Besan Ladoo

Hello Foodies,

Ladoo is very famous Indian dessert and usually made during the festive. Today I am sharing easy and delicious ladoo recipe: Besan Ladoo. I made this on the occasion of Ganesh Chathurathi. Besan Ladoo is made from gram flour, clarified butter, nut and sugar. Let's try this mouthwatering dish.

Ingredients:-

Coarse Gram flour - 2½ cups

Granulated sugar - 1 ½ cups

Clarified butter - 1 ½cups

Chopped nuts - ½ cup (almonds and cashews)

Cardamom powder - ½ tsp 

Sliced pistachios - 2 tbsp.

•  Step 1: Heat clarified butter in a deep bottom pan and then adds gram flour.
•  Step 2: On medium heat mix gram flour and clarified butter. Stir continuously until mixture is golden in color. Keep eye on stirring unless mixture got burn.
• Step 3: Once mixture is golden in color add chopped nuts and cardamom powder and stir again for 30 secs.
• Step 4: Switch off the stove and set the mixture aside and let the mixture get cool for about 10 mins.
• Step 5: Once the mixture get cool down add sugar and mix it well with the help of hands.
• Step 6: Divide the mixture in equal parts and make golf size balls.
• Step 7: Garnish ladoos with sliced pistachios and enjoy the delicious ladoo.

My Notes:-

·         You can add 3 tbsp semolina in gram flour if you don’t have coarse gram flour.

·         You can also decorate the ladoos with silver foil or varakh.

Cheesy Garlic pull apart bread

Hello Foodies,

Today I am sharing quick appetizer recipe : Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread. This is very simple to make and appetizing.
For this recipe I made garlic butter with parsley and i used  two  kind of cheese: mozzarella and monetary jack. I made this recipe for pot luck and everyone liked it.Enjoy this recipe.

Ingredients:-

Vienna bread - 1
Garlic cloves - 6-7
parsley - 1/2 cup
Olive oil - 1/4 cup
unsalted butter - 1 stick
Sea salt - 1/2 tsp
black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Mozzarella cheese - 2 stick( i used cheese sticks)
Monetary jack cheese - 1/2 cup

Directions:-

1.  First we need to make garlic butter. For this in a mixture jar add parsley, garlic and olive oil.Blend these into course paste.
2. Now transfer the paste in a bowl and add melted butter, sea salt and black pepper powder. Mix well.
3. I used mozzarella cheese stick and shredded monetary jack cheese. I cut small pieces of mozzarella cheese.
4. Now pre heat the oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit.
5. Place the bread on flat surface and make cut a bread on a diagonal in diamond shape but don't cut all the way through the bread.
6. Now spared the garlic butter in each cut. Save some butter to garnish on top also. You can use spoon or pastry brush for that.
7. Now insert mozzarella pieces in each cut and fill monetary jack cheese on top.
8. Apply garlic butter on top.
9.  Now Place the bread on baking tray lined with aluminum foil and also cover this top of bread with another foil.
10. Bake the bread in oven for about 15 mins.
11. After 15 mins take out the bread from oven and increase the temperature of oven at 375 degree Fahrenheit.
12. Remove the top foil from bread and bake at again for about 15 mins.
13. After 15 mins take out the bread from oven and serve hot. 

  My Notes:-

1. You can used any other shape bread.
2. you can also use any other kind of cheese you want.
3. If you want to make it spicy add chili flakes in garlic butter.
4. You can also roast the garlic to enhance the flavor.