Apple Muramba / Jam

When there is season of good apples, you can get lots of apples  and

make apple muramba (Jam) . Kids also love it.

Ingredients -

• 2 Apples 
• Sugar
• Cardamom powder / crushed
• Saffron

Method - Wash and peel the apples.

Peeled Apples

         Grate the peeled apples.

Grated Apple

         Add grated apples in a hot pan. Take same amount of sugar as grated 

         apple. For example if you have 2 cups of grated apples then take 

         2 cups of sugar.
         Add sugar to apple and let them cook till sugar water becomes one

         threaded.

Apple and Sugar Boiling

         Add cardamom powder and saffron.

Apple Muramba

         Keep Apple Muramba in a air tight container and refrigerate for months.
         Apple muramba can be spread with bread or rotis.

Note - You can make murmba like this with raw / unripe mango also.

Opo ( Doodhi ) Halwa

Kids love sweets but white sugar is not good for kids. So one day I had an idea

why not to  make the doodhi or carrot halwa with jaggery ( Gudh ) instead of white sugar. It tastes very good. Opo also goes by the name of calabash or bottle gourd. In Chinese it's called hulu or huzi.

Ingredients -

• Opo ( Doodhi )  
• Jaggery 
• Milk
• Cardamom powder
• Ghee 
• Dry fruits ( Raisins , Cashew nuts , Almonds)

Method - Grate the Opo ( Doodhi ).

Grated Opo ( Doodhi )

               Put little ghee in a hot pan. Add grated Opo ( doodhi ) in a pan. 

               Saute doodhi for few minutes till it becomes dry. Add some milk just 

               enough to mix doodhi in it. Cook for few minutes. Add jaggery, 

               cardamom powder and dry fruits into it and cook till it becomes 

               thick .

Opo Halwa ( Doodhi )