Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Namaste, I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest in April. I have always wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle with Indian cooking recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets. I have been trying to practice and I'm getting discouraged. I know I have eaten some yummy prasad over the years but I am unable to locate the recipes or recreate them. My latest experiment was sweet rice. I found a recipe online. The result was WAY too sweet and the rice wasn't done. Normally I cook my rice in a rice cooker, so I probably just need to practice that part. Also the recipe called for cashews and raisins fried in ghee and I shouldn't have bought already roasted cashews, but anyway they all were overdone and tasted burnt. I'm open to suggestions. Please keep in mind that I'm a U.S. citizen and I don't always understand the ingredient list in Indian recipes. Thank you for any help you can offer. Blessings, pr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I emailed a friend with your query; here's her wheat-free suggestion (note for those with allergies: powdered sugar contains a little cornstarch.) The comments and terminology notes are hers. Annabelle's Ladoo recipe 1 cup Besan [chickpea flour] cooked slowly on low heat in 1 stick of butter in a fry pan. I like to use my cast-iron skillet. It can take about ½ hour. You know you are done when you've reach a golden brown and the consistency changes. It's important that the flour is cooked well. You can also add in ½ cup of chopped nuts. Walnuts or pecans work great. Turn out into a large bowl and add a cup of powdered sugar and mix thoroughly. Set aside to cool, then hand roll into bite-size balls. They can then be rolled in powdered sugar or finely chopped nuts or coconut. Just remember not to taste anything; if in doubt about the seasoning, you can take a little spoonful into another room and make an offering [...] (simply by closing one's eyes and asking Him/Her to accept and let you know if it needs anything). [....] I always clean the kitchen before cooking even taking a shower before I take out any preparations I'll be needing. BTW, it isn't Prasad/prasadam until after it is offered. Unoffered food items are referred to as Bhoga. , " prainbow61 " <paulie- rainbow wrote: > > Namaste, > > I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest in April. I have always > wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle with Indian cooking > recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Couple of online Indian receipe sites http://food.sify.com/ http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/ Alphabetic spice index (to know the English names): http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/spice_large.html#init_S This is a simple thing to do. All one has to know is how to boil stuff!! Even I can make it! ;-) If you are familiar with the rice cooker, cook the rice in milk and use it in the next step. ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Namaste G! These are great recipe sites! Thank you for your help. I'd love it if DB or any of my SS friends could be there. If you were my local Sadhana group I'd be begging. Alas we are close in our hearts and our keyboards. I'll let you know how things are going. Bless you, too! pr , " ganpra " <ganpra wrote: > > Couple of online Indian receipe sites > > http://food.sify.com/ > > http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/ > > Alphabetic spice index (to know the English names): > http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/spice_large.html#init_S > > This is a simple thing to do. All one has to know is how to boil > stuff!! Even I can make it! ;-) > > If you are familiar with the rice cooker, cook the rice in milk and > use it in the next step. ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Wow, this looks yummy! I've always wanted to make Ladoo, now I'll have to wait until I have 1/2 hour of patience. Not very easy for me! I can't wait to try this out. Thank you so much for coming up with this for me. Namaste, pr , " msbauju " <msbauju wrote: > > I emailed a friend with your query; here's her > wheat-free suggestion (note for those with allergies: > powdered sugar contains a little cornstarch.) > The comments and terminology notes are hers. > > Annabelle's Ladoo recipe > > 1 cup Besan [chickpea flour] cooked slowly on low heat > in 1 stick of butter in a fry pan. > I like to use my cast-iron skillet. > It can take about ½ hour. You know you are done > when you've reach a golden brown and the consistency changes. > It's important that the flour is cooked well. > You can also add in ½ cup of chopped nuts. > Walnuts or pecans work great. > > Turn out into a large bowl and add a cup of > powdered sugar and mix thoroughly. > Set aside to cool, then hand roll > into bite-size balls. They can then be > rolled in powdered sugar or finely > chopped nuts or coconut. > > Just remember not to taste anything; > if in doubt about the seasoning, > you can take a little spoonful into > another room and make an offering > [...] (simply by closing one's eyes > and asking Him/Her to accept and > let you know if it needs anything). > [....] I always clean the kitchen before > cooking even taking a shower before > I take out any preparations I'll > be needing. > > BTW, it isn't Prasad/prasadam until > after it is offered. Unoffered food > items are referred to as Bhoga. > > > , " prainbow61 " <paulie- > rainbow@> wrote: > > > > Namaste, > > > > I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest > in April. I have always > > wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle > with Indian cooking > > recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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