Ginger brittle (Alam Moraba)

Alam (ginger) moraba (brittle) is a famous snack in Hyderabad. People who are born and bought up in Hyderabad will know about this snack. When I was a kid, I remember people selling it on streets. I love them, they are delicious and good for your health. Here is my version of the recpie...

Ingredients:

1. 1 oz Jaggary
2. 1/2 oz Sugar
2. 1/2 oz Ginger
3. 1 tsp Cardamom pwd
4. Water as needed
5. 1 tbsp Ghee

Method:

1. Grind ginger to a fine paste, if you want can add 2 teaspoons of water.
2. Put jaggary pieces and sugar in a non sticky pan and add little water, just to sink it.
3. Keep it on a medium flame, keep stirring.
4. When it comes to one string consistency, add the ginger paste and cardamom pwd.
5. Keep stiring, until it starts leaving the sides of the container.
6. Switch off the stove.
5. Grease a plate with ghee and pour the mixture when it is hot.When it is warm make marks to cut in a squares or use a cookie cutter for any kind of shape.
6. When cold store it in a air tight container.

This is my entry for JFI-Jaggery hosted by Kay of ‘Towards A Better Tomorrow’


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Kitchen Notes: I’ve prepared mildly sweet moraba. Adjust jaggery quantity to suit your taste.All quantites are approx., changes should be made according to the taste.
Recipe Source: My own creation..

Chocolate Dipped Dry Fruit Chikki

It has been a tradition of giving and receiving gifts on diwali. Most people give or take sweets or dryfruits as gifts.
As we receive dryfruit hampers as gifts on Diwali I thought of making dryfruit chikki, which is healthy, tasty and easy to prepare.

Ingredients:
1. Badam 4 oz(approx. 1 cup) (Roasted and chopped)
2. pista 4 oz(approx. 1 cup) (Roasted and chopped)
3. cashew 4 oz(approx. 1 cup) (Roasted and chopped)
4. jaggery ¼ cup (grated)
5. kesar-few soaked in milk
6. ghee 2 big spoons.
7. Semi sweet chocolate bar(7 oz) - 1

Method:
1. Grate jaggery.
2. Put grated jaggery and add ghee in a kadai, mix well and melt nicely to a fine paste.
3. To this add kesar, badam, pista and cashew nuts & mix well until the mixture leaves the sides of the kadai.
4. Spread little ghee in a tray and pour the dry fruit mixture and spread evenly,
roll flat to 1 cm in thickness
5. Cool it and cut into squares cool it.
6. Grate the chocolate and melt it on a double boiler. Double boiling is very easy - take the chocolate in a glass blow and put it on boiling water to melt the chocolate.
7. When it melts dip half of the chikki in it. Put it on a parchment paper. Dry it and store it in a air tight container.

This is my first entry for JFI: Diwali Treats hoasted by Vee of Past, Present and Me.