Badham Kheer

This is a cool and refreshing drink suitable for all occasions

I make this quite often as this my family fav. We love to drink it any time on a day. In summers Badham Kheer is a must drink every weekend for ur. I also make this for parties and get-together. Even kids would love this.

Ingredients :

Almonds - 1/4 cup
Pistachios - 10
Cardamom Powder - 1 teaspoon
Saffron - 1 large pinch
Sugar - 1/2 cup or according to taste
Milk - 1 Litter

Procedure :

Soak almonds and pistachios for 2 to 3 hours. Peal the skin. Now grind the nut with some milk. Make it into a smooth paste.

Add the ground mixture into the rest of the milk. Add the saffron and cardamom. Bring this mixture up to boil.

Keep on string to avoid the skin forming on top of milk. Milk should come to a full boil. Finally add sugar and let it cool in the refrigerator or can be served hot also.

This whole process can also be done in the microwave. It would hardly take 7 to 8 minutes in my microwave. But time differs for each microwave. Stir the mixture at regular intervals.

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Cappuccino Mug Cake

This is a very cool looking cake with decadent taste.

Cappuccino mug cake are very cute cake for any occasion. I love to make this cake in the coffee mug, just to give a cappuccino effect.I got this idea from a food magazine. I turned out so good so i thought of sharing this recipe with my bloggers friends.

Ingredients :

1 packet yellow cake mix
Instant Coffee powder - 1/4 cup
Coco Powder - 1 tablespoon
Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon

For the icing:

Fresh whipped cream - 1 cup

Cinnamon powder and cinnamon sticks for garnish

Procedure :

Prepare the cake batter as given in the box, Mix instant coffee powder with 2 tablespoon hot water and mix well.

Add the coffee mixture, cinnamon and coco powder to the cake mix batter and mix it well.

Spray the coffee mug with non stick spray(butter flavor) and fill the mug with the batter to almost 3/4 the size of the mug.







Then bake in the 350 degree oven for 20 mins or until the knife inserted some out clean, Pass the knife till the end of the mug.








Let the cake cool completely. Now top the cake with fresh whipped. Dust it with cinnamon powder and insert a cinnamon stick on the side.




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Pistachio & Cranberry Clusters

This is a very easy candy recipe. Made with three ingredients in three easy steps.....

I got this recipe from the back of dried cranberries packet. It sounded simple to me and I had all the ingredients handy, so I tried it and it was really so good. Kids would love it. This can be made from both white and dark chocolate. In the same way the nuts and the dried fruits can also be altered according to ones creativity....

Actually the recipe called for cashew nuts, but I replaced it with pistachio for a colorful look(Red, White, Green). I also loved the combo of toasted almonds and raisins in semi-sweet chocolate.

Ingredients :

White chocolate - 1/2 cup
Dried Cranberries - 1/2 cup
Pistachio - 1/2 cup

Procedure :

Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

Stir in dried cranberries and nuts.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. Let harden at room temperature or chill in refrigerator.

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Traditional Buttermilk Pancake

As Feb 24 is National Pancake Day, I thought this is a right time to post these classic buttermilk pancake.

This is a very traditional pancake recipe. This is a basic pancake recipe.
Any fruit or any condiment can be added to the batter to make different types of pancake.

Ingredients :

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
Baking Soda - 1/2 teaspoon
Egg - 1
Sugar - 2 tablespoon
Buttermilk - 1 cup
Melted Butter - 2 tablespoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Vanilla - 1/2 teaspoon
Maple Syrup for drizzling on the pancake

Procedure :

Mix the dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar. Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl: egg, buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla.

Now mix the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix well and set aside for 1 hour.

Heat the griddle and rub the butter on it. Then pour a medium ladle full of batter add let still for 1 minute. Then flip the pancake and cook for 1 more minute.

Repeat the steps until needed. In the meanwhile, warm the maple syrup. Stack the pancake and pour the warm syrup and serve hot.

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Valentine's Day Cookies / Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

Belated Valentine's Day wished to all. Hope every one had a wonderful Valentine's Day..... Well we celebrated with these Cranberry Shortbread Cookies.

Basically Shortbread are type of crispy buttery dense cookies.They are very simple to make and tastes incredibly good. The real taste of short bread cookies comes from the butter, so the quality of butter is more important in this recipe. I have used dried cranberry as it comes from in lovely red color which is very apt for valentine's day. But any type for dried fruits can be Used. Dried apricots are my other favorite combination in this cookies.Even chocolate chips can be used.

Love short bread cookies a lot. But this is a fist shortbread cookies I am posting. Each time I make it, I never found time to click them. Finally this time I did it. I got this recipe from a food magazine. From the first time I tried these cookie it was a great hit among my family and friends.




I would like to send this recipe to Notyet100 of Asankhana , She is hosting this beautiful event named Cooking With Luv for Luv. All the best for the event.....

Ingredients :

Flour - 1 cup
Butter - 1 stick (1/2 cup)
Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Dried Cranberries - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)

Procedure :

Combine all the above ingredients except cranberries. Make it as a crumbly dough. Next add the cranberries and knead the dough until the cranberries are equally mixed.

Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins. Then flour the board slightly and roll out the disk, about 1/2 inch thick.

Then using a heart shape cookie cutter cut out cookies and lay them on a baking sheet. Knead the left out dough and again do the same process and make as many cookies u need.

Bake the cookies in a 350 degrees oven for around 20 mins or until the sides of the cookies turn slightly brown.

Note : For perfect shortbread cookies do not over mix or over knead the dough.
Do not bake the cookies to a deep golden brown.


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