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Summer is the season of jackfruits in my native. Many households will be busy preparing different dishes and preservable foods from jackfruit during jackfruit season. Apart from papad and chips, my mum and aunts will make sun-dried raw jackfruit pieces. They use them to make different jackfruit dishes whenever they need. Here is the recipe of sun-dried jackfruit pieces for you.. Time required: 3 hours Drying time - 1 week Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Fully grown raw jackfruit - 1 Salt - for taste Method: Cut the raw jackfruit and separate the flesh.  Cut the flesh into medium sized chunks or into desired size. Add salt to taste and mix well. Allow it to rest for 1 - 2 hours. Squeeze off the excess water content and spread them on a plate for drying. Sun-dry the raw jackfruit chunks for upto a week or till the chunks are dry and crisp and there is no moisture left in them. Store the sun-dried chunks in an air-tight container and use them ...

Christmas is already round the corner. Joy of the festival is visible everywhere in the form of lights, decorations and of course, shopping! We just roamed everywhere and did enough shopping. Actually speaking, we won't celebrate Christmas in our home. But we are very much fond of Christmas Fruit Cake / Plum Cake. So, all the preparations are done to prepare the Fruit Cake! Candied Peel is one of the key ingredients for Christmas Fruit Cake. Peel of citrus fruits such as orange, lemon are taken out in order to make the candied peel. Fruit peel will be chopped, boiled, drained and then cooked in sugar syrup to make it delicious. Candied peel and candied fruits are easily available in the market especially during the Christmas time, but I always prefer making them at home.  Here is the easy recipe of making Candied orange peel. Thanks to Suma of Cakes And More for this wonderful recipe!  Preparation time: 1 1/4 hour Cooling time: 1 hour Yield: 30 - 32 pieces o...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ  Paneer or Cottage Cheese is a common ingredient in most of the North Indian side dishes. Also, there are varieties of sweets which calls for Paneer as the primary ingredient. Since Paneer is easily available in super markets and convenience stores, most of the people prefer to buy them instead of preparing it at home. If you have enough time, preparing Paneer at home is not a big deal.  Here is the recipe of Home - made Paneer.. Time required: 30 - 35 minutes Hanging time and refrigeration time: 2 hours Yield : 25 pieces Ingredients: Full cream milk: 1 1/4 liter Half lime A Muslin cloth Method: Heat the milk in a vessel and bring to boil.  Once it starts boiling, add 1 table spoon of lime juice and stir it nicely. Keep it on medium flame and stir regularly. After 1 - 2 minutes, add one more spoon of lime juice. You can see the milk starts curdling slowly.  Add little more lime juice if required. Keep stirring t...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ Khoa or Khoya, also called as Mawa, is a product of milk which is widely used in Indian cuisine. This is prepared by boiling the milk till it gets thick. For preparing Indian sweets like Halwa, Barfi, Pedha, Gulab Jamoon, etc., Khoa is used to make them rich in taste. In India, Khoya is easily available in most of the supermarkets and grocery stores. When I was in Bangalore, I always used the store bought Khoa for my sweets. I had tried preparing Khoa at home sometime back and it was really good. These days, I am making Khoya at home whenever needed. Preparing Khoa at home is not at all difficult. The only thing is it takes lot of time to prepare. Here is the recipe to prepare your Khoa at home.. Time required: 1 hour Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Full cream milk - 1 litre Method: Transfer the milk into a wide pan with thick bottom and bring to boil. I prefer using non-stick pan to avoid milk sticking to the bottom. Keep stirring ...