Diwali Recipes

Happy Diwali Wishes
From 101lifeStyle.com

7.Barfi:

Ingredients:
400g condensed milk (or 1 tin), 300g grated cottage cheese (paneer), 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, 2 tbsp chopped almonds and pistas, 2 silver sheets (varak).

Method:
Mix condensed milk and cottage cheese in a pan and cook on a medium flame stirring continuously.When the mixture starts thickening, reduce the flame. When it leaves the sides of the pan and is semi-solid, remove from the fire and spread it on a greased tray. Sprinkle the cardamom powder and dry fruits on the mixture.Decorate with varak or silver sheets and cut into desired shapes.

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8.Lapsee:

Ingredients:
1 cup wheat germ (dalia), 1 1/2 cup sugar or 2 cups jaggery, 1 cup ghee, 1 tbsp. chopped almonds & pistachios mixed, 1/2 tsp. cardamom powdered .

Method:
Warm ghee in a heavy pan, add wheat germ. Stir and cook till germ is golden in colour and aroma exudes. Meanwhile melt sugar or jaggery in 1 cup water. Keep aside hot. Boil and add remaining water to roasted wheat germ. Stir gently now, and cook till the grain of the germ is soft on pressing. Now add sugar or jaggery, add cardamom and chopped dryfruit. Stir and simmer covered, stirring occasionally. Cook till ghee separates along the sides. Serve hot. Freeze and thaw as required. Before serving, take in pan, sprinkle some hot water, Heat while stirring, till ghee again separates.

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9.Ras Malai:

Ingredients:
2 lb. ricotta cheese, 2 quarts half and half cream, 2 cups sugar, 5 cardamom pods, 1 bay leaf, 1 tsp. vanilla, rose water to taste.

Method
Mix 1.5 cups of sugar with the Ricotta cheese and bake it in a 400 deg. F oven for about 1hr and 15 minutes in a flat dish covered with aluminum foil. The cheese should have hardened and turned a pale brown.Thicken the Half and Half by simmering over low heat for a long time. This is best done in a microwave; if a microwave is not available, do it over low heat and stir frequently. Thicken until the volume drops to around half of the original volume.Add the remaining 0.5 cup sugar, cardamom pods, bay leaf, vanilla and rose water (and any other flavouring that you may want) to the Half and Half. Heat for a few minutes.After the cheese has been baked, cut it into 1 inch squares and add to the hot thickened half and half. Cool for a few hours in the fridge.

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10.Gajar Ka Halwa:

Ingredients:
6 carrots (medium size), 2 cups milk, 2/3 cup mawa, or ricotta cheese, 1/3 cup cashew nuts (ground), 5 cardamom pods, 1/2 cup sugar (or more, depending on your taste), 5 tbsp. ghee, or unsalted butter, 3 tbsp. raisins, almonds or pistachios fried in a little butter, for garnish.

Method
Fry grated carrots in butter for a few minutes till they change colour to a darker orange.Add sugar, raisins and cardamom, keep stirring till the mixture is glazed.Add milk, when it begins to boil, lower heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir constantly, there's a tendency for mixture to burn at the bottom of the vessel.Add khoya or ricotta cheese & ground cashew nuts. Mix well, and cook for a further 5 minutes, till the mixture is thick.Serve halwa either warm or at room temperature in a bowl, garnished with fried almonds or pistachios.(Small tip: if resulting mix is too thin, add dry milk powder to thicken mixture).

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