THE KITCHEN AFFAIRE

We love Gulab Jamun. Even better if its home-made. :D  I wanted to make it from scratch. Not using the ready-made mix. And thats when I came across a couple of great recipes online. And finally ended up mixing and matching the recipes. Anyhow the GJs came out awesome. I took some to my workplace too. They loved it and so did we :D Check out the recipes guys! Ingredients 1 C dry milk powder 3 T all-purpose flour 2 T ghee (clarified butter), melted 1/2 t baking powder 1/2 C warm milk 1 pinch ground cardamom 1 quart vegetable oil for deep frying 1 1/4 C white sugar 7 fluid ounces water 1 pinch ground cardamom Method In a large bowl, stir together the milk powder, flour, baking powder, and cardamom.  Mix in the melted ghee, then pour in the milk, and continue to mix until well blended.  Cover and let rest for 20 minutes. In a large skillet, stir together the sugar, water, rose water and a pinch of cardamom.  Bring to a b...

This is one recipe, which my hubby and me don’t agree upon equally! I just love it while he says it is just ok. But I do make this when we have some guests coming over who I know love it.  :D  Sweet na?  ;) Mommy makes it for a lot of our dinner parties and everybody loves her Caramel Custard. My special thank you to Smitha (Saffron Apron) for this recipe. We love it & all of you will too. Ingredients For caramel: 1/3 C sugar 1 t water For custard: 3-1/2 C of warm whole milk 4 eggs 2 C sugar 2 t vanilla extract Method Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a saucepan, melt 1/3 C of sugar along with 1 T of water in a pan. Stir until the sugar turns into a golden syrup (caramel). Quickly pour it into the oven bowl and swish it around before it crystalizes. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs with the sugar till the sugar dissolves. Add 1 C of the warm milk, and stir well. Add rest of the milk, vanilla essence and mix very well. Pour this mix ...

Ingredients Milk - 8 cups Rice - 1 cups Sugar - 2 cups Method Mix water and milk, cook in medium heat with occasional stirring till the volume reduces to half. Wash and drain rice, add it to the cooked milk, cook under medium heat till rice is done. Add sugar, cook for 20 more minutes with frequent stirring. Add crushed cardamom. Remove from stove. Optionally, cashew nuts toasted in ghee can be added.