Dry Fruits Laddu

Dry Fruits Laddu 

Happy Akshaya Trithiya to everyone!

A delicious, healthy Dry Fruits Laddu made in just 10 minutes. 

Ingredients:

Dates - 500 gms

Poppy seeds- 50 gms

Cashews- 100 gms

Almonds - 100 gms

Mellon seeds - 50 gms

Ghee / classified butter - 1.5 tablespoons 

Method:

# Remove seeds from dates.

# Grind dates to coarsely.

# Dry roast all the other Ingredients and coarsely powder in mixer jar.

# Heat ghee, add grinded dates and mix well.

It takes 2-3 Minutes for dates to mix well. Switch off the flame, add other Dry Ingredients which are coarsely powdered.

Mix well allow it cool down and start making Laddu's.

Pl. Do try and provide your comments.

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Sakkara Hollige

Sakkare Hollige 

Good Evening!

Sakkare Hollige is a super delicious aromatic dessert. A simple, easy polli/ Hollige recipe which is very popular in Karnataka.

Ingredients:

Poppy seeds/ kus-kus - 3 tablespoons 

Powdered sugar - 3 tablespoons 

Dry coconut grated - 1/2 cup

Cardamon powder- 1 tsp

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Salt  - 1 pinch

Ghee & oil as required 

Method:

# Mix Wheat flour, salt little oil....Sprinkle water and make  a soft dough.

# Dry roast Poppy seeds...once cooled grind to a powder.

# Mix grinded Poppy seeds, Powdered sugar, Dry coconut grated, Cardamon powder....mix everything well. (Stuffing is ready)

# Make marble size balls of Wheat dough.

# Make a cup shape fill a 1.5 tsp of filling seal well ...make a Chappathi with a rolling pin. Not very thick / thin.

# Heat a tawa add ghee/ oil place the rolled hollige and cook both sides by applying ghee / oil. 

# Once both sides are cooked well remove and enjoy with ghee.

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Kasi Halwa

Kasi Halwa 

Good Morning!

Kasi Halwa / Poosanikai halwa is a traditional sweet prepared for wedding menu in SouthIndia specially in Tamilnadu. 

Kasi Halwa is made with grated white Pumpkin, sugar, ghee.

Ingredients:

White Pumpkin- 1 cup

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Ghee- 3 tablespoons 

Cashew + melon seeds - 1 tablespoon

Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

Yellow food colour few drops

Method:

# Heat a pan add 1 tablespoon of ghee, add the grated Pumpkin and saute on medium flame. Make sure the water evaporates and it becomes completely dry. 

# Add sugar, food colour and cook on medium flame....it will become watery. 

Let it become a semi solid consistency...add Cardamom powder mix well and switch off the flame.

# Heat ghee in another pan fry cashews and melon seeds pour to the halwa. 

Make sure you do not over cook after adding sugar...as it may become  hard / crystallized.

Serve hot or cold.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!