My favorite season is finally here with longer daylight, beautiful sunshine and pretty flowers! Now, all I ask from the weatherman is not to predict anymore frequent showers, storm or anything that takes away the Spring.
Last week was pretty dull and boring with non-stop rain and cold winds, but what kept me excited was seeing Arvind finalizing the new design for blog. In between all the crazy workload, my sweetheart somehow managed to find time for planning, writing, fixing bugs and creating this new look. I feel SO proud and yes, I know 🙂 I am one lucky girl!
This lucky girl decided to make some thing special for her boy, who has a sweet tooth and can never get tired of eating dessert. Just one treat was not enough to celebrate the new look of the blog and so I made two.. one with lots of lemon in it and the other with lots of carrot in it.
The idea of carrot pistachio truffles is not very different from the gajar halwa that I had made earlier. This time around, I decided to add some roasted ground pistachio at the near end of the cooking process. It absorbed some of the moisture and also added a crunchy bite.
Lemon shortbread bar is adapted from this link. It was in my wish list for a while and what better time to make it than now! I decided to add some slivered almonds for a crispy bite in between.
Both the treats came out flavorful and delicious!
Carrot Pistachio Truffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups finely grated carrots
- 1 tablespoon ghee/butter
- ½ can sweetened condensed milk
- seeds of 4 cardamoms (roughly crushed (or ½ teaspoon cardamom powder))
- ½ cup roasted and finely crushed pistachio (plus some more for garnish)
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat ghee/butter and cook grated carrot in medium heat for about 5 mins.
- Pour the sweetened condensed milk in the pan along with the crushed cardamom and mix them properly.
- Bring down the heat to medium-low and let it cook for 10 mins. Keep stirring in between to avoid it from sticking to the bottom of the pan or getting burnt.
- Once the milk is absorbed, add crushed pistachio and mix.
- Pour the carrot pudding in a bowl and let it cool. Cover it with a plastic wrap and let it rest overnight in the refrigerator.
- Next day, use a melon baller or a spoon to scoop round balls of the carrot pudding and place it on a plate. Let it refrigerate another for 15 minutes.
- Dust some powdered sugar on top of the balls and start shaping it to a round ball. Rub some powdered sugar on your hand to avoid it from sticking to your hand.
- Dust some more powdered sugar on top, sprinkle finely crushed pistachio and serve it.
Notes
Nutrition
Ria Mathew
He's done such a good job with the site, Kankana! Everything looks soooo good! 🙂
Anamika
Lovely fresh look indeed Kankana! And yes your guy surely deserves all the sweet treats for this!
Matt @ RecipeLion
These recipes look great! I would love it if you linked up this post to my springtime recipes blog hop for a chance to win a "Top Chef" cookbook: http://ow.ly/9Lmwj
jeyashrisuresh
wow, just now i saw this truffles in pinterest and they look so tempting .
Tina (PinayInTexas)
Great job on the fresh new look, Kankana! Love it and the treats too!
Soma
Love the look Kankana, just love it. It speaks the spirit of your blog and of course you! So perfect. And I am in love with the stunning photographs. and both the recipes are as delightful! shows how you guys compliment each other ;D xo
Tina@flourtrader
Your banner is a perfect change for the springtime-love it. Nice to pop in here and find not one but two delicious recipes. The lemony cream cheese and the butter shortbread no doubt is a winner-yum! Also, a very creative and tasty blend for those truffles. Have a great day!
Baker Street
I love lemon bars!! These look incredible K!
Your new banner / look is just beautiful.
Priyanka
Great new look. Clean and beautiful
Lizzy (Good Things)
I love the sunny colours of this post. Lovely blog, happy that I found you.
Sneh | Cook Republic
Your blog looks amazing, as if blossoming and sprouting new leaves just in time for Spring 🙂 Love the new design! I am bookmarking the truffles. They look so good!
Spandana
Love the new look. And the pics are as usual great 🙂
chinmayie @ love food eat
Love the makeover! It looks all sunshiny and beautiful 😉
Kulsum at JourneyKit
I always serve gajar halwa in truffle form. They look so much more sexy 🙂 I see you did end up using 1.4f ? hm? And yes you are totally lucky to have the husband do such things for you, its look lovely!
Kankana Saxena
I know!! Thanks for helping me here. I used to click in 1.4 only when am capturing portrait. With food I was not sure. Use to always raise it to 2.0 But now I am loving the 1.4 more 🙂
Lubna Karim
Refreshing makeover..love it....looks clean and great...i think lots of work is still pending...as i can't see the menu, recipes, home etc. Love the recipes....tempting clicks too.....
Kankana Saxena
Hi Lubna,
Thanks for dropping by 🙂 You can see all the links like about and recipe and ect in the home page on the right hand side. I just don't call it 'about' or 'recipe' any more. It's 'who am i?' and ' from my kitchen' . Anytime you want to go to the home page, click on the banner or header on top!
Rosa
Oh, I love lemon bars! That picture of the blossoms is gorgeous.
Cheers,
Rosa
Manu
I love the new look Kankana! Very classy! 🙂
And delicious sweets! Love both of them! Amazing pics as always! <3
Divya @ FF
Love the new look Kankana! Your hubby has done a great job with this. It's so fresh and inviting!!
Love your healthy take on the truffles too - simply delish.
Raji
love the new look Kankana..great work done by your hubs.
and the truffles are gorgeous, what a healthy take on the not so healthy but tasty gajar ka halwa.
Reem | Simply Reem
Beautiful!!!!
Kankana I love love the new look...
Awesome....
And the truffles too...
Gorgeous my fried...