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DUMROT/KAASHI HALWA/WHITE PUMPKIN HALWA

Preparation time: 25 min, Cooking time: 30 min, Serves: 2-3 INGREDIENTS: SI NO CONTENTS QUANTITY 1 WHITE PUMPKIN 300 GRAMS 2 SUGAR 2 CUPS 3 UNSWEETENED KOVA ½ CUP 4 MAIDA FLOUR 2 TSP 5 GHEE 1-2 TSP 6 CARDAMOM POWDER 1 TSP 7 NUTS TO GARNISH METHOD: 1.   Peel the outer skin and seeds and grate the pumpkin and keep it aside. 2.   Squeeze out the water tightly from grated pumpkin with the help of your hand. 3.     In a wide pan heat the ghee/clarified butter. 4.    Add squeezed pumpkin and sauté it for few minutes till raw smell goes away. 5.  Then add sugar and mix till it dissolves, add Maida paste to absorbs the sugar syrup quickly and thick. 6.   Then add crumbled kova and sauté it till it blends nicely with the mixture.Or till you get nice aroma. 7.  Wh

GASAGASE PAYSA/ POPPY SEEDS PUDDING

     Preparation time: 30 min, Cooking time: 20 min, Yields: serves 6-8     INGREDIENTS: SI NO CONTENTS QUANTITY 1 POPPY SEEDS 2 TBSP 2 GRATED  COCONUT 1 CUP 3 RICE 2 TSP 4 CARDAMOM 5-6 5 MASHED JAGGERY 3 CUPS 6 GHEE 1-2 TSP 7 MILK ¼ CUP      METHOD: 1. Soak poppy seeds and rice together with ½ cup of water for about 20-30 min. 2. Grind, soaked rice, poppy seeds, cardamom, and grated coconut together into fine paste, with little water. 3. Using strainer, take out the thick coconut milk from ground coconut paste, by adding little water. 4. Continue the same procedure 1-2 times with the remaining ground mixture. 5. Once you squeeze out all the milk from coconut mixture, keep boiling on medium heat. 6. Then add mashed jaggery to coconut milk and stir continuously

CARROT, BANANA AND STRAWBERRY MILKSHEK

  Preparation time: 15 min, Cooking time: 0, Serves: 2   INGREDIENTS: SI NO CONTENTS QUANTITY 1 FRESH STRAWBERRIES 8-10 2 CHOPPED CARROT ½ CUP 3 CHOPPED BANANA 1 CUP 4 SUGAR 2-3 TSP 5 VANILA ICE CREAM 2 SCOOPS 6 Milk 1 CUP METHOD: In a blender, combine all the ingrdients, Carrots, banana slices,Strawberries, sugar,vanilla ice cream and milk.Blend well nicely into smooth paste adding little milk at a time.and mix well. Now its ready to serve chilled CBS milkshek. TIPS: Adjust the tastes according to your requiremetns.

MENTHYA SOPPINA ANNA/ FENUGREEK LEAVES RICE

Preparation time: 30 min,  Cooking time 20 min, Yield:s erves 2 INGREDIENTS: SI NO CONTENTS QUANTITY 1 FENUGREEK LEAVES 1 BUNCH 2 COOKED RICE 2 CUPS 3 CHANA DAL 1 TSP 4 URAD DAL 1 TSP 5 MUSTARD SEEDS 1 TSP 6 CURRY LEAVES FEW 7 CILANTRO FEW 8 TAMARIND JUICE 1/4CUP 9 JAGGERY MARBLE SIZE 10 VANGIBATH POWDER 2-3 TSP 11 OIL 2 TBSP 12 COCONUT(OPTIONAL) 2-3 TSP 13 CHOPPED CARROTS ½ CUP 13 PEANUT 2 TBSP 14 SALT TO TASTE METHOD: Wash and chop fenugreek leaves and carrot and keep it aside. Heat the oil in pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add carrots and fry till soft. Add fenugreek leaves and fry till soft. Add tamarind juice,

METHI PANEER PARATHA

Preparation time: 30 min, Cooking time: 30 min,Yield:Serves 4 INGREDIENTS: SI NO CONTENTS QUANTITY 1 WHEAT FLOUR 3 CUPS 2 FENUGREEK LEAVES CHOPPED 2 CUPS 3 PANEER/COTTAGE CHEESE 1 CUP 4 GARAM MASAL POWDER 1/2 TSP 5 RED CHILLI POWDER 1/2 TSP 6 CORIANDER POWDER 1/2TSP 7 OIL 2-3 TBSP 8 SALT TO TASTE METHOD: 1.In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour and salt, adding little water at a time make soft and stiff dough.Cover and set aside for 15 min. 2.Heat the oil in pan, add fenugreek leaves and fry till it becomes soft. Add crumbled cottage cheese and fry for 1-2 min. 3.Then add all dry powders and salt as per your taste. Mix well and keep it aside to cool.  4.Take a golf size ball dough and roll out into small circular shape.  5.Place methi paneer stuffing in th