By: Chef Gopal Jha, Executive Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach
- Quinoa Phirni
Ingredients:
- Quinoa: 1 cup
- Hot water: 1 cup
- Dates: ¼ cup
- Cardamom powder: 1 teaspoon
- Skimmed milk: 2 cup
- Almond powder: 1cup
- Ghee: ½ tablespoon
- Saffron strands: ¼ teaspoon
- Sliver almonds and pistachio: 2 pieces each
- Blueberries: 5-6 pieces
Method:
- Heat ghee on a sauce pan
- Once the ghee become warm add quinoa to it. Roast the quinoa till it become light brown add one cup hot water and bring it to boil
- Once the water is reduce to half, add 2 cups of hot milk in it and add saffron strands to it
- Let the quinoa and milk mixture come to boil reduce the flame let it simmer for 7 to 8 minutes till perfectly cooked
- Add dates, almond powder and cardamom powder stir well and cook
- Serve hot or cold, garnish with nuts and blueberries
- Multigrain Laddoos
Ingredients:
- Multigrain flour: 2 cups
- Jaggery: ¼ cup
- Desi Ghee: 1tbsp
- Cardamom: 2pcs
- Roasted almond: 4pcs
Method:
- Heat the ghee, fry the multigrain flour till it gets golden brown, set aside to cool
- Melt the jaggery in ¼ cup of water, once the jaggerymelts add the roasted multigrain mix in it with cardamom. There should be no lumps.Add the nuts
- Grease the hand with the ghee and make the ball when the mixture is warm.
- Rest till cool
- Apple Basundi
Ingredients:
- Milk: 500ml
- Saffron: 7 Strand
- Cardamom powder: ¼ tsp
- Freshly grated apple: 1 cup
- Chia seed: 1tsp
- Jaggery: 5gms
- Lime juice: ½ tsp
- Almond: 2 pcs
Method:
- Bring the milk to boil, reduce the heat cook it on lower flame for 1hrs
- Melt the jaggery then again cook the milk for 25 min till the milk thicken like Rabdi
- Add the cardamom power and cooked grated apple and chia seed in the thicken milk.
- Served chilled garnish it with
Corporate Comm India(CCI NewsWire)