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festivefood konkanirecipe sweets

Gulab Jamun

Gulab jamun

We have 2 birthdays in January and February within a span of 15days. So before ordering cakes for birthday became a trend we always bought gulab jamun as the birthday sweet for 2 reasons. 1 it is not prepared always, so special sweet. 2nd most brands have buy 1 get 1 free offer so it was perfect for us to use in 2 occasions 😁 since it is read the instructions on the pack and prepare business its always given to me but I always messed up! Jamuns never became perfect until 1 day when my mom wasn’t well and I prepared it in hurry. That day I learnt few of my mistakes and corrected them. When we prepare something in hurry usually it becomes tasty as perfect right?

Ingredients required-

  1. Gulab Jamun mix – 1pack
  2. Water – about 1/2 glass
  3. Oil – for deep frying
  4. Sugar – 2cup
  5. Water – 2 cup
  6. Cardamom- 1

Method of preparation-

  • Empty the entire pack into a vessel and add water little by little while mixing
  • Continue till you get a soft dough. Make sure to add enough water else jamun will crack while frying if it is too dry.
  • Heat the oil and once hot, turn flame to medium
  • Add few jamuns and fry with continuous stirring. If flame is high it will turn brown from outside and will not cook inside.
  • Keep the fried jamuns for cooling
  • Meanwhile take the water and sugar to prepare a sugar syrup. Cook for about 15min till you get the syrup. Add crushed cardamom.
  • Once this is ready allow to cool.
  • Finally mix cooled jamun to cooled sugar syrup and allow to rest for about 1hr. Cooling is important to prevent cracking of jamuns. I always used to add hot jamun to hot sugar syrup and that was biggest mistake.
  • Garnish with chopped almonds while serving.

Note :

You can fry the jamoons in ghee but if you are planning to refrigerate, they might turn little hard.

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festivefood konkanirecipe Naivedyam sweets

Chana Dal sweet khichidi

Chana dal sweet khichidi

Today is makara Sankranti and it is Dhanurmasa. So for all the celebrations khichidi is prepared as a sweet in this month. I have already shared the recipe of moong dal and rice khichidi. This is another khichidi which is usually prepared. This is my moms recipe. Along with mom, my sister prepares it very well as it is a slow cooking procedure and requires patience.

Ingredients required-

  1. Chana dal – 250grms
  2. Broken wheat – 250grms
  3. Jaggery – a little more than 250grms(can be adjusted as per sweetness needed)
  4. Coconut- 1
  5. Ghee – about 100grms
  6. Cashews
  7. Raisins
  8. Dates
  9. Cardamom

Method of preparation-

  • Wash chana dal and broken wheat and pressure cook for about 4 whistles
  • Take a pan and add jaggery and coconut. Slowly cook it on medium flame till jaggery melts and paaka is formed.
  • Cashews can be either added to pressure cooker or can be fried in ghee and added.
  • Once jaggery is melted add chana dal and broken wheat. Also add crushed cardamom.
  • Mix them well and cook on low flame for about 15min. Keep adding ghee as you cook.
  • It is important to keep stirring in between else it will stick to the bottom of the pan.
  • Add deseeded and chopped dates, raisins and mix.
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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
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festivefood Snacks

Soye Khadi / Coconut Jaggery Burfi / Kobri Mithai

Soye Khadi / Kobri Mithai / Coconut Jaggery Burfi

My mom always makes sweets using coconut which is used for pooja such as vaina pooja. So from childhood itself it’s a practice of making this sweet using those coconuts after keeping it for some months of gowri pooja. As a child I was a bit ignorant about this one as I did not like sweets much. N of course less available bakery sweets were favorites during those days. But mom has continued it even now. Now being tired of bakery sweets or maybe bit scared to go out n get at present or after becoming health conscious 😉 hey we need not give so many reasons to prepare such delicious yet healthy sweet at home😝 so for all the sweet cravings after taking so many health related decisions during #lockdown, here is a #iron rich #jaggery based sweet. Below is how we prepared it –

Ingredients required –

  1. Dry Coconut/ Kopra – 1
  2. Jaggery – About 1 cup
  3. Ghee – about 5tsp
  4. Cardamom – 1
  5. Water

Method of preparation –

  • Firstly grate the dry coconut and powder it in mixie. If you like those chunks, you can avoid powdering
  • Take a heavy bottom pan add jaggery and very little water
  • Keep it for boiling. Continue cooking till 1 string consistency is attained
  • Now add one crushed cardamom.
  • Add the coconut powder and mix well
  • Once everything is mixed add the ghee
  • Once everything comes together switch off the gas. This may take 15 to 20min.
  • Grease a plate with ghee and spread it and cut when still hot
  • Allow to cool and store in air tight container.
Soye Khadi / Kobri Mithai / Coconut Jaggery Burfi

Note :

  • You can add fresh coconut as well but you might have to cook for more time.
  • Optionally you can add 2-3tsp roasted gram flour/besan
  • Also you can crush nuts such as cashews and almonds
  • Finally if the jaggery attains one string consistency the khadi becomes hard and stays well for some days. If you like fudge like khadi you can add coconut before jaggery attains one string consistency. This should be consumed within a week.