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Chicken Marsala

2012-03-30T07:34:00.002-07:00

Chicken Marsala can be found at almost any restaurant in the United States. If you are not familiar with this dish – chicken marsala is an Italian dish that consists of lightly floured chicken with a delicious wine sauce and sliced mushrooms. The key ingredient to this recipe is Marsala wine; it has a very delicious flavor and should not be substituted. Marsala wine shouldn’t be hard to find and typically isn’t very expensive. The sauce needs to be reduced until it becomes some what thick, if you have a problem thickening the sauce you could stir in a little flour until you have achieved the desired thickness. This recipe is very easy and you will be eating it within an hour or less. Serve with linguini or your favorite type of pasta. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon oregano
salt and pepper (to taste)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
10 ounces fresh sliced mushrooms
4 garlic cloves (minced)
2 cups marsala wine
3 cups chicken stock
1 package linguini (cooked)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: 1 at a time, place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of wax paper (or plastic wrap). With a mallet pound chicken breasts until they are about ¼” thick.

Step 2: On a plate combine flour, salt and pepper, and oregano. Dredge chicken breasts in flour until coated thoroughly.

Step 3: Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet. Fry chicken breasts until they are almost fully cooked (about 3 minutes on each side). Remove from pan and keep warm in the oven at 175 degrees.

Step 4: Deglaze the pan with marsala wine. Make sure to scrape up all the brown bits on the bottom of the pan and mix them with the wine.

Step 5: Add chicken broth mushrooms and garlic. Cook on medium-high for 10 minutes or until the sauce has reduced by half. Add chicken breasts back to the pan and cook for another 10 minutes. The sauce should now have become somewhat thick. Serve on a bed of linguini.

Hot and Sour Soup

2012-03-30T07:33:00.000-07:00

If you eat at Chinese restaurants or buffets, chances are you have probably tried hot and sour soup. The ‘hot’ comes from chili and garlic paste and pepper. The ‘sour’ comes from vinegar. Many hot and sour soup recipes call for ingredients such as wood ear fungus and lily buds… these ingredients can be hard or nearly impossible to find in many areas. This recipe calls for neither. Even if you cannot find some of the ingredients on the list, they can easily be replaced with something else. If you do not eat meat, the pork can easily be omitted. If you are using the tofu, I would suggest letting the soup marinate for at least a day to allow the flavors to develop before serving. Don’t let the slightly lengthy list of ingredients turn you away, this recipe is very easy! Enjoy.

Ingredients:
6 cups chicken stock
¼ lb pork (julienned)
2 tablespoons garlic and chili paste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
3 eggs (beaten)
5 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup shitake mushrooms (sliced)
1 can peeled straw mushrooms
1 can sliced bamboo shoots
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 can baby sweet corn cobs
½ lb soft tofu (sliced into small cubes)
¼ cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
green onions (sliced)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a large pot bring chicken stock to a simmer. Add soy sauce, pork, mushrooms and garlic and chili paste. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 2: Add pepper, vinegar, bamboo shoots, baby corn cobs, water chestnuts and tofu. Simmer for another 10 minutes. Bring to a slow boil. Mix 5 tablespoons of cornstarch with 5 tablespoons of water and add to the soup while stirring.

Step 3: Bring the soup back to a simmer and pour beaten eggs in a thin stream into the soup. Let stand 10 seconds and gently stir in sesame oil. Garnish with green onions.

Chocolate Bundt Cake

2012-03-30T07:29:00.005-07:00

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate Bundt cake… Yes, that is indeed a lot of chocolate. This is the perfect cake for chocolate lovers; it’s nearly an overdose of it. This recipe uses 3 different ingredients to incorporate chocolate into this cake – chocolate cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, and chocolate chips. This cake is very rich, recommend to taking small slices or you might not be able to finish it. If you are looking for a quick and easy Bundt cake recipe, give this a try. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) package devils food cake mix
1 (5.9 ounce) package instantly chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
½ cup warm water
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix together devils food cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, sour cream, oil, eggs and water. Mix until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.

Step 2: Pour batter into a greased 12 cup Bundt cake pan.

Step 3: Bake for 50-55 minutes until the top is springy to touch and until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

French Toast

2012-03-30T07:28:00.001-07:00

Here is a recipe for the well known breakfast item – French toast. French toast is very popular all across the United States and Europe. It is also known as ‘Eggy Bread’ in parts of the United Kingdom. The process to making French toast is very simple; slices of bread are dipped in an egg mixture and then fried on a griddle or in a pan. Most of the flavor comes from ingredients such as cinnamon and vanilla extract. This recipe calls for Texas toast, which is a thicker type of sliced white bread. If you can’t find it any type of white bread will work as well. Serve with butter, syrup and/or fruit. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
8 slices thick Texas toast bread
4 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon (or more if desired)
3 tablespoons butter
powdered sugar

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a shallow bowl mix together eggs, milk, flour, sugar, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.

