Miracle in Sweets

My first exclamation in India was because of the great variety of  desserts and, in particular sweets  I saw in a window of a candy shop. These people indeed can create miracles through cooking & baking. You already face the problem of choosing  every time in every aspect of your life, and now how can you immediately decide which sweets to chose from this shop, when the view of each is attracting you :)

Well, its not surprising,  being an Eastern country India should have its rules of making sweets, cookies, and candies in its way like no other country in the world.  ;)

So, Dear readers, after my first trial of cooking an Indian food, I couldn't help myself from going to the next level - to the wonderful and miracle Indian sweets. I found the recipe from an I-net, but I did slight changes in it ;)). I promise that if You once try to taste this miracle, You will make it regularly :)) moreover if I tell that You will not put on weight, because milk and diary products are well balanced and easily absorbed ;)

All You need are:

Butter 120 g
Powdered sugar 60 g
Milk powder 220 g
Cream 30 ml of 30-33% fat
Pine nuts (nut-pine), 50 g
Cashews 20g

Mix a little melted butter with powdered sugar, milk powder. Add the cream and pine nuts. And begin to rub everything by hand, until the mixture acquires a smooth consistency. Number of powdered milk and cream may vary. The dough should be soft. 

I took the picture for the first time while cooking, I hope U will not judge so hard :))

 After that cool it a bit by putting  it into  the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Now lets model the  cubes, decorate  them with the nuts on top. Put ready candies on a plate and put them into the freezer again. Wait for 20-30 minutes until they freeze slightly.

Here we got our first Miracle :))))

Dear readers, this is the best dessert for the morning: taste it with coffee or tea, and You will understand from where it got its name :)

Samosa

I think every person, who even once tastes Indian cuisine, will never forget the delicious and very exotic taste of Indian food. Two months spent in India had completely changed my view about traditions in meals, and after coming back to my country, I decided to try to cook an Indian simple food to have an opportunity to feel myself in India again. At least,  I can do this for sure, without any hesitations.


So, I decided to start my trial with the famous Indian snake- samosa, I liked this recipe, the dough in soft and of course you can experiment with the filling, trying different vegetables. The list of ingredients is long, you need a lot of different spices, if any spices cannot be found, it’s not a problem, you can experiment with different combinations.

For the dough

- Wheat flour - 400 gr.
- 1/2 tsp salt 
- Melted butter - 100 g.
- Cold water 150 ml.

For the filling

- 3 potatoes (of a medium size)
- Peas or beans 250 gr.
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 0.5 tsp Fenugreek seeds 
- 0.5 tsp Grated fresh ginger 
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 0.5 tsp ground coriander
- 0.25 teaspoon asafoetida
- 0.25 tsp ground cloves
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 0.25 tsp Ground black pepper 
-  oil for frying

Put into a bowl the flour, salt, and butter, mix it well, and then add water. Rub the dough with your hands for 5 minutes, until it becomes homogeneous. Cover the dough with a wet towel; it will wait until we prepare the filling.

the dough was really good

Heat oil; add all spices,salt, peper and cook for 5 minutes. Then add cropped potatoes and peas. Mix well and cook for 15 minutes.

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Roll out the dough into medium sized chapatis and cut it into half. Apply little water on the sides and fold it into cone shape.

Fill in the our potato peas mixture and close the other ends as well. Ensure that it is closed well on all sides, else the filling will come out.

My first samosa :)

Heat oil on a low flame and fry these samosas. When cooked on a low flame, the samosa get cooked well and also crispy.

don't judge too hard :)