DOUBLE KA MEETHA!!!

Sunday without sweet is LIKE well without water šŸ˜‰ Ha Ha I know not a good metaphor.

But seriously in Gujju families who savour sweets daily; what next and new to cook everyday is a challenge. At my home sweet is must for lunch and dinner. You wont believe if there is no sweet cooked, people will eat jaggery with ghee to make it whole. Parents believe sweet without food is half meal served!!

Here is one simple recipe to relish with family and friends.

DOUBLE KA MEETHA

Ā ImageThis Indian Bread pudding is a specialty of Hyderabad and the name of which would many who have had it, drool like crazy. It is an immensely rich dessert and worthy of special occasions. Of course you can make it any other time too if you look like or if you are a believer that “Weighing Scales are not a reflection of you” šŸ˜‰

I tasted this sweet say in 90’s long back; cooked by my best friends’s mom. As she is from Hyderabad and this sweet dish is very famous there.

Ingredients:-

1. Milk: one and half cup

2. condensed milk : Half cup

3. Ghee: 250 gms for deep frying

4. Bread slices: 4

5. Dryfruits chopped: 2 almond, 2 cashew nuts, 2 pistachios etc etc of your choice.

6. Few strands of kesar.

7. Cardamom powder: one table spoon

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1. Mix togetherĀ  milk and MITHAIMATE Sweetened Condensed Milk.

2.Trim the edges of bread slices and cut diagonallyĀ  or in the shape yoou prefer to serve into 8 pieces. Spread out to dry for 10 minutes.

3.Heat Ghee and deep fry the bread pieces till golden brown on both sides, remove and spread in a shallow dish.

4. Deep fry the almonds, cashew nuts and raisins and spread them over the bread pieces.

5. Pour the milk mixture over the bread and sprinkle the cardamom powder and saffron.

6. Microwave for 2 minutes till the milk is well absorbed.

Image7. After you microwave it you might find some liquid not yet absorbed by bread, dont worry if served hot it tastes good with some liquid. If you want to serve cold put in refrigerator and all the liquid will be absorbed as well. Serve in the dish but ah ah donot forget to taste by yourself first because I am sure of you start serving your family will not stop relishing unless finished.

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And last but not the least donot forget to share your experience.:)

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WHO GAVE THEM RIGHT!!!!

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WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT?

Doctor: You child is suffering from Thalassemia. That is what this report shows!!

Mother of four months old child totally shattered simply blank, no gestures, just not knowing how to react!!!

Father of this four months old child to Doctor: Sir please check it again!!

Doctor: We can go for retests of Thalassemia in deep. But currently we need to give her blood urgently.

Me: Arranging for blood B+ve. Found it with influences and was at hospital within an hour.

Parents of Father at hospital: How did she get this disease? What does it mean?

Me: Explaining them in brief what all doctor said and asking them to calm down.

Father in law: I am sure this hereditary disease must have come from her mother. My son canā€™t have it.

All were stunned after this statement and mother of this small kid started crying as if she has lost everything.

I was so so so much in shock to hear this statement of her father in law. This eventually forced me to write this post.

Why? Ā because she is a female & only she can suffer from such disease and his son cant?

In this new era and 21st century also you find such people who still blame women for everything.

I mean what even if she is suffering from the disease and is passed in genes to her daughter? Instead of finding a solution to it people will start blaming women?

Why?

Who gave them this right?

Dont mind but we WOMEN have given them these useless rights!!

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In our day to day life we come across so many such incidents but have we paid attention to them?

Let me share a few of those with you:

