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Chocolate dipped strawberries

Paneer Kheer

Paneer/Cottage cheese kheer is a sweet dish made using grated or freshly crumbled paneer slowly cooked in milk and sugar base. Few of the dry fruits like almonds, raisins, pistachios and cashews are finely chopped and added along with few saffron strands. Ingredients: 1/2 cup grated paneer or crumbled if using fresh homemade paneer. 3/4 cup of sugar 1.5 cups of full cream milk or cow's milk 1 tbsp of mixed dry fruits like almonds, cashews, raisins, pistachios Few saffron strands 1/2 tsp cardamom powder How to make Paneer kheer: 1. Boil 1.5 cups of milk in a heavy bottomed pan. I have used cow's milk in today's recipe. 2. Bring it to boil and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, grate the paneer and keep it aside. I have used freshly homemade paneer. 4. Chop the nuts vertically and keep it ready. 5. Now, add sugar to the simmered milk and stir gently till sugar dissolves. You can use brown sugar as well, however it changes the ...

Rava Laddu

Krishna Jayanthi or Janmashtami is celebrated all over India and by Indians all across the world. On this day, several delicacies were home cooked and served to Lord Krishna. Even if you do not have all the time to prepare the special sweets and savories by yourself, you can still worship Lord Krishna by offering butter, curd and a handful of flattened rice(poha); Lord Krishna happily blesses us with all the wellness and goodness in this life. I made rava(semolina) laddu, poha sweet pongal, kai murruku/chakli(besan flour fritters) for this year's Krishna Jayanthi and got the blessings of Krishna :) I'm so very happy to share the rava laddu recipe with you all. Ingredients: 1 cup rava/sooji/semolina 1/4 cup grated coconut 1 tsp powdered cardamom 3/4 cup of sugar 4-5 tbsp warm milk 10 cashews 10 raisins 4 tbsp ghee How to make Rava Laddu: 1. In a sauce pan, add a tbsp of ghee and roast the cashews till they turn light brown. Transfer it to a large mixing bowl....