Step 2: Heat a large skillet or griddle. When the pan is hot add butter.

Step 3: Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture for 30 seconds on both sides. Let the excess batter drip off and place into the skillet.

Step 4: Cook each slice on for 1 ½-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown on both sides. Repeat adding more butter to the pan if necessary until all slices have been cooked. Dust with powdered sugar.

Quiche Lorraine

2012-03-30T07:27:00.000-07:00

The basic ingredients of this recipe include eggs, bacon and cheddar cheese. There are a lot of ways you can change this recipe to your taste. You could use ham in place of bacon and Swiss in place of cheddar. You could also add a vegetable such as broccoli if you choose. This is an absolutely delicious breakfast dish that is very easy to make. To save time you can buy a pre-pared pie crust from the store and just pour the filling into it and bake. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
½ cup bacon (cooked and crumbled)
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 dash pepper
1 ½ cups cheddar cheese
1 (9 inch) pre-pared pie crust

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Pre-pare the pie crust and bake in the oven at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow it to cool completely.

Step 2: Meanwhile, in a large bowl beat eggs and add sour cream, salt, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, bacon and cheese. Pour mixture into cooled pie crust.

Step 3: Bake in the oven at 325 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool and finish setting for 10 minutes. Serve.

Vegetable Lo Mein

2012-03-27T02:07:00.000-07:00

If you are not familiar with Lo Mein, Lo Mein is a Chinese noodle dish. The noodles are first cooked and then mixed with a brown sauce and an assortment of vegetables. If you would prefer to add a little meat putting in some cooked chicken, pork, or shrimp would be great as well. Vegetable Lo Mein could be a main course or even go great as a side dish with your favorite Chinese chicken recipe. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
8 ounces linguini, spaghetti or vermicelli noodles (cooked until al dente)
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
2 cups fresh mushrooms (sliced)
1 carrot (peeled and sliced into thin strips)
1 red bell pepper (sliced)
1 onion (sliced)
2 tablespoons garlic (minced)
2 teaspoons ginger (minced)
1 green onion (chopped)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup chicken broth
¼ cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce
¼ teaspoon curry powder
salt and pepper (to taste)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a small bowl mix together chicken broth and cornstarch. Set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet or wok. Add the red pepper flakes and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add mushrooms, carrots, onion, red pepper, garlic and ginger. Stir fry until tender. Add in green onion and stir fry for 1 minute.

Step 2: Add in the chicken broth/ cornstarch mixture along with the hoisin sauce, honey, soy sauce, and curry powder. Stirring until sauce has thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3: Mix sauce with cooked noodles tossing to coat and serve.

Chicken Nuggets

2012-03-27T02:05:00.001-07:00

Chicken nuggets make a great snack or even a great addition to a dinner or lunch. This recipe is very kid friendly… your kids are sure to be pleased with these chicken nuggets. The chicken is first rolled in flour, dipped in egg and then rolled in a bread crumb mixture. For the seasonings, you can tweak it to your taste. If you want a little heat, add some cayenne pepper or chili seasoning into the flour mixture. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1” chunks)
¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon pepper
¼ cup milk
1 egg
½ cup dry Italian breadcrumbs
1 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon butter (melted, if baking in the oven)
Oil (if deep frying)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: On a plate combine flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder. In a small bowl beat egg and milk. On another plate combine bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

Step 2: Coat chicken strips first in the flour mixture, then dip in the egg mixture and then roll in the breadcrumb mixture. Repeat until all strips are coated.

Step 3: If deep frying – Heat deep fryer to 360 degrees and deep fry chicken nuggets in batches for 6 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Step 4: If baking in the oven – Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place chicken strips on a baking sheet and drizzle with melted butter. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until strips are no longer pink inside

Crab Puffs

2012-03-27T02:03:00.001-07:00

Crab puffs are placed high on my list of appetizers. Crab puffs are a perfect snack for any party or get together. Over-all there is a little work involved with this recipe but nothing major. The crab mixture is delicious enough to eat by itself. Everyone around my house just devoured these; they were gone in no time. The recipe calls for canned crab but imitation crab will work as well. If you are in need of an amazing appetizer, give this recipe for crab puffs a try! Enjoy.

