Aam ras with puri/mango puree

Hello everyone! How have you all been? Well, the mango season is about to end. So I thought why not make aamras to ease my tummy and be at ease with this heat which is still here. Today I would  show you easy way to make aamras or in short mango puree which you can eat it as it is or with poori or as a topping on any dish. 

Its very easy and simple to make but taste wise yummy.

Ingredients for aamras:

2 Alphonso mangoes

Sugar if needed

Milk if needed

Method:

Peel the mangoes and take the pulp out. Make a smooth puree using mixer or handblender.  I used blender here.  Add sugar if you want more sweet and if the  puree is thick add slight milk.  Its done and your mango puree or aamras is ready.  Keep it in fridge to be chilled and serve it later with pooris. Pooris are standard and I am sure all know how to make it

Yummy yummy isn’t it?

So what are you waiting for! Have nice sweet aamras with poori.  

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Almonds fudge/badam barfi

Hello all! It has been long time since I posted and I had taken a mini break also. I would put up my travel post soon but 9th June happens to be my blog’s first anniversary which few weeks back seemed a distant dream.  So thought why not share something sweet with you. My today’s recipe is badam barfi or almond fudge.  I would show you how its made in my household and I don’t claim to be expert at all and hence my recipes here are very simple everyday cooking. Enough of talking and hope you like this badam barfi.

Ingredients:

1 cup almonds

½ cup sugar

1tbsp ghee

2 tbsp milk

1tsp poppy seeds, (optional)

1tsp cardamom powder (optional)

Method:

Dry grind the almonds roughly to a slight powdery form.  Take a pan and heat 1 tbsp ghee, once it melts add almonds and stir it for 3-4 minutes till lovely aroma comes out. Make sure it doesn’t turn too brown.  Add sugar and stir it again till sugar is mixed in almonds.  Add milk now and stir it till it becomes bit lump and leaves the side of pan. The barfi should not be too brown and it should look bit light.  

Take a greased thali or plate and pour the barfi mixture on it.  Smoothen it with spoon and  sprinkle poppy seeds and cardamom powder if you wish.  Let it set at room temperature. Then cut it in desired shape and store in airtight container. It would remain good till 7 days but I am sure with this yummy almond barfi no one would wait till it finishes. I am sorry as I couldn't take pics of stirring almonds powder in pan and so skipped to next part of setting up the barfi in plate.

Hope you all do try it and  let me know what you think. Poppy seeds or khus khus is my favourite and hence I use it in almost all of my sweets. 

The above measurements are for representation purpose only. Kindly adjust accordingly.

 GRIND THE ALMONDS LIKE THIS

SET IN THALI LIKE THIS

A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK

 ALL SET

 CUT IN DESIRED SHAPE

 YUMMY

Over to you for your views.

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Healthy Oats and Nuts Balls – Kids Friendly Snack

Hello everyone!  Since variety is the spice of the life, I would like to  now add some tadka(variety) into the dal( my blog) and introduce a guest column which would enable my blogger friends to share their world, experiences, cooking or any thing else. And here goes my first guest Aarthi.. Read on in her words.

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When I was asked to do a guest post by Meena, I never wanted to say no to her..I accepted immediately..Thank you Meena for giving me this opportunity to post my recipe in your awesome blog. I am really happy to meet all your viewers and do this post.

Hai Friends..My Name is Aarthi, I blog at YUMMY TUMMY. I have a lovely food blog which explains all recipes around the world in step by step instructions with pictures which will be so helpful to you. I welcome all of you to come and explore my blog.

You can read more about me in my blog..

Now talking about this balls..They are D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S but so healthy for you. I am sure that your kids will go crazy about these balls and will bug you always to make this for them..I hope you will love it for sure and do come to my blog for more recipes…

Ingredients:

Oats – 100 gms

Jaggery / Sarkarai / Vellam – 150 gms grated

Cashews - ½  cup Toasted and chopped

Raisans / Kishmish – ½ cup

Ghee – 1 tblspn or to spread on hands while rolling

Sprinkles as needed (optional)

Water – 50 ml

Method:

Take oats in a dry pan and toast it for few minutes till you get nice aroma of it. Remove on to a plate and allow to cool down.

Heat jaggery and water in a kadai and heat it up. Let the jaggery melt down and begins to bubble up.

 Let it bubble untill it gets thick and the right consistency.( to check that drop few drops of jaggery in a plate that is filled with cold water, the jaggery should not melt in the water, if you press that with your fingers it should cometogether and form balls out of it).

Now add in oats, cashews, and raisans. Mix well.

Take it off the heat and add some sprinkles in it to make it more colourful.Mix well.

Now while it is still warm. Apply some ghee in your fingers and form small balls out of it.

Arrange it in a platter and serve or allow it to cool completely and put in a air tight container.

Tips:

1)You can use sugar instead of jaggery . But jaggery makes it so healthy and tasty than sugar.

2)You can add any flavoring in this like cocoa, vanilla, coconut.

3) You can add any nuts like you wish.

4)If your mixture gets cool and started to stuck in the bottom, just put it back on a low heat . The jaggery will melt again. Now form balls out of it.

                                                           Take all your ingredients

                                                           Start by roasting your oats

                                                Remove to a plate and allow to cool down

                                                      Take jaggery and water in a pan

                                                      Take jaggery and water in a pan

                                                         Let it boil till thick and glossy

put a small drop over a bowl of water, it shouldn't dissolve in that

Now add in oats, cashews and raisins
 

Mix well

                                                  Off the heat and add sprinklers in them

 and mix well

shape balls out of it.. apply some oil in your hands

You are done... Serve

Or put in box and store

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Hope you all enjoyed this recipe as much as I did. Many thanks to Aarthi for this lovely recipe.

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