Kulfi

Ingredients

• Milk   -   500 ml
• Condensed milk   -  1/2 tin
• Cornflour    -  1  tbsp
• Cashew  -  3  tbsp  (chopped )
• Cardamom powder   -   1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder   -  a pinch

Method

Mix milk and condensed milk and bring the milk to the boiling point. Mix the cornflour in 1/4 cup of water and add to the boiled milk. Cook this mixture for 2- 3 minutes. Switch off the flame and add the turmeric powder. Keep aside and let it cool. Finally add the cardamom powder and chopped cashews. Pour this in the kulfi moulds and keep in the freezer for about 6 - 8 hours. Decorate with saffron and serve. Enjoy the true taste of kulfi.   

Pista Short Cake Trifles

 

The Pista Short Cake Trifles is a trifle that is made just for kids. Kids enjoy these kind of things that are a mixture of jelly, pista cake, vanilla pudding and strawberry cream.

 

 

 

For first layer

Ingredients

• Strawberry jelly -  1p

For second layer(Pista cake)

Ingredients

• Egg - 3
• Sugar  - 5tbs
• Plain flour(maida) -  6tbs
• Baking powder -  3/4tsp
• Pista essence -  1tsp
• Ghee -  1tbs

Method

In a bowl add egg and sugar beat with an egg beeter till it becomes a fluffy. Then add flour+baking powder and pista essence mix this well using a spoon. Grease a non-stick pan with ghee. Pour this batter and keep in a low flame for about 10-12 minutes. Pista cake is ready.





For moistening

Ingredients

• Milk  - 1cup
• milkmaid  - 1/4tin

 

For third layer

 

Ingredients

• Milk -  3cup
• Milk maid -  1/2tin
• Sugar -  as required
• China grass -  10g
• Vanilla essence -  2-3 drops

 

Method

Boil the milk with sugar and milk maid. Add the melted china grass and mix well. Switch off the flame add vanilla essence.

 

For decoration

• Hershey's strawberry syrup -  5tbs+3tbs
• Whipping powder -  100g
• Milk -  4tbs
• Nuts -

 

 

 

 

Layering

 

In a glass,firstly pour the strawbery jelly (make the jelly as directed in the packet). For the second layer cut the pista cake and spread on top of the jelly layer. For moistening the pista cake, mix 1 cup milk and 1/4 tin milk maid. Pour this mixture on top of the pista cake then pour the third layer on top of the pista cake. Finally, decorate with crushed pista cake. Pour some strawberry syrup and on top of that you can make the cream by beating whipping powder,3tbs strawberry syrup and milk. You can also garnish it with nuts.

 

Caramel Cream Cheese Flan

Ingredients

• Cream cheese - 6 heaped tbsp
• Egg - 2
• Milk - 1 cup
• Sugar - 5 tbsp
• Cinnamon powder - 2 pinch
• Condensed milk - 200 ml
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 2 tbsp

Method

Cook 5 tbsp of sugar and a little water in a saucepan on medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the mixture is golden and has a consistency like that of a syrup. Add the lemon juice by carefully swirling the pan every few minutes. Now turn off the flame. Do not allow the syrup to turn dark because that will make the syrup taste bitter. Immediately pour caramel syrup into the pudding plate and set it aside. Take a blender and blend the eggs and cream cheese until it has a smooth texture. Then pour in the milk, 2 tbsp sugar, cinnamon powder and condensed milk. Blend everything together until it turns smooth. Keep the cooking plate on the preheated steamer and pour the batter over the syrup in the plate left earlier, Cover it with a foil and cook on a medium flame for 1 hour.
Insert a knife into the center of the flan to check if it's cooked. If the knife comes out clean, turn off the flame and allow it to cool down. Put the flan onto a serving plate and serve it.

Chicken Burger

Ingredients

• 1. Burger bun - 4 nos
•     Tomato sauce - 4 tbs
•     Cabbage - 100 gm (finely chopped)
•     Cucumber - 1/2 (sliced)
•     Tomato - 1 (sliced)
• 2. Chicken - 100 gm
• 3. Red chilly powder - 1 tbs
•     Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
•     Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs
•     Salt - as required
•     Coconut oil - 5 tbs
•     Curry leaves - as required
• 4. Tomato sauce - 4 tbs

Method

Marinate the chicken with the 3rd ingredients. Cook this in a non-stick pan on a low flame. When the chicken is almost done, add tomato sauce and mix well. keep in a low flame for about 5 minutes. Mince the chicken and keep aside.

For Garlic Paste

Ingredients

• Milk - 1 cup
• Vinegar - 1 tbs
• Oil - 1 cup
• Garlic - 6 nos

Method

Pour milk in a blender and then add vinegar to it. When it is curdled, add garlic and oil to it and blend it till it becomes a thick paste.
Slice the burger into two halves. Spread tomato sauce on one half and spread the chopped cabbage over it. Top up with sliced tomatoes and cucumber. Spread the minced chicken over it and then add garlic paste on it. Spread a little bit of garlic paste on the second half. Place the second half on top of the first half and poke a toothpick on top of the burger.

Rasmalai

For Malai

Ingredients

Milk - 500 ml
Sugar - to taste
Milkmaid - 3 tbs
Saffron

Method

Bring the milk to boiling point. Simmer the milk on low heat. Stir it every 2-3 minutes to prevent it from boiling. Add sugar as required along with the milkmaid. Stir it again for about 1-15 minutes continuously. Turn off the stove, add saffron to it and set it aside to cool.

For Channa

Ingredients

Milk - 500 ml
Vinegar - 1 tbs

Method

Bring the milk to boiling point. When it is boiling vigorously, pour vinegar into it and stir. The milk will get curdled up within 2-3 minutes of pouring vinegar into it.If it is not curdled up well you may add more vinegar into it. Use a muslin cloth and drain it. Rinse the channa under running water. Knot the cloth and keep it aside for 20 minutes to drain excess water. Squeeze off the excess water and kneed the channa thoroughly to get a smooth and consistent dough. Make small balls out of it.
In a cooker, take 3 cups of water and add 2 cups of sugar to it to make the syrup.When the syrup reaches the boiling point, add the balls one after the other into it. Close the cooker and let it whistle once. Take out the balls from the syrup and squeeze it gently. Then put them into the malai. Decorate it with crushed pistachios.