Here is another Holi special shared by Rohit Tokhi, Executive Chef, Leela Ambience Convention Hotel. Bhang Ki Thandai is to Holi just like colours and water are attached to this festival.
So prepare, slurp and gulp.. enjoy..!!
INGREDIENTS
QUANTITY
Milk, boiled
1 Litre
Almond
100 gm
Char magaj
50 gm
Poppy seed
50 gm
Sunflower seed
50 gm
Rose petals
5 gm
Fennel seed
15 gm
Black peppercorn
15 nos
Green cardamom
15 nos
Nutmeg powder
1/4th tsp
Sugar
150 gm
Saffron
1/2 gm
Rose water
20 m
Bhang leaves
2 1/2 tbsp
GARNISH
Saffron, soaked in hot milk
Pista, chopped
METHOD
Pick, wash and drain the bhang leaves.
Dry roast all fennel seed, black peppercorn, rose petals, saffron, poppy seed, sunflower seed and char magaj and keep aside.
Balanced and peel almond.
Now soaked all the ingredients in the milk for 1 hour and keep it in a freezer.
Now make a fine paste, stain, garnished and served in purvas.
We Indians need just an excuse to indulge in sweets and when there is a special occasion, we go all the way for it. So why not even celebrate Republic Day with a traditional Indian sweet, but of course with the Republic Day twist of making it in a try-colour, the colours that represent India, the colours of our flag. Here is a very interesting recipe shared by Rohit Tokhi, the executive chef for The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, I am sure you will love to try this out as I am gonna do it too. Do share your feedback on the recipe with us, and tell us how it was.. enjoy and have a great Republic Day!
INGREDIENTS & QUANTITY
PREPARATION:-
THE BASIC MAWA MIXTURE:-
Take a pan put in grated Khoya and heat over a slow flame for 5 minutes. Add sugar and stir well over a low heat. Cook till mixture leave the pan. Now add ghee along with cardamom powder and rose water, stir well. Now take three bowls and pour the prepared mixture equally into the bowls. Use the first bowl of prepared basic mawa mixture as white mixture.
THE GREEN MAWA MIXTURE:-
Take a pan fry pistachio in desi ghee. Add milk, cook till dry and make a fine paste. Keep aside. Now add the prepared green pistachio mixture and the second bowl of prepared mawa mixture and mix thoroughly.
THE KESARIYA MAWA MIXTURE:-
Take a pan fry diced carrot in desi ghee. Add milk, cook till dry and make a fine paste. Keep aside. Now add the prepared kesariya carrot mixture and the third bowl of prepared mawa mixture and mix thoroughly.
TO ASSEMBLE THE BURFI:-
Take a greased tray. Spread the green pistachio mixture first. Evenly spread the second layer of basic mawa mixture on the first layer and press well. Now evenly spread the third layer of kesariya carrot mawa mixture and press well.
TO SERVE:-
Cut the burfi as per you size and serve cold or at room temperature.
About the Chef:
Award-winning Executive Chef Rohit Tokhi brings a special magic to the hotel, with over 19 years of experience crafting mouthwatering food. Chef Rohit was voted the championship winner of a student chef’s competition conducted by the National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology (NCHMCT) in 1996. Ever since then he has continued to demonstrate and develop his culinary skill set. Recipient of the coveted Hotelier India’s Chef of the Year award in 2011, Chef Tokhi was also the winner of the Bacardi Cruise Industry Chef of The Year 2006. At The Leela Ambience Gurgaon Hotel & Residences (formerly The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon), his restaurants Spectra, Rubicon, Diya and Zanotta won the Times Food Guide Awards consecutively in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2007 and 2008, under his culinary guidance, restaurant 360 at The Oberoi New Delhi won the Times Food Award as well.
