{Recipe}Gajar Ka Halwa|Carrot Halwa|Simple and Delicious Gajar ka Halwa|

Gajar Ka Halwa or also commonly called as Carrot Halwa is famous Indian sweet dish traditionally prepared during  major Indian festivals like Diwali,Id ,Raksha Bandan and other family functions. The preparation involves placing of grated carrots in pot and cooked by adding other ingredients like milk,ghee,khoya .nuts and then cooked until it is completely dry.Carrot Halwa is mostly enjoyed chilled but in winters its eaten hot .

How you get Perfect Carrot Halwa

Carrots -Make sure to select fresh and juicy Carrots either orange coloured or the red one which are also called as Delhi carrots. 

Grating and Shredding -Fine grating is must for the perfect Gajar ka Halwa because the finely shredded carrots will cook faster and also you will not get  chunks of carrot pieces.

Pan/Kadai-While preparing Carrot Halwa make sure to take a heavy bottom kadai or pan because in preparation of Halwa requires lots of stirring and cooking.

Serving and Storing the Gajar Ka Halwa

Serving -You ca serve Gajar Halwa Hot or Cold.Either ways its tastes Yummy.But when served chilled the halwa taste even more delicious and even a scoop of your favorite ice-cream will enhance the taste even better.

Storing-Gajar Ka Halwa can be stored in a glass jar and refrigerate up-to 1 week.Try not to store for more days in refrigerator. 

Ingredients 

1 Kilo Gram Carrot

3-4 Tablespoon of Ghee

750 Ml Milk(Boiled & cooled)

4-5 Table spoon of sugar

100 Grams of Khoya

1-1/2 Tsp of Cardamon Powder

2-3 Table spoon Almonds(Blanched & cut)

Preparation and cooking(Step wise Pics & Video)

1.Wash the Carrots well and Peel all of it.Pass one more time water over the carrots and towel dry them.

2.Scrape the carrots very fine and keep it aside until you do other preparation.

3.Now place heavy bottom pan or kadai over the stove.once heated add the Ghee.

4.Add the grated carrots in melted ghee and stir well.Stir the carrots for about 2 min until little moist.

5.Pour the milk into the carrots ,once you see milk boiling keep stirring the carrots .Let the milk reduce 25 % .

6.At this point add the Khoya to the carrots .Mix well and let the khoya completely dissolve in milk.

7.Keep stirring while the carrots are cooking in milk and once you see its 50 % milk reduced add Sugar.

8.You can cover and cook but make sure to occasionally stir to avoid carrots sticking to kadai or also milk can spill.

9.When the milk is 80 % reduced add the cardamom powder and the Chopped almonds.After adding keep stirring until the Carrot Halwa is completely dried.

10. Gajar ka Halwa or Carrot Halwa is Done.Allow the Halwa to cool down.

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{Recipe}Pineapple and Mango Popsicle

One more addition to the Popsicle list and this time it is "Pineapple and Mango". Nothing much difference in the procedure except division between the two flavours. I didn't blend the flavors together rather, kept the flavors separated in Popsicle so you could feel the switch in taste from sweet to tangy and that's the fun part.

Both pineapple and mango being seasonal fruits very much healthy to consume. Pineapple just being a tropical sweet and tangy fruit its also offers significant health benefits too. More to add about Pineapple - its a great source of Vitamin C, B, fiber and manganese etc. Mangoes as you all know kings of fruits and more over we do not eat mangoes because of its taste but, because we love mangoes :). Mangoes too have many health benefits like helps in Digestion, Boosts Immunity, Promotes eye health, clears skin and many more.

servings : 6

Total preparation Time :5-6 hours
Total Freezing Time 4-5 Hours
Author : Ispolina Silveira

Ingredients
1 Ripe and cleaned Pineapple
3 Ripe Mangoes (pulp removed)

Step wise Preparation
1.Clean the Pineapple and make sure there no rough surface is left.

2.Cut the pineapple into pieces and grind into fine paste. Then strain the paste and extract the juice.

3.Pour the extracted and strain juice to the Popsicle molds and place the mold into the freezer for 1 hour.

