Monday, May 17, 2010

MANGO MADNESS, AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND MORRRRE AWARDS!!!

So I am back with an announcement, which is, that I need the help of my fellow bloggers!! I will not be able to feed my blog with regular posts for the next month or so...(courtesy...a financial analysis exam that is approaching at breakneck speed and I will find it difficult to find time to devote to my beloved blog) That is where, I hope my fellow bloggers will step in to save my blog for the next month...I would like to request my friendly neighborhood bloggers to help me feed my blog with their valuable guest - posts...so I will be approaching you all with requests for precious inputs in the form of guest-blog posts while I am away with my nose buried between huge volumes on finance!

Now that announcement is done, here is another recipe for a delicious dessert bar, sweetened by the use of delectable mango pulp...I have been scouring the web looking for good recipes for this kind of Kalakhand...I saw some good recipes for quick-prep kalakhand on vahrevah.com and even on some wonderful food blogs I regularly  read like Priya's Easy n Tasty Recipes...I tweaked these recipes according to my liking, used evaporated milk and almond meal in place of ricotta cheese and added some mango pulp and I am posting that recipe below. The most wonderful part of this recipe is that, it is ready in  about 10 minutes including prep-time...Yay!!! Truly wonderful (and light???) dessert!!
Recipe for Quick N Easy Mango Dessert Bar(Mango kalakhand)
Prep/cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 15 to 18 pieces according to size of bar
Ingredients:
1 cup mango pulp
1 cup evaporated milk(low-fat)
1 cup non-fat milk powder
1/2 cup almond meal(almonds ground into cornmeal consistency)
few saffron strands
1 tsp cardamom powder
few slices of pistachio/almonds for garnish

Method:
Spray a microwaveable wide dish with cooking spray(to prevent the mixture from sticking) and add all the ingredients one-by-one to the dish(except for nuts which are for final garnish)...mix well till combined. The mixture should be semi-solid, if it seems to liquidy(if that is a word!), you can either add more almond flour or milk powder.

Microwave on medium-high or high power for 2 minutes initially and then take out of the microwave and stir...place the dish back in the microwave and microwave for 2 minute intervals...it took a total of 8 to 10 minutes in my microwave.

When the mixture starts to firm up and becomes puffy towards the center of the bowl...add the nuts for garnish and set aside till the dessert looks firm enough to cut into pieces and serve(takes a few minutes at room temperature)
Serve warm or chilled or at room temperature...by itself or with a little vanilla icecream on the side...heavenly!!!

I would like to leave you with some more Awards that I recently received from my fantastic blogger friends...Thanks, Nithu for the Tag Award! Thanks, Cool Lassie for the Honest Scrap Award!!! Thanks to the wonderful team from Yummy-O-Yummy, Nayna of Simply.Food, Jyoti of PanchPakwan for the Sunshine Award!
I would like to offer these awards to all my blogger friends...please feel free to accept these awards!
                                                     

Also, here are pictures of five of my favorite posts...which I am posting as per the rules of the awards I received previously!







36 comments:

  1. Yumm!!!mango kalakand looks truly irresistible and beautiful..congrats on ur awards Meena..

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  2. Congratulations on ur well deserved awards :-)

    kalakand looks perfect and delicious dear...
    Adding mango pulp sounds interesting.

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  3. Mango bars looks awesome, what a nice recipe, sure to try this one....and congrats on all your awards meena

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  4. Congrats on all your awards Meena. These mango bars looks irresistible ....I wish I could have them now :-)

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  5. The Mango Kalakhand is looking awesome! Bookmarking it. Good luck with the exams! Congrats on ur awards!

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  6. mango kalkand looks so delicious yarr..Very simple and easy one..
    Congrats on ur awards..loved al ur favorite dishes..looks so delicious the best i liked is the indianized pizza.

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  7. kalakand in 109 mins..wonderful..

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  8. Mango kalkand is new to me and what a idea....looks delicious..all the best with ur exams dear...Congrats on ur awards

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  9. Thats a great idea :)
    Mango kalkhand looks awesome!!!

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  10. Mango kalkand looks really nice, congrats on your awards.

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  11. mango bars looks soooo tempting and perfect.. nice clicks too.. congrats on ur awards.. thanks for sharing!!

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  12. Lovely and delicious kalkhand..Congrats on your awards and good luck with your exams!!

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  13. Hey Meena,

    MAngo kalakand looks so nice...Any body would immediately want to try it...vert temting and really the mango fans would go crazy

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  14. congrats on ur awsrds and all the best for ur exams...tha kalakand looks droolworthy..bful colr

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  15. Congrats on your awards!!! mango bar looks delectable and splendid. Yummy!!!!

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    Shriya

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  16. Very delicious and colorful bar Meena...looks awesome...all the best with your exam :)

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  17. Kalakand simply looks divine. Congrats on your awards and good luck on your exams :)

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  18. congrats on ur award.the mango kalakand is new to me and looks very delicious

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  19. I wish you the best of luck on your CFA exam!!!

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  20. Congrats on ur awards dear,,mango dessert looks colourful n the ingredients sounds great dear,,sure it will taste good.

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  21. All the best for the prep.Mango kalakhand is so elegant .Congrats on the awards.

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  22. That looks beautiful...never tasted this, but I'm sure it must be delicious...congrats on all your awards !!

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  23. Congratulations on your awards! The bar sounds healthy and delicious.

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  24. Congratulations , Mango kalakand sounds yummy

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  25. Hi Meena
    Congrats on your awards and mango bars looks awesome!!

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  26. Lovely mango bar. I have a cup of mango pulp lying in my freezer. You just gave me a good recipe to use it up. Thanks for sharing. Congrats on your awards.

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  27. congrats on your awards and all the best for your exams... btw mango kalakand looks yummy

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  28. Mango is wondeful flavor for kalakand. Congrats on ur awards!

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  29. Wow! Sounds really great! looks very delicious and nice idea!and enjoy ur awards!

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  30. Awesome!awesome!awesome!
    Sounds so easy!

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  31. Congrats for your awards dear..Kalakhand looks yummy..never tasted this..thanks for sharing.

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  32. Hi Meena, hru doing? Bz with exam??? All the best!

    Hey, mango looks yumm! :)

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