Boondi Ladoo (Laddu) Recipe – Indian Dessert
Ganpati Bappa Mourya!! Ladoos are bapas all time favourite. Today’s recipe is of ladoo. Ladoo is very popular recipe all over in India. Whether it is Marriage or Pooja or some other special occasion, ladoo is always made and loved. There are different types of ladoos motichur ladoo, besan ladoo, rava ladoo, coconut ladoo, chocolate ladoo, boondi ladoo and many more new variations are coming up. Ladoo is that popular in India that you will find few people are also named ladoo in India due to their cuteness when they are kid.
Boondi Ladoo Recipe:
For Making Boondies:
- Take 1 1/2 tea cup besan in a vessel.
- Add water gradually and keep mixing to avoid lumps. We want the batter consistency such that it drops into droplets one by one. In case if your water becomes little thin you can add little besan to get proper consistency. Add 1/2 teaspoon ghee to the batter to get a good taste in boondi. Our ladoo besan batter is ready keep aside.
- Now heat ghee in a kadai for frying boondies.
- Once our ghee is hot enough, take a jhalar in right hand which is used to make boondies and from left hand pour some besan batter on jhalar (boondi maker). You see see besan batter will fall in drops in hot ghee. Keep jhalar (boondi maker) aside and fry boondies quickly and remove it in plate.
- Boondi doesn’t take much time to be fried. Also drop besan batter in very less amount such that you get round boondies of it.
- Repeat the process and fry all boondies in batches. Remove and keep boondies in big plate, spread across.
- In the same ghee fry cashews (kajus) and resins (kishmish) and remove and keep aside. Now we have to prepare sugar syrup.
For Sugar Syrup (Chasni):
- Take 1 1/2 tea cup sugar with 1/4 th tea cup of water and boil.
- Keep boiling till you get one string consistency.
- Now quickly add the fried boondies and mix together such that all boondies are soaked and boondies absorb the sugar syrup. Switch off the flame. Add dry fruits and cardamon podwer. Mix everything and let it rest for few minutes.
- Once ladoo mixture cools down slightly and is hot enough to handle, take small portion of it into your palm and close your palm tightly and press again and again, squeeze such that all mixture comes together and you can shape round balls of it. Shape round ladoos and keep aside in plate.
- Once you are done with all the ladoos keep them aside in air tight container. Bapas favourite Boondi ladoos are ready.
Veg Rava Spring Rolls
Veg Rava Spring Rolls:
- Take 1 tea cup semolina (rava) and grind it to fine powder.
- Now add 1/4 cup maida (all purpose flour) to it and with help of some water knead a smooth dough. Cover with wet cloth and keep to rest for 10 minutes.
- For filling we require 1 tea cup carrots cut into strips, 1/2 cup french beans cut into pieces and 2 tea cups shredded cabbage.
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add vegetables in it and stir it for 4-5 minutes on high flame. Now add 1 tea cup boiled noodles and mix.
- Add salt to taste and 8-9 crushed black pepper corns. Mix everything and switch off the flame. You can also add 1/2 teaspoon garlic chutney and 1 teaspoon soya sauce while cooking vegetables and then add noddles to it and salt and pepper.
- It’s totally upto you how you want your filling.
- Now our filling is ready. We have to make spring roll sheets.
Remove cover from spring roll dough, knead for more 2-3 minutes and divide it into 8 equal proportions. - Also prepare maida paste for sticking the spring rolls. Take 2-3 tablespoon maida (all purpose flour) in a bowl with some water and mix and make paste of it.
- Make round balls of divided portions.
- Place tava on heat for heating till the time we make spring roll sheet.
- On rolling board dust some maida and take one ball and with help of roller roll it into a small disc.
- Take another ball and again roll into a disc of same size.
- Now apply oil on both the discs and spread over it.
- Dust some maida on both of it and spread over it.
- Now place one disc on other disc and roll it into round thin circle with help of maida.
- Roll circular like chapati into thin sheet how much thin you can.
- Our tava might be already hot enough, place this sheet on it.
- Once color slightly changes flip the sheet to other side. It should be slightly cooked from both the sides not too much as it will be fried later in oil.
- Remove sheet from tava and you will find sheet can be separated into two layers. You can carefully separate it into two layers.
- Keep aside the sheet and simillarly you can make other sheets too. If you want you can roll sheets first and then cook it on tava.
- Switch off the flame.
