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Diwali festivities are in full swing, and you are still searching for easy recipes? It’s time to put your search on hold as this article brings you recipes for khichuri, coconut barfi, and sweet corn sundal. Your festive spread will look homely and mouth-watering if you add these dishes to the dining.
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Chef Roopa Nabar, who is associated with TTK Prestige, shared exclusive insights into creating these delicious delights for the festive season. Following these recipes, you will be able to serve delicious food to your family and friends without draining your energy.
Khichuri
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 cup moong dal
- ½ cup diced carrot
- ½ cup cauliflower florets
- ½ cup French beans roughly chopped
- ½ cup peas
- ½ cup cabbage roughly chopped
- 1 potato peeled and diced
- 1 tomato roughly chopped
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 green chillies roughly chopped
- 1-inch cinnamon
- 2 green cardamom
- 2 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 6 cups water
- Salt to taste
Method
- Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes
- Dry roast moong dal for 2 minutes
- Pour ghee into a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, ginger, green chillies, turmeric, and tomatoes, and mix well.
- Add soaked and drained rice and roasted moong dal. Sauté for a minute.
- Add all chopped vegetables and potatoes. Toss them.
- Add chilli powder and salt. After sauteing for a minute, pour 6 cups of boiling water.
- Close the cooker lid. After 1 whistle on high flame/heat, let the ingredients simmer, and cook for a further 8-10 minutes.
- Put off the heat. Open the lid after the pressure drops. Mix and serve.
Sweet Corn Sundal
Ingredients
- 3 cups boiled sweet corn niblets
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- ½ tsp hing
- 3 red dried chillies broken
- Sprig of curry leaf
- ¾ cup fresh grated coconut
- 2 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Method
- Add oil in a kadhai and drop in mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, red chillies, and hing. Let the ingredients sizzle.
- Add sweet corn to it and toss them well.
- Sprinkle salt and cook the ingredients for a minute.
- Add grated coconut, mix, and serve.
Coconut Barfi
Ingredients
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 cup milk powder
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup fresh grated coconut
- ¼ cup ghee
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp chopped pistachio/almonds
Method
- Use a heavy-bottom kadhai or pan to boil milk.
- Add ghee and sugar to the milk. Let the sugar dissolve.
- Add milk powder and stir continuously on low heat for 5 minutes until the concoction starts thickening.
- Fold in desiccated and fresh coconut. Mix vigorously till it forms a thick mass.
- Grease a plate with ghee to prevent the mixture from sticking.
- After spreading the barfi mix, flatten it gently using a spatula.
- Garnish coconut barfi with chopped pistachios/almonds.
- Let it settle for half an hour.
- Cut the barfi mixture into desired shape and serve.
