

Sabakha is one of the extreme sweet variety of the dates in gulf region. One date is good enough for two cups of sugary milk tea.
So basically it is a dates shake recipe. You can use any kind of dates for this shake.
There is a trick to make this yum shake. You need to grind dates n sugar n vanilla essence for a bit longer time first.
Ingredients for 2 glasses full of shake.
1/2 Cup of Sabakha or any kind of dates
1/4 Cup sugar
1 Tbsp Vanilla essence
2 Cups of chilled milk
2 Cups of chilled/frozen water
Method –
1- In a mixi jar put in dates, sugar, vanila essence with little milk and grind it very well. For almost 2 minutes on regular intervals.
2- Now add milk and grind again.
3- Finally add water and blend well.
4- Serve immediately and if you have plans to serve later do blend it again before serving as dates paste will thicken up after sometime.
My father used to bring it from Rampur along with singhade ki kachri. All made in cow’s desi ghee. That tiny halwai shop owner told my father that how his forefathers left Kashi’s palaces and settled down in Rampur. Because his mother was so much in love with her mayka.
Pista lauz, this laiya and many other things are quite difficult to find now a days.
This recipe is all about fresh walnuts, milk boiling and consistency of the ghee. But to make things bit easier, used khoa and sugar instead of brown shakkar.
Ingredients –
2 Cups – Khoa
4 Cups – Fried and powdered walnuts
2 Cups of powdered sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla essence
2 Tbsps desi ghee
Method –
1- Turn on heat, In a big pan keep desi ghee, warm it.
2- Add khoa and fry on lowest heat until it turns light brown.
3- Add sugar and mix well.
4- Add walnuts powder and vanilla essence.
5- Fry on lowest flame until oil starts leaving the material.
6- Close immediately and pour in a container.
7- Garnish with full walnut giri.
Benefits of cashews and mint with curd in one go.
Ingredients –
1- 1/4 Cup cashews
2- 1 Medium sized cucumber
3- 1 Cup curd
4- 1 Small green chilly chopped
5- 1 Tbsp Sendha salt
6- 1 Tsp sugar
7- 1 Tsp black pepper powder
8- 2 Cups of chilled water
9- 3-4 Ice cubes (optional)
Method – Grind (blend) all ingredients except water and ice cubes in a mixi pot.
Now pour in water with ice cubes and grind(blend) very well. Serve immediately.