CHEESY POTATO SLICES

Ingredients:
Potato ....... 1 (large )
Tomatoes .. 2 small
Garlic paste... 1 tsp.
Tomato puree ... 2 tbsps.
Tomato ketchup... 1 tbsp.
Grated cheese ..... 3-4 tbsps.
Oregano ............ 1 tbsp.
Red chilli powder ... 1/2 tsp.
Salt ................... to taste
Oil.
For garnishing:
Palak (spinach) ..... 1/2 bunch.
Method:

1. Blanch the tomatoes.Make pizza sauce adding salt, red chilli powder, garlic, tomato puree and ketchup. Season with oregano.

2. Peel the potato and cut thin slices. Leave them in the salted water for 10 minutes. Fry them till half done. Drain and set aside.

3. Chop the palak leaves and sprinkle salt over them. Heat the oil well and deep fry them (using a big strainer) until crisp.

4. In a baking tray place the potato slices, spread the pizza sauce and top it with grated cheese.

5. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes, until the cheese melts.
6. Serve them on a bed of crispy, crunchy spinach.
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CUSTARD TRIFLE

Ingredients:
Milk ......1 & 1/2 litres
Sugar ... 1 cup
Custard powder .....6 tsps
Jelly ... 2 pkts (2 different flavours)
Mixed fruits ... 2 cans
Sponge cake. ....1

Ingredients for egg-less Sponge cake:
Flour ..... 100 gms
Condensed milk ... 130 gms.
Margarine or butter.. 30 gms
Baking soda ......1/4 tsp.
Baking powder .. 1 tsp.
Milk ........ 50 ml.
Method:
1. Beat butter and condensed milk (1 minute).
2. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and beat (2 minutes).
3. Add milk and beat (1 minute).
4. Pour in a greased 7 inch tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

5. Make the jelly and set it in the refrigerator. Add less water than the recipe requires because the jelly should be firm.

6. Boil the milk adding sugar. Mix the custard powder in a small bowl with a little milk and stir it into the boiling milk. Keep stirring with a whisk to avoid lumps.

7. Now in a serving dish place the cake slices on the bottom and pour custard over it.
8.Put the fruits and jelly pieces. Serve chilled.
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PINEAPPLE JELLY

Ingredients:

Pineapple .... 1

Pineapple jelly ... 1 pkt.

Cake .................. 7-8 slices ( you can use plain cake or fruit cake )
Sugar .......... 5-6 tbsps.

Method:

1. Peel and cut the pineapple into thin slices.

2. In a pan, mix the sugar with 2 cups of water and cook the pineapple slices for 10 - 12 minutes on low flame. This way you can preserve the pineapple slices and use them in the desserts, as raw pineapple gives a bitter taste if used directly. (You may use the canned one too )

3. Heat water and dissolve the jelly cristals in it as per the instructions on the packet.

4. Line a flat bottomed glass dish with the cake slices and pour half jelly on them and refrigerate to set.

5. Now pour the remaining jelly on it and garnish with the pineapple slices.

6. Refrigerate again to set.

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MANGO KULFI

Ingredients:

Milk Powder (full cream) .... 3 tbsps

Water ............................. 3 cups

Sugar ............................ 2 tbsp (check the sweetness of the mango and adjust accordingly)

Mango pulp ................. 1/3 cup

Method:

1. Mix the milk powder in water and boil it. Add sugar and keep stirring until it is thick to the consistency of rabri.

2. Let it cool. Add the mango pulp and whisk it until blended.

3. Pour into kulfi moulds and freeze.

Serve with mango pieces.

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PEACH AND STRAWBERRY CAKE

Ingredients:
Peaches ........... 1 tin
Strawberries (fresh)... 600 gms
Sugar .................... 1/2 cup
Chantilly cream
For the cake:
Butter ........10 tbsp.
Eggs ............ 3
Sugar .......... 1/2 cup
White flour .... 1cup
Baking powder ..... 1 tsp.
Milk ...................... 3-4 tbsp.
Vanilla essence...... a few drops

Method:
1. To make strawberry crush blend 500 gms. strawberries and cook in a pan with half cup sugar.
2. Sift the flour and baking powder.
3. Beat the softened butter and sugar until light and creamy.
4. Now fold in the eggs, one at a time, adding the sifted flour after each addition and stir in the milk and the essence.Beat until the flour is mixed well.
5. Grease an oven-proof dish and place the peaches and pour the cake mixture on top.(Save the liquid from the can for moistening the cake later)
6. Bake it in the pre-heated oven for 40-45 mins until done. (You can check the cake by inserting a knife.)
7. Let the cake cool and remove the upper crust of the cake with a knife.
8. Mix a little sugar and few drops of vanilla essence in half the liquid from the can (about one cup)and pour it on the cake with a spoon.
9. Spread the strawberry crush and decorate the cake with chantilly cream and the remaining strawberries.

