Indian Sweets

Orange Keseri

Ingredients

2 cups semolina

4 cups water

1 ½ cups sugar

½ cup ghee

1 medium sized orange’s zest

5 cardamoms (powdered)

50g cashew nuts

20g golden raisins

Pinch of salt

Method

Roast semolina until golden brown, set it aside, sauté cashew nuts and raisins in ghee until golden brown.

Then add in water, orange zest and juice, and also cardamoms.

Add a pinch of salt.

When the water reaches boiling point add in the sugar and stir, allow syrup to boil on full heat for 3 minutes.

Drizzle the semolina into the syrup and mix it quickly so the semolina doesn’t stick to bottom of pan. On slow fire, keep stirring until the water is evaporated.

Dish it out and serve it warm.

Consume within a day or store in refrigerator.

muffins

Fruit Muffins

Ingredients

250g flour

18 g baking powder

2 eggs

170g butter

100g sugar

170g fresh milk

100g blueberries/strawberries/raspberries or any fruit, nuts or chocolate chips

Method

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time, beating it well each time to avoid curdling.

Mix flour with baking powder, and then add to butter mixture.

Add in fresh milk and fruit.

Pour mixture paper cups and bake at 275˚C for 20- 30 minutes.