Khubani Ka Meetha | Hyderabad famous sweet

Khubani Ka Meetha is an Indian sweet made from dried apricots originating from Hyderabad. This is great dessert for crowd. Usually I make this for get together for large group of people. This tastes best with vanilla ice cream.

 

Ingredients :

Dried Apricots - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Water - 2 Cups

Red Food Color - 3 to 4 drops

Lemon juice - 1 Teaspoon

Special Gadgets needs : 

Whipping Cream - 1 cup

Condensed Milk - 3 Tablespoon

Rose essence - 3 Drops 

 

Procedure : 

Soak 1/2 cup dried apricots in 2 cups of water for 5 hours

Apricots will be plumped up now 

Add soaked apricots with water to a sauce pan and boil

Cover and cook for 10 mins

Add 1/2 cup sugar and cook for 5 mins

Add few drops of red food coloring and mix well

Fry 2 tablespoons chopped almonds in ghee

Whip 1 cup heavy cream with 3 tbsp condensed milk and 3 drop rose essence / flavor 

Whip only until flowing consistency 

Spoon some cream and top it with cooked apricot s and fried nuts.

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Mango Kulfi | Quick Mango Kulfi | Mango Kulfi in 5 minutes | No Cook No Churn Mango kulfi

Mango Kulfi is perfect delight for summer days. This is a quick and easy mango kulfi recipe. It do not need any special ice cream machine, just a simple blender works fine. 

This kulfi can be made using fresh mangos or canned mango pulp. If using fresh mango use 1/4 cup of sugar to the recipe. It tastes best with cardamom and saffron, awesome combination of flavor for a dessert

Ingredients : 

Mango pulp (canned) - 1cup

Condensed milk - 1/2 cup

Heavy whipping cream - 1/2 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Saffron - 1 teaspoon 

Cardamom pod - 1 teaspoon

Special Gadgets needs : 

Popsicles mould/ Kulfi mould 

Popsicles sticks

 

Procedure : 

1. In a blender add 1 cup mango pulp, 1/2 cup condensed milk, 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/2 cup whole milk, 1 tsp saffron and 1 tsp of cardamom pods and blend till think and creamy.

2. Pour the mixture to a jar and add some chopped pistachios and mix in.

3. Fill in the kulfi mould, cover the top with a small piece of foil and make a small slit and insert a popsicle stick. 

4. Freeze for 5 hours. 

5. To remove kulfi from mould, dip the mould in hot water and twist and remove from mould and sprinkle some chopped nut and enjoy.

Notes: 

1. If using fresh mango pulp, Add 1/4 cup of sugar to the original recipe

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Mother’s Day Cakesicles | Cakesicles | How to make Cakesicles

Cakesicles are bigger size cake pops. They are perfect for any occasion and can be customized as per the event. I made some pink color candy decorations with mother's day theme.

Usually cakesicles are made with cake and icing. I did not have icing at home, so made some chocolate ganache and mixed with cake to form cake dough.

Ingredients : 

Any cake - home baked or Store bought 

White chocolate wafer / white chocolate chips / candy melts 

Chocolate ganache (melt 1/4 cup chocolate and 3 tbsp cream) 

Candy decorations / sprinkles 

Special Gadgets needs : 

Cakesicle mould 

Popsicle sticks

 

Procedure : 

1. Use a any cake either homemade or store bought cake. Crumble the cake without big chunks 

2. Prepare a ganache but melting chocolate chips and heavy cream  

3. Put the ganache over the crumbled cake and start mixing it until it forms a dough like texture  

4. Melt your Chocolate or Candy Melts  

5. Add about a spoonful of melted chocolate into the mold. You can use a spoon, small offset spatula, a pastry brush to coat the mold. Make sure to get the sides of the mold and coat completely to create a chocolate shell.  

