Zarda ( Sweet Yellow Rice )

Zarda ( Sweet Yellow Rice ) ... Zarda is a traditional Pakistani / Indian sweet rice dish with dried fruits & nuts. The name Zarda is derived from the Persian and Urdu word 'zard' meaning 'yellow'. It is a popular dessert on weddings and also distributed during Islamic festivals and religious occasions.


Zarda ( Sweet Yellow Rice )
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Serves : 4 - 6


Ingredients :

• 250 gm.  Basmati or Sella rice
• Water, as required ( for boiling rice )
• Yellow or orange food color, as required

Besan Ka Halwa ( Gram Flour Halva )

Besan Ka Halwa ( Gram Flour Halva ) ... Quick and easy traditional dessert made with gram flour ( chickpea flour / garbanzo flour / besan ). This delicious and hot halwa is perfect during winter season.

Happy and Blessed Eid Milad-un-Nabi { festival of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad ( Peace be upon Him)’s birth } to all Muslims around the world!

Rasmalai or Ras Malai ( Powdered Milk Balls In Sweetened Milk )

Rasmalai or Ras Malai ( Powdered Milk Balls In Sweetened Milk ) ... Rasmalai, a sweet milk dessert, is popular throughout South Asia. It is usually made with Paneer ( fresh cheese ), shaped into flattened balls and cooked in a thickened milk. Here's an easy and quick Rasmalai recipe, made with powdered milk. Soft and light balls with milk syrup and flavored with cardamom and pistachios.


Rasmalai ( Powdered Milk Balls In Sweetened Milk )
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Serves : 6

Ingredients :

For Milk :

• 1 liter / 4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar

Chinioti Kunna Gosht : Eid-ul-Adha Mubarak

Chiniot ( a city in Punjab, Pakistan) is known for its intricately carved wooden furniture all over the world. Kunna gosht is a famous dish from Chiniot. Traditionally, it is cooked in a clay pot (mitti ki handi) which enhances its flavor.  Enjoy this delicious dish this Eid with your family :)

Eid Mubarak! Happy Eid-ul-Adha!

Chinioti Kunna Gosht
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Serves : 4 - 6


Ingredients :

• 1/2 to 3/4 cup cooking oil or ghee ( clarified buter )
• 1/2 kg.  Mutton with bones
• 3 medium onions, thinly sliced

Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani ... A world-renowned rice dish made with boiled rice and a thick chicken curry, flavored with spices. Both rice and chicken are cooked separately, then layered and cooked over low heat until fully done. Enjoy this masalay dar biryani!

Chicken Biryani
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Ingredients :

For Chicken :

• 1/2 cup cooking oil / ghee
• 250 gm.  onions, sliced
• 250 gm.  tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 cup yogurt

Chanay Ki Daal Ka Halwa ( Bengal Gram Lentil Halwa )

Chanay Ki Daal Ka Halwa ( Bengal Gram Lentil Halwa ) ... Traditional dessert made with gram lentils, milk, sugar, ghee and nuts. It is made specially in the winter season. You can serve it warm in a bowl ( to be eaten with a spoon ) or cold ( cut into shapes ). The halwa takes a long time to cook, but the effort is well worth it. It can be made in a large quantity and can be kept in the refrigerator for several weeks.

Chanay Ki Daal Ka Halwa ( Bengal Gram Lentil Halwa )
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Ingredients :

• 1 kg.  split Bengal gram lentils ( Chanay ki daal )
• 1 litre milk

Suji Ka Khushk Qatli Halwa ( Semolina Dry Halwa ), Award and Ramadan Kareem

Suji Ka Khushk Qatli Halwa ( Semolina Dry Halwa ) ... Made from semolina, ghee, sugar, coconut, raisins and garnished with nuts. This halwa has a long shelf-life and can be stored for up to a month.

Suji Ka Khushk Qatli Halwa ( Semolina Dry Halwa )
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Serves : 8 - 12

Ingredients :

• 250 gm.  sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 125 gm.  ghee ( clarified butter )

Peanut Cookies & Award

Peanut Cookies ... These bite-sized cookies are loaded with peanuts. They are slightly crunchy on the outside with the melt-in-the-mouth texture. This recipe is derived from these Sesame cookies. I got the idea of using ground peanuts instead of sesame seeds while preparing these sesame cookies. They turned out really good. Next time, I will add some chopped peanuts in the dough too. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did :)


Peanut Cookies
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Makes : 6 dozen

Coconut Cookies

 
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Coconut Cookies ... These cookies are crisp and crunchy on the outside and melts in your mouth. If you like coconut, you will love these!

Carrot Halwa ( Gajar Ka Halwa )

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Carrot Halwa or Gajar ka Halwa is one of the most popular dessert during winter in Pakistan. It is made with grated carrots, sugar, khoya and nuts.

