Bonds

2 cups black gram dal a few coconut pieces

1\2" piece ginger

3 green chilies

Green dhania leaves

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

Soak black gram dal in water for 40 minutes. Drain off water.

Dal to thick paste is obtained.

Paste white stir in chopped coconut ,ginger green chilies and green dhaniya leaves add salt.

Shape into small balls and deep fry in oil till golden brown.

Serve hot with coconut chutney or sambar.

Vadas

3 cups black gram dal

Salt to taste

6 chopped green chilies

1tsp chopped ginger

Curry patta leaves

Oil to fry

Wash and soak dal for 6 hours

Drain and grind 1/3rd dal with one Tbs water

If required, add another 1/2 tbs

Water for circulation

Add salt, chopped green chillies, ginger, curry patta and coconut pieces.

Shapes in to small balls and deep fry in hot oil.

Lassi (sweet)

4 cups curd

4 tbs sugar

1 cup water

1 cup crushed ice

Put all  ingredients in to jar.Curd from richer milk needs less time from a good thick froth

Serve in chilled glasses

Water Melon cocktail

3 cups water Melons pieces

Sugar to taste

Water Melons and sugar in jar and run

Serve with crushed ice

Mango Milk shake

1. 2 Cups Mangoes cubed
2. 1/2 Litre Milk
3. 6 tbs Granulated Sugar
4. Some ice cubes

•  Mango pieces whit a little milk in jar and run
• When turned to smooth paste, 
• add milk, sugar ,and ice cubes

Serve chilled in tall glasses.

Alu chaat

Ingredients Required

1. 1/2  Kg Potatoes
2.  1/2 Kg Sweet potatoes
3. 2 Green chilies
4. 1/2 Kg Kachalu
5. 2 Tomatoes
6. 2-3 lemons juice
7. Salt to taste 
8. chat masala to taste

Method
wash Potatoes Kachalu and Shakarkandi and place them Roost on the wire-mesh of the tandoor for 20 minutes. till vegetables are well cooked Peel cut into pieces , together with tomato sprinkle juice of lemon . add chat masala. 

Saboodana khichdi

Ingredients

1. 1 Cup Saboodana
2. 1 Cup ground nut
3. 1 Big size potato
4. 1 Green chilli
5. 1/2 tsp. jeera
6. Sendha salt to test
7. 2 tsp. oil
8. 5 tsp. sugar
9. 1 lemon
10. Coriander 
11. Red chilli powder to test

Method
1. Firstly wash the Saboodana.
2. Soak it for 8 hours in 1/2 cup water.
3. Roast ground nuts, remove the peels and then crush it.

4. Boil a potato and cut into small pieces.
5. In a fry pan and add oil, jeera, green chilli, ground nut, potato, and lastly Saboodana. Mix till 2 minutes.
6. Add salt to taste. Pour water in a bowl, heat it. Keep the frying pan over it. (for 20 minutes - medium flame) (NOTE: The water in the bowl MUST BE BOILING).
7. Add some grinded (powdered) sugar and some lemon juice.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and start eating!

Watermelon Sorbet

Ingredients

• Watermelon pulp 500 gm.
•  Milkmaid 1/2 tin

Method

• Remove all seeds trom the watermelon and cut into small pieces.
• mix in milkmaid and blend in an electric blender .
• Pour  into freezing trays and freeze till set. Cut into cubes and serve frozen.

Preparation time 15 minutes ( no cooking)

coconut sorbet

Ingredients

• Milkmaid   1/2 tin
• Water 4 Cups ( hot)
• Coconut 1

Method

• Grate coconut.
• Add  water and keep for 15 minute .
• Strain through muslin cloth to squeeze out coconut milk.
• Combine Milkmaid with coconut milk and mix well.
• Pour the mixture into a freezing tray and freeze till set .
• Cut into cubes and serve frozen.

