Rajma Masala Powder is a extremely good mixture of Spices with flavours accentuating from the Spices utilized in it with a slight notice of tanginess from Amchur (Dry Mango Powder) and Soury -candy flavor from Anar Dhana(Dry Pomegranate Seeds Powder).  

Freshly grounded homemade Rajma Masala Powder is the soul of Rajma Masala. Perfectly cooked Rajma/Kidney Beans combination at the side of the masala blend and a rich & creamy primarily based totally Rajma Masala curry. 

Now, you need not to be buy it from market, you can make it at home with fresh spices and store in an air-tight container. You can use this Rajma Masala powder with up to 1 month. 

Homemade spices are always best,very easy and quick process. Well, the answer is simple – it’s

   No preservatives,

   Unique Aroma and

   WONDERFUL taste

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Author : Jolly Makkar

Cooking time : 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Course: Masala / Indian spice

Cuisine: Indian (Punjabi)

INGREDIENTS :

For Rajma Masala Powder :

Dry Red Chillies - 10-12 Nos.

Coriander Seeds - 1/2 Cup

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tbspn

Carom(Ajwain) Seeds - 2 Tspn

Bay Leaves - 3 Nos.

Dry Ginger Powder -1 Tbspn

Black Cardamom - 5-6 Pods

Cloves - 6-8 Nos.

Mace - 3-4 Strands

Nutmeg - 1 No.

Dry Mango Powder (Amchur) - 3 Tbspn

Dry Pomegranate Seeds Powder(Anar Dhana) - 4 Tbsps

Fennel seeds - 1 teaspoon

INSTRUCTIONS  :

• Dry Roast the Dry Red Chillies in a pan until it fluffs-up and keep it aside.
• Dry Roast Coriander Seeds on a low flame until fragrant for about 5-7 minutes and keep it aside.
• Next, add Carom Seeds & Cumin Seeds into the pan and dry roast it on a low flame until the spices splutter.
• Remove it from the pan and keep it aside.
• Next add Bay Leaves, Cloves, Mace, Fennel and Pomegranate Seeds into the pan and dry roast it on a low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
• Allow the dry roasted ingredients to cool down.
• Do not Roast Dry Ginger Powder, Dry Mango Powder & Nutmeg.
• Combine all the ingredients and grind it into a fine powder.
• Transfer the Rajma Masala Powder into a clean and dry airtight container.
• Store it in the refrigerator for longer shelf life.

NOTES :

• Can sundry the Spices before preparing the Rajma Masala Powder, but it is purely optional.
• Dry Roast the ingredients separately.
• Dry roast the spices on a very low flame.
• Care should be taken not to burn the ingredients which will totally spoil/alter the taste of the Masala.
• Do not dry roast Dry Ginger Powder, Dry Mango Powder & Nutmeg.
• Cool the ingredients before grinding it.
• This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every month. This month it was alphabet time "R" so I choose my key ingredients RAJMA and make this easy and flavourful Rajma Masala Powder  and will update the whole video soon on my YOUTUBE channel - JOLLYhOMEMADErECIPES 
  

  
  

  
  

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Paneer Kheer is an Indian dessert made using crumbled paneer or chenna, saffron, and rich dry fruits. It is easy to make and tastes so delicious…perfect  for get together and special occasions. 

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 and ½ litres full fat milk (divided)

• 2 teaspoon lime juice

• 10-15 strands saffron (optional)

• ¼ cup sugar

• ½ teaspoon cardamom powder

• Dry fruits or rose petals for garnishing

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Heat 1-liter milk in a heavy bottom pan. It’s best to use full cream milk to make the kheer as it is richer than cow’s milk. But if you don’t have you can use any milk to make the kheer. Keep stirring the milk while heating otherwise it will stick to the bottom of the pan and get burned.
• When the milk comes to a boil, switch off the heat. Add lime juice and give it a stir.
• Milk will curdle immediately after adding the lime juice. If it doesn’t, then add some more lime juice to the pan. Let the curdled milk rest for 5 minutes. Strain it in a soup strainer and collect the cheese. Do not discard the water that is left behind. It has many nutritional benefits and can be used to make curries or kneading flour.
• Keep the strainer with paneer under running water for a few seconds so that the excess lime flavor is gone. Let the strainer rest over a vessel to get rid of all the excess water for about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 and ½ liters of milk in another heavy bottom pan. Keep stirring at regular intervals to avoid burning the milk at the bottom of the pan.
• Simmer the heat to low once the milk comes to a boil. Add saffron strands to the pan and mix well. You can skip adding saffron if you wish to.
• Let the milk cook for 20-25 minutes on low heat until it is reduced to almost half. Keep stirring at regular intervals. Crumble the paneer or chenna that we made earlier and add it to the pan.
• Cook for another 30-35 minutes, until the milk is thickened. Keep in mind that the kheer will thicken some more after cooling. Add sugar and cardamom powder and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Adjust the amount of sugar according to your liking.
• Paneer ki kheer is ready to serve. Serve it warm or chill it for a few hours. Garnish with almond and pistachio slivers and dry rose petals.
  

