Rakshabandhan Special- 3 Sweets Recipes To Try At Home For Your Brother

Raksha Bandhan is a beautiful Hindu festival celebrating the bond between brother and sister. This year Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on August 11,2022.

# Badam Katli

Ingredients

1 cup almond flour
½ cup sugar ( reduce it little bit if you don't like it too sweet)
¼ cup water
1 teaspoon ghee
cardamom and saffron optional

Method

- Make sure the almond flour is in room temperature. Sieve the flour to remove any lumps.

- Into your instant pot add sugar and water. Mix it well to avoid burn sign. Secure the lid, making sure the vent is in sealing position.

- Press pressure cooker or manual mode and adjust the time for four minutes in high pressure. Once the time is done, do a quick release pressure.

- Add a tea spoon of ghee and one cup of almond flour and mix it well. Turn on the saute mode and cook for 2-4 minutes till the halwa starts leaving the sides. Take a small portion of the mixture and try forming a ball. It should be non sticky ball. If not cook for couple more minutes.

- Transfer the halwa to a greased parchment paper. Let cool for 1-2 minutes ( not more than that) and knead the dough. If the dough is feeling dry, apply some ghee or water to your palms and knead it again.

- Place a parchment paper on the top and with the help of a rolling pin roll the dough to ⅛ inch thickness.

- Cut the burfi into desired shape.

# Instant Peda

Ingredients

Unsalted butter- ½ cup ( 110 grams)
Sweetened Condensed Milk – 1.75 cups ( 14 oz can)
Instant non fat dry milk powder- 2 cups
Few Pistachio for garnish
Cardamom powder (optional)

Method

- Melt the butter in the microwave.

- Add the sweetened condensed milk and milk powder to the melted butter and mix well.

- Microwave for a minute, remove and mix the mixture.

- Microwave for another minute and mix again.

- Finally microwave for another minute and mix. The total amount of cooking is 3 minutes in the microwave.

- Let cool for five minutes ( not more than that, if not the mixture will become dry and it will be hard to make pedas)

- Apply some ghee on your palms, take a small portion of the mixture and make a ball. Flatten the ball and place a pistacho at the center. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.

- Store the peda’s in the refrigerator. Stays fresh up to a week.

# Chocolate Burfi

Ingredients

3 cups Instant Dry Milk Powder
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1.5 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
⅓ cup Chocolate chips
½ tsp Coco powder optional

Method

- Mix the dry milk powder, sugar and whipping cream in a deep microwaveable safe bowl.

- Make sure the bowl is deep enough so that the mixture doesn’t spill.

- Combine well and microwave for a minute, remove and mix well.

- Return to the microwave and cook for another minute (2nd minute)and remove. Mix well.

- Place it back in the microwave and cook another minute. (3rd minute). Mix well.

- Put it back in the microwave and cook for thirty seconds. The mixture should come together and the texture should be grainy.

- Remove and mix well.

- Mine was done by 3 ½ minutes. Every microwave setting is different, if the mixture is not set cook in increments of 30 seconds. It should not take any more than 4 ½ minutes to get the grainy texture.

- Do not over cook, if not you will end up with a dry burfi.
Now grease a pan with ghee (clarified butter) or line a wax paper. Pour about ¾th of this mixture and spread it evenly.
To the rest of the mixture add the chocolate chips and mix.

- The chocolate chips will melt instantly because the mixture is still hot.

- Pour the chocolate mixture on top and spread evenly.

- Let the Burfi set in the Refrigerator for good 2 hrs.

- Remove and cut to desired shape.