Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Shrikhand

Shrikhand

Shrikhand is an Indian hung yogurt dessert. This is a easy to make dish & tastes very delicious. This is a main dessert in Maharashtra & Gujarati cuisine, which is served along with Thali. 
I had this creamy dessert few times. But, when I tasted this dessert at one of my friends home I was taken back in to memories & then tried my hands on it. 


Shrikhand
Prep time-4hrs | Serves-2people
Ingredients 
2Cups thick yogurt {curd}
2Tbs sugar 
4tbs milk
1Tsp saffron 
1Tsp cardamon powder {elachi}
Few chopped almond
Few pistachios chopped 
Directions 
- Take a cheese cloth with yogurt. Tie it tight & hang it to drip the extra water in curd.
- Leave it for at least 3hrs. Squeeze any left out water from the curd carefully.
- In a small bowl add saffron & 1Tbs warm milk. Keep aside. After few minutes milk will change it's color to a light orange.
- In a bowl add yogurt, cardamon powder & sugar. Beat it smooth while adding 3Tbs milk along with saffron milk.
- Beat it smooth till sugar dissolves completely.
- Scoop it up into a bowl & refrigerate it for some time. 
- Garnish with nuts & serve chill.
Note
- Sweet was just enough. Adjust according to your taste.
- You can use a fat free yogurt for a healthy version. 
- Using of greek yogurt will reduce your the prep time.


Shrikhand

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Blueberry Crisp



Blueberry Crisp

Blueberry crisp is a bubbly crispy dish. The fruit added oozes out the juices making the dish irresistible. I chose blueberries as my love to them is inexpressible & I love to include them into my diet as much as possible. You can replace any fruit to blueberries & can enjoy this dish. I replaced the all purpose flour to almond meal to make it a little healthy. 

Blueberry Crisp

Prep Time-15mins | Cook Time-45mins | Yields - 2Servings
Ingredients
For Crisp
1/2Cup almond meal
3Tbs brown sugar
1/2 of 1/4Tsp salt
1/4Tsp cinnamon powder
1/4Cup olive butter @ room temperature 
2Tbs sliced oats
For layers
1 Pear sliced 
1/2Cup blueberries
Directions
- Pre-heat oven @350 degrees.
- Take a bowl & to that add almond meal, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon powder & butter. Mix it well & keep aside. 
- Divide the mixture equally in to two parts & to one part add oats & mix them.
- Now take a oven safe bowl & arrange pears as your first layer & on top add a little of mixture without oats. 
- Top it with blueberries & add the layer of crisp on top. 
- Now bake it @350degrees for 30mins.
- At the end fruits will oozing the juices & the crisp layer will bake brown & looks crispy. 
- Serve it warm.

Blueberry Crisp
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Parfait with Yogurt & Mixed Fruits


Parfait

Parfait is a french word for "perfect" & there is no better word to describe this healthy & filling dessert. Healthy word bit me very badly & I'm weighing everything what I'm having. This is one of those desserts I love enjoying as my bedtime snack.

Parfait

Prep Time-15mins | Yields-2servings
Ingredients
1Cup non-fat greek yogurt (plain) / non-fat thick yogurt 
1Cup sliced grapes
1Cup sliced banana
1Tbs honey 
Few chopped dates to garnish (optional)
Directions
- In a bowl take yogurt & honey. Whip it to cream & smooth texture. 
- Take a bowl to arrange the parfait. First add 1 scoop of yogurt & on that add the sliced grapes. 
- Next add another scoop of yogurt & add bananas. 
- To that add few grapes & few dates to garnish. 
- Repeat the same with rest of the ingredients. 
- Enjoy it chilled.

Parfait

Note:
- You can replace yogurt with whip cream or a pudding. 
- Add as many fruits you want.
- Mix & match fruits to enjoy more.

Parfait

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Fruit Custard with Pomegranate Seeds


Fruit Custard

Fruit custard is a simple & delicious dessert that you can serve it any occasion. The basic custard powder is available in different flavors like vanilla, pista, mango..etc.So you can enjoy the flavor depending upon your mood. A pinch or more of elachi gives this dessert a nice flavor. 


Fruit Custard

Prep Time-10mins | Cooking Time-20mins | Yields-4Servings
Ingredients
3Tbs vanilla custard powder
3&1/2Cups milk (2% fat)
3Tbs sugar (Adjust according to your taste)
1Tsp cardamon powder / elachi powder 
Few saffron strands
3/4Cup pomegranate seeds
Directions
-In a bowl add custard powder & to that add 1cup milk. Mix custard powder without leaving any lumps. 
- Meanwhile heat a vessel with rest of the milk & saffron. Add sugar to milk & bring it to boil. 
- Now add the custard mix & elachi powder to the boiled milk & keep stirring it on low heat till it becomes little thick.
- Switch off heat & allow it to cool a little bit before refrigerating it.
Serving Instructions
- Arrange a layer of pomegranate seeds in a bowl & to that add a ladle full of custard & repeat the same with rest of the layers. 
- Serve it chilled.


Fruit Custard

Note:
- The custard with thicken itself when refrigerated. You don't have to over cook it to reach the consistency. 
- You can add different fruits of your choice other than pomegranate seeds.
- Touch of elachi elevates the flavor. You can skip it if you want to.


Fruit Custard

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Non-fat Yogurt Mango Parfait

Yogurt, which is also an Indian staple, is loaded with calcium, protein & vitamins. It’s nutritious & filled with health benefits. In India it's also believed that consuming yogurt drinks on hot summer days will cool your body temps. 
This recipe is made of non-fat yogurt, which is also believed that consuming a non-fat yogurt will help in your weight loss. So with this little intro I'm getting to the recipe, which I'm here to share.


Ingredients 
Serves:2
2 Ripe mangos pulp
2 Cups non-fat yogurt 
2 Tbs sliced almonds
Few mango pieces for garnish


Arranging parfait is very easy. In first step take a bowl or a glass first lay the mango pulp as base then on top off it with yogurt. Sprinkle few almonds, which will give a nice crunch for the yogurt & repeat the process till the bowl or glass filled.




Once you have arranged your parfait add the mango pieces & sprinkle the almonds on top. Now refrigerate it & serve it chill. 


Note:
For full flavor you can replace non-fat with a full fat yogurt.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Yogurt Strawberry Parfait

A simple dish goes well for a time pass snack , dessert or as dinner for some one like me :) This tastes so good that you will keep digging it non-stop & guess what it's all fat free & less in calories.There is no need of cooking all you have to do is lay all ingredients one after other as you like.  



Ingredients

1 Cup chopped Strawberries 
2 Vanilla flavored Activia Yogut ( Fat free)
1 Tbs chopped almonds
4 Tbs honey rolled granola

Take a glass or a cup. First add little strawberries to it.Then layer them up with little yogurt.On that add a layer of granola & almonds.
Now repeat all the above steps till glass is full. Add few fruit pieces on top of granola & the parfait is ready.

Serve it chill.



Note

1. Replace strawberries with your favorite fruit. 
2. You can use any yogurt based on your taste.
3. If you like chocolate add some on top & it tastes awsome.
4. Arrange the parfait as you like.