Category: Recipes

The festival of colours aka Holi is around the corner..so why not celebrate this festival with this colourful,tasty and refreshing fruit custard.

Ingredients 

• ⅔  cup – makhana (dry and roasted)
• ⅓  cup – cashews
• 8-9 strands – saffron
• 1and ½  cup – warm milk
• 1/2 teaspoon – cardamom powder
• 1 and ½ tablespoon –  honey OR brown sugar OR regular sugar 
• 1 cup – fruits (any fruits of ur choice,finely chopped)

Method

• Soak makhana,cashews and saffron in the warm milk for 20-30 minutes 
• Blend the mixture until smooth and refrigerate until chilled
• Pour over the fruits and enjoy chillied!!

NOTE

• You can use any type of fruit of your choice
• Make sure the custard is super chilled so it tastes more refreshing

This dessert is a different take on a custard pudding instead of fruit we are using the OG biscuits ‘Parle G’

Ingredients

• 3-4 packets – Parle G biscuits
• Half teaspoon  – Coffee
• Half cup – Hot water
• One third cup – Condensed milk
• Two tablespoon – Custard powder
• Two glasses – Milk
• Two cups – Heavy whipping cream

Method

• Beat the cream until peaks form
• To make custard mix the custard powder in half cup cold milk and put the remaining milk to boil in a pan
• Add the custard slurry in the rest of the milk
• When the custard starts to thicken up,add the condensed milk and keep stirring. Take off the gas
• Once the custard has cooled strain it through a sieve so that the custard has no lumps and has a smooth consistency 
• Mix the cream and custard together in a cut n fold method 
• To prepare the coffee mixture,mix coffee in hot water
• Dip the biscuits in the coffee and start layering them in a dish
• Put a thick layer of the cream and custard mixture over the layer of biscuit
• Keep layering until you’re done with the mixture
• Decorate the top with fruits,crushed up biscuits or anything you want to 
• Refrigerate for a new hours
• Enjoy chilled!!

Variation: You can add an additional layer of fruits in between the cream and biscuits to make it healthier!!

Crepes are a sort of thin pancake which can either be served with a sweet or savory filling.You can add your own innovations to customize your crepe how ever you  like

Ingredients

• Half cup –  Milk 
• Two-third cup – Water 
• One – fourth cup – Butter (melted)
• Two tablespoon –  Vanilla extract
• One cup – Flour 
• One tablespoon – Sugar 
• A pinch of salt 
• One tablespoon –  Vegetable oil

NOTE

• You can also use half cup of flour and half cup of whole wheat flour to make it healthier.
• You can also add sprinkles or chocochips to make it more colorful

Method

• Mix together all the dry ingredients together until well combined
• In a another bowl mix water,milk,vanilla till well combined
• Mix the dry in the wet until there are no lumps and add the rest of the ingredients(make sure you add the butter after the mixture is made otherwise the milk and butter will clump up and essentially ruin the batter)
• On a medium flame pour some batter on a non-stick pan and spread the mixture thin and even.
•  Flip once the crepe starts to bubble
• Make sure the crepe is well done so your not eating anything raw (it should have brown spots and it should not look white in the center,it means that the crepe is raw)
• You can serve with chocolate syrup,whipped cream,ice cream.The list is endless
• Eat it while it’s still hot!!

 NOTE

• You can also use half cup of flour and half cup of whole wheat flour to make it healthier.
• You can also add sprinkles or chocochips to make it more colorful

You and your kids and do it as a fun activity to see which one comes up with the most innovative crepe recipe.And remember you can make your sweet or savory…whatever your stomach says…go for it!!

This is one of the simplest recipes when you want to eat an Indian sweet and don’t want to spend time in the kitchen for too long. This typically would take 10-15 min to make. I have always made on Rakhi (Indian festival where brother sister bond is celebrated)  and if I have sudden guests over. My daughter loves to makes it shapes in the end and decorate

Do give it a try simple sweet recipe

INGREDIENTS

• Paneer- 100 grams 
• Cardamom powder – 1 pinch 
• Cashews – 8 
• Milk – 40ml 
• Milk maid – 100 ml 
• Cream ( fresh ) – 40 ml 
• Milk powder – ½ cup 
• Ghee – 1 tablespoon
• Dry fruits for garnish

METHOD

1.  Grind everything in a grinder to form a smooth paste, except milk powder and ghee.

2.  Then mix the milk powder and the paster evenly in a non-stick pan.

3.  Cook it for 2-3 minutes and then add one tablespoon of ghee and keep stirring to avoid any lumps. 

4. Cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. 

5. Take it out on a food paper and give it a more smooth texture by ploughing/ kneading. 

6. Let it cool and make it in your desired shape.

7.  Decorate it with your desired garnish of dry fruits.

8. You can chill it little before serving  

NOTES

• This recipe makes about 15-20 small size pedas. 
• U can make it like a barfi in square shape
• My daughter once put chocolate inside it