4.Meanwhile clean the mangoes ,remove he pulp and blend into smooth paste.

5.Once the pineapple juice is frozen ,then you can add the mango paste on top and then cover the molds with the Popsicle cover and again place it into freezer for about 4-5 hours.

6.Once you see the Popsicle frozen well then dip the end part of mold and slowly remove the yummy and chilled Pineapple and Mango Popsicle.

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(Recipe)Mango Popsicle

Mango Popsicle recipe pending to hit my blog. Recipe already available in my Instagram and Facebook. However, couldn't upload detailed recipe on Blog due to my hectic schedule last year handing little boss baby "Ronny" who was just a year old and along with Clive who felt ignored most of time. So there are many recipes resting in my repository since last two years.

The Mangoes I used are the Mankurad Mangoes which are  among the best mangoes found during the season. You can use any varieties of Mangoes as per availability but, make sure its fully ripe and sweet in Taste.

Servings -6

Total Preparation Time :4-6 hours

Author : Ispolina Silveira

Ingredients

4-6 Ripe Mangoes

1 Cup Milk Maid

1/2 Cup Of Milk

1/4 Tsp Cardamon Powder

Step -Wise Procedure

1.Make sure to have some fully ripe Mangoes in your fruit basket.

2.Next step will be to wash the mangoes,then peel , scoop off the pulp and add it to the mixture jar.

3.Also add milk,milkmaid and cardamon powder.Blend all to fine paste.

4.Then pour the smooth paste to the Popsicle molds and place the lid. Allow the Popsicle to rest freezer for 4-6 ours until set.

5.Once you see the Popsicle hardened well then dip the end part of mold and slowly remove the yummy and chilled Mango Popsicle.

Note: 
Other mango recipes which you can follow as below
1.Mango stuffed Paratha
2.Mango Lassi Shots
3.Mango Lassi

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{Recipe} Rava Ladoo/Semolina Ladoo

Rava Ladoo or semolina Ladoo is  more loved dish during festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. The festival being tomorrow why not share this simple recipe of ladoo's. A quick sweet dish prepared by using few ingredients like semolina,sugar,coconut and nuts.You could also check festival sweet recipes on my blog which includes Milk Sheera,Besan Ladoo,Neureos and now one more edition Rava ladoo. I have always seen my mum and aunty prepared ladoo's but never tried hands on it.Today followed their recipes but only added koya to get extra flavour and this khoya idea i got it from one of the you tube chef from Ruchkar Mejwani.

Total prepared Around 20 Ladoo

Total preparation Time : 30 min

Ganesh Chaturthi Special

Author: Ispolina Silveira

Ingredients

250 Gram Rava/Semolina

200 Gram Sugar

200 Gram Fresh grated coconut

50 Gram Khoya

2 Table spoon Ghee

2 Tsp Cardamom powder

3 Table spoon water

Method

1)First process begins with roasting of rava in ghee,roast for little while may be for about 3 min.Make sure the rava colour remains white.

2)Then remove the roasted rava in separate plate and in the same pan add grated coconut,sugar and water.Cook for about 3-4  min until the sugar melts and becomes liquid.

3)After sugar melted well,then add khoya and dry fruits and again cook for 2-3  min.

4)Allow the mixture of sugar,coconut and khoya to cool down for 15 min.Later add the cooled mixture into roasted rava and mix well.Then again allow to rest for 5 min so the rava soaks the sugar liquid.

5)The give one mix and shape into round ladoo's and spread on plate.

6)Your ladoo's are all ready to serve .Prepare during Christmas or Diwali or Ganesh Chaturthi or just any time when you feel like preparing and you will enjoy every bite of it.

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{Recipe}Mango stuffed Paratha

Today's recipe on my blog is Mango stuffed paratha. As i am very late in posting the recipe because it was prepared during mango season .I ended up preparing mango paratha is because the mangoes which i purchased to make jam were not that sweet and also more in quantity,so it was really a big question mark as to what to prepare out of these mangoes rather wasting it?.Then i remembered in 2010 when i was working with American Express we had mango fest in office and we had to prepare any dish using mangoes and during that time i had prepared mango paratha and it was a super-duper Hit.So these office memories helped me recreate my Mango stuffed Paratha.

