The Deep Fried Happiness - Thekua

 Yesterday I pulled out something ancient from the pantry. It’s made of wood and is called Thekua mould. My mother in law had got this for me because she feels I have an inclination for cooking which an ideal daughter in law should have but she knows that I write too and it’s important part of my life.

thekua mould 

So coming back to today’s post. Yesterday I discussed the recipe of thekua with my mother and aunts and finally pulled out all the ingredients together to try it. Since past few days I had been watching Servant series which had too much of food in it. That was another reason which pulled me in the kitchen. The batter was mixed and the patties were shaped and deep fried but I was not happy the way they turned out to be so I had involve my husband who is better cook than me.So in a way whole family was involved and later when my son tasted it, thekua reminded him of cookies. He has not eaten thekua which my grandmother would make but I want him to have this memory, that box of thekua which he can open and eat. That snack which I can pack for him anytime.

thekua 

thekua from my moms kitchen

I know the posts have been too sporadic since past few months now that I am back I will be more regular with the posts . Whenever we go India Thekua

thekua

 is one delicacy which my mother loves to prepare and ya we love to indulge ,this time I was around when she was preparing so could see the procedure

. Thekua tastes good with red chili pickle and a cup of ginger tea .

 

Recipe of Thekua is blogged here
Will be catching up with you guys soon take care and happy blogging.

Festive Thali for Karwa Chauth

Last week was preety hectic as i was alone with Advay for few days,with a sprained leg i somehow managed to cook a decent meal for KarwaChauth vrat

i prepared Ajwain kachodi, Matar paneer,Jeera Aloo,Bharwa Mirchi,Bari hutney,Thekua,Fara,
Dahi wada and Sooji Halwa.

With the advent of moon i broke my fast with this meal.
For a Pooja at my friends place i had to prepare kheer for 40 people ,now this was something new for me as i had never prepared for more then 10 people,and for kheer i never follow any measurement so i asked her to help me with the approx quantity ,this is how i prepared
Recipe name Kheer
Recipe source my friend
preparation time 20 mins
cooking time one hour
Ingredient
rice four cup
sugar eight cup
milk 16 cups
saffron strands pinch
ghee one tsp
crushed cardamom seven
chopped nuts almond,cashew and pistachio one cup

Preparation
run rice through blender once ,soak and keep aside
heat ghee in non stick wok,lower the flame and crushed  cardamom
stir for a minute and add drained rice
add milk and let the milk boil for ten minutes
add sugar,saffron strands,chopped nuts and mix everything together
keep stirring and cook on low flame till rice is cooked and milk thickens
serve warm or chilled garnished with chopped nuts.

other kheer recipes blogged at asankhana
gharwali kheer
badami kheer
for rangoli and heena  for karwa chauth check this post
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Thali with some traditional recipes and some new one :-)

Yesterday morning when i got hurt by dresser drawer and broke a mug i had this thought in mind how the whole day gonna be,had lotz to do,some shopping,lotz of cooking and in between running after Advay,but i guess god heard my prayers, Advay slept after his lunch so i had ample time to do the cooking .
It took me five hours to prepare the spread ,the first thing i did in the morning was to plan Menu.

Must prepare items were Fara,Thekua, Sooji Halwa and Poori and i was going to prepare Fara,Thekua and Sooji Halwa for the first time,

so u guys can imagine my condition,i had recipe,thanks to my mother and mil but both  the recipes need different technique.I just closed my eyes ,took a deep breath and went ahead with the preparation.
The below pic has Dahi wada,Sooji Halwa and Coconut Barfi which hubby prepared for my Sargi.

For the karwa chauth thali i preparedpoori, paneer kofta,pudina chutney ,dahi wada by six pm i was dead tired.

After winding up cooking i started with the preparation for Karwa Chauth Pooja.

Chowk is prepared to place the Karwas.

In the earthen karwa water and batasha is kept
In the steel karwa poori,thekua,halwa and beaten rice is kept
seven sticks are kept in each karwa.

On a betel leaf Gaur and Ganesha are kept

On another betel leaf sun and moon shape is kept prepared from rice dough

After reading Karwa Chauth story ,

water is offered  to moon and fast is broken.

Recipes link

Fara recipe blogged here and here

Thekua recipe blogged here

Dahi wada recipe blogged here

Pudina chutney recipe blogged here

For Sooji Halwa/Semolina Halwa

Ingredient needed

Sooji one cup

sugar as per tase

ghee three tbsp

saffron strands a pinch

Procedure

Heat ghee in non stick wok

lower the flame and roast the rava

once it starts changing colour

add water and keep stirring

add sugar and saffron strands

 and keep stirring

till water is absorbed .

remove from flame and

serve warm.

Mehendi which i applied for Karwa Chauth can be viewed here

Event Entry

Fara and Thekua are off for CFK - Festive Foods 

Festive Karwachauth thali is off for Only Festive Event,

 started by Pari and hosted this month by Khaugiri

Thats all friends,cee u all soon

happy blogging.

Thekua and Fara for Karwa Chauth

Tomorrow is Karwa Chauth,today whole evening i spent doing preparation for tomorrows vrat,
Fara and Thekua are prepared for naivedyam/prasadam

Recipe Name Fara
Recipe source mils recipe
Ingredient
rice flour
warm water to knead the dough
For the filling
half cup chana dal  soaked for 12 hrs
half cup urad dal soaked for 12 hrs
grated ginger half tsp
green chili one
garam masala powder one tsp
salt as per taste
coriander leaves chopped one tsp
Preparation
make smooth paste of the soaked dals
mix all the ingredients listed above
keep aside.
knead smooth dough of rice flour with warm water
keep aside.
Procedure
divide the dough into equal sized balls
flatten each ball into small disc
with help of hands enlarge the disc
keep filling in the centre and fold into semicircle shape
join the ends together
and steam for 10 mins.
Thekua recipe is blogged here

Thats all friends,cee u all tomorrow..:-)

tk cre and happy blogging.

Its that time of the year again ,..

Its that time of the year again when women get decked up and fast for their husband,

 When basket full of gifts known as Baina is given to daughter by her  parents

 When predawn meal known as Sargi is prepared by mother in law for the daughter in law
 When from sunrise to moonrise women fast without water  for the wellbeing of their husband

When evening is spent preparing Fara and Thekua for the Pooja

and fast is broken with a platter like this

ya friends this day is just like festival for us,i am talking about Karwa Chauth which is on 26th of october,..;-)
more to come stay tuned,..wish you all happy weekend ;-)