Gajar Halwa

Any special occasion calls for a sweet and what better sweet than gajar halwa (carrot halwa)?? It's wholesome since we get to mix the goodness of carrots and milk. Plus one can never go wrong with carrots. It is best when prepared with the Delhi carrots (the red ones) but we can manage with the regular ones too.




Ingredients:

• Grated Carrot - 4 cups
• Milk - 1 - 1 1/2 cups
• Sugar - 1 cup (or more per taste)
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Cashew, almonds, raisins - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 2 tsp

Preparation:

• Heat some ghee in a pan.
• Add the grated carrot and milk to it and boil it in medium flame. Stir it occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Allow it to cook till the milk evaporates.
• Heat some ghee and fry the dry fruits in it till they are golden brown.
• Add sugar, cardamom powder and the dry fruits to the carrot and milf mixture once the carrot appears to be cooked well.
• Cook for another 2 - 3 minutes and remove from flame.
• Tastes best when served hot. It can also be served cold.

Mooli Paratha

Mooli (raddish) paratha is one of the easiest items to make and is good for health too. The essence of the paratha lies in how much water you add. Raddish by itself gives out a lot of water so care must be taken while preparing the dough, else it will become too watery.


Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 3 cups
• Mooli (raddish) - 2 medium sized
• Salt
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Yoghurt - 1 tbsp
• Water

Preparation:

• Grate the raddish. Add a tsp of salt and leave it aside for some time. This helps the raddish drain all the water.
• Add the flour, yoghurt, chilli powder and turmeric powder to the grated raddish and mix them to form the dough. Add some water if necessary.
• Divide the dough into small balls and flatten them out using some flour to avoid any stickiness.
• Heat a pan and cook the parathas on them till they are light brown on both sides. Smear a little butter while cooking the parathas.
• Serve hot.

Rava Ladoo

Rava ladoo is one sweet which does not allow you to stop with just one. It is also one of the easiest sweets to make. So whenever your sweet tongue starts craving just whip up these ladoos.

Ingredients:

• Rava - 4 cups
• Sugar - 4 cups (or how much sweetness you prefer)
• Broken Cashew - 1/2 - 1 cup
  
• Ghee - 2 cups
• Powdered Cardamom - 3 tbsp

Preparation:

• Heat a pan and dry roast the rava till it turns light brown. Remove from flame and once it cools a little take some quantities of the rava in a mixie and powder it finely.
• Powder the sugar till it is fine.
• Mix the powdered sugar and rava.
• Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the cashews and cardamom in it. Add everything to the mixed rava and sugar.
• While the ghee is still hot carefully mix and roll the the mixture into small balls.
• Eat a few while it is still lukewarm for that extra flavor.