Aam Kalakand

 

Aam Kalakand

Mango is the king of fruits and it can be used to make various dishes and one of them is mango kalakand. Mango kalakand is very delicious and can be prepared and served in any festival and especially Bangalore is the best place to get various type of mango in whole South India. 

This is very well know recipe for all, but today I made it in my way with simple three main (Chenna, condensed milk, mango  pulp) ingredients – Aam Kalakand!  Let try for it.

Ingredients:
2 cup (approx 200 gms) homemade paneer/chenna (procedure included for 1 ltr full cream milk)

200 grams sweetened condensed milk

Mango pulp 1 cup (without threads)

2 cup sugar

100 grm milk powder

1 tsp cardamom powder

1/2 tbsp ghee for greasing

Silver warq 1 sheet

Procedure for homemade panner / Chenna:
Boil 1 ltr full cream milk and curdle it with 1 tbsp vinegar or 1/2 tbsp lemon . Remove from heat and keep covered for 5 minutes. Strain the liquid and hold the chenna in a muslin cloth. Lightly wash the chenna with drinking water to do away with the smell of vinegar or lemon. Now tightly tie the muslin cloth and strain the excess water for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Procedure:
Take the chenna or paneer and milk powder and  mix well with your hands till the mixture is well blended and the chenna is completely crumbled. Now transfer the same mixture to a nonstick pan and add the mango pulp, sugar and condensed milk on medium flame and Cook the mixture till it gets thick and looks like mawa and till the mixture reaches the consistency of making a burfee. Now add the cardamom powder and stir for 2-3 more minutes. 

Grease a serving plate with ghee and transfer the mixture onto the plate. With the help of a knife or spatula, smoothen out the mixture to form a square shape of 1/2" thickness. Cut the square into equal sized smaller squares. This is just to make the marks for easier serving later on. Garnish each small square with chopped pistachios or raisin and let it cool at least for 2 hour to set it and decorate with silver warq before serving.

Nolen Gurer Kalakand

Nolen Gurer Kalakand

As I said in my earlier post (Jhola gurer (Liquid Dates Jaggery) Pudding) Nolen Gur or date palm jaggery is a delicacy of any Bengali household food in winter. You will get lots of verities of Gur’s sweet any sweet shop in Bengal and as always I am very much passionate to make experiments about food spl in Bengali cuisines.

Today I made one of the easiest recipes and most loved Indian sweet with simple three ingredients – the KALAKAND. This is made from dates palm jaggery instead of sugar which makes it really different. Let try for Nolen Gurer Kalakand!

Ingredients:
2 cup (approx 200 gms) homemade paneer/chenna (procedure included for 1 ltr full cream milk)

200 grams sweetened condensed milk

5 tbsp Jhola gur() / grated Nolen Gur

100 grm milk powder

1 tsp cardamom powder

1/2 tbsp ghee for greasing

Procedure for homemade panner / Chenna:
Boil 1 ltr full cream milk and curdle it with 1 tbsp vinegar or 1/2 tbsp lemon . Remove from heat and keep covered for 5 minutes. Strain the liquid and hold the chenna in a muslin cloth. Lightly wash the chenna with drinking water to do away with the smell of vinegar or lemon. Now tightly tie the muslin cloth and strain the excess water for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Procedure:
Take the chenna or paneer and jaggery or jhola gur and milk powder and  mix well with your hands till the mixture is well blended and the chenna is completely crumbled. Now transfer the same mixture to a nonstick pan and add the condensed milk on medium flame and Cook the mixture till it gets thick and looks like mawa and till the mixture reaches the consistency of making a burfee. Now add the cardamom powder and stir for 2-3 more minutes. 

Grease a serving plate with ghee and transfer the mixture onto the plate. With the help of a knife or spatula, smoothen out the mixture to form a square shape of 1/2" thickness. Cut the square into equal sized smaller squares. This is just to make the marks for easier serving later on. Garnish each small square with chopped pistachios or raisin and let it cool at least for 2 hour to set it completely before serving.


