Recipes

Beat the winter chill by digging into this delicious cake filled with the goodness and health of almonds.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
6 eggs, room temperature
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons almond extract
8 ounces almond paste
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
4 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup blanched almonds
4 drops red food coloring
4 drops green food coloring

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.

This Thanksgiving dig into these delectable choco rolls.

Ingredients:

• 1 Tin Condensed Milk
• 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
• 1-1/2 cups Grated Coconut
• 3/4 cups Crushed Nuts
• 1 cup Crushed Marie Biscuits

Procedure:

• Mix together all the ingredients in a pan.
• Heat on medium heat . Keep stirring.
• When it starts thickening , turn off the heat.
• Make cylindrical shaped rolls out of the mixture.
• Wrap each roll carefully in cling film.
• Keep the wrapped rolls in refrigerator for about an hour.

Try this delectable dessert from the house of Mughals.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Cashew
• 6 Cups Milk
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Saffron Strands
• 2 Cup Water

Procedure:

• Soak cashews in a hot water for about an hour.
• Drain the water, make a fine paste in a grinder using milk if necessary.
• Cook the paste for about 5 to10 minutes in a heated pan over low flame and stir it continuously.
• Add sugar and keep stirring the mixture.
• Pour the remaining milk and boil it for about 15 minutes.
• Garnish it with a few saffron strands and serve.

Made with spices used in pickles, Achari Murg is a delectable North India dish.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Chicken pieces

• 2 tsp Fenugreek seeds

• 1 tsp Mustard seeds

• 1 tsp Fennel seeds

• 1 tsp Cumin seeds

• 1 tsp Red chili powder

• 1 tsp Turmeric powder

• 1 tsp Onion seeds

• 2 Red dry chilies

• 2 Large onions sliced

• 2 tsp Garlic paste

• 1 Cup tomato puree

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1/2 Cup water

• Salt to taste

• 3-4 tbsp Mustard oil

Procedure:

Egg Sandwiches Recipe

Ingredients:

• 6 Slices Bread

• 6 Tsp Butter

• 3 Hard Boiled Eggs

• 2 Onions

• 1 Capsicum

• 1 Potato Boiled

• 2 Tbsp Cheese

• 2 Tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves

• 4 Tbsp Mayonnaise

• 4 Green Chilies

• Pepper and Salt to Taste

Method:

• Boil eggs and potatoes.

• Chop eggs, onion, green chilly, capsicum and potatoes separately.

• Mix all the Ingredients: except bread and butter in a bowl.

• Take two slices of bread and apply one tsp butter on each.

Jalebi Recipe

Ingredients
• 2 cups maida flour
• 4 tsp rice flour
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• 4 tsp curd
• 1¼ cup warm water
• ½ tsp saffron threads
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 4 tsp rose water
• Ghee or vegetable oil for frying

Method
• Mix maida flour, rice flour, baking powder, curd and mix well by adding water little at a time till the batter is completely ready.
• Add saffron powder and whisk again.

• Set aside for about 2 hours to ferment and whisk again.

Chicken Fry Recipe

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 kg
Chilly powder – 2 tbsp
Coriander powder – 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala – 1 tbsp
Grinded Ginger – 1 tsp
Grinded Garlic – 1 tsp
Salt, Oil – As required
White part of egg – 3 eggs

Procedure:

1. Slice Chicken in big pieces and make cuts on them.

2. Mix Chilly powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Garam masala, Grinded Ginger, Garlic and marinate for 45 minutes.

3. Heat the Oil in a Kadai.

4. Dip Chicken pieces in egg white and deep fry.

You can make the delicious chocolate mousse cake at home by trying this recipe.

Ingredients:

• 250 gm Dark Chocolate
• 200 gms Whipping Cream
• 9 Inch Pie Shell
• 200 gms Egg Yolks
• 1/2 Cup Sugar

Procedure:

• Melt finely chopped dark chocolate over hot water.
• Beat the egg yolks with 2 oz sugar until white.
• Heat ¼ cup whipping cream to the boiling point, and whisk in beaten egg yolks.
• Add melted chocolate to the mixture to make it thick. Allow it to cool.
• Whisk 1 cup of whipping cream in a bowl, add the above mixture and stir.

Try this simple cake recipe and surprise your family.

