Your guests will love these homemade treats.
Chef Manvinder of Hyatt Regency, Lucknow shares some desi-style recipes for the festive season.
Be prepared to drool!
Khajur Aur Nariyal Ke Laddoo
Ingredients:
- 100 gm dates, de-seeded
- 5 biscuits
- 3 tbsp dried coconut powder
- 1 tbsp butter
Method:
- Cut the dates into thin, long strips. Keep aside.
- Break the biscuits into small pieces (1 biscuit into approximately 20 pieces).
- Heat the butter in a pan. Add the chopped dates and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in 1 tbsp of the coconut powder.
- Saute for 10-15 seconds, then turn off the flame.
- While the date mixture is still hot, add the crushed biscuits and mix thoroughly (for about 2 minutes).
- Divide the mixture into 10 equal parts. Shape each part into a ball and flatten slightly. Roll each piece separately in the remaining 2 tbsp of coconut powder. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
Green Peas and Corn Pinwheel
Ingredients:
- 100 gm green peas
- 15 gm chaat masala
- 10 gm cumin
- 3 green chillies
- 20 gm corn
- 1 chopped onion
- 6 papri rolls
- 10 gm peanuts
Method:
- Wash green peas, saute with cumin green chillies onions, peanuts and set to cold.
- Take pinwheels of papri and stuffs the green pea mixture and press.
- Garnish with green coriander.
- Serve with mint chutney.
Baked Gur Sandesh
Ingredients:
- 2 litre toned milk
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 50 gm gud (jaggery), grated
- 6 almonds, chopped finely
Method:
- Bring milk to the boil; turn off heat and add lemon juice. Stir until it curdles. If it does not curdle, add more lemon juice. Cover for two minutes.
- Strain through a muslin cloth, making sure all the liquid or whey is removed. What remains in the cloth is paneer.
- Preheat the oven at 160°C for 7-10 minutes.
- Put the warm paneer in a mixer and give it a quick whisk. Transfer in a mixing bowl. Now add the grated jaggery. Mash thoroughly, using your hand, until completely smooth, for approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Spread this mixture in an even layer, about half an inch thick, in a small baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven for approximately 10 minutes or until the surface turns golden brown. Garnish with almonds. Divide into 10 equal portions and serve.
Tofu Apple Salad
Ingredients:
- 250 gm tofu
- 1 apple
- 10 gm chillies
- 15 ml soy sauce
- 10 ml sweet chilli sauce
- 15 ml orange juice
- 1 lemon juice
- 10 gm sprouts
Method:
- Deep fry tofu till golden brown.
- Cut thick slices of apple marinate with lemon and sugar.
- Make sauce with soy sweet chillies, orange juice.
- Arrange apple in bottom of plate and set tofu on top.
- Pour sauce on the top and garnish with sprouts.
Yoghurt Minted Beets
Ingredients:
- 100 gm yoghurt
- 15 gm mint leaves
- 2 green chillies
- 2 beetroot
- 5 gm chaat masala
- 10 ml lemon juice
Method:
- Wash beetroot, slice thin even lengthwise.
- Blanch beets and soak in cold water.
- Make mixture of yogurt, chillies, coriander.
- Stuff yogurt mixture into beets and fold.
- Store in cold place.
- Make sauce lemon juice beets and chaat masala.
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