CARROT HALWA | RAMADAN SWEETS

Asalamualikum..
As our holy month has approached upon us we are much aware of our duties and we cannot afford to forget how blessed  we are to live through this month again ... ameen .
This is a stage where i desperately wanted to be back.  How much i miss blogging . And being the month  of ramadan , a good and humble way to be back. I have been into baking and this time intense baking cakes and pastries , to be precise. Starting my own business was a tough ride and especially when the town is loaded with home bakers. Inshahaallah i will be uploading the delicacies here.
This is an all time favorite easy sweet and something my family loves to dig in after a spicy meal.

Actually carrot halwa is  pretty decade old recipe. My love for sweets will never die away . But i check on my calories once in a while to be on the safer side . Thank god  they are cleaned away as soon as i set it on the table.

This is our recipe .. hope u guys love it .

Ingredients

1/2 kilo  carrots grated finely
1/2 litre milk
1/2 cup ghee
3 tbsp Almonds, Raisans, Pista- chopped
1/2  cup sugar (or to taste)
1 teaspoon Cardamom powder

Method:

1. Heat half of the ghee in a kadai..Fry some badam pieces in this till golden and keep aside.
2. fry the grated carrots into it.for 5 minutes.
3. Next add milk and boil.
4. Keep stiring every 5 minutes . Add in sugar .
5. Cook this till it  leaves the sides of the dish .
6. Add the rest of the ghee.Keep stiring well careful not to burn the halwa at this point.
7. Mix in the nuts and the cardamom powder.
8. Switch off the flame and serve hot..

Note :
My personal favorite are addition of ghee fried almonds in the halwa.

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Arri paysaam/vishu/onam recipes

Arri payasam is the easiest one can make especially during  any celebrations or occassions during our busy schedules..Needless to say, yes I love anything sweet and payasam is my weakness especially this one . Payasam after a simple meal is like quenching ones craving for sweet.

Actually i am renovating my blogspace so u may find many recipes from past . Without much delay .. Here'smy recipe for today.

Ingredients

1 litre milk 

1/2 cup ghee rice.

1/2 tin milkmaid 

Ghee for roasting the nuts

Cashews and raisins as needed. 

Sugar if necessary according to taste 

Method 

Wash the rice and dry on cloth .

Just coarse grind the rice. 

Heat ghee in nonstick pan , roast cashews and raisins to golden brown. Set aside. 

Boil the milk and simmer and keep stiring for 3 minutes. 

Add the course grinded rice and cook till done.

Add in the milkmaid .

Add the sugar only if need .

Garnish withthe nuts and raisins. 

Serve warm.

Notes :

I personally dont like the addition of more sugar . 

If u find the liquid consistency too thick add more milk .

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Banana roll ups | Ramadan snack

Time just flies and we already into the middle of Ramadan.
Our goal is to fast the month of Ramadan for spiritual purification and out of obedience to the orders of Allah SWT.  However, verse 2:184 ends with the statement that

                            “for to fast is to do good unto yourselves - if you but knew it.” 

Out of God’s mercy, it turns out that when we fast, we are not just gaining spiritual benefit, but doing good unto ourselves in the physical realm as well.  So much so, in fact, that fasting has become a new vogue in medicine to help people maintain good health and longevity.  This lecture series uses the most recent medical literature to do a fairly in-depth exploration of the health benefits of fasting.  These benefits include improvements in weight, glycemic control and reductions in the risk of diabetes, decreased cardiovascular disease risk factors, improvements in immune system function, decreased cancer risk, and better neurological and brain health.
This ramadan is going to be just simpke and easy snacks.  Keeping it and light and healthy to the brim. Here i have preferred to get the best way to attain simplicity with just four main ingredients.
Try it out .. its great for a sweat slider .

Ingredients

1 ripe banana ( plaintans )
8 large slices of bread
1/4  teaspoon crushed cardamom .
2 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
3 tablespoon milk
A pinch salt
2 tablespoon ghee

Method

Mix the eggs ,milk ,sugar ,cardamom powders and salt into a thin batter and keep aside .
Slice the banana length wise and shallow fry  in ghee .
Flatten the bread slices .
Note that the banana  slices should be the same size as the flatten bread slices.
Place the ghee fried banana slice on the single flattened bread .
Sprinkle some sugar and roll them up .
Now dip the rolls into the egg batter and shallow  fry to slightly golden color in ghee .
Sprinkle some sugar on the hot rolls .

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