Navratri is a festival of decoration, lights, happiness, joy, and obviously, foods. And when you think of special foods during Navratri, sweets and desserts will take an important place. In India, where a sizable chunk of population is vegetarian, and festivals such as Diwali and Navratri involve vegetarian cooking, having eggless versions of signature desserts are important.
Here are the recipes you can make at home this Navratri:
Strawberry & Basil Fruit Jelly (Pâte de Fruit)
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Ingredients (in gram)
Stawberry puree 318
Basil 10
Water 50
Granulated sugar 33.75
Pectin 10
Glucose 63.75
Granulated sugar 300
Citric acid solution 3
Procedure:
Slice the basil and infuse with warm strawberry puree together, then add in the mixture of pectin-sugar and stir nicely and strain it.
After mixing up everything, add in glucose and granulated sugar, and bring the mixture to 107˚C.
Remove from fire and add in the citric acid solution.
Set in the frame or silicon mould.
Once set, sprinkle sugar on it.
Mango Baked Yoghurt
Ingredients (in gram)
Hung curd 200
Sweetened condensed milk 125
Fresh cream 175
Alphonso Mango 1 number
White chocolate 50
Mango pulp 100
Pistachio flakes 10
Fresh mint for garnish
Procedure
Cut the mango in small cubes and mix with a little mango pulp.
Add in heat-proof glasses as base and keep it aside.
Mix the yoghurt and add condensed milk and cream. Pour this mixture in glasses.
Bake at 150-degree C for 10-12 minutes
Cool it down in the refrigerator for two hours.
Garnish with mango pulp, white chocolate flakes, pistachio and fresh mint.
Chocolate & Walnut Cookies
Ingredients (in gram)
Cookies (45), 50 gram each
Butter 300
Brown sugar 300
Castor sugar 125
Salt 5
Water 80
Wheat flour 80
Baking powder 10
Vanilla extract 8
Milk chocolate 250
Dark chocolate 250
Walnuts 250
Procedure:
Take a saucepan and add coconut sugar, brown sugar, salt and water.
Mix wheat flour and baking powder.
Knead margarine, the sugars of the saucepan, flour mix and vanilla extract in a bowl for three minutes.
Chop chocolates and walnuts and mix with the dough. Bake at 190 for 10 minutes. Let it cool.