Hey Sharika....... Thank you, that is a neat link.....awesome easy receipes are in there and I am going to try out a few myself. Thanks!
Hi jaya I'm glad that you are going to try some of those recipes form that book. Go check out all the other books that you can download for free from the same site. Here's the link: http://food.sify.com/fullstory.php?id=13609083 there's more than 40 books of indian recipes. Very, very nice. Kind regards, Sharika
Klim Burfee Recipe Hi Ladies, Here's a recipe of milk burfee that my family has made for generations and generations. I will be making it for diwali again this year. Burfee Ingredients 500gr Klim (milk powder) 1,25 cups sugar (one & a quarter) 1 cup water Half cup ground almonds 155g cream Half teaspoon elachi powder nibbed coloured almonds for decorating Method -add cream to Klim, rub in, sieve mixture (or blend in food processor for a few minutes) -boil sugar and water into sticky syrup -whilst hot, mix Klim into syrup -add elachi, & almonds -pour into tray -decorate with nibbed coloured almonds -set for 2-3 hours before cutting Good luck, hope it tastes good. Kind regards, Sharika
Sharika....................... Thank you so much........that is so cool! I downloaded what I wanted and am gonna try out some of them for this diwali. Thanks!!
sify downloads Hello Sharika, thanx for the useful info. I did find a lot of variety to choose from...
Carrot-coconut burfi came out very well Ami, I tried out carrot-coconut burfi from the site Arusuvai that you had given earlier. It came out very well. Thanks for that. Tina
Re: shall try it out! hi Tina:wave i have joined indusladies today only. It feel nice that i have joined it.It is of so much help. all sections r so good. I was goin throu the receipes when i noticed ur post askin about diwali sweets.Actually recently i have shifted to sweden and i dodn't know any sweets. So can u help me out by tellin me some. thank you. take care bye Shalu Saini
Hi Tina, Good idea and go through this link. you will get many recipes there to try with out any problem. Traditional Sweets and Easy to Make Sweets ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page) krishnaamma Hi Shalu Saini, You also go through the link to know about some easy recipes.
Re: Savories for Deepavali ! Here is a good rasgulla recipe, paneer frm 1 litre milk 2 cups sugar 6 cups water few drops rose water or rose essence 1 teaspoon maida mix sugar n water put to boil. Mix maida with paneer till smooth, n make small balls. When the water satarts boilng add the paneer balls n boil for 5 minutes then put the lid on the pot but do not cover it full,leave it half open n let it boil for 10 minutes. Remove the lid n let it boil for another 5 minuts.Let it cool then add rose water or essence. If u follow the recipe i m sure u will get the perfect rasgulla n if u have them plz let me know.
Boondi Gulab Jamoon [FONT="] Ingredients For boondi Gram flour (besan) - 2 cups Ghee - To deep fry Sugar - 4 cups Melon seeds - 1 tsp Green cardamom powder - 1 tsp Saffron - a pinch For gulab jamun Khoya/mawa, grated - 2 cups Refined flour (maida) - 5 tbsps Cottage cheese (paneer), grated - 4 tbsps Baking powder - ½ tsp Ghee - To deep fry Sugar - 4 cups Method 1.Mix gram flour with a little water to make a smooth and semi thick batter. 2.Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai and pour batter into it through a perforated ladle to make boondis. 3.Mix sugar with five cups water and boil to make one string syrup. Mix in the boondi, melon seeds, green cardamom powder and saffron. Keep aside. 4.To make gulab jamuns, mix khoya, refined flour, paneer and baking powder and knead into a dough using half a teaspoon of water. 5.Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai on low heat. 6.Prepare small smooth balls with no cracks and fry in hot ghee on low heat till golden brown. 7.Prepare a thin syrup with sugar and four cups of water. Soak gulab jamuns in it. 8.Remove from the syrup after nearly half an hour and cover each one of them with boondi and form into a laddoo. 9.Chill and serve cut in halves. _________________[/FONT]
