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On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, along with tying Rakhi, there is also a ritual of feeding sweets to the brother, although most people buy sweets from the market but there are some sweets that you can make at home. You can prepare for your brother. This time Raksha Bandhan will be celebrated on 19th August. In such a situation, if Sunday is a day before, then you can easily make these vegetable sweets on the weekend.
One advantage of vegetable sweets is that they also provide some nutrition and if you make them at home, you can maintain hygiene from health point of view and you can also decide the amount of sugar in the sweets yourself.
What desserts are made from vegetables?
Among vegetable sweets, parwal and khoya sweets are very popular, apart from this bottle gourd barfi is also very tasty. Agra's famous petha is also made from white pumpkin. For now, you can make parwal and jaggery sweets at home for Rakhi as it does not take much time.
Among vegetable sweets, parwal and khoya sweets are very popular, apart from this bottle gourd barfi is also very tasty. Agra's famous petha is also made from white pumpkin. At present, you can make parwal and jaggery sweets at home for Rakhi as it does not take much time.
Ingredients of Moti Mithai
If you want to make Parwal sweet, then you will need Parwal (vegetable), milk khoya (you can also buy khoya from the market), pistachio, cashew, almond, raisins, green cardamom, sugar (to make syrup).
Make Moti ki mithai like this
First of all wash and peel the parwal and cut it from the middle and remove the seeds and hollow it. – Now put the parwal to boil in water and after it is cooked about 70 percent, turn off the gas and take out the parwal in a sieve and drain the water.
– Put equal amounts of water and sugar on the gas and let the syrup be ready. – Add cardamom powder and a little green colour to it. – After making the syrup, add parwal to it and cook for a few minutes and turn off the gas and keep the parwal immersed in the syrup for four to five hours.
Prepare the puran by adding finely chopped dry fruits to the khoya and take out the parwal from the syrup and fill it with khoya one by one. After this, your parwal is ready to be served garnished with sweet pistachios.
Ingredients for Lauki Barfi
The most important ingredients for making barfi are gol and khoya. Along with this, you will need cardamom powder, cashews, almonds, watermelon seeds, sugar (for syrup).
Make jaggery barfi like this
– First grate the jaggery, add ghee in a pan and cook on low flame while stirring occasionally so that the jaggery does not burn. – On the other hand, add khoya in the pan and fry it on low flame while stirring continuously until it turns golden.
When both things are ready, keep them aside. – Make two-string syrup as per requirement in a pan. – Add cardamom powder to it. – When the syrup is ready, turn off the gas, add jaggery, khoya and dry fruits to it and spread it on a plate coated with ghee. – After a while, when the barfi solidifies, cut it into square pieces and decorate each one with a cashew nut and serve.