Badam Ka harira (Almond Milk)

Ingredients

Almonds – 35 to 40

Milk – 1 litre

Sugar – ½ cup

Poppy seed – ½ tsp

Rice – 3 tbl.sp (optional)

Cinnamon stick – 1

Cloves – 3 to 4

Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp

Method

Soak almond in water for 3 to 4 hours and then peel off the skin.

Soak rice and poppy seed  in water separately for 3 to 4 hours.

Make a paste of almond, rice and poppy side by adding milk.

Heat one tbl.sp of ghee/butter in a pan, add cinnamon and cloves and stir fry till it splutters.

Then add almond paste and more milk and sugar and keep on stirring till rice is cooked.

Add cardamom powder, mix well and remove from fire. Garnish with saffron. 

Serve hot or cold.

Chocolate Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

Cocoa powder/ drinking chocolate – 2 tbl.sp

Corn flour – 1 tbl.sp

Sugar – as per taste

Milk – 1 cup cold

Butter – 2 tbl.sp

Vanilla essence – ½ ts[

Method

Combine together all in the ingredients, cook on a double boiler till it becomes thick.

Use this as a topping for any dessert.

Chocolate Malpua

Ingredients

For making Malpua

Wheat flour/all purpose flour – 1 cup

Milk – ¾ cup or more

Sugar – 1 tsp

Salt – a pinch

Cinnamon powder – ¼ tsp

Cottage cheese (paneer) – 3 tbl.sp

Yogurt – 1 tbl.sp

Sugar syrup

Sugar – ½ cup

Water – ½ cup

Chocolate sauce (Check my recipe for chocolate sauce)

Method

Mix all the ingredients given for malpua and make a batter of pouring consistency.

Make a sugar syrup and keep aside.

Heat a pan, shallow fry or deep fry small pancakes.

Dip in sugar syrup for few seconds, remove in a plate and pour little chocolate sauce on top.

Apricot Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken pieces – 250 gm

Apricot – 4 soaked in water

Onion – 2

Tomato – 2 small

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves

Make a paste of

Ginger – 1 small piece

Garlic – 4 to 5

Green chilli – 2

Roast and Make a paste/powder of

Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp

Whole pepper corns – ½ tsp

Cloves – 4

Cardamom – 1

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Method

Heat oil in a pan and add onion and fry till golden brown in color.

Then add ginger galrlic and green chilli paste and sauté for a minute till the raw smell goes.

Then add chopped tomatoes and apricots and cook till they are mashed.

Add chicken pieces, turmeric powder, salt and cover and cook for 10 minutes on a low flame.

Add roasted masala powder and one cup of water and cover and cook till the chicken pieces are cooked and the gravy becomes little thick.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Khatti Dal

Ingredients

Toor dal/split piegion peas – ½ cup

Tomato – 2 small

Ginger – 1 small piece grated

Garlic flakes – 4

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Red chilli powder – ½ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Asafoetida – a pinch of

Green chilli – 1

Coriander leaves – ¼ cup

Salt as per taste

Tamarind pulp – 2 tsp

For tampering

Few curry leaves

Red chilli  - 2

Crushed garlic – 5

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Method

Wash and soak toor dal in water for half an hour.

Pressure cook it by adding tomatoes, curry leaves, garlic and ginger till 5 whistles till it becomes soft and tender.

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, tomato pulp and simmer on a low flame for 2 minutes.

For tampering, heat 1 tsp of oil and 1 tsp of butter, to it add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic flakes, curry leaves and red chilli. When it starts to splutter pour this on the dal and garnish with coriander leaves and green chilli.

Apricot Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 1 cup

Sugar – ¾ cup

Egg - 2

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Baking powder – ½  tsp

Salt – a pinch

Chopped Dry apricots – 7

Butter – 6 tbl.sp

Desiccated coconut – ½ cup

Milk – ½ cup or more

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Method

First sieve together all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and keep aside.

In another bowl, whip together sugar and butter and then eggs and vanilla essence till smooth and fluffy.

Then fold in desiccated coconut and all purpose flour and then again beat with a hand blender for 2 minutes.

Pour in a greased baking tray and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree for half an hour or till it is done.

Green Peas Potato Cutlet

Ingredients

Potato – 1 cup

Green peas – ½ cup

Onion - 1

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Green chillies – 2 chopped or as per taste

Corn flour – 2 tbl.sp

Oats/bread crumbs

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves – ¼ cup

Method

Combine together all the ingredients except cornflour and oats.

Make small flat round balls.

Make a thick paste of cornflour by adding little water.

Dip this balls in the corn flour paste and roll on oats or bread crumbs.

Shallow fry or deep fry in oil and serve hot with chutney or ketchup.