Ingredients:
1lb canned crab (or imitation)
½ cup celery (finely chopped)
½ cup onion (finely chopped)
4 hard boiled eggs (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley (minced)
1 ½ cups mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chili sauce
1 cup water
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a large bowl combine crab, celery, onion, hard boiled eggs, chili sauce, and parsley. Mix well and refrigerate.

Step 2: To make the puffs – Bring 1 cup of water to a boil, add 1 stick of butter and stir until melted. Slowly add flour, a little at a time until the dough forms a ball. Allow the mixture to cool. In a separate bowl beat 4 eggs thoroughly. Stir beaten eggs into flour mixture, mix well.

Step 3: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a baking sheet and drop flour/egg mixture by the teaspoon full onto the baking sheet. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Remove from oven and allow the puffs to cool.

Step 4: Slice each puff in half and fill with the crab mixture.

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

2012-03-27T02:01:00.001-07:00

This pizza will make an amazing treat to make for a party and everyone is sure to love you! The process is very simple, coat the chicken bits with hot sauce and butter. Instead of the traditional pizza sauce, blue cheese dressing goes on this pizza. If you are not a fan of blue cheese, no problem, you can easily use ranch dressing instead. For the crust you can either use a store bought crust or even better, make your own. If you choose you can add other ingredients for toppings such as black olives or red onions. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (cooked and cubed)
2 tablespoons butter (melted)
1 (2 ounce) bottle hot sauce
1 (8 ounce) bottle blue cheese dressing (or ranch)
1 (16 inch) prepared pizza crust
1 (8 ounce) bag shredded mozzarella cheese

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Pre-heat your oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl combine cooked chicken cubes, hot sauce and melted butter. Mix well to coat the chicken.

Step 2: Spread blue cheese dressing over the pizza crust, just enough to cover the crust. Using the whole bottle is not necessary. Top with coated chicken cubes and mozzarella cheese.

Step 3: Bake in the oven until crust is golden brown and cheese has melted (about 10 minutes).

Chinese Chicken Wings

2012-03-27T02:00:00.000-07:00

Looking for that amazing snack for your Super bowl party? Well, look no further. Chinese chicken wings are the ultimate party snack. The amazing flavor of these wings lies within the marinade. The longer you marinate the wings for, the more flavor they will have.The marinade also makes a great dipping sauce for the wings or even goes great on top of rice. There is nothing complicated about this recipe as the marinade only takes a few minutes to mix together. The hardest part is if you want to cut the chicken wings but you can buy them pre-cut in the store. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
3-4lbs chicken wings
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup water
½ cup pineapple juice
1 cup sugar
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a large bowl combine all of the marinade ingredients. Add the chicken wings, cover and refrigerate. Marinate overnight (or longer).

Step 2: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange chicken wings on a foil lined baking sheet. Pour marinade over wings.

Step 3: Bake in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until wings are fully cooked.

pizza patties

2012-03-23T23:47:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 kg flour
3 table spoon yeast
2 tea spoon sugar
1tea spoon salt
250 gram butter unsalted and un melted
3 eggs for dow of pizza patties
more ingredients for filling the dow
tomato puri 2 gms
250 gram butter unsalted melted
1 kg boneless small chickenpieces
half tea spoon ginger
half tea spoon garlic
2 tomato middle size
1 middle size onion
i big size shimla mirch
red chilli 2 tbs
5 green chilli with small cutting
salt2 tbs
garam masahala half tbs
black peper1/4
white peper1/4 tbs
500 gm chadder cheese
500gms moazrella cheese chadder
4 eggs for toping
1 cup oil for frying

Method:

first of all we shall take yeast sugar salt in a some water in aglass then we shall mix it with a spoon
after dissolving it we shall take flour and l mix eggs in it and then we should add dissolving water in this flour and we shouldl mix it with our hands .then it will become smooth then we will cover it by polythein bag in a big bowl for 4 hours in a some hot place

this dow will become like a pizza dow
then we shall make gravy by frying all the ingredents that mentioned above after making it some cool
we shall make a sheet on the shelf from the dow first of all we shall paste butter on the pizza sheet dow then tomato puri and then chicken greavy spread on all the pizza dow sheet and chadder cheese and moazrella cheese and then smoothly roll it in 4 or 5 layers after it we will cut it by sharp knife wit the help of butter this sheet will make 6 and seven pizza patties we shall put these pizza patties on a big oven tray oily and we shall toping it wiith beating eggs with small a cloth of malmal
then we shall spread chadder cheese and moazrella cheese on the top of these patties
first of all pre heated oven on200c and then on the heat of160c put these patties in the electric oven for a 5or 6 minutes after being some golden it will become ready for eating