- Put filling vertically on each sheet and apply maida paste on top in U shape.
- Fold it vertically from both the sides and roll it from bottom into rolls. Apply more maida paste if required to deal the rolls.
- Make rolls of all sheets simillarly.
- Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying the rolls.
- Flame should be high and oil should be hot enough.
- Put spring rolls slowly and carefully one by one in hot oil. If you want you can reduce the flame while inserting rolls in oil and then increase the flame once all the rolls are inserted.
- Fry all the rolls from all the sides till crisp golden brown.
- Remove it in absorbent paper. Switch off the flame.
- Serve hot spring rolls with sezwan chutney.
Chanar Payesh (Bengali Rasgulla Kheer)
Chanar Payesh is rasgulla kheer recipe. It is made during durga puja in Bengali homes. Bengali desserts are know for their taste whether it is rasgulla, sondesh or mishti dohi. Chanar payesh is very traditional recipe made in homes. I have used rasgullas here as it was used traditionally people also make it directly with chena without making rasgullas.
Chanar Payesh (Rosogolla Payesh):
- We require 1 litre milk for this recipe.
- Take 1/2 litre milk in one vessel and another 1/2 litre in another vessel.
- Boil the milk in both the vessels.
- Reduce the flame and allow milk in one vessel to cook slowly till it reduces the half amount. Keep stiring in between.
- Squeeze one lemon juice in another vessel of milk. As soon as you squeeze lemon juice it milk will turn into chena. Switch off the flame of this chena vessel.
- Put chena water in one cloth to filter out chena, drain water from chena. Wash chena with cold water and squeeze all water out.
- Now take chena in a plate and rub with your palm for 5-7 minutes and knead a soft dough of chena.
- Take small portion of chena and make small round balls of it.
- Keep stiring the milk kept in another vessel on low flame.
- Take another vessel with half cup of sugar and 3 cups of water. Boil it.
- Once water starts boiling add chena balls into it. Cover and cook on high flame for 5 minutes and on medium flame more 5-7 minutes.
- Simultaneously keep stiring the milk kept in another vessel for reducing.
- Swith off the flame of rasgulla. Remove rasgullas from water and keep in plate.
- Once rasgullas cool down slightly squeeze out water from it and put chena rasgullas in reduced milk. Stir and add sugar as per your taste.
- Put cardamon powder and dry fruits and mix.
- Cook for more 5-7 minutes and switch off the flame. Chanar Payesh is ready to be served.
Kothimbir Vadi Recipe
How To Make Kothimbir Vadi:
- Pluk leaves of coriander (cilantro) from one bunch.
- Now wash it properly under running water.
- Let the leaves dry for few minutes.
Now add 1 tea cup gram flour to it. - Put green chilly- garlic paste or you can also use crushed green chillies and garlic (4 green chillies and 7-8 garlic cloves).
- If you want little more spicy then you can increase green chillies a bit.
- Add salt to taste and pinch of sugar.
Now add 2 tablespoon oil and mix everything together. Use 1-2 tablespoon of water to knead a dough. - Use water carefully as corrainder (kothambir) itself has moisture in it.
- So first add 1 tablespoon of water and add another tablespoon of water only if required.
- Once dough is ready. Divide it into two parts and make thick rolls as we will be cutting it into slices after steaming.
- Put some water in steamer. Place kothambir rolls into a plate and put inside the steamer.
- Allow steamer to heat and cover it from top so that our kothambir rolls gets good amount of steam and it is cooked properly. Cook it for 15-20 minutes. Switch off the flame.
- After 5 minutes remove the plate from steamer carefully and with the help of knife cut the slices of kothambir rolls.
- Once steamed kothambir vadi slices cools down shallow fry it on tava or pan. You can also deep fry kothambir vadies. It is totally upto you.
Rava Appam Recipe
Rava Appam Recipe:
Appam is also made with rice and urad dal fermented batter.
The recipe which I am sharing below is made with semolina (rava).
Method:
- Take 1 cup semolina (rava) and 1 cup curd and mix together.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon eno fruit salt and mix again.
- Now add one medium size grated carrot and half roasted corn kernels. You can also use grated cauliflower, green peas instead.
- Add salt to taste and mix again.
- Now heat oil and add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds. Once mustard seeds starts cracking add curry leaves to it. Switch off the flame and add it to the semolina curd (rava-dahi) batter. Mix everything and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
- After 15-20 minutes heat appam pan on low flame.