6. Insert the popsicle stick. Refrigerate atlest for 15 mins 

7. Remove from refrigerator and paying extra care not to break your chocolate, press your cake filling into the cavities of the mold. Leave a thin gap for final chocolate coating. Refrigerate for 10 mins 

8. Remove from refrigerator and cover the top of the mold with additional chocolate. Refrigerate for 10 mins until the chocolate sets.  

Carefully loosen one of the corners of your mold and then peel the mold from the top to remove the entire cakesicle. Carefully push the sticks out of the mold.  

9. If any extra chocolate is on the outer rim of your cakesicle, use a paring knife to carefully trim the chocolate off.  

10. Decorate cakesicle as needed. I have used homemade Mother’s Day theme candy melts decorations, edible luster dust and a drizzle of candy melts  

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Sooji Appam | Ugadi Special

Sooji Appam is a Traditional Indian sweet made for Ugadi. In my house every year for Ugadi it's a tradition to made sooji appam and pooran poli. Both are awesome sweet which are mouthwatering. 

This year I have made Sooji Appam for making this Ugadi special day. This is basically a sooji halwa stuffed inside poori and deep fried. My grandma adds kova to the filling to make it extra special and rich. 

Ingredients :

Maida - 1 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

Water

Oil for deep frying 

Filling:

Rava / Sooji - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Hot water - 1 cup

Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

Saffron - 1 pinch

Procedure : 

Fry 1/2 cup sooji / rava with 1 tsp ghee until light brown color.

Add 1 cup boiling water and cook completely.

Add 1/2 cup sugar and mix well. Use a wisk to break the lumps.

Crush and add 1 pinch of saffron and 1/4 tsp cardamom, mix well

In a bowl add 1 cup maida , 1 tsp ghee, 1/4 tsp salt and mix well

Add water little by little and make slightly sticky dough.

Add 2 tsp of oil and mix the dough for at least 5 mins

Knead the sooji halwa and make small rounds.

Make small dough balls, they must smaller than sooji rounds.

Cut open a ziploc bag and grease it well with oil.

First flatten the dough.

Place sooji filling and pull the dough to cover it and make a round.

Flatten the round a bit and cover it with ziploc and roll it flat.

Remove the plastic wrap and flatten it more with hands.

Remove the appam from plastic wrap and carefully drop in hot oil.

Fry both sides till light golden brown.

Remove from oil and drain on paper towel.

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Peeps House for Easter | Bunny hut | Royal icing without Meringue powder

Easter is colorful festival after 6 long winter months. When we say Easter bunnies, chicks and Easter eggs are the ones which comes first to my mind. They looks so cute and colorful. 

I have made Bunny hut to celebrate Easter this year. Kids enjoyed making this bunny house. I have used graham crackers to make this house. Next I have royal icing to glue the graham crackers. I have used corn syrup to make royal icing. 

Ingredients :

Graham crackers - 3 large pieces 

Peeps Marshmallows 

Sprinkles 

Easter / Pastel color M&Ms Royal icing

Royal Icing without Meringue powder:

Icing sugar - 1/2 cup 

Corn syrup - 1/2 teaspoon 

Vanilla extract - 1/2 teaspoon 

Water - 3 to 3 1/2 teaspoon

Special equipment needed:

Pipping bag 

Small round tip (Wilton #2) 

Procedure : 

Mix 1/2 cup powder sugar, 1/2 tsp corn syrup, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 3 to 3 1/2 tsp water and mix until it forms a thick paste. 

Fill in the icing into piping bag with small round tip. 

Cut 3 big graham cracker into half to get 6 pieces. Now cut 1 half of the cracker into quarter. Now cut one of the quarter piece across to make a triangle shape. 

First pipe royal icing on the side and attach the triangle. This is back of the house. 

Pipe icing on the next to pieces and attach to form roof. 

Next attach the sides of the house. Let it dry for 30 mins. 

Now decorate the roof with M&M's. 

Now place the house on a plate and keep the peep inside the house and decorate it with sprinkles. 

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