Preparation time 25 minute

Brinjal ka Bharta

Ingredients

1. 500 gm Brinjal
2. 2 big onion
3. 1 medium size garlic
4. 5gm ginger
5. 2 medium size tomato
6. 1 green chilli
7. Salt to taste
8. 1 tsp. red chilli 
9. 1tsp. coriander powder
10. 1/2 Turmeric powder
11. Oil -  2 tbsp.
12. 1/4 tbsp. methi dana
13. 1/4 tbsp. master
14. Coriander to garnish

Method

1. Wash the brinjal and make 3-4 holes in it with a knife (so that it doesn't burst while cooking). Grease it with oil (vegetable oil, of course), and bake it in a microwave for 16 minutes (800°)
2.  Peel it.
3. In a Fry-pan take oil, methi dana, mustard, onion, ginger, garic, and tomato and fry till 5 minutes.
4. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder and mix well.
5. Finally add brinjal to this paste and fry for about 30 minutes.
6. Garnish with a coriander and serve hot.

Namkin Khichdi

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice
• 1/2 cup moog dal
• 1 potato
• 1 tomato
• 50 gm. ground nut
• 1 carrot
• 2 green chillies
• 1 onion
• 100 gm. peas
• 2 tbsp. oil
• 1/2 tps. jeera
• Coriander for garnishing

Method

1. Wash rice and dal properly.

2. Fry oil, jeera, onion , chilli, potato, groundnut, peas, tomato and carrot in a Fry-pan for 5 minutes.

3. Add rice and dal to the mixture. Stir for about one minute. 

4. Then take the mixture in a pressure cooker and cook till three "whistles".

5. Garnish with a coriander and serve hot!

Rawa Idli

Ingredients

1. 1 cup rawa or suji
2. 1 cup dahi ( yogurt)
3. 1/2 cup water
4. salt to test
5. 1/2 tsp. Turmeric
6. curry leaves
7. 2 tsp. Sugar (power)
8. 1/2 tsp. muster
9. lemon juice

Method

• In a dish add dahi and suji and mix
• Keep the mixture for 8 to 9 hours to plastic airtight container.
• Add to salt to mix and pour it in an idli pot. Steam it for 15 minutes.
• After taking it out of the pot keep it for 5 minutes.
• Fry it by taking in a pan, oil , curry leaves, mustard, salt, turmeric and mix properly.
• Add sugar and lemon to taste.
• Enjoy the fried Rawa ldli breakfast. :)

Corn Upma

Ingredients

1. 1 Cup  (Rawa ,Suji) Baking
2. 4 tbsp. oil
3. 1 tsp. mustard seeds
4. few curry leaves
5. green chillies chopped
6. 1 big onion chopped
7. 1/2cup corn (boil)
8. 1/4cup peas
9. 3 cups water
10. 1 tsp. lemon juice or  Coriander  
11. salt to taste

Method

• Mix 3tbsp. oil Suji in a flat glass dish. Spread evenly at the bottom of the dish and microwave for 3 minutes.
• Mix again and immediately mix well. Keep aside.
• In a separate dish, put 1 tbsp. oil. add Mustard, curry leaves, onion, green chillies, and peas Microwave for 5 minutes.
• Add salt , corn, water. Gradually add suji, stirring constantly. Microwave covered for 3 minutes Stir.
• Remove cover and lemon juice and Coriander microwave for 1minutes. Serve. :)

 

Gajar ka Halwa

Ingredients

1. 1/2 gm. Carrots peeled and grated
2. 1 lighter  Milk
3. 1/2 Cup Sugar
4. 100 gm. Khoya
5. 2 tbsp. desi Ghee
6.  Seeds of 2 Green Cardamom
7. 15 gm. Cashews

Method

1. Mix grated carrots, milk and ghee in a big deep bowl and heat it over medium flame until the mixture goes thick.
2. Add sugar, mix it and after sometime add khoya (mawa) and again mix nicely.
3. Add cardamom and cashews.
4. Serve hot. :)

 

 

