Pure Veg Recipes from ManeThindi!

 Vermicelli or Semiya kheer is a quick and delicious sweet  to make for your parties or festivals ! Ingredients: MTR semiya - 1 cup Milk - 3 cups Sugar - 1 cup Milk maid or condensed milk - 4 tbsp Ghee - 1 tbsp Cashews/raisins for garnishing  How to Make: Video Recipe Dry roast the semiya/vermicelli in low heat for about 4 -5 mins(make sure not to burn it) Add Milk and keep stirring continuously so that the milk does not get burnt and all the semiya gets cooked well for about 5 minutes Once the semiya is cooked well, add in the sugar and milkmaid and stir well Now take a pan..add ghee and roast Cashews and Raisins and add them to the kheer Mix well and Serve them either hot or chilled as per your desire!

Poppy seeds kheer /Gasagase payasa is a karnataka special prepared during the festivals. Ingredients: 3-4 tsp Poppy seeds 1 tsp White Rice, uncooked 1/2 cup shredded copra(dry coconut) 1/2 cup shredded coconut 1 cup Milk or even milk powder can be used 1/2 tsp Elaichi, powdered 4-5 strands of Saffron  8-10 Cashews 8-10 Almonds 50 gms Jaggery How to Make: Fry poppy seeds and rice until they turn crisp and lightly change their color. Finely powder the roasted poppy seeds and rice in a mixer without adding any water. Add  grated coconut, dry copra, some water and grind it to a  smooth paste. Boil Jaggery separately in about 3 cups of water.Now transfer the ground contents and boil again for 6-10 minutes.Strain the residue if any. Add powdered elaichi. Add warm milk with saffron and mix well. Season with dry grapes and ghee. Serve hot and enjoy! Preparation Time: About 45 mins