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Hi All, Actually kulfi making is so easy and you can make it healthily in home. Make it without preservatives and artificial flavors. See the other kulfi recipes below, 1) Easy kulfi. 2) Rose kulfi.    The recipe is as below, Cooking time : 30 mins. Set time : 8 hours. Servings : 4 members. INGREDIENTS : Milk – 1 litre. Milk powder – 4 tblsp. Cornflour – 3 tsp. Sugar – 5 to 6 tbslp. Elaichi / Cardamom – 3 nos. Dry fruits ( Almond, Cashews, Pista or any other nuts) – 4 tblsp. METHOD : Boil milk till foams up. Simmer the heat and boil in low flame till milk reduces to 3/4 level. Mix milk powder and cornflour in 2 tblsp of milk and mix without lumps. Add the above mixture to boiling milk and boil till milk thickens a little. Grind nuts to little coarse powder , grind cardamom to fine powder . When milk reaches little thick consistency (as in picture) , add sugar , mix and remove from flame. When mi...

Hi , Sun dried tomatoes are special during summer, only in summers we would able to make this . Though Iam  not much expert in this my mum makes it perfectly. the pickle stays fresh in shelf for about 3 months and if refrigerated it stays good even for 6 months. Here is the awesome tomato pickle recipe . INGREDIENTS : Tomatoes - 1 kg. Salt - 4 tsp. Tamarind - guava sized. Fenugreek - 1 tsp Mustard - 2 tsp. Cumin - 1 tsp. Channa dal - 2 tsp. Tur dal - 2 tsp. Gingely oil - 5 tblsp. Dry red chillies - 15 nos. METHOD : 1) Wash and wipe tomatoes well. 2) Chop them roughly. 3) In a glass bowl add chopped tomatoes , salt and let it sit overnight. 4) Next morning the tomatoes will leave lot for water. 5) Squeeze tomato juice from tomatoes and spread in a wide plate. 6) Sun dry tomatoes and its juice in hot clear sun. 7) At end of the day fill the drying tomatoes in its juice itself and  keep overnight. 8) Next morning again repeat the process by ...

Hi All, SHRIKAND! Shrikand is an amazing dessert made from hung curd which is very popular in Northern part of India. Last week I saw a big bowl of curd lying in my refrigerator and as the climate was too cold no one is ready to have curd.So I made this amazing shrikand with the curd and it was awesome. The simple, vitamin rich shrikand recipe is as below, PREAPRATION TIME: 6 HOURS. SERVINGS: 1 MEMBER INGREDIENTS : Curd- 2 cups. Saffron- a pinch Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp Sugar- 1/4 cup ( powdered). Nuts chopped- 3 tbsp. NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD : Strain the curd using a muslin cloth or thick cotton cloth to drain the water. Keep the cloth folded in a strainer and place a heavy object on top ( this done to ensure all the water content drains from curd). Keep the strainer in refrigerator for 6 hours to prevent curd from turning sour. Soak saffron in warm water for 1...

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்  Hi All, PALM FRUIT KHEER / PAYASAM!! I love payasam , And during my marriage payasam is the only sweet which I Know to make and for all festivals I make only payasam.I will refrigerate and enjoy it for 2 days even.Recently I saw in Bangalore lot of shops selling palm fruit ,I recollected my childhood days when we had fresh palm fruits in my grandma's house during summer holidays .Now we don't get fresh palm fruits even in my home town but here in Bangalore we get a lot so I brought a bunch of palm fruits and wanted to make something with it. During this vacation visit my mum gave me a collection of recipes which she has collected for more than 20 years , when I reviewed one of those books I got this recipe ,I altered the recipe a little and made this kheer. The taste was so amazing and it is very good to beat summer heat , happy to share the recipe with you , INGREDIENTS : Palm fruit – 3 pieces. Milk – 2 cup + 1/4 cup. Cashews – 7...

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்  Hi All, EASY KULFI!! We can say it as shortcut kulfi . Making kulfi is the most easiest icecream that you can make in home.So far I have tried icecream only very few times but I make kulfi every week because of the healthy ingredients which we add to it ,easy to make and also the rich taste. If something is complicated in making kulfi is,you need to boil milk for long time until it thickens other than that no work in kulfi :) And this shortcut kulfi is easiest way of making kulfi , whipping cream makes the process very easy and in no time you can make this easy kulfi. See my other kulfi recipes, 1) Rose kulfi. 2) Kulfi (version2). The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Full fat milk – 1/2 liters. Cardamom – 2 nos. Powdered nuts – 2 tablespoon. Chopped nuts – 2 tsp. Sugar – 2 tablespoon. Whipped cream – 2 tablespoon. Whipping cream – 1 tablespoon. METHOD : Boil milk till foams up ,then reduce the heat and boil i...

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்  Hi All, TOMATO CARROT JUICE!! This is one of the easiest , healthiest drink I often take in this summer.And there is no need of any specific recipe for this drink , you can alter as per your choice. As I like tomatoes I add more tomatoes ,but you can even add more carrots than tomatoes. The simple recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Ripe tomatoes – 3 nos. Carrot – 1 no ( medium sized). Cloves – 2 nos. Sugar – 3 tsp ( optional – I didn't add). METHOD :  Chop carrots to small bits and grind them along with cloves to fine puree. Then add ripe tomatoes and grind again to fine juice. Filter the juice,add sugar and consume immediately. I don't like adding sugar so I skipped sugar , you can add if needed. NOTE : Drink the juice immediately , fresh juice tastes better. After filtering no need to throw the residue , you can add 1 tsp oil in kadai and add the residue , salt ,chill...