Jaggery halwa(gud ka halwa) (post natal dish)

 Jaggery or molasses is the good source of iron therefore it is better to use it as sweetening agent.Let us make halwa with jaggery
Ingredients
1/4 cup whole wheat flour(atta)
1/4 cup ghee(clarified butter)
1/4 cup grated jaggery
Mix jaggery and water in a pan and heat .when jaggery dissolves  and water starts boiling then remove from heat.
In a thick bottom pan pour ghee and wheat flour and put it on burner.Start stirring and roast atta till it turns golden brown.This will take 8 to 10 minutes.Now pour jaggery water and keep stirring to avoid lump formation.When halwa is ready then it will leave the sides of pan.Remove from heat and serve piping hot.

Ajwain(post natal dish)

 Our country is full of medicinal herbs and our people have good knowledge of benefits of these herbs.These are being used in our homes for centuries.We have a complete plan for the postnatal care
 with the help of these  herbs .Ajwain is used for digestion and stomachache.
This dish is given after delivery and is usefull for lactation and digestion.it also acts as  an apetiser






Ingredients required
2 tab spoon powdered ajwain
4 tab spoon grated jaggery
4 tab spoon ghee
 4 tab spoon chopped almonds,dry coconut.
2 tab spoon fried gond(eating gum also called dink)
In a thick bottomed pan pour ghee and heat.Add jaggery and stir for 3 or 4 minutes.when jaggery melts remove from heat and add ajwain powder and nuts and fried Gond
Stir well and should be eaten hot.

Sonth aur Gond ke laddu (ginger & gum)(postnatal dish)

Winters in marwar are very mild.Still people keep complaining about it and drags out the quilts and blankets by the end of diwali..Menu for lunch and dinner also changes and so the sweets and snacks.Ginger which is considered as very usefull either  fresh or dried is used in making laddus.These laddus are made for nursing mother as it is a part of  postnatal diet programm.

Let us make these laddus.

              

   Ingredients required                                                                                                                

Ginger powder     1 cup                                                                                                                 

Sugar powder        2 cup                                                                                                                        

Ghee or clarified butter          2 cup                                                                                                                 

Gond powder      1/2 cup                                                                                                                                       

Almonds powder   1/2                                                                                                                                      

Dried coconut powder      1/2 cup                                                                                                                              

Whole wheat flour      1 cup                                                                                                                              

                                    Ingredients 

Keep a thick bottomed pan   on flame and add ghee.Now add wheat flour and stir till it roasted and gives an aeroma.Switch off the flame and add gond powder .It will start popping up.                                                  

                         

Gond getting popped up

                      Now add almond and coconut powder.Stir well .Now add sugar powder and ginger powder and mix the mixture well.Now make laddus out of this mixture by pressing it in between palm.

Tips:                                                                                                                                                            

Do not make fine powder of Gond ,almonds and coconut .Let there be some what granules to get a nutty taste                                                                                                                                   

These laddus have a long shelf life as there is no moisture in it.