INDIAN SWEETS...

Timeless traditional dishes…yummy kohadyache bonda.
                       



It has been festive time for last few months in Maharashtra.first after the month of saawan came Ganpati.festivites bring joys, warmth and along with them traditional sweets. Last week my hubby dear remembered one of his favorite childhood dishes –kohadyache bonda.Yes, they are my favorites too. I remember when my mom used to make them, I along with my elder brother used to finish them so fast.


This sweet preparation is specially made on the occasion of POLA festival with pumpkin (kohada).and thus it has a rustic touch and extremely traditional one. Since hubby dear reminded me of it I could not wait to make them. I called up my mom and asked her the recipie over phone and gave it a try. The end product did not my mom’s bonda but yes hubby loved it and it tasted too good to resist. So if you are waiting to try some authentic Indian sweet go for bonda..You will find it some what like doughnuts but without eggs and of course without a hole in it. So here’s the recipe for you.


Ingredients:
1) Pumpkin 250gms.


2) Whole wheat flour(atta)2 cups


3) Sugar 250 gms(you can change the amount according to your taste)


4)green cardamom 2-3 cloves powdered


5) khus- khus 1 tspn


6) A pinch of salt


7) Oil for deep frying


Method:


1) Peel and chop the pumpkin into small cubes.


2) Cook the chopped pumpkin without adding water in a pressure cooker. you can also cook the pumpkin without pressure cooker by adding very little water to it and covering it on low flame.


3) After being cooked quite soft, add sugar to it and keep on low flame. Sugar leaves the water of pumpkin. Keep stirring and cooking until all the water evaporates and tit become sticky paste. there should be no lumps of pumpkin in it.


4) Let the above mixture cool. Add cardamom powder and khus-khus to it.


5) Prepare a sticky dough of whole-wheat flour (atta) by adding water and pinch of salt.


6) Now take a little portion of pumpkin mixture and add little portion of the dough to it. You have to mix both of them get to a smooth consistency by using your hands. Both the mixture and dough should get mix into each other evenly.


7) Mix all the dough and mixture with the above process. A sticky consistency will be achieved. This part is most tricky as they should intermingle to form a sticky paste.


8) Now heat the oil in a wok and drop small balls of the above paste in it. Deep fry them till they turn quite deep golden brown. Deep frying should be done on medium and low flame as they should be cooked from inside very well.


9) Let the bondas cool and serve.




  ps: i wanted to add the pictures but some how the images were not uploading,i will post them as soon as it works.