(For variation you can use any other fruits )
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BANANA MALPUAS

Ingredients:
Wheat flour .... 3 tbsp.
Bananas ........ 2 small
Sugar ........... 1 and 1/2 tbsp.
Cardamom powder ..... 1/8 tsp.
Milk/water..................... to mix
Baking powder ........... a pinch
Pistachios (crushed)......... to garnish
Oil ................... to fry
Method:

1. Peel and cut the banana into very small pieces.
2. Mix flour, sugar, cardamom powder and baking powder amd make a thick batter adding milk or water.(Take the ratio of 3 spoons flour and 2 spoons banana)

3. Fry the malpuas in a shallow bottomed pan.
Sprinkle pistachio powder on hot malpuas.
You may use jaggery instead of sugar if you prefer.

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FRIED POMFRET (Koliwada Style)

This fish is a speciality from a Suburban area in Mumbai - Sion Koliwada.

The recipe originated from Kolis (fisherfolk) and now it has become a delicacy and is served in various restaurants in Maharashtra. But still people prefer going to eat in the small roadside thelas of Koliwada for the authentic taste.

This recipe here may not exactly be the same but it is quite close to the original one. My Maharashtrian maid prepared the marination.I was quite happy with the results.You can prepare prawns in the same way.

Ingredients:

Pomfrets ...... 2 small (any other fish can be used but pomfret is preferable)

Lemon juice .... 2-3 tbsps.

Ginger paste ... 1 tsp.

Garlic paste .... 1 tsp.

Red chilli powder.. 1 tsp.

Turmeric powder ... 1/2 tsp.

Garam masala ....... 1 tsp.

Ajwain (Carom) powder .... 1/2 tsp.

Red colour ............. 1/4 tsp.

Rice flour ............. 2 tbsps.

Salt ....... to taste

Oil ..... to fry

Method:

1. Clean the fish well and make a big slit on the side and lightly on both sides for the marination.Usually small entire fish is preferable for this recipe and not the slices.

2. Mix all the ingredients (except rice flour) with salt and lemon juice and rub on the fish.(out side as well as inside)Leave it for few hours.

3. Heat oil for deep frying. Sprinkle a little rice flour all over the fish and deep fry it till done.

Garnish with onion slices and lemon wedges. Serve hot.

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VEGETABLE WONTONS

Ingredients:

Wonton wraps .. 1 pkt. (To make wraps at home refer to the spring rolls recipe. Cut them into squares )

Capsicum ..... 1 small

Mushrooms .... 5-6

Carrot ............. 1 small

Baby corn ....... 5-6

Cabbage .......... 1/2 cup

Celery ............. 2-3 tbsps.

White flour ...... 2-3 tbsps.(to make paste)

Soy sauce ........ 1 tbsp.

Garlic paste ...... 1 tbsp.

Ginger paste .... 1 tsp.

Ajinomoto ....... a pinch

Salt ................ to taste

Oil.

Method:

1. Cut all the vegetables very finely.

2. Heat a tablespoon of oil and add the ginger garlic paste and saute.

3. Add the finely chopped vegetables and stir fry. Add salt, ajinomoto, soy sauce and stir fry till the water is dry. Keep the flame high as the vegetables have to remain crunchy ...do not over cook.Let the mixture cool.

4. Now add 1/4 cup water to the white flour and mix well. Cook it on low flame stirring continuously to make a paste to seal the wontons.( white sauce consistency)

5. Take a wonton wrapper, put a little mixture in the centre and apply paste to the edges. Close it like a triangle.

6. Now take the 2 edges and secure them overlapping each other and stick with the paste.

Deep fry and serve immediately with wonton sauce.

To make wonton sauce:

Garlic paste ..... 1 tsp.

Vegetable filling ... 2 tbsp.

Chilli sauce .......... 1 tsp.

Soy sauce ............ 1tbsp.

Tomato sauce ..... 1 tbsp.

Corn flour ........... 1 tsp.

Salt ..... to taste.

Oil ........ 1 tsp.

Heat oil in a small pan. Stir fry the garlic and add the filling mix. Stir in the sauces and salt.

Add a little water to the corn flour and add to the sauce stirring it continuously.The sauce should not be too thick.

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