Abiya's Kitchen

Mysore Pak was first prepared in the kitchens of the Mysore Palace. The cook at the Mysore Palace made a sweet of gram flour, ghee, and sugar and simply called it ‘Mysore Pak’. Pak in Sanskrit and other Indian vernaculars means sweet. It is traditionally served in weddings and other festivals of southern India. It is very popular in baby showers too. Ingredients • Gram flour - 1/2 cup. • Water - 1/2 cup. • Ghee - 1/2 cup. • Sugar - 2 cups. • Oil - 1/2 cup. Method: Sugar Syrup:- Take sugar in a thick bottomed saucer, add water and let it boil till it comes to form a softball ( check this by dropping syrup  in a water bowl) Take besan gram flour in a bowl and mix hot oil and then sieve it. . Keep heating oil and ghee in a separate pan. Now add the gram flour gradually to the sugar syrup and keep stirring so that no lumps are formed. Then add the  hot ghee and oil mixture to the flour and stir it continuously...

Dry Fruit Rolls Ingredients Dates - 1 cup Dried Fig - 1 cup Walnuts - ½ cup Almonds - ½ Cup Pistachio - ¼ Cup Cashew nuts - ½ Cup Desiccated Coconut -2 Tbsp Poppy Seeds - 2 Tbsp Green Cardamom - 3-4 Ghee - 2 Tbsp Method 1. Chop cashews, almonds, walnuts,Dried fig and dates. 2.Thinly slice the pistachios 3.Powder the green cardamom seeds. 4.Dry roast the cashews, almonds and walnuts in a Kadai for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame. Then transfer them in a bowl. 5.Pour some ghee in the hot Kadai. When the ghee melts, fry the poppy seeds for 2 minutes on low flame while stirring constantly. 6.Once the poppy seeds are roasted, add green cardamom powder, dates, Dried figs, roasted  nuts, and desiccated coconut to it. Keep the flame on low and mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Then turn off the flame and transfer the mixture on a plate so that it cools down. 6.Take some mixture and roll it into a long log. 7.Then Roll the log on th...

Ingredients Almond Flour - 1 Cup Sugar powder - 1 Cup Water - ¼ Cup Ghee - 2 tbsp Cardamom Powder - 2 tbsp Saffron - 10-12 (threads) Method In a heavy bottomed pan add sugar and water and let the sugar completely dissolve and it will start to bubble up. Once you get the correct consistency(gather it, and it should form a string between your fingers) add the almond flour and keep stirring. Cook until it gets thick and dense in consistency. Add the saffron and cardamom powder and mix well. Now take the mixture in a plate and allow it to cool for some time. grease your hands with some ghee and  Knead the mixture until smooth. Place it over butter paper. Press with hand and flatten and with help of rolling pin, press gently and roll into 1/3 cm thin. Leave it for 10-15 minutes to set. now with help of Pizza cutter or Knife cut into pieces with any shape or size as per your preference. Badam Katli is ready. Note This is an alt...