Khirapat is a prasa/ nevedyam Since Ganesh Puja and navratri is round the corner so i'm sharing a simple recipe to make it. Ingredients: 3/4 cup grated dry coconut  1 tbsp Poppy seeds 150 gram Rock sugar 1/4 tsp cardamom powder   6 to 7 dried dates ( to taste) 8 to 10 Almonds M ethod: 1) Grate dry coconut and then d ry roast grated coconut over medium-low heat until color changes to golden. 2) Grind almonds to fine powder and dry roast it in same kadhai of coconut. 3) Dry roast Poppy seeds over low heat for one or two minutes. pound in khalbatta (mortar n pestle) 4) Do not roast for longer otherwise it could get burn. 5) Grind sugar in mixer or else grind in mortar pestle.  6) Now mix all coconut, dry powder of almonds and dates, sugar, little cardamom powder and here you go....Khirapat is ready. This naivedyam can be offered on any festive occassion.

Well thats my version of chocolate nutties. Ingredients: Dark chocolate - half slab Milkmaid - 3/4th tin Butter - 75gms Marie biscuits - 4-5 chocolate essence vanilla essence walnuts, pistachios, raisins Method: Melt chocolate on double boiler or microwave on 60%power Add melted butter & mix together and stir until smooth. Keep stirring, add maries biscuits by crushing them. Add pistachios, raisins & walnuts. Mix quickly Cook and stir constantly until mixture is thick, smooth and glossy, about 4-5 minutes Add essence Finally pour it in muffin cups or a tray and let it cool Cover; refrigerate 3 to 4 hours or until firm. You will have About 2-1/2 dozen candies.

Coriander is my weakness and keeping it fresh for longer is a challenge....so here i share a secret tip shared by my mom to keep the garnishing green for longer... After bringing coriander home clean it, if its too much soiled with mud then give it a clean wash now its wet....so what to do....    Yes now cover it up in a clean muslin cloth you can use an old saree or dupatta piece and then put it in dryer of your washing machine.... YES you heard it right...put the cloth with coriander in dryer and move it for say a minute and voilla the coriander is dry and clean so its basically dry-cleaned... now clean it further as per your requirement and again take separate similar piece of cloth and fold coriander in it and put it in an air tight box/ tumbler and there its ready to stay in fridge/ refrigerator with longer freshness intact inside...for the lovely green to garnish your dishes....

Ingredients Urad daal - 1 cup Oil for frying Salt to taste Wheat flour/ Maida - 2cup Kalaunji seeds - 1 tsp Water for making dough Dry fresh spice powder Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp Jeera  - 1 tbsp Fennel/ saunf  - 1 tbsp Red chilly - 4 long chillies Black pepper/ kali mirch - 4-5 pieces Roast all and then ground to powder Method grind urad daal in mixer Take a pan and pour 2 tbsp oil/ ghee and fry urad dal paste in it. Add spice powder and salt to taste. Let this urad mixture cool and then form small balls for stuffing in pooris In separate bowl take maida, lil oil(moyan) kalaunji and salt and make dough by adding water. Keep the dough tight as it helps in getting filler pooris. Now take  small of stuffing urad dal mixture and put it in maida dough and wrap it in maida dough. with help of rolling pin roll out small pooris. Now roast pooris on tava as this helps in easy frying later on and pooris become more crisp. Fry poori before serving. Hot urad daal poori is ready. Can ...

Ingredients Panner/ potatocut to 1 inch pieces approx 20 pieces Salt to taste Lemon juice -  2 tbsp Wheat flour/ Maida - 1 cup Milk/ Egg - 1cup/ 2 nos. Coriander finely chopped - 2 tbsp Honey 2 tbsp Chilliflakes - 1/2 tsp crushed cornflakes 3 tbsp (for crispness) Method Marinate pieces in sal and lemon for 10 mins and then dip in mixture of flour, milk, and taste ingrtedients. Deep fry and its ready to eat.

Ingredients 300 gm cooking/ compound chocolate               (take milk chocolate and dark chocolate both in equal quantities) wafers any flavour Method Melt cooking/ compound chocolate in double boiler or in microwave on 50% power of heat Smoothen and even the hot chocolate on a smooth surface. Its called tempering. now dip the wafer in this melted chocolate and put them carefully on a tray and let them cool. else puut them in fridger for 10 mins. wafers are ready to consume.

dark compound chocolate - 2 cups whipped cream  - 1/2cup Marie biscuits 1.5 cup Melted butter - 1 cup Powdered sugar - 1 cup or as per taste Melt chocolate in double boiler ( hot water then put tumbler in it with dark chocolate cubes) Take a pie dish (borosil or square one) spread marie biscuit roughly grounded (not finely crushed) pour melted butter mixed with powdered sugar on it. spread evenly in pie dish on base. Now spread whipped cream mixed with dark melted chocolate as final layer in pie dish. Let it freeze and garnish with chocolate scrapes or cut fruits or dry fruits.