Carrot Halwa ( Gajar Ka Halwa )
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Ingredients :

• 2 kg.  carrots
• 250 to 300 gm.  sugar
• 1/2 cup Ghee ( clarified butter ) or cooking oil

Sooji ka Halwa ( Semolina Halva ) & Awards

Sooji ka Halwa ( Semolina Halva ) ... The word 'Halva' comes from the Arabic word 'Halwa' ; meaning sweet or candy. Semolina Halva is made from semolina, ghee and sugar, garnished with dried fruits and nuts. It is an easy & quick dessert.'Halwa Puri Cholay' is Pakistani Traditional Breakfast. It is also prepared on special Islamic occasions; sometimes served with Naan. Enjoy it with Puris, Naan or just with a spoon :)

 

Roasted Sesame Seeds Cookies

Roasted Sesame Seeds Cookies ... Delicious cookies coated with toasted sesame seeds.

Qaus-e-qazah or Rainbow Zarda

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Zarda is a traditional Pakistani dessert. It is usually made by boiling rice in the water along with orange food color. Then cooked in a sugar syrup along with nuts.
Qaus-e-qazah or Rainbow Zarda is made slightly different.

Egg & Milk Halwa

Egg & Milk Halwa ... A sweet dish made of egg, milk powder, sugar & ghee. First time, I made this without whole milk. It was good while hot, but became quite hard after cooling. I added whole milk second time and it came out perfect. Little sweet though, but we loved the taste :)

Egg & Milk Halwa
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Recipe adapted from Khana Pakana

*  Prep. Time : 5 minutes
*  Cook Time : 10 minutes
*  Serves : 2

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup milk powder
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• Yellow food color, optional
• 2 tbsp. ghee / oil
• 6 - 8 almonds, chopped
• 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom

• Whisk egg in a bowl; add sugar, milk powder & milk and mix it well.

• Heat the oil or ghee in a pan.
• Now gradually add egg mixture in the pan, stirring constantly until well combined  ( stir well to make sure that there are no lumps formed ).
• Now cook on low heat, stirring constantly until it starts to thicken.
• Cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
• Add ground cardamom & almonds, mix well.
• Serve hot, garnished with almonds and pistachios.

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Egg & Gram-flour Halwa ... Anday Besan ka Halwa

Egg & Gram-flour Halwa ... A sweet dish made of eggs, gram-flour, sugar & ghee. It only takes 15 minutes to prepare this delicious dessert. A great treat in the cold winter months!

 
Egg & Gram-flour Halwa
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Serves : 4 - 6


Ingredients :

• 3/4 cup ghee / oil
• 3/4 cup gram flour ( besan )
• 2 green cardamoms ( seeds only ), crushed
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• Yellow food color, optional
• Sliced / chopped almonds or pistachios, as required

Method :

• Melt ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, add crushed cardamom seeds; fry for few seconds.
• Add gram flour and cook on low heat, stirring until it turns light golden & releases a nice aroma.

• Remove pan from heat, let it cool down for few minutes.
• Combine eggs, sugar and food color in a bowl; whisk well.
• Now gradually add egg mixture into the gram flour in the pan, stirring constantly until well combined  (stir well to make sure that there are no lumps formed ).
• Now cook on low heat, stirring constantly until it starts to thicken.

• Cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.

• Add almonds, mix well.

• Transfer to serving dish, garnish with sliced almonds or pistachios.

Recipe Source: Cooking Expert Kokab Khawaja

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Danish Cookies

Danish Cookies ... Vanilla flavored cookie dough, extruded nicely with cookies press / piping bag and  chocolate chip on the top as 'the crown'. Perfect for teatime ! The recipe was quite simple, here I just added some special touch to these :)

Danish Cookies

Recipe adapted from Masala Mornings by Shireen Anwer on Masala TV.

*  Prep. Time : 20 minutes
*  Cook Time : 10 - 12 minutes
*  Makes : 30 - 36 cookies ( depending on the size )

• 100 gm. Ghee / Butter
• 75 gm. Caster sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla essence
• 1 Egg
• 150 gm. Plain Flour 

• Melt ghee in a small pan (or Microwave 2 - 3 min ), transfer in a bowl and freeze until it starts to become solid.
• Now remove from freezer and bring to room temperature until soft.

• Preheat oven at 180 C.
• Beat ghee and sugar till creamy.

• Add vanilla essence and beaten egg; beat for 2 minutes.
• Now fold in the flour and mix gently to a soft & smooth dough ( If dough is too soft, add extra flour ).

• Fill cookie press / piping bag with the dough, form desired shapes on ungreased baking tray about 1" apart.

• Bake at 180 C for about ( 10-12 minutes ) until edges are golden .
• Cool slightly on tray,then transfer to a wire-rack to cool completely.

Making Crown Cookies: 

• Fill piping bag with cookie dough, force the dough through the piping bag onto baking tray / cookie sheet.
• Decorate the points with mini chocolate chips as 'the crown' or make faces.

• Bake as directed above.

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