test: December 2006

MARZIPAN

200 gms cashew powder
400 gms icing sugar
1 tsp almond essence
3 tbsp rose water
1 egg yolk

Method

Mix all the above ingredients in a processor and make a nice dough (not very soft but smooth) now add desired colour and shape it in moulds. Or make fruit shapes. Marzipans are so very colourful , it adds beauty to the sweets platter.

MILKCREAM TOFEE

1 Litre KDD full cream Milk
300 gms sugar
100 gms cashew powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp unsalted butter

Put milk in a pan and let it boil on slow fire , now add sugar and let it boil untill it becomes very very thick this will take around 45 minutes for the milk to get condensed. Keep stirring. Now addd 100 gms cashew powder, 1tsp vanilla essence and the butter. Keep stirring continously. Now remove from fire and once cooled put it desired moulds and shape it. If you dont have the moulds you can put it in a greased deep plate and cut in square or diamond once cooled. This toffee is mind blowing.

DESSICATED COCONUT LADOOS

4 cups soaked dessicated coconut
(take 4 cups of dessicated coconut and add 1 glass of water and leave it for 2-3 hours to soak
1 can condensed milk
1 drop red colour

Take a pan put it on fire add the condensed milk, now put 4 cups of coconut and keep stirring it for 10 minutes untill the mixture is very thick. Add a drop of red colour and stir it well. Remove it from the fire and now let the mixture cool. Make laddoos and roll it in dessicated coconut. Enjoy the mouth watering coconut laddoos.

Date & Walnut Roll

20 plumpy dates (stoned & chopped)
1/2 cup milk
50 gms sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup walnuts whole
2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds to roll

Method

Take a pan add the choped dates, milk and sugar. Keep stirring till it get mushy and thick. Keep stirring untill it get very thick and leaves the sides of the pan. add 1 tsp vanilla essence, mix and put off the fire. add chopped walnuts. Now take foil paper put the mixture on it and make a roll (u will not get an even roll, no problem) just close the foil and put it in the freezer for 3-4 hours. Now remove ita gain and roll it on the roasted sesame seeds. Shape the roll nicely and put it back in the freezer. Let is set overnight. Remove and cut in rounds.

BAATH CAKE (SEMOLINA & COCONUT CAKE)

This is another goan sweet apart from the Bebic. Its delicious and very easy to make.

250 gms semolina
250 gms sugar
500 gms freshly grated coconut
3 eggs
100 gms unsalted softened butter (room temperature)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
45 gms water

Grind the coconut in 45 gms of water. now add the semolina, egg, sugar, butter, baking powder and vanilla essence. Mix it well and let is sit for 4-5 hours.

Cut the foil or butter paper and line the cake cake tin (2x5) . Now grease it with butter and pour the mixture in the pan. Preheat the oven and set it on 200 degrees centigrade and let the cake bake for 1 hour. To test if the cake is baked just peirce the sharp side of the knife untill the deep and if the knife comes out clean its done. The sides will brown well. Once done put off the bottom flame and burn the top flame keep the oven open and let the top brown slightly. Remove and cool. YUM YUM.........................

BEBIC

Ingredients

125 gms flour
500 gms sugar
350 ml water
200 gms coconut milk powder
12 egg yolks
1 cup butter/ghee (I used amul ghee)

Method

Make the water luke warm and add the cocnut powder, mix well till its smooth.

Add the sugar utill all sugar is dissolved Add the flour slowly in the above mixture of sugar and coconutmilk and keep it aside. Beat the egg yolks untill its creamy. Now add this creamy mixture to the above batter. Mix it well. Let the batter sit for 1 1/2 hour. Preheat the oven (top and bottom flame) and then set the top flame to medium heat (2) and bottom on 130 degrees. Put the empty square baking pan 5x5 in the oven let it become hot now remove it out and add 2 tbsp of ghee//butter and put it back in the oven. once hot remove it out again and pour 3 big deep serving spoons of batter and put it in the oven. Once the top part browns remove it out and pour another 2 tbsp of ghee/butter. Put the second layer of batter in the oven and wait till the top part browns again. Close the bottom flame. Now keep repeating the layers untill the batter is over. You will get approx. 5 layers. Once all the layers are done. Close the top flame. Burn the bottom flame and leave the pan inside the oven for 5 minutes on 180 degrees set flame. Remove it from the oven and let it cool for 1 to 2 hours. Now cut it desired
square slices. You will get a beautiful five layered bebic which is heaven. Its a tedious job but its worth trying.

JUJUBES

50 gms unflavoured gelatin
500 gms sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
oil 1 drop for greasing

Method

Grease a medium square glass dish, keep it aside.

Mix all the above and put it on medium flame for 10 minutes. Make sure everything is dissolved and boils. Add desired colour and mix well. Now pour this liquid in the greased dish and let it set for 5 hours. Once set cut it in desired shapes and roll it in sugar and leave it for 1 hour to dry. Store it in a jar. Its yummy gummy. Kids just love it and I love i