Papaya Halwa
Ingredient
- Papaya - 2 cups, 1 whole fruit ( grated or chopped into cubes)
- Sugar - 3-4 tbsp, depending on how sweet your fruit is
- Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
- Nuts(almond , cashew.,etc) - A fist full
- Ghee - 2-3 tbsp
Preparation
- Heat a pan with ghee, on medium flame add the nuts and saute until partially golden brown
- Remove the nuts from the pan and keep aside
- In the same pan with the remaining ghee add your papaya and start to saute on low flame for 10-12 minutes
- The fruit will change in color and release juices as you continue, now mash the fruit with a potato masher (if cubes)
- Continue to saute for another 10 minutes and you will notice a change in consistency of the fruit mixture
- Here add sugar if you wish to and continue to cook
- Finally once the entire mixture comes together and separates from the pan add cardamom powder and your nuts
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Hasty tasty cinnamon rolls!
No eggs and no yeast
Ingredients
The Dough
- All purpose flour - 1/2 cup ;more for rolling
- Whole wheat flour - 1/3 cup
- Cottage Cheese - 100 gm
- Buttermilk - 4tbsp
- Granulated Sugar - 5tbsp
- Unsalted butter - 2 tbsp, melted
- Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
- Baking powder - 2 tsp
- Table salt - 1/2tsp
- Baking soda - 1/4tsp
The Filling
- Unsalted butter - 1/3 tbsp, melted
- Brown SUgar - 2/3 cup
- Ground Cinnamon - 1 tsp
- Ground all spices - 1/4 tsp
- Nuts - 1/3cup
The glaze
- Confectioner's sugar - 2 tbsp
- Milk - 1 1/2 tbsp
- Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
Preparation
Make the dough
Whisk together the cottage cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter and Vanilla until smooth, about 5 minutes. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and continue to whisk slowly until the dough clumps together. The dough will be soft and moist.
Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it with floured hands for another 4-5minutes until smooth. With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 8X6-inch rectangle.
Pre heat the oven to 200 C/ 400F. Grease your muffin pan with butter.(you could also use your springform pan)
Making the filling
Brush the dough with melted butter, leaving a 1/4 -inch border unbuttered around the edges. In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and all spices. Sprinkle the mixture over the buttered area of the dough and pat gently into the surface. Sprinkle the nuts over the sugar mixture.
Starting at a long edge, roll up the dough. Pinch the seam end to seal and leave the ends open.
With a sharp knife, cut the roll into 6-8 equal pieces. Set the pieces, cut side up, in the prepared pan. They should fill the pan however not to worry if there are small gaps.
Bake until golden brown and firm to touch, 18-22 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Transfer the rolls to a serving plate.
Make the glaze
In a bowl, mix confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla to make a smooth glaze. It should have a thick but pourable consistency, you can add more milk if necessary. Drizzle the glaze over the rolls and let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