  

Sooji Mawa Gujiya Recipe- A crisp flaky deep fried pastry stuffed with  khoya or mawa, coconut and dry fruits. A popular traditional North Indian sweet which is a must to make especially during festive holidays times (Holi, or famous during wedding times).

Trust me, this is the first time in my life I have tried my hands on sooji mawa gujiya recipe. I bet you just can't resist these golden crisp sweet beauties when you tried my recipe at your home😍

Check out the video recipe of Sooji Mawa Gujiya - 100% crispy

What Is Gujiya?

Gujiya is a deep fried flour pastry stuffed with khoya, dry fruits and coconut. Popular not only in UP, but they are widely made in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar 

These sweet dumplings has the filling of mawa in north. And, the Maharashtrian version goes with semolina or suji, and coconut filling. And I made a combination of version of these two in one.

How to store it?

Once the Gujiyas are out from the hot ghee to oil, allow them to cool completely. Then, transfer them into a clean airtight container and store them up to a week at room temperature. They stay very well in refrigerator up to a 15 days.

 You can try more INDIAN lip-smacking sweet desserts recipes 

Kesari Angoori Rasmalai

Til Gud ki Patti 

Pheni Kheer

Doodh Peda

Ingredients :

Plain Flour (मैदा )  - 2 cups ( 250 gms)

Ghee (घी )  - 1/4 cup ( 60 gms) 

Homemade Mawa - 1/2 cup ( 125 gms) 

Semolina (सूजी )  - 1/3 cup ( 60 gms)

Boora (बूरा ) - 3/4 cup ( 150 gms) 

Almonds (बादाम)  - 10 to 12 (finely chopped ) 

Cashew nuts (काजू )  - 10 to 12 (finely chopped)

Grated Dry coconut (सूखा नारियल )  - 1/3 cup 

Raisins (किशमिश )  - 1 tbsp 

Green Cardamoms (इलाइची )  - 6 to 7 

Oil/Ghee   - For frying

Instructions :

How to make Sooji Mawa Gujiya

 1. Take Plain flour in a mixing bowl, make a hollow pit in it, mixing ghee and flour with fingers first until crumbly. And the flour mixture should hold the shape of a fist. Add lukewarm water in small portions and knead stiff dough.Cover and keep it aside for 20 to 25 minutes to set.

For stuffing:
2.Heat pan, add 2 tbsp ghee to it as ghee melts add semolina to it, Stir and roast it, until golden brown. Keep flame medium. Take powder sugar in a bowl, take out semolina, pour over the sugar. 

3. Roast dry fruits, such as cashews, almonds for 1 to 2 minutes. Then take out and keep in the same bowl as boora  and semolina. Slightly roast dessicated coconut, in hot pan for half a minute. Keep in same bowl.

4. Crumble and add mawa to the pan, stir and roast, till it changes color. Keep flame medium. Add raisins to the bowl,

5. Take cardamoms coarsely grind them and add into bowl. Mix all ingredients well.

6. Meanwhile dough is ready, knead it a bit.Divide dough into 2 parts, make a log, break lumps. Lift dough lump, press and make round dough ball, like a peda. Roll it out thin from the edges with 3 to 4 inch in diameter.

7. Take the poori. Put stuffing in the poori, grease edges of poori with water. Close it with fork or pinch it with ur fingers, keep the gujiya in a plate. Likewise roll out , stuff and prepare all gujiyas. Keep in plate.

Check Out The Video  Of How to make Mawa at home 

8. Heat oil to fry the gujiyas, keep it medium hot. Put one gujiya to fry and check, when frying reduce flame. Put as many gujiyas as they fit in the wok. Once roasted from beneath, flip them. Stir and fry until golden brown from both sides, Keep flame medium low. Lift the gujiya in ladle. Take out from the wok, keep in plate, Fry all Gujiyas likewise. 

9. Sumptuous, Sooji mawa gujiya's are ready As the gujiyas cool down, keep in an air tight container, and relish it for 15 days.

 

Important Tips: 

• To make Stuffing roast all the ingredients well.
• To make the dough crisp and flaky, always mix ghee and flour with fingers first until crumbly. And the flour mixture should hold the shape of a fist. Then add water and knead into a soft dough
  
