eBook - "100 Yummy Diwali Recipes" by INDUSLADIES

Hy Friends,

The most  awaited eBook -  "100 Yummy Diwali Recipes"  has been published by IndusLadies...!

This eBook  has lipsmacking 100 yummy

Sweets & Desserts recipes. 

And  I m soooo .... excited,  my recipe, 

one of the famous diwali sweet  Adirasam is been selected and published in the eBook. 

Click the below link to see my recipe and also the other delicious recipes, shared by various Food Bloggers !

http://www.indusladies.com/100diwalisweet

Go ahead and download the eBook  now for free ..!

 

Enjoy Diwali with  wonderful sweet recipes...:)

Related Posts:

Diwali Sweet Desserts

Rava Kesari / Sooji Ka Halwa / Semolina Pudding

Rava  Kesari:

Tasty Sweet Kesari is a delicious South Indian dessert. This is prepared with Sooji  Rava, sugar and ghee. I have prepared this for  Navratri  Pooja  as Prasadam to God . 



This festival special recipe is very easy to prepare and gets done under 15 minutes with minimal ingredients.

Its optional to use saffron soaked in milk for orange color, instead of using orange food color. And adding sugar is up to your taste.

Give a try to this Rava Kesari dessert and please your sweet teeth…:)

Ingredients:

• Rava /  Sooji                             - 1 cup


• Sugar                                       - 1 cup


• Milk                                          - 1 ½ cup


• Ghee                                        - 5 to 6 tbsp


• Cashew nuts & Raisins              - as per taste


• Cardamom pwd                         - a pinch


• Orange food color                     - ½ tsp


• Water                                        - ½ cup

Method:

1. Heat 3 tbsp of ghee in a fry pan.


2. Fry cashews and raisins to golden.

3. Keep it aside.


4. Now fry Rava, sauté it till nice aroma comes out and turns light brown color.

5. Take it aside.


6. Add milk, sugar  and water.


7. Allow to boil with stirring.

8. Add  Rava little by little, and keep stirring.


9. Make sure no lumps are formed.

10. Add  orange food color and mix.


11. Drizzle the remaining ghee as well.

12. Stir continuously till it turns thick in halwa consistency.


13. Add roasted cashew , raisins and cardamom pwd.

14. Tasty Sweet Kesari is ready to enjoy..!

Related  Posts:

·       Carrot Halwa /  Gajar Ka Halwa

·       Moong Dal Halwa

·       Badam Ka Halwa

·       Beetroot Halwa

Happy Saraswati Puja & Ayudha Puja

 

 

Happy Saraswati Puja  &  Ayudha Puja:

Dear Friends,

Here’s my Heartiest good wishes 

to All of you on this auspicious day of Saraswati Puja !! 

Today is  considered very auspicious  &  is celebrated on the 9^th day of the Navrathri. 

May  Goddess Saraswati protect you &

 shower blessings and knowledge.!

Saraswati is the Goddess of Learning, music and all the creative arts.  If we have the right learning, wealth follows wherever we go !  

This is the day,  our little kids starts writing the first letter of word. 

( first experience of Reading n Writing ) . The grown up kids, keep their books in the puja, and get the blessings from Goddess.

Also, this day is celebrated as Ayudha Puja.  In this special day, all the workers worship their tools & machines, after cleaning, painting and polishing them. 

Today, we had a small saraswati puja at home as in the below pictures. For Neyvedhyam, we prepared  medhu vada,   rawa kesari   &   cashew sweet,  ven pongal ,  badam payasam  and offered the same as neivedhyam to Goddess.

I thought of posting the recipes of cashew sweet & rawa kesari , today….but, no time..! may be very soon..:)

Wishing you all a very Happy Learning  &  Happy Saraswati Puja..!!





PS:



Yes, you can check out the recipe of Rava Kesari here..!

Diwali Sweet Desserts

Diwali  Sweet  Recipes:

Wooooh..!!!

Here comes the Diwali Festival month, with all its immense joy and celebrations...!

Lets get prepared to enjoy the lights, crackers and sweets.  Its our time to enjoy feasting on mouthwatering sweets, exchange with friends & neighbours and share our love. 

I am glad to send my Diwali Sweet recipes to   IndusLadies.com    , who is compiling an e-book containing 100 sweet recipes for this Diwali.   



It’s a wonderful opportunity to send our entries and I strongly believe all my foodie bloggers can send in your recipes too  to 

partners [at ]indusladies [dot ]com





  The last date to participate  is 8 th Oct 2011.

Rules to participate:

Your blog must be atleast one year old and make a blog post inviting other bloggers to do the same.

