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Grape Granita & Drink

Fruits occupy a major portion of my refrigerator...Whenever we see something fresh we end up bringing it home...thinking that it would be sweet and devoured by our son...and at the end its me and my hubby who has to finish it off as it would be extremely sour...last time we had brought some grapes which was like that and I had moved it to the inner part of fridge...last day when I was digging into  the refrigerator,  found some spoiled...ah Nooo... wrinkled grapes....I took them out to examine...Nothing had happened other than getting wrinkles..:)...So i was like what to do with them...throw or save....I was sure that I wont get any juice, nor could dry it for further use...so I decided to experiment...and the result is here :)

Amount of ingredients is approx. as I just took everything and made it...
Grapes-1 nd 1/2 cup
Water-1/2 cup
Sugar-1/4 cup(add more if needed)

Method Of Preparation:
1. Boil the grapes along with sugar and water for 5 mins.The grapes should open up, else boil till it does..Then remove from heat and allow to cool.
2. Squeeze the grapes. Separate the juice with a strainer. You will get a delicious drink.Serve chilled.

Method Of Preparation:
1. Pour the juice in a baking pan and freeze it for 3 hours.
2. Remove scrape the  frozen crystal using a fork continue to freeze, scraping every 30 minutes, until the mixture is totally frozen and granular, about 4 to 5  hours.
3. Scrape the granita into chilled bowls and serve.

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Mirchi bajji

Mirchi bajji is again a fav snack of mine....My hubby is not a person who likes hot food....so he is kind of away from these stuffs...Its after my long effort that he started to eat it to give company to me...and that too the outer covering...Now he is fine with it...so I make it reducing the hotness according to his taste...Here is the recipe for it.

Green Pepper-5 no(I guess it is banana pepper)
Oil to fry

For Stuffing:
Potato-2 no(boiled and mashed)
Onion-1 no(small)
Ginger-1 tsp(grated)
Garam Masala-1/4 tsp
Chaat masala-2 tsp
Salt little.

For Coating:
Gram Flour-1 cup
Rice powder-1/4 cup
Water-1 cup
Salt to taste

Method Of Preparation:
1. wash the pepper,slit it on one side,remove the vein and seeds,keep it in salt water for 10 mins.Pat dry and keep aside.
2. Mix the ingredients for stuffing in a bowl.keep aside.
3. Mix the coating ingredients to form a medium thick batter,a little bit thick than dosa batter and keep for 10 min.

4. Mean while stuff the peppers with the stuffing mixture and keep on a plate.
5. Heat sufficient oil in a wok and when hot,take a stuffed pepper ,dip in the flour mixture,coat it completely and deep fry till golden.
6. Serve warm with chutney.

Tips:

1. If you can resist heat no need of soaking in salt water.

2. Any kind of pepper can be used for this.

Coconut Balls

I had made coconut balls using condensed milk and rolled it in chocolate....ahhh...it had tasted superb...Later I had seen this recipe in Priya's blog...immediately I fell in love with that...I was sure of the taste but more than that the color attracted me....There is nothing great to change in it...I just felt that a few nuts would increase the taste...so added bits of fried cashew and was not wrong doing so..Anyways its a great sweet...Thanks Priya..:) 

Dessicated Coconut -2 cups(unsweetened)
Condensed milk-1 cup
Rose syrup-1 tbsp
Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts-1 tbsp
Ghee-1 tsp


Method Of Preparation:
1. Heat ghee in a non stick pan and fry the cashews, break them to small pieces and keep aside.
2. In another nonstick pan boil the condensed milk,rose syrup and immediately add the dessicated coconut.
3. Cook till the mixture  comes from sides of pan,then add cardamom powder along with broken cashews and mix well and remove from heat.
4. When  medium warm roll to medium sized  balls and roll over dessicated coconut.
5. Serve or store them in airtight box. I refrigerated remaining in airtight box.

Green gram Curry

As I said before...my hubby can have recipes with green gram 3 times a day for 365 days...:)...This is one among them....

Green gram-1 cup
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Chilly powder- 1 tsp
Salt to taste.
Coconut- 1/4 cup plus little more.
Onion-1/4 piece(finely cut)
Mustard-1 tsp
Cumin-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves-1 stalk.
Dry Red Chilly-2 no(cut to half)

Method of Preparation:
1. Soak the green gram for 2 to 3 hrs. Then in a vessel add green gram 2 to 3 cups of water,turmeric,chilly powder and cook.
2. Grind the coconut to smooth paste using little water and keep aside.
3. Once green gram gets cooked add salt and coconut mixture and boil it for sometime.Take from heat.
4. Heat oil in  a wok,sputter mustard,dry chilly and cumin seeds. Then add  onion and fry till light brown.Add curry leaves and add the cooked curry to it. Off the gas and serve with rice/roti/puttu.

Tips:
1. If you have forgot to soak the gram, you can pressure cook for 4 whistles on low. The gram will be soft then.
2. The whole process can be done using pressure cooker.
3. Instead of coconut you can use coconut milk(1/4 cup).Then add milk and simmer.

Hara Bhara Kabab

Potato-3 no(boiled and mashed)
Spinach-20 leaves
Green Peas-3/4 cup(boiled and mashed)
Green chillies-2 no(cut to half and then minced)
Garlic-1/4 tsp(minced)
Ginger-1 tsp(minced)
Coriander leaves-2 tbsp(chopped)
Salt to taste
Cornflour-2 tbsp
Garam Masala-1/4 tsp
Chaat masala-1 tsp
Cashew nuts as needed
Oil to fry

Method Of Preparation:
1. Blanch the spinach in boiling water with salt for 5 mins,drain and rinse with cold water,chop finely.
2. Mix all the ingredients except oil without water and make small balls of that dough,press between palms to form tikkis.
3. Dust in cornflour,and place half of a cashew and press slightly then deep fry in hot oil on both sides for about 3 to 4 mins.Drain to a kitchen paper and serve hot with sauce.

Tips:
1. If needed you can add more spinach,then if you find difficulty in forming tikkis add little cornflour for binding.

Fruit Salad

Today I had decided to post something else....then the pics of that was not good so was lazy to post...Then as my son slept I tried my hands on my new camera...got some ok pics in manual mode without any post processing....so decided to show off those pics...:) So you got the info right???Here is the presentation of a simple recipe which is great for summer...easy to prepare and delicious to eat....

Fruits of your choice.Select it in such a way that you have sweet as well as tangy  fruits.I used
Water melon
Papaya
Grapes
Apple
Raisins
Orange
Bananna altogether 1 cup
Honey-2 tbsp
Crystal sugar few
Crushed Nuts-2 tsp(your choice)
Vanilla Icecream-1 scoop for each cup
Rose syrup-1 tsp plus little for each cup

Method Of Preparation:
1. Cut the fruits to small pieces and mix with honey and refrigerate for 2 hours.
2. In the serving bowl, add 3 tbsp of chopped fruits,1 tsp of rose syrup,scoop of vanilla and few drops of rose syrup along with nuts and crystal sugar on the ice cream. Serve

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