Shankarpale

One of the wonderful timepass snacks made specially at the time of Diwali. Very easy to prepare .......

Ingredients

1 cup Clarified Butter (ghee)

1 cup Milk

1 1/4 cup Sugar

All purpose flour as needed (maida)

A pinch salt

2 tsp Cardamom powder

Oil for frying

Method

1. Mix ghee, milk and sugar in a heavy bottom vessel and put it on fire. Keep stirring continuously.

2. Boil it slightly, keep stirring so that the sugar melts.

3. Remove from fire and pour in a flat plate for cooling.

4. When it is warm add salt and cardamom powder to it and mix.

5. Then slowly add the flour to the mixture and make a nice soft dough. Cover and leave the dough for half an hour.

6. In a heavy bottom vessel pour oil and keep it on fire. Take a little portion of the dough and roll it a bit thick. Then cut it in diamond or square shape with the help of a knife or a cutter. You can use cookie cutters for different shapes.

7. Fry these in hot oil on a medium flame. Fry the shankarpale on medium low flame till golden brown. Remove on a kitchen towel and then store in a air tight container.

Its a wonderful snack for kids and also for adults with tea or just for time pass.

Tip: For the above measurement I had used around 4 1/2 cup of maida, and sugar 1 1/4 cup. If you like more sweet then may add little more sugar. The above measurement makes around 1kg of shankarpale.

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Shev

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

Ingredients

1/4 cup Oil

1/4 cup Water

Salt as per taste

1/4 tsp turmeric

2 tsp Carom seed powder (ajawain)

10 tbsp Chickpea flour (Besan)

1 1/2 tsp chilli powder (optional)

Oil for frying

Method

1. Mix oil, water, salt, turmeric, carom seed powder, chilli powder nicely.

2. Once these ingredients are mixed nicely then add chick pea flour slowly slowly till a nice dough is formed. The dough should not be too hard or too soft.

3. Heat oil in a kadhai and then put in the shev making machine and drop shev in a circular motion directly in the hot oil.

4. Fry for a min or two and once done take out and drain on a kicthen towel.

Tip: Apply a little oil to the shev making machine before putting the dough for the first time.

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Peanut Cookies

Wonderful cookies with a taste of peanuts...

Ingredients
3/4 cup All purpose flour (maida)
1/2 cup Peanut butter
2 tbsp roasted peanuts (roughly crushed)
1/4 tsp soda bi carb
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
3/4 cup brown sugar (can use plain sugar also)
1 tbsp honey
1/4 cup desicated coconut
1 tsp lemon rind
Method
1. Take the flour, soda and sieve in a vessel.
2. Then add peanut butter, crushed peanuts, cinnamon powder, lemon rind, desicated coconut and mix.
3. Add honey and lemon rind, sugar and rolled oats. Mix well and knead it with as much water needed.
4. Put in aluminium foil and keep in refridgerator for half an hour.
5. Take it out from fridge and then make lemon size balls from it, and press it a little.
6. Preheat oven at 180 degrees celcius for 10 min.
7. Place the cookies tray in the oven and bake for about 10 min.
8. Keep checking. If the cooking are not done keep for some time more.
9. Remove from oven and keep on wire rack for cooling. Once cool store in airtight container.

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