This is Toni Fiore's recipe,so I won't take any credit for this;but I fell in love with this recipe. It's light and refreshing.A vegan take on the traditional Waldorf salad.Whether you are vegan or not; you will keep making this one.It's great for lunch-box or as a picnic food.
Serving Size: 3-4
Ingredients :
1 cup Celery chopped in small pieces
1 small med Apple,peeled ,and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup :red onions chopped in small pieces*
3/4 cup : red or green grapes cut into two pieces
1/4 cup: dry cranberries
1/4 cup: Golden Raisins
1/4 cup: chopped walnuts or pecans
Dressing:
1/2 cup: chopped Parsley.
1/4 cup: Chopped cilantro
1/8 cup: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2-3 Tbsp: Lemon/Lime juice
2 Tbsp: Sugar(you can even use honey)
Salt and Pepper according to taste.
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing,whisk well and keep aside.
Take a big bowl, add the chopped celery,Apple,onions,grapes,cranberries,raisins and walnuts.
Pour the dressing and incorporate everything.Cover the salad and keep it in the refrigerator for 1/2 hr before serving.
you can add crumbled Blue cheese
*If you find onions to strong for your taste, you can reduce it's quantity.
I agree that i'm not fond of eating desserts ,but my kids love all kinds of Indian Sweets. I like to make those sweets, which have little room for error and doesn't require elaborate preparations.
You can also make this recipe using ricotta cheese,but for that you have to slow roast to get the desired consistency.
Everyone in my family loves Peda and I'm sure once you try it, it will be a keeper in your cookbooks too.
Makes approx 10-12
Ingredients :
1 Cup : Grated Khoya/Khoa/Mawa*
1/4 cup: fine sugar(add 1 Tbps more if you like your sweets really sweet)
4-5 : saffron strands
4-5 : Cardamom
5-6 : unsalted Pistachio
Directions:
Take the Saffron threads and put 1/2 tsp of water or milk and let it soak for 10 mins,then crush the threads with the spoon or with the help of mortar and pestle.Keep aside.
Soak the Pistachio in warm water and peel and chop it into 1/4" long pieces
Take the cardamom seeds from the pods and crush it into fine powder.
Take a heavy Bottom Pan or Kadhai and add Mawa and Sugar ,keep stirring it on slow flame for 15 -18 mins , Add the saffron strands.It gives a nice yellow color to the peda and adds a nice aroma to it.
Add the cardamom powder.Mix everything well.
once the mixture had cooled down,take some ghee or unsalted butter in your hand and make 1/2 inches spheres.Garnish with chopped Pistachios.
*:Mawa is easily available in any South Asian/Indian grocery stores.
