Pineapple rava kesari

Pineapple rava kesari

This is a wonderful dessert using fresh pineapples.I love pineapples and i always wanted to try some recipes using pineapples so first time i tried this pineapple kesari .

Ingredients

Rava	1 cup
Pineapple	½ cup
Sugar	2 cups
Water	3 cups
Pineapple essence	1 tsp
Ghee	6 tbs
Cashewnuts	10 to 12
Kiss miss	1 tsp

 

Method

1. Chop pineapples finely and mix it with two tsp of sugar and let it rest for at least 1 hour.
2. Take a kadai heat 2 tsp ghee and fry cashew and kiss miss till golden brown and setaside.
3. in the same ghee add pineapple mixture and saute for 2 minutes and add rava and roast for few mts.
4. In another stove heat 3 cups of water.
5. Pour the boiling water to the rava mixture from the sidescarefully while mixing it with a laddle.
6. Mix well and close it with a lid and cook for 5-6 mts over low flame.When the mixture thickens add the sugar. and stir well.
7. When you add the sugar the mixture will be watery and lumpsy . But its alright 
8. Add the remaining ghee and close the lid and cook foe 6-7 mts.
9. Switch off the flame and add pineapple essence and cashew nuts, give a good stir.

Serve hot or cold.................................

Vegetable kurma

This is a very nutritious recipe because it includes carrots,beans, peas and cabbage  and i simply love this recipe with chapati as well as poori . If you wish you can also add potato and beetroot , which will give good aroma and the beetroot color will be very nice .

Ingredients

Carrots	2 medium size
Cabbage	1 cup
Beans	12 nos
Potato	2
Peas	½ cup
Turmeric	¼ tsp
Red chilly powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Coriander leaves	½ cup
Salt	As per taste

To temper

Elachi	1 no
Bay leaf	2 no
Jeera	1 tsp
Oil	3 tblsp

To grind

Coconut	¼ cup
Onion	2 big sized
Tomato	2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	1 medium sized
Sombu	1tsp

Method

1. Chop the vegetables in equal squares and in a cooker add all the vegetables and pour enough water to cook the vegetables.
2. To the vegetables add chilly power,turmeric and salt .Close the cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
3. Take a pan  add little oil fry onion,tomato,ginger, garlic ,sombu and green chilli for 5 to 10 mts.Cool it and grind it to a soft paste
4. separately grind the coconut by adding half a tumbler of water .
5. To the cooked vegetables add the ground paste, garam masala and cook in medium flame for 5 to 10 mts.
6. Then add the coconut paste cook for 5 to 7 mts or until the raw smell vanishes
7. In a pan add little oil add bay leaf,elaichi and jeera let it splutter, then add this to the vegetables.
8. Atlast garnish it with chopped corriander leaves.

serve hot with chapathi or poori................................

Carrot Halwa

           Its a perfect sweet recipe to celebrate a special occasion but i did this recipe for a evening snack.  I love the taste and colour of carrots . Carrots are full of beta-carotene and vitamin A, as well as soluble fiber so it is very easy to digest. It takes about 30 to 40 mts for the preparation with all the items readily available at home ...So here we go

Ingredients

Carrot, grated	3 cups
Milk	2 ½ cups
Sugar	¾ cup
Ghee	3–5 tbs
Elachi powder	1tsp
Cashew nuts	6-7
Salt	A pinch

 

 Method

1. Take a heavy bottomed pan and add 2tablespoon ghee and  fry the grated carrots  till it turns pale in colour.(say 2-3 minutes) 
2. Add the milk and bring it to boil in a medium flame. 
3. Cook till the milk evaporates and the carrot gets cooked 
4. When the milk is completely evaporated add the sugar and stir it for 10 mts   
5. When the mixture starts thickening,add ghee,elachi powder,cashew nuts fried in ghee.Keep stirring for 5 more  minutes.
6. When the halwa starts leaving the sides transfer it to a serving plate and garnish with your favorite nuts fried in ghee

Serve hot or chilled  .............................

Milk powder barfi

Its my first recipe so i was not able to make perfect shape for my sweet but it was very tasty and i couldn't stop with one. This is a very simple and mouth watering sweet . It takes only half an hour to prepare this recipe .

Ingredients

Instant  Milk powder 1 cup (I used nestle everyday )

Ghee.                            1/2 cup 

Sugar.                           11/2cup

Method

1. Take ghee in a kadai and heat it up..Now add in milk powder and stir for 3 minutes..
2. Remove this and set aside.
3. Take sugar in the same kadai and cover it with water..Bring that to boil..
4. Let it boil continuously for 5-8 mins untill it reaches one string consistency...(ie) if you take the spoon off from the sugar syrup the last drops falls from the spoon forms a string...
5. Now gradually add in fried milk powder and mix well..Switch off the gas
6. Stir this continuously for 5 mins or until it is thickened..
7. Grease a pan with butter and pour this in it..
8. Let it cool down completely before cutting into pieces..

Serve..