Petha halwa

Petha halwa

1 kilo petha, peeled and grated finely. 1 cup milk. 250 grams sugar. 25 grams each of almonds, pistachios, cashewnuts and walnuts. 50 grams ghee. ¼ tsp. Essence of kewda. 100 grams fresh thick cream. A few drops of orange yellow food colouring (optional).

Place petha with milk in a pan and cook on a slow fire till the mixture turns dry and thick. Put in khoya. Ghee and half of the nuts after grinding them. Add sugar and stir continuously until the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan. Stir in essence and colour and remove from fire. Pour in a greased thali and level the surface with your hands. Cover the surface of the halwa with cream and sprinkle with mixed sliced nuts. Cut into pieces and serve either hot on cold.

BASEN KI PINNI Speciality of Kasur

My native city kasur is famous for it mithai. One of them is basen ki pinni.
Big name is Tahir Sweets Kot Badar Din Khan.

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BESAN KI PINNI
a sweet made from gram flour

2 lbs gram flour
2 lbs sugar
1 lb khoya
8 tbsp ghee
½ cup each of almonds and pistachios, blanched and sliced

Heat ghee and put in gram flour.
Keep on stirring it on a low fire until the flour turns golden. Put in khoya and continue stirring until the khoya turns golden and the mixture turns very smooth.
Stir in sliced nuts, cardamoms and sugar. Mix thoroughly and remove from fire.
Cool it then form into round and flat balls or pinnis. Decorate on top with sliced almonds. Cool thoroughly and store in airtight container.

Shahi Tukre

Recipie and Pics by

http://madhusfoodjournal.blogspot.com



Shahi tukre is a very popular North Indian-Pakistani bread pudding which is a traditional sweet dish.The word 'Shahi' denotes that this dish is a part of Mughlai cuisine.Due to the influence of Mughals in Hyderabad,this dessert became so popular there .Eventually,Shahi Tukre became 'Double ka Meetha' in Hyderabad.'Double' here denotes Double baked bread and 'meetha' means sweet. Food Historians attribute the birth of bread pudding to frugal cooks who do not want to waste stale bread.Interestingly,bread pudding finds its way in many different cuisines.The Egyptian bread pudding which is similar to 'Shahi tukre' is called Om Ali.
This pudding is so sumptuous and is usually topped with a edible silver foil called 'varq' .
This royal dessert is easy to make and tastes divine.



You will need:

8 slices of bread
500 ml milk
75 gms Sugar
4 tbsp ghee
few strands of saffron
1 tbsp Cardamom powder
Raisins,Almonds,Pistachios and Cashews roasted in ghee



Remove the brown edges of the bread and half them diagonally.Toast them with ghee.It must get evenly brown and crisp.The original recipe calls for deep -frying in ghee.



Arrange the slices in a serving dish.

Boil the milk with sugar,cardamom powder and saffron.



Pour the milk over the fried bread slices.Garnish with roasted nuts and raisins.
Can be served chilled or hot.

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http://www.ecurry.com/blog/desserts/zarda-sweet-saffron-rice




Recipe by
http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/food/pakistani_food-recipes.htm