Tasty And Easy Saffron Pudding Recipe

Saffron Pudding is a tasty and easy dessert recipe. It is one of my favorite dessert. We have a Catholic friend in our neighbor. Every year they make awesome dishes in Christmas and offer it to us. This time I decided to surprise them by making saffron pudding. I knew that they had some guests at their home so I made it a little more. Just as I thought they were very glad when I offered it to them. Seeing them even I felt very happy.

In the evening when I met my friend she told me they all loved it very much. She and her guests were asking for the recipe I was so pleased with it. I got this pudding recipe from my sister-in-law.

How To Make Tasty And Easy Saffron Pudding?

Ingredient

Milk - 500 ml
Corn Flour - 3 Tbsp
Sugar - 7 Tsp (Or As Per Your Taste)
Saffron - 12 to 15 Strands
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tsp
Almond - 5
Cashew Nut - 5
Pistachio - 5

Instruction

In a bowl take 1/4 cup of milk, add corn flour and mix well. There should not be any lumps left.

Heat a pan and add remaining milk. When the milk gets warm remove 2 Tbsp of milk in a small bowl and add saffron strands. Mix well and keep it aside.

Cook the remaining milk in the pan till it comes to boil.

Now add cornflour mixture and mix well. Keep stirring to prevent the milk from getting burnt.

Now add saffron mixture, sugar and cardamom powder. Cook till it gets thickened. Switch off the flame and let it cool down.

Transfer the pudding to serving bowl and refrigerate it for 2 - 3 hours.

Before serving garnish it with chopped almonds, cashew nuts and pistachios.

Your Saffron pudding is ready to serve.

Mumbai Veg Sandwich Recipe

Veg Sandwich is a popular street food of Mumbai. You can find this sandwich almost in every corner. It is one of my favorite street food. All that you need to make this dish are bread, butter, green chutney, potato, cucumber, beetroot, tomato, onion, chaat masala and black salt. You can even use sandwich masala instead of chaat masala and black salt that is readily available at the store. You can also make sandwich masala powder at home. I will post the recipe of Sandwich Masala Powder soon.

Vendors normally use white bread but today I have used brown bread. You can use any bread of your choice. You can have this as breakfast or snacks. It is very tasty and easy to make recipe. If you are from Mumbai you must have tried this dish but if you are not and ever happens to come down to Mumbai, do give this dish a try. I am sure you will fall in love with it. Till then just try this at your home and enjoy the dish.

How To Make Mumbai Veg Sandwich?

Ingredients

Brown Bread - 6 Slices
Butter - As Required
Potato - 1 Large Size
Onion - 1 Large Size
Cucumber - 1
Tomato - 1 Large Size
Beetroot - 1
Chaat Masala - As Required
Black Salt - As Per Taste

For Green Chutney

Coriander Leaves - 1/2 Cup
Green Chili - 2
Ginger - 1/2 Inch
Salt - As Per Taste

Instructions

First pressure cook potato and beetroot till 3 whistle.

Meantime lets make green chutney. Wash coriander leaves.  In a blender add all the ingredients listed in green chutney i.e. coriander leaves, green chili, ginger and salt. Grind it till smooth without adding water as the washed coriander leaves are wet and thus they release water while grinding.

Now peel off the skin of potato and beetroot and cut it to thin slices. Slice onion, cucumber and tomato too.

Take two slices of bread and spread butter on one side of both the bread. Remember the butter should be at room temperature.

Now spread green chutney on both the slices of bread.

Then on one bread, place few slices of cucumber. Sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala and black salt.

Place few slices of tomato and sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala and black salt.

Place few slices of onion and sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala and black salt.

Then place few slices of beetroot and sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala and black salt.

Lastly, place few slices of potato and sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala and black salt.

Now cover with the other bread on which we have spread butter and green chutney.

You can slice the sandwich in whatever shape you want.

Top it with some chutney and ketcup.

Your Mumbai Veg Sandwich is ready to serve.

Beetroot Cucumber And Apple Smoothie Recipe

Beetroot Cucumber And Apple Smoothie is a perfect and healthy way to start your day. This smoothie recipe is loaded with vitamins and minerals. It is good for weight loss, helps lower cholesterol rate, great way to detoxify your body, good for blood pressure and many more.

If you want you can add a tsp of honey in this but I haven't as it tastes good even without honey.

How To Make Beetroot Cucumber And Apple Smoothie?

Ingredients

Beetroot - 1
Cucumber - 1
Apple - 1

Instruction

First peel off the skin of beetroot, cucumber and apple. Chop it roughly.

Put it in the blender and add little water. Blend it well till smooth.

Pour it in glass.

Your Beetroot Cucumber And Apple Smoothie is ready to serve.

Rava Upma Recipe

Rava Upma is a one of the easiest Indian breakfast. We often make this dish at home. It is made with semolina, you can even add in some veggies if you wish. I have even added little sugar as we prefer slightly sweeter version but you can skip it.

You can even have this as a tea time snacks. It hardly takes 15 mins to make this dish, so if you are in hurry then this is the best dish to make for breakfast or snacks.

How To Make Rava Upma?

Ingredients

Rava / Semolina - 1 Cup
Grated Coconut - 1/4 Cup
Onion - 1 Medium Size
Green Chili - 2
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp
Urad Dal - 1/4 Tsp
Curry Leaves - 6
Sugar - 2 Tsp
Chopped Coriander  Leaves - 1 Tbsp
Hot Water - 2 Cup
Salt - As Per Taste
Oil - 1 Tbsp

Instruction

First finely chop onion and green chili. Heat a kadai and roast rava for 1 min or till you get a nice aroma of rava. Don't roast for longer time or the color of rava will change. Once done transfer it to a bowl.

