Celebration recipes Archives - Krishna Kotecha's Recipes

Khoya Jalebi

Posted on April 14, 2019Leave a comment

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Servings: 20

Ingredients:

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar 1 cup

Cardamom Powder ¼ ts

Saffron threads 4-5

For Jalebi:

Milk Khoya grated 1 cup

Refined White Wheat Flour (Maida) ½ cup

Milk ½ cup

Ghee to fry

Almond chips for garnishing.

Cooked Flattened Rice (Poha) for serving.

Method:

For Sugar Syrup:

Take Sugar with ½ cup of water in a pan. Put it on medium flame. When it begins to thicken, mix Cardamom Powder and Saffron threads and remove the pan from flame.

Sugar Syrup is ready. Keep it a side to use later.

For Jalebi:

Take Milk and grated Milk Khoya in a wet grinding jar of your mixer. Just churn it for 8-10 seconds. Take it into a bowl. Add Refined White Wheat Flour gradually while stirring very well to prepare thick and smooth batter with no lump in it.

Fill this batter in a piping bag and keep a side.

Heat Ghee for frying in a frying pan. From piping bag, pour batter in heated Ghee in a multi-circular shape. Make number of such multi-circular shaped Jalebi in heated Ghee.

Deep fry them on medium flame. Flip carefully to fry both sides of Jalebi. Deep fry to light brownish for soft Jalebi and light red for crunchy Jalebi.

When fried, remove from fry pan and immediately dip in prepared Sugar Syrup and arrange on a serving plate. Please don’t make heap.

Garnish with sprinkle of Almond chips.

Serve Hot with Cooked Flattened Rice (Poha).

Enjoy Sweet and Lip Licking Jalebi…

Shahi Dal Tukda

Posted on April 9, 2019Leave a comment

Prep.5 min., Cooking time 30 min., Servings 6

Ingredient:

For Topping:

Skinned and Split Pigeon Peas boiled 1 cup

Ghee 1 tbsp

Cashew Nuts 2 tbsp

Almonds 2 tbsp

Raisins 1 tbsp

Sugar 3 tbsp

Cardamom Powder Pinch

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar ½ cup

Saffron Threads 5-6

Cardamom Powder Pinch

For Shahi Tukda:

Bread Slices 4

Ghee to fry

Edible Silver Foil and Nuts to garnish.

Rabadi for serving.

Method:

For Topping:

Heat Ghee in a pan on low flame. Add Cashew Nuts and Almonds and roast well. When roasted, add Raisins and boiled Skinned and Split Pigeon Peas. Stir fry. Add Sugar and continue cooking on low flame. When Sugar is diluted, add Cardamom Powder. Mix well. Remove from the flame. Keep a side.

For Sugar Syrup:

In a pan, take ½ cup of Sugar. Add little water enough to cover Sugar in the pan. Put it on low-medium flame to melt Sugar.

For Shahi Tukda:

Cut all Bread Slices in round shape.

Heat Ghee in a pan on low flame. Pan fry all Bread Slices. Then, dip in prepared Sugar Syrup and keep on a plate.

Set topping with prepared mixture for Topping. Garnish with Edible Silver Foil.

Arrange prepared Shahi Tukda on a serving plate. Sprinkle some Nuts.

Serve with Rabadi.

Give a Royal Touch to Ordinary Bread…Feed Shahi Dal Tukda…

Kaju Kulfi – Cashew Nuts Kulfi

Posted on April 8, 2019Leave a comment

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Servings: 12 Kulfi

Ingredients:

Milk 500ml

Condenses Milk 200ml

Cashew Nuts 75g

Method:

Soak Cashew Nuts in approx. 250 ml Milk for at least 1 hour.

Take soaked Cashew Nuts in a wet blending jar of mixer. Crush it to fine paste.

Take remaining Milk in a pan and put it on flame to boil. When it starts to boil, add Condensed Milk. Continue to boil on low-medium flame while stirring occasionally. When it is boiled very well, add Cashew Nuts paste and mix well. Switch off the flame.

Leave this mixture to cool off to room temperature.

Fill prepared mixture in number of Kulfi moulds.

Keep all Kulfi moulds in a deep freezer to set for 7 to 8 hours.

Serve chilled.

Summer heat allows you to lick Yummy…Creamy…Sweety…Softy…Cashew Nuts Kulfi…

Healthy Sweet Bars

Posted on April 6, 2019Leave a comment

Prep.5 min., Cooking time 25 min., Servings 6

Ingredients:

Oats ¼ cup

Walnut chopped ¼ cup

Corn Flakes crushed ¼ cup

Wheat Flour ¾ cup

Baking Powder ¼ ts

Soda-bi-Carb ¼ ts

Butter ¼ cup

Brown Sugar ¼ cup

Honey 2 tbsp

Condensed Milk ¼ cup

Vanilla Essence ¼ ts

Gems (Cadbury’s product) ¼ cup

Method:

With Wheat Flour, mix Baking Powder and Soda-bi-Carb and sieve.

