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Ingredients for Shrikhand: Yogurt  - 400 grams Sugar - as required Powdered Cardamom - suit to taste Saffron - a pinch Warm Milk - 2 tbs Blanched Pistachios - handful   Method: Drain the excess water from the yogurt. To do that you can by hang the yogurt in a muslin cloth or use a sieve with the tiniest holes.  Dissolve saffron in warm milk and set aside. When the yogurt is drained of excess water add sugar little by little while stirring the yogurt. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add saffron, pistachios and powdered cardamom to the mixture. Cool in a refrigerator for a couple of hours and serve cold with hot Puries.

Ingredients: 1 medium sized grated bottle gourd 1/2 cup Atta 1/2 cup semolina (rava) 1/2 cup besan 1-2 tbsp ginger - garlic-green chilli paste 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (for colour) 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp sesame seeds 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp of Hing (asafoetida) Oil salt to taste chopped coriander for garnishing Method: In a big enough bowl combine the Atta, Rava, Besan, bottle gourd, ginger-garlic and green chilli paste, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, lemon juice, sugar, salt and 1 tsp of oil.  Mix well and knead into dough - adding water is not required as the bottle gourd contains good amount of water. Apply a bit of oil on your palm and shape a certain amount of dough into a cylindrical shape. Steam the shaped dough for about 15-20 mins (poke in a knife to check if the dough is thoroughly cooked- if it is cooked the knife should not have any residue- if it does let it steam for another 5-10 mins) Once steamed, le...

I have been craving for some real indian snack - road side - thella type food. Specifically craving for Kachori - we call it Petis in Gujarat. But as per my knowledge there are no Petis available in Penang nor in KL. So well, after much research and thinking I decided to make my own. I got the recipe from youtube, but I didn't have enough ingredients. But who cares. I still got my Kachories - I mean Petis.