Couscous Payesh

couscous payesh

Preparation Time : 3-4 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients :

• Couscous : 1/2 cup
• Whole milk : 500 gm
• Tejpata / Bay leaf : 2 medium
• Sugar : 6 tbsp (You can add more or less as per your taste)
• Cardamom : 4 crushed
• Cashew nuts :4-5 broken
• Raisins : 5-6 

Procedure :

1) In a pan boil milk for 15 minutes in high heat and stir continously, otherwise
    milk will overflow.

2) Now add bay leaf and boil for another few minutes till sweets aroma comes
    out.

3) Now add couscous to the milk.Boil for 5 minutes.

4) Add Sugar ,mix it well and cook for another 5-10 minutes.Stir continously

5) In the mean time add crushed cardamom.Turn off the heat.

    Put it in a bowl and let it cool and garnish it with cashew nuts and raisins.

    Serve chilled.

Potol Posto / Parwal with Poppy Seeds

potol posto

Preparation Time : 10 -15 minutes
Cooking Time : 15- 20 minutes
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

• Parwal/ Potol: 15-20 gm
• posto/poppy seeds paste: 5-6 tbsp
• green chilies:2-3 cut length wise
• mustard oil/ vegetable oil: 2-3 tbsp
• kalonji/ kalo jeera : 1 tsp
• tumeric powder:1/4 tsp
• salt to taste
• sugar:1/2 tsp

           

Procedure:

1. Soak posto (Poppy seed) in water for about 30 minutes. Remove and grind
    it into a fine paste.You can also dry grind poppy seeds in a spice and coffee
   grinder . Then you make smooth paste with water.

2. Wash potol and cut them length wise .

3. Heat oil in a pan , add kalonji / kalo jeera seeds and green chilies. let them
    splutter.

4. Now add potol pieces and add salt and turmeric powder. Cook them for
    8-10 minutes so that it becomes  tender.

5. Then add poppy paste and mix them well. Fry them in medium heat until
    the oil get seperated from the mixture.

6. Now add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.Sprinkle little water if required. Cook for
    3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat, put it in a serving dish.

Serve hot with steam rice.