Pav Bhaji

Ingredients

1. 3 Medium sized Potatoes,
2. 1/2 Cup peas
3. 2 Carrots
4. 1/2 cup chopped Cauliflower
5. 1 cup chopped Cabbage and  1 Capsicum
6. 4 tbsp. Oil
7. 3 tbsp. Butter
8. 2 Onions chopped
9. 1 tsp. Ginger-Garlic paste
10. 2 tsp. Pav Bhaji masala (available in market)
11. 1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder
12. 1 cup Tomato chapped
13. 1 tbsp. chopped Coriander
14. 1 lemon
15. Salt to test
16. 1tbsp. red chilli powder

Method

1. Mix potatoes and the rest of the vegetables in the Pressure Cooker, till three (3) whistles. 
2. After this, mash the vegetables nicely.
3. Then, take some oil in a pan (kadaai) and mix onions, ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes. Fry them till the mixture turns brown.
4. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and Pav Bhaji masala.
5. Again, mash the mixture.
6. Add butter and coriander. (this is for garnishing)
7. Serve with chopped onions and some pieces of lemon. :)

Enjoy the Bombay style Pav Bhaji at the comfort of your own home.

 

Rava Ladoo

 Ingredients

1. Sooji or Rava 3Cups
2. Ghee 4tbsp.
3. cardamom powder 1/2 tsp.
4. Milkmaid 1tin (400gm)

Method

• In a karahi dry roast the sooji till pinkish brown,
• Then add the ghee and roast for another 10 minutes.
• Add the Milkmaid and cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the karahi Add the cardamom powder and mix well.
• Remove from fire, cool and form into small ladoos.

Nutty Log

Ingredients

1. Butter   30gm
2. Vanilla  1tbsp.
3. Cashew Nuts   2cup for crushed
4. Biscuits       4 cups crushed
5. Milkmaid   400gm

Method

• Beat the butter with the Milkmaid, vanilla ,and 1cup crushed nuts.
• Incorporate the crushed biscuits, little by little it forms a smooth dough.
• Form into three logs and roll each over the rest of crushed nuts spread on a flat pate so that the log gets coated with nuts. Wrap in a sheet of cling film/ aluminium foil.
• Place in refrigerator for about 1 hour.

 

Amrakhand

Ingredients

1. Curd         500gm
2. Paneer      100gm
3. Milkmaid  400gm
4. Mango essence 1tsp

Method :
Put Curd in a muslin Cloth and  allow to hang for 12 minutes. Press to make sure that excess water is removed.
 Mash  paneer till smooth and creamy Blend with Milkmaid and mango essence. Fold in curd and chill till almost frozen
Note---(Mixer may be used for a smooth product. No cooking )

 

 

 

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients

1. Cup freshly grated coconut
2. 3 Green chilies (small size)
3. 1/2 Piece of Ginger
4.  Salt to taste

 Tempering

1. 1 tsp. Oil
2. 1/2 tsp. Mustard seeds
3. 1 dry, red chili
4. few curry leaves

 

Method

• Grind coconut, green chilies and ginger together, by adding enough water to make a thick past
• Add a little salt to taste. Remove chutney into a serving bowl.
•  Oil, mustard red chili and curry leaves in small  pan uncovered for 2minutes.
• Pour the hot oil on the chutney. Serve chutney

 

Black forest cake

Ingredients

1. Milkmaid   1 tin
2. Maida   225gm
3. Cocoa     4  tbsp.
4. Aerated cola drink   200ml
5. Baking powder   1tsp
6. Soda bicarbonate     1tsp
7. Cream   1 cup
8. Tinned cherries 1 small tin
9. Chocolate bar 40 gm.

Method

Lightly grease and flour a baking tin preheat the oven to 150'C melt the butter in pan Cool and add milkmaid sift together the Maida baking powder soda and cocoa.
Mix the Maida with the Milkmaid butter mixture alternating with cola till the Maida and cola are over. Lmmediately  pour into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes at 150'c cool and slit horizontally into two.
whip cream till light and fluffy sandwich the two layers of cake with whipped cream and destined cherries Top with whipped cream and cherries sprinkle generously with grated chocolate Chill and serve.