Monday 27 May 2019

Cucumber discs and pipes, How to prepare super cooling cucumber discs and pipes at home

Today's recipe is cucumber disc's and pipe's sounds crazy right 😂. Yes I agree, I really did not understood how to name this recipe. This Monday theme in Foodies Monday Blog Hop group is "Get in Shape", so we have to submit any geometric shape recipes. I was in trip last week, came morning, only cucumber, carrot and pomegranate are their in fridge. I really d't want to miss this week theme so I decided to prepare this. Last month I suggested this recipe for" No cook" competition to one of my friend. So thought to prepare this for theme. This is very easy to prepare, we can serve it as starters or snacks. You will just love to have, it makes your stomach cool. This is must try recipe in this summer. Kids will love to have it because of its shape which we presented. 



 Salad which we prepare is spicy,  tasty, tangy and nutty. I used finely chopped cucumber pieces, grated carrot to make it healthy. Though adding fresh grated coconut is optional, it gives very taste to sald in every bite. Instead of amchur powder we can also add grated raw mango. Adding pomegranate seeds gives nutty taste to the salad. The full on combination gives good cooling effect to your body in this super hot summer.

          Cucumber disc's & pipe's

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 0 minutes
Serves : 12 pieces
Recipe Category: Salad / Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredient : Cucumber
Author:Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Cucumber - 3
Carrot - 1
Pomegranate arils(seeds) - 4 tsp
Fresh coconut grated - 3 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 pinch
Chaat powder- 1 pinch
Aamchur powder - 1 pinch
Lemon juice - 2 to 3 tsp
Curd - 2 tsp
Salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Peel cucumber, carrot skin and keep it aside. Remove pomegranate seeds and keep it ready. 




2) Finely chop 1 cucumber into pieces, finely grate cucumber and  fresh coconut. Take all these and pomegranate seeds into bowl. 



3) Add salt, red chilli powder, chaat powder, amchur  nd pepper powders to the above. 



4)  Squeeze lemon juice to the above and mix the above well. 




5) Now cut cucumber into thick circles(discs) as shown below. 



6) Cut cucumber into pipes (1 inch) shape, also remove its seeds as shown below. 




7) Now add curd into cucumber, carrot salad mix everything well. 




8) Add the above salad into pipes with spoon, press salad inside with spoons handle and garnish with pomegranate seeds. 





9) Repeat the same process to the remaining. If you do not want to prepare pipes , you can spread salad on cucumber discs too. Cut cucumber into discs (round shape). 



10) Now spread cucumber carrot salad on the above discs and garnish with pomegranate seeds.



11) You can have it at once as golgappa(pani puri) or you can have it in bites 😂, I tried both 😍. 






Tips

** Add spices according to your taste and quantity. 


** Instead of amchur powder we can add grated raw mango. 

** As per your time you can prepare either discs or pipes. 

** Use hung (thick) and sweet curd. 

** Add curd to the salad while serving. 

Taking this recipe to  #FoodieMondayBlogHop #197th theme, where the theme for the week is #GetInShape. This theme is suggested by Kalyani who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds. Do check her site for more intresting recipes. As per theme we had to post recipes that represents in geometrical shapes like circle, triangle, rectangle etc.  Very interesting theme is n't it 😊. 



Also check some salads, raita's and starters by clicking the link below pic.. 


                 Pomegranate Raita


                            Paneer Tikka


        Star Gooseberry masala



                   Paneer pinwheels
               
                     Bhakarwadi

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Tuesday 21 May 2019

Besan Ladoo, How to prepare Besan ladoo at home easily

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Today is very special day to me, my blog completed 1 year with 122 recipes including this recipe. Days are moving very fastly, many ups and down in my journey, I am very happy that I am continuing my dream successfully with all your best wishes, support and encouragement. Do shower ur wishes lke this, surely will try to post healthy and tasty recipes, so that you can prepare our traditional, restaurant style recipes at home and enjoy with your family. On this special occasion I am posting one of my favorite sweet besan Ladoo. 



   Besan Ladoo is North Indian sweet delicacy which is prepared easily at home with less ingredients and in less time. These delectable ladoo's are prepared using gram flour/besan/senaga pindi as main ingredient. Taste of these ladoo's depends on ghee, gram flour must be fried in low flames till you get nice aroma. Instead of sugar you can use sweeteners  so that you can enjoy these sweet without any guilt. Few ways are there to prepare this besan Ladoo, the one I am explaining is regularly prepare by me at home. If you have sudden guests and you want to serve something sweet, then surely besan Ladoo is the best choice. Your guests will love to have it, as besan Ladoo is very delicious, aromatic and mouth melting sweet😋. 



                   Besan Ladoo


Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 - 20minutes
Serves : 7 ladoos's
Category : Sweets/ Desserts
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Main ingredients : Besan/ Gram flour
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


Ingredients 

Besan / gram flour / sanaga pindi - 1 glass
Sugar - 1/2 glass
Ghee - more than 1/2 glass
Elachi - 2
Cashew nuts - 10
Badam - 10
Pistachios - 4(optional)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 pinch

Instructions

1) Sieve besan in a dry plate. 




2) Add cashew nuts, badam in mixer jar grind it to fine powder, and take it into cup. 




3) Take sugar and elachi in the same mixer jar and grind it to fine powder. 





4) Heat a bowl with half of ghee. 



5) Add sieved gram flour/ besan to the above ghee. 



6) On low flames mix the flour well. 


7) Roast the above well without forming any lumps, fry it continously so that gram flour do not get burn at the bottom. Continue frying till you get nice aroma and besan changes color(check both pics). Point to remember is - - fry besan on low flames. 



8) Switch off the flames, remove Kadai from stove Now add Kaju nd badam powder and a small pinch of turmeric powder. 



9) Add 1/2 glass of powdered sugar to the above and mix everything well.







10) mould some flour and check it as shown below. 


11)Now add melted ghee little by little to the small portion of above mixture.





12) Collect flour in small portions and mould ladoo's. Repeat the process for remaining flour mixture.





Garnish ladoo's with sliced pistachios or chopped badam/ cashew nuts. That's it scrumptious  mouth melting and aromatic besan Ladoo is ready to serve😋😍.  Store it in air tight container, you can enjoy it more than 15 days.


Note

* Adjust sugar according to your taste. 

* You can skip adding turmeric powder. 

* You can also skip cashew nd badam powder. 

Tips

** Important point to remember is fry gram flour/ besan on low flames. 

** Stir it continously in order to avoid burning flour at the bottom. 

** Measure sugar after powdering, as quantity of sugar will increase after grinding. 

** Add ghee little by little while moulding ladoo's. 

** You can also add fried cashew nuts while moulding ladoo's. 

Also check other sweet recipes by clicking the link below pic



             Rava chocolate cake 

           Whole wheat carrot cake

                     Poha Badam Ladoo


   
                       Ragi Peanut ladoo            


                 Atukula Payasam 
     

                       Pineapple Sheera

        Sabudana Coconut Ladoo



          Almond Mango Sandesh

              Homemade butter


                     Homemade Ghee

                  Sweet Pongal


                  Ellu Bella Mix





  Puffed Rice/Maramarala LAdoo



                        Kaju Katli




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