Lasun ki Kheer!

Yes can you believe it ??Can anyone really make kheer of garlic? and will it taste good? Won't the dish smell of garlic? All these questions popped up in my mind as well. But when I came across this recipe on Chowder Singh's blog, I couldn't help but share this with you all. Am yet to try this at home but from the pictures, it does look tempting and not any different from the usual kheer.

What say guys - have anyone of you tried this before?

                                                            Lasun ki Kheer by Chowder Singh

Thursday Night Outing - Amul Ice cream parlour

Because I run a chocolate making business - there is always a box full of chocolates in my fridge. Due to this, both my son and daughter have now got used to having meetha after dinner.This year because of  an increase in orders during Diwali, I exhausted all chocolates and wasn't getting time to make new ones. But the n number of mithai ka dabbas that we got as gifts from family and friends, took care of our khane ke baad ka meetha.

The last kaju katli ka dabba got over yesterday and my son started complaining of missing the meetha. So all 3 of us - me, my son and my daughter convinced my husband to accompany us for ice cream at the nearby Amul ice cream parlour.  I ordered my kaju pista kulfi and my son & daughter hogged on to chocolate chips ice cream with chocolate sauce. All in all it was a well spent evening. With my kids spending almost 10 hours in office and just 3 months left for my daughter's wedding - we hadn't got a chance to spend time as a family and catch up on each other's lives. This evening out gave us an opportunity to do exactly that. We all were so engrossed in talking that all of us missed clicking pics of our ice creams. So all I have for you today is a pic of our empty ice cream cups :). Take care and happy reading :)

Saw Dust Dessert

I bumped upon this recipe in a very old issue of Good Housekeeping. It is a famous pudding in Macau where it is known as Serradura or 'saw dust'.
The recipe requires very simple ingredients which are readily available and hardly takes 20 minutes to whip up.

Ingredients:

Marie or Digestive Biscuits - 2 packets
Cream - 4 cups
Vanilla essence (you can also use strawberry, butter scotch etc as per your liking)
Condensed milk - 1 tin

Transfer the biscuits to a zip lock bag and crush them finely with a rolling pin. You can also crush them in a mixer if you like.
Spread the crushed biscuits in a glass dish. Whip the cream till it peaks. Add a few drops of the essence and condensed milk.
Suggest you add 1/2 of the condensed milk first, taste, and then add more if needed. Continue whipping the cream to stiff peaks.

Add a layer of this whipped cream on top of the crushed biscuits. Add alternate layers of whipped cream and crushed biscuits, with the top layer being that of biscuits. Refrigerate overnight and serve chilled the next day

Date Gujiyas (sugar free)

Gujiya is a sweet dumpling made of suji or maida flour and stuffed with khoya (thickened milk). It is very popular in North India and is made in almost every North Indian household during Diwali & Holi. It's outer covering is like that of a samosa, however the stuffing is of roasted dry fruits, grated coconut, khoya and a it of suji to give it a grainy texture.

Sugar Free Date Gujiyas:

Ingredients

For the outer covering :
Maida - 4 cups
Ghee - 8 tbsp
Sail - 1 tsp

For the filling : 
Seedless dates finely chopped - 2 cups
Dried anjeer/figs finely chopped - 2 cups
Finely chopped nuts (almonds, cashews & pistachios) - 1cup
Raisins - around 25 to 30
Green cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Milk - 6 tbsp
Melted ghee - 4 tbsp

For preparing the covering, sift refined flour and rub in the ghee and salt. Add cold water and knead into a stiff dough. Cover it with a damp cloth and set aside. 

For preparing the stuffing, mix the dates and anjeer in a bowl. Add the dry fruits, raisins, cardamom powder and the milk. Mash lightly with your fingers and adjust the consistency.

Roll out the dough peda and place it on the karanji mould. Full it with a small portion of the stuffing and seal the edges with a bit of water. Deep fry the gujiyas on a low flame.

Tip : You can replace the chopped dates with date puree ( for recipe click HERE)
        You can also add dessicated coconut to the stuffing

These gujiyas were especially made on order for one of our customers on Diwali for gifting. If you are based put of Pune, please visit our store www.chocoholic.co.in to know more about our products