- Add 1-2 drops of oil in every circle. Now add 1/2 tablespoon rava batter in every circle.
- Let it cook on low to medium flame.
Turn it on other side once it is cooked from one side. - Remove appes in a plate once it cooked from both the sides.
- Simillarly repeat the same process for remaining batter and make appam.
- Switch off the flame once you are done with all appams.
- Have appams with tomatoe sauce or any other chutney.
Moong Dal Halwa Recipe
Sweetness has connection to happiness. In our happy moments we have our Mr or Miss dessert to celebrate with us and they carry our bundle of joy to our closed ones.
India is well known for their desserts whether it is chulbeli jalebi or natkhat ladoo or rasilla rasgulla and many more.
Halwa is one dessert which is almost loved in every Indian homes. Gajar Halwa, Doodhi Halwa, Moong Dal Halwa, Suji Halwa are top hits.
Moong Dal Halwa is very delicious in taste. It is mostly made in winters. People love this dish so much thats the reason moong dal halwa is mostly kept in Indian wedding menu.
How To Make Moong Dal Halwa:
- Soak 200 gms split moong dal for 3-4 hrs.
- Once the dal is soaked properly. Wash it under running water properly.
- Now grind the soaked moong dal into smooth paste.
- Heat 1 cup ghee and add the grinded moon dal paste to it.
- Keep stiring continously on low to medium flame such that dal doesn’t stick to the pan.
- Keep stiring till the rawness of moon dal goes away and you get nice golden brown color.
- By the time dal is getting roasted in ghee we have to prepare chasni.
- For chasni take one cup sugar in 1 cup water and boil till it becomes sticky and and changes color.
- Switch off the flame.
- On the other hand keep stiring moong dal.You will get nice aroma of moong dal getting roasted in ghee.
- Initially dal will absorb ghee but once it gets roasted properly it starts leaving ghee.
- As soon as it starts leaving ghee, at this stage we have to add chasni to it and stir continously till absorbs the ghee and chasni together. It will become dry and take form of halwa.
- Switch off the flame and add 6-7 cardamon powder and dry fruits to the halwa.
- Mix halwa properly. Delicious moong dal halwa is ready to be served.
Veg Patiala Food Recipe
How To Make Veg Patiala:
- Wash and grate the veggies.
- We require 1 tea cup grated carrots, 1 tea cup grated cabbage, 1 tea cup grated cauliflower and 1 tea cup finely chopped beans.
- Heat 2-3 tablespoon oil in a pan and add all the grated veggies and saute for 5 minutes.
- Then cover the lid and let veggies cook for 5-10 more minutes till veggies become soft.
- Add little salt and let veggies cook for more 2 minutes. Put less salt as our gravy will also have salt in it.
- Once veggies turn soft switch off the flame and remove veggies and keep aside in a plate.
- Take 2 papad rolls. Apply little water on one side of the papad and spread. It helps in rolling the papad with stuffing.
- Take some portion of veggies and place it on wet papad. Carefully roll the papad into rolls and keep aside. Remaining veggies we will use in veg patiala gravy.
- Heat 2-3 tablespoon oil in a pan add cumin seeds.
- Once cumin seeds starts cracking add chopped onion and cook till onions turn soft and translucent.
- Add the remaining veggies and stir for a minute. As our veggies are already cooked we don’t have to cook for long.
- Put 1/2 to 3/4 tea cup tomato puree and let it cook till rawness of tomatoes goes away.
- Add 2 finely chopped green chillies and stir.
- Now add scrumbled 150-200 grams paneer in it and keep stiring for a minute.
- Add dry spicies 1 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder, 1 teaspoon red chilly powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon garam masala. Put salt to taste. As our veggies have salt in it so add little less salt. Stir for more 2 minutes.
- Put chopped coriander leaves and stir.
- Switch off the flame.
- In another pan heat some oil and shallow fry the papad rolls from both the sides.
- For serving take the gravy in a serving bowl.
- Cut the papad rolls into halves and place it on gravy.
- Veg Patiala is ready to be served.
Stuffed Capsicum Recipe
How To Make Stuffed Capsicum:
- Remove onion skin, wash and finely chop onion.
- Peel 5-6 garlic pods and finely chop.
Wash and finely chop tomatoes without seeds. - Now heat a pan and put 2-3 tablespoon oil in it.
