Kitchen For Real

 For day 2 themed under dips,sauce and spread in BM#72 is a kid's friendly spread with peanuts and chocolate. My kids love Nutella,so wanted to give a try at home with peanuts instead of hazelnuts.The spread came out so creamy and delicious,took only few minutes to make. Use of store bought roasted peanuts make the work much easier.But here I used the plain roasted peanuts and made it. It stays good and firm at room temperature,storing in the refrigerator solidifies the spread.But becomes soft in 10 minutes once you take out from the refrigerator. I used the semi sweet chocolate chips,but feel free to use the dark chocolate or cocoa powder. Also I added some powdered sugar to neutralize the bitterness from the chocolate.If you are a fan of bitter sweet of chocolate then no need to add.                                             ...

We are entering the 3rd week of Blogging Marathon #72 and for this week I chose Dip,Sauce and Spread as theme. For day1,its a finger licking tomato chutney with coconut and mint.This chutney recipe has been lying in my draft since summer.Last Summer I had lot of home grown tomatoes and relished so many tomato based dishes. I had this chutney in a friend's place and she paired it with urad dhal vadas.It was so delicious with a perfect  taste.She shared the recipe and made it the next day itself and clicked.The chutney pairs very well with idly,dosa,vada and even can be mixed with rice along with a dash of ghee.Try this yummy and finger licking chutney.                                                                                      ...

For the 3rd day of BM#72 themed under milk based sweet is Paal poli.As the name says,a small fried poori is dunked in cardamom and saffron scented condensed milk(paal). The poori can be made with all purpose flour or semolina.As my grand mom used to make these pooris with semolina, I followed the same.But the dough needs to rest for an hour.But with the all purpose flour it can be fried right away.Off to the recipe.....                                                                                                                                                        ...

Sheer Khurma is a popular,creamy rich sweet made during Eid.Sheer Khurma means dates with milk.This sweet resembles  semiya payasam  but with lots of nuts and dates. This sweet has been in my to do list so long.Wanted to share this one for the milk based sweet in BM#72. Coming to the recipe,I used the regular roasted vermicelli,but mostly the sweet is made using fine variety of vermicelli.The addition of sweetened condensed milk makes the sweet rich and creamy.Also reduces the cooking time to condense the milk.Off to the recipe..........                                                                                                                ...

Entering the second week of Blogging marathon edition 72 with milk based desserts/sweets.For day 1 its boondi rabdi,one of the tastiest sweet,my family likes.Its a nice way to use the left over boondi or boondi ladoo. I made a larger quantity of  B oondi  for Diwali and it lasts more than week.After a week we got bored to eat the same boondi,so tried this boondi rabdi for our week end lunch.The sweet came out extremely delicious and kids loved it a lot. Coming to the recipe,the rabdi can be made in advance and chilled.Boondi can be added before serving.This sweet can be served both chilled or at room temperature. This post has been lying in the drafts since some time and due to my laptop issues,I couldn't edit the pictures.Finally I am sharing the recipe today which fits for the theme.Let's move on to the recipe.......                                   ...