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Janmashtami Recipes

JanmashtamiJanmashtami RecipesWhen is Janmashtami ?
Shrikhand
Ingredients
  • 1 (18 ounce) container Plain Yogurt
  • 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tsp Rose Water (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Cardamom
  • Dash of Ground Nutmeg
  • Few threads of Saffron
  • 4 tsp finely chopped Green Pistachios
Method
  • Mix all the ingredients of Shrikhand, except pistachios.
  • After mixing the ingredients, put them in a bowl and cover it with a lid. Refrigerate the mixture for at least 2 hours.
  • After waiting for two hours, take the bowl off the refrigerator. By this time, the mixture would have reached the consistency of a dessert. Now, you may stir and spoon the Shrikhand (Sweet Golden Yogurt) into dessert dishes.
  • Sprinkle with pistachios.
  • Serves four people.
Singhare Ki Puri
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Singhare Flour (Kuttu)
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • 2 tsp Oregano (Ajwain) Seeds
  • 1/4 cup Coriander Leaves
  • 1/4 cup Chopped Spinach
  • 1/4 cup Potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • 2 Green Chilies, chopped
  • 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Water, for kneading
  • Oil, for deep frying
Method
  • Mix all the mentioned ingredients thoroughly (except oil) in Singhara flour.
  • Since Singhara flour is not like the normal wheat flour, you need not add too much of water while kneading it.
  • After kneading the flour well, take small portion of the flour and make it into a small kneaded ball, in your palm. Then, shape the kneaded ball it into a puri.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan and fry poori, until it becomes dark brown in color.
  • Repeat the above step with the rest of the flour mixture.
Kheer
Ingredients
  • 5 cups Milk
  • 1/2 cup Long-grained rice
  • 2 tbsp Almond powder
  • 1 tsp Cardamom powder
  • A pinch of Saffron
  • 1 tin Condensed milk
  • Sugar to taste
Method
  • Cook rice in a pressure pan with enough water, till soft. Drain and mash.
  • Heat milk to a thick and creamy consistency.
  • Add condensed milk, mashed rice, sugar, almond powder, cardamom powder and saffron.
  • Cook till creamy.
  • Serve hot with puris.


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