Daal Makhani

Ingredients:(serves 2)

1. Black Gram Daal 1 cup
2. Oil/Ghee 2 tbsp
   
3. Water 6 cup
   
4. Corriander powder 1 tsp
   
5. Cumin powder 1 tsp
   
6. Tomatoes 3 no.
   
7. Red Chiilies 5 no.
   
8. Garlic 10 flakes
   
9. Milk 1 cup
   
10. Curd 1 tbsp
11. Butter 1 tbsp
12. Corriander leaves 1 tbsp
    
13. Salt according to taste

Prepreprations:

1. Soak daal overnight.
   
2. Soak red chillies in hot water for half an hour.
   
3. Grind together red chillies and garlic flakes.
   
4. Grind together curd and cream/malai.
5. Chop tomatoes.
   

Method:

1. Combine soaked daal, water, milk, Salt, half mixture of red chillies and garlic.
   
2. Pressure cook for 45 minutes.
   
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Add remaining red chilli mixture.
5. Now add chopped tomatoes.
6. Add coriander powder and cumin powder.
7. Cook until oil separates.
8. Add above mixture with Daal.
9. Put pressure cooker on low flame again.
10. Keep on boiling for 20 minutes.
11. In between mash the daal slightly.
12. Now add Cream mixture and butter.
13. Boil for another 10 min.
14. Decorate with corriander leaves and butter.
    

Suji Sandwich

Ingredients: (serves 2)

1. Bread Slices 6
2. Cream/Malai 2 tbsp
3. Suji ( semolina) 1 tbsp
4. Finely chopped capsicum 1tbsp
5. Finely chopped Onion 1 tbsp
6. Salt acc. to taste
7. Chopped green chillies 1 tsp
8. Black Pepper acc to taste
9. Oil 1 tbsp
   

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients except bread slices.
2. Mixture should be slightly thick You can add more suji if required.
3. Apply this mixture over Bread slices.
4. Heat tava .
5. Put some oil on it.
6. Now put bread slice over tava such that mixture side is baked first.
7. Once it is light brown change the side.
8. Serve with chutney or sauce.
   

Dry Dhokla

Ingredients: ( serves 2)

1. Curd 1 cup
2. Besan ( Gram flour) 1/2 cup
3. Suji (Simolina) 1/2 cup
4. Green chilli 2 no
5. Garlic flakes 4 no.
6. Cumin seeds 1tsp
7. Oil 2 tsp
8. Sugar 1tsp
9. Coriander leaves 1 tbsp
   
10. Baking soda 1/2 tsp
11. Eno 1/2 tsp
12. Salt according to taste
13. Red chilli according to taste
14. Mustard seeds 1 tsp
    

Prepreprations:

1. Mix Suji, Besan and curd.
2. Keep aside for 1 hour.
3. Grind garlic, 1 green chilli and cumin seeds with minimum water.
   

Method:

1. Mix thoroughly all the ingredients with 1 tsp of oil except mustard seed and remaining green chilli.
2. Steam for 20 minutes.
3. Cut into equal pieces.
4. Now heat rest of oil in a pan.
5. When hot add mustard see and remaining chilli.
6. Now add steamed pieces.
7. Fry for 5 min stirring occasionally.
8. Serve with imli and green chutney.

Note:
There are different method for steaming. You can use idli cooker or steam cooker. If you dont have any of them,

1. Take a covered deep and big pan.
2. Add water to it and put on high flame untill water starts boiling.
3. Take another pan that can fit into first pan.
4. Pour mixture into second pan.
5. Put second pan into first and cover with lid.
6. Steam on medium flame for 20 minutes.
   

Coffee On Rocks

Ingredients: ( serves 2)

1. Milk 2 cups
2. Sugar 3 tsp
3. Coffee 2 tsp
4. Water 1 tbsp
5. Ice cubes 1 cup
6. Crushed Chocolate 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Blend milk and sugar together untill sugar dissolves completely.
2. Blend coffee and water untill it is creamy.
3. Now mix ice cubes, coffee and milk.
4. top with chocolate.
5. Serve chilled.

Hot Coffee In a Ziffy

Ingredients : (serves 2)

1. Milk 2 cups
2. Coffee acc. to taste (1 tsp)
3. Sugar acc. to taste (2 tsp)
4. Grated chocolate 2 tsp

Method:

1. Boil milk in a deep pan.
2. Add coffee and sugar.
3. Use a blender to blend coffee on a slow flame.
4. keep on blending for 5 min from different directions.
5. Boil again for 2 min and turn off the flame.
6. Serve hot with a chocolate topping.

