Badam Sheera

Badam Sheera is yummy flavored sweet that can be made in very less time Semolina blended with powdered Almond, fresh ghee, sugar and other flavors makes it very delicious. Enjoy this healthy dessert warm, it is sinful! 

Sheera is Sajjige in Kannada. 

Badam Sheera is a perfect brain food for your child as well. Almonds are loaded with nutrients.

Badam Sheera

Ingredients

1	cup Chiroti rava (semolina or sooji)
1	cup Milk
1/2	cup Ghee
	Few Raisins
1	cup  Sugar
	Few Cashew nuts/Badam  2-3 tbsp  Badam /Cardamom Powder (homemade/Mtr) Crushed Badam pieces Method - Roast rava in the ghee till aromatic. Add sugar and warm  milk and lower the flame. Simmer and cover with lid till it blends in. Add raisins and cardamom powder badam powder mix well. Garnish with  fried cashew nut and kesar.

• Enjoy with little ghee on the top.

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Fruit salad

Fruit salad is a healthy and favorite of kids and elders alike. Make your own mix today. Enjoy nutritious and delicious salad with ice-creams and dry-fruits.

Fruit salad

Ingredients :

• Fruits - A bowl of mixed fruit 
• ( Apple, Banana, Mangoes, Orange)
• Vanilla Ice cream - 1 scoop
• Honey - 1 tsp
• Dryfruits-few
• Lemon juice-1/2 tsp

Method-  Mix the fresh chopped fruits (sans skin) and honey in a bowl, top it up with ice cream and dry fruits. Sprinkle fresh lemon juice over the top. Serve chilled.

You can put fruits of your choice.

Sweet Pongal

Sweet Pongal is prepared during Sankranthi festival. A delicious mix of Moong dal with rice and jaggery blended with dryfruits, it's tasty and rich. Enjoy !!

Sweet Pongal 

Ingredients :

• 1 cup Raw Rice
• 1/2 cup Moong Dal/Green Gram Dal
• 1 cup Milk
• 3 cups Jaggery grated ( as per taste)
• 4 tbsp Ghee
• Few cashews/Raisins
• 2 tbsp Dry Coconut (grated)
• 1/2 tsp Elachi pwd
• 1/2 tsp Nutmet pwd
• 1-2 cloves (opt)
• Saffron (pinch)
• Water

Method : 

In a kadai, add ghee roast dry the green gram dal for a couple of minutes. 

Next cook the rice and moong dal . In a pan, add the jaggery in  water and cook on a low heat till the jaggery melts. 

Once done add the cooked rice and dal.Add milk and stir well. 

Heat ghee and fry the cashewnuts and raisins add to the pongal. 

Add the powdered cardamoms, cloves,  nutmeg, grated coconut and saffron. 

Mix well and serve this hot Sweet Pongal.

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Sweet Dosa / Sihi Dose

Sweet dosa is  a special dosa prepared during Saraswati Pooja during Dasara festival in Karnataka. A blend of jaggery, cardamom in dosa batter, a perfect and easy desert recipe. Kids will enjoy it.

Sihi Dose / Sweet Dosa

1. Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup

Poha/avalakki - handful

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Grated Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Elachi pwd - 1-2 tsp

Method:  Soak rice,  poha and methi seeds for few hours. Next grind them in a mixer. Once done, add coconut, jaggery  elachi pwd and grind again so the batter blends well. Keep it for some time. Make dosas. Serve hot with ghee.



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Kadabu / Karanji

Kadabu in kannada or Karanji in Marathi is a favorite sweet made during Ganesha Festival. Try this delicious jaggery stuffing kadabu as part of your Diwali Dessert platter. Enjoy !! You can make this deep fried Coconut Sweet Dumpling with sugar instead of jaggery.

Ingredients:

Kadabu / Karanji 

For the dough:

• 1/2 cup Chiroti Rava 
• 1/2  cup Maida
• 1-2 tbsp Ghee
• Salt-pinch
• Oil for Deep Frying
• Water 

For the Filling:

• 1 cup freshly grated coconut
• 1 cup  jaggery powdered
• 1-2 tsp Elachi pwd
• 1-2 tsp khus khus
• Ghee

Method: Mix all the ingredients for the dough ,add required water and  knead well and keep it aside .Next prepare the filling.Heat ghee and add coconut and jaggery. Cook on medium heat with stirring, until the jaggery has melted and mixed well with the coconut. Add poppy seeds, cardamom powder  and mix well. Let it cool. Next make small pooris with the dough. Fill in with the jaggery mix and seal the ends properly. Heat oil in a big kadai, carefully place these in the oil and deep fry till golden brown on both sides. Strain on absorbent paper. Enjoy.




