Ingredients -
Gram flour (besan) - 2 cups
Clarified butter ( ghee pure) - 1 cups
Sugar - 1 cups
milk - 1/2 cup
khoya ( mava) - 100 g
Cashewnuts - 10 - 12
Almonds - 10 -12
Pistachio - 10 - 12
Cardamom coarsely pounded - 1 tsp
Charoli - 1 tbsp
Method -
1. Take a big bowl and put the gram flour in it.
2. Put 3 tbsp of ghee on the flour and rub it nicely.
3. Add the milk, mix it thoroughly and knead it like a
dough, cover and keep it aside.
4. Put sugar in a pan, add 1 cup of water, boil and make
a thick syrup of one thread consistency.
5. Remove from fire but don't let it go cold, slice all the
nuts, add the cardamom powder n nuts ( save some nuts
for decoration) in this syrup.
6. Take a deep bottomed karahi, heat the remaining ghee
and fry till the besan turns light brown and a nice
aroma emerges from it.
7. Add khoya and fry it till the mixture turns soft, smooth
and golden.
8. Add sugar syrup to it and keep stiring all the while,
when the mixture turns thick and starts leaving the sides
of the karahi, remove it from fire.
9. Grease a thali properly with ghee, put the whole mixture
in it and spread it evenly, leveling the surface.
10. Decorate it with chopped nuts, cut it into squares
and serve it on this auspicious occasion of
Diwali n Bhai Dooj.
Ingredients -
Rice flour - 2 cups
Skinned black gram dal flour ( udad dal dhuli ) - 1 cup
Moong dal flour ( green gram dal skinned ) - 1 cup
Bengal gram flour (besan) - 1 cup
Sesame seed ( til) - 2 tbsp
Carom seeds (ajwain) - 1 tsp
Cumin seed (jeera) - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Asafoetida ( hing ) - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 3/4 cup + for frying
Water - for kneading the dough
Method -
1. Take a big bowl and mix all the flours, add sesame
seeds, carom, cumin, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt
and 3/4 cup of oil. Mix it nicely.
2. Add water gradually and make a soft dough, the
consistency of the dough should be like parantha dough,
cover and keep it for 1/2 an hour.
3. Take a small amount of dough, make a sylindrical shape
and put it inside the chakli maker, close it.
4. Spread a parchment paper or foil paper on a smooth surface
and make some round chaklis on the foil paper beforehand.
5. Heat a heavy bottomed frying pan or karahi with oil in it,
the oil should not be too hot.
6. Deep fry the chaklis till it gets golden brown on both the
sides on low heat, do not fry it on high heat other wise it
will remain uncooked.
7. Make all, take it out on a big plate and when it comes
to room temperature store it in an air tight container.
Note - If you find it difficult to get the black gram dal flour and moong dal flour in stores then you can make it at home too. Wash and sun dry the dal, heat a karahi and dry roast it until it slightly changes it's colour, let it come to room temperature. Grind it in a
grinder mixer to a fine powder, it is ready to use.
All purpse flour - 2 cups
Brown sugar - 1 1/4 cups
Coco powder - 4 tbsp
Cooking chocolate - 1/4 cup
Egg - 2
Butter - 100 g
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Granulated sugar - for dusting
Method -
1. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
2. Add eggs and vanilla essence and mix until combined .
3. In a large plate sift the flour , baking soda and salt.
4. In a small saucepan melt the chocolate with little milk
(4-5 tbsp).
5. Add the melted chocolate and cocoa powder to the butter
sugar mix.
6. Gradually add the flour in the mixture and continue
mixing until incorporated well.
7. Divide it into two portions and shape it into a disc,
wrap a cling film around it.
8. Refrigerate it for 3 hours until thoroughly chilled
9. Apply little oil on your palms, make round cookies of
1 1/2 inch thickness, flatten a bit with your palms,
sprinkle granulated sugar on each cookie.
10 Line a baking tray with parchment or foil paper, arrange
some cookies on it and bake it until all the cookies are
perfectly baked.
11. Homemade, perfectly baked yummy cookies are ready,
let it come to room temperature.
12. Store in an airtight container. You can gift this homemade cookies to your friends in a hamper on diwali or serve this yummy cookies whenever someone is felling hungry :-))))