  1. If you ask your husband or boyfriend;What did you eat honey? He will think she is bothering me and keeping track of what I am doing. But they will not understand a simple logic that she is worried if you are eating in time or not.
  2. Girl cannot deny any marriage proposals. Donā€™t know where this rule has come from!! Parents wait for the reply of the Boyā€™s side. Why? Why canā€™t we deny if we do not like?
  3. A man has all the right to keep extramarital affair; women do not have why? Why canā€™t women fall in love twice? Why it is said for men itā€™s likeā€ Aaj Pooja kal Doojaā€ Why canā€™t it be for women? Ā 
  4. Men has right to break heart. Women canā€™t.Ā  If she does she is defined as libidinous.
  5. A man sets their own priorities and women are modest that they think priorities of her men are on top of everything and help them to make over it. But eventually she losses her own identity. The patience to listen, the strength to support, care is just in woman.
  6. Women starts thinking of what to gift her special person of lifetime; so called husband or boyfriend from the very next day of his birthday or anniversary on which she has already gifted something precious and starts collecting money for the same. Whereas men will think oh why does these days come at all and till the last day of the occasion they will not decide anything . He will ask you on that day what should I gift you darling? And woman like a fool will say Oh darling you are my biggest and priceless gift ever. Many times days will also just pass by as other days and man forget to wish even. And then they will come up with a universal statement,ā€ I donā€™t believe in dates ….. all days are preciousā€. Whom are you making fool!!!

Materialistic things are never important in love and affection but still a rose from your love is the most precious gift ever.

women7. Sometimes we’re in a bad mood just because: It’s not “that time of the month,” so don’t ask. Man will think that our feelings are complicated or that we are just crying all the time and not completely subject to our hormones. They will think that we are being sorry figure all the time.

8. How many of the men will understand thatā€ Even if we say we’re not hungry, couldn’t eat another thing, no way no how, when we say that we just want a taste what we really mean is “I’ll take half.”

9. It is so simple for men to move on why is it not that simple for women?

There are many such instances which each one of us come across but never paid attention to it.

But have you ever thought why such circumstances have come?

Because WE WOMEN have stopped valuing ourselves and increased the value of the statements from MEN. We just have almighty power of forgetting and forgiving as told by our elders which I still hear many times.

However modern we become still that feminine within us will always reveal; we have the mouth of a sailor. The te,per of an Italian housewife, and the tolerance of an Irishman.

None other but WE WOMEN HAVE GIVEN MEN ALL THESE RIGHTS.

Thankfully in my nieceā€™s case as mentioned above final report diagnosed that father has Thalassemia which has come in poor kid in heredity else my niece would have had it real bad.

“When you see something you love in a lady, don’t let anyone rain on your parade. Just know that sometimes the woman you see is trapped behind many layers of conditioning, and the only way to bring her out is by loving who she is and who she really wants to be (not the person she thinks she has to be). Odds are, you’ll probably be the first person in her life to really do that.”

INSTANT KHAMAN DHOKLA!!!!

Do you have unannounced Guests?

Are you confused what will you serve in brunch today?DSC02794

Not to worry.

Here is one simple instant recipe.

Speciality of Gujjuā€™sĀ  Khaman Dhokla!!

But this is INSTANT KHAMAN DHOKLA.

Why buy those readymade packets I will share easiest method and you and your guest will relish it for sure..

RECIPE OF INSTANT KHAMAN DHOKLA

Serves four

Ingredients

  1. One bowl of Besan.
  2. Half bowl of Suji. (Rawa)
  3. One and half table spoon sugar.
  4. Half tablespoon citric acid. (well known nimboo na phool in gujju)
  5. One tea spoon salt.
  6. One green chilly chopped.
  7. Eno powder half sachet
  8. One tablespoon chopped coconut and Coriander leaves to garnish.DSC02797

 

For Tadka

  1. Two tablespoon oil.
  2. One table spoon Black mustard seeds (Rai)
  3. Half table spoon Black cumin.
  4. Pinch of Asafoetida.
  5. One red dry chilli.

Method

  1. Mix all the ingredients from number 1 to 8 in one bowl.
  2. Add water and prepare the batter like the one you make for idli.
  3. Transfer this batter in one deep plate.
  4. And give it a steam like you give to Idli in its cooker.
  5. If you donot have it never mind. Put your pressure cooker with little water on stove. Aloow the water to boil. Now but one bowl filled with water in the cooker and place this plate filled with batter in it. Close it with simple plate and not the top of your original pressure cooker. After five minutes check it with the tooth pick stick or knife if the batter is not sticking on it the dish is ready.
  6. Take it out and allow it to cool for 2 mins.
  7. Now make slices in the plate as you require. And put tadka on the plate.
  8. Garnish it with coconut and coriander and serve it hot.

It takes only 15 minutes to do all this believe me and it tastes better then those ready made packets too.

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