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If you are Indian, when someone says paan you will immediately think of the delicious sweet mouth freshener and digestive eaten at the end of a meal.
Multi Seed Mouth Freshener & Digestive Aid (Mukhwas): Multi Seed Mouth Freshener & Digestive Aid (Mukhwas) is a colorful Indian after-meal snack or digestive aid. It is usually eaten after a meal to aid digestion and freshen the mouth. There are different varieties of Mouth fresheners (Mukhwas) mos…
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In India, we get a wide variety of mouth fresheners commonly called “Mukhwas” in the markets using different combinations. It is easy to make natural mukhwas at home. Mukhwas/Mouth fresheners act both as digestive aid…
Easy recipe for the ultimate ambrosial Indian fusion dessert…all in under 10 minutes! Dear friends, I want to THANK YOU ALL from the bottom of my heart as Indfused celebrates its second anniversary…
Almonds and gaund are foods that help to increase the production of milk. This mixture is traditionally made for lactating mothers and is supposed to be had once or twice a day to help relieve you from digestive problems like gas or flatulence. All the ingredients have therapeutic properties and so even if you don't much care for its taste, have it like medicine or as mouth freshener.
3 ingredient Kaju Katli | Cashew Katli Recipe is a popular Indian sweet with diamond shape slice made from cashews.
Paan ladoo with gulkand is a fun twist on the classic sweet pan recipe from India.
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Rost Thandai is a special dish made for festival of Holi. Thandai refers to chilled, flavoured milk made during summers. It is made in different flavours, Rose being one of them
Paan ladoo with gulkand is a fun twist on the classic sweet pan recipe from India.
Preparation Time:- 5 minutes For freezing:- 2 to 3 hours Serves:-10 Author:- Hem lata srivastava Imli ka Amlana is a rajasthani refreshing drink recipe which is made with Imli pulp, spices like black pepper, cardmom powder along with black salt and sugar. Sour, tangy and sweet imlana/Amlana is a perfect drink for guests. This is a great choice for a hot summer day. This month for A to Z challenge we have word I and I have chosen Imli and made Imlana/Amlana Popsicles. I have given a little twist in this recipe and added some lemon juice which gives it a more tangier taste. I am sure kids will love it. Let's start the procedure Ingredients:- Imli pulp 1 cup Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp Cardmom powder 1/4 tsp Sugar powder 1/2 cup Lemon juice 1tbsp water 4 cup Method:- Strain the pulp in a large mixing bowl. Add all the ingredients mix it well. Freeze it for 1 hour. Now churn it in mixer grinder. Pour in popsicle mould keep it in freezer for 2 to 3 hours. Enjoy with your kids . Notes:- I have added lemon juice as per my choice. If you are serving normal Imlana garnish with mint leaves and add ice cubes before serving. You can also make ice cubes with this mixer and dissolve it in water before serving.
Kulfi recipe with Mawa is a traditional Indian ice cream. This luscious creamy kulfi is made from mixture of milk that is boiled and reduced till thick, evaporated milk solids (mawa also called khoya), sugar, cardamom and crushed nuts. It is mostly conical in shape and maybe served on a stick.
Chew them, grind them or drink them, mint has only benefits to offer. Summer is the best season to consume mint and there are several ways in which we can
Pottukadai ladoo is simple and easy ladoo made with roasted gram dal, sugar and ghee.
Mukhwas is an Indian mixture of seeds and sweets usually eaten after a meal to aid digestion and freshen the mouth.
Santra Basundi/ Tangerine Kheer is a creamy, sweet, thickened milk dessert. Its a popular Gujarati Sweet served along with the main meal.
Hosting a big fat Indian wedding is incomplete without serving finger-licking food to the honourable guests. As we all know ‘The Khaana’ is the main best thing about weddings. The moment we hear about
Sweet Paan is something I've enjoyed as a teenager and till date I ♥ it...:D excellent mouth freshener and works superb for digestion . ...
