Breakfast, Paratha/Flatbread
Sanika Khadilkar
Aloo Paratha
Aloo Paratha
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Pineapple Sheera

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Pineapple Sheera

Serves: 4 persons

Sheera is an Indian sweet similar to pudding. It is usually prepared with semolina, butter and sugar. It's a simple but delicious and quick dessert which doesn't need lot of preparation.

Pineapple sheera is just a twist to the regular version. I used a can of crushed pineapple but you can always just use canned pineapple chunks.

Hope you will enjoy this Indian dessert!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sooji (semolina)
  • 5 tablespoon ghee ( clarified butter)
  • 1 can ( 398 ML) crushed pineapple in pineapple juice
  • 1½ cup water
  • 1½ cup sugar
  • pinch of saffron
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon chopped almonds

Method:

  1. Heat a pan and add ghee and sooji in it. Keep the flame low. Keep stirring and roast till you get a nice aroma. This is the main process and it may take 10-12 minutes.
  2. Open the can and strain the pineapple juice into a bowl. Use a spoon to squeeze out the maximum juice. Keep the pineapple and juice seperate. This turned out to be approx. 1 cup of pineapple juice and 1 cup of crushed pineapple.
  3. Add water to the pineapple juice and keep it on the gas. Let it boil.
  4. As soon as the water starts to boil, add it slowly to the roasted sooji. Add crushed pineapple. Mix everything well with the spatula. The flame should be low and keep the lid on it. Leave it for 10 minutes.
  5. After 10 minutes, stir again and mix well. Add sugar. The mixture will be thin as you add the sugar. Once again, keep the lid on for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid. Add ground cardamom, chopped almonds and saffron.
  7. Enjoy :)
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Aloo Paratha

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Aloo Paratha is the simple and easy to make breakfast which is very famous in North India. Aloo paratha with a dollop of butter on top paired with spicy green chutney, mango pickle ,or fresh yogurt.

This is the first dish I have learned from my mother-in-law.( I used to eat at my mom's place too but the different taste and the style of making at my in-laws fascinated me) My husband's family is from North India and potatoes and parathas are their favourites. Eventually I started liking this combo as well.

Do give a try to this recipe and let me know your feedback.

Ingredients:

For the filling:

  • 4 medium boiled potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon ginger chili paste
  • 1 tablespoon crushed fennel seeds
  • 1 tablespoon amchoor powder (dry mango powder)
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder(optional)
  • Chopped cilantro
  • Salt and pepper to taste

For the cover:

  • 3 cups wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Water to knead the dough

Method:

  1. Get whole wheat flour and add salt to it. Use enough water to make the dough. The dough should not be too thin or too thick. Rest the dough for 15 minutes.
  2. Add boiled potatoes in a bowl and mash them with your hands. Do not use the masher since it will be difficult while rolling paratha.
  3. Add chili-ginger paste, fennel seeds, amchoor powder, chopped cilantro to the mashed potatoes. Mix everything and divide them into 8-10 balls.
  4. Get the whole wheat dough and knead it again and make 8-10 balls out of it.
  5. Get one flour ball and roll out in a small disk using roiiling pin. Get a potato ball and place it in the center of rolled flour ball. Gather the edges and seal them together.
  6. Flatten this ball with your hands and dip into the flour. Roll out in a big circle using the rolling pin.
  7. Heat the tava/griddle. Place the rolled paratha and brush the sides and the center with some oil or butter. Cook from both the sides by flipping the other side.
  8. Serve hot with ketchup or green chutney or yogurt.