Lohri Recipes 2

Gajak :

Ingredients :

• 10 Almonds.
• 10 Cashewnuts.
• 20-25 Peanuts.
• 1/2 Cup Walnuts Shelled.
• 1/4 Cup White Melon Seeds Shelled (Kharbuje Ki Giri).
• 1 Cup Sugar.
• 1 TableSpoon Ghee.
• 6 Green Cardomoms (Elaichi).
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice.
• 1/4 Boond Kewara Essence (Alternative : Vanilla Essence).
• Khoya/Mewa (dough made from cooking milk for hours).

Preparation :

• Melt the sugar on the fire.
• Put in Lemon Juice, khoya, kharbuje ki giri,kewara Essence in the melted sugar and make the mixture of dropping consistency.
• Mix ghee in the Sugar mixture.
• Add all the dryfruits in the mixture until they are evenly spread.
• Set the Mixture Flat in a Thali preferably on a plastic thali and Cut it into Round , square or rectangular pieces.
• Allow it to cool or eat it fresh. The Gajak or Burfee is ready.

Peanut Gajak :

Ingredients :

• 1 or 2 pieces of gurh (jaggery).
• Peanuts to taste.
• 2 tsp. Ghee.

Preparation :

• Melt Gurh with ghee over low heat.
• Add peanuts slowly.
• Stir for a few minutes.
• Pour this into greased pan and cool over night.
• Now, break into pieces and relish it with family members and dear ones.

Dry Fruit Chikki :

Ingredients :

• 1 cup of Chopped badam.
• 1 cup of chopped pista.
• 1 cup of chopped cashew.
• ¼ cup of jaggery.
• Some soaked kesar in milk.
• 2 big spoons of ghee.

Preparation :

• Grind jaggery.
• Take a pan and heat 2 big spoons of ghee in it.
• Put grinded jaggery, to the above and mix it well, making it a fine paste.
• Now add badam, kesar, pista and cashew nuts and blend them until the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan.
• Spread small amount of ghee in a tray and put the above dry fruit mixture in an evenly manner.
• Let the mixture cool and now you can cut it into pieces.