Sneha's Veg Indian Recipes

Coconut Burfi Recipe   Coconut Burfi is my hubbys fav and my mother in law is an expert in making this. To me she makes the best coconut burfis - perfect in texture and shape too. I wanted to try this simple and tasty sweet with easy to get ingredients too. Ingredients for coconut burfi. 1.       Coconut grated – 100 gram 2.       Sugar – 200 gram  3.       Water - 1/4 cup 4.       Khoya-100 gram 5.       Cashews broken - 1 tbsp 6.       Ghee - 2 tsp 7.       Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp [optional] Method for preparing coconut burfi . 1.       Add little ghee, roast the broken cashews till golden brown and keep aside. Grease a plate/tray with ghee and keep it ready. Take wide bottomed pan add sugar and water mix well till sugar dissolves completely and starts bubblin 2.       Keep stirring continuosly, cook till a single string consistency: If you take a drop between your thumb and index finger you can see a single string forming as s

Crispy Chikki (Peanuts and Til ki chikki) Chikki is a healthy, delicious traditional candy made from dry fruits, coconut, and sugar. It can be eaten alone or with snacks and is a perfect replacement for chocolates. This recipe uses sugar to make crispier chikkis in easier way. Ingredients (Peanuts Chikki)   1.       Peanuts-100gram 2.       Sugar-200 gram 3.       Til-50 gram 4.       Ghee-2 tbsp. How to prepare it. 1.       Roast Peanuts in a pan on medium flame for 4-5 minutes. Stir constantly to prevent burning. Let roasted peanuts cool for 3-4 minutes. Remove its skin while they are little warm and break them into halves. 2.       Roast till also in 2-3 minute on medium flame. 3.       Take 200 gram sugar in a heavy bottomed pan over low flame and stir continuously when sugar dissolves and starts to turn light brown, turn off the flame and add roasted peanuts, roasted til. 4.       Grease surface of kitchen platform or reverse sid

Crispy Chikki (Healthy Candy)   Chikki is a healthy, delicious traditional candy made from dry fruits, coconut, and sugar. It can be eaten alone or with snacks and is a perfect replacement for chocolates. This recipe uses sugar to make crispier chikkis in easier way. Ingredients 1.       Peanuts-50 gram (Roasted) 2.       Sugar-200 gram 3.       Til-25 gram 4.       Almond-25 gram(chopped) 5.       Cashew-25 gram(chopped) 6.       Coconut- 50 gram(thinly sliced)  7.       Ghee-2 tbsp. How to prepare it. 1.       Roast Peanuts in a pan on medium flame for 4-5 minutes. Stir constantly to prevent burning. Let roasted peanuts cool for 3-4 minutes. Remove its skin while they are little warm and break them into halves. 2.       Roast till also in 2-3 minute on medium flame. 3.       Take 200 gram sugar in a heavy bottomed pan over low flame and stir continuously when sugar dissolves and starts to turn light brown, turn off the flame and add

Gulab Jamun Gulab jamun is a favourite Indian dessert for many folks. In parties, weddings and even in Indian thalis, gulab jamun happens to be one of the desserts served after the meals. These soft sugar syrup soaked balls are a treat always. Sometimes to satisfy our sweet cravings, I make gulab jamunsthe recipe. The recipe is easy for a beginner too. Ingredients ·          1.       Khoya-100 gram 2.       Maida-50 gram 3.       Bread-2 slices 4.       Milk-50 gram 5.       ¼ tbsp. baking powder 6.       sugar- 200 gram(2 cup) 7.       water-200 gram(2 cup) 8.       Elaichidana- 14-15 elaichidana 9.       Cardamom–5-6 green cardamoms(elaichi) 10.    Saffron-8-10       11.    Ghee for deep-frying   How to prepare it. 1.       Take 2 cups sugar, 3-4 green cardamoms (or 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder) and 8-10 saffron strands in a deep pan. 2.       Add 2 cups water and bring mixture to boil over high flame. When it comes to rolling boil,