Mango Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 8 oz. can (or fresh) crushed pineapple
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped mango
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 2 cups flour

Method:

  1. Mix cinnamon, baking soda & salt.
  2. Mix eggs, vanilla and crushed pineapple.
  3. Mix mangos, walnuts and raisins.
  4. Combine all ingredients together. Pour into prepared 9″x11″ pan and let sit for 20 minutes. Bake at 350′ for 40-45 minutes.

Gaajar Halwa a.k.a Carrot Pudding

Ingredients:

  • Grated Carrot - 8 cups
  • Milk - 6 cups
  • Sugar - 2 cups
  • Ghee - 4 tbs
  • Almonds or cashew nuts - few
  • Saffron or cardamom powder for flavoring

Method:

  1. Sauté the grated carrots in ghee.
  2. Add milk and cook till very soft.
  3. Add sugar, simmer for a while, till sugar dissolves and the mixture thicken.
  4. Add saffron or cardamom powder.
  5. Garnish with flaked almonds or cashew nuts.
  6. Serve hot or cold as desired.

Dry Fruit Kheer a.k.a Dry Fruit Pudding

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 gallon Milk
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 15 strands saffron crushed, soaked in 1 tsp. hot milk
  • 1/4 tsp. Cardamom Powder
  • 10-12 no. Almonds slivered
  • 10-12 no. Pistachios, slivered
  • 5-6 no. Dried Peaches (quartered)
  • 5-6 no. dried Apricots, nut removed, broken to bits
  • 10-12 no. Raisins
  • 10-12 no. Currants

Method:

  1. Soak raisins, currant, peaches, apricots, in hot water for 10 minutes.
  2. Boil milk with cardamom, saffron and sugar for 10 minutes.
  3. Drain the previously soaked dry fruit, add to the boiling milk, and stir gently.
  4. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
  5. Add almonds, pistachios, and take off from fire.
  6. Serve hot.