- Put some cumin seeds and once it starts cracking add chopped onions to it and cook with pinch of salt till it turns soft.
- As soon as onions turn soft add finely chopped ginger garlic.
- Cook for more 1 minute and put chopped tomatoes.
- Stir and cook till tomatoes turn soft.
Now put turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, garam masala and stir. - Scrumble paneer and add to it.
Put salt to taste and mix. - Sprinkle little water and mix so that masala doesn’t burn and everything gets mixed properly.
- Put some fresh chopped coriander leaves in it and give it a stir.
- Switch off the flame our stuffing for capsicum is ready.
- Now wash and cut capsicum into two pieces such that we can stuff our masala in capsicum.
- With the help of a spoon fill all the capsicum with stuffing.
- Now grate some cheese on top of each capsicum and place capsicum in oven tray.
- Grill and cook capsicum for 15-20 minutes.
- Stop and remove stuffed capsicum from the oven.
- Have stuffed capsicum hot.
Veg Sesame Toast – Starter Recipe
Well if you are in party mood and thinking of what to make in starter or snack then Sesame Toast is perfect dish for you. Nice crisp from outside and veggies filling inside. It is served hot so that people enjoy the dish. Each bite has hotness, crispness of bread and moistness of hot vegetables altogether. I must say you will enjoy the dish. Preparation requires time specially chopping of vegetables. You can make the toast masala with your favourite vegetables and mashed potato. Potato is required because it gives the starch and help binding of other vegetables together with it.
I would recommend first to try with smaller batch so that you get an idea of how to make sesame toast and you can try for your parties also next time.
Here in this recipe I am not using onion garlic but you can use as per your choice.
Sesame Toast Recipe:
- To make masala for toast we required some finely chopped and boiled vegetables (carrot, cauliflower, cabbage and french beans).
- Take chopped boiled vegetables in a vessel.
- Add 1 boiled peeled mashed potato in it.
- Now add 2 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander leaves.
- Now add some dry spices, pinch of turmeric powder, coriander powder, 1/4 teaspoon garam masala, 1/4-1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder, salt to taste and mix properly.
- Cut the slices of bread into two triangular parts.
- Take 3-4 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida) in a bowl and with a help of some water make paste for coating bread on top.
- Take handful sesame seeds in a plate for coating on bread.
- Now with the help of spoon or your hand put the potato vegetable mixture on the bread slices.
- Heat oil in kadai for deep frying sesame toasts.
- By the time oil is getting heated with another spoon take maida paste and apply on top of vegetable stuffing. Spread properly with spoon such that when it is coated with sesame seeds. Most of sesame seeds remain on the bread rather then falling.
- After coating bread with maida ( all purpose flour) paste. You can sprinkle sesame seeds on maida coating.
- Oil might have heated. Lower the flame. Place your bread slices on frying spatula and slowing insert in hot oil. Do this carefully. Remember keep the flame low while putting bread slices in oil else oil might ooze out and cause burning. Fry sesame toasts on low to medium flame. High flame might cause burning of toasts and sesame seeds might remove from the bread.
Fry bread slices from both the sides till it turns brown and crispier. Sesame coating should be cooked properly. - Remove sesame toasts and serve hot with schezwan chutney or your any other favourite chutney. It taste better when eaten hot.
Cheesy Macaroni With Corn And Broccoli
Macaroni is pasta made with durum wheat. Durum wheat is heavier than normal wheat and is high in fibre compared to normal wheat. It is grinded into semolina flour which is little coarser not fine powder.
Wheat flour pasta is healthy to have and cheese goes well with it. You can use cheddar cheese as it melts easily compared to other cheese. Combination of veggies like corn and broccoli makes the dish more healthy.
Cheesy Macaroni With Corn And Broccoli:
- Boil 1/2 cup corn kernels and 1/2 cup broccoli till soft.
- Boil elbow pasta (macaroni) and keep aside.
- Now for white sauce heat a pan.
- Put some butter and add 1 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida). Stir continously and cook maida for few seconds.
- Now add 2 cups milk and stir continously to avoid lumps.
- Put boiled corn kernels and broccoli. Mix properly.
- Add pasta (macaroni) and mix.
Season with salt. Cook for sometime till sauce turns little thick. - Switch of the flame. Grate and add cheese on top. Give it a mix. Add more grated cheese on top and serve. Yummy soft pasta is ready.