BALUSHAHI / INDIAN DOUGHNUT

FRIENDS!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope everybody is fine, How you people enjoyed “New year 2014”? Bindas ! with boom!!! I knew it. We have enjoyed too. Whole city of Guwahati (Assam) was energetic. I have made Balushahi and some snacks in this new year. Today I am going to post Balushahi’s recipe. Balushahi is a kind of flaky pastry. It is a North Indian sweet. Balushahi’s inner part is like melting moment, It just melts in mouth. It is made up of all purpose flour,curd,sugar etc..

Ingredients :-

All purpose flour – 2 cups

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Curd – ½ cup

Vegetable oil – 2 cups

Sugar- 2 cups

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Method :-

At first make syrup of one thread consistency, boil 2 cups of sugar in 1½ cups water and cardamom powder.Keep aside

Sift flour with baking powder. Add ½ cup oil ,mix well.

Now add curd, knead into soft dough. Remember:- Do not knead too much.

Let the dough rest for some time.

Make balls from the dough with dent in center, balls have cracks all around.

Now fry all the balls in medium heat till golden brown.

Now dip Balushahi’s in sugar syrup. After some minutes take out from sugar syrup.

MALPUA

Its that time of the year again. The Diwali festive season has come. And that means lighting, Clay lamps, Candels, Gifts , Crackers and  lots of sweets. All around the city of India you will see - last minute shoppers. Yes. the festive season is on and India celebrates Diwali. Its  another name is Deepawali it means row of lights.

All Indian people decorate their houses with lights, flowers, candles, I am very much excited about this Diwali.  We in our house celebrates Diwali with bang, In our house we offer prayer to maa Laxmi called “Dipannita lokkhi”, put fast in this day, not only that we offer  bhog  to goddess laxmi and I wait for this festival, but because I have lost my mother ,Father two years ago, I couldn’t celebrated past two years, This year again we have started to celebrate that means we have bought candles, firecrackers, lights ,Sweets etc. but one thing I have made that is malpua. I had learnt this recipe from my belated mother.

Malpua is a kind of pancake served as a dessert or snack, Some people offer malpua to god like me. Any one can make this malpua even school going childrens , Bachelors etc., very easy and tasty recipe

I am giving details recipe below……..

Ingredients:-

All purpose flour- 500 gms

Sugar-1 kg

Water-1/2 liter

Milk-1 liter

Fennel seeds- 1 tbsp

Whole Black pepper- 1 tbsp

Ghee- 500 gms

Poppy seeds- for garnishing

Method:-

Make thick sugar syrup by boiling sugar and water, keep aside.

Make a batter of pouring consistency with  flour, milk, fennel seeds and black pepper

Heat ghee in a deep frying pan

Now pour a little batter to form a pancake or malpua

When both sides are properly done take out from the ghee and put directly in sugar syrup

After 2-3 minutes, take out from sugar syrup

Sprinkle poppy seeds over the malpuas

Ready to eat

AATA LADDOO

In Ganesh puja I have made this aata laddoo, It was Awsome. I have learnt this recipe from one of my aunt, She is no more but whenever I make these laddoos I remember her. I am giving tribute to my Aunt by posting this recipe and hoping that you people also like after having this laddoos, These laddoos are good for winter season, Whole wheat flour contains vitamins , minerals and protein, because it is a good source of fiber so its good for stomach also.so,  below is the recipe………………

Ingredients-

wheat flour-150 gms

ghee(clarified butter)-50 gms

jaggery-100 gms

milk-100 ml

almonds-1-2

cashewnuts-1-2

method-

shallow fry wheat flour in ghee

mix milk and jaggery into the mixture

make laddoos

garnish with almonds and cashewnuts

SEV AND BOONDI

In 15th August (Independence day) its our family tradition to have sev and boondi in our breakfast,this year too we have

Ingredients-



1) Sev

Gram flour(besan)-1 cup

Baking soda-1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1 tsp

Salt- to taste

Oil – for deep frying

Method-

Combine gram flour, baking soda, turmeric  powder, salt and little water - make stiff dough

Switch on the flame, put deep pan over the flame  with oil, now fill the “sev-press” with this dough,

press out strands over hot oil, now fry the strands until  golden color.

you can store this in an air tight  container




2) Boondi-

Ingredients-

Gram flour-1 cup

Ghee-for  frying

Sugar-1 cup

Cardamom powder-1 tsp

Method-  

To make sugar syrup- Mix the sugar and water together in a broad pan and cook till one thread consistency

To make Boondi- Take 1 cup gram flour and ½ cup water , mix together to make batter but take care that lumps should not be there, 

Heat the ghee in a pan,  take a perforated spoon,  pour little amount of batter over perforated spoon so that batter drops from spoon and formed boondi, do this step until all the batter is finished, 

fry boondi ,

dip in hot sugar syrup ,

sprinkle cardamom powder over boondi

 serve hot or cold as you wish but as I say boondi and  sev is a good combination