Anday ka Halva

2012-03-20T23:29:00.001-07:00

Ingredients

12 eggs
1 cup sugar
4-5 green cardamom (Chhoti ilaichi) - seeds
1 cup ghee (not oil)
dry fruits - pistachio (Pistay), almond (Badam), raisins (Kishmish)

Instructions

Mix all into a pot and cook over a low flame stirring
constantly till the mixture is light brown and dry.
Put onto a plate and flatten into a 1" layer.
After it cools down cut into small pieces.

Zarda

2012-03-20T23:27:00.004-07:00

Ingredients

1 Kg rice presoaked
800 gms. to 1 kg sugar (as per taste)
¼ tsp. yellow food color
2-3 tbs. oil
Dry fruit-raisins (Kishmish), pistachio (Pistay), almonds (Badam)
10-12 cloves (laung)
8-10 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
Khoya or cream or ricotta cheese
1/2 tsp. Kewra essence
¼ Kg. Khoya

Instructions

Soak the rice for at least an hour. In pot add water till half full.
Add color, 5-6 cloves and 4-5 ilaichi, boil and add rice.
When the rice is almost cooked then drain.
Then in oil add rest of the cloves and ilaichi
and fry on low heat.
Add the well drained rice and sugar.
Mix well.
Cover and cook for a few minutes on low heat.
Then add khoya and dry fruits.
Mix and before removing from heat add kewra.

Sheer Khurma

2012-03-20T23:22:00.007-07:00

Ingredients

1 liter of milk (or 2 cups of powder milk dissolved in 12 cups of water)
4 tbs. sugar
5-6 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) seeds
¼ cup chopped pistachios (Pistay)
½ cup chopped coconut (Narial)-dried
½ cup chopped almond (Badam)
¼ cup raisins (Kishmish)
¼ cup chopped dried dates (Chhuwaray)
1 hand full of vermicelli (sewayyan)
1 tsp. Kewra essence

Instructions

Wash the dry fruit and soak in a little milk for 3-4 hours.
In a pot add milk, sugar and ilaichi seeds and simmer on low heat until it starts to thicken.
Add the vermicelli and keep cooking till it softens.
Add the presoaked dry fruit and cook for 5 minutes and just before removing from heat add the kewra essence.
Can be served hot or chilled.

Sewaiyan

2012-03-20T23:06:00.002-07:00

Ingredients

100 grm. Sewayyan
4 tbs. ghee or butter
3-4 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
4-5 tbs. sugar
1 cup water
1 pinch of yellow food color (optional)
2 tbs. Khoya or powdered milk (optional)
½ tsp. Kewra essence
Dry fruit (according to taste)

Instructions

In a pan add the ghee or butter and seeds of 3 cardamoms. Add the Sewayyan and roast them on very low flame till their color changes to a darker shade. Stir constantly. In another pan meanwhile add the sugar, water and seeds of 1 cardamom and also the yellow food color if you wish. Bring to the boil and remove from heat.
When the Sewayyan have turned a browner shade add this sugar syrup to them all the while stirring constantly.
Add the khoya or powdered milk at this time if you like and the dry fruit.
Cover and let cook for 5-6 minutes till the water has dried and the sewayyian have become tender. Add the kewra essence and remove from heat. Garnish with dry fruit and serve either plain or with fresh cream. Can be served both hot and cold.

Ras Malai

2012-03-20T23:02:00.001-07:00

Ingredients

1 cup powdered milk
1 egg
1 tsp. oil
1 tsp. baking powder
Syrup:
1 liter milk
6 tbs. sugar
1 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
1 tbs. chopped pistachio (Pistay)
1/2 tsp. Kewra essence

Instructions

Mix together the ingredients into a dough and form into small oval, slightly flattened balls. Meanwhile boil the milk with sugar and ilaichi seeds. When the milk starts to boil add the malai balls. When they start to swell up lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes. Just before removing from heat add kewra essence. Garnish with pista.
Chill and serve.

