Ashtami Laddoos

This is usually made during janmashtami ... This is a healthy and a favourite ladoo.  I have made this with Manna health mix, atta ( whole wheat flour ) with jaggery.  Usually made  with the special sticky jaggery which is usually available during the shravan month. (during ashtami and chauthi). But it can be made wih normal jaggery also.

Ingredients :

Groundnuts

Jaggery.

Whole wheat flour

Manna health flour 

Chutney dal

a small bowl of water

half glass of water

cardamom powder

ghee 

Method:

In a kadai, dry roast the groundnuts, till the skin comes off. Remove from fire and rub the groundnuts till the skin is gone. 

In the kadai, add the ghee and when it is hot, add the whole wheat flour and roast on medium flame till a nice smell comes and the flour is nicely roasted.

 Powder the chutney dal and keep.

Now in the kadai, add half cup water and the jaggery and stir occasionally till the jaggery is fully dissolved.  keep on flame till when a drop of the syrup when added to a bowl of water comes together . ( or you shud be able to make a sfot round with it)

Switch off flame immediately and add the flours quickly and also the cadamom pwd and groundnuts.  mix thoroughly .  the quantitiy of flour depends on the jaggery.

Smear your hands with ghee and make laddoos as quickly as possible.  

These laddoos become harder overnight .

Donuts

Doughnuts hot off the pan.

Ingredients : : Oil -for frying, Egg-1, Sugar-1/2 cup, Milk-1/2 cup, melted butter-2 tblsp, maida-2cups, baking powder-2tsp, dash of cinnamon, dash of nutmeg,dash of salt.

 

METHOD:In a large bowl,beat together egg and sugar. Stir in milk and butter. Sift all dry Ingredients.
Mix the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.and mix lightly.... Its a very sticky dough.
Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
Still the dough is sticky... need not worry.
On a floured surface, flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness,with ur hands or a belan.
Cut out doughnuts. Transfer to a floured surface carefully and allow to dry.
Heat oil in a kadai,let it be hot,but as soon as u slip in the donuts,reduce the heat to sim, and fry until golden on both sides.
decorate with a mixture of powdered sugar and cinnamon powder or with melted choco.

sweet dessert donuts