Maida Chips

Wishing you all a Happy Diwali and have a wonderful and safe diwali.

The quickest and easiest diwali sweet is maida chips or diamonds (which we kids used to call when my mom made them when we were kids)This is my mom recipes and it can done in a savories too.And this sweet calls for very few ingredients.Here goes the recipe :-

Ingredients:-

Maida/plain flour 1 1/2 cup
Ghee 1/4th cup
Sugar 1 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method:-

Make a hard dough with maida,ghee and water similar to puri dough.Let it rest for 1/2 an hour.

In the meanwhile take the sugar in a deep bowl and add water just till the sugar.Leave a side so that sugar dissolves in the water.

Make balls similar to cricket ball and roll out into a big round circle.Dusting on both the sides.

Make long cuts diagonal and vertical lines and the cut pieces should resembles diamond shape.(I have a spoon which can be seen in the picture which a small disc at one end.I always use that spoon to cut the diamond shapes.

Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai and deep fry the cut diamonds in batches till golden colour.
In the meanwhile make sugar syrup.Let it cook till you get thick syrup.To check if it is done or not,take water in a small plate and add a spoon of the syrup to the water.With your fingers if you can make a ball then the syrup is ready.

Then slowly add the diamonds to the sugar syrup and mix and take them on a plate.Once they are warm try to separate each pieces.

More diwali sweets and savories below :-

Savories

Panasa thonalu 
Murukulu/Jantikalu
Ribbon Pakoda
Mathri
Chegodilu
Karapusa
Chakalu
Murukulu--2


Sweets :-

Gavvalu
Kadhu ki Kheer 
Kajjikaya/Gujjiyas
Bellam kommulu/sweet muruku

Kadu Ka Halwa and an entry to indusladies e-book

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My entry to the e-book is Kadu ka halwa...

Kadu ka halwa is quite quick to make with very less ingredients.My kids and myself love this and when ever i lay hands of fresh kadu(sorakaya) i end up doing this.This recipe i adopted from punjabi recipes.

Ingredients:-

Kadu/Soorakaya/Bottle gourd (peeled,de-seeded and grated) 2 cups

Almonds/badam 8-10

Milk 1/2 cup

Ghee 1/4 cup

Sugar 1/2 cup (can be increased and decreased based on once taste buds)

Elachi 1 (powdered)

Method:-

Heat ghee in a non stick pan.Add the grated kadu and saute till kadu is partially cooked.

Now add milk and cook until kadu is tender,which may take around 5-7 minutes.

Add sugar and mix well.Let it cook on slow flame for about 4-5 minutes until the water evaporates.

Sprinkle grated almonds and serve hot.

Happy Dussehra

This is my 302nd post.I missed mentioning about my 300th post,its better late then never.Blogging has been a wonderful journey for me,learnt a lot in last 2 years and 8 months.Nearing 2,25000 hits.I thank all my readers and friends and wish all of them a happy Dussehra.

As the candle light flame

Your life may always be happy,

As the mountain high You move without shy,

As sunshine creates morning glory

fragrance fills years as Flory,

All darkness is far away.

As light is on its way.

Wishing U all a very Happy Vijaya Dashami