APPLE RABDI | SAFARCHAND RABDI | SEB RABDI (PUDDING )

Today is navratri .I was wondering what sweet to be made for navaidya ( offerings to goddess durga) .The first immediate thing was to make sevaiya-verimicelli-kheer. But then I thought of making something different for prasad & hence tried this apple rabdi which turned out to be delicious.
Delicious and crunchy apple fruit is one of the most popular fruit favored by health conscious, fitness freaks who believe in “health is wealth”. This wonderful fruit jam-packed with rich phyto-nutrients that in the true sense are indispensable for optimal health. The antioxidants in apple have many health promoting and disease prevention properties; thus justifying the adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.

Health benefits of apple

• Apples are low in calories; 100 g of fresh fruit slices provide only 50 calories. They are however contain no saturated fats or cholesterol; but rich in dietary fiber which helps prevent absorption of dietary LDL cholesterol in the gut. The dietary fibers also help protect the mucous membrane of the colon from exposure to toxic substances by binding to cancer causing chemicals in the colon.
• Apple fruit contains good quantities of vitamin-C and beta carotene. Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body.
• Apples are rich in antioxidant phyto-nutrients flavonoids and polyphenols. The total measured anti-oxidant strength (ORAC value) of 100 g apple fruit is 5900 TE. The important flavonoids in apples are quercetin, epicatechin, and procyanidin B2. Apples are also good in tartaric acid that gives tart flavor to them. These compounds help body protect from deleterious effects of free radicals.
• In addition, apple fruit is a good source of B-complex vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamin and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6). Together these vitamins help as co-factors for enzymes in metabolism as well as in various synthetic functions inside the body.
• Apple also contains small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus and calcium. Potassium in an important component of cell and body fluids helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure; thus counters the bad influences of sodium.

 

INGREDIENTS

2 Apple

2 cups milk

 6 tsp sugar

4 tsp milkpowder

1 stick dalchini (cinamom)

1tsp  roasted dryfruits

METHOD

1. Boil 1 cup water in a pan / kadhai .When the water starts to boil add cinamom stick & 3 tsp sugar to it.
2. Wash apples & peel the skin of apple with the help of a peeler . Cut the apple into small pieces. Apply 1 tsp lemon juice to apple to prevent it from turning brown .

3. Next add apples to water & let the apples cook fully  for 10 minutes.When the water is completely absorbed switch off the gas.Remove the cinamom stick. Now we will prepare rabdi

4.In a non stick pan pour milk & let it boil.

5. Mix 4 tsp milk powder in a bowl with 2 tsp cold mik & mix it properly to form a paste.

6. Once the milk boils add the milk powder paste prepared in step 5 to boiling milk & mix well .

7. Next add reamining 3 tsp sugar to milk & let it boil till it reduces to 1 cup & thickens to form a rabdi.

8. Keep on stirring the milk in between .

9. Switch off the gas once the milk thickens to form rabdi let it coool

10. Dry roast the dryfruits in a pan.

11. Pour the rabdi on the apple pieces prepared in step 3.

12. Garnish with roasted dry fruits of your choice & refrigerate.

13. Serve cool