Microwave Doodh Peda, Indian Milk Fudge

Happy Holi everyone!!

Some things are best good old style. May be that’s why retro and vintage is so ‘in’ these days. Same goes in flavours I guess. Recently near my office, Dairy Milk guys were giving out samples to try newly launched flavours. Oreo, triple chocolate crunch, toffee nut and what not, I tried all three but I missed the old charm of plain simple Dairy Milk.

Yes, some flavours are best when untouched. Today’s post is also about one such sweet- Plain Peda (milk fudge). Last year during Janamasthmi I was india and there were many flavours available for peda-rose, chocolate, pineapple, thandai, mango etc. What I enjoyed the most was the Plain Doodh (milk) Peda.

That’s why for Holi I bring before you the easy and microwave recipe for Doodh Peda. With busy weekdays in office I tend to look for quick Indian sweets' recipes and this peda fits perfectly in that condition. Like me if you manage office and home together then this speedy recipe is all what you need.

Traditionally making milk peda will take 3-4 hours. Milk is evaporated on a low heat and constant stirring is needed. But this is a new generation peda and is made in microwave. All you need is 4 ingridents and 5 minutes.

Here is how to make Microwave Doodh (Milk) Peda. 

Ingridents:

1¾ cups Milk Powder (I used full fat)
1 Can (around 400 gms) Condensed Milk
2 tablespoon ghee
½ teaspoon cardamom powder/elaychi powder
Few Dry Nuts of your choice (optinal)

Method:

1. Take a microwave safe bowl. In it add ghee, milk powder and condense milk. Mix well.
2. Microwave the mixture on high mode for 1 minute. Take it out, and add cardamom powder. stir with sturdy spoon.
3. Microwave again for 1 minute. Take it out and stir. Do this 3 more times. (total 5 minutes).
4. The mixture should be thick. It should be able to form a shape. 
5. When you are able to handle the heat of the mixture, form the balls. Flatten it slightly and poke your finger in the centre to form a dimple.
6. Garnish the dimple/holes with chopped nuts.
7. Let the pedas cool and serve.

Notes:

Do not let the mixture cool down, else you wont be able to give it desired shape.

You can also use edible rose leaves to garnish.

Some like to add saffron infused water to give nice orangish colour to the peda.

Chocolate Ladoos In Microwave, Easy and Quick

Navratri has already started and I dint even made any sweet dish. No no it is not that I am fasting it is just that how can there be any festival in Indian culture without any sweets. I wanted to make something which is fast and also has minimum ingredients. Most of the sweets that we make in the festive time are either deep fried or needs lot of preparation. Thus to avoid all that and planned to make something sweet in microwave.

By the way have you checked my microwaved churma and modaks?? Microwave is just a great invention and if used wisely it saves lot of time and energy. I use microwave in lot of my dishes, I just love the way any sabzi or rice gets cooked evenly in single pot. I made tomoto and onion sabzi which was quite a hit on my blog. Do check what all I have cooked in microwave here.

Ok! Let me come back to my sweet dish. I made some chocolate ladoos using milk powder and condensed milk. The ladoos get prepared in just 3 minutes (you heard me right-just 3 minutes). I gave the flavour of ilyachi/cardamom because I feel that no Indian sweet dish is complete without the desi tadka of ilyachi’s flavour.

Ingredients:

1 cup milk powder

½ cup condensed milk

2 tbsp cocoa powder

4 tbsp ghee or butter

1 tsp  ilaychi/cardamom powder

Method:

Take a microwave safe glass bowl and melt ghee in it for 20 seconds.

Once ghee is melted add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Let it cook in the microwave for 3 minutes. Stir the mixture after every 1 minute.

Form ladoos once the mixture cools down and you are able to handle the heat in your hands.

Notes:

Do not let mixture cool down completetly otherwise you will not be able to form ladoos.

It is very important that you stir after every 1 minute.

Variations:

Try making simple mava ladoos by omitting cocoa powder.

Add very finely chopped nuts in the mixture to give crunchy effect.

Vanilla essence can also be added instead of cardamom powder.

Taste:

Sweet, chocolaty and soft

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Micorwave Khandvi/Savory Swiss Rolls

Khandvi is Gujarati delicacy made using Gram Flour/Chickpea Powder and flavoured with tempering of pungent mustard, spicy green chillies, coconut and aromatic coriander leaves. After staying in Gujarat for 5 years, I always thought that it is very difficult to make Khandvi.  Then one day while browsing for recipes I came across Microwave Khandvi  and I could no more resist the temptation. The ingredients listed and the method sounded simple enough to give it a go. I gathered all the courage and was very happy with the results. Do try this Indian Savoury Swiss Rolls.

Ingredients:

For Batter:
1 cup Besan/Gram Flour/Chickpea flour
1 cup curd/dahi

1 cup water

A big pinch of Hing/Asafoetida
A big pinch of Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste

For Tempering:
1 tsp Mustard Seeds/rai/sarson
1 tsp sesame seeds/til
2-3 Green Chillies, finely chopped
1 tbsp Fresh Coconut grates
1-2 tbsp Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
2 tbsp Oil

Method:

1. Take gram flour, turmeric powder, hing and salt to taste in a microwave safe bowl and mix well. Add curd and water to the mixture and mix well with a spatula taking care that no lumps is formed. The batter should be thin and flowing without any lumps.
2. Place the bowl in a microwave and cook at high speed for 5 minutes. Stir and remove lumps after every 1 minute.
3. Spread silver foil and don’t grease with oil.
4. Spread the thick batter quickly on the silver foil. Spread it as thinly as possible.
5. Let it cool for 2-3 minutes. Then slice them with knife into 2 inch long stripes and roll each stripe neatly. Place each rolls in a serving dish.
6. For tempering, heat oil in another microwave safe bowl for 2 minutes. Then and add mustard seeds, chopped green chillies and wait for few seconds.
7. Spread the tempering evenly over rolled Khandvi. Serve them immediately and garnished with coconut grates and chopped coriander leaves and enjoy.

