batate chinois With Orange, Cucumber, Mango, Red Chile & Lime -
Ingredients:
2 medium batate chinois,
2 small cucumbers ,
seeded and sliced 3 oranges ,
1 mango , peeled and sliced...
1/3 cup lime juice 3 red chiles ,
pepper salt,
Prep Time: 20 minsCook Time: 0 minsTotal Time: 20 mins
Directions:1. Mix vegetables with lime juice and let sit 20 minutes
.2. Pile on platter, sprinkle with salt, chile powder,
.Servings: 4 -

batate chinois with chicken sauté

Ingredients:2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves , cut into 1-inch cubes1/4 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon curry powder , divided1/2 cup chicken broth2 green onions , thinly sliced1/4 teaspoon crushed red pe...pper flakes1 tablespoon olive oil2 cups jicama , julienne-cut1 red bell pepper , diced1/4 cup dry roasted peanutshot cooked rice -

Directions:1. Sprinkle the chicken cubes with salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the curry powder.2. In a small bowl, combine the broth, onions, crushed red pepper and remaining curry powder; set aside.3. In wok, heat oil over medium high heat.4. Add the chicken; cook and stir until browned.5. Add jicama and bell pepper to wok.6. Cook 3 minutes, stirring often.7. Add broth mixture; cook and stir 3 minutes or until heated through.8. Serve over rice and garnish with peanuts. -

Prep Time: 15 minsCook Time: 15 minsTotal Time: 30 mins -

Tradition Laddu Recipe

Ingredients
•2 ½ cups Gram Flour (not superfine variety)
•500 ml Milk
•1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder ...
•3 cups Ghee
•A fine-holed Shallow Strainer Spoon

For Syrup
•2 1/2 cups Sugar
•3 1/2 cups Water
•2 tbsp. Milk
•3 cups Ghee

Method

For Syrup
•Put sugar and water in a vessel and boil.
•When sugar dissolves, add milk.
•Boil for 5 minutes till scum forms on top.
•Strain and return to fire.
•Add color and boil till sticky but no thread has formed.
•Add cardamom powder and mix. Keep aside.

For Boondi
•Mix flour and milk to a smooth batter
•Mix all the ingredients mentioned under stuffing except milk
•Heat ghee in a heavy frying pan
•Hold strainer on top with one hand
•With the other pour some batter all over the holes
•Tap gently till all batter has fallen into hot ghee
•Stir with another strainer and remove when light golden
•Keep aside. Repeat for remaining batter

Final Steps
•Immerse boondi in syrup.
•Drain any excess syrup.
•Spread in a large plate. Sprinkle little hot water over it.
•Cover and keep for 5 minutes.
•Shape in laddoos with moist palms.
•Cool and keep open to dry, before storing in containers.

Khaja recipe

Put flour, salt,
oil in a bowl
and mix it well and then slowly add water to make stiff ball of dough.
Knead it for 10-15 mts until it’s smooth....
Roll the entire dough into a big rectangle and then spread the thick paste smoothly over the rectangle.
Roll the dough into a big rope, cut into 1′ size pieces.
Take each piece and roll it again into 5-6′ size khaja
Heat oil in a deep fry pan, medium-high first.
Turn to medium-low once oil is hot.
Fry the khajas until it turns pink and drain a paper towel.
Heat a fry pan in medium heat and then put some water with sugar until it
becomes a good syrup. Switch off heat when syrup feels slightly sticky.
Deep the khaja one at a time and take it out

Athirasam sweets recipes

Ingredients:

3 cups raw rice
...
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water

1 tsp cardamon powder

Oil for deep frying

Method:
•Soak raw rice for at least three hours in water. Allow it to dry but not completely. It should be partially wet.
•Grind in a mixer-grinder and sieve to get a fine powder.
•The powder should be slightly wet. Keep it aside.
• Heat water in a saucepan and add sugar to it. Simmer until a syrup is formed.
•Filter to remove the stones. Bring to a boil again until softball consistency is reached
•Drop a small amount of sugar in cold water.
•It should form a soft, flexible mass. When the sugar syrup is ready, mix in cardamom powder. Mix syrup with powdered rice flour to form a smooth dough
•Keep the dough aside for atleast an hour.
•Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed vessel. Apply oil in a plastic sheet and also in your fingers. Take a small amount of dough.
•Flatten into small discs. A hole can be made in the center so that it cooks evenly. Deep fry until deep golden brown

eid 2014 cakes

Sweet Vermicelli Squares cooked in oven by asheeah

Makes an 8″x 8″ pan

Ingredients
...
4 tablespoons butter
1 packet (about 200 grams) Vermicelli
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 cup milk
2 cardamom powder
pinch of salt
1/2 cup crushed almonds and pistachios, you can add more or less

Method

Grease an 8″ x 8″ baking dish and line it with parchment paper.

in a large bowl add the butter,cardamom powder ,vermicelli ,1 cup of milk and sweetened condensed milk .Mix well.

Next, transfer the vermicelli to the 8″ x 8″ baking dish and press it down with a spoon, so that it is evenly pressed into the baking dish. put the nuts and pistachio on the mixture then let cooked for 40mins at 180degrees.