Recipe By : Manna Majumder
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Jhola gurer (Liquid Dates Jaggery) Pudding



Jhola gurer (Liquid Dates Jaggery) Pudding

Nolen Gur or date palm jaggery (slightly smoky in colour) is a delicacy of any Bengali household food in winter.  Visit any sweet shop in Bengal in the winter season and you will get variety of lip-smacking delicacies made with this jaggery, like - Moyas, Rasogollas, Sandesh, Jalbhora, Kanchagolla and many. But today I made egg pudding with liquid dates palm jaggery.

We all know caramel egg or creamy pudding is a classic French dessert made of simple ingredients like milk, egg and sugar and it’s very common recipe for all. Today I prepared egg pudding with Liquid Dates Jaggery(Nolen gur / Jhola gur) which is something different form the regular pudding recipe or any nolen gur recipes. I hope your kids are going to fall in love with this proteins and calcium rich dessert.

Ingredients

1 ltr mik

4 eggs

100 ml Jhola / nolen gur (Liquid Dates Jaggery)

Minced dates

1 tsp Melted Butter.

Nolen / Jhola Gur

Method

 Boil 1 ltr of milk in a heavy bottomed vessel on medium flame and reduce it to around ½ ltr.  Then cool it down to room temperature.

Now add eggs, nolen gur and milk in your blender and blend it to make a smooth mixture (you can also use a hand mixture to make the mixture). Now grease the baking pan with butter. Then pour the egg mixture in the baking pan

You can make your pudding in two ways, on your burner or in your oven. I made it in the oven. Making on the burner: Take a saucepan large enough to fit your pudding pan. Take some boiling water in the saucepan (take such an amount of water so that  when you will place your pudding pan in the saucepan, half of the pan will be under the water and the pan will not float in the water. You can use a stand to keep the pan steady). Now place the pudding pan in the saucepan and cover with foil both the pan and then keep it in medium heat for around 40-45 minutes (occasionally check the water of saucepan; add more water if needed).

Making on the oven: If you want to make the pudding in your oven, preheat your oven to 350  F, then in a large baking dish, pour 1-2 inches of water and place the  pudding pan in it. Cover with foil your pudding pan and then place the pan in the preheated oven. Bake it for around 45- 60 minutes.

Check your pudding with a knife or toothpick. Insert it into the pudding; if it comes out clean then your pudding is done. If it seems still liquid or sticky, keep it on burner or in oven for another 5-10 minutes and check again.

When pudding is done keep it to cool down. Then carefully run a knife along the edges of the pan, place a plate on the top of the pan and flip the pan to take out the pudding on the plate.

Your pudding is ready.
Recipe By : Manna Majumder
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Doodh Puli Pithe

Doodh Puli Pithe

Ingredients:
• 1 coconut .
• 1 cup sugar / 1 cup Nolen Gur (date jaggery)
• 2 cup Rice flour...
• 2 tblsp. plain flour (Maida)
• 1 litr milk.
• 10 gms raisins
• 10 gms cashewnut
• 1 tsp. cardamom powder.
• Bay leaf.
• Rose water(optional)

Method:

1. Heat a Pan and add grated coconut and mix with sugar/nolen gur (I used nolen gur) and cardamom powder. Mix well and keep it aside after little bit sticky.
2. Now again heat a Pan and add Rice flour. Stir for about 10 minutes. Take it out in an bowl and add plain flour to that. Now add Hot water and knead well to make dough.
3. Make small balls from the dough, spread each ball with hand and stuff the coconut sugar mixture into it. Fold it and seal the edges so that filling doesn't come out to get the shape of 'Puli' as in the picture.
4. Heat a pan and add milk. boil the milk for some time so that it get reduce to half. Add sugar, bay leaf and cardamom powder. cook for a couple of minutes. Now add the pulies to the milk slowly and cover it and let it cook for about 15 minutes with stirring in between. Add raisins and cashew nuts and if you want mix some rose water.

Take it out in a serving tray. Serve cold
Recipe By - Manna Majumder

Amla Murabba

Amla Murabba

Peparation Time – 10 Minutes
Cooking Time- 75 Minutes
Difficulty- Easy...
Recipe Type- Sweet

  Ingredients
• 500 grm Fresh amlas
• 250 grm Honey
• 1/2 tsp Alum

Method

Wash amlas properly and perforate all over it with a fork.
Take 2 litres water and dissolve alum in it. Put amlas in this water.
Soak them for a day.
Wash the amlas with alum water.
Drop amlas in boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove and leave aside.
Make honey syrup with 1/2 litre water.
Soak the cooked amlas in the sugar syrup for 24 hrs. Take out amlas from syrup. Boil the sugar syrup to restore its original consistency.
Return amlas in syrup. Keep for 24 hours.
Repeat the process for 4 days.
Preserve the murabba in a tight jar.

