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festivefood konkanirecipe Naivedyam sweets

Moong dal Sweet Khichidi

Moong dal sweet khichidi

Today is Shashti and this moong dal sweet khichidi will be prepared in konkani houses. Different people like to eat it in Different ways. Apart from the base recipe which I have shared here, we can add chopped dates (usually dates will be available during this time around) or while serving add chopped bananas. Or add some more ghee on top and enjoy it with udida polo.

Ingredients required –

  1. Moong dal – 1/2 cup
  2. Rice – 1/2 cup
  3. Jaggery – about 3/4 cup
  4. Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
  5. Ghee – 4-5tsp
  6. Cashews and Raisins
  7. Cardamom- 1

Method of preparation-

  • Take the moong dal and dry roast it till aromatic
  • Cool it completely and wash it along with the rice
  • Now take a pan and add this along with enough water for cooking.
  • When it is 75% cooked add jaggery and cardamom . You can increase jaggery if you like it more sweeter
  • Keep mixing and avoid burning .
  • Once everything is cooked add the grated coconut.
  • Mix and cook well for 5min more.
  • Once everything comes together n forms a lump add about 5tsp ghee. You can add more if you like.
  • Finally top it with cashews and raisins fried in ghee.

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festivefood konkanirecipe laddu sweets

Dry fruits Laddu

Dry fruits laddu

After Diwali the craving for sweets reduces a bit naturally. We had small packets of dry fruits which had to be used soon. I always loved dry fruits laddu which we rarely used to get(considering the price) from Udupi duringthe childhood. It used to have dates, dry Coconut, cashews, raisins, badam, pista etc. But never prepared them at home because having so many dry fruits at once and preventing them from eating wasn’t a easy task 😁 so I must say prepared these for the first time and loved the process and taste! Definitely a nutrients rich no sugar sweet. If you also have those tiny dry fruits packets which came as Diwali gift, do try this recipe 😊

Ingredients required-

  1. Dates – 1.5 cup
  2. Raisins- 1/4 cup
  3. Cashews – 1/4 cup
  4. Almonds – 1/4 cup
  5. Oats – 1 cup
  6. Ghee – 5-6 tsp
  7. Cardamom- 1

Method of preparation-

  • Dry roast the oats and make fine powder of it
  • Dry roast the cashew and Almonds and pulse them
  • Deseed the dates and pulse them
  • Now take a pan, add ghee to it
  • To this add pulsed dates and cook till it becomes little soft, on medium flame
  • Now add oats powder, cashews, almond and Raisins
  • Mix well. Add ghee to bind them all together
  • Grease hands with ghee and prepare laddus
  • Store in air tight container

Note :

  • Use dates which are slightly mushy. Once I used dates which were of good quality and it was very difficult to bind
  • You can add jaggery powder as well. But I like it without any sweetner
  • You can add grated and dry roasted dry Coconut as well