Easy Rave paayasa/ Easy Semolina Kheer

 Stuck on what to do for DeepavaLi? Try this easy peasy payasa(kheer) recipe. My mom always made this along with puLiyogare or Lemon rice, and my brother and I just loved this combination. 

The only catch in this recipe is the amount of rave(semolina) to be used, as rave tends to thicken no matter how much water you put. The trick is to use as little rave and as much as liquid as possible. 

Another beauty of this recipe is that you can adjust the recipe as you go along without too much of a hassle. For the same reason, I don’t have exact measurements of ingredients as I tend to adjust along the way. So I’ll just give here a rough estimation and you can build upon it according to your taste. 

Do try! 

Happy DeepavaLi!! 

Drakshi Godambi is getting sucked in like in quick sand :)

Easy Milk Barfi in InstaPot

After the first-try-success(which rarely happens in my case) of badam Katli in InstaPot, I braved to try another similar recipe from the same blog - Milk barfi.

Since this is the first time I am eating this barfi, I have no clue how it should taste. I was expecting it to taste more like doodh peda, but it tasted more raw, in the sense one can easily tell there is milk powder in it. But it was tasty nevertheless. A generous pinch of cardamom powder will definitely enhance the flavor. One cool thing about this barfi is that the texture changes drastically as the barfi cools down. So this is not exactly make-and-eat-directly kind of sweet, you need to give this a good resting time.

I have seen a similar recipe on YouTube which was made on stovetop, which looks very easy, but one cannot beat the convenience of IP in making sugar syrup. 

Overall a very easy and tasty recipe. Do try this for Deepavali and enjoy!   

Vanilla - Chocolate Barfi

Check out these Vanilla-Chocolate Barfis! pretty fancy, eh?

I tried them for the first time and they came out pretty good. 

I saw this recipe online in one of my favorite blogs. I followed the recipe verbatim. This blogger always puts step by step recipes with pictures. It’s really hard to mess it up.

These barfis are not only awesome looking, they are awesome tasting too.. and they are pretty easy to make with just a few ingredients.

Enjoy Diwali with these homemade barfis. Happy Deepavali!!