PAPAYA HALWA / PAPITE KA HALWA

If you have a papaya that is not sweet and tasteless do not throw it...,,try out this delicious halwa. I couldn't believe it would come out so tasty. Everyone enjoyed it.




Ingredients:
Papaya ............. 1 large (ripe)
Sugar .............. 3/4 cup (adjust according to the sweetness of papaya)
Green cardamoms ... 4-5
Cashew nuts ............ handful
Desi ghee or oil ...... 4-5 tbsps
Milk

SWEET POTATO SHEERA / LAHORI GAJRUN JO SEERO / SHAKARKANDI HALWA

Sweet potato sheera is a quick sweet packed with the goodness of sweet potato, desi ghee and organic jaggery and flavoured with cardamoms. This is usually made on fasting days. You can use sugar instead and add dry fruits of your choice. If you like a softer consistency you can add some milk while cooking.

Ingredients:
Sweet potatoes ... 1 large or 2 small
Organic jaggery .. 3 tbsps
Desi

SUSROOT / KASHMIRI SWEET FLATBREAD

Susroot is a delicacy of Dogra Community from Kashmir. It is a rich sweet flatbread loaded with crushed dry fruits and flavoured with cardamom, fennel seed powders. It is fried in pure Desi ghee.
This bread is specially made as a ritual when the bride goes to her in-law's place. After the bread is fried some coins are inserted in it as a symbol of prosperity. Susroot is sent along with many

MITHYUN TIKKYUN / DEEP FRIED SWEET FLAT BREADS

Mithyun Tikkyun are deep fried sweet flat breads made specially for Sataein / Thadri. You can use only maida or mix wheat flour in any proportion you like. Even the shapes also vary.. some prefer round while some cut into quarters. These days using the cookie cutters you can even make a fany shape. I have made the Traditional shape which is round with the pinched edges.


Ingredients:
Maida .

BAJRE KA CHURMA (From leftover Bajra Rotis)

I had some leftover bajra rotis and made churma with them. It turned out so good.

Ingredients:
Bajra rotis ... 2
Sugar .......... 1/4 cup
Desi ghee .... 2 tbsps
Cardamom powder .. 1/4 tsp
Pistachios .......... few
Almonds ............ few

Method:


Take the leftover bajra rotis.












Cut the rotis into small pieces.











Grind them in a chopper to make a fine crumble.

KARELE KA HALWA

Karela has various therapeutic properties and it is one of the healthiest vegetables. My mom-in-law used to make a variety of dishes with bitter gourd during my pregnancy and post delivery. This halwa is one of them. She added extra ghee and dry fruits but here I have reduced the quantity.





Ingredients:
Karelas / bitter gourds .... 3
Desi ghee / clarified butter .. 3 tbsps
Sugar .......

TILGUR / TIL KE LADDOO / SANKRANTI SPECIAL

Tilgur or Til ke laddoo is a sweet prepared during Sankranti festival. Roasted sesame seeds are cooked in thick jaggery syrup and made into laddoos (balls) You can also add some mixed nuts, peanuts or raisins if you like. I have tweaked the recipe a bit and added little milk powder to give body to the laddooos. It is one of the traditional dish of Chattisgarh.
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NUKHTI / MITHI BOONDI / SWEET BOONDI

Sweet boondi is also known as "Nukhti" in Sindhi. We usually make this as prashad during festive days and sometimes the fine variety of namkeen sev is mixed together with the boondi to balance the taste. The preparation is not very difficult if you get the consistency of the boondi batter right.




Ingredients:
Gram flour ..... 5 tbsps
Water ........... 3/4 cup or as needed (to make the

MANGO BOONDI / SWEET BOONDI / PRASHAD BOONDI

One more mango dish of the season... maybe the last one as the mango season has come to an end.
I tried out sweet boondi adding mango puree to the gram flour. It turned out perfect. We usually make sweet boondi as prashad during festive days and sometimes the fine variety of  namkeen sev is mixed together with the boondi to balance the taste.




Ingredients:
Gram flour/ besan .... 3 tbsps

TEN SEEDAI / HONEY SEEDAI / CRISPY RICE FLOUR BALLS WITH HONEY

Seedai is a Naivedyam dish made on Krishna Janmashtami in Tamilnadu as an offering to Lord Krishna. They are tiny marble sized balls made out of rice flour along with other ingredients and deep fried. Seedai can be made sweet or savoury. The sweet version is made with jaggery or sugar. I have tried making them with honey.





Ingredients:
Rice flour ..... 1 cup
Maida / all purpose flour ...

GREEN PEAS HALWA / FUDGE / MATAR KA HALWA AUR BARFI

In Indian homes sweets are made on every special occasion.Today I am posting my 1000 th recipe and it definitely calls for a celebration. Here is a halwa with a difference... Matar ka halwa.

 I had been seeing this recipe on the net since a long time and always wondered how would a halwa made from a vegetable taste like. Well I made it and it was absolutely delicious like any other halwas we