Lohri Recipes 2
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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.
- ΒΌ 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.