Benefits:







This E-book will be made available as a free download to our community’s 1.3 Lakh+ members.  In addition, we will also be making this E-Book available to our 9000+ Facebook fans and Twitter followers.   



It’s LOTS and LOTS of exposure to those food blogs entering the E-Book!!  We believe this would be a nice way to get the word out about a wonderful blog to the entire membership of IndusLadies!!









The Special Diwali Sweet:  Adirasam

Sugar dipped Orange delicacy: Jelabi

The Lipsmacking:  Gulab Jamoon 

Most Liked Sweet:  Besan Ke Ladoo

Simply irresistable:  Makkan Peda

Melt in the mouth delicacy: Rasgulla

Traditional Sweet:   Gajar Ka Halwa

Delicious  Kheer

Popular Sweet:   Rawa Ladoo

Diamond shaped delicacy:  Coconut Barfi

Enjoyy..!!!





Now Updated:



Soooo....excited, my recipe Adirasam sweet has been selected n published in the eBook of IndusLadies..:)



Check out the below link to see my recipe and also other lipsmacking sweet recipes. 





http://www.indusladies.com/100diwalisweet

Happy Navratri Pooja & Chana Dal Sundal

 

Happy Navrathri Pooja & Chana Dal Sundal:

My dear friends,

Wishing you all a very happy Navratri !

  

May this festival brings you Joy & Prosperity in your life..!!

May you be blessed with good fortune

As long as Ganeshji's trunk,

Wealth as big as his stomach,

Happiness as sweet as his ladoos

And may your troubles be as small as his mouse.

A very Happy Navratri..:)

Yesterday, I’ve been to my friends Navratri kolu &  tasted this healthy & easy Chana dal sundal.  The taste is awesome, that I  couldn’t stop myself preparing today at my home.

Here goes the yummy snack recipe, packed full of protein..!

Ingredients:

·         Chana dal                      - 2 cups

·         Coconut pieces              - ¼ cup

·         Oil                                - 1 tsp

·         Mustard                        - ¼ tsp

·         Cumin                           - ½ tsp

·         Urad dal                        - 1 tsp

·         Red chilly                      - 2

·         Curry leaves                  - few

·         Asafetida                       - a pinch

·         Salt to taste

·         Fresh coriander leaves

Method:

1.     Wash and soak chana dal in hot water for 30 minutes.

2.     Add salt and pressure cook for just 1 whistle.

3.     Grate coconut to pieces and grind to fine shreds.

4.     Heat oil in a frypan.

5.     Season with mustard, curry leaves, cumin, asafetida, split urad dal and red chilly.

6.     Add cooked chana dal.

7.     Give a gentle stir.

8.     Add coconut shreds, mix and turn off flame.

9.     Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves.

10.  Enjoy now the easy and healthy evening snack..:)

Related  Posts:

·        Peas Sundal

·        Kara sara sprouted  Sundal

·        Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal

Pomegranate Milkshake & Happy Birthday to my little Princess..!

Pomegranate Milkshake:

Dear  Friends, 

This  week,  it  was  my  little  one’s  Birthday !  Its  most  wonderful  day  for  us.  We  had  a  simple  yet  cute  Birthday  celebration  for  her.  I  wanted  to  share a  few   pics,  that  we  had   at  home  for my  little  one.  She  loves  mickey  and  it took  us  a  while  to  find  her  favorite  gifts and  glad  to  see  the  excitement  in  her  face…:) 

May God give her all happiness in this life..!

.. Today,   I’m  sharing   a  yummy  Pomegranate  Mlkshake  recipe,  which  is  a  great  hit  in  our  family,  especially  with  my  kids.  This  healthy  beverage  is  a  perfect  way  to  cool  off  in  summers,  as  we  know  pomegranate  juice   have  high  level  of  powerful  antioxidants  in   it. Also,  it  is  a  rich  source  of  Vitamin A  &  C,  Calcium,  Magnesium,  Potassium,  Phosphorous  and  Iron.

Enjoy  this  homemade  easy  breezy  delicious  shake..!

Ingredients:

·         Pomegranate                             - 1

·         Ice chilled milk                           - 2 cups

·         Honey                                       - 1 tsp

Method:

1.     Cut the pomegranate in half, crosswise.

2.     Remove seeds from fruit.

3.     Combine all ingredients and blend them in a blender.

4.     Mix well.

5.     Pour in a glass. No need to add sugar.

6.     Enjoy the refreshing taste and color of this healthy shake...:)

Related  Posts : 

·       Pineapple Smoothie

·       Mango Smoothie

·       Chocolate Banana Smoothie

·       Kesar Badam Milk