Notes:-While preparing the batter make it lump free as it will help you to evenly spread.

-Spread the batter quickly, it is important to spread the batter before it cools down and it is difficult to spread cooled batter thinly and evenly.

-Batter can also be spread at the back of steel plates.
-Perfect Measurements are the key to make proper khandvi.

Daal Tadka In Microwave- Red Split Lentils In Microwave

Daal Tadka In Microwave-Believe me is very simple and quick . No need to wait for pressure cooker to release whistles or have another pan for tempering. Cook daal in microwave its awesome. Do try!!

Ingredients:

2 cups masoor dal /split red lentil)
1/2 tsp mustard seeds /rai / sarson
1/2 tsp cumin seeds /jeera
a pinch of asafoetida /hing
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
2 tsp chopped green chillies
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp turmeric powder /haldi
1 tsp coriander/ dhania powder
salt to taste

Red Chiili powder- ½ tbsp

Lemon juice -1 tbsp
oil -8 tbsp

Method

Clean, wash and soak the dal in enough water for 10 minutes. Drain and keep aside.

Put the 4tbsp of oil in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 15 seconds.

Add the onions and green chillies and microwave on high for 2 minutes.

Add the ginger and garlic paste and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes.

Add the tomatoes and microwave on high for 1 minute.

Add the soaked dal, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt along with 4 cups water, cover and microwave on high for 20-25 minutes, while stirring every 3 minutes in between.Mix in it lime juice.

Take another small microwave safe bowl and add remaining 4 tbsp of oil and heat for 2 minute. In the hot oil add the asafoetida, cumin, red chilli powder and saute for 2 seconds

Pour this tempering on the cooked dal and mix well.

Eat piping hot with bread or rice.

Corn Peas Rice/ Makkai Matar Ke Pulav- In Microwave

Okay!..One more dish that you can cook in microwave. Well I have started enjoying Microwave cooking now. Just add in everything together ,mix and here it is ready. Corn and peas needs very little time to cook in microwave and so i always prefer to cook Peas Corn Rice in microwave.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice (soaked for 1 hour)
2 cups water
1 tbsp ghee/butter
1/3 cup corn
1/3 cup peas
1/2 tsp turmeric/haldi
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 chopped green chillies

Method:
Take a microwave safe bowl and add everything together. Mix all well.
Cook covered for 12 minutes
Cook another 5 minutes uncovered.
Serve hot with raita chutneys or dips.

Notes: I used frozen peas and corn, you can use fresh also but then pre-boil them.
Any kind of rice can be used- I used basmati rice.
Click for Recipes of rice. 

Tamatar Pyaz Ki Subji/ Onion Tomato Dry Curry- In Microwave

Microwave is of great help when you are in hurry. When we cook dish on burner it takes lot of time for the pan to heat and thus the over all cooking time increases. Onion-Tomato dry curry is my favorite one and I always cook it in microwave. A must try!!!

Ingredients:

2 chopped onions

1 chopped tomato

1 chopped green chilli

1 tsp salt

1/2  tsp haldi/turmeric

1 tsp coriander powder/ dhaniya

1/2 tsp lemon juice

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

1 tbsp oil

1 tbsp besan/gram flour/chickpea flour

Method:- (See picture tutorial)

Take a microwave safe utensil (preferably glass)

 Add two chopped onions

 Add one chopped tomato

 Add salt, turmeric, coriander powder, red chilli powder.

 Add 1 chopped green chilli to it.

 Mix one tablespoon of gram flour/besan.

Then add 1 tbsp of oil and 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice. 

Then add chopped coriender leaves

 Mix all together very nicely.

 Cover the tray/bowl with cling film. 

 Poke some holes to the cling film with knife.

Keep it in microwave for 8 minutes. 

Now it is ready... Isn't it yummy!!!

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Modak In Microwave In Only 3 Minutes

"Ganpati Bappa Moriya" Happy Ganesh Chaturti to all of you. Modak is very popular sweet in India, made especially during ganesh festival. There are various ways and methods to make Modak- like steamed rice modak, mava modak, khoya modak, modak stuffed with coconut, fried modak etc etc... Well I chose to make modak which is simple and gets ready in microwave in only 3 minutes.

Ingredients:

1 cup milk powder

1 stick of unsalted butter

1/2 can of condensed milk

1 pinch of crushed cardamom/ Ilaychi

Method:- (Look below to picture tutorial)

Take Butter in the microwave safe bowl (preferably glass) and melt it.

 Once butter is melted, add milk powder

Also mix in it condensed milk.

 Stir well and microwave for 3 minutes (keep stirring after every 1 minute)

 Stir after 1 minute

After stirring after 1 more minute.

 After 3 minutes, add in the crushed cardamom.

Let the mixture cool down. Once you are able to handle the heat of mixture shape them into "Modak" and garnish with almonds.