Ninaave Recipe: A Maharashtrian (CKP) Delicacy cooked in Microwave

  Ninaave or ninave, as popularly called is a Maharashtrian delicacy, exclusively made by CKPs. A very easy and delightful dish Ninanve resembles a Gram flour fudge and is cooked by CKPs during the end of Shravan and the on the first day of Bhadrapad. I am posting two recipes of Ninave on this page. Each recipes are simple and yet different from each other.

Ninave Recipe - 1 

This first recipe belongs to my mother in law Mrs Anjali Chaubal.

Ninave Recipe - 1

Ingredients for Ninave Recipe - 1:

Gram flour (besan) - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1/4th cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Coconut milk (thick extract) - 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup, crushed
Nutmeg powder- 1 pinch
Crushed Dryfruits - (2 tbsp)

Mix Roasted gramflour with coconut milk and jaggery

Method for Ninave Recipe:

In a non-stick pan, melt ghee and roast gram flour and wheat flour separately on a slow fire until light brown and the flours leave amazing aroma.

Once cool, mix gram flour and wheat flour together in a mixing bowl.

Add to it coconut milk, jaggery, nutmeg powder and dry fruits.

Mix well with a blender to a smooth paste.

Decorate with dry fruits of your choice 

Pour the mixture in a microwave safe dish or tin and microwave for 20 minutes at 175 Degree C in a pre-heated oven.

Check whether the ninave is done by piercing a knife, once done remove out and allow to cool.

Your Ninave is ready to be served.

Ninave

Please note: You can also cook the Ninave on Microwave + Convection option. Just reduce the time, and do check after first 10 minutes, before cooking further.

Ninave Recipe - 2

(New update as on 3rd September 2017)

Recently I came across one more recipe for Ninave. My mother-in-law's sister, Mrs Pratibha Vaidya visited us a couple of days ago and mentioned her version of Ninave recipe. According to her the ninave really comes out very good. I followed the steps and tried the recipe myself. It was really nice, much better than the above version. The texture of the ninave is grainy and it tastes delicious. So I thought I will share the recipe with you. Typing the recipe the way she mentioned steps to me. Please do read the whole recipe carefully for the ingredients list and exact steps involved. Posting the picture of the Ninave Recipe - 2 below.

Ninave Recipe - 2

Ingredients and Method for Ninave Recipe - 2 

Step One 

Gram dal (chana dal) - 2 cups
Gehu (whole wheat) - 1/4 cup
Rice - 1/4 cup

Dry roast each above mentioned ingredient separately on a low flame. Once done, allow to cool.

Mix them together and grind in a coarse flour.

Step Two

Measure the flour accurately. Take coconut milk twice as the measured flour. For example two cups flour then 4 cups milk. Do not mix the flour immediately in the coconut milk.

First add  chopped or grated jaggery to the coconut milk. Jaggery should be in the same proportion as flour. For example if 2 cups flour, then 2 cups jaggery.

Mix well. Add ghee(clarified butter). Mix well.

Step Three

Pour this mixture of jaggery, milk and ghee in a big non stick pan.

Add the flour to this and mix well.

Put the pan on heat and continue to stir on a low flame. Allow the mixture to cook and thicken.

Step Four

Pre-heat oven.

Grease a microwave dish with ghee. Pour the mixture on the microwave safe tin and spread evenly.

Sprinkle chopped dry fruits (optional). Bake till done.

Remove and allow it to cool and cut into squares.