How to make Sheer Kurma

This special Sweet dish is traditionally served on Eid day (both Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha) to the household after they come back from Eid prayers. It is then served throughout the day to all well wishers and guests who come to celebrate Eid with you. It is served by Muslims from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, Arab, Asian, America, European, Southeast Asian, Oriental, etc.

Sheer kurma

1 package vermicelli
1 gallon fresh whole milk
1 cup sugar
20 cloves whole cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
1 cup slivered almonds, cashews and pistachioes
1/2 cup fresh cream
1/2 teaspoon saffron strand
3 tablespoons charoli nuts
1/2 cup light brown raisins
1/2 teaspoon rose water
1 tablespoon butter

Directions:

1 Fry the vermicelli in the butter until well browned but not burnt.
 

2 Fry on low heat until all the butter is dried.

3 Add in 1/4 cup sugar and fry again.

4 Add in the whole milk cup by cup, stirring constantly, and bring to boil.

5 Add in the raisins, whole cardamon, and 1/2 cup slivered almonds, cashews and pistachioes, and the remaining sugar.

6 Reduce the heat and thicken the SHEER KORMA to three-strand consistency, letting the milk boil until it is halved.

7 The vermicilli must be very soft by now.

8 Quikly add in the rose water, charoli and fresh cream and let simmer covered for 10 mins.

9 Garnish with the saffron strands and powdered cardamom, and serve immediately.

10 This special dish is served on the morning of Eid day to all the household, after the Eid prayer, as breakfast, and throughout the day to every guest that visits you.

11 It keeps fresh for up to one week in the fridge.

How to make Beet root juice

Beets are very high in nutrients, and knowing how to make beet juice is a great way to add those nutrients to your diet. With regular consumption, beetroot juice can lower high blood pressure, purify blood, and improve circulation. It can also cleanse and improve the health of the liver, kidney, bladder and intestines, and help prevent colon cancer. 

beetroot juice

Beetroot juice is also a rich source of vitamins B, vitamins C and A, folate, calcium, magnesium, potassium and powerful antioxidants. However, beetroot juice is a powerful cleanser that you should drink moderately in small amounts and dilute with other vegetable and fruit juices to prevent the body from detoxifying too quickly. Adding other fruit and vegetable juices also tames beetroot juice's potent flavor.

You may be wondering how to make beet juice. Juicing beets allows you to get all of the vitamins and nutrients of the beet in a concentrated form. Whether or not you have a juicer in your kitchen, you can create beet juice and tasty beet juice blends. 

Things You'll Need

• Some beets
• Kitchen knife
• Produce brush
• Cutting board
• Carrots
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Apple
• Fresh ginger
• Juicer

Instructions

Choose a small beet that is firm and smooth, not soft or shriveled. Not only are smaller beets sweeter than larger beets, but half of one small beet yields 1 ounce of beetroot juice, which is just the right amount of beetroot juice you need each day to reap its health benefits. 

 

Cut off the leafy green top of the beet. Rinse the beet and scrub it with a produce brush to remove any dirt that running water does not remove. Peel the beet, if desired or if the skin is too tough. 

 

Cut the beet in half or in quarters, depending on the size of your juicer and its motor strength. 

 

Rinse and prepare any other fruits and vegetables that you want to mix with the beetroot juice, then cut them into small enough chunks to fit your juicer. Try two carrots, one celery stalk, half a cucumber and 1 cup of pineapple chunks, or any other combination of fruits and vegetables you like. Add an apple or fresh ginger into the mix to sweeten the potent flavor of beetroot juice. 

 

Juice half or all of your beet one chunk at a time, according to to your juicer's instructions. Beets are hard vegetables that may strain your juicer's motor and take time to juice, but don't force the juicing process. Juice the other fruits and vegetables of your choice one chunk at a time, then mix with the beetroot juice.

 

You should be aware that the color in the beets can turn urine and bowel movements various shades of red. This can be very disconcerting if you are not expecting it, but it is harmless. Enjoy beet juice in moderation, and cleanse you body in the process.

