Orange Kheer

 My mom had elevated blood sugars on a test, courtesy Ramzan and all the desserts that were crowding the refrigerator and since she's got the biggest sweetest tooth, its impossible for her to be without sweets.  So I took to browsing the net for recipes and came across this one by Tarla Dalal.  It tastes amazing, easy to make, and is very satisfying to a sweet lover.

INGREDIENTS:

1 ltr low-fat milk

2 tbsp cornflour dissolved in warm low-fat milk

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

a pinch of saffron strands dissolved in 1/2 tsp warm low-fat milk

4 tsp sugar substitute

1 cup small orange segments

METHOD:

• Boil the milk in a broad non stick pan for 15 to 20 minutes,while stirring continously and scraping the sides of the pan.
• Add the cornflour-milk mixture and cook on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes,while stirring continously.
• Add the cardommom powder and the saffron-milk mixture,mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
• Remove from the flame and allow it to cool completely.
• Once cooled,add the sugar substitute and the orange segments and mix well.
• Refrigerate and serve chilled.

Khajoor (A deep fried sweet snack)

Khajoor is a deep fried sweet snack which is ideal teatime snack and a couple of them for breakfast with a glass of milk make a good breakfast too.  You can store them in an airtight container for a week or so.

KHAJOOR

Ingredients:
500 g of plain flour (maida)
50 g of semolina
350 g of sugar
250 g of dried milk, plain (khoya)
2 tbsp of roasted poppy seeds
6 tsp of ghee
150 mL of toned milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
Oil for frying
50 g each of cashews and raisins

Method:

• Dry mix the flour, semolina, and sugar.
• Crumble and add dried milk (khoya).
• Add the baking soda, ghee, cashews, raisins, and roasted poppy seeds and mix in well.
• Using milk as needed, make a dough of a hard consistency.  Divide into 2 equal portions and let the dough sit for 1 hour.
• Sprinkle flour on the rolling board and roll out each portion to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.  Deep fry on a medium heat till golden brown.