Ras Gullay

2012-03-20T23:00:00.004-07:00

Ingredients

1 liter of fresh milk
OR 2 cups of powdered milk dissolved in 12 cups of water.
2 cups sugar
1 tbs. vinegar or lemon juice
2 tbs. rice flour
2-3 drops of Kewra essence
chopped pistachio (Pistay) for garnish (optional)

Instructions

Heat the milk in a pot until it starts to boil and add vinegar/lemon juice to it to let it curdify. (My word). Keep boiling until the water and curd
separates out.
Drain and sieve it well to remove all the water from the curd. Spread the curd out on a clean, flat surface and add the rice flour to it.
Knead it as much as you can, the more the better
(DO IT BY HAND).
Meanwhile add the sugar to 3 cups of water and boil to make syrup.
When the syrup starts to boil make the curd into small round balls and add to the boiling syrup and cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
Just before removing from heat add the kewra essence and garnish with chopped pista.
Cool before serving

Panjeeri

2012-03-20T22:58:00.003-07:00

Ingredients

6 tbs. Ata or Suji
2 tbs. ghee
2 tbs. coconut (Narial)-gated
2 tbs. Pistachio (Pistay)-grated
2 tbs. almond (Badam)-grated
100 grm. (Makhanay)
50 grm. (Gond)
1 tbs. (Char Maghaz)
½ tsp. dry dates (Chhuwaray)-chopped
2 tbs. dry fig (injeer)-chopped
2 tbs. cashew nuts (Kaju) crushed
¼ tsp. nutmeg (Jaiphal)
4 tbs. sugar
6 pcs. green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
½ tsp. dry ginger (Sounth)-grated

Instructions

Fry Ata/Suji, Makhanay, Gond in ghee till light brown.
Add all other ingredients mix well and fry for few minutes.

Kulfi

2012-03-20T22:55:00.004-07:00

Ingredients

1 cup or 160 ml evaporated full cream milk.
850 gms. Cream
2 slices of bread
500 gms. Condensed sweetened milk
½ cup water
6-8 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)-seeds crushed
10 pistachio-crushed
2 tbs. rose water
Few drops of Kewra

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients blend them well, pour the mixture in the containers and Freeze

Khubani ka Meetha

2012-03-20T22:53:00.005-07:00

Ingredients

250 grm. Dried Apricot
2 cups water
3 tbs. sugar
½ liter milk
2 tbs. sugar for custard
2 tbs. custard powder
Fresh cream

Instructions

Presoak the apricot preferably overnight. Remove the pits and take out the almond from inside the pit and keep aside.
In a pot boil the apricot with 2 cups of water. Add the 3 TBS of sugar to this water. When the quantity of the water is reduced to 1-cup remove from heat. Cool and grind to a paste that is neither too thick nor too fine.
Add the almonds that were removed from the pits to this pulp mixture.
In another pot prepare the custard either according to instructions on the custard powder packet or according to the following.
Take ½ liter of milk. Bring to the boil. Add the 2 TBS of sugar. Meanwhile mix the 2 TBS of custard powder with a few TBS of milk and add to the boiling milk stirring constantly otherwise it will coagulate.
Cook for a few minutes till it thickens slightly. Remove from heat and cool.
Now in a dish you can do either one of the following
1. Add the custard then top off with a layer of the apricot pulp and then with a layer of fresh cream.
OR
2. Add a layer of custard then a layer of apricot one on top of the other. Then add a final layer of fresh cream.
Serve chilled.

Kheer

2012-03-20T22:51:00.005-07:00

Ingredients

1 liter of milk
a small tin condensed milk
4-5 tbs. sugar (reduce amount if adding sweetened condensed milk)
½ cup rice washed
dry fruits-pistachio, almonds
1 tsp. Kewra essence
3-4 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)

Instructions

In a pot add milk and ilaichi seeds and washed rice and leave on a very low flame to cook.
When rice becomes very soft smash it and leave on low heat to thicken.
Add sugar and condensed milk and cook till bubbles start forming.
Add kewra essence just before removing from heat.
Garnish with dry fruit.

Jalaibi

2012-03-20T22:50:00.001-07:00

Ingredients

1 cup maida
½ cup rice flour
2 cup water
2½ cup sugar
1 tsp. soda
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
6 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
2 tsp. Rose water
Saffron (Zafran)
Yellow/orange food colour
Oil/ghee for frying

Instructions

Mix maida, rice flour, soda and water and keep the mixture overnight in warm place.
Mix sugar, water, ilaichi saffron cream of tartar and cook to make it into thick syrup.
Deep fry the mixture in the curls using a nozzle like the one used for icing of cakes. Fry till light brown and pour into the syrup. DO NOT OVER SOAK.
Remove and let the excess syrup drain out.

Gulab Jamun

2012-03-20T22:46:00.003-07:00

Ingredients