Badam(almond) da halwa.... A Punjabi Delicacy

Almond halwa

Ingredients:-
Wheat semolina(rava)-1 cup
Sugar-1 cup
Almond-1/2 cup(chopped and preserve 3-4 for garnishing)
Milk-2cups
Cardamom-5-6(powdered)
             or
Almond essence-1tsp
Ghee(clarified butter)-3/4 cup
Saffron(Kesar)- few strands


Method:-

• Boil milk and almond chopped until almond cooks well.
• Heat 1/2 cup Ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.Add rava and roast till its light brown.
• Now add the boiled milk and cook covered for few seconds on a low heat.
• Add sugar and saffron and stir well.Cook till the sugar is dissolved and almost dry and switch off the gas
• Now pour the remaining ghee and cardamom powder(instead of cardamom you can add almond essence) and mix well.
• Garnish with remaining almonds and serve hot.

Badam da Halwa

Paratha parata...(layered parata)

Its my 100th post so wanted to prepare something special and thought of this  famous delhi street food ...paratha( means layered) parata from famous parata galli .This parata is easy and quick to make.So if you want some thing different then  try this parata  for a change..tastes awesome.You can pack this for your kids lunch boxes with little cheese while making the paratas to make it more yummy .
          

 sprinkle powders and coriander leaves

cut into 20 small pieces

stack the pieces

roll into thick roti

Ingredients:- 

Wheat flour-2 cups
chiily powder-2tsp
garam masala powder-1tsp
amchur powder-1/2tsp
coriander leaves chopped-1/2 cup
salt to taste
Ghee for frying parata


Method:-

• Knead a soft dough using little wheat flour,oil,and salt using water as required for kneading.
• Now make 5-6 big balls
• Roll the balls into large round disk
• Now apply ghee and dust some flour.
• Now sprinkle chilly powder,garam masala,amchur powder and a little salt .At last sprinkle some coriander leaves as shown in the picture.
• Now cut into small pieces about 20 small square pieces.
• Now stack all the pieces and  press with the hands.
• Now roll that into small thick roti
• Heat the pan and fry the parata using heaped tsp of ghee on both the sides.

parath parata and Alu ki sabji

Serve hot with alu ki sabji or any other curries.