Cake

My cousin had a baby recently so to welcome the baby i thought of preparing a cake.As it was a baby boy i decorated the cake in blue edible paper resembling snow flakes just like winter.

The cake is a red velvet cake (My alltime favorite) with Vanilla frosting.

Kaddu Ki Kheer

 

Ingredients:

Grated Kaddu ( bottle gourd ) --- 2 cups

Milk --- 4 cups

Condensed Milk -- 1/2 cup

Sugar -- 1/2 cup

Powdered Cardamom –- 1/2 tsp

Dry fruits ( Almonds,Cashew nuts & raisins) - 1/2 cup

Green food color -- 2-3 drops (Optional)

Ghee or Butter --- 2 Tbsp

Preparation:

• Start heating the milk in a pan on low flame, keep stirring.
• Peal and remove the seeds from kaddu ( bottle gourd ) and grate it using a grater.
• Then squeeze the water from the kaddu ( bottle gourd ) and keep it aside.
• In a pan add ghee or butter then add dry fruits and fry for 2 mins.
• Then add the grated kaddu( bottle gourd ) and cook for 3-4 mins.
• When the kaddu( bottle gourd ) is cooked properly add hot milk after 2 mins add condensed milk and sugar.
• Cook for 10-15 mins then add green food color(optional) and mix it well.
• Refrigerate for 30 mins then Kaddu ki kheer is ready to serve.

Sambhar Rice

Ingredients:

Rice -- 2 cups

Split red gram -- 1 cup

Turmeric -- 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds -- 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds -- 1/2 tsp

Asafetida -- 1/4 tsp

Black peppercorns -- 1/2 tsp

Tamarind juice -- 2 cups

Tomato -- 1

Green chilles -- 2 or 3

Peas -- 1/2 cup

Potato -- 1

Eggplant -- 1

French beans -- 1/2 cup

Carrot -- 1/2 cup (optional)

Cashew nuts -- 10 to 12

Curry leaves -- 10 to 12

Coriander/Cilantro -- 1/2 cup

Sambar powder -- 2 tsps

Oil -- 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Take two pans and in the first pan start Cooking rice and split red gram in 5 cups of water,add salt and turmeric.
• In another pan add oil or butter when the oil is hot add cumin seeds,mustard seeds,Asafetida,black peppercorns and cashew nuts fry for 2 mins.
• Then add green chillies ,turmeric,potato,egg plant, french beans,carrots,green peas,curry leaves,tomatoes and cook for 5 mins.
• Now add sambhar powder and Tamarind juice cook for 2-3 mins.
• Add the half cooked rice and dal and let it cook for 10 mins.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve sambhar rice with boondi or potato chips.