Carrot balls

Carrot balls

February 21, 2014

Ingredients:

Carrot                      : 2
Condensed milk      : 2 tbsp
Sugar                       : 1cup
Besan                       : 1/4 cup
Ghee                        : 4 tbsp
Cardamom powder  : a pinch


Method:


Grate carrot and boil it with the condensed milk. Then grind it to a paste.
Boil sugar with little water and make a syrup.
Add the carrot paste to this, mix well. Add ghee, mix  and  seive the besan to this, stirring frequently. Cook it till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan completely. Then transfer this to a plate, let it cool for sometime. Then make small balls out of it.  Looks like bengali sweets!!!
  
       

Bhindi raita

Bhindi (ladies finger) raita

February 02, 2014











Ingredients:


Ladies finger               : 3 nos
Onion                          : 1 no
Green chilli                 : 1
Mustard seeds             : 1/2 tsp
Red chilli                    : 1 break into 2
Yoghurt                       : 1 cup
Curry leaves                : 1 sprig
Oil                               : 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds                : 1/4tsp


Method:

Slice the ladies finger thinly.
Chop onion and green chilli finely.
Roast the cumin seeds and powder it.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds. When it pops add chopped onion,green chillies and ladies finger and curry leaves. Saute it till the ladies finger becomes crispy.
Whisk the yoghurt,add salt and mix.
Add the  ladies finger to the yoghurt just before serving otherwise it will be soggy. Sprinkle cumin powder over it and serve.



              

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