Baghare Began

Ingredients:-

Began/Eggplant- 8-10 peices small size
Sesame seeds- 3 tsp.
Peanuts- 1/2 cup
Dry / fresh coconut- 1/2 cup
curd- 1tsp
Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp.
Chopped onion- 1 cup
Dry Red chili whole- 2
Tamarind juice- 4 tsp
Green chili- 4
Garlic Paste 1 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Oil- for frying,
Salt- As per taste.

cooking Process:-
Wash and slit the eggplants into quarters.Deep fry in medium hot oil till brown in colour.Lightly roast the peanuts,coconut and sesame seeds till brown and roast onion in oil till brown. Grind peanuts, sesame seeds,coconut,onion,garlic,curd,green chillies and red chilies to a smooth paste.Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan. After that add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds start to splutter, add peanuts and sesame paste and stir constantly. Add turmeric powder and cumin powder. Season with salt. Add 2 cups of water, bring it to boil and add tamarind juice or pulp. Add fried eggplants and cook on Dum on a slow flame for 15 minutes.

Indian Kulfi

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ltr milk
1/2 Cup condensed milk
1/2 tsp arrowroot
1/2 tsp Ground green cardamom powder
1/4 Cup of green sliced pista
1 pinch saffron
4 tsp sugar

Cooking Process:

Boil milk on simmer flame. keep stirring. add condensed milk after boiling milk for 12-15 mins. Dilute arrowroot and saffron with 2-3 tsp of milk in abowl and add this mixture to milk. after stirring for 2-3 mins add sugar, sliced pista and cardamom powder. boil this milk mixture for another 2-3 mins and then turn off the stove.After cooling fill the mixture in Kulfi cones or ice cream tray. Place it in the freezer to set (atleast 4-6 hrs) .At the time of serving, keep the outer surface of the ice cream tray or cones in contact with hot water for just 1-2 seconds and remove it in a plate. Yummy indian kulfi is ready to serve.