For the first time, Vasanu recipe is now online. Grandmother’s recipe from Wadia Baug.
It is to be made exactly as follows:
1 1/2kg ghee
1/2kg char jaatna magaz
50g baval nu goonder (resin of the baval tree)
2 1/4kg sugar
500g ghau nu doodh
500g cummar kakri
400g dates
100g akhrot (walnut)
soak overnight in hot water, peel and chop and fry :
1/2 kg almonds
1/2 kg pistachio nuts, shelled
250 g charoli
powder individually:
250g dil (suva)
1/2 kg dried water chestnuts
450g lotus roots
25g dholi musli
10g punjabi salan
25g white pepper
100g gokhru
25g kali musli
50g pipri mool
50g saalam panjo
50g kajar kas
50g karlu batrisu
50g jabar jas
coarsely crush:
30g white cardamoms
3 nutmegs
25g vai varin
350g dry ginger
250g udad daal
25g chana dal
150g khus khus
250g singora
100g variali (saunf)
200g dry coconut
Fry individually all peeled and chopped nuts, mags.
Make a sugar syrup of one-thread consistency , using enough water just to cover sugar. Add fried ingredients, keeping a few nuts aside.
In another pan, cook dil with ghau nu doodh till thick. Add about two cups water, if needed. Pour dil mixture into sugar syrup.
Heat a little ghee in a shallow frying pan and fry all powdered ingredients, individually, a little at a time, adding them to the mixture with ghee, as they are fried. Mix well, place on low heat and cook, stirring continuously, to prevent burning.
When thick, add crushed spices, mix well and remove from fire.
Pour into a tray, pyrex dish or glass jar and store in a cool place.
Note: ingredients for this recipe are available in specialized shops.
Courtesy : Diana Buhariwalla
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I am writing to you as the editor of http://www.dadinani.com, where we are collecting a variety of Indian memories. One section is devoted to traditional Indian recipes http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/dadi-nani-cooking. Each recipe has a story associated with it. The above recipe for Vasanu would be suitable. I would love to get contributions from all the readers. My email is scmathur@gmail.com. Regards. Subodh Mathur
Dear Subodh,
Nice hearing from you and thank you for your interest.
We will be too happy if you could give a link from your site, to our site for Parsi Food / Recipes / Home Remedies, which include some links to Irani Restaurants, Chai, and some other interesting nostalgic stuff. In our Books Section and in our Rituals and Practices Section, you will find some good stories and memories of the Community and of Mumbai, which are interlinked.
Please do let me know how you would like to proceed.
Thank you very much for this recipe As i searched google before many time till search ends i DID NOT found this recipe….
Thank you Very Much for Sharing…………..
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can anyone please send me a bhakra recipe which makes soft bhakras mine are tasty but hard
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Homai
Homai, I have several Bhakhra recipes on http://www.ParsiCuisine.com
One tip while making soft Bhakhra is to add baking powder next morning after the dough has risen. The sour curds will make the dough soft overnight.
Best regards,
Rita