Father’s Day Special: Blueberry cream pie

To make your father feel how special he is, just words are not enough. Make his day memorable by cooking some scrumptious, lip smacking recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups frozen blueberries
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 2/3 Cup water
• 2 tsp Lemon juice
• 1 Baked pie crust
• 1/3 Cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt

Procedure:

• Wash the blueberries and mix with cornstarch, cinnamon, sugar and salt.
• Now add the lemon juice and water and stir properly.
• Put the berries in the pie shell and spread evenly.

Chilli Tomato Salsa

Try out this lip smacking easy to make recipe and impress your guests. Ingredients:

• Tomatoes – 4 to 5
• Shallot – 1 (peel and dice)
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Basil leaves – 1 to 2 tablespoons
• Olive oil – 2 teaspoon
• Green chilies – 2 to 4
• Salt and black pepper

Procedure:

• Run in a mixie shallot, garlic, and basil until finely diced.
• Halve the tomatoes, and add into the food processor. Process until the mixture is well blended, and coarsely chopped.
• Add in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Run the mixer until it’s well mixed.

Crispy Chicken and Cheese

Ingredients:
2 (� inch cubes) – boneless chicken breasts
200 g (� inch cubes) – cheese
1 cup – breadcrumbs
4 to 5 cloves – garlic, chopped
4 to 5 – black peppercorns, crushed
1 tbsp – fresh coriander leaves, chopped
2 tsp – lemon juice
1 – egg, beaten
1 tbsp – tomato ketchup
oil to deep fry
salt to taste
For Sauce:
6 tbsp – mayonnaise
3 tbsp – tomato ketchup

Put the chicken cubes in a bowl.
Add garlic, salt, crushed peppercorns, coriander leaves, lemon juice, egg and tomato ketchup.
Let them marinate for half an hour.
Place the breadcrumbs in a plate.

Recipe: Cheese Pudding

To make your father feel how special he is, just words are not enough. Make his day memorable by cooking some scrumptious, lip smacking recipes.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Cottage Cheese (grated)
• ½ cup Powdered Sugar
• ½ cup Pistachios (chopped)
• 4 tbsps Cornflour
• 2 cups Water
• 3-5 drops Vanilla Essence

Procedure:

• Dissolve sugar in water to make syrup.
• Add cottage cheese (paneer) to the syrup, stirring continuosly for a few minutes.
• Now add corn flour and cook the mixture till it becomes thick.
• Add vanilla essence to it.

Fruit and Jelly Trifle

Ingredients :
100 gms orange jelly
200 gms fresh cream
½ slice any sponge cake
450 gms fruit cocktail
3 tbsp powdered sugar
2 tsp orange squash
½ tsp lemon juice
a few drops orange essence
a few drops orange colouring

For garnishing :
Orange wafers

Method :
Melt the jelly in 2½ teacups of boiling water.
Cool and add the orange squash.
Pour a little jelly in a 175 mm (7″) diameter sandwich cake tin and put to set in the refrigerator.
Drain the fruit and keep aside the syrup.
Beat the cream with the sugar until it becomes thick.

Almond Kulfi

Ingredients :

14 oz condensed milk
24 oz ecaporated milk
8 oz cool whip whipping cream
1 cup peeled almonds
pinch of saffron
¼ tsp powdered cardamom
½ cup pista chopped

Method :

Grind almond with 14 oz evaporated milk
Mix all above ingredients except pista in a big bowl, beat it for 2 to 5 minutes, so the kulfi comes very soft.
Pour the mixture in a big square dish
Sprinkle the chopped almonds over it and freeze for 8 to 10 hrs.
Cut it and ready to serve.

SWEET AND SOUR FISH RECIPE

Ingredients:

15 pieces boneless Fish
21/2 tbsp Corn Flour / Corn Starch
11/2 tbsp Soya Sauce
11/2 tbsp Vinegar
3/4 cup Chicken Stock
3tbsp Spring Onions (chopped)
2 tbsp Tomato Sauce
1 tsp Ginger Paste
Salt to taste
Pepper Powder to taste
11/2 tbsp Sugar
A pinch ajinomoto
Oil to fry
2 tbsp oil

Preparation of sweet sour fish :

Take 1tbsp soya sauce, 1 tbsp corn flour, salt & pepper in a bowl and form a mixture.
Cover fish pieces with the above mixture evenly.
Heat oil in a wok / kadhai and deep fry the fish pieces till golden brown.

