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Meethe Chawal - A traditional Punjabi Dessert! This dish is usually enjoyed during festivals like Basant panchami, served on auspicious occasions like marriage, first anniversary, first birthday, first milestones of a child and also for religious functions. Long grained, highly aromatic Basmati rice and sugar syrup are the key ingredients of this dish. A saffron colored dish, it is usually served flavored with cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon and kesar. Dry fruits like pistachios, almonds, walnuts, cashews & raisins are added to enhance the flavor of this awesome recipe.  I remember this as one of the most loved dishes of our household when I was a child. I still love this as much! Here's Meethe Chawal - Sweet Saffron Rice for you! Ingredients: Basmati Rice (soaked & washed): 2 cups Cumin Seeds (Jeera) : 1 tsp Fennel Seeds (Saunf) : 1 tsp Cloves : 7 Green Cardamom : 4 Black Cardamom : 1 Cinnamon stick : 1 Kesar : A Pinch (mixed with 2 spoons water) Su

Hello People! Been away for a while.. Was stuck with the  motherly activities & office work.  Well, none of that can take away my love for cooking, which serves as an ultimate stress buster for me :-) So this time I'm sharing with you the recipe for a Baby friendly Banana wheat cake . My little one loves cakes, so much so, that every time we cut one - she starts singing the 'Happy birthday to you' song! But when we bake for these little munchies, we have to be sure of ingredients - for me it was strictly no sugar & no baking flour(maida). Now bananas are ideal for babies. Some health benefits of bananas include easy on stomach, controls diarrhea, treats constipation, helps reduce skin inflammation and improves urinary disorders.  Here goes the recipe! Ingredients: (The measuring cup is a standard mini bowl size) Wheat flour : 1 measuring cup Oats flour : 2 tsp Canola Oil/ Unsalted butter : 1/2 measuring cup Baking Powder : 1 tsp Eggs : 2 Milk : 4 t