How to make Diwali Sweets | Happy Diwali 2018

DIWALI or DEEPAVALI is one of the holiest and biggest festivals of INDIA!
Worship, new clothes, exchange of gifts, wonderful foods, firecrackers are some of the activities people enjoy to celebrate Diwali.

Making sweets at home is one of the exciting things people love to do before Diwali.
See here how to make WONDERFUL DIWALI SWEET - RASKADAM (रसकदम मिठाई)
See recipe here

Another fantastic Diwali Sweet - CHHENA MURKI ( छैना मुरकी )
See Recipe here

Make your Diwali a memorable event with this ICECREAM SANDESH आइसक्रीम सन्देश
See recipe here

HAPPY DIWALI 2018

How to make perfect GULAB JAMUN

GULAB JAMUN - FESTIVAL SWEETS OF INDIA

Diwali is very very special festival for Indians. Every corner of India celebrates Diwali or Festival of Lights! 
This festival also meant for special foods, sweets and desserts! Almost in every household some sweets are made for family, guests and relatives. In this Diwali, I made this special GULAB JAMUN. It is also called Kala Jamun, Pantua etc. 
Make it following my recipe (see Video at bottom) and get the festival taste!

Ingredients - 

350 gm fresh Paneer 
100 gm all purpose flour
150 gm powdered sugar
1 tsp baking powder

for making Sugar Syrup 
1000 gm granulated Sugar

Method - 

1.First, mix and knead 350 gm paneer and 100 gm powdered sugar. Keep it covered for an hour.
2.After an hour, open the cover, mix and knead all purpose flour and baking powder together with Paneer to make a softer dough. Keep it covered for another half an hour.
3.After half an hour is over, open the cover, mash the dough over a plain smooth surface. Make smaller balls out of the dough of uniform size. 
4. Take 1 cup sugar and 3 cups water. Boil and make thin sugar syrup. Boil till sugar completely dissolves in water
5.Heat enough ghee (clarified butter) or Vanaspati (vegetable Ghee) and put the Paneer balls and fry till it turns dark golden brown color in very low flame. Flame is important. KEEP THE FLAME VERY LOW. 
6. Now put the fried Paneer balls in little hot thin sugar syrup. Keep it in thin sugar syrup for 8-10 minutes.
7. Take 2 cups sugar and 3 cups water, boil for 15-20 minutes to make thicker sugar syrup.
8. Take the GULAB JAMUNs out of thin sugar syrup. Put in thicker syrup. Boil for 20-25 minutes.
9.After 20 minutes, put off flame. Cool down the GULAB JAMUN keeping in room temperature for 5-6 hrs before serving.
10.Now garnish with chopped almond, pistachio. You may also wrap with silver foil paper (Burq)! Keep in refrigerator for at least an hour! Then serve chilled!  

Get More Sweets recipes - 
Rasgulla
Phirni
Rice Kheer
Parwal Ki Mithai
Kaju Katli 

Festival Special Sweets - PHIRNI

How to make Phirni

This Rice Flour Dessert - Phirni - is one of the most favourite sweet desserts on Indian festivals like Karwa Chouth, Diwali etc. 
Besides, it's very popular after meal dessert in Indian subcontinent across all sections of people. 
Easy to make and very nice to eat! Try it today! 

(More Sweets recipes - Gulab Pitha, Gokul Pitha, Rice Kheer, Palm Fruit cake )

Ingredients - 

100 gm flavored Rice flour
100 gm sugar
50 gm Khoa
1 tsp cardamom powder
5-8 gm pistachio (chopped)
25 gm cashew nut (chopped)
25 gm Almond (chopped)
25 gm raisin 
500 ml whole milk
1 tsp Rose water

Method - 

First, heat milk. Bring to boiling point. 
Add Sugar. After the sugar get dissolved, add rice flour little by little. Don't add all the rice flour at one go. Then it may form lump.
Stir continuously when adding rice flour.

When the mixture gets thicker add, rose water, cardamom powder, chopped pistachio, almond, cashew, raisin. Mix well. Put off the flame.

Let it come to room temperature, before garnishing.

When it gets cool down garnish it with dry fruits and rose petals!

Keep it in freeze for at least 2-3 hrs before serving! 
Traditionally, Phirni is served in earthen pots. Serve chilled!

See More -

Kaju Barfi 
Kheer Malpua
Dudh Puli or Kheer Puli
Patisapta

Festival Special Sweets - KAJU KATLI

How to make Kaju Katli or Kaju Burfi or Cashew nut Burfi Sweets? 

I always find it fascinating to make sweets for family and friends, specially during festive seasons! When friends, relatives visit home and all enjoy festive spirits and nice foods! 
Today, I show you the recipe of one of my favorite sweets, that I fond of since my childhood!