CHINESE CHILI CHICKEN RECIPE

Ingredients for chinese chilli chicken:

500 -600 gms Boneless Chicken
2 tbsp Soya Sauce
1 Egg
2 tbsp Corn Flour/Corn Starch
5-6 Chopped Green Chilies
2 Green Onion Chopped
1 tsp Garlic Paste
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp White Pepper Powder
1 tsp Sugar
A pinch of ajinomoto
2 cups chicken Broth/ Water
1 tbsp Oil
Oil to fry

Preparation:

Cut the boneless chicken pieces into1 ” cubes.
Take 1tbsp. Soya sauce, 1tbsp. corn flour, salt, egg in a bowl and marinate chicken pieces in the the mixture for about 10-15 minutes.

Chicken Manchurian

Ingredients:
Chicken thighs 4 no.(skinned and cut into cubes of size 1/2″ each.)
8 pods Garlic chopped fine.
1 small Onion chopped fine
1 tsp Soya sauce or as required
1 tsp Tomato ketchup or as required
1/4 tsp Chilli Pwd (optional)
8 no. Green Chillies chopped fine
4 tsp Refined Oil
1/4 cup all purpose flour/Maida
2 tbsp Cornflour
Salt to taste

Method:

Rub salt and marinate chicken for an hour.
Make a batter of maida and cornflour and soak the chicken pieces into it. Deep fry the chicken pieces and keep aside.

Recipe: Masala Buttermilk

Beat the scorching summer heat by trying out this cool invigorating drink.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups plain yoghurt
• 3 cups chilled water
• 1 tsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 stalk curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp ginger grated
• 1 green chilli
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp oil
Procedure:

• Beat curds with whipper till smooth.
• Add water, churn well.
• Squeeze ginger juice in buttermilk.
• Add salt. Break chilli into two halves.
• Heat a small pan, add oil.

Stir-fried chicken with noodles

Ingredients

300g dried egg noodles

2 tbs peanut oil

2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)

2 tbs freshly grated ginger

3 chicken breast fillets

12 halved baby corn

3-4 spinach leaves

Salt to taste

3 tbs soy sauce

1 red chilli (finely chopped)

Sliced onions for garnish

Method

Murgh-methi-malai paratha

Ingredients

1 kg wheat flour, salt to taste, 12 gm oil, 50 gm desi ghee.

For the filling: 100 gm chicken mince, 30 gm methi, 4 gm garlic (chopped), 25 gm khoya (grated), 20 gm oil, 1 gm chilli powder, 2 gm cumin seeds, 4 gm ginger (chopped), 4 gm chillies (chopped), a pinch of garam masala, 10 gm coriander (chopped), 1 lemon wedge.

Method

Recipe: Chocolate Mousse

Disgusted at your favourite star being alleged of rape? Pump up your mood by creating this pure delight in your kitchen.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp cornflour
10 tbsp sugar
4 cups milk
1 1/2 cups cream
2 tbsp whipped cream (chilled)
3 tsp gelatine
6 cherries

Procedure:

Put 4 tbsp water in a small saucepan. Sprinkle gelatine over it. Do not stir. Keep aside.
Mix coco and cornflour in 1/2 cup milk. Boil remaining milk with sugar, for 10 minutes.

Tandoori Aloo

Ingredients: Oven temp: 200C-400F

4 large potatoes – peeled and boiled till half cooked

For marinade
1 cup hung curd
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp kasuri methi (fenugreek seeds)
1 tsp garam masala
salt to taste
chaat masala to garnish
a greased drip tray

Method: Mix the ingredients for the marinade.

Pierce the potatoes in 3-4 places and mix into the marinade and leave thus for half an hour or so.

Place the potatoes on the drip tray and bake for about 20 minutes in a pre heated oven or about 12 minutes in an OTG or till brown.

Serve hot.

Khasta Roti

Ingredients: 2 cups atta (whole-wheat flour)
4 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
salt – to taste
ghee – to add while making the rotis

Method: Mix baking powder, cumin seeds, salt and four tsp ghee with the flour thoroughly. Add milk and knead to a soft dough.

Make balls of the dough and roll out like rotis and fry on a tawa, adding ghee, over a medium flame.

Serve it with butter.

Rich Chocolate Cake

Ingredients: Oven Temp: 300F/140C

2 cups maida
1 3/4 cup castor or powdered sugar
2/3 cup oil, butter or margarine
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
2×9 inch or 8 inch square cake tins

Method: Line the base of the tins with butter paper or grease the bases and dust either with maida or sugar till well coated.

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder and transfer into a mixing bowl.

Add the salt, sugar, fat, water and vanilla.

Shahi Tukre

Ingredients: 8 bread slices
12 tbsp condensed milk
1 litre milk
1 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp nutmeg
30 gm each almonds, pistas, walnut, cashew nuts and raisins

Method: Trim the edges of the bread slices and cut them into four pieces. Then deep fry to golden color. Separately, fry all the nuts and pound coarsely.

