Healthy Snacking

Milk Cake
01 Recipe

Milk Cake

Milk cake is a classic Indian sweet dish, which is prepared with milk and sugar at festivals and special occasions like Diwali, Holi, Teej, etc. This authentic Indian sweet dish is a perfect delight for taste buds and can be prepared in just a few minutes. The ghee present in the dish makes this dish rich and indulgent, adds a nice aroma, and accentuates the taste. If you have sudden guests dropping by and you don't have the time to prepare an elaborate dessert spread, then this sweet recipe can make for a perfect dessert to serve your guests. What makes it truly a delectable delight is the amalgamation of milky texture blended with a balanced portion of sweet and topped with crunchy pistachios and flavorsome green cardamom. You can pack this for picnics and road trips too as its shelf life is around 7 days.

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Prep Time5 minutes
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Cook Time30 minutes
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Servings4

Ingredients

  • PARAM FULL CREAM MILK 500 ml
  • PARAM DESI GHEE 1/2 cup
  • Sugar 1/2 cup
  • PARAM WHOLE MILK POWDER 1/2 cup
  • powdered green cardamom 1/4 teaspoon
  • chopped pistachios 2 tablespoon
  • Pinch of alum (Fitkari)
  • Edible silver (for garnishing / optional)

Method

  1. 1Combine PARAM WHOLE MILK POWDER and a little cold PARAM FULL CREAM milk so that no lumps are formed. Keep aside.
  2. 2Bring the milk to a boil in a large thick-bottomed non-stick Kadhai on high heat. Add the alum and sugar, and continue to cook, stirring continuously, for about one and a half hours, or till the milk becomes grainy and begins to thicken.
  3. 3Add PARAM Desi Ghee and PARAM WHOLE Milk Powder with cold milk. Add cardamom powder and chopped pistachios. Mix well and continue to cook till the mixture begins to leave the sides of the kadhai.
  4. 4Transfer the mixture to a seven-and-a-half-inch round and two-and-a-half-inch deep greased dish and cover it. Set aside for four to five hours.
  5. 5During this time, it will continue to cook, and the middle layer will become light brown.
  6. 6Turn the milk cake out onto a serving dish, garnish with Chandi ka vark (optional) and cut into squares and serve.
Fruity Delight with Chocolate Pudding
02 Recipe

Fruity Delight with Chocolate Pudding

Fruits and chocolates make an excellent combination that makes you drool and is comforting, delicious, and an appropriate dessert for every season and every reason. This is an all-time kid’s favorite and is simply irresistible for the elderly too. The fruits in this pudding make it a healthy indulgence too.

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Prep Time15 minutes
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Cook Time20 minutes
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Servings4

Ingredients

For Vanilla Custard

  • Param Full Cream Milk- 3 cups
  • Sugar- 4 tbsp
  • Vanilla Flavoured Custard Powder - 2 tbs

For Chocolate Custard

  • Param Full Cream Milk- 1/2 cup
  • Sugar- 4 tbsp
  • Cocoa Powder- 2 tbsp
  • Drinking Chocolate Powder- 2 tbsp
  • Cornflour- 1 1/2 tbsp

For Cream Mix

  • Fresh Cream- 1 cup
  • Sugar- 4 tbsp
  • Milk Powder- 4 tbsp

Other Ingredients

  • Strawberry Crush- 2 tbsp
  • Chocolate Sponge Cake- crumbled - 1/2 cup
  • Marie Biscuits - 5-6 pc
  • Chopped mixed fruits like bananas, grapes, muskmelons, mangoes, apples etc.

For Garnishing

  • Grated chocolate (Dairy Milk)
  • Gems
  • Wafer Biscuits (optional)
  • Cherries & Berries

Method

For Chocolate Custard

  1. 1Dissolve the cornflour in 2 tbsp of cold milk and keep aside
  2. 2Heat the remaining milk in a deep pan, and add the cocoa powder, drinking chocolate powder, and sugar. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
  3. 3Add the dissolved cornflour and cook while stirring continuously till the mixture becomes thick
  4. 4Keep Aside for cooling

For Vanilla Custard

  1. 1Dissolve the custard powder in 2 tbsp of cold milk. Mix well and keep aside
  2. 2Heat The remaining milk in a deep pan and add sugar. Mix well and bring it to a boil
  3. 3Add the dissolved custard powder mixture and cook on medium flame while stirring continuously till the mixture becomes thick
  4. 4Remove from flame and keep aside for cooling

For Cream Mix

  1. 1Combine the cream, milk powder and sugar in a pan
  2. 2Mix well and keep aside

How to make the Chocolate Fruit Pudding

  1. 1Take 4 individual glasses and put equal quantities of the strawberry crush at the bottom followed by a layer of crumbled cake
  2. 2Make another layer by pouring cream on cake crumbs
  3. 3On this cream, layer make another layer of chopped fruits
  4. 4Pour Vanilla custard on mixed fruits
  5. 5Again put some strawberry crush on the vanilla custard layer
  6. 6Put 2 Marie Biscuit on strawberry crush
  7. 7Pour chocolate custard over Marie Biscuit
  8. 8Keep in refrigerator for 10 minutes, remove and pour some cream mix
  9. 9Sprinkle shredded chocolate, gems, cherries, and berries wafer biscuit on the side and keep in the refrigerator
  10. 10Serve Chilled