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Amla candy is a super delicious and tongue tickling Sun-dried candied gooseberry which has all the benefits of the Amla fruit . Sweet, sour and mildly spicy in taste, this amla candy is just perfect for the fussy eaters and one of the best way of preserving the gooseberries to reap its benefits all year round. Amla candy is best to conclude a meal, as it helps in digestion and serves as a good mouth freshener. It is also best remedy for nausea and travel sickness. What goes into this Amla Candy ? Amla candy is a Sun-dried candied gooseberry. This vegan and gluten-free amla candy can be easily made at home using just 2 ingredients Amla (Indian Gooseberry) and Sugar. No artificial color or preservative is used here. To add flavor and make it more healthier i have used dry ginger powder as well. You can even add black salt or cumin powder as a variation. Making of Amla Candy Fresh Indian Gooseberries are used in making this Amla candy. Select a fruit that is medium to large in size, pale green in colour with shiny skin, and without any blemishes or bruises. Washed berries are cooked in boiling water for a while. There are 2 reasons for this step. One is to get rid of the bitter juices and the second is soften them, so that the seed can be easily removed and the gooseberries can be cut into segments. Sugar and dry ginger powder is added to the slices so obtained and they are set aside for 3 days, during which the sugar melts and the gooseberry slices get soaked up in the syrup. The slices are strained from the syrup and sun dried for 2-3 days or until all the juice dries up. Finally the candy is coated with little powdered sugar. (This last step is optional) The reserved syrup can be further cooked and reduced to give the Amla sherbet which is another delicious way of having this super fruit. Shelf Life of Amla Candy Sugar acts as a preservative in this Sun-dried amla candy. No artificial colour or preservative is used in this recipe. A well Sun-dried amla candy can be stored for months or even up to a year in an air tight container at room temperature. Many ways of using Amla Candy Rich in vitamin C, this amla candy is a great way of making the kids eat this super fruit making it the only candy which can make both kids and mommies equally happy :) Amla candy is best to conclude a meal, as it helps in digestion and serves as a good mouth freshener. It is also best remedy for nausea and travel sickness. Apart from this amla candy can be had at any time of the day to satisfy some sweet tongue tickling cravings. It can be used in cakes and desserts as fruit candy for crunch and flavour. Among all the seasons ,Winter is my favourite. One of the many reasons for which is the abundance of juicy fruits and vegetables during this time of the year. It is a visual delight to see the local markets flooded with colorful fresh Winter produce. Amla or Indian gooseberry is one among the winter fruits loaded with countless health benefits. Amla as a Superfood Amla is an amazing seasonal fruit found in abundance in the Winter season in India. Being packed with Vitamin C and a great source of antioxidants, amla or the Indian Gooseberry contains numerous nutrients that actually help you live a longer and healthier life. It can definitely keep a number of diseases at bay as it is packed with compounds like polyphenols, minerals like iron and zinc and vitamins like carotenes and vitamin B complex. Amla has eight times more vitamin C than an orange, twice the antioxidant power of acai berry and around 17 times that of a pomegranate. The humble Indian gooseberry, commonly known as amla, truly deserves its super food status. Click here to know more about the health benefits of including Amla in your daily diet. When in season, I try to include fresh amla in our daily diet in the form of juice and amla chutney, and to enjoy the benefits of this super fruit throughout the year, i make sure i preserve it in the form of amla jam, amla pickle, and amla supari (mouth freshener) apart from this amla candy. This is an old post which i had published in 2016 during my initial blogging days. I have updated this post today with some new pictures and written content but have not changed the recipe. I have many such old posts where the photography is dull and the recipe is not up to the mark. Such posts need to be updated with new pictures and written content. Thanks to Renu, my dear friend and a fellow blogger who came up with a Facebook group, Foodies_Redoing Old Posts as an initiative, wherein we bloggers can update our old posts with either new pictures or written content or both every two weeks. This is my 12th entry into this event (27th December) You can see two pictures below. The first one is my earlier pic and the later one is the current one. You can make out the colour change of the candy. The reason is that, this time i have not coated the Sun-dried amla candy in powdered sugar. Rest of the recipe is same. So, let's get started. Preparation Time : 6-7 days ( including the time for Sun-drying) Cooking time : 2 minutes Serves: 1 1/2 cup amla candy Ingredients: ½ kilo grams of Amla / Indian Gooseberry ( 18-20 medium sized Amla) 300 grams sugar 1 tablespoon of dry Ginger powder / Saunth Powder Method: Wash the gooseberries thoroughly in water and pat dry with a kitchen towel. In a big sauce pan bring 3-4 cups of water to rolling boil. 2. Add the gooseberries to boiling water and allow to cook for 2 minutes. 3. Put off the flame . Cover the sauce pan and allow the gooseberries to remain in the hot water for 10 minutes. The color of the gooseberries changes from green to yellow. 4. Strain the water and collect the Gooseberries. (The water can be used to wash hair). 5. When cool enough to handle , cut along the striations of the gooseberry with a knife to get 6 slices from each piece. Discard the seed. 6. Place all the gooseberry slices in a big vessel. Reserve 2 tablespoon of sugar and add the remaining over them. We will powder the reserved sugar and will use it in the end to coat the candy. Add 1 tablespoon of dry ginger powder and mix everything very well by tossing the gooseberries in the container. Set aside the container for 3 days. 7. After one day , we can see the sugar has dissolved in the gooseberry juices and the slices of gooseberries float in the sugary syrup. Stir it and keep covered. 