Rice pudding or kheer

Rice kheer also known as rice pudding, is especially popular across all over India and is eaten as a dessert at home as well prepared during many religious ceremonies. It is very versatile as it can be served warm or cold. I like it cold when it thickens and tastes so yummy!!


INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup     Basmati Rice   6 tbsp       Sugar  6 cups        Milk  1 tsp        Ghee  1 cup        Water 1 tsp         Raisins   1 tsp      Cardamom Powder  1/2 cup  Cashew Nut (thinly sliced) optional

Method: Heat a pot , pour ghee and add rice., stir for few sec.

pour milk  and bring it to a boil. Reduce the flame and stir continuously. When rice are half cooked, add little water if required. Stir continuously until it boils. mash the rice with potato masher or spatula. Add sugar to the cooked mixture with cardamom and raisins. Mix well. Rice kheer is ready to serve or chill it then serve as dessert.ENJOY!!!

Rasgulla ...:)--

it's name is enough ,for my mouth  to get watered up with juices...Rasgulla  or Rossogulla is Bengali sweet and made of  paneer or cheese made out of milk, it's sweet and spongy...and served chilled.
I'm not very fond of sweets but if it's homemade n fresh everyone would like it...and i can also adjust to my taste....this is the first time i made it  !! and i'm happy with the result though i had to kneed it for long....so thats.. was like a happy ending in most of the Bollywood movies....:):)
So , thats why i want to share it with people having sweet tooth.. n enjoy making food at home...

INGREDIENTS:
For chenna/paneer

6 cups milk (I used 2% milk)
1-2 tbl spoons lemon juice or white vinegar

all purpose flour  or maida for dusting

For syrup:
1 cup sugar
2 and 1/2 cups water
1/4 tea spoon cardamom powder

Method:

1. Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan. When it is hot, add the lemon juice or vinegar. Mix with a spoon and cook for a few minutes till the milk separates.
2. Sieve it through a clean cloth.
3. Tie the cloth in a pouch and squeeze it to remove any extra water.
4. Hang the cloth for about 30mins allowing all the water to fall down. Now the paneer/chenna is ready.
5. Take it on a plate and knead it very well to remove any chunks. This is very important to get good quality one.
6. Now make small balls , when they are cooked, they increase in volume, so don’t make them too big. It is quite difficult to make these as they break very easily. So apply a bit of pressure n dust some maida  to hold them together , dont add too much that will harden the rasgulla . Try to give them as smooth surface as possible.
7. In a pressure cooker, boil sugar and water. When the sugar is dissolved and syrup comes to boil, slowly add the balls.
   Now, bring down the heat to medium and close the lid for 2-3whistles and switch off the flame
8. Let it cook by its own , then take out mix cardamom powder and serve chill .I also mixed chopped almonds..u can add if u like it...ENJOY!!

Gulab jamun ( milk balls in flavored sugar syrup)

Meet INDIA's well known dessert which has biGGest fan following.......:) 'Gulab jamun' ....

Gulab means rose and jamun is a berry of dark purple color...it's traditionally made with thickened or reduced milk with sugar syrup of rose essence ....it's soft , sweet and WITH Ice cReAM..  it tastes HEAVENLY !!!!!!...hmm....then if its home made ...came out perfect ..u can't beat it with market ones....

INGREDIENTS:
dry milk powder                 1/2cup
all purpose flour or maida    2tsp
yogurt or dahi                      2tsp
butter melted                       1tsp
baking soda                         1/4tsp
sugar                                   2cups
water                                  2cups
cardamom seeds or powder  1/2tsp
drops of rose essence 
oil for frying
few drops of lemon juice


METHOD:

• Take a bowl , mix milk powder, all purpose flour or maida, baking soda, yogurt and butter.
• Mix and make a soft dough .
• heat a pan on medium , add sugar and water .
• boil the sugar syrup for few min. then add cardamom powder n rose essence .
• Heat a pan for frying, pour oil and make small balls of dough apply oil if it sticks on hands.
• drop in oil , it should be on medium not hot. Fry until they become golden brown and then take out in tissue paper.
• don't drop the balls immediately after frying, in sugar syrup they will lose their shape...
• when all balls made out of the dough are fried in oil then drop them in sugar syrup.
• let them soaked for few hours . 
• Serve them chill or hot  .....tastes good with ice cream..ENJOY!!

Fruit Custard

Fruit custard is a sweet yummy desert served chill with food .It's made with milk , custard powder , juicy n delicious fruits ....of ur choice!!


INGREDIENTS:
custard powder     1tsp 
milk                    2cups
sugar to taste
any fruit chopped 
cinnamon powder for dusting (optional)


METHOD:

• Boil milk in a pan and add custard paste with no lumps made separately in 2tsp of  water.
• Cook for 5 min and stir .
• Add sugar and switch off the burner.
• Add fruits , and keep in refrigerator and serve it chill with dash of cinnamon if u like its taste.( I have used vanilla flv. custard powder so didn't add extra flv.)