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Mango Sheera

Mango Sheera or Mango Kesari is yummy flavored sweet that can be made in very less time. Enjoy this delicious dessert during mango season along with your kids. Sweet and warm Sheera blended with fresh mangoes puree, garnished with dryfruits makes it a perfect dessert recipe.

Mango Sheera

Ingredients

1	cup Chiroti rava (semolina or sooji)
1	cup Milk
1	cup Ghee
2	tbsp Raisins
1	cup  Sugar
	Few Cashew nuts/Badam  1 tsp  Cardamom Powder/ kesar 1/2 cup thick mango pulp Method

• Roast rava in the ghee till aromatic
• Add sugar and warm milk and lower the flame. Add the mango pulp. Simmer and cover with lid till it blends in. 
• Add raisins and cardamom powder to garnish.
• Add fried cashew nuts/Badam and  kesar (opt)
• Enjoy with little ghee on the top.

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Moong Dal Halwa

Moong Dal Halwa (Hesaru Bele Halwa ) is made from Moong dal ( Green Gram ) flour .A healthy and easy dessert recipe for your kids.A perfect blend of milk, sugar , dryfruits with Moong dal.Enjoy.

Ingredients
1/4 Cup Moong Dal flour

Moong Dal Halwa

1/2 Cup Milk
1/4 cup  Sugar
2 tbsp Ghee
Pinch-Elachi pwd
Dryfruits for garnishing


Method-In a pan,add little Ghee ,roast the dryfruits and keep it aside , next roast the moongdal flour till golden brown on low heat.Next add milk and keep stirring for 5-10 mins.Next add sugar and stir till it melts and blends with the mix well.
Do this on low flame , till it starts leaving the sides of the pan.Add elachi pwd and mix again.Transfer it on a plate,garnish with dryfruits.Serve warm.




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Balehannu Seekarne Ver II

Balehannu Seekarne or Banana Shikran in Marathi is delicious quick, fruit dessert that can be enjoyed chilled or as side dish with chapati for kids.This is with jaggery and coconut.

Ingredients :

• 1 cup of chopped banana
• Jaggery as per taste
• Badam pwd
• Grated coconut-1-2 tbsp
• Cardamom pwd-pinch

Method : Cut the banana into small pieces. In a wide bowl, combine the chopped banana, and cardamom powder ,jaggery and mix well.Top it up with grated coconut . You can enjoy it chilled or eat with chapati.

Rava Kheer / Rave Payasa

Rava Kheer / Rave Payasa is very easy and delicious kheer that can be prepared in less time. Made from Semolina , its healthy and perfect across all ages. Enjoy it chilled or warm.

Ingredients

•     Chiroti Rave 1/2 cup (Fine Semolina)
•      Milk      2 cups
•      Ghee     1 tsp
•      Cardamom/Elachi powder -1/2 tsp
•      Sugar      2-3 tblsp  
•      Cashew nuts /Raisins-Few

Method-

In a pan add ghee and roast the rava for 10-15mins.Next add milk and mix well. Let it cook for 5 mins. Next add sugar and mix well. Meanwhile in a small pan, fry cashews, raisins in little ghee. Add this to the rava mix. Add the elachi pwd and serve.

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Akki Kadle bele Payasa

Akki Kadlebele Payasa (Rice Chana Dal Kheer) is a very famous and traditional dessert  among the Madhwa families during festival times. Made from rice and chana dal (lentils) with milk, the pudding is very tasty and delicious.

Akki Kadalebele Payasa

• Ingredients
• 1 cup Rice
• 1/2 cup Chana Dal( kadalebele)
• 1 cup jaggery grated
• 1/2 cup milk
• Few raisins
• Few cashew nuts
• Few almonds
• Elachi pwd-1 tsp
• saffron
• ghee-2 tbsp
• Dry coconut shredded

Method- 

Roast the dryfruits in little ghee and keep it aside. 

Cook the rice and dal in cooker with req qty of water. 

Next melt jaggery on low heat, once the jaggery starts boiling, add the rice dal mix and keep stirring. 

Next add milk, cardamom powder, the cashews and raisins, shredded dry coconut. 

Mix well. Simmer on low heat for 5-10 mins.Add little ghee.