How to make Sugar free sweets at home, Make Nutritious, Sugar-Free Sweets for Your Kids

You Don't Want to Deprive Your Kids, but Sugar is Making Them Crazy. There's Another Way to Keep Things Sweet

1) Sugar free Jelly

Sugar Free Jelly

Ingredients
 
1 sugar free jelly
2 packs powdered gelatine

Method

Makeup the sugar free jelly with 1/2 pint water
Add 2 sachets powdered gelatine
mix well. You could even add some cream to the mix to make "creamy" sweets!

makes about 24 sweets ...I use silicone sweet moulds as the 'jellies' are easily turned out.

These are good when you just fancy that sweet 'kck'
I find they are best kept in the fridge as they stay firmer


2)  Sugar Free Fruit Cake

Try this cake made with lots of dried fruits, nuts and spices.

Sugar Free Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 8g artificial sweetener (8 x 1g sachets)
• 80ml orange juice
• 110g dried cranberries, chopped
• 165g sultanas
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 175g walnuts, chopped
• 240g tinned pineapple, crushed
• 25g grated lemon peel
• 75g desiccated coconut
• 1 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 200g plain flour

Preparation method

Preheat oven to 170 C / Gas 3. Grease and flour a loaf tin.

Mix artificial sweetener with orange juice. Pour over chopped cranberries. Soak 1 hour, mixing often.

Mix sultanas, walnuts, coconut, grated lemon into flour until well coated. Add cranberries and orange juice mixture. Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda over mixture, and mix. Stir in the spices and pineapple. Pour mixture into a greased and floured 23cm loaf tin.

Bake for 40 minutes. Cool before eating.

How to Make Homemade Gourmet Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Ice Cream with ice-cooling (directions, recipe, with photos, easy and f...Eaziest way to make Sugar free icecreame at home

What's better than fresh premium fat-free, sugar-free ice cream?  So let's make our own homemade fat-free, sugar-free ice cream!

Minutes to Prepare: 5

Minutes to Cook: 10

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

1 tbsp Sucralose (or Splenda)
1/2 cup 2% Milk (or another milk of your choice)
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
Sandwhich Size Zip-lock Bag
Quart Size Zip-lock Bag
6 tbsp Rock Salt

Directions

1) Measure out and mix sucralose, milk, and vanilla. Pour into a small zip-lock bag (sandwhich size)
2) Take a quart size zip-lock bag and fill about halfway with ice. Add rock salt
3) Place small zip-lock bag into the bag with the ice and seal it closed.
4) Squeeze the large bag with your hands for about 10 minutes or until the mixture in the small bag is firm
5) Pour ice-cream into a small cup and enjoy!!

How to make sugar free cheesecake at home

Like Cheesecake? Can't have sugar? then try this one.

This is a basic cheesecake recipe. You can serve this dish up to diabetics and their loved ones. I like it with a strawberry topping, especially when strawberries are in season.

Ingredients:

For the Filling:

5 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar equivalent substitute
3 eggs
½ cup Fage Total Classic Plain Greek yogurt
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the crust:
1 cup almonds, whole
2 Tbsp sugar equivalent substitute
4 Tbsp butter, melted

For the topping:
1 cup unsweetened, heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp sugar equivalent substitute
Fresh fruit

Making the crust:
Process nuts together until resembling coarse crushed graham crackers. Mix almond meal, butter and sweetener. Press in bottom of a 9-10” spring form pan. Place in fridge.

Making the Filling:
Heat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a mixer, beat cream cheese with sweetener on medium for about one minute. On low, add eggs, one at a time, until just blended. Finally, add Fage, lemon juice and vanilla and beat just until blended (10-30 seconds).
Pour into crust. Place a pan of water in the rack below the cheesecake. Bake until set, 1 hour 15 minutes-90 minutes. Cool on rack for 15 minutes before moving to chill in the refrigerator.

Making the Topping:
Combine whipping cream with sweetener and beat in a mixer for 3-5 minutes, or until stiff peaks form. With a spatula, gently frost the top of the cheesecake with topping. Cover with fresh fruit.

