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After a long gap, I’m happy to share a special sweet recipe from my kitchen – Dry Fruits Ladoo. This is a completely no-sugar sweet, naturally sweetened with dates, making it a perfect guilt-free treat for your family. This recipe has been on my list for a long time. Finally, I got some time last week to try it, and it turned out to be a super hit at home. The best part is — it takes just 30 minutes and needs only simple ingredients. If you are looking for a healthy sweet without spending hours in the kitchen, this recipe is for you. Here is the video link for Dry Fruits Ladoo  Dry Fruits Ladoo Recipe Details  Ingredients White sesame seeds – 1/2 cup Badam (Almonds) – 1/2 cup Cashew nuts – 1/2 cup Pumpkin seeds – 1/4 cup Dry grapes (Kismis) – 1/4 cup Dates (seeds removed) – 1 cup Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp Ghee – 1 tsp Method Heat a heavy-bottomed kadai and roast white sesame seeds on medium flame until they start to pop and release a nice aroma. Do not over-brown. Transfer to ...

This palm jaggery kaju katli is the best, quick and easy sweet prepared with just three ingredients. After starting my Virundhombal Foods , I make kaju katli with sugar regularly for my customers' orders. So, while doing it regularly, I learnt many tips and tricks in Kaju katli. If you are planning for small family occasions or parties, try this kaju katli. This is also perfect for kids' birthday gifts.  This kaju katli stays good for more than a week without refrigeration. You will come across several different ways in which you can prepare katlis. But I follow the same method every time, using my favourite hard anodised kadai. All you need to make kaju katli are three basic ingredients. Cashew nuts, palm jaggery and ghee. Make sure you use fresh whole cashew nuts. Add enough cashew nuts that the blade of your mixer jar is well covered. Because if you don't add enough, then it won't grind properly. Using the big mixer jar for 1 cup cashew nuts will grind perfectly. Gri...

Try this easy and quick nenthram pazham halwa for your kids. When I think about easy yet delicious, sweet dishes, Nanjil recipes come to my kitchen. There are many delicacies in Nanjil cuisine which are healthy and easy. From payasam to halwa, we like traditional dishes. And this nenthram pazham halwa is one among them. Pagu vellam (dark brown jaggery) gives a nice lingering taste to the halwa. The best part is that it can be made within 20 minutes. Now let's see how to prepare this Nenthram pazham halwa.  Check out my other sweet recipes  Thiribagam (Three in one delight) Rava ladoo Kaju Katli   Rava Ladoo - Easy Rava Ladoo Recipe Kesar peda Easy Milk Sweet Chocolate Burfi Mango and Coconut Burfi Moong dal flour Ladoo Coconut Burfi Paal Kova with milk powder  Paal Kova with Naatu Sarkkarai Kesari Pineapple Kesari Milk Kesari Mango Kesari Badam Katli - Almond Fudge Carrot Burfi Dry Gulab Jamun Easy Milk Sweet Badam Coconut Burfi Badam Burfi  Badusha Potato Halwa...

Little millet payasam - Generally for millet dishes you don't need to spend hours and hours in your kitchen. From sweets to one pot dishes, millets require very less time when compared to other dishes. Today we are going to see a simple payasam with little millets which exactly takes just 30 minutes. It's made with little millet, jaggery, milk, cashew nuts and ghee.  There are two ways you can cook the millets. First one is pressure cooking the millets and the second one is cooking the millets directly in the vessel. To keep it simple, I have cooked the millets in the pressure cooker. Millet payasams could be made with any variety of milk as you like. I made it with full cream milk. You can also use skimmed milk, coconut milk or toned milk. All of these options result in creamy payasam. As this is a healthy dish, I prefer jaggery for this payasam. The plain white sugar also will taste good for this payasam. The final dish had a texture of thick payasam. If you want the payasam ...

This Carrot halwa is a classic dessert from North India made with Delhi red carrots, milk, sugar, nuts and ghee. This recipe will give you the perfect, rich and melt in your mouth carrot halwa. It is a healthy dessert when compared to other halwa dishes. As carrots are naturally sweet, we are adding very less sugar and ghee and no kova. The cooking methods are also easy. The only tough part is grating the carrots evenly without any solid pieces and stirring constantly for 1 to 1.5 hours. In this recipe, I have used Delhi carrots which are slightly pink in colour. You can also use orange Ooty carrots which are widely available in our markets. Try to use fresh, bright and juicy carrots.  I always prefer to use full cream milk for carrot halwa as it adds richness and creaminess to the halwa. For flavours I have added cardamom and you can also use a few saffron strands. For parties you can serve this halwa with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream and chopped pistachio nuts on the top. It tast...

Instant Milk Peda recipe with full video and step by step pictures. A simple way to prepare homemade milk peda is this instant milk peda recipe with just three ingredients within 15 minutes. Traditional milk peda is prepared by simmering the milk for 1.5 to 2 hours to prepare the khoya. Then the khoya is further combined with sugar to prepare pedas. For those deciding to prepare homemade milk peda for the first time, this method is the best. Once you become expert in preparing basic milk peda, you can start experimenting with different flavours. Various milk sweets in sweet shops quickly attract children with their colour and designs. Starting from my childhood days milk peda is one of my favourite sweets and I was very eager to search for milk peda recipe in cookbooks and tv shows to prepare homemade milk peda. Two years back, I saw this instant milk peda recipe in the living food cookery channel and prepared it for last year's Diwali without any tweaks. It turned out great a...

Today we are going to see an easy rava ladoo recipe that's perfect for Diwali, Krishna Jeyanthi or for any family occasions. This recipe can be easily doubled if you are preparing in a large quantity. Good news, no condensed milk, no sugar consistency syrup and no milk are needed for this rava ladoo. There are many easy methods for rava ladoo but this is the traditional method my grandmother used to prepare which stays good for more than 2 weeks.  Simply roast the rava and powder the rava and sugar separately in a mixer jar. And then combine the powdered rava, sugar along with roasted cashews and cardamom powder. Mix the dry ingredients well and then add melted ghee little by little. When it's warm enough to handle, prepare ladoos. Easy sweet recipe within 30 minutes with simple methods.  Tips to make perfect Rava Ladoo To make soft rava ladoos, do not roast the rava for a long time. Roast until you get a nice aroma.  For this rava ladoo recipe, I suggest using fine rava....