In a bowl, mix Butter and Brown Sugar and whisk it. Add Honey and whisk again. Add Condensed Milk, Vanilla Essence, Oats, chopped Walnut and crushed Corn Flakes. Mix very well.

Grease a baking dish with Butter. Fill the prepared mixture in the greased baking dish and press the mixture in the baking dish. Arrange Gems on the top to garnish.

Bake in pre-heated oven for 25 minutes at 150°.

Leave it to cool down. Then cut it and serve.

Let Children Enjoy Their Favourite Sweet with Healthy Stuff.

Sandwich Pizza

Posted on April 1, 2019Leave a comment

Prep.15 min., Cooing time 10 min., Servings 3

Ingredients:

For Stuffing:

Butter 1 ts

Oil 1 ts

Ginger-Garlic-Chilli Paste 1 ts

Onion chopped small 1

Capsicum chopped pieces of 1 capsicum

Carrot chopped small cubes of 1 carrot

Tomato chopped small 1

Cabbage grated ½ cup

Tomato Ketchup 2 tbsp

Pavbhaji Masala 1 ts

Chilli Flakes 1 ts

Oregano 1 ts

Red Chilli Powder 1 ts

Bread Crumb 1 ts

Salt to taste

Other Ingredients:

Mini Pizza Buns 6

Butter 5-6 tbsp

Cheese 10-12 cubes

Olives whole of slices 5-6

Jalapeno (Chilli Pepper) round slices of 1 Jalapeno

Soft Drink for serving

Method:

For Stuffing:

Heat Oil and Ghee in a pan. Add Ginger-Garlic-Chilli Paste. Add Onion, Capsicum, Tomato, Cabbage and Carrot. Sprinkle Salt and stir slowly to mix well on slow-medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Add Pavbhaji Masala, Chilli Flakes, Oregano, Red Chilli Powder and mix well stirring slowly. Pour Ketchup spreading all around and sprinkle Bread Crumb. Stir slowly while continue cooking on slow-medium flame. Cook for 2-3 minutes only. Remove the pan from the flame. Keep a side to use later.

For Assembling:

Apply Butter on Mini Pizza Bun. Make a layer of prepared stuffing on it. Arrange Olives and Jalapeno on top of that. Grate Cheese spreading on top. Put another Mini Pizza bun on top of this. Grill it using sandwich maker.

Serve fresh with any soft drink of choice.

Enjoy the Feelings of Two Snacks in One…Sandwich and Pizza…Sandwich Pizza.

Paneer Thandai Balls – Cootage Cheese Sardai Balls

Posted on March 16, 2019Leave a comment

Prep.10 min., Cooking time 10 min., Servings 10

Ingredients:

For Stuffing:

Condensed Milk ¼ cup

Milk Powder 4 tbsp

Thandai Powder 1 tbsp

(Powdered Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Fennel Seeds, Cardamom, Saffron, Poppy Seeds, Melon Seeds, Sugar)

For Outer Layer:

Condensed Milk ½ cup

Milk Khoya ½ cup

Cottage Cheese ¼ cup

Milk Powder 1 tbsp

Coloured Dry Coconut Powder for garnishing.

Method:

For Stuffing:

Take Condensed Milk in a pan and put it on low flame. When it becomes hot, add Milk Powder and Thandai Powder. Stir it occasionally to avoid burning or sticking at the bottom of the pan. Cook it until it thickens. Keep it a side.

For Outer Layer:

In another pan, take Condensed Milk and put it on low flame. When it becomes hot, add Milk Khoya, Cottage Cheese and Milk Powder. Stir it occasionally to avoid burning at the bottom of the pan. Cook it until in thickens.

For Assembling:

Prepare number of small balls of prepared mixture for Stuffing. Keep a side.

Prepare a big ball of prepared mixture for Outer Layer. Press it lightly between two palms to give flat thick round shape. Put one of prepared small ball for Stuffing in the middle of outer layer. Close it in the palm fist to wrap the stuffing and give it a ball shape rolling between two palms. Apply little Ghee on your palms if needed to make it easy to prepare balls.

Repeat to prepare number of such stuffed balls.

Coat all stuffed balls rolling in Coloured Dry Coconut Powder.

Serve immediately for fresh taste or refrigerate for cold taste.

Enjoy Royal Touch on Your Tongue with Soft and Smooth and Milky…Paneer Thandai Balls…