Mango paratha can also be a good option for kids tiffin box as its sweet and also mangoes are loved by kids.A little time you will have to spend in preparing the mango mixture ,mango pulp being very liquidy it takes bit time to reduce it to thick consistency.But you will not regret spending some much hard time in kitchen because of the amazing taste of mango paratha's. Bet me you will get really great comments from your kids :).So chalo lets begin with the recipe.

Servings:6

Total Preparation  Time:1 hour

Cooking time : 2-3 min for each paratha

Ingredients

For Mango Halwa

6-7 Mango pulp

100 Gram unsweetened  koya

1 Table spoon of Cardamom powder
2-3 Table spoon sugar(add as per your tooth)

1 Table spoon Ghee

For Dough

2-3 Cups of wheat flour

Water  for kneading

Little salt

Oil 

Ghee for frying Paratha

Method

1. First Knead the dough.(for kneading take flour,add salt and add water little by little and knead until soft.Then add little oil and knead again for 1 min.Once done keep aside in bowl by covering with cloth or lid.
2. Then too make Halwa: In pan add Ghee once heated up at the mango pulp and stir well for about 10 min.You will see that once it starts to cook it will become more liquid so you require lots of patience. 
3. After 10 min add koya and sugar .Keep stirring continuously  until it mixes well.Cook for more 20 min till you see the mango mixture thickens .The add cardamom powder and gain cook till its leaves the pan and becomes thick dough of ball.If it still little watery or thin in consistency the keep the mixture in refrigerator for half and hour.
4. Take the wheat dough and make roundels and keep aside and also make small rounds of mango halwa and keep aside.
5. Then take each round of wheat and make small roti and the place the mango halwa round as shown below.
   
6. Then cover the mango round by wheat dough same as you do for potato paratha or purn polli.
   
7. Roll the the same with  wheel pin in shape of chapati,making sure the mango stuffing do not come out.
   
8. Fry the mango paratha on hot pan using ghee.
   
9. Fry until light brown caramelise on paratha.
   
10. Its done and  just perfect snack for you kid.
    

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{Recipe}Milk Sheera/Milk Shiro/Milk Halwa

"Sheera" or "Shiro"a sweet dish prepared in most of the goan homes during morning or evening tea time. Shiro or Sheera is quick sweet dish which can be prepared. Most of the kids relish the taste of Shiro / Sheera,its a sweet dish prepared by roasting semolina in ghee and then cooked by adding sugar water and garnishing with dry nuts. In Sheera we can also add milk and saffron  but today i have cooked by using just sugar water .My son's favourite sweet dish. Sheera is not just famous in Goa but also in states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and also in Northern states.

I have already posted recipe for Shiro without milk and the recipe is linked here Sheera/Shiro/Suji Halwa .There was many request for Milk Sheera/Shiro so without any further delay here comes the Milk Sheera recipe/Milk suji Halwa.

Servings 4
Total Preparation Time :20
Cooking Time : 15 Min
Same cups used for measuring Ingredients

Ingredients
1 Cup Semolina
1 Cup Ghee
1 Cup Sugar
2 Cups Hot Boiling Milk
1 Table spoon Cardamom Powder
1/2 Cup Dry fruits

Method

1. Arrange all the ingredients according to their measurement.
   
    
2. Then is pan add Ghee and allow it to melt.Add Rava/semolina and roast it until golden brown for about 3-5 min on medium flame.You will find ghee floating on top but not to worry because semolina will absorb all of it once nicely roasted.Make sure you do not burn Semolina.
   
3. Add the chopped dry fruits(Almonds/cashew nuts/raisins)and stir for 2-3 min until dry fruits roasted.
4. Then slowly little bye little add the hot boiling milk in to the semolina and simultaneously  keep stirring.
   
5. Once milk is absorbed in semolina add sugar and stir well.Cover the lid and allow it to cook for 2 min.
6. Server hot.Let you child enjoy evening tea time .Not only kids even elders will fall for it.
   

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