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Coconut Fudge  What mithai to make on occasion of Narali Poornima. I was having fresh coconut, so thought of making naralachi barfi! I have made coconut laddoos before with desiccated coconut they taste good but I am somehow skeptical, I can’t eat more than two laddoos so this time I am making Barfis out of freshly scraped coconut!  I have made this before as well but today’s proportion was super fantastic so saving it here! Ingredients  1cup coconut ( I removed brown part and run in mixie without adding any water, it was super fine like I’ve scraped out of scrapper) 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup sugar  1 teaspoon cardamom powder  1 teaspoon ghee  A drop of red food colour  How to make this recipe   In a non stick pan, on medium flame. I added scraped coconut, milk and sugar and cooked this mixture stirring continuously till it thickens into solid paste, once done I added ghee and stirred nicely  Switched off the flame, added cardamom powder Divided t...

                                           Maharashtrian Zunka Zunka Ki Pitla? Both are my favourite and both taste very different. Although the cooking process is very much alike. Zunka is a spicy dry version whereas Pitla has a runny consistency, little less spicy, yet super flavourful! Today I am sharing a simple zunka recipe.    Ingredients  1 cup gram flour 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon mustard seeds  5-6 curry leaves 4-5 cloves of garlic - finely chopped  A pinch of hing 1 big finely chopped onion  1/2 medium-size tomato shouldn't be soggy- firm tomato 1 tablespoon Kashmiri red chilli powder  1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder  2 tablespoon oil  Chopped coriander leaves  Salt as per taste    1 Cup Hot water             How to make the recipe In a pan, heat oil, splutter mustard and cumi...