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One
of the most colourful, rainbow festivals of India is Raksha Bandhan.
Raksha Bandhan holds a special significance in the Indian tradition
and culture. On this day, the sisters prepare some special Rakhi delicacies
for their loving brothers and give them a delicious treat. Here is
a compilation of some easy but exquisite dishes for Rakhi which will
obviously bring some praises for the sisters. And these mouth-watering
sweet dishes will be very much enjoyable to the brothers also. |
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Jamuns |
Ingredients:
1
cup Milk, Rose Water, 2 tbsp Ghee , ½ cup Maida, 250 gm Sugar,
1½ cup Water, 250 gm Khoya, Oil for deep frying, A pinch of
Baking powder, 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder,1 pinch crushed saffron
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Steps:
Crumble
the khoya. Then mix the melted ghee with maida, and then baking
powder with little milk. Add the cardamom powder and crushed saffron
with it. Mix all those evenly to make soft dough. Then make some
small balls from it in equal shape and keep those under a wet cloth
to remain it soft. Then put the sugar and water on heat and leave
it still melt. Stir the mixture constantly still it becomes sticky.
Then heat the ghee in a pan and put the balls into it. Fry those
deeply until these get dark brown. Put those into the sugar syrup.
Leave it for 10 minutes. Add the Rose water in it to make it a sweet
smelling dish. And now it is absolutely ready to serve.
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Ladoos |
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Ingredients:
2
cups Ghee, 2 cups Besan,3/4 cups Sugar,· ¼ tsp Yellow
colour, · ½ tsp Cardamom powder,· 2 tbsp Almonds,
finely chopped,· Jaggery |
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Steps:
Heat
the jaggery in a wok or frying pan until it melts into a consistent
fluid. Mix besan with water and add some yellow colour or kesar
in it. Stir well until it mixes thoroughly. After some time the
jaggery will start to firm up. Heat the ghee. Fry the boondies well.
Add the fried boondies, almonds, cardamom powder and mix well. Then
remove the mixture from heat. Lightly grease your fingers and palm
with the ghee and with a tablespoon scoop up the mixture, take it
on the palm and compress it into ladoos and leave it till dry. However,
care must be taken to prevent palms from getting burn.
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Make Rakhi
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