Poha

Ingredients: (serves 2)

1. Thick Chidwa ( Beaten Rice) 1 cup
2. Groundnuts 3/4 cup
3. Onion 1 no.
4. Tomato 1 no.
5. Green chilli 1 no.
6. Lemon 1 no.
7. Corrainder Chopped 1 tbsp
8. Mustard oil 2tbsp
9. Salt, red chilli powder, Turmeric acc. to taste
10. water 1 tbsp

Prepreprations:

1. Wash and dip the beaten rice in plenty of water for 5 min.
2. Now sieve them and keep aside.
3. Squeeze the lemon to get lemon juice.
4. Take 1 tbsp of oil in a pan.
5. Heat the oil untill it leaves the raw smell.
6. Now add groundnuts to the oil.
7. Fry untill they turns crispy and brown by stirring occasionaly.
8. Keep aside.
9. Chop Onion, Tomato n green chilli seprately.

Method:

1. Take rest of the oil in a pan.
2. Heat oil untill it leaves raw smell.
3. Add chopped green chilli to oil.
4. After 1 min add chopped onion.
5. Fry untill golden brown.
6. Now add chopped Tomatoes.
7. Add dry spices.
8. Cook untill oil seprates.
9. Add water.
10. Now add beaten rice, lemon juice, groundnuts and corriander leaves.
11. Mix well but lightly.
12. cover the lid for 7 min, stir occasionaly.
13. serve hot.

Home Made Paneer

Ingredients: ( serves 2)

1. Milk 1 ltr.
2. Lemon juice/ Curd/ Citric Acid as required.

Method:

1. Boil the milk.
2. At boiling point start adding lemon juice/ Curd/ Citric Acid.
3. Let it boil for 5 min.
4. Switch off the stove and leave it for 15 min.
5. Now seive it using thin cloth.
6. If u want to have pieces keep the seived panner under weight for half an hour.
7. Cut into pieces

Rasgulla

Ingredients (Serves 5):

1. Home made Paneer 500gm
2. Sugar 250gm
3. Maida 1/2 tsp
4. Suji 1/2 tsp
5. Water 500 ml

Method:

1. Knead paneer, Suji and maida until it gets soft & pliable.
2. Make small balls of the kneaded paneer.
3. Boil the water with sugar.
4. When it starts to boil add paneer balls.
5. Cook for 15 mins in low flame.
6. Turn off the flame and keep it aside to cool (for 4 to 5 hours)
7. Serve Chilled.

Coconut Sandwich

Ingredients: (serves 2)

1. Bread Slices 8 nos.
2. Grated coconut 3/4 cup
3. Curd 1 ltr
4. Malai / Cream 2tbsp
5. Salt acc. to taste
6. Black pepper acc. to taste.
7. Oil 1 tbsp
8. Green Chillies 2 nos.
9. Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Pre preprations:

1. Hang curd over night in a thin cloth so that water drains out of curd.
2. Slit the green chillies.

Method:

1. Mix together all ingredients except bread, oil, mustard seeds and green chillies.
2. Spread the mixture over one slice of bread.
3. Cover it with second slice.
4. In the same manner use all slices.
5. Now heat the Non stick tawa.
6. Put some oil on it.
7. After 1 min smear some mustard seeds and green chillies.
8. Immidietly put bread slices over tawa.
9. Cover the tawa with plate and reduce the flame.
10. Turn upside down once lower side is light brown in color (usually it takes 3-4 min).
11. Now cook without covering the tawa.
12. Sandwich is ready when both sides are crispy and light brown in color.
13. Serve with sauce or green chutney.

Sarson ka Saag

Ingredients: (Serves 4)

1. Sarson (Mustard leaves) 3 bunches
2. Spinach 1 bunch
3. Maize flour 1tbsp
4. Ghee 2 tbsp
5. Onion 2 nos.
6. Tomatoes 3 nos.
7. Garlic 6 flakes
8. Ginger 2 inches
9. Green Chillies 2 nos.
10. Salt according to taste
11. Garam masala according to taste
12. Red chilli powder according to taste

Pre preprations:

1. Wash the spinach and sarson thoroughly and chop finely.
2. Chop onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and green chillies.

Method:

1. Put spinach and sarson together with salt in a pressure cooker.
2. Place on high flame for 5 minutes.
3. Reduce the flame and cook for another 15 minutes.
4. Let it cool for some time.
5. Now mash or coarsely grind it by blender.
6. Now heat ghee in a pan.
7. Add garlic to hot ghee followed by ginger and green chillies.
8. Now add onions and stir untill onion turns light brown.
9. Add tomatoes and dry spices.
10. Keep stirring untill oil starts to seprate.
11. Add the maize flour, sarson mixture in the pan and mix completely.
12. Cover the lid of pan.
13. Keep it on medium flame and stir occasionely untill the water dries completely.
14. Serve hot with butter.

