Anita's Recipes

INGREDIENTS:

1 large bottlegourd
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1/4 cup ghee
1/6 cup chopped cashew nut and almonds
1 tbsp cardamon powder

METHOD:

• Peel the gourd and remove the seeds.Now grate it finely.
  
• Heat half the ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and add the grated bottle gourd.
  
• Stir continuously on a low flame until it is cooked(it becomes soft) and the raw smell is gone.
  
• Add the milk and sugar and continue to cook until it becomes tender and all the excess liquid is evaporated.
• Add the remaining ghee, chopped nuts and the cardamon powder and mix well.
• The bottlegourd halwa is now ready to serve.

INGREDIENTS:

4 brinjals
1/2 tbsp red chili powder
1/4 tbsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander
1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
4 tbsp oil
3 cups curd
salt as required

METHOD:

• Cut the brinjal into long thin slices.
• Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds.Once they start to splutter,add the brinjal and stir fry until it becomes crispy.
• Add the chili powder,and turmeric power to this and mix well.
• Beat the curd and add the prepared brinal to it.Add the chopped coriander and salt and mix well.
• Brinjal raita is now ready. Serve it with any type of rice(click to see)
  

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups thinly sliced okra
4 cups thick curd/yogurt
3 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp red chili powder

METHOD:

• Wash the okra and slice them thinly.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds.When the seeds start to splutter,add the okra.
• Saute it on a low flame until it becomes crispy.
• Now add the salt and chili powder and mix well.
• Beat the curd and add the turmeric powder and the crisp okra and mix well.
  
• Serve immediately with any type of rice(click to see).
  

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups milk
10-15 almonds
a few saffron strands
1/4 tbsp cardamon powder
1/4 cup sugar

METHOD:

• Boil the milk in a heavy bottomed pan.Continue heating even after the milk boils until the milk becomes a little thicker than before .
• Chop the almonds as finely as possible.(Do not grind them).
  
• Now add the sugar,cardamom powder and the saffron strands and mix well.Continue to heat it for about 5 minutes.
• Finally add the chopped nuts and mix well.
  
• Keasar badam milk is now ready.Serve it hot
  

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups grated watermelon
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1/4 cup ghee
1/6 cup chopped cashew nut, pistachios and almonds
1 tbsp cardamon powder

METHOD:

• Remove the seeds if any in the watermelon and then grate it.
• If there is too much of juice from the melon after grating,then do not use the water as it will increase the time required for cooking.(Use about one cup of the juice for the watermelon halwa).The remaining can be served as watermelon juice.
  
• Heat half the ghee in a pan and add the grated watermelon.
  
• Stir continuously on a low flame until it is cooked and it is soft.
  
• Add the milk and sugar and continue to cook until it becomes tender and all the excess liquid is evaporated.
• Add the remaining ghee, chopped nuts and the cardamon powder and mix well.
• The watermelon halwa is now ready to serve
• Serve it hot.