Suzy's kitchen

Badam Halwa Ingredients: Almonds 1 Cup Sugar 1 1/2 Cups Milk 1/2 – 3/4 Cup Cardamom  Powder a big Pinch Ghee 1 Tbsp Method of preparation: Take a handful of almonds aside. Slice some almonds for garnish. Soak almonds in warm water for couple of hours. Peel the skin off of the almonds and grind the peeled almonds along with reserved almonds into smooth paste with enough milk. Heat a heavy pan on medium heat, add almond paste. Stir briefly and add the sugar and cardamom powder. Cook on low – medium flame for the almond paste to come together. Keep stirring the almond paste to avoid scorching. When the halwa comes together and stops sticking to the sides of the pan, remove from heat. Stir in ghee and remove the almond halwa from heat. Once halwa is cool enough to handle, form it into desired shape and garnish with sliced almonds. Notes:   Make sure to stir the almond paste well. Suggestions:   Make sure halwa doesn’t stick to the sides of the...

Rawa Dosa Ingredients: Semolina/ Rawa  2 cups Rice flour 1 cup Asafoetida  1 tsp Salt to taste Ginger  1 inch piece Green chillies 4 Peppercorns 2 tsps Cumin seeds 1 tsp Ghee 2 tbsps Oil as required Method of preparation: Peel, wash and finely chop ginger. Remove stems, wash and finely chop green chillies. Blend rawa, rice flour and 3-4 cups of water to make a thin batter. Add chopped ginger, green chillies, sufficient salt and asafoetida. Crush peppercorns and cumin seeds. Heat ghee in a pan and fry crushed peppercorns and cumin seeds lightly. Add to batter and stir well. Lightly greese non stick tawa. When its hot, pour a laddle full of batter in circular motion starting from the outside of tawa. Pour a tsp of oil around and on dosa and cook till it is crisp and golden in colour. FIip on other side and let it cook for few seconds. Remove and serve hot. Notes:   You can add cilantro, cashews, carrot or anything you wish to th...

Badam Milk:  Soak almonds or badam in water and peel off the skin. These almonds are then ground into fine paste and added to the milk. The milk with the almond paste is boiled for sometime and sweetened. Garnish with chopped nuts or rose petals. Makes: 3 Cups of Almond Milk Ingredients: Milk 4 Cups Almonds 15 – 20 Green  Cardamom  1 Almond Essence 2 – 4 drops Saffron  4 – 8 Strands Pistachios 4 Sugar 1/2 Cup or more Method of preparation: Lightly bruise the green cardamom and remove all the seeds. Crush all the green cardamom seeds into fine powder. Finely chop pistachios and slice almonds for garnish.