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Jalebies

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Jalebies were invented in India during the time of Mughals. Mughals used to call Zlebia. They used to make it during the festival Ramadan. Ingredients: 1 ½ cup of all purpose flour, ½ tsp cardamom powder, 1 tsp rapid rise yeast, 1 tbsp of corn starch, 1 ½ tsp oil, 1 tbsp yogurt, 2 cups of warm water, 1 cup of sugar, pinch of saffron, 1tsp lime syrup, oil to fry. Recipe: Take all purpose flour and add dry spices in it. Add cardamom powder rapid rise yeast and corn starch to the all purpose flour and mix it properly. Now add yogurt, 1 cup of warm water, 1 tsp oil. Mix the mixture properly so that all the clusters get dissolved. Put the bowl in warm water, cover it and put it in oven without starting it or put in incubator temperature at 30®C for 30 minutes. Meanwhile heat the 1 cup of water at medium heat and add 1 cup of sugar in it to make sugar syrup. Make sure to make sugar syrup proportion should be 50-50. Also add pinch of saffron and allow it to cook for 15 minutes. Keep ...

Gajor ka Halwa

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There are thousands of deserts in India. Each part of India represents the different desserts. Different desert has its own taste also. But there are some deserts which just represent Indian for example, Gajar Ka Halwa. No one knows the origin of this desert is but everybody likes it. Anyone can make it by following the recipes as its recipe is too easy to make. Indian food is known for its spices. Without the spices we can’t even imagine the Indian food. In India spices are also used in deserts. In all desert mostly cardamom seeds or the whole cardamom is being used. Here we are going to share the recipe for Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa). Ingredients: 2lbs carrot, 1 litre 4% milk, 1 tsp cardamom seeds, ½ litre water, 3 tbsp raisins, 7-8 pieces almonds shredded, 7-8 pieces of pistachios shredded, 4 tbsp ghee (clarified butter), 1lb sugar. Recipe: Wash and shred the carrots. Soak the raisins for 20 minutes in room temperature water. Now boil water in big mouth pan. Make sure to use the ...