Pumpkin paratha | lal bhopla parathe | kaddu ke paratha

This paratha recipe has unique taste, it will fulfill your dinner as well as you can enjoy your breakfast with the same...As such Pumpkin has good source of vitamins which is necessary for our day to day energy...

 In india too pumpkin is available all the year round. Today i would like to put up pumpkin paratha and is something different than others.  I have put up a couple of recipes like  pumpkin stir fry,pumpkin tikat meethi poori, pumpkin sweet puri on this blog.  Here goes the recipe of pumpkin paratha!!!

Ingredients:

Red pumpkin grated  – 1 Cup

Whole wheat atta – 1 Cup

Besan atta – 1 tbsp

Grated green chili – 2-3

Grated garlic – 1-2 pods if paste – 1/2 teaspoon(optional)

Ginger paste – 1 Teaspoon

Sesame seeds – 1 Tablespoon + 1 tbsp dhania jeera powder

Ajwain seeds – 1 Tablespoon

Turmeric powder – A pinch

Sugar – 1/2 Teaspoon

Chopped cilantro – 2 Tablespoons

12. Salt – as needed

13. Oil – 1 tbsp + 1 tsp chat masala + 1/2 tsp red chilli powder + 1/2 tsp garam masala


Method:

1. Peel and cut Pumpkin into long pieces removing the  seeds and grate it and keep it aside.  Place it in the Microwave oven and cook it for about 3 minutes till soft 

2. Grind green chili, ginger and garlic too and keep it aside.

3. Cool the cooked pumpkin and smash it with your hands to see that there are no lumps in it.   Sieve both the atta and transfer all the ingredients into a wide bowl to knead it into a soft dough. All the ingredients being transferred to a bowl

4. Make a pliable soft dough combining all the ingredients.  As the veggie contains lot of moisture you may need to sprinkle water at the end, else to knead it would be easy.  Pinch out lemon sized ball from the dough and roll it to required thickness as below. The dough, pinched out ball & the rolled roti

5. Place a roti tawa on medium flame.  On heating place rolled paratha and fry it splashing oil/ghee and fry till done.rolled paratha being roasted

6. Flip and fry till dark brown dots appear on both the sides and till . Paratha being flipped and roasted on the reverse

7. Transfer the roasted parathas to a plate.  Enjoy with pickle and boondi raita 

Tips : 

1. Grate and cook red pumpkin without water as it contains water on its own and can adjust sprinkling if needed to knead.

2. One can roast parathas with ghee as well.  

Falooda recipe, how to make falooda recipe with ice cream

I am sure many of you must be fans of falooda which is a popular dessert in India especially in Mumbai & Delhi.Yes it is heavy and really indulging dessert. But  once in a while I do make it. Its heavenly to have a glass of falooda in summers but I Can eat it any time of the year.

It is my moms favourite dessert too.

The basic falooda can be made with just four ingredients – soaked sabja seeds, rose syrup or rooh afza, falooda sev (these are vermicelli made from corn starch) and chilled milk. 

Adding sugar will be optional as the sweetness of the rose syrup is enough to make the falooda sweet. you can also add strawberry flavored jelly to the falooda. top with a bit of fry fruits or vanilla ice cream and your falooda is ready.


Falooda comes in between category of beverage and dessert. But I prefer to call it as a dessert. This is little heavy if you consider it as a beverage. And most important that you have to eat 80% falooda with spoon so I call it a dessert.

A glass of Falooda Kulfi is a delicacy especially after Dinner. It makes your mind, body and soul happy and you don't feel like eating anything after that. Come today we will make a summer special delicacy -Falooda Kulfi

YOU NEED TO DO SOME PRE-PREPARATION FOR FALOODA ,BUT THE EFFORTS ARE WORTH IT:

1.prepare the falooda sev according to package instructions. some require just soaking the falooda sev in warm water OR cook them in boiling water much like noodles. once they are cooked, rinse them in water and keep aside. Chop it to small pieces if sev is long. if you do not have falooda sev, substitute whole wheat vermicelli instead.
2. prepare jelly as per packet instructions
3.Other interesting ingredient is falooda seeds aka sabja seeds, basil seeds, tukmaria.  You need to soak them for at least 30 minutes.Even you can keep refrigerated soaked sabja seeds up to a day. 


Makes 2 glasses

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups hot milk
1 1/2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp rose syrup
3 tbsp soaked falooda seeds (subja)
1/2 cup soaked falooda sev
1/2 cup strawberry flavoured jelly cubes
2 scoops vanilla ice-cream

For The Garnish
Rose syrup,sliced dry fruits

Method
1.Combine the milk and sugar in a deep bowl and mix well.
2.Keep this sweetened milk aside to cool slightly and refrigerate for atleast 1 hour or till it is chilled.
3.Pour 1½ tbsp of rose syrup in a tall glass, add the 1½ tbsp of falooda seeds, ¼ cup falooda sev and ¼ cup of jelly cubes over it.
4.Pour ¾ cup of the chilled sweetened milk over it and top with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.Can repeat layers from step 3 to 4 again
5.garnish ice cream with sliced pistachio or almonds ,jelly cubes 
6.Serve immediately garnished with a few drops of rose syrup.

Navratri Sweet recipes | Naivaidya - prasad dishes

                                   

Sweets are an integral part of NAVRATRI festival .Presenting  few healthy & nutrituous sweets which can be made as a part of naivyadyam (prasad) sweet dishes during navratri festival.

Click On SWEET DISH NAME for detailed recipe

                                           

Pls click on  Navratri  Vrat   Recipe for farali - fasting dishes 

AMRAS PURI                                                             DUDHI HALWA

KAJU KATLI                                                             BEETROOT HALWA

DUDHI PANEER BALLS                                             MANGO SHRIKHAND-AMRAKHAND

BATATA WADI                                                                                       APPLE HALWA

KHAJUR (DATE) ROLLS                                                                    GAJAR KA HALWA

 RAVA KHOBRA LADDO                                                  KESARI PEDHA 

LAYERED KARANJI                                                            SHEERA- SOOJI HALWA

 BESAN LADOO                                                            SHRIKHAND RECIPE

GULAB JAMUN                                 DUDHI  KHEER                                                                           

 

PURAN POLI                                                                                        PEANUT LADOO

SEVAIYA - VERMICELLI PUDDING                                                  APPLE RABDI

           

 KARANJI -GUJIYA                                                                             OATS LADOO








UKADICHE MODAK                                                     TALLELE MODAK

       

BESAN MODAK                                                         PANCHKHADYA

GHARGE(SWEET PUMPKIN PURI) TIRANGI MODAK-TRICOLOR MODAKAM

MANGO HALWA                                        DUDHI FIRNI

         

KESAR SOOJI SHEERA