Food Minia

Broken wheat always comes under the healthy diet's section. Broken wheat upma is one of the comfortable diet food for most of them.. Here we have a delightful sweet treat with broken wheat; try this delicious and easy halwa and enjoy it without any guilt. Ingredients: Broken wheat-1 cup Ghee-2 tbsp Jaggery grated-1 cup  Cardamom powder- 1/4 tsp Salt-a pinch Fried nut-to garnish Preparation: Wash the broken wheat and drain it well. Heat a pressure cooker with 1 1/2 tbsp of ghee and add the rained broken wheat in to it. Saute on medium-low flame for about 5 minutes (until completely dry and shiny). Add 2 cups of water and cooks it for 3 whistles. Open the lid after completely cools down. (If there is any excess water in the pressure cooker; open cooks it on high flame until dry). Melt grated jaggery by adding 1/4 cup of water. Sift it to remove impurities. Add this melted jaggery in to the cooked broken wheat and heat it. Cook continuously by stirring well until the jaggery syrup g...

An easy and quick melt in mouth burfi recipe using milk powder!! Ingredients: Milk Powder-2 cup Milk- 1/2 cup Sugar-1 cup Ghee- 1/2 cup Cardamom powder-a pinch Fried cashews-to garnish Tutti fruity-to garnish Preparation: Grease a tray with little ghee and keep it aside. Mix the milk with milk powder and make a smooth paste out of it. Heat a heavy bottom pan with ghee. When it is hot; make the flame to low. Add the milk paste in to it and stir well continuously for 3 minutes. Add sugar and mix well. Stir well on medium flame until the mixture starts leaving from the sides. Quickly add cardamom powder; mix well and switch off the flame. (when the mixture starts leaving from the pan; don;t cook more; then the burfi get harden after cools down). Add in to the greased tray, garnish on top with chopped nuts and tutti fruity; level the top. Rest for about 40 minutes to cools down completely and after that grease a sharp knife with ghee and carefully cut squares.

An easy and gooey melt in mouth  brownie recipe on stove-top!!! Ingredients: Powdered sugar- 3/4 cup Eggs-2 All purpose flour-3/4cup Cocoa powder- 1/4 cup Baking powder- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract-3/4 tsp Oil-1/2 cup Salt-a pinch Chopped white chocolate- 1/4 cup (Or use chopped walnuts or almonds) Preparation: Grease a baking tray with oil and sprinkle some flour. Add 1 cup of salt (or sand) in a pan and put it on the stove-top on low flame. Place a stand above the salt and put the baking tray on top of it. Cover the lid of the pan and allow to pre-heat while the batter gets ready. Beat eggs and powdered sugar in bowl for a minute until just creamy. (no need to beat until fluffy) Add all the other ingredients except chopped white chocolate and beat until nicely mixed (only about a minute; don't overbeat). Add chopped white chocolates and mix with a spoon by folding it. Quickly pour the batter in to the baking tray; Cover the lid of the pan. Slow cook for about 45-50 minutes or until t...

  Fried doughnuts is a deep fried piece of dough, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavorings. The puffy, crusty dough nuts covered with beautiful toppings are always attractive, kids favorite and easy to make.  Ingredients for doughnuts: All purpose flour (Maida)-1 3/4 cup Cocoa powder-1/4 cup Milk-3/4 cup Melted butter-1/4 cup Sugar-2 tbsp Active yeast-1tsp Salt-1/2 tsp Oil-for deep frying Ingredients for glazing doughnuts: white cooking chocolate-100 gms Sugar sprinkles-to garnish Preparation:  Make the milk little warm, add sugar, salt and yeast. Mix well. Add butter and flour; knead smooth dough. (if the dough is too watery add little flour to adjust or if the dough is hard add little milk or water to make a smooth dough). Generously spread some flour on the working place and roll the dough in to a big circle of ¾ cm thickness. Cut in to round dough nuts with a glass and make a small hole in the Centre with a small bottle cap. Put it on a tray and brush with l...