Saturday 6 April 2013

Harira

   Just luv the name and even when I am still typing, my mouthwaters to catch an glimpse of my momma's version.  She really  used to prepare an tasty version and serve it with hot poori's...hmm... yum..yum...i miss it a lot :(

   This harira, an milk extracted from poppy seeds/khuskhus is an energizing drink usually suggested for new mothers in order to increase their lactation.  But these are given to kids also, and will be an delightful surprise for aged people since this dont carry as high calories as that of Coconut milk's...

Ingredients required 


  • 1/4 cup khus khus/poppy seeds
  • 7-8 cashewnuts
  • 1 tsp basmati rice
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cardamon powder
  • Water, as needed


Method


Soak khus khus along with cashew, rice for 2 hours.  Grind them along with water.  Filter the extract through an fine muslin cloth to collect the milk.  Repeat the same process till you get third step of filtering.  Now discard the extract




In an pan, add milk with sugar and cardamon powder.  Stir in well in simmer flame till sugar melts.  Then switch off the flame, this should be 1-2 minutes because the extracted milk is too delicate.  More than heating will result in milk separation




Super delecious harira  now ready to be served!!! :)
This can also be eaten with kal dosa or aapam.



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5 comments:

  1. never heard of it maybe we say something else. but looks good specially for kids.

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  2. never heard of this, is this like a beverage?

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  3. healthy recipe...
    Thanks for linking with my event “Foodabulous Fest –April Month Series”

    Please link back to "simply tadka" also otherwise recipe will not be considered.

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  4. Dear all,

    Harira is from Maharashtra cuisine and is served with hot pooris.. They also have the tendency to refresh ur body, hence can be had as an drink in summmer. You can also serve this with dosa, aapam since this taste imitates thenga paal ie coconut milk

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