Healthy Recipes- Spread happiness with these scrumptious Diwali delicacies by Gopal Jha, Executive Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach

Diwali recipes: Chef Gopal Jha, Executive Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach

1. Quinoa Phirni

Ingredients:

· Quinoa: 1 cup

· Hot water: 1 cup

· Dates: ¼ cup

· Cardamom powder: 1 teaspoon

· Skimmed milk: 2 cup

· Almond powder: 1 cup

· Ghee: ½ tablespoon

· Saffron strands: ¼ teaspoon

· Sliver almonds and pistachio: 2 pieces each

· Blueberries: 5-6 pieces

Method:

· Heat ghee on a saucepan

· Once the ghee becomes warm add quinoa to it. Roast the quinoa till it becomes light brown add one cup hot water and brings it to boil

· Once the water is reduced to half, add 2 cups of hot milk in it and add saffron strands to it

· Let the quinoa and milk mixture come to boil reduce the flame let it simmer for 7 to 8 minutes till perfectly cooked

· Add dates, almond powder and cardamom powder stir well and cook

· Serve hot or cold, garnish with nuts and blueberries

2. Multigrain Laddoos

Ingredients:

· Multigrain flour: 2 cups

· Jaggery: ¼ cup

· Desi Ghee: 1 tbsp

· Cardamom: 2 pcs

· Roasted almond: 4 pcs

Method:

· Heat the ghee, fry the multigrain flour till it gets golden brown, set aside to cool

· Melt the jaggery in ¼ cup of water, once the jaggery melts add the roasted multigrain mix in it with cardamom. There should be no lumps. Add the nuts

· Grease the hand with the ghee and make the ball when the mixture is warm.

· Rest till cool

3. Apple Basundi

Ingredients:

· Milk: 500 ml

· Saffron: 7 Strand

· Cardamom powder: ¼ tsp

· Freshly grated apple: 1 cup

· Chia seed: 1 tsp

· Jaggery: 5 gms

· Lime juice: ½ tsp

· Almond: 2 pcs

Method:

· Bring the milk to boil, reduce the heat cook it on a lower flame for 1hrs

· Melt the jaggery then again cook the milk for 25 min till the milk thicken like Rabdi

· Add the cardamom power and cooked grated apple and chia seed in the thickened milk.

· Served chilled garnish it with