Janmashtmi Recipes
Janamashtami is a day filled with devotion and celebrations. Fast and feast are the two important features of this festival.
Doodhachi Kheer
Milk – 5 Cups
Long-grained Rice – ½
Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp
Almond Powder – 2 tbsp
Saffron – 2 strands
Condensed Milk – 1 tin
Sugar to taste
Method:
Soak rice for ½ an hour. Boil milk and lower the flame. Pour rice into it and bring a boil to the milk with rice. Simmer this for about 45 minutes until milk become creamy and rice softens. Add condensed milk, sugar, cardamom powder, saffron and almond powder to it. Stir it to mash rice and thicken it.
Singhare Ki Puri
You will need:
Singhare flour - 1 cup
Oil – 1 tbsp
Ajwain Seeds – 2 tsp
Boiled, peeled and mashed Potatoes – ¼ cup
¼ cup coriander leaves
Chopped Green Chilies – 2
Salt to taste
Little water for kneading
Oil for deep frying
Method :
Make soft but tight dough, mixing all the contents except the oil. Keep in mind that, do this just before preparing puris otherwise dough becomes loose very quickly. While kneading, use little water if only needed. Now either make a small puri on palm by applying oil or water or on the rolling plate and then deep fry it until it gets brown and crisp. Drain it on paper towel.
Saboodana Khichadi:
Saboodana (Sago) – 1 cup
Peeled, finely chopped potato – 1
Peanut – 1 cup
Grated Coconut – ½ cup
Green Chilies – 5
Sugar – ½ tsp
Finely chopped Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch
Rock salt
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Ghee – 1 and ½ tbsp
Juice of one lemon
Method:
Wash clean sago and soak in water. It will puff up after absorbing water. Take a pan and heat ghee in it. Put cumin seeds and heat them till brown. Now put green chilies and stir. Add potato and cook till tender. Now ad sago, coconut, coriander leaves, sugar, peanut, lemon juice and rock salt. Cover and cook it for few minutes; stir occasionally to let it cook properly.
Panchamritham:
Fresh Milk – 1 cup
Ghee – 1 tsp
Curd – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 3 tsp
Banana chopped – 1
Tulsi leaves – 5
Method:
Combine all the things together and keep in refrigerator for chilling.
