5 Dessert Recipes for the Festive Season

Festivals are round the corner! It’s the time of the year when all our loved ones meet & greet and feast together. Festivals are incomplete without sweets, making it an absolute must-have. Be it for gifting or offering friends and families, decadent desserts make the festivities even more special.

Home-made desserts add more sweetness to the festivities. Whether you’re a masterchef or someone who wants to unleash his/her cooking or baking skills, we’ve got you covered with this list of festive special recipes. Best part, these can be easily prepared in a convection microwave oven.

• Gajar Halwa

Ingredients: Ghee
Grated carrot-1 cup
Milk
Sugar
Khoya
Cardamom powder
Nuts and raisins

Method:
Heat ghee in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 15 seconds in a microwave convection oven. Add the grated carrot, mix well and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Now, add milk, sugar, khoya and mix well. Heat it on high for 12 minutes and keep stirring in every 2 minutes interval. Sprinkle cardamom powder and top the halwa with nuts and raisins of your choice.

• Coconut Barfi
  
  
  Ingredients:
  Ghee
  Mava
  Milk
  Saffron
  Grated coconut
  Powdered sugar
  Lemon food colour 

Method:
Combine ghee and coconut in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for a minute in a convection microwave oven. Add some powdered sugar, mix well and microwave on high for 2 minutes, while stirring once in between. Add the mava, milk, saffron and lemon food colour, mix well and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Transfer the mixture into a greased tin and spread it evenly. Refrigerate for at least an hour. When done, cut into equal pieces and serve chilled.

• Til Ke Laddoo 
  
  
  Ingredients:
  Sesame seeds
  Ghee
  Jaggery
  Fruit salt
  Peanuts
  Cardamom Powder

Method:
Put some sesame seeds in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 3 minutes. Add ghee in a bowl and heat for 30 seconds. Add jaggery and fruit salt to it and microwave on high for 2 minutes, while stirring once in between. Add some peanuts and cardamom powder, mix well and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Cool for 1 minute, wet your palms with water droplets and shape each portion of the mixture into a round. Cool completely and store in an air-tight container.

• Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake
  
  
  
  Ingredients:
  ButterCurd
  Baking soda
  Plain flour
  Vanilla essence
  Greaseproof paper

Method:
Grease a microwave safe dish with butter. Line it with a piece of greaseproof paper, powder with some flour and keep aside. Now, add curd and baking soda in a bowl, mix well and keep aside. Mix butter, sugar and ¼ cup of hot water in another bowl and whisk well. Mix the curd-baking soda mixture, plain flour-baking powder mixture and vanilla essence and whip it to a smooth batter. Pour the batter in a dish and microwave for 4 minutes in a microwave convection oven. After 4 minutes, take it out and let it cool. After 5 minutes, demould it.

• Apple Kheer
  
  
  
  Ingredients:
  Diced applesWater
  Milk
  Corn flour
  Nutmeg powder
  Cardamom powder

Method:
Combine the apples, sugar and 2 tbsp. of water in a microwave safe bowl, mix well and cook on a high flame for 2 minutes. Add milk and corn flour in a large bowl, mix well and microwave on high for 5 minutes, stir once after 3 minutes. Now, add to it the apple-sugar mixture, mix well and a microwave on high for a minute. Sprinkle some cardamom powder & nutmeg powder and mix well. Refrigerate for an hour and serve chilled.

All these delicious recipes can be easily prepared in a microwave convection oven. In case you’re thinking to buy a new microwave oven, do checkout the Panasonic range of microwave oven, as they come with auto-cook menu and are regarded one of the best in the market. So put your chef caps on, unleash your culinary skills and make your festivities super special!