Ingredients:

• 50g Desiccated coconut
• 200g All-purpose (plain) flour
• 175g Confectioners (icing) sugar
• 115g Melted butter
• 3 tbsp Ground almonds (or hazelnuts)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 6 Egg whites
• 12 Raspberries

Procedure:

• Pre-heat oven to 180oC.
• Line a 12 cupcake pan with cupcake papers.
• In a bowl, mix coconut, flour, sugar, baking powder and almond.
• Add melted butter to the above and stir.
• Add egg whites and mix well.

Nuts are a great fresh or store-cupboard standby to have around in the kitchen. As well as their obvious nutritional benefits – they are high in protein and many essential vitamins – they make a lovely crunchy addition to starters, salads and desserts. Our climate is well suited to the growing of nuts, but sadly a lot of our nut trees seemed to have disappeared and we tend to rely hugely on foreign imports. If, however, you are a bit of a forager, then try getting the kids involved – as these days most of them seem to think nuts simply come out of a packet.

If you feel disappointed because you miss some of the best cakes for they have eggs as ingredient, try this wonderful recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup grated mixed fruits
• 1 Cup water
• 1 Cup sugar
• 2 Cups self-rising flour
• 1/4 Cup milk
• 125 gms Butter
• 1 tsp Soda bicarbonate
• Vanilla essence

Procedure:

• Heat water, sugar and butter together till the butter melts.
• Let the above mixture cool completely.
• Add soda bicarbonate to mixture.
• Mix flour, fruit and milk in a bowl.
• Mix both the mixtures.

Ingredients
8 bread slices
Butter for applying on slices
1/4 kg boneless mutton,boiled
1/2 cup cheese, grated
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp butter (for sauting)
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste

Method:
Heat 1 tbsp butter in a pan
Add onion, and fry till transparent
Add ginger-galic and saute for 2 min.
Add mutton, salt and pepper
Fry till light brown
Remove from fire and let it cool
Slice the mutton into thin strips
Apply butter on bread slices

Between two slices of bread:
Arrange mutton pieces

Whole chicken – 1, cut into serving pieces
Basmati rice – 2 cups, washed and pre-soaked
Onion – 1, peeled and chopped
Carrot – 1, chopped
Tomatoes – 1, pureed in blender
Almonds – for garnishing, slivered and fried
Raisins – for garnishing
Whole cardamom seeds – 10
Cloves – 10, long
Cinnamon stick – 1 inch piece
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Water – 6 cups
Salt as per taste
Black pepper powder as per requirement
Cooking oil as per requirement

Method:
1. Take the carrots and onions and saute in the cooking oil.
2. Add to this the chicken and mix well.

Ingredients:

100 gms Apple (Sabe)
75 gms Guavas (Amrood)
70 gms Grapes (Angoor)
1 Sweet lime (Mosambi) / Orange
50 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer) (made from skimmed milk)
1 small bunch Mint Leaves (Pudina Leaves)
1 tblsp Lime or Lemon Juice (Nimbu)
Salt and Pepper To Taste

How to make fruit fun:

* Clean and wash mint leaves.
* Grind the mint leaves with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
* Cut paneer into small cubes and dress it with mint paste.
* Keep aside.
* Peel, clean and segment the orange.
* Clean and wash grapes.

Ingredients:

100 ml Pineapple Juice (Ananas)
1 tblsp Sugar (Artificial Sweetner)

How to make pineapple crush:

* Make sugar syrup.
* Strain it and mix it into the pineapple juice.
* Your pineapple syrup is ready.
* Take ¼ proportion of syrup and ¾ proportion of water.
* Garnish it with chopped pineapple pieces and serve cold.
* To get pineapple juice, put pieces of pineapple in the blender and extract the juice.

Ingredients

Maida 1 cup
Flour 1 cup
Ghee 3 Table spoon
Peas 300 grams
Paneer 200 grams
Butter Milk 1/2 cup
Ginger
Green Chilli 10pc.
Corriander
Garam Masala 1 Table spoon
Salt
Onion 2pc.
Garlic
Method
Mix flour ,maida & ghee.
Add Butter milk and make a tough dough.
Add salt and green chilli.
Grind Ginger,onion,garlic and corriander and make fine paste.
Roast peas in a pan with 2 table spoon of ghee.
After frying add paste in it.
Add Garam masala in it and fry little more.
Grind peas finely.