• Do not knead the dough to soft or too stiff. It should be such so that is rolled out nicely even without dry flour or ghee. Always allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes for best results.
•  Ensure the dough is covered with clean damp kitchen towel all the time to avoid drying.
• While making the filling, always add sugar once the mawa cools completely. You can also use moulds to make the gujiyas.
• While shaping the gujias, always apply water to the edges of the rolled dough using fingers. Or you can also use small brush and then press to seal. This ensures proper sealing of the edges avoiding the filling to break open while frying.
• Keep the moulded gujias covered with a clean damp cloth to avoid drying, until the batch is ready to fry.
• Always deep fry them on medium low heat. Never ever fry them on high heat as it will burn them and pastry will remain uncooked within. Frying them on low heat makes them crispier.
• Do not overload the pan while deep frying the Gujiya, do it in batches. Also, each batch will take 15-17 minutes to cook.
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This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every month. This month it was alphabet time "M" so I choose my key ingredients MAWA and make this delicious Sooji Mawa Gujiya and will update the whole video soon on my YOUTUBE channel - JOLLYhOMEMADErECIPES 

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Angoori Rasmalai is a popular Bengali sweet dish that is soft, spongy and tiny round cottage cheese dumplings dunked in saffron flavoured milk and garnished with dry fruits, this Angoori Rasmalai, a Bengali delicacy is everything you need for your upcoming festivals.

This sweet dish is prepared on special occasions, festivals, durga pooja and the Bengali weddings. A divine tasting sweet made with just few ingredients and easy to prepare too.

It is very easy to make traditional Bengali sweets at home and I have added and tried few recipes in my kitchen like rasgulla, kesari rasgulla and sandesh here.

Bengali sweets are my absolute weakness. I just love them and can have those everyday if I can have things my way 🙂 It is very easy to make traditional Bengali sweets at home and I have added few recipes like keasri rasgulla, sandesh, mango fudge and many more.

Making angoori rasmalai is very easy but consumes a bit of time. For this, we need to prepare the chenna first, cook it in sugar syrup and side by side prepare the saffron flavoured milk. All the sweet cottage balls dunked in flavored milk that is called RAS.

If you are using market paneer for making angoori rasmalai churn everything on grinder. I used homemade chenna with the heels of your hands for a 8 to 10 minutes.

To make angoori rasmalai you need just milk, saffron, sugar and some nuts for garnishing. Making this angoori rasmalai can be divided into three steps

* making chenna by curdling the milk

* Shaping and cooking the angoori rasgulla

* Making ras or sweetened milk to dunk the rasgullas.

The word Angoori comes Angoor hindi word(this is actually a fruit called grapes), its resembles to their shape and size of the grape,..thats why it called Angoori. The result is a creamy, dreamy dessert that absolutely melts in your mouth.

It will be good fro 3-4 days in fridge, keep it in fridge

Prep Time : 5 mins
Cook Time : 45 mins
Total Time : 50 mins
Course : Dessert
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
1 CUP = 250 ml

Ingredients

For making angoori rasgulla

* 4 cups full fat milk
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice or curd
* 4 cups water
* 1.5 cups sugar

For making ras

* 4 cups full fat milk
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
* 1/2 teaspoon saffron strands
* 1/2 `cup chopped toasted nuts

Instructions :

* Take milk in a sauce pan. Heat it up and when it is about to boil add the lemon juice and mix well. The milk will begin to curdle. Keep in low flame and stir till all the whey separates

* Strain the whey using a vessel lined with strainer and cheese cloth. Tie the cloth and rest for 45 minutes for all the whey to drain.

* Collect the chenna in a plate and start kneading. knead for 8-10 minutes until smooth and supple.

* pinch into tiny balls and shape into mini rasgullas.

* Bring 4 cups water into rolling boil. Add the prepared balls. Add few saffron strands, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes until properly cooked.

* Remove the rasgullas from syrup, and let cool thoroughly.

Thickening milk to make rabdi

* When the almonds are blanching, take milk in a thick bottomed pan or kadai.

* Bring the milk to a boil on medium heat stirring at intervals.

* Whilst the milk is coming to a boil, take 2 tablespoons of milk from the pan in a small bowl.

* Let this milk become warm. Add crushed saffron strands. Stir and keep aside.

* Once the milk has come to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer the milk. Collect the floating clotted cream (malai) on the sides. Continue to cook this way till the milk is reduced to half.

* Keep on collecting the cream which floats on the top and move it to the sides. Also keep on stirring the milk at intervals so that the milk does not get scorched at the bottom.

* Add sugar and stir well so that the sugar dissolves, then add cardamom powder.

* Add the sliced almonds. Reserve a few almonds for garnishing.

* Also add the saffron infused milk.

* Stir again. Keep simmering the reduced milk at a low heat.

Making angoori rasmalai

* Take each rasgulla and with a spatula and apply pressure, so the excess sugar syrup is removed from it. You can also press and squeeze each rasgulla in your palms. Be gentle and don't apply too much of pressure. As then the rasgullas will break. Repeat with all the rasgulla balls.

* Now place the rasgulla in the simmering milk and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes on a low heat.

* Switch off the heat and then add rose water or kewra water

* Stir gently. Cover and let the angoori rasmalai come to room temperature. Then chill in a covered container or bowl. Serve garnished with blanched, sliced almonds or pistachios that were kept aside and a few saffron strands.

* You can also serve angoori rasmalai warm or at room temperature.