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Harira for New Mothers : A Healing Postpartum Ayurvedic Broth

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Harira for New Moms A nourishing Ayurvedic tonic for postpartum healing & winter wellness 🧾  Ingredients: Lotus seeds (makhana) - 1 cup (chopped) Coconut (nariyal) - 1/2 cup (grated) Cashew nuts (kaju) - 20 (chopped) Almonds (badam) - 30 (chopped) Raisins (kishmish) - 20 (chopped) Walnuts (akhrot) - 10 (chopped) Gond (Edible gum) - 1/2 cup Pista - 10 Dry dates (chhuhara) - 10 Poppy seeds - 4 tbsp Charoli (chironji) - 1 tsp Jaggery (gud) - 1 cup Desi Ghee - 4 tbsp Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1 tsp Carom seeds (ajwain) - 1 tsp Ginger powder (sonth powder) - 2 tbsp Turmeric powder (haldi powder) - 2 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf) - 1 tbsp Green cardamoms (hari elaichi) - 4 Cloves (laung) - 2 Nutmeg (Jaifal) - 1/8 piece Cinnamon (dalchini) - 1/2 inch piece Method: 🥣 Step 1: Soaking Ingredients 💧 Soak dry dates and poppy seeds (khus khus) separately in water for 2 hours . 🧄 Step 2: Make the Base Paste 🌰 Remove seeds from dry dates and add to a blender. 🌿 Drain poppy seeds a...

Jaggery Foxnut | Gud Ka Makhana | गुड़ के मखाने

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Jaggery Foxnut | Gud Ka Makhana Ingredients: Foxnut (Phool makhana) - 50 gm Jaggery (Gud) - 100 gm Desi Ghee - 2 tbsp Method: 1. Cut jaggery into small pieces 2. Add 2 tbsp water in it and keep aside for 10 minutes 3. Roast makhanas in microwave for 30 seconds and then stir it 4. Repeat the process of roasting in microwave 3 times 5. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the makhanas till light brown and crispy 6. Take them out of the pan and keep aside 7. Now add the jaggery with the water in the pan 8. Keep stirring on high flame till it becomes little thick 9. To check correct thickness, put 2 drops on a spoon and then take the syrup between your index finger and thumb 10. Open the index finger and thumb opposite to each other and if it shows 1 or 2 strings of syrup coming up, your syrup is ready 11. Now add the fried makhanas in this syrup and keep stirring it 12. Keep cooking till all the makhanas are nicely coated with the syrup and the syrup is absorbed 13. Switch...