Note: Spinach and sarson tend to reduce in volume when u boil them. so be very careful while putting salt.

Chocolate Coffee Cup

Ingredients:

1. Cream 200gm
2. Instant Coffee powder 1/2 tsp
3. Chocolate pieces 1 cup
4. Sugar 1tbsp
5. Chocolate Biscuits 1 pack
6. Milk 1tbsp

Method:

1. Mix Cream, Coffee powder and Sugar together.
2. Beat over the ice untill soft and fluffy.
3. Add 1/4 cup chocolate pieces to cream mixture.
4. Mix remaining chocolate pieces with milk in a heavy bottomed pan.
5. Heat over low flame untill chocolate melts.
6. Crush the chocolate biscuits.
7. Now take a small glass bowl.
8. Make first layer of crushed chocolate biscuits.
9. Above the first layer pour Coffee cream mixture.
10. Finaly pour Chcolate layer.
11. Serve chilled.
12. You can decorate it with fried cashewnuts.

Green Chutney

Ingredients:

1. Corriander leaves 1 bunch
2. Mint leaves 1/2 bunch
3. Ginger 1/2 inches
4. Green Chillies 2 nos.
5. Pomengrate seeds/powder 1/2 tsp (optional)
6. Salt according to taste
7. Lemon juice 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Grind together all ingredients except salt,Lemon juice.
2. When finely ground, add salt and lemon juice.
3. Stir so that salt and lemon juice get properly mixed.
4. Serve with any snack.

Eggless Mayonnaise

Ingredients:

1. Cream 1cup
2. Boiled Potato 1 no.
3. Salt, Black pepper according to taste
4. Finely chopped capsicum 1 tbsp
5. Finely chopped spring onion 1tbsp

Method:

1. Grind together potato and cream.
2. Add rest of ingredients and mix well
3. Mayonnaise is ready :-)

Pin Wheel sandwich

Ingredients:

1. Bread Slices
2. Green Chutney
3. Tomato Ketchup
4. Mayonnaise
   

Pre Preprations:

• Cut out corners and hard sides of the bread slices.

Method:

1. Take 3 slices of bread.
2. Slightly flatten the bread slices with rolling pin.
3. Take a slightly wet cloth.
4. Take one slice and spread ketchup on it.
5. Put slice on wet cloth.
6. Take 2nd slice n spread green chutney on it.
7. Put this slice on wet cloth such that the first slice is overlapping some part of 2nd slice.
8. Similarly spread mayonnaise on third slice.
9. Put third slice so that 2nd slice is overlapping some part of 3rd slice.
10. Now start rolling the cloth so that one by one all slices rolls along with cloth.
11. Refrigrate this roll of cloth for 5 min.
12. Take out n cut the rolls with knife in round shape.

Shimla Mirch Paneer (Cheese Capsicum Curry )

Ingredients (Serves Two):

1. Cheese 250 gmCapsicum 2 nos
2. Onion 1 nos
3. Tomatoes 4 nos
4. Green Chilli 1 nos
5. Cream/malai 2 tbsp
6. Tomato ketchup 1 tbsp
7. Cloves 2
8. Cinnamon 1 stick
9. Salt, Red chilli powder, Garam masala and Turmeric powder according to taste
   

Pre Preprations:

1. Cut capsicum width wise.
2. Cut onion length wise.
3. Cut cheese into medum size.
4. Grind tomatoes and green chilly together.
   

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan Add cloves n cinnamon to hot oil.
2. When they splutter take them out from oil.
3. Now, put capsicum pieces into the pan.
4. Stir occasionally.
5. After 5 mins add onions.
6. When onion color changes to golden brown add tomato puree.
7. Stir occasionally and continue heating for 5 mins.
8. Now add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt n garam masala according to taste.
9. Fry until oil begins to seprate.
10. Now add cream, tomato ketchup and cheese pieces.
11. Close the lid of pan n keep on slow flame for 5 min.
12. Serve hot.
    

Kadah (Wheat Flour Halwa)

Ingredients:

1. 75 gm ghee
2. 100 gm coarsely ground wheat flour
3. 75 gm sugar
4. 250 ml water

Method:

1. Heat Ghee in a large pan (The pan should be able to accomodate 2 ltr of water)
2. When hot, mix wheat flour and continuously stir
3. Keep stirring till the mixture turns light borwn
4. Parallely, mix water and sugar in another pan and heat till water boils and sugar is completely dissolved
5. When the ghee and flour mixture turns brown, slowly pour water into the first pan while continously stirring. Stirring will avoid formation of lumps.
6. Keep stirring till ghee begins to separate from the mixture.
7. Serve hot