“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
Ingredients:
Dark chocolate / roughly broken up – 350gms
Condensed Milk – 1 can (4 oz)
Butter -2 tbsps
Salt – 1 pinch
Chopped walnuts – 1 cup
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Melt the chopped chocolate, condensed milk, butter, and salt in a heavy based pan on a low heat.
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Add the nuts to the melted chocolate and condensed milk and stir well to mix.
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Pour this mixture into a 9-inch square foil tray, smoothing the top. Let the fudge cool and then refrigerate until set.
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Cut into small pieces approximately 3/4 by 1 3/4 inches or cut 8 by 8 lines in the tin to give 64 pieces.
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Freeze a portion if you like. You can chomp it right out of there!
If there is sweet on my list, then savoury can’t be far behind. Made these spicy nuts on a sudden whim which overtook me, after the sight of ‘sugar overdose’!. These are delicious too, with mild flavours like garlic & Worcestershire Sauce. I made these more like a Goddess coz the boy couldn’t figure out whether he liked the saucy aromas or not! Once done, both kids gobbled up a few happily indeed. Spice them as as you like; this is an easy recipe, great for gifting! Increase or decrease the spices/garlic. I eyeballed them.
Spicy Nuts
Ingredients:
Whole almonds (unsalted) – 500gms
Butter – 1/4 cup
Garlic – 2 cloves; minced fine
Worcestershire Sauce – 2 tbsps
Sea salt to taste
Freshly ground pepper
Paprika as desired
Method:
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Melt butter in a heavy bottom pan on low heat with all ingredients except almonds. Stir to mix well.
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Put off heat, mix in the almonds, stir well to coat. Bake in preheated oven at 250 degrees C for 30-45 minutes, stirring every 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye out so they don’t get burnt.
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Cool & store in an airtight container.
Deepavali, or Diwali is a major Indian holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the “Festival of Lights“, where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. Diwali is celebrated on the first day of the lunar Kartika month, which comes in the month of October or November.
Sorry if I’ve been missing for a while; will get back to blog-hopping in a couple of days!
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