kooto -meeng Ashurfiyan (vrat recipe )

Recipe name –kooto -meeng Ashurfiyan

(vrat recipe )

Ingredients:
1cup cup buckwheatflour
2 tbsp ghee
1cup khoya

1 cup roasted melon seeds
1 ¼ cup sugar
1cup water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Method - Stir-fry buckwheatflour (kooto atta )in ghee in a heavy pan, over low flame and keep aside Stir-fry the khoya in a  pan till it becomes of uniform consistency and looks a bit fried. Mix the atta and cardamom powder and leave to cool. Make syrup with water and sugar, till syrup forms a soft ball on dropping into a plate of cold water. Remove pan from flame. Mix immediately into cooled khoya mixture, stirring vigorously and quickly, to blend well. Add roasted melon  seeds and blend well. Transfer onto greased plate, and leave to cool. When cool and set, cut into round shapes .Arrange on a serving dish and serve.

Tricolour pudding

Ingredients:

For green bottom layer- 1/2cup grated peeled apple,1/4cup sugar, 4tsp cake crumbs,2tbsps khus syrup

For white chocolate phirni layer: 2tsp rice powder, 2cups milk, 4tsp sugar, 4tsp grated chocolate, few drops of vanilla essence.

For orange- carrot jelly layer-1/2 cup orange juice,1/4 cup blanched grated carrots2tbsps sugar,1/4tsp agar-agar powder To Garnish -cashew nut and pudina leaves .

Method-

For green bottom layer– In a pan cook grated apple with sugar on low heat for 5 minutes, add khus syrup, cake crumbs and cook till dry. keep aside .

For white chocolate phirni layer- Combine rice powder and ½ cup milk in a bowl. Boil remaining milk and add paste. Add sugar and cook till it thickness. Melt grated white chocolate in micro wave and mix to phirni mixture. Add vanilla essence and mix well.

For orange- Carrot jelly layer-In a pan cook orange juice, blanched grated carrots and sugar. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Soak agar-agar powder in ¼ cup water and add to pan .cook for 1 minute more. cool a little and top over white layer and keep to set in freeze.

How to assemble -Pour a portion of apple-khus ,crumbled cake mixture in individual shot glasses, in each, add a portion of white chocolate phirni, Top each glass with a portion carrot orange jelly mixture. Chill. Garnish with cashew nut and pudina leaves before serving.