(See more sweets recipe - Sesame Ladoo - Ata Naru - Parwal Ki Mithai - Phirni)

At the end of Navratri, India observes Dussehra - killing of demon Ravana by Shri Ram. 
In Bengal, Dussehra or Vijaya Dashmi is observed to celebrate the end of three days Durga Puja. 
Exchange of sweets are part of it. 
Make your festivals memorable with this nice sweets!
(Don't forget to see the video for finer details)

Ingredients (for making 25-30 Kaju Katli)

1 and 1/2 cup Cashew nut
1 cup sugar
25 gm Cow Ghee (clarified Butter)
10-15 pieces Burq (silver foil)

Method -
Put the Cashew nuts in a blender or food processor. Make fine powder of the nuts. You may dry roast the Cashew a little before putting in blender.
Make a thick Sugar syrup with one cup sugar and one cup water.
When Sugar syrup becomes thicker, add Cashew powder. Stir continuously, so that no lump is formed. 
After mixing well, when it becomes little thicker, put off the flame and let it get cool and condensed.
Take a 15 inch X 12 inch butter paper, grease it with cow ghee. Spread the Cashew mix all along over it with a rolling pin. Stay it spread for another half an hour.
After half an hour, cut it into diamond shapes, with a knife. Paste Burq (Silver foil) over it.
Keep it in freeze for 8-10 days for future use or you may also serve it immediately! 

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Bengali Rasgulla
Chocolate Malpua
Coconut Ladoo

CHOCOLATE MALPUA RECIPE IN HINDI

मालपुआ तो सभी ने खाया, लेकिन आज मैंने ऐसी एक मालपुए के रेसिपी आप लोगों के साथ शेयर करने जा रही हूँ, की बहोत कम लोगों ने  इसके  बारे में सुने  हैं !

लेकिन इसमें हैरानी की कोई बात नहीं ! आजकल लोगों ने ढ़ेर सारी रेसिपियाँ ट्राय करते रहते हैं।  उसमे कुछ रेसिपियाँ तो लाजवाब भी होते हैं।

मैंने यह रेसिपी बहोत साल पहले ही ट्राय करके अपनी हाथ पका चुकी हूँ! तो आपलोग मेरे रेसिपी के उपर पूरा भरोसा कर सकते हैं!
आनेवाली दिवाली, नवरात्री, करवा चौथ आदि तौहार में यह चॉकलेट मालपुआ बनाकर अपने बच्चो और रिस्तेदारों को चौका दीजिये !
मुझे पूरा उम्मीद हैं की सभी ने इसे बहोत पसंद करेंगे !

तो चलिए अब नीचे देखते हैं क्या क्या सामग्री चाहिए यह बनाने के लिए -  

यहाँ विडियो देखिये 

यहाँ विडियो देखिये 

10 -12 मालपुए बनाने के लिए आप को चाहिए -  250 gm Kheer/Malai/मलाई  250 gm Sugar/चीनी 50 gm Mawa/Khoya/खोया 250 ml Milk/दूध 100 gm Semolina/Rava/सूजी 150 gm All purpose flour/ मैदा 50 gm Cow Ghee (clarified Butter) 15 gm Pistachio (chopped)/पिस्ता 1 tsp Choco Powder/चोको पाउडर  25 gm Almond (chopped)/आलमंड 1 tsp Fennel seed (Saunf)/सौंफ 1 tsp Cashew/काजू 1 tsp Raisin/किशमिश pinch of Baking Soda/बेकिंग सोडा

कैसे  बनाये -  पहले आप मैदा, सूजी, चीनी, खोया, पिस्ता,आलमंड, काजू , सौंफ, किशमिश और बेकिंग सोडा अच्छे ढंग से मिला लीजिये।  अब धीरे धीरे इसमें दूध मिलाते रहिये। पुरे दूध एक साथ, एक ही बार में  मत डाल दीजिये!  इसमें गाँठ बन सकते हैं।  धीरे धीरे मिलाते रहिये तब  आपके जो Batter या  लेई, वह सुन्दर और चिकना होगा।  यह Batter या  लेई के गाढ़ापन, न तो ज्यादा मोटी होगी, न तो ज्यादा पतली -  बस बीच के गाढ़ापन होनी चाहिए!  इसके बाद अब चॉकलेट पाउडर मिला दीजिये इस Batter या  लेई के साथ ।   बस आपके चॉकलेट मालपुआ Batter या  लेई अब तैयार ! कड़ाही में घी डाल दीजिये।  यह मालपुए को  अधिक घी  में तलना हैं, इसलिए उचित मात्रा में घी डालिये।  अब एक एक चम्मच  चॉकलेट मालपुआ Batter गर्म घी में तल लीजिये! एक अलग कड़ाही में 200 ml पानी के साथ 200 gm चीनी मिलाकर चाशनी बना लीजिये। अब तलने के बाद, मालपुए को उस चाशनी में डाल दीजिये ! दो मिनट बाद चाशनी से उठा लीजिये! बस! आपके मज़ेदार चॉकलेट मालपुआ तैयार!  अब कटौरी में मलाई डालकर  उपर पिस्ता और आलमंड टुकड़ा के साथ सर्व कीजिये !

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