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Aatta ka Ladoo [whole wheat flour sweet balls]

I started out as making "Sukhadi" also known as "Gur Papdi" but ended up making laddos. I followed the recipes written on various blogs, however, didn't get the burfi like consistency, guess should have added more ghee, anyways, these laddos just taste great!!! Ingredients: Whole wheat flour = 1 cup Shudh Ghee = 1/2 cup Powdered Gur[Jaggery] = 1/2 cup Powdered cardamon powder = 1tsp Condensed milk = 1/2 cup [you can change this quantity] Nut mix = 1/2 cup [cashew and walnut] Method: Warm the ghee in a pan and slowly add the whole wheat flour Keep stirring till the mixture becomes golden color Turn off the gas and add the powdered gur, cardamon powder, nut mix and *condensed milk Mix it properly and quickly start making them into small balls Let cool and store in a air-tight container Notes: * I made condensed milk at home, just boil milk till it thickens and add it to the ladoo mix Since this preparation has milk, the shelf is not long, ...

Gajar ki Kheer [Carrot pudding]

Gajar ki kheer is a healthier substitute for gajar-ka-halwa lovers as its low in fat and sugar and still you get the taste of halwa!!! Also, it saves your time in cooking, just put it on the stove along with other dishes and you'll never know when its done! Ingredients: * Carrots [gajar] - 2 in number * Cashew nuts - 1/4th cup * Whole milk - 5 cups * Cardamon powder - 1tsp * Sugar - according to your taste * Ghee - 1tbsp * Almond slices Method: 1. grate carrots and keep aside 2. soak cashews in milk or water [optional, I didn't do this for this preparation] 3. Boil milk in a pan till the contents reduce to nearly half 4. while the milk is boiling saute' carrots and soaked cashews [or the raw cashews] in ghee and allow the mixture to cool [saute' till you loose the rawness of carrots] 5. now coarsely grind carrot/cashew mixture with some milk [if you want you can skip this step, it will not affect the taste] 6. add this mixture to the boiling milk [you don't have to ...