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(46) Golpapdi

Sukhadi

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup tightly filled wheat flour
  • ¾ cup melted ghee.
  • ½ cup finely chopped jaggery.
  • 1 tbsp white sesame seeds.
  • Ghee for greasing plate.

Method:

  1. Grease the 9 inches plate well with ghee to set the golpapdi.
  2. Heat non-stick kadhai or thick sauce pan with ghee on slow flame.
  3. Once ghee slightly hot,add flour and mix with spatula. It will be like thick lumpy paste.
  4. Roast flour on slow flame till it becomes airy and light with two shade darker then flour and aromatic.
  5. As soon as flour is roasted ,turn off the flame and add sesame seeds and jaggery .
  6. It will melt , quickly mix it and pour into greased plate.
  7. Spread quickly and even out the surface by gliding movement with the help of small steel dish .
  8. Let it cool down slightly,While it is still warm slice into desire shape ( square or dimond) and size.
  9. Remove each piece very gently and serves either warm or cold.
Golpapdi

In winter for making simplest winter tonic food add 1 tbsp.dry ginger powder and 1 cup mixed dryfruit powder like Almond, Cashew, Pistachio and walnut. Add ½ cup extra finely chopped Jaggery and ¼ cup melted ghee or as required. At the time of mixing jaggery after swich off flame add all above ingredients.

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(05) Kadha (Immunity booster)

Kadha or kadho is a traditional Indian drink, often consumed as a chai or tea and is considered to be effective against cough and cold and seasonal flu. Made with Indian herbs and spices, Kadha is a natural immunity booster and is said to be the best remedy against fever and sore throat. It also cures cough and is loaded with antioxidants.

Serves 4  (200 ml.) each

Ingredients

  • 800 ml. Water .
  • 4 tbsp. Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. Ginger powder ( Sunth).
  • ½ tsp. Pipramul powder (Ganthoda).
  • ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds ( Jeera)
  • ¼ tbsp. Carom seeds (Ajwain)
  • ¼ tsp. Cardamom powder (Elaichi).
  • 8-10 strands of Saffron ( Kesar).Pinched and crushed with finger and thumb. Only during cold season.
  • ⅛ tsp Cinnamon powder.
  • 2 Cloves powder
  • 8- 10 Holy Basil leaves

Method:

1) Take water in big vessel

2) Add all ingredients , stir and put it on fast flame

3) Stir occasionally and boil it like tea

4) Switch off flame after 5 mins of boiling

5) Serve this kadha every day morning, afternoon or at bedtime in Monsoon ,Winter or during corona or in throat infection, allergy due to seasonal changes, flu, cough, cold. No need to strain. Serve with love and smile.

Gujarati Kadha (Tasty Water)

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