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  Rakhi Recipe
Raksha Bandhan
   
 

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.

 
Gulab 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

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.

Ladoos
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

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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