Ingredients:

1 packet Noodles
2 Onion (Pyaj)
3 – 4 chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
4 tsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1 ” chopped Ginger (Adrak)
3 – 4 flakes chopped Garlic (Lasun)
4 5 chopped Green chilli (Hari mirch)
1/2 tsp Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tblsp Oil

How to make masala noodles:

* Boil the noodles as directed on the pack.
* Drain them in a strainer and wash with cold water. Keep aside.
* Heat oil in a nonstick pan and fry garlic, ginger, green chillies and onions until they are golden.

Ingredients:

1 cup boiled Rice
2 cups Yogurt (Curd)
2 tblsp Oil
1/4 cup Milk
Finely chopped Coriander Leaves
1-2 Green Chilies
1 tsp Chana Daal
1 tsp Urad Daal
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 1/2 tsp finely chopped Ginger
2 tblsp desiccated Coconut
1/2 tsp Salt

How to make curd rice :

* In a saucepan heat 2 tablespoonful of oil.
* Add mustard seeds to the oil.
* When the mustard seeds start popping add chana and urad daal.
* After a minute, add in the ginger, coriander and green chilies.
* Saute them for a minute. Take the pan off the gas.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Mint leaves
4 cloves Garlic
8-10 Cherry Tomatoes
3 medium Carrots
1 medium White Radish
4 Red Radish
8-10 leaves Ice lettuce
2 medium Cucumbers
4 cups Skimmed Milk Yogurt
1/4 tsp Sesame Seeds (white)
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Salt to taste

How to make veg salad with yogurt dip:

* Wash the cherry tomatoes & cut them into halves.
* Peel carrots, wash & cut it into finger sized pieces. peel white radish, wash & cut into finger sized pieces.

INGREDIENTS
1 kg : Boneless Chicken
5 tbsp : Ginger paste
5 tbsp : Garlic paste
2 tsp : chilli powder
2 tbsp : Garam Masala
3/4 cup : thick Dahi(curd)
1/2 cup : thick cream
1 bunch : Coriander
1 bunch : mint leaves
10-12 : spinach leaves
3 tbsp : lemon juice
salt to taste
Oil for Basting

METHOD

INGREDIENTS
4 boiled eggs
1 tbsp black pepper
salt to taste
For sauce:
1 tomato juice
chilly powder to taste
salt to taste
tomato ketchup 1tbsp
Fresh Coriander Leaves

METHOD
Shell the eggs and then remove the yolk by just cutting the top of the eggs white. To the yolk add black pepper salt to taste and then refill the yolk back inside the white covering seal the top of it by a toothpick.

Now prepare the sauce by adding the tomato juice, chilly powder, salt and tomato ketchup and the Fresh Coriander Leaves. Heat it in a vessel.

INGREDIENTS
3 very young broiling chickens (about 2 to 2-1/4 pounds each)
2-1/2 teaspoons unseasoned natural meat tenderizer
1/3 cup lemon juice

FOR MARINADE
2 large cloves garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger root
1 teaspoon ground roasted cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon red pepper
1 teaspoon tandoori coloring, or 1 tablespoon paprika
1/3 cup plain yogurt
Usli ghee or light vegetable oil for basting

METHOD

INGREDIENTS
Boiled Potatoes (Big) : 4-5
Onion (finely chopped) : 2
Green Chilies (chopped): 2
Coriander Leaves (chopped): A few
Mustard Oil: 1 tsp
Salt : 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly Powder: 1/2 tsp
Jeera (roasted and powdered): 1/2 tsp

METHOD
Peel the potatoes and mash them coarsely. Add all the other ingredients and mix well.

Mainly to be served with Baati

INGREDIENTS
Rice 2 cups
Cashewnuts, roasted and powdered 3 tbsps.
Salt to taste
Dry grated coconut 2 tbsps.
pinch of turmeric powder
pinch of asafoetida
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp.
2 red chillies
Oil 2 tbsps.
few corriander leaves

METHOD
Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, red chillies and asafoetida. Next add the cooked rice and the remaining ingredients. Mix well. Sprinkle chopped corriander leaves. Serve with curd.

INGREDIENTS
Maida : 500 gms
Salt & Red chilly powder : to taste
Oil : 200 gms
Dhaniya powder : ½ tsp.
Chana dal : 250 gms
Garam masala : ½ tsp.

METHOD