Follow few simple steps given below to make this delicious delicacy, Patisa (Soan Papdi), at home this Diwali:
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 40-45 minutes
Servings: 20
Calories: 153 per serving
Ingredients:

1. 1 ½ cup gramflour (besan)
2. 1 ½ cup maida (plain flour)
3. 3-4 tablespoon ghee
4. 2 cup powdered sugar or to taste
5. 2-3 tablespoon milk
6. 1 ½ cup water
7. 2 tsp. charmagaz (Mixture of dried seeds of watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber and pumpkin seeds. You can grind them or can use as whole)
8. ½ teaspoon cardamom seeds crushed
9. Cookie sheet

Method to Prepare Yummy Patisa/Soan Papdi Recipe This Diwali:

1. Start with mixing both flours together, plain and gram flour, thoroughly.
2. Put saucepan on the burner and heat ghee in it. Then put flour mixture to it and roast on low flame until it turns into light golden colour. Remove it from the burner and allow it to cool.
3. Now prepare syrup out of water, sugar and milk. Boil ingredients till it reaches 2 ½ thread consistency. Immediately, pour it into the flour mixture and beat thoroughly with large fork until mixture turns into thread like flakes.
4. Then spread the mixture on to greased cookie sheet and roll mixture to 1 inch thickness. Sprinkle charmagaz over the mixture and then cut square pieces.
5. Patisa or Soan Papdi is ready to be served. You can store it for up to 3 weeks but store only in air-tight container.

Enjoy!

Paneer Tamatar Ka Khut

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Paneer 300 gms
Garlic 10-12 crushed
Tomatoes 5-8 (roughly chopped)
Tamarind pulp 1 tsp
Ginger 2 inch piece
Whole dry red chilies 3-4
Cooking oil 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Cinnamon 2 inch stick
Chana dal ¼ cup (roasted)
Curry leaves 5
Coconut milk ¼ cup

Method

Cut paneer into long strips.
Dip tamarind pulp into half filled bowl with water. Let it soak in water at least for an hour. Later strain it, and keep it aside.
Put a pan on flame, add tomatoes, ginger, garlic and whole dried red chilies.
Pour a cup of water. Let it bring to boil. This process will take 10- 12 minutes.
Once boiled remove it from flame and let it cool, then coarsely blend it and pass through a strainer. Keep the puree aside.
Take another pan add cooking oil.Let mustard seeds, cumin seeds and cinnamon crackle in the hot oil. Add curry leaves, cinnamon, turmeric powder, coriander powder and cumin powder.
Now pour in already prepared tomato puree. Sprinkle salt, add chana dal. Let it cook for few minutes.
Finally add paneer pieces and coconut milk. Cook it for another 5 minutes.
Paneer tamatar ka khut is ready!

Vegetable Korma

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Cauliflower 1 medium sized (florets)
Cottage cheese 1 (cubed and fried)
Green Beans ½ cup (cut in 1 inch pieces)
Frozen green peas ½ cup
Capsicum 1 cup (chopped)
Carrot 1 cup (sliced)
Tomatoes 1 cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves 1 cup (chopped)
Ginger 1 tsp (shredded)
Green chilies 2-3 chopped
Asafetida a pinch
Cumin seeds ½ tsp
Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
Red chili powder ½ tsp
Coriander powder ½ tsp
Mango powder ½ tsp
Garam Masala ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Corn starch 1 tsp
Bay leaves 2
Milk 3 cups

Method:

1-Heat oil in a pan; add cumin seeds, asafoetida and bay leaves. Let the cumin seeds crackle in the hot oil.

2-Put some water in bowl; add green chilies, ginger, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder to this. Mix in thoroughly and make a fine paste. This way powdered spice will not burn while frying.

3-Add this paste to the heating oil. Stir until oil starts trickling. Add in all vegetables except capsicum.
4-Sprinkle few drops of water and let the vegetables get cooked. When vegetables are slight tender add capsicum. Let it cook on medium flame.

5-Add milk in separate bowl. Also, add corn starch. Mix in with milk and pour it into cooking vegetables. Combine milk with all the ingredients properly.

6-Add fried paneer. Sprinkle salt and mango powder. Finally add garam masla and let it cook for few minutes. Remove it from flame.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Vegetable korma is ready!

Serve it with hot rice or missi roti.

Tips: You can serve Raita with these two above mentioned dinner recipes.

A lavish dinner is incomplete with out mouth watering desserts. Following are some dessert recipes to complete your fiesta: Phirni, Pista rolls, Chocolate burfi, Balushahi, Ladoo, kheer, Rasgulla.

There are so many people out there, who are so sensitive that even a tiny remark to correct their mistake can hurt them, as in their opinion (probably) entire world is out to get them. But what they need to understand is when people don’t have enough time for themselves how they can possibly think about others.

And taking things personally all the time either in your personal or professional life can hurt you or make you resentful, angry and bitter.

Below are listed some tips on how not to take every little comment personally:

• Know Their Side Of Story: Don’t become a self-proclaimed martyr just because someone said something nasty to you. Remember, there are always two sides to every story. It’s possible that other person was in a bad mood and in irritation ended up being hurtful to you without being aware of it. Since life is too fast and hectic these days, keeping your calm all the time is not possible, same goes for others as well. Also, observe how that person is behaving with others around. If his/her behavior is nice with others, except you, then confront him/her and firmly tell him/her to stay away from you, if s/he cannot change their attitude.
• Give Vent To Your Hurtful Feelings: Don’t ever bottle up hurtful feelings inside you, either make the conscious decision of discarding them or give vent to them. Talk to a family member or a friend about how you are feeling. The best option, be brave enough to tell the person, who made the nasty comment that his/her comment had caused you hurt and you don’t appreciate such comments/behavior.
  
• See The Larger Picture: Understand, not every remark is a pre-mediated attack on you or meant to degrade you, e.g. your boss’s curt email regarding an assignment. In this scenario, assess the situation before shooting an equally curt reply just because you felt hurt. What if point raised by your boss is right? Even if it isn’t, be polite anyways. Lift your mood and move on with your life, not every trifling issue is worth wasting time on.
• Control Your Emotions: Realize, whether you are at home or at your workplace, acting as a sulking party would not work in your favor. At home this behavior will affect your relationships with your family and at workplace it will ruin your reputation.
  Instead of reacting badly, be assertive and learn not just to control your emotional response but also to tackle the situation with integrity.

Lastly, don’t give people unnecessary power to hurt you. Some people can manipulate your sensitive nature to cause you more suffering. Most importantly, stop being so sensitive that even someone’s harmless joke seem like an offensive remark.