Kulfi Falooda

Kulfi Falooda  

While we haven't stepped out of our homes for approximately 43 days now, the craving for takeouts, pizza, street food and sweets remain. So I, once again, tried to embrace the traditional methods of homemade food over the now unavailable option of buying. Hence, I present to you the usual recipe of Kulfi with the addition of Falooda. Chilled recipes like these help us bring calm and get through the heat and frustration without depending on food outlets.

Cooking Time : 40 to 50 Min

Resting Time : 12 to 14 Hours

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Ingredients : 

For Kulfi 

• Full cream milk 1 1/2 ltr 
• Sugar 2 Tablespoon (You can use according to your taste)
• Almonds Chopped 1/2 cup
• Pistachio Nuts Chopped 2 tablespoon
• Green cardamom 4 to 5 crushed
• Cornflour 1 Teaspoon optional
• Kesar 12 to 15 strands soak in 1 tablespoon water 

For Falooda : 4 Servings 

• Corn flour 1/2 cup
• Water 1 1/2 cup
• Sugar 1 Tablespoon
• Lots of Ice

For Garnishing :  

• Rose syrup 2 Tablespoon
• Pistachio nuts chopped 1 Tablespoon

Procedure :  

For Kulfi 

• In a heavy bottom pan cook milk along with sugar and cardamom powder. 

• When milk starts boiling, make sure that you continuously stir it and cook for around 25 to 30 minutes till you get a rabri kind of texture

• If you feel that the this is not a smooth mixture just take a 1 teaspoon of corn flour, dissolve in 1 tablespoon of water, add it in milk cook for a minute it will be a smooth mixture.

• Add Chopped nuts and kesar. Mix it well . 

• Fill this mixture in kulfi moulds or ice- cream moulds and freeze it for 8 to 10 hours

For Falooda :  

• In a bowl take 1/2 cup of cornflour, add 1 tablespoon of sugar to this, slowly slowly add water to this and form a free flowing mixture 
• Now take a non sticky pan and cook this mixture on slow or medium flame. It will be sticky but don't worry just stir it continuously.

• Once you get a transparent texture as shown in picture switch off the gas

• In a big bowl, take lots of ice and cold water
• Now fill this mixture in a Machine, which is used for making namkeen. It is easily available in market or you can make a cone of plastic sheet
• In the machine place the attachment of the size you want for faluda. Now press the machine you will get nice faluda saviya coming out, drop this in cold water and let it be in cold water for at-least 10 to 15 mins 

• One more thing if you see that the faluda is dissolving in water it means your mixture of corn flour is not cooked properly

For Serving :  

• In a plate or glass add the small pieces of kulfi, top it with faluda, sprinkle some rose syrup and chopped nuts enjoy .... 

Paneer Pocket

Schezwan Paneer Pockets  

"Oh no...Not again....mumma same paneer ka parantha....it's too boring" I recently heard these comments from my daughter. This made me think....food must be healthy, full of nutritious ingredients, full of taste then what is missing.

Now a days kids are fond of eating pizza pockets, cheese pockets and these are very much in. Maximums kids like these stuff which are not very healthy. What if we make similar things which are healthy like our paneer ka parantha. If we present this paneer ka parantha in a slightly different manner, it comes like schezwan paneer pockets. Mom what have you made...this is very different, yummy and tasting awesome...these were the comments when my daughter ate it .

Instead of giving it standard parantha look, i made it like a pocket. It can now accommodate more paneer which is better than the mozrilla cheese used in pizza having more fat content. Schezwan flavor gives them flavour of fast food centers. Way of holding it also makes it more user friendly. And now it is a Hit not only with kids but also with elders...

Preparation time : 15 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

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Ingredients :


For Filling :

• Cottage cheese (paneer) 200 gm grated
• Onion chopped 1 small size
• Capsicum chopped 1 Tablespoon
• Schezwan Sauce 1 Tablespoon
• Green chilly chopped 2
• Coriander chopped 1 tablespoon
• Salt according to taste
• Cooking oil 2 Tablespoon

For Dough :  

• Wheat flour 2 Cup
• Salt 1 Tea spoon
• Oil 1 Tablespoon 
• Water as required 

Procedure :   

• For Dough : In a bowl take atta along with salt and oil mix it well. Now add water as required and knead the dough nicely till it is properly done. Keep it aside and prepare the filling
• In a bowl take grated paneer add chopped onions, green chilly, capsicum, coriander, salt and schezwan sauce and mix it well

• Now take a small portion of dough. Roll it as disk or chapati  as shown in picture

• Apply some oil and spread a layer of filling on it as shown in picture

• Now simply fold the sides on the chapati as pocket as shown in picture

• Now gently hold the pocket and transfer it to tava. sprinkle some oil and cook it from both the sides till it is crisp and brown from both the sides as shown in picture

• Serve it to your kids with some dip or chutney 

Oats Cutlet

Oats Cutlet  

Having studied benefits of Oats, I got too obsessed on serving this food to my family. However, giving oatmeals daily was becoming monotonous and too boring. I then tried bringing variation to the way oats can be served. One such dish I am presenting below is called Oats Cutlet.

Oats advantages are numerous. Oats are extremely good for it being gluten free whole grains. It also has got antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and fiber. Oats are having specific fiber called beta glucan fiber. It reduces total and LDL cholesterol levels. Thus oats may lower risk of heart ailments. Similarly various other advantages of Oats are improvement in blood sugar level, help in losing weight, relive constipation etc.

This Valentine's Day Serve your loved once This Healthy cutlets

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Preparation Time : 20 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

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Ingredients : 

• 2 Tablespoon cooking rolled oats
• 2 Medium size carrot grated 
• 2 Boiled potatoes grated
• 100 gm cottage cheese (paneer) grated
• 1 Teaspoon ginger finely chopped
• 2 green chilly chopped
• 2 Tablespoon chopped onion greens (optional)
• 1 Tablespoon chopped coriander
• 1 Teaspoon chat masala
• Salt according to taste
• Red chilly powder according to taste
• 2 Tablespoon cooking rolled oats for coating
• 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour (maida) dissolved in 1/2 cup of water
• Oil for cooking

Procedure : 

• Finish all the cutting and chopping

• Prepare maida paste

• In a bowl mix all the ingredients except maida paste, oats for coating and oil.

• Mix all the ingredients together and form a dough

• Now take a small portion and form small patties as shown in picture

• Take a nonstick pan heat in. 
• Take a patti dip it into maida paste coat it with oats and put it into pan for shallow frying

• Repeat the same step with rest of patties

• Serve it hot with chutney or sauce ....