8. On the third day the gooseberry slices soak the sugary syrup and become heavy and settle to the bottom. 9. Strain the gooseberries from the syrup and reserve the syrup. The syrup can be used to make Sherbet. 10. Spread individual gooseberry slices on a plate or a plastic sheet and sundry for 2-3 days. 11. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar over the candy and mix well. 12. Healthy and delicious amla candy is ready to be popped in. Store it in air tight container and enjoy. 13. To make the sherbet , boil the reserved syrup from step 9 for 10 minutes or until it reduces to half its original volume. 14. Let the concentrated syrup cool down and fill it in clean, dry and sterilised bottle. Refrigerate the bottle and use as per requirement. Add 3 tablespoon of this concentrate to a glass of water. Stir well and enjoy a refreshing and delicious Amla drink. Notes: Select fresh , unblemished gooseberries which are large in size and are slightly yellow in color as such fruit is juicy and less sour and hence require less amount of sugar to make the candy. Do not over cook the amla as on doing so the amla will lose nutrition, turn mushy and will not retain proper shape on cutting. Along with sugar and dry ginger powder, black salt and roasted cumin powder can also be added to the cooked gooseberry slices as variation. The color of the candy will be brown in this case. Sprinkling sugar increases the shelf life and makes the candies gooseberries non sticky. You can skip that step if desired. The candy is very addictive and you can trust my words and make a big batch while the fruit is in season. I hope a few of you would love to try out this recipe. If you do so, feel free to share your feedback with us in the form of likes and comments in the comment section below this post. All your suggestions are also more than welcome. If you like my work and feel it is worth following, do hit the follow button at the top right corner of this blog. Your appreciation means a lot to me. For more recipes and new updates follow us on social media. 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Any paan lovers in the house? These pretty Paan Truffles are a healthy take on the traditional version. They don’t contain any betel leaves or areca nuts, but taste surprisingly like meetha paan. Leave out the menthol and give them a try even if you’re not a paan fan. These festive bites are refined
The leaves of the betel vine, more commonly referred to as ‘paan’ has been a very integral part of Indian cuisine. It has been used as a mukhwas (mouth freshener) and even a digestive aid after rich Indian meals since ages. However, in this post of mine, I have shared a unique recipe of Paan Shots or Paan Milkshake. This is one of those quick and easy Beverages, which is also super cooling and refreshing, given the quality of paan or betel leaves and other ingredients used in the recipe.
Paan,Chuna,Kattha,Supari and Sweeteners like Dates,Gulkand,Dry Coconut.The rest of the ingredients are rolled up in the Paan and is consumed after meals as mouth freshener\s.It also helps in digestion.No festival meal is complete without this "Meetha Paan".There will be no person in India who doesnot like this Paan.Banarasi Paan is very famous in India.It is a indivisible part of Indian meals.This blings liveliness to the festivites. I miss that here very much and when I found the Betel Leaves in store, there was no limit to my happinees.I have tried to simplify and make it little crative and presentable.Your loved ones and guests will be surely impressed by this. SERVINGS : Makes around 4 to 6 bites depending upon size. INGREDIENTS : Betel Leaves or Paan - 5 Fennel Seeds - 1 Tbsp Dates - 2 (Seedless and fresh.Not the dry ones) Mukhwas - 1 Tbsp Tuti Fruty - 1 Tbsp Dry Coconut - 1 Tsp (grated) Gulkand - 2 Tbsp Cardmom - 1 (Crushed) Mint Leaves - 4 Tuti Fruty and EDIBLE Silver Color Star Accents - for Decoration STEPS: Except Gulknad, add all the ingredients in the blender and blend.let the mixture be coarse and not as paste. Transfer it to the bowl.Add Gulaknd .Mix everything very well. Add some Edible Star AccentsNow the Paan mixture is ready. I suggest that make the bites ahead of time like a day before you are going to serve.It helps all the ingredients get mixed,and the mixture will be very flavorful and tasty. You can serve as it is with the help of spoon. OR you can make bites as shown below. Spread the Plastic wrapp on sheet on the Silicone Mold.Transfre the Paan mixture as shown.I have put in alternate molds so that I can have extra plastic for wrapping. Decorate with some more Tuti Fruty and Edible Silver Star accents.Press it so that it sets nicely in the mold. Cut the Plastic wrap and twist to pack the bites.You can use decorative treads to tie it. KEEP REFRIDGERATED TIPS: You can use Edible Pearl Dust or any other decoratives for the bites. If you have Middle Schoolers or Teenagers at hoem, it makes a good and creative project for them.
Sheero |Sooji Ka Halwa is a popular Indian sweet or dessert made from semolina, saffron, cardamom and ghee. Absolutely delicious, melt in the mouth and comforting mithai, it is generally prepared for festivals and happy occasions.
Freshen up spring celebrations with this sweet and vibrant Lemon Spring Tart. Topped with enticing seasonal fruit, this delicate dessert features fresh squeezed lemon juice in a velvety cream cheese filling atop a delightful graham cracker crust. With its smooth texture and mouth-watering flavor, this tart is a refreshing treat for any special gathering.
Peanut Jaggery Chikki Recipe is a symphony of simple ingredients such as peanuts and jaggery. It adds to the festive spirit of Diwali, bringing joy and sweetness to the celebrations. Peanut jaggery chikki can help in providing warmth and comfort during the chilly winter season. .
