RAJOUNS ANDKASH

                                RAJOUNS ANDKASH 

This recipe was presented from my end for SOYER INDIA's competition titled "KUCCHH MEETHA HO JAAYE" in FACEBOOK.I participated in it on November 19th, 2012.I wanted to win the Soyer India contest and bag the induction cooking stove.However,I could not win it.Alas...can't help!!!I was thinking about a new recipe which had its roots in Kashmir and came up with the new sweet dish.Thus,the new sweet dish for the people of Kashmir and I dedicate this recipe to Muskaan Shah and her family.

RECIPE FOR RAJOUNS ANDKASH

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED

*15 Slices of bread

*500 gm Dried Apricots

*500 gm Walnuts 

*500 gm Dates

*500 gm Cashew nuts

*500 gm Pistachios

*500 gm of Pine nuts

*500 gm Almonds

*1 tin of Amul's Condensed Milk

*500 gm sugar

*1 packet of Amul's Vermicelli Kheer packet

*2 liters Milk

*Oil for frying

* Silver foil paper

* Few drops of kewra water

STEPS FOR PREPARATION

1. Deep fry 15 slices of bread in oil and remove the excess of oil by placing the bread slices on tissue papers

2. Soak apricots, walnuts, dates, almonds, cashew nuts,pine nuts in water for 6 to 8 hours

3. Coarsely grind the dry fruits separately (kindly do not make the paste of the dry fruits or simply bring milk and add the dry fruits and mash them up with help of spoon and keep them separately

4. Boil the milk for 15 minutes 

5. Take a small cup, add the boiled milk and add the 

3. Coarsely grind the dry fruits separately (kindly do not make the paste of the dry fruits or simply bring milk and add the dry fruits and mash them up with help of spoon and keep them separately

4. Boil the milk for 15 minutes 

5. Take a small cup, add the boiled milk and add the coarsely grinded dried apricots and mix them thoroughly with a spoon

6. Repeat the above step and mix coarsely grinded cashew nuts, pine nuts, almonds etc and keep them in separate bowls

7. Prepare the kheer.

8. Boil some water and add sugar to prepare the syrup

9. Take a slice of fried bread, apply a spoon of condensed milk, with help of a spoon, spread a layer of milk and coarsely grinded apricot paste and place a slice of fried bread on top of it.

10. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and almonds

11. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and walnuts

12. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and pine nuts

13. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and cashew nuts

14. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and dates

15. Similarly make a sandwich of deep fried bread and paste of milk and pistachios

16. Cut the sandwiches into halves diagonally 

17. Place them in the form of a flower on a plate

18. Spread the kheer on each half of the sandwich

19. Pour few drops of the Kewra water into the sugar syrup

20. Pour a spoonful of the sugar syrup of each sandwich

21. Place the silver foil on each of them