Mix well and serve warm. Enjoy Akki Kadle bele Payasa with your family.


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Appi Payasa

Appi Payasa is a traditional dessert made in Madhwa homes during festivals. It is very rich and creamy dessert. A milk based pudding very tasty and delicious.

Appi Payasa

• Ingredients
• For Puri
• Chiroti Rava – 1/2 cup
• Maida-1-2tbsp
• Water – for kneading the dough
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• For Kheer
• Milk – 2 cups
• Sugar – 1/4 cup
• Ghee for frying
• Cardomon powder – 1/2 tsp
• Nutmeg pwd – a pinch
• Roasted Cashews/Badam – few
• Roasted Raisins – few

Method- Roast the cashews and raisins and keep it aside. Boil the milk in a pan on low heat till gets reduced to half.(this will take some time) Keep stirring Add sugar and boil for some more time till it gets thickened.Meanwhile mix chiroti rava and maida, little ghee add water to form the Puri dough. Blend it well. Keep it aside for 1-2 hrs. Next make small puris and fry it in ghee till golden brown and crispy. Once the milk is thickened, crush the puris into small pieces and add it to the milk. Add the roasted dry fruits, elachi pwd and jaiphal pwd.The puris will aborb the sweet milk and it will taste yummy. Serve hot or chilled.

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Coconut Barfi / Kobri Mithai

Coconut Barfi / Kobri Mithai or Kopra Pak is a traditional dessert made from coconut and sugar. A delicious and tasty sweet popular in Bangalore. 

Enjoy.

Ingredients:

       Coconut Barfi / Kobri Mithai 

• 2 cups Fresh grated coconut
• 1 cup fine sugar
• 1/2 tsp Elaichi, pwd
• 3-4 tbsp Badam pwd 
• 1-2 tsp Ghee/Butter
• 2-3 tsp Milk 

Method: In a bowl, add grated coconut and sugar and mix well with hands and keep aside for about 30 mins. Next in kadai, add little ghee and pour this mix into it and saute on low flame. Keep sautéing  till the mixture leaves sides of the kadai. Add elachi pwd, badam pwd and little milk. Mix well and sauté again. Grease a plate with ghee and add the mixture and spread it evenly. Cut into desired shape.

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Rice Kheer / Akki Payasa

Rice Kheer / Akki Payasa is yummy and tasty dessert almost made across Indian homes.

Ingredients

•    Basmati Rice 1/4 cup soaked
•     Milk       5-6 cups
•     Sugar     5-6 tblsp
•    Saffron     few shreds
•    Cashews/Badam-few
•    Ghee-1/2 tsp
•    Elachi pwd-pinch

Method- Soak saffron in milk.In a pan add milk and rice and cook on low flame keep stirring in between cook until the rice becomes soft. Add sugar and mix .Next in a pan,add ghee and roast dryfruits. Add the roasted cashews,badam to the kheer. Add the soaked saffron milk  finally to the kheer. Serve warm or chilled.

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Moong Dal Kheer / Hesarubele Payasa

Moong Dal Kheer or Hesaru bele Payasa ( ಹೆಸರು ಬೇಳೆ ಪಾಯಸ) is very easy dessert that is light and tasty.Enjoy during festivals or any special occasion.

Moong Dal Kheer

Ingredients
• 1/2 cup Moong Dal
• 1/2 cup Gur/Jaggery
• 1 cup-thick Milk
• 1 tsp - Ghee
• Roasted cashews-few
• Raisins-few
• 1/2 tsp Elachi Pwd
• Saffron-pinch




Method-Boil the milk in a vessel on low heat.In a pan,heat ghee,add moong dal and saute for 5-10mins.Also saute the cashews,raisins in ghee and keep it aside. Cook the dal .(you can cook it in rice cooker) .In a vessel,add the cooked dal,add jaggery and mix well ,cook till jaggery melts .Next add boiled milk, saffron mix and simmer for 2-3 mins till the kheer blends well. Add the cashews,raisins, cardamom powder and mix well.Enjoy hot or cold.

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Sweet Shankarpali

Shankarpali is an easy sweet crispy bites that can made in very less time.

Enjoy sweet Shankarpali/crunchy crisps during kids vacations or festivals.

