuri methi
2-3 cinnamon / cloves
2 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
Method:-
1. Fast wash and peel the potatoes. and keep aside.

2. Make fine paste of onion, ginger,  garlic,green chills.

3 Make fine paste of cashews, tomatoes.

4. Heat the pan add oil add cinnamon, cloves just saute them add onion paste onion paste just lightly brown and then add the cashew paste , tomato puree and saute them and the paste thickens slightly.

5. Add chill powder, turmeric,salt, garam masala mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the potatoes mix well 

6. Add 3/4 cup water and bring it to boil over medium flame.
7.   Cover the lid and cook on a low heat for 8-10 minutes and check the potatoes are soft cooked. make sure the gravy has reached a thick consistency.
8. add crushed kasuri methi. cook for just a minute. switch off the flame.  

                            Make this in your kitchen. Enjoy with your family. do let me know in the comments below how you like it. Tanvis kitchen.....!!!!
Dum aloo is ready to serve

Mango Thokku / Grated Mango Pickle Recipe...!!!!

Home made Mango thokku  is always taste awesome compare to store bought.No Preservatives and artificial coloring.Freshly ground spice gives nice flavor to the pickle. Home made always the best.Here is the Mango thokku recipe.

Ingredients:-
1 Big size raw mango
1 tbsp. Red chill powder
1 tbsp. Mustard seeds powder
1/2 tbsp. cumin seeds powder
1/4 tbsp. fenugreek powder
1/2 tbsp. turmeric powder
salt to taste
2-3 garlic cloves
For Tempering
3 tbsp. oil
1 tbsp. mustard seeds
1 garlic cloves crshed
Method:-
1. chop the fresh of the mango into grated and discard the seed. 
2. Add the garlic in the stone pestle and crushed it. (U can also use the grinder. )

3. Add the grated mango lightly crushed it. 

4. And add the  chill powder, turmeric, mustard ,cumin, fenugreek seeds powder and add salt to taste all the crushed to the coarse paste (Not to a smooth paste).

5. Take the coarse mixture into a bowl and set aside.

6. In a small pan heat the oil. Add the mustard seeds, garlic, red chill. Turn off the heat and add the oil mixture to the mango chutney.

*Eat this Mango thokku  mixed with rice and ghee. This pickle also can be served as a side dish while serving dal. This thokku  goes well with curd rice also. In summer season tasting this pickle / thokku with curd rice will be delicious.

Enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moong Dal dosa / Pesarattu Dosa

                                        Moong Dal Dosa Recipe......!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pesarattu Dosa or Moong Dal Dosa is a popular breakfast recipe of Andhra Pradesh.

Ingredients:
1 cup green moong dal (soaked for 4 hours)
1/4 cup  rice 
coriander leaves
1 tbsp. cumin seeds
4-5 green chillies chopped
1 inch ginger 
oil
salt to taste

Method:
- Soak moong dal and rice for 4-5 hours

- For the dosa batter, grind green chilies, cumin seeds, coriander leaves, ginger and moong dal, rice  well into a coarse paste. Add water if required.

- Add  salt and 1/2 tsp. oil to the paste. Mix the batter well.

- Add water to make the batter of a spreading consistency.
- Heat a flat non-stick pan and get it off the flame. 
- Pour the batter with a spoon and spread it into a circle  motion till you get a 5 inch diameter round thin crepe

- Get it back on the flame and cook it.
- Once the water dries out, brush some oil over the dosa. Cook till it is brown in colour and fold it over.

- Remove the dosa from the pan carefully making sure that it is cooked from everywhere.
_ serve immediately with any kind of chutney, sambar and upma 

Chum Chum Recipe....!!!!!!!!!!

 Diwali Spacial Recipe....!!!!!!!!!!

 Chum Chum is traditional Bengali sweet. this is Bengali delicacies apart from resgulla, sandesh and rasmalai. Ovel shaped chenna or paneer balls are cooked in sugar syrup just like the rasgulla.

Ingredients:-
Milk :- 4 cups
lemon juice :-3 tbsp.
sugar :- 2 cups
water :- 4 cups
cardamom powder:- 1/4 tbsp.
chopped pistachios :- 2 tbsp.
Method:-
1. Heat the pan and 4 cups of milk. Keep stirring unto the milk starts to boil. Meanwhile dilute the lemon juice with 1 tablespoon of water and keep it ready.
2. Milk is boil, switch off the flame and add the lemon juice little by littele. When.When milk starts to curdle, stop adding the lemon juice.
3. wash it under running water and set aside.
4. Cover the cloth and squeeze the cloth gently to remove excess water from the chenna
5. Hang tried chenna for around 30-45 minutes or keep it under heavy weight for 7-8 minutes to remove excess moisture.

6. Transfer to a large plate. crumble it using your plam the chenna is very soft and spongy.

7. Make 4 round balls form it. Give them ovel shape and set aside.

8. Add 2 cups of sugar and cardmom powder boil for 7 minutes.

9. Place the cham cham in it and cook for 15-20 minutes in pan. You could see the size of the cheese balls gets doubled when they are fully done. Switch off the flame once they are done.

10. Let it soak in the sugar syrup for 1 hour or till its cooled arrange the serving plate and garnish with pistachios.
 Chum Chum is ready to serve Enjoy....!!!!!!!!!!!!