LAUKI KI KHEER / BOTTLE GOURD PAYASAM

lauki ki kheer or bottle gourd payasam is a Indian desert which can be easily prepared at home. Tastes creamy and delicious with the chunks of bottle gourd. I don't know how others prepare this kheer,but we in our family makes lauki ki kheer in this way. So don't compare with other's recipes. I'm sure you will definitely gonna love this recipe.to make tasty lauki ki kheer I suggest you to choose tender bottle gourd.

I hope you will give this a try and let it cool completely.

Ingredients :

Chopped bottle gourd : 500 grams

milk : 1 litre to 1 1/2 litres

condensed milk : 200 grams

Sugar : 350 grams

cashew nuts : 20 to 25

Cardamom powder : 1 tea spoon

ghee : 2 table spoons

Method :

Take chopped bottle gourd pieces in a vessel, add water and cook until pieces gets soft.

Now mash them coarsely and make a coarse paste.

Now heat milk in a pan and stir continuously for 10 minutes.then add coarsely mashed bottle gourd and cook for 5 minutes by stirring continuously.

Now add condensed milk and sugar cook for 3 to 5 minutes by stirring continuously.then add cardamom powder and stir it.

Now heat ghee in a pan fry cashew nuts until they changes into golden color.

Now add this to kheer and serve.

Take chopped bottle gourd

Take this into a vessel, pour water

Cook until they turns soft

Mash them coarsely

Heat milk in a pan

Stir continuously for 10 minutes

Add mashed bottle gourd

Cook for 5 to 10 minutes

Add sugar

Add condensed milk

Cook for few minutes

Fry nuts in ghee and add to kheer

Add cardamom powder

Mix it well

Lauki ki kheer is ready!!!!!

Serve hot or chilled!!!!!

KATTE PONGALI/VEN PONGAL RECIPE

Hi..... Hope you all enjoyed your pongal holidays. We too went to our village and had a great time with our relatives. So couldn't post recipes from past 3 days and here I'm with full energy with many New recipes.

       Today I'm going to share a healthy,easy, quick and tasty traditional pongal recipe. Here in Andhra we call pongali or katte pongali and in Tamil they call ven pongal. Whatever we call this dish, taste and recipe remains the same. It is very quick and tasty dish which I often prepare for breakfast. It tastes so delicious and tasty with a spoon of melted ghee. One can easily prepare this dish with easily available ingredients.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

Regular rice : 200 grams

Moong dal/pesara pappu/green gram : 200grams

Milk : 250 ml

salt to taste

For tempering :

Ghee : 3 table spoons

Cashew nuts : 10 to 15

Mustard seeds/aavaalu : 1 tea spoon

Cumin seeds/jeera/jeelakara : 1 table spoon

Black pepper corns/miriyaalu : 1 table spoon

Dried red chillies or green chillies : 2

Curry leaves : 4 to 5 strings

Chopped medium onion : 1

Method :

First take rice and moong dal in a bowl wash and cook by adding more water.

Cook until rice and dal becomes soft and mushy.

Now remove from fire and add milk and salt, mix it well. Add some water if your mixture is dry.

Now for tempering heat ghee in a pan add Cashew nuts, saute until they changes into golden color and take into a plate.  then add mustard seeds let them crackle, then add all ingredients one by one.

Now saute until onions changes into golden color. 

Now add cooked rice and dal mixture saute well.

Cover the lid and cook on low flame for 2 minutes and remove from fire.

Finally sprinkle cashew nuts and serve hot with sambar or any pickle.

Take dal and rice in a bowl

Wash it well

Take into a heavy bottom pan and add water

Cook until rice and dal becomes soft and mushy

Now pour milk (add some water if your mixture is dry)

Mix it well

Now heat ghee in a pan add cashew nuts

Saute until they changes into golden color and take into a plate

In same pan add mustard seeds let them crackle

Add cumin seeds

Add pepper corns

Add chillies

Add onions

Add curry leaves

Saute until onions changes into golden color

Now add rice and dal mixture

Mix it ell and cook on low flame for couple of minutes

Finally sprinkle fried cashew nuts and serve hot

Yummy pongal Is ready!!!!!

MARBLE CAKE RECIPE

A marble cake is a cake with streaked or mottled appearance like marble. Achieved by very lightly blended light and dark batter. It is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake.

I wanted to post this yummy marble cake recipe from long time. Finally time has arrived. It's a super moist, rich buttery and loaded with deep chocolate flavor. I used 9 by 5 inch loaf pan to bake this cake. If you want to bake in round cake tin baking temperature may vary. Keep an eye after 30 minutes while baking until it's done.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

All purpose flour/maida : 225 grams/2 1/4 cups

Sugar : 1 1/2 cups/300 grams (blend into powder)

Unsalted butter : 150 grams

Eggs : 4

Milk : 1/2 cup + 2 table spoons

cocoa powder : 2 table spoons

salt : 1 pinch

Baking powder : 1 1/2 tea spoons

Method :

Grease 9 by 5 inch loaf pan well with butter and line with parchment paper and keep a side

Now take a bowl add softened butter and powdered sugar beat it well until light and fluffy.

Now add 2 eggs at a time And beat it well on low speed.

Now add vanilla essence and beat it well. (if mixture curdles also no problem continue the process)

Now sift flour,  baking powder and salt together and add to egg mixture in 2 batches and fold it gently, mix without lumps.

Now add 1/2 cup of milk and mix it well.

Now divide this batter into two equal portions.

Now add cocoa powder and milk in one batch and mix well.

Now take 2 ice cream scoops or table spoons and use them to dollop the chocolate and vanilla batters into the tin alternately.

When all the mixture has been used up, tap the bottom gently on your work surface to ensure that there aren't any air bubbles.

Now take a skewer and swirl it around the mixture in the tin to create a marble effect.

Now bake for 45 to 50 minutes on 180 degrees or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes our clean. (preheat oven for 10 minutes in 180 degrees)

Now let the cake completely Run a knife around the cake and demold it.

Slice and serve.

Grease and line loaf pan with butter and parchment paper

Take butter in a bowl

Add powdered sugar

Cream it well

Add 2 eggs at a time

Beat it well

Repeat the process

Add vanilla essence and mix well

Take flour, baking powder and salt in a sieve and sift it well

Add this into batches

Mix without lumps

Add milk

Mix it well

Divide this mixture Into 2 bowls

Sift cocoa powder in one bowl

Add 2 table spoons of milk

Mix without lumps

Our 2 batters are ready

Put some vanilla batter into a mold and spread it

Put chocolate and vanilla batters alternatively

Take a skewer and make swirls to create marble effect

Bake it

It's done now

Insert a skewer or knife, if it comes out clean your cake is done

Let it cool completely and unmold it

Slice it

Serve

Yummy!!!!!