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Cashew Barfi
Ingredients:

Cashew nuts - 1 cup
Milk - 1 Cup
Sugar - 3/4 Cup
Ghee  - 1/4 Cup
Vanilla Essence
Silver sheets for decoration

Preparation:

Soak the Cashew nuts in milk for 3 hours. Drain and blend the cashew nuts to a fine paste. Use little milk for blending. Take a heavy bottomed pan and add the blended paste and sugar. Cook on a low heat. Keep on stirring continuously. After 5 minutes start added the ghee slowly into the pan and keep stirring till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan and forms a lump. Add few drops of vanilla essence and mix well. Remove from heat. Spread evenly on a greased plate. Apply the silver sheets. Cool completely and cut into diamond shaped pieces.

Kesari
Ingredients:

Coarse Suji/Semolina - 1 Cup
Ghee - 1/2 Cup
Sugar - 1/2 Cup
Milk - 2 tbsp.
Cashews and Raisins for Garnishing
Cardamom powder

Preparation:

Heat part of the ghee in a heavy pan. Roast the Suji till you get a nice smell. Add sugar to it and continue to stir. Boil water in a separate pan. Add the boiling water to the suji mix and stir continuously. Cook on very low flame. Add Ghee and keep stirring. When Suji is cooked add roasted nuts, 2 tbls of milk and cardamom powder. Remove from heat and cool and shape as required.

Badam Halwa
Ingredients:

Almonds - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 1/2 Cups
Ghee - 1/2 Cup
4 cardamoms

Preparation:

Soak the almonds in water for 5 hours. Drain and blend into a smooth paste. Take a heavy bottomed pan and add the ground almonds and sugar and 1/4 cup water. Heat till the mixture thickens on low heat. Start adding ghee and continue to cook for 10 minutes. The mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan. Add powdered cardamom. Remove from heat and serve hot or chilled.

Rava Laddu
Ingredients:

Fine Suji - 1 Cup
Sugar - 3/4 Cup
Ghee - 1/4 Cup
Milk - 1/4 Cup
Vanilla Essence

Preparation:

Heat ghee in a deep saucepan. Add suji and fry on medium heat. Stir continuously till the suji turns a little pink. Now add the Sugar. Stir for 4-5 minutes on low flame. Remove from flame add few drops of vanilla essence. Cool the mixture for about 5 minutes. Add the milk to the mixture little by little and form a thick dough. Shape the mixture into ladoos.

Maida Cake
Ingredients:

Maida - 1 cup
Milk - 1 1/2 cups
Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Rose Essence

Preparation:

Heat ghee in a heavy pan. Roast maida in ghee on low flame for 2 minutes. Add sugar and mix well. Add the milk and continue to stir constantly. Stir well constantly in medium heat. Add ghee and allow to cook. When the mixture leaves the sides of the pan remove from heat. Add few drops of rose essence and pour into a greased plate. Cut into diamonds after the mixture cools.

Kheer
Ingredients:

Milk - 1 liter
Raw Rice - 1/4 Cup
Sugar - 1 Cup
Cardomom Powder
Saffron
Cashews to garnish

Preparation:

Heat the milk in a heavy pan. When it boils add washed rice to it and stir nicely. Allow to cook on low heat till rice is done. Add sugar and stir. When the mixture thickens add cardamom powder, saffron strands and roasted cashews to garnish remove from heat and serve hot or chilled.

Pista Barfi
Ingredients:

Pistachios - 1 Cup
Milk - 2 Cups
Sugar - 1 Cup
Ghee - 1/4 Cup
Vanilla Essence

Preparation:

Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan. Keep stirring to form a smooth paste. This will take about an hour. Roast the pistachio nuts and chop them. Then heat about 1/3 Cup of water in another pan. Add sugar to it. Heat it to form a thick syrup. Now add the sugar syrup, roasted Pistachios, and vanilla essence to the reduced milk. Add ghee to the mixture. Stir until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. Spread the mixture on a greased plate. Cool nicely and cut into diamonds.

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