Indian Sweets : 7 Cup Sweet | Seven Cup Burfi Recipe

The name 7 cup sweet is because, 7 cups of ingredients are used to prepare this sweet.

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Besan/Chickpea flour
• 1 cup Ghee
• 1 cup freshly grated Coconut
• 1 cup Milk
• 3 cups Sugar ( But here I have used only 1 cup sugar. 3 cups makes the burfi tooo sweet.)
• 8 – 10 Cashew nuts and Almond 

 Method:

• Dry grind cashew nuts and almonds coarsely.

• Dry roast besan until the raw smell goes off. Do not roast too much till it changes color.

• Now add sugar, milk, grated coconut and ghee one by one slowly.

• Add coarsely ground cashew nuts and almonds, mix well.

• Keep the medium flame and keep on stirring until it starts leaving the sides of the pan as shown in picture.

• Meanwhile grease a plate with ghee.

• Pour the above mixture in to the greased plate and spread it using greased cup.

• Let it cool.

• Now cut it into required shape.

• Yummy 7 cup burfi is ready.

Babycorn Masala | Babycorn Capsicum Side Dish For Roti

Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 15 Babycorns
• 2 medium Onion chopped
• 1 small Capsicum chopped
• 2 medium Tomatoes chopped
• 8 - 10 Garlic pods
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1 table spoon Red chilli powder
• 1/4 table spoon Kasoori methi
• 1/2 table spoon Coriander powder
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• 1/2 table spoon Cumin seeds
• 2 table spoon oil
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Wash babycorn and cut them into small pieces as shown in picture.

• In a vessel put water and babycorn. Add a pinch of Turmeric and salt. cook till it becomes soft.
• When it is done drain the excess water and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai, and fry chopped onion and garlic pods, till the onion turns ligth brown.
• Now add chopped tomatoes and fry for a while.

• Put the contents of kadai in a mixer. 
• Add chilli powder, coriander powder and kasoorimethi. Grind it to smooth paste. 
• In a kadai, put cumin seeds. 

• When it starts spluttering, add coarsely choppod onion and capsicum. saute for 2 minutes.
• Now add the ground masala. Saute for some time till the gravy becomes thick.
• Now add babycorn and milk to the gravy.

• Let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Hot and spicy babycorn masala is ready to serve with hot roti.

South Indian Style Rava Fish Fry | Konkani Style Fish Fry

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• Fish medium sized, 6 in number (I have Indian Salmon)
• 1 table spoon Tamarind extract
• 4 table spoon Red chilli powder
• 1 table spoon Turmeric powder
• ¼ table spoon Garlic paste (optional)
• 1 cup Rice Sooji/Rava
• Oil for frying
• Salt as per taste

 Method:

• Clean and wash the fish neatly. Cut it in small pieces as shown in picture.

• Prepare a marinade, by using all the above ingredients except oil.

• Apply marinade to fish and leave it for around half an hour.

• Heat non stick tava, dizzle oil.

• Roll the fish in sooji so that it gets a coating of sooji all around.

• Now fry the fish on medium flame on all the sides.

• Use oil if required.

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• Fish fry is ready.