How To Make Seekh Kababs At Home ( Best Seekh Kebab Recipe)

Seekh kabab is one of the most popular varieties of kabab. Traditionally it is cooked in a charcoal oven which gives a wonderful texture and flavour to the kababs. But it can also be made easily at home with minimal effort and yet without any compromise on taste. I have given below the recipe of making seekh kabab by frying in oil.

Seekh Kabab

Seekh Kababs are mouthwatering starters and good for a party. They can also be served as part of a main course. Everyone always asks me for the recipe when I make them! Morever they can be made within an hour

Ingredients

For Making 10 Kababs

• Boneless Beef 1kg (in thin steaks shape)
  

• Yogurt 1cup
  

• Mustard oil 1 cup
  

• Raw papaya 2 Tb-sp
  

• Onion paste 2 Tb-sp
  

• Ginger paste 1 Tb-sp
  

• Garlic Paste 1 Tb-sp
  

• Cumin powder 1 tea-sp
  

• Black pepper 1 tea-sp
  

• Salt 1 tea-sp
  

• Red paprika powder 2 tea-sp
  

• Garam Masala 1 tea-sp
  

• Poppy seeds(khus khas) 1 tea sp
  

• Cooking oil
  

Preparation method

  Preparationtime 30 mins | Cooking time 30 mins

• Apply the salt and mustard oil on beef pieces (beef parchey). Let it marinate for 2 hours in salt and mustard oil.
  

• Take a bowl and mix yogurt, raw papaya, onion paste, garlic ginger paste, all spices, poppy seeds. Now mix the beef pieces (parchey) in this yogurt mixture and marinate it again for 2, 3 hours.
  

• When the beef pieces get marinade, sew them on skewers separately. Use one skewer for each beef piece (parchey)
  

• Grill the skewer on low heat of coal for at least 10 to 15 minutes each side. Turn or rotate the skewer so that Behari Seekh Kabab can grill evenly.
  

• Brush the oil time to time.
  

• When it Behari Seekh Kabab are turned into light brown color, remove them from flame and squeeze the lemon juice
  

• Serve hot with onion and cucumber salad and roghni naan.
  

How To make Pizza Sauce

Making Pizza Sauce
Normally at home, we recommend using tomato sauce only which is lightly herbed with oregano and basil. Some pizza lovers prefer to have even simpler sauce than this, however tomato sauce is the simplest to prepare at home.
Ingredients:

3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of tomato puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow onions, minced
1 Tsp. - Whole oregano
2 Qts. - Canned whole Italian tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole basil


Process
Melt the butter with olive oil in an oven or large skillet. Now slowly but completely sauté the garlic and onion. Then add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, basil and puree. Boil it.
Cover the mixture and let it bubble for two hours. In between, stir it occasionally. Crush the tomatoes with the masher. Continue the process till the sauce reaches the consistency of a soup.
Set the sauce aside to cool before applying it to your pizza dough, or, or refrigerate it for use in the future.
Pizza Topping
Ladle about 7 to 8 oz. of pizza sauce into the middle, bottom of the dough shell. Spread the sauce evenly over the surface of the dough sheet. Spoon the sauce out to the edge of the dough sheet. Leave a small margin on the outer-side of the dough sheet, which allows the crust to rise and crisp more quickly than the covered dough; creating the classic, puffed up edge of the pizza.
Now create a layer of the shredded cheese over the sauce. Shred about two cups of cheese. Arrange your toppings over this layer of cheese.
Add toppings according to your preference.
Baking the Pizza

Preheat your oven up-to the temperature of 450° F for about 10 to 15 minutes. When preheating is done, place a prepped pizza in the oven at the centre. Place the pan in the oven such as there is maximum circulation of air around the pan. The baking will take about 10-15 minutes at that temperature.
Signs to look for that the pizza is ready are:

1) The cheese has melted on top and is beginning to brown.
2) The crust edge has browned, from a medium to a golden brown.
3) Now carefully lift the edge of the pizza to inspect its bottom, it should be evenly brown.

If these signs are evident, your pizza's done! Thus now you are ready to throw regular pizza parties of your home made pizza to your friends and family.