Mixed Fruit Chutney



Mixed Fruit Chutney

 

Ingredients:

• 1 piece medium size Pineapple , Cut in Cubes
• 2 pieces apple, Cut in Cubes
• 1/2 cup grapes....
• 2 tbsp Cashew
• 2 Cups Dates
• 1/2 cup Apricot, Cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup dried figs
• 1 tbsp raisins, Socked
• 1/2 Orange, Cut into Cubes
• 1/2 cup pomegranate
• 1/2 cup Aamsatto (Dry sweet mango pulps), Cut into cubes
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 5-6 tbsp Sugar
• 4-5 tbsp roasted spices powder (1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp Fennel seed, 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds, 3 Dry Red chili, 3 cinnamon stick, 6 pieces cardamom )
• 1/4 tbsp Mustard Seed
• Bay leaf
• Oil, as per need

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a pan for 1/2 minute. Add the Bay leaf and Mustard seeds.
2. Add the Pineapple and salt and mix well. Cover the pan on low flame for sometimes.
3. Check whether the Pineapple go soft, then add the apple, grapes and aamsatto. Cook for sometime.
4. Add sugar. Stir it well.
5. Add little water and cover the pan. Cook for more 6-7 mins.
6. Add raisins, cashew, Apricot, Fig, orange, dates and pomegranate. Cook for 3-4 mints and roasted spices powder and again stir it well.
7. Cool it for sometime and refrigerate it. Serve it after the main course.

Papaya Halwa

Papaya Halwa

Ingredients:
5 cups- Papaya , Papita or Pepe(Raw papaya) finely grated
1/4 tsp-Green Food Colour (Optional) ...
5-Badam (Almonds) chopped
1 tbsp-Kishmish (Raisins)
5-Kaju (Cashewnuts) chopped
1/3 tin (200 gm)- Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 cup (150 ml)-Milk
1/2-Ghee
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/3 tsp Rose water
1 tsp-Elaichi (Cardamom) Powder
2 Bay leaf
Method:
1. Peel off the skin , wash papaya , Grate it and dry it in a day light for an hour.
2. Heat the ghee in a kadai, add the cashew nuts, raisins and bay leaf and fry till golden brown. Add the grated Papay and sauté for a few minutes.
3. Add sugar and milk and cook till the papaya is soft, mix in the green colour with rose water and stir well.
4. Add the Sweetened Condensed Milk and stir continuously till the mixture is dry. Sprinkle the cardamom powder, mix well and remove from fire. Serve hot.

Mango Flavored Yogurt ( Aam Doi)

                                             

Mango Flavored Yogurt ( Aam Doi)

Ingredients :

Plain Yogurt : 2.5 cups / 500 gm
Sweetened Condensed Milk - 300 gm
Sweetened Mango Pulp - 5-6 tbsp

Method :

1. Take a cheese cloth, or a soft cotton cloth, pour the yogurt into it, tie the cloth loosely and hang the yogurt along with the cloth on the kitchen faucet / tap for 15 to 20 minutes or til most of the whey ( yogurt-water) has been drained. You can skip this stage by using Greek yogurt.

2. Take the yogurt out from the cloth, put it in a big bowl and add the sweetened condensed milk and the mango pulp. Mix all the ingredients nicely by using a spoon and check the sweetness. Pour the mixture into a oven proof dish. ( cup / bowl / pan )

3. Preheat the oven to 220 degree F or 104 degree C and place the rack on the top. Bake the yogurt for 10 minutes. Just check it if the top of the yogurt has set, and turn off oven. Cover the yogurt and let it be there in the oven for another 2-3 hrs.

4. Then take it out and put it in the refrigerator for couple of hours, serve chilled.

Microwave Method : 

 It takes only 4 to 5 mins to set the yogurt. Check it in every minutes until done. When it is done, keep it in the refrigerator for couple of hours and serve.