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
Ally
Wow... I seriously adore your blog. Stunning photography, amazing recipes!!!
xo
http://allykayler.blogspot.com/
Anita Menon
what a revamp. Loving it. It looks vibrant and beautiful like your smile Kankana.
The lemon shortbread bars and pista truffles look amazing. Photos are class apart.
a spoonful of yumm
i like the idea of carrot pistachio truffles, love the new blog design - very cute 🙂
Sanjeeta kk
What gorgeous pictures, Kankana..love both the recipes!
Mats
Very nice photos, and the blog design is great! Nice work.
Sara{OneTribeGourmet}
New blog design looks gorgeous along with your lovely recipe & beautiful photography! Congrats! xx
Tobias
Really digging the new look! Guess spring cleaning can be transferred to blogs, as well. 😉
I am all for the truffles here! I really cannot decide on a favourite ingredients right now. Carrots, cardamom or pistachios...mhhh Tough one.
Spring is ever so slowly showing its presence here as well. It just still takes a little while.
Liz
Oh, my gosh...so much beauty here! First, your new look is fabulous!!! Congrats! And then those gorgeous blossoms...followed by not one, but two wonderful treats 🙂
Jean (Lemons and Anchovies)
Kankana, love the new look! Very true to your blog's name. 🙂
Love the sweets, too. Truffles and lemon bars are among my favorites! 🙂
Brian
I have a soft spot for lemon bars... and these look marvelous!
Lakshmi
Kankana, the facelift looks great! It's clean and simple: easy to read. It also supports your images better, when there are less distractions around. The sweets are nicely photographed.
Russell van K
Lovely shots! And what a recipe! This sounds like my kind of bar. Your blog has a lovely look too! I'm not sure If I've been here before the change so I can't comment on the before but the after is great!
Kankana Saxena
I am a huge fan of your work Russell 🙂 So glad you dropped by and thanks a lot for those lovely words!
Asmita
Love the new look of your blog.
The lemon bars look incredible and the photograph of the blossoms is gorgeous!Looking forward to more posts.
Ameena
PS: The new blog looks great!
Ameena
I LOVE shortbread...I've never had a lemon shortbread before though and it looks delicious!
Great post and photos as usual!
easyfoodsmith
Beautiful new look. I guess you both are lucky to have each other 🙂
The shortbread and truffles look lovely and delicious. Lovely post Kankana.
Nandita
Loved the look of your blog Kanakana. As for the recipes, they are just so yummy. I just could not take my eyes off the carrot pistachio truffles. The pictures are just that fabulous 🙂
Ansh
It really looks sunny and bright out here and that brings on a big smile!! Refreshingly beautiful look and such a happy feel space.
Marsha @ The Harried Cook
Love the new look of your blog! Absolutely beautiful... Your husband has done a fabulous job! And the recipes are pretty awesome too - i love lemon and carrot and shortbreads and truffles - so all my favorite things here 🙂 Thanks for sharing these recipes with us - and the pictures are just incredible! Great post, Kankana!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
Your sweetheart did a great job with the new design! High five 😀
Love the recipes and photos -- so captivating!