Carrot Murabba

CARROT MURABBA

Ingredients ;

• Thick carrots            2 Kg.
• Sugar                         2 Kg.
• Lemon                       one
• Small Cardamom     10 pieces

Method :

Big, thick & hard carrots are used for making murabba, peel these & cut into 4-5 cm. pieces. Cut these into four length-wise pieces, remove the central hard portion. Boil water in a utensil. Add these carrots to boiling water, cook for for three minutes. Take them out & dry them with a clean cloth. Prick these with a steel fork. Combine sugar & 4-5 cups water in steel utensil, heat to make a light syrup. When the syrup boils add carrots cook for 10 minutes. Remove from fire & keep aside for 4-5 hours. Again heat the syrup till it is a bit thick. Add juice of lime & finely ground cardamom. Fill in a jar after it cools. You can use a small teaspoon citric acid instead of lime juice. Murabba is ready .  

Amla Murabba

AMLA MURABBA

Ingredients :

• Fresh Amla                      1 kg.
• Sugar                                2 kg.
• Sugar Candy                    60-70 grams
• Small Cardamom            10-12
• Lime                                 50 grams

Method:-

Take big ripe Amlas, soak them in water for a day. Remove the amlas from water & dry them with a clean cloth, prick each amla several times with a fork. Make a solution of water & lime, add the pricked amlas to it & keep aside for at least three days. Take the amlas out of the lime solution after three days. Clean them with fresh water & dry them in shade. Heat sugar candy in two cups of water. When the water boils add amlas, cook these till the amlas are tender. Remove from syrup, keep aside to dry in shade. Throw away the sugar candy solution. Make a syrup of sugar & enough quantity of water. When the syrup boils add the amlas, cook for 10-12 minutes, remove from fire. Next day boil the amlas again till a thick syrup is obtained. Add finely ground cardamoms after it cools. Store in a glass jar. This murabba is very rich in Vitamin C. It is very beneficial for the heart, brain & eyes. It keeps you cool. Eat one amla each day with breakfast & gain valuable health.                                     

DATE-PALM PICKLE

DATE PALM PICKLE

Ingredients :

• Date Palm                       1/2 kg.
• Sugar                               200 grams
• Raisins                             50 grams
• Black pepper                  50 grams
• Dry Ginger Powder       30-50 grams
• Cuminseeds                    2 table spoons
• Salt                                  1 table spoon
• Vinegar                           1/2 litre

Method :

Cut date palms length-wise without breaking them into two pieces. Remove the stones. Combine black pepper, salt, cuminseeds & dry ginger powder, grind it finely. Fill these spices in the date-palms. Tie each date-palm with thread. Quantity of salt can be altered to taste. Fill all the date-palms in a jar. Add cleaned raisins. Raisins are not an essential part of the recipe you can avoid putting them if they are not as per your taste. Add sugar in the jar filled with stuffed date-palms.Then add vinegar, the quantity of vinegar should be enough to dip all the date-palms in it.Keep the closed jar in the sun for 15 days. Date-palms & raisins will puff up. Delicious pickle is ready.   

MANGO PICKLES SWEET & SOUR

Mixed Pickle of Green Chili, Garlic & Mango 

Ingredients :-

• Raw Mangoes                    1/2 Kg.
• Garlic                                  200 grams
• Green Chili                        100 grams
• Salt                                      100  grams
• Turmeric                            1 table spoon

Method:-

Peel mangoes, cut in to small pieces, remove the stones. Add salt & keep in sun for 2 days. Peel garlic, cut in two pieces, break their sprigs. Remove the twigs of the green chili & cut into two pieces length wise. Mix mangoes, garlic, green chili & turmeric & put in a jar, cover the mouth of the jar with a cloth. Keep in the sun for 4 days. Delicious pickle is ready. This is a simple & easy recipe, make small quantity of pickle so that it is consumed within a week. Prepare fresh pickle to retain the crispness & flavour of the ingredients. 

Mango hanks 

Ingredients ;-

• Raw Mangoes                   5 Kg.
• Sugar                                 2 Kg.
• Salt                                    100 grams
• Red chili powder             2 table spoons
• Garam Masala                100 grams
• Cuminseed                      1 table spoon
• Asafoetida                       a pinch

Method :-

Take big raw mangoes, peel & grate them. Combine mangoes & sugar, cook in a utensil, keep stirring the mixture. Juice extracted from the mangoes while grating should also be added at the time of cooking, more water extracted from mangoes & sugar will form a syrup. Keep fire low. Add salt & red chili powder. Consider the mixture cooked when it leaves the sides of the utensil, add garam masala & asafoetida. Mix all the ingredients well. Remove from fire. Add roasted cuminseeds after the mixture cools. Fill in a jar. Delicious & sweet pickle is ready to be served. This pickle can also be taken as jam with bread & paranthas.