Cook the milk and condensed milk, sugar, cardamom and nutmeg on low flame.

When the mixture thickens put the fried bread slices side by side in the pan.

Let it cook till the bread absorbs all the moisture. Serve cold garnished with nuts, raisins and silver foil.

Recipe: Peanut Cookie

Make crispy, crumbly cookies by following this simple recipe. Ingredients:

• 1 Cups flour
• 1/2 Cup shortening
• 1/2 Cup peanut butter
• 1/2 Cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 Cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 Egg

Procedure:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
• Now cream shortening, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in vanilla and egg.
• Add flour mixture to the above and stir to mix well.

Nan Khatai

The traditional nan khatai is actually very simple to make. A popular cookie of the sub-continent, it can be made easily at home.

Ingredients:

• 50 gms Fine Sooji
• 85 gms Powdered Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 150 gms Maida
• 120 gms Butter
• Few almonds and cashew nuts

Procedure:

• Cream the butter and sugar till the mixture turns fluffy.
• Add vanilla followed by maida and sooji.
• Make smooth dough of this mixture.
• Roll out medium sized balls and put a cashew nut on the top of each piece.

Recipe: Oat cookies

Try out this lip smacking, easy to make recipe.

Ingredients:

1 Cup oats
1 egg
1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 Cup brown sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence
1 Cup chopped pecans

Procedure:

Put oats in an oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.
Beat the egg.
Add salt and sugar.
Blend well.
Mix oats, vanilla and pecans.
Pour the mixture by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheets.
Bake at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
Store in air tight containers.

Recipe: Chilli Paneer

Try out the delightful Chilli Paneer recipe.

Ingredients:

• 600 gm Paneer (Prepare small Paneer balls)
• 5 tbsp Corn Flour
• Green chilli (10 medium sizes)
• 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce
• 1 tbsp Chilli Sauce
• 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying
• 1 Green Capsicum (chopped)
• 4 Onions

Procedure:

• Mix Paneer balls with corn flour fry it in a kadai till it become brown.
• In a separate kadai, fry onions till brown.
• Cut green chilli into small pieces and add it to fried onion.

Dhokla

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Moong Dal

• 2 Tsp Gram Flour

• 2 Green Chilies

• 2 Tbsp Chopped Cabbage

• 2 Tbsp Chopped Carrots

• 2 Tsp Fruit Salt

• 1 Tbsp Fresh Curds

• A Pinch Asafetida

• Salt to Taste

Method:

• Soak moong dal for two hours and drain the water.

• Add little water and green chilies.

• Grind the mixture in a mixer.

• Add gram flour, asafetida, curds and salt.

• Add fruit salt and mix properly.

• Sprinkle with chopped cabbage.

• Steam cook for about 10 minutes.

Shami Kabab

Ingredients:
• ½ Kg Minced Meat
• 2 Tbsp Channa Dal
• 1 Tsp Cumin And Coriander Powder
• 1 Tsp Garam Masala
• 6 Garlic Flakes
• 2 Pieces Cinnamon
• 3 Cloves
• 1 Piece Ginger
• 2 Cardamoms
• 6 Pepper Seeds
• 2 Tsp Chili Powder
• 1 Bunch Coriander Leaves
• 1 Egg
• Lemon
• 2 Onions
• Oil for Frying
• Salt to Taste

Method:
• Wash and soak channa dal in water for 30 minutes.
• Wash and drain the minced meat.
• Mix the chana dal, whole spices, a cup of water and salt to taste. Cook well.

Chicken Roll Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Cooked Chicken

• 2 Tomatoes

• 2 Onions

• 2 Eggs

• 1 Tsp Ginger Garlic Paste

• 1 Tsp Garam Masala

• Few Tortillas

• 2 Tsp Oil

• Salt to Taste

• Chili Powder

Method:

• Wash, clean, cut and cook chicken.

• Cut onion and tomato separately.

• Sauté chopped onions in heated oil.

• Add ginger garlic paste and fry.

• Add tomato and chicken.

• Fry well and add the chili powder, salt to taste and garam masala.

• Sauté well and remove from flame.

Strawberry Watermelon Punch

Ingredients:

• 1 Pint Strawberries

• 4 Cup Fresh Watermelon Juice

• ½ Tsp Pureed Ginger

• ½ Cup Sugar

Method:

• Wash and stem berries in cold water.

• Force through a food mill to separate seeds from the puree.

• Extract the fruit puree using nylon sieve.

• Combine all the Ingredients: in a jug, stir well and refrigerate for few hours.