Foxnut-apple pudding ( apple-makhana kheer)

Ingredients
apple, peeled, grated 1 cup
jaggery pdr/ pieces  1 cup
milk 1 litre
makhana / fox-nut  1 cup 
ghee 1 tbsp
nuts  1 tbsp
cardamom pdr  1/2 tsp

Method
heat ghee, roast makhana till crisp and light brown, remove, cool and powder finely
in the same pan, add apple, keep frying for 5 minutes, add gur, cook till gur has melted and become think, remove, cool
in the same pan, add nuts, roast well, add milk, let it boil, simmer, add pdr. makhana, mix well, once it thickens, add cardamom pdr., remove, add apple-gur mixture, mix well, can be served hot/ cold, topping with some chopped nuts.


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MASALA( lotus seeds) MUSHROOM

INGREDIENTS

 roasted makhana  1/2 cup
mushrooms  8-9
jeera  1 tsp
onion  1 cup finely chopped
chilli pdr.  1/2- 1 tsp
chilli-ginger paste  1 tsp
turmeric pdr.  1/4 tsp
curd   4 tbsp
oil  2 tbsp
salt to taste

METHOD
in little oil, fry makhanas till light brown, soak in water to soften
in a pan boil some water, then add mushrooms whole, cover the pan and keep aside
in the same pan in which makhana was roasted, add oil, jeera, once it crackles, add onion, fry well, add the masala powders, fry well, add 1/4 cup water, for it to cook well, add curd, then drain the mushrooms, makhanas add along with salt to the pan, mix well, cover and cook for 10 minutes
serve hot with roti/ rice after garnishing with finely chopped coriander leaves.



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Lotus seed ( Makhaney) kheer( payasam)

Ingredients

Makhana 2 cups         ghee 1 tbsp        milk 5 cups     sugar ½ cup     chopped nuts 50 gm

Cardamom pdr ½ tsp       saffron few strands         

Method

Boil the milk & reduce to 1/3^rd of its quantity. Add sugar & cardamom pdr. Fry the makhana & uts in ghee ( clarified butter) & keep aside on a butter sheet.

Coarsely crush the makhana & nuts ( separately) & add to the reduced milk.

Add a few strands of saffron & garnish with nuts. Serve chilled.

Benefits of (makhana)  lotus seeds

The seeds are a good source of protein, starch, fibre, fat & traces of calcium, magnesium, zinc & iron. It has astringent properties & benefits the spleen & heart.

People with constipation should not consume these seeds