APPLE - ALMOND KHEER

APPLE - ALMOND KHEER

INGREDIENTS:-

Apple - 1 and 1/2 apple

Milk  - 6 cups 

Condensed milk  - 2 tbsp 

Finely Sliced Almonds - 1/2 cup

Ghee - 3 tsp

Sugar - 3 tsp

Cardamom Powder - 2 tsp

Saffron Strings - 10 strings

METHOD:-

Set all the ingredients ready.

Boil milk in  a sauce pan. Once it is boiled, keep the flame in low/sim, and let it boil for 30 to 40 minutes. Scrap the sides of the pan. Stir frequently to avoid  burnt. After sometime, allow it to cool.

Peel the skin of the apple and grate it. (grate the apple, before starting cooking)

Heat ghee in a separate pan and add sliced almonds. Fry for a minute and add the grated apple. Saute continously till the water in the apple are absorbed completely. 

Add the cardamom powder, saffron strings, condensed milk, sugar and mix together, for 2 minutes. Allow it to cool.

Mix  the milk and the grated apple mixture together, when both are completely cools.

Apple -Almond kheer is ready to serve.

Note:-

Use the same cup for measuring the ingredients.

The cup which I used is, 1 cup = 150 ml. 1 tbsp = 15 gms, 1 tsp = 5 gm

BROKEN WHEAT RAVA KHEER / GODHUMAI PAYASAM

This receipe is famous in northern parts of India. It is particularly made in festival seasons or in Poojas.

It is very simple and easy to prepare. It nearly took 15 mins to prepare this receipe.

KHEER/PAYASAM

INGREDIENTS:-

Godhumai Rava/ Broken wheat-rava   = 1/2 cup
Jaggery  = 1 cup
Water = 1 and half cups
Ghee = 3 tsp

Make a fine  Paste, by adding water:-
Cascasa = 3 tsp (Dry roast)
Grated Coconut = 5 tsp
Cardamom seeds = 1/4 tsp (dry roast)

METHOD:-

Boil water in a pan.

Heat jaggery by adding little water, in a pan and keep it aside.

Heat another pan and add ghee to it. Add broken wheat rava/ godhumai rava and roast it, till a nice aroma comes. Now, add the boiling water to this, mix it gently and cover it with lid. Keep it in low flame.  When it is completely cooked, filter the jaggery syrup, straight to this cooked rava and allow it to boil for 5 mins. Add the grinded paste, mix it and switch off the flame.

Tasty Kheer is ready.

Sweets -- Payatham Paruppu Payasam (Moong Dal Kheer)

My first blog is how to prepare payatham paruppu payasam.

Let's start our blog with sweet !!!!!

Ingredients:-

Payatham paruppu  = 1/2 cup

Water for soaking payatham paruppu = 1 and 1/2 cups

Jaggery  = 3/4 cup

Pachai arisi (Raw Rice) = 3 tbsp

Cashews  = 15 (cut into pieces)

Cardamom powder  = 1 tsp

Ghee  = 2 tbsp

Method:-(1)  Slightly dry roast the payatham paruppu for a few minutes, till the raw smell goes, wash it twice and soak for 20 mins. 

(2) Wash and soak the raw rice for 20 mins.(3) Pressure cook the paruppu with 1 tbsp of ghee for 3 high and 5 mins sim. Always use  double boiling method. Don’t cover the inner vessel with lid.(4) Filter the jaggery using little hot water, to remove the dust and sediments.(5) Grind the raw rice to a coarse paste without adding water.(6) In a kadai, add the 1 tbsp ghee, roast the cashews, and  add the pressure cooked  paruppu and coarse raw rice for few minutes. Stir frequently, when the rice gets cooked add the jaggerry and cardamom powder. Allow it to boil for 2 mins..(7)  Payasam is ready to serve.