Imrati Recipe

 

Ingredients:

• 2 cup - urad dal
• 3 cup - sugar
• 300 ml - water
• saffron colour
• 1/2 tsp - cardomom ground
• 500 gms - ghee to fry

Method:

• Soak urad dal overnight in plenty of water.
• Wash and drain. Grind to fine thick batter. Put water little by little.
• Add colour and mix very well.
• If using a mixie, beat the dal well by hand till fluffy after grinding.
• Keep aside for 3 hours. More is weather is cold.
• Make 1 tar sugar syrup as shown in introduction.
• Add cardomom powder to syrup.
• Using either an imarti bottle (with nozzle) or cloth as shown in note, form imartis in the hot ghee. Lower flame and allow to crisp turning once.
• Remove from ghee, drain and dip in hot syrup. 
• Soak for 3-4 minutes, drain and serve.
• Repeat for remaining batter.
• Make 4-5 imartis at a time, depending on size of frying pan.

Malpua Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup - Wheat flour (coarsely ground),
• 1/2 cup - milk (1/2c), 
• 1 tbsp - fennel seeds , 
• 1/2 cup - sugar , 
• 10 - crushed peppercorns (Optional), 
• ghee, 
• 2 tsp - chopped pistachios.

Method 

• Take a large bowl, add all the ingredients in it. 
• Then add about 1 ½ cup of slightly warm water in the bowl. 
• Mix it well to make smooth batter. 
• Keep the bowl aside for about 40 to 45 minutes. 
• Take a kadai; place it over heat and heat ghee in it. 
• Now pour the batter of 1 tablespoon in the ghee and fry it until it gets golden brown from both sides over medium heat. 
• Drain the malpua and place on paper towel to absorb the excess oil. 
• Decorate them with chopped pistachios and serve them hot.

Strawberry Cake

Ingredients:

•  3 to 4 tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature
•  11/4 cups plain flour
•  1/4 tsp salt 
•  1/4 tsp vanilla extract/vanilla essence
•  1/2 cup sugar + 1 tsp for dusting strawberries
•  2 1/2tsp baking powder
•  1/2 cup milk
•  1 cup fresh strawberries chopped
•  a few drops of lemon juice

  

Method:

•  Sprinkle 1 tsp sugar and lemon juice on chopped strawberries and keep aside. This will make them a little moist and juicy.
• Sift together the baking powder, salt and flour.
• Whisk the butter and sugar to creamy texture. Then add a little flour to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix it and then add a little milk and mix.
• Add all the flour and milk little by little stirring to avoid lumps formation throughout.
• Finally, fold in the strawberries to the batter using a spatula. Grease and dust baking pan with butter & a little flour to prevent cake from sticking. Bake in a 375 degrees F preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool before cutting pieces.

  

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients :

• 1/2 kg - carrot
• 1/4 kg - Sugar 
• 100gms - Ghee
• 1/2 tsp - Cardamom powder
• 15 gms - Cashew nuts
• 1/2 cup - Milk

Method :

• Wash the carrots with clean water.
• Then peel off the skin.
• Grate the carrot in a vegetable grater.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk to the grated carrot and cook for 20 minutes in a pressure cooker.
• Add sugar to the cooked carrot in a frying pan and heat for 10 minutes.
• Mix well and after 10 minutes of mixing on heat ,add ghee and mix well.
• Fry the cashew nuts in a teaspoon of ghee separately and add these to the above mixture.
• Mix well.
• Remove from heat and serve hot or cold.

Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients:   

•  1-1/4 cups Dark chocolate, chopped
•  1/2 cup Milk
•  1 cup Fresh Bread Crumbs
•  2 tbsp Butter (softened)
•  1 tbsp granulated Sugar
•  1/2 cup Condensed milk
•  1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
•  1/4 cup walnuts (chopped)

 Method:

•  Melt the dark chocolate and milk over gentle heat in a pan and mix well. 
•  Add the bread crumbs to it. Mix well and keep aside. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl till light and fluffy. 
•  Add the condensed milk, vanilla essence, walnuts and Dark chocolate mixture.Mix well. 
•  Pour this mixture into a greased cake tin, cover it with a foil paper. 
•  Put the cake tin in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles. 
•  Unmould, cut into wedges and serve hot.