Now in the same kadai add oil. Once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and urad dal. Let it splutter. Now add onion and cook till it turns transparent. Add green chili and curry leaves. Cook for 1 more min.

Now add rava/semolina and mix well. Pour hot water, add grated coconut, sugar and salt. Mix well. It will start thickening and will absorb the water. Now cover the lid and cook till done.

Now add in coriander leaves and mix well.

Your Rava Upma is ready to serve.

Serve hot with chutney.

Coconut Ladoo Recipe

After a long break I am back again. I was quite busy for last few weeks as my mom was hospitalized. Those were really very stressful weeks. Well she is back home and I am feeling great. Today I am sharing with you my favorite Coconut Ladoo, which I had made on Ganesh Chaturthi but couldn't post it on blog due to my busy schedule.

It is very easy and quick to make. You can even call it as instant coconut ladoo. With just 2 ingredients you can make these tasty ladoos. You can offer this as a prasadam or have it as a dessert.

So lets begin with the recipe...

How To Make Coconut Ladoo ?

Ingredients

Desiccated Coconut - 250 Gms
Condensed Milk - 1 Cup

Instruction

Heat a non stick pan or kadai and roast desiccated coconut till it slightly changes color. Keep the flame on low.

Now add condensed milk to the pan. Mix well. Switch off the flame.

Let it cool down a bit or till you can handle the heat.

Now take a spoonful of coconut mixture on you palm and make a ball shape. Take some desiccated coconut in a plate for coating and roll the ball in it. Transfer it to a plate.

Continue the same procedure with rest of the mixture.

Your Coconut Ladoo is ready to serve.

Note:

• You can add in some cardamom powder or nuts if you wish.
• You can even use fresh coconut instead of desiccated coconut.

Eggless Doughnut Recipe

Doughnut is one of my and my niece favorite snacks. Whenever there is a doughnut in front of me I just forget everything else and I can never stop at one. First time I had doughnut with my sister and niece at a doughnut shop 'Mad Over Donut'. It was so tasty that I started searching for the recipe on net. I found lot of recipes and decided to make eggless version.

Now I often make this dish at home. You can have it as a snack or as a dessert, its all up to you. Do give it a try and I bet even you can't stop at one.

How To Make Eggless Doughnut?

Ingredient

All Purpose Flour - 2 Cup
Unsalted Butter - 4 Tbsp
Milk - 3/4 Cup
Sugar - 3 Tbsp
Dry Active Yeast - 1 Tbsp
Salt - 1/4 Tsp (If using salted butter then skip salt)
Oil - For Deep Frying
Dark Chocolate - 100 Gram
Milk Chocolate - 100 Gram

Instruction

In a bowl mix all purpose flour, butter, sugar, yeast and salt. Now add milk little at a time and knead it. Make a soft dough. Now cover the dough with a cling wrap or with a clean cloth and set it aside to rise.

Now knead it again and dust the rolling board with some flour and roll the dough. Keep it 1/2 inch thick.

Now cut it with a doughnut cutter. If you don't have a cutter you can use glass and a small lid of any bottle.

Place the doughnut on a baking tray or any plate and brush it with little oil. Keep it in a warm place to rise.

Now heat a pan and add oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot drop the doughnuts in the pan. Deep fry it on both the side till it turns  golden brown in color.

Transfer it to a tissue paper.

Now melt the dark chocolate and milk chocolate in a separate bowl in microwave or you can heat a sauce pan, add 1 cup of water and bring it to simmer. Now place the chocolate bowl on sauce pan and melt the chocolate.

Let the chocolate cool down a bit. Dip the doughnut in melted chocolate only on one side till well coated.

Your Eggless Doughnut is ready to serve.

Baingan Ka Bharta Recipe

Baingan Ka Bharta is a very tasty North Indian dish. We make this dish often at home and is loved by everyone. It is made by roasting brinjal or eggplant directly on flame and then cooking it again by adding onion, tomatoes and some spices. The smoked eggplant enhances and gives a unique taste to this dish.

As a kid I never used to eat brinjal or eggplant, then once my mom made this dish and it was awesome. This dish actually made me eat brinjal or eggplant. You can have this dish with roti, chapati, paratha or bread.

How To Make Baingan Ka Bharta?

Ingredient

Brinjal or Eggplant - 2 Large
Onion - 1 Large
Tomatoes - 2 Medium Size
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp
Garlic - 6 Cloves
Green Chili - 2
Red Chili Powder - 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
Coriander Leaves - 2 Tbsp
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Salt - As Per Taste

Instruction

First chop onion, tomatoes, green chili and garlic. Keep it aside. Now wash eggplant and pat it dry.  Apply some oil on eggplant and roast it directly on flame. Roast it till it is tender and the skin has charred.

Let it cool down completely. Now peel off the skin and mash it. Keep it aside.

Now heat a pan, add oil in it. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Now add onion and garlic. Saute it till onion turns transparent. Now add green chili and mix well.

Add tomatoes and cook till it turns soft. Add turmeric powder and red chili powder. Mix it well.

Now add mashed eggplant and salt. Mix well and cook for 3 to 4 min.

Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

Your Baingan Ka Bharta is ready to serve.

Serve it hot with chapati, roti or paratha.