Sweet Shankarpali

Ingredients

• 1 cup maida
• 1 tbsp chiroti rava
• 4-5 tsp sugar
• Milk
• 1 tsp Cardamom pwd
• Ghee/oil for deep frying

• Method: Mix the flour with sugar, milk, cardamom pwd, little ghee and cover for few hours. Make a chapati shape with the dough. Cut into diamonds or squares using the cutter or knife. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.
• Fry till golden brown and crisp. Enjoy.

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Avalakki Payasa/ Poha Kheer

Avalakki Payasa/ Poha Kheer

Avalakki Payasa/ Poha Kheer is simple and easy dessert recipe.Delicious and tasty made during festivals as well.Enjoy this flattened rice pudding warm or cold.

Ingredients

• Poha/Avalakki-Thick-1 cup
• Milk, 3 cups
• Sugar-1 cup
• Elachi pwd-2 tsp
• Badam pwd-2-3 tsp
• Ghee, 2 tbsp
• Cashews/ Raisins-few

Method-In a kadai,add ghee and fry cashew and raisins.Also fry the avalakki slightly.Meanwhile boil milk on low flame ,add the avalakki and let it cook well.Add sugar and let it cook for 5-10 mins,keep mixing in between.Add the dryfruits,elachi pwd,badam pwd and mix well.Enjoy it warm or chilled.

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Banana Shikran/Seekarne

• Banana Seekarne or Shikran in Marathi is delicious quick, fruit dessert that can be enjoyed chilled or as side dish with chapati for kids.

  
  Ingredients :
  1 cup of chopped banana
  1/2 cup milk
  Sugar as per taste
  Cardamom pwd
  Chopped Almonds
  
  
  
  
  Method : Cut the banana into small pieces. In a wide bowl, combine the chopped banana, milk, sugar and cardamom powder and mix well.Top it up with chopped almonds. You can enjoy it chilled or eat with chapati.
  
  

Rava Ladoo/ Rave Unde

Rava Ladoo or rave Unde is yummy delicious sweet that can be made very easily.Kids will love it too. Ingredients: 1cup Chiroti rava  1/2 cup ghee 2 tbsp. boiled milk 2 cups pwd sugar 1 tsp elachi pwd Few cashew nuts, Few almonds  Few raisins Method:In a pan fry rava with the ghee until light golden color. Remove from the heat.Also ,heat little ghee in a pan, fry the cashews, almonds and raisins till light brown add to the rava mix. Add milk,sugar and mix well slowly shape into small balls or ladoos.

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KhusKhus Kheer/Gasagase Payasa

Khus Khus Kheer or Gasagase payasa (ಗಸಗಸೆ ಪಾಯಸ -Kannada) is sweet that can be prepared during festival or just for any normal day. This is made from poppy seeds and is simply delectable.

KhusKhus Kheer/Gasgasye Payasa

Ingredients

• Khus Khus / Poppy seeds-1/2 cup
• Badam / Almonds - 10
• Kaju / Cashew - 10
• Copra / Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup
• Elachi /Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sugar / Jaggery - 1 Cup
• Milk - 1 1/2 cup
• Saffron - a pinch(opt)

Method

* Fry khuskhus and badam and then grind it into powder. Add coconut and milk and grind (Grinding takes some time) to a fine paste. Boil milk, add the paste, keep stirring well on low flame for some time. Add sugar/Jaggery , cardamom powder.Mix well till the jaggery/sugar dissolves. Garnish with roasted nuts and raisins. Serve this poppy seed kheer hot or cold.

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Hayagreeva Payasam

Hayagreeva Payasam is traditional South Indian dish (esp made in Madhwa homes) prepared during festivals. Rich and aromatic sweet made from Chana dal (lentils).

Ingredients-

1. Channa Daal- 1 Cup

Hayagreeva Payasam

2. Jaggery/Gud- 1 to 1 1/4 cup
(as per taste)

4. Khus Khus- 1 Tbspn(opt)

5. Raisins- few

6. Roasted Cashewnuts/Badam- few

7. Cardamom Powder- 5-6 crushed

8. Dry coconut- 2 Tbspns

9. Ghee- 1 tbsp

Method-

Pressure Cook the Channa dal with little ghee till it becomes soft. 

Roast khus khus and dry coconut in a kadai and grind it.(You can also use fresh coconut with khuskhus and grind with milk.) 

Next melt jaggery on low heat, once the jaggery starts boiling, add the channa dal,keep stirring. 

Add the Khus khus and coconut mix, cardamom powder, the cashews and raisins, and then the remaining ghee. Add little milk .

Mix well and serve Hayagreeva warm with ghee.

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