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The Food Diary ~~ Gajar ki kheer

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                                            Winter is here. Sabzi mandi is filled with fresh colourful veggies.🍠 My favourite amongst them are the beautiful reddish/pinkish carrots mostly found in this winter season. And who doesn't love to mop up a bowl of cozy soul -warming dessert like Gajar ka halwa. . But I preferred to make this utterly mouth-watering, warm 'n' simple Gajar ki kheer to satiate my sweet cravings this Sunday wintry evening.🍨 The Recipe: Ingredients: 1 litre full fat milk. 150 gms grated carrot. 3-4 tbsp of honey.  Adjust the sweetness as per your taste. 1/4 cup sugar can also be used in place of honey but I wanted to make it sugar free. So preferred adding honey. 1/4 tsp cardamom powder. chopped dry fruits- raisins, cashews, slivered almonds, as per your wish. Few slivered almonds and pistachios for garnish. Method : Thoroughly wash the carrots, peel them and grate in medium size. Keep aside. In a large thick bottomed wok, bring the milk to a boil. Th

The Food Diary- Apple Almond Halwa

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So, finally one of my most favourite festivals is here,DIWALI-the festival of Lights. It symbolises victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance widely associated with Lakshmi Puja, beautiful decoration of diyas, rangoli and flowers, lots of gifts, sweets and feast. May this Diwali lighten and brighten up your life with new ray of hope, loads of love, happiness and positivity. I wish all my lovely folks a very joyful, delicious, dazzling Deepawali with this amazingly easy and delightful treat~~ APPLE ALMOND HALWA. How to Make... Ingredients: 1 cup almonds 4 medium sized apples, peeled, cored, cubed. 1/2 cup milk. 13-15 soft dates for natural sweetening. 3-4 tbsp of ghee 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp cardamom powder pinch of saffron Method: -First soak the dates in warm water for 10-15 minutes until they become soft and tender. -In a blender pulse the almonds until finely ground. Transfer them to a bowl and set aside. - Next deseed the

The Food Diary-Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry

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  It's Sunday.Let's rock 'n' roll with some amazing spicy home-cooked food.  . |In frame|~~Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry.🐟🐠 . A super delicious South Indian cuisine that can be served as a side dish with meals or as a starter before meals.❤️ Ingredients: For 4 serving,  500 gm fish is needed. Marination Salt as per taste 1 sprig curry leaves 20 gms tamarind soaked in water. 4-5 onion shallots 6-7 pods of garlic 2 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp black pepper seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 10 no.s of cloves 12 no.s of whole Kashmiri chillis 1 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp asafoetida Method:  1. Wash thoroughly the fish pieces in running water and keep them aside. 1. Dry roast all the whole masalas along with turmeric and asafoetida. Ground them into a fine powder. 2. Then make a fine paste of shallots, garlic, curry leaves and soaked pulp of tamarind. 3. Mix the ground masala powder with the paste in a mixing bowl properly to make a thick paste. Add salt as per taste. 4.

The Food Diary - Corn Kebabs/Cutlets

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The perfect snack for tea-time .☕️Can also be served as starters before meals.😊 . When the weather demands for some hot and crunchy munchies then it's time to heat oil in a kadhai, let your hands roll some spicy and tasty goodies and fry them in hot oil that fills the kitchen with an inviting aroma.😋😋 . Ufff!! These yummy kebabs/cutlets that's crispy and crumbly from outside, soft and mushy from inside when dipped in your favourite sauce will just make you go Mmmmmm....😋😋😋 Ingredients: 1 cup sweet corn kernels. 2 medium sized boiled potatoes. 1/4 cup chopped onions. 2-3 green chillies. 1/2 cup bread crumb 3 tbsp rice flour 1 tsp cumin powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves 1/2 tsp garam masala powder salt to taste How to make... 1. Pressure cook or boil the corn kernels for 5 mins. Then coarsely grind them and add to a bowl. 2. Add the boil potatoes into the same bowl and mash it properly with the corns. 3. Add all oth