Carrot Recipes: Carrot Milk Halwa

Ingredients:

Carrot core—250 gram
Coconut core—250 gram
Gaggery—250 gram
Putnala dal—100 gram
Ghee—1 cup,
Cardamom- few pieces
Milk—1 cup.

Method of Preparation:

1. First of all take carrot, coconut and putnala dal powder and slightly fry them in ghee.

2. Mix the gaggery in the milk.

3. Now mix them (1and 2) and keep all the contents on a stove and the flame should be in low intensity.

4. Now heat the contents until vapors come from the dish and at the same time the mixture begins to separate into small parts, and this time add cardamom powder to the mixture pieces.

Now the carrot Halwa is ready.

Sweet Recipe: Boondi Laddu

Boondi Laddu is a sweet delicious recipe most commonly served during festivals in Andhra Pradesh.

Ingredients:

Gram flour 2 cups
Sugar 2 cups
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp.
Cashew nut- 50 grams
Raisins 50 gms.
Cardamom- 15 nos.
Saffron a few drops
Ghee - ½ kg.

Method of preparation:

1. Shell and powder cardamom.
2. Add ¼ cup water to sugar, heat until sugar melts. To check if the sugar solution is ready, take a drop of the solution and drop it in water-if it remains intact and does not dissolve right away in water, the sugar solution is ready. Add saffron and cardamom powder to it.
3. Add soda and water to gram flour, and make a paste, without lumps.
4. Heat ½ kg of ghee. Put gram flour in Boondi maker and fry Boondi. Remove when light yellow.
5. Fry cashew and raisins. Add Boondi, cashew and raisins to sugar solution and mix. Cool.
6. Rub some ghee on your palms. Make laddus by squeezing the Boondi in your hands.

Rice Recipe: Spinach Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 400 grams (2 cups)
English spinach, chopped-500 grams
Butter-30 gram
Olive oil-1 table spoon
Onions medium (300g) sized- 2 (finely chopped)
Garlic -2 cloves
Chicken stock- 1litre (4 cups)
Tomatoes medium sized-2 (260 grams)-(peeled, seeded, chopped)
Parmesan cheese grated - 1/4 cup (20g).

How to prepare?

1. Heat butter and oil in medium pan; add onions and garlic, cook, stirring, until onions are soft.
2. Add Basmati rice, cook, stirring for 2 minutes.
3. Add stock, simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes or until liquid is almost absorbed.
4. Remove from heat, stir in spinach, tomatoes and cheese, and stir until spinach is wilted.

Serve this spinach rice to 4-6 persons.

Basmati Rice Recipe: Curry Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 1 ½ Cup (300g)
1 table spoon vegetable oil
Butter – 20 gram
1medium sized (150g) onion (sliced)
Water – 500 ml (2 cups)
Coconut milk - ¾ cup (180ml)
2 table spoons of chopped fresh coriander

Ingredients for Curry paste:

2 small fresh red chillies (chopped)
1 table spoon chopped fresh lemon grass
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
2 teaspoons shrimp paste
1tea spoon cumin seeds,
½ teaspoon garam masala
½ teaspoon ground turmeric

How to prepare curry paste:

Blend or process all ingredients until well combined.

Method of preparation of curry rice:

1. Heat oil and butter in medium pan, add onion and curry paste, cook, stirring, until onion is soft.
2. Stir in rice, and then add water and coconut milk, simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in coriander.
Serve this curry rice to 4-6 persons.