The festival of Bhai Dooj or Bhai Phota is celebrated by Hindus on the last day of the five-day-long Diwali festival. On this day, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy life by performing 'Aarti' and 'Teeka' ceremony. In return brothers bless their sisters and treat them with gift and goodies. On Bahi Dooj sisters invite their brothers for a sumptuous meal, often including their favourite dishes.
I hope on this special occasion of Bhai Dooj my dish would be prepared by you all to treat your brothers in a special way.
Ingredients -
Rasgulla tinned - 1
Milk - 1 1/2 lt
Sugar - 5 tbsp
Green cardamom crushed - 4-5C
Cashews chopped - 5-6
Almonds - 5-6
Pistachios -5-6
Chiroli ( chironji) - 2 tsp
Silver leaf - 1
Method -
Take milk in a heavy bottomed frying pan (karahi) and put it to boil in a medium heat.
When it has boiled put sugar in it and reduce the flame. Let it simmer on a low heat stiring it continuously so it does not stick or burn.
keep boiling the milk, stiring it until it has reduced and come down to around 1/2 lt.
It should become thick and curdle a bit. Add the cardamom powder and chopped nuts (save some for garnishing).
Now your Rabri is ready to use.
How to proceed -
Take a big serving dish. Open the tinned rasgulla and squeeze the juice out of it.
Break it into two pieces and arrange all the rasgulla in the same manner on the serving dish.
Pour the rabri evenly on it when it is still warm.
Garnish it with silver leaf and nuts on top. Refrigerate it for 1/2 an hour before serving.
Serve it to your guests, friends and family members on this beautiful occasion and enjoy.
Ingredients -
All purpose flour (maida)- 2 cup
Curd (thick) - 3/4 cup
Clarified butter (pure ghee) - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 2 cup
Water - for syrup 2 cup
Cardamom - 3-4
Oil - for frying
Method -
Take a large plate and put maida in it. Mix ghee in it nicely with your hands.
when ghee is thoroughly mixed in it, add curd and knead it to make a smooth dough.
Cover it with a plate and keep it for 2 hours.
Heat a deep frying pan with oil in it. Now make small balls out of the dough, giving it a round shape. Press it in the middle with your thumb, twisting it a little so a swirling design is made.
It will make around 15- 16 balls. Deep fry it in oil until it turns dark brown on both the sides. Keep it aside.
For the syrup -
Heat another pan and put sugar and water in it. Boil until it becomes thick and turns into a double thread like consistency and the water is reduced to one cup.
Remove it from fire and put all the balushahis in it and coat it nicely with the syrup on both the sides. Place it in a serving bowl and sprinkle powdered cardamom on it.
You can also put silver leaf on it.
Enjoy this tasty sweet with all your family members and friends on Diwali.
Ingredientd -
Paneer - 1/2 kg
Cradamom crushed - 1 tsp
Milk powder - 3 tbsp
Condensed milk - 1 tin
Pistachio chopped - 1 tbsp
Clarified butter (pure ghee) - 1tsp
Method -
Take paneer in a big mixing bowl and mash it coarsely.
Mix the milk powder in it.
Heat a deep and heavy bottomed frying pan. Put paneer mixture in it and add condensed milk too and mix it thoroughly. Cook on a medium heat stiring it constantly, Cook until it becomes thick enough to spread. Take special care that it does not stick or burn.
Mix cardamom powder before removing it from fire. Grease a medium size plate with clarified butter and spread the paneer mix on the plate. Cool it and Cut it in square or rectangular shape and sprinkle the pistachio on top.
Serve a home made tasty sweet on Diwali and enjoy it with your family and friends.
Ingredients -
Butter - 100 g
Flour - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Eggs - 3
Raisins cut into two pieces - 1/2 cup
Sultanas (black currant or munakka) cut into two pieces - 1/2 cup
baking powder - 1 1/3 tsp
Soda - 1/2 tsp
Wine red - 5 tbsp (optional)
Nutmeg crushed - 1/4 tsp
Method -
Beat butter in a large bowl, with an electric mixture until it is double in volume and fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar until mixture is very light.
Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
Sift the flour, baking powder, soda and nutmeg together and mix in the egg mixture.
Beat in until smooth. Lastly add the wine and stir in raisins and sultanas.
Pour into a greased loaf tin. Bake in a moderate oven, until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre.Take it out from the oven after 5 minutes and let it cool. Slice and serve it with afternoon or evening tea.
