Fruit Custard / Fruit Salad

krish is coming back from Johannesberg after 2months...very much excited and wanted to do something very special for him..He told that he will be coming in the evening so i was little worried whether he will be eating dinner at home.So making something special that day will be wasted if he wont eat.But luckily he was back on time.I made his favourite dishes that day and delicious Fruit Custard / Fruit Salad. I have made this recipe long time back and was little conscious whether it will come out good or not. I just want the custard to the best and very tasty..So krish this custard is only n only for you dear.

Ingredients
1. 500ml Milk (it comes to 4-5 servings)
2. 2 tbsp of Vanilla Custard powder
3. 3 1/2 spoons of sugar
4. 2 tbsp of milk maid
5. 2 cups of fruits(banana,apple,Cherry's,grapes)







How to make :

1. Take 2 tbsp of vanilla custard in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of cool milk and mix it well
without any lumps
2. Boil the milk and then later add the above paste to the milk stirring
continuously
3. Simmer the flame and add sugar and stir frequently for 3mins.
4. Let it cool and add Milk maid(Milk maid is optional but if added gives good
flavour to the custard)
5. Add fruits to the above mixture and chill it in the refrigerator
( you can add banana while ur eating because it tends to change color)

 What are you waiting for??...enjoy the delicious and yummy custard with your
family..

Sweet Pongal

First time i tried this out, which turned very delicious.It is so yum yum.. No, no this is not my say, but my hubbys words.

Ingredients :
• 1 cup rice
• ½ cuo moong dal / pesarapappu
• 3 cups of water
• 1 cup grated coconut dry / fresh
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 2 cups milk


Sweet Pongal
How to make :

1. Pressure cook rice + dal + grated coconut with 3 cups of water till you get 3 whistles
2. Fry cashews and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee and keep it aside
3. Add the cooked rice and dal mixture in the same pan in 2 cups of milk with sugar.
4. stir it continuously so that it wont get burnt at the bottom
5. Cook it till you get good consistancy. (Not too solid not too liqiud)
6. Add the remaining ghee from the top and mix it.
7. Finally add cashews and raisins.
8. Sweet Pongal is ready to eat.

Note : Chilled dessert is even more tastier

Carrot Halwa

Carrot halwa is done quite often in our house. But krishna happen to eat very less sweets. But he likes the carrot halwa made by me.I personally like this delicious dessert. It is very simple to make. Anybody can try it.

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of grated carrot

2. 1 1/2 cups sugar

3. 5 tbsp of ghee

4• 10-15 Cashew nuts crushed

5• 10-15 Raisins

6• 1 cup sugar

7• 1tsp Cardamom(Ilaichi) powder




Carrot Halwa
How to prepare

1. Take 1 tbs of ghee in a pan and fry Cashew nuts and Raisins separately and keep
them aside
2. Add 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, maintain low flame
3. After 30seconds, add grated carrot to it, stir for 10 mins continuously.
4. Add 3 cups of water and keep the lid,cook for 10-15 mins, stir occasionally so
that it doesn’t stick to the pan
5. Continue this process till beetroot becomes soft
6. Add 1 cup of sugar, Cardamom powder to it and stir it for 5mins.
7. Add raisins and cashews to it
8. Finally garnish it with the remaining cashews and raisins
9. Delicious carrot halwa is ready to be served.

Beetroot Halwa

For the past few days I have been very busy looking after Aashu. So its quite sometime I prepared any new dish. The occasion called for when K’s Aunt and Uncle dropped by for three days. I was quite apprehensive whether they will like my cooking. They were our first guests after marriage and after moving into our new house. There were fresh Beetroots in the refrigerator. I thought why not prepare Beetroot Halwa. It turned out to be very yum yum and delicious. This is Ammas receipe.
Beetroot is disliked by most of the people because of its color but it is good source of iron and other nutrients.It has vitamins A,B AND C.

What do we need

•3 cups of grated beetroot

•3 tbsp of ghee

•Cashew nuts(10-15)

•Raisins(10-15)

•1 cup sugar

•½ sp Cardamom(Ilaichi) powder


Beetroot Halwa

How to prepare

1.Take 1 tbs of ghee in a pan and fry Cashew nuts and Raisins separately and keep
them aside
2.Add 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, maintain low flame
3.After 30seconds, add grated Beetroot to it, stir for 5 mins .
4.add 3 cups of water (milk is the best option instead of water) and keep the lid
for 10-15 mins, stir occasionally so that it doesn’t stick to the pan
5.Continue this process till beetroot becomes soft
6.Add 1 cup of sugar, Cardamom powder to it and stir it for 5mins.
7.Add raisins and cashews to it
8.Finally garnish it with the remaining cashews and raisins
9.Delicious beetroot halwa is ready to be served !