Sunday, August 29, 2021

Ninav : The nameless dessert

Ninav is a traditional Maharashtrian dessert (well, to make it even narrower, a traditional CKP dessert), made on the day which is called the Data (no not as in data collection). The name ninav literally means no name. The recipe here is not our family recipe, which I only know how to eat. This is a low cal version of a you tube high cal version. It's been modified to use the microwave and hence takes 20 minutes from start to finish. Take besan (gram flour) and wheat flour or maida in the ratio 2:1. Roast with some ghee till golden, or if microwave till golden and redolent of ghee and roasting. Add sugar/brown sugar/jaggery to taste. Add coconut milk (tetra pack or home made) to half the measure you used for the maida. Mix with milk till the whole mixture acquires the consistency of cake batter. Add caradamom powder, nutmeg powder, and optionally, saffron and dry fruit. Pour into a greased pan and microwave for 2 minutes, or till a knife comes out clean. That's it. Enjoy.

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