MYSORE PAK

Mysore Pak is an easy-to-make sweet delicacy, which can be prepared very easily at home. This traditional recipe has a wonderful melt-in-mouth texture, which makes it great for special occasions and festivals . 

Ingredients:

Besan (chickpea flour) - 1 cup

Ghee - 2 cup

Sugar - 2 cup

Baking soda - 1 pinch

Water

Process:

1. Add 1 cup of ghee to a pan and heat it over medium flame. Once the ghee is sufficiently hot, add gram flour in it and roast it for a few minutes. Make sure that you roast the gram flour properly so that the raw smell goes away.

2. In another pan, boil the sugar with water till it reaches one string consistency. When the sugar syrup is prepared, add the fried gram flour in it and stir well till it thickens. Heat the remaining ghee and gently add the gram flour mixture. Keep stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed. When the ghee starts to rise up from the sides and begins to separate, add the cooking soda.

3. Stir and pour into a greased plate. Gently spread the mixture and allow it to cool. Before it hardens fully, slice into desired shapes. 

CARROT COCONUT LADDU

These scrumptious carrot coconut laddu needs only few ingredients and takes only 30 minutes. A perfect dish to make at the last minute and also everyone will love it. Or if you’re planning for a big heavy dinner, this is perfect to make as a simple dessert, that just melts in the mouth. I have made this recipe just using the recipe of coconut laddu and gajar ka halwa. But I was very sure that it is going to taste great. I know any experiment made with carrot, coconut and condensed milk taste great. It is a great way to feed the kids with veggies. It looks gorgeous too, isn't it?

Ingredients:

1. Carrots - 1 and half cup (grated)
2. Condensed milk - 1 cup
3. Ghee - 1 tsp
4. Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
5. Almonds / cashew nuts - chopped - 1 tsp
6. Desiccated coconut - 1/2 cup for rolling

Process

1. Wash, peel and grate carrots. In a pan add ghee and add the grated carrots. Saute on medium heat for 5-8 minutes until carrots are little soft and it will ooze out some water and get dried.

2. Add   coconut and toast for a minute. Then add condensed milk and mix well. cook on low flame until the mixture gets thick and starts to roll like a ball. It will take around 8-10 minutes.

3. Add chopped nuts and remove from the flame. Cool the mixture but dont make it too cold. Cool it little so that you can make the laddus by hand.

4. Apply ghee on your palm and make round balls out of the mixture. Then roll these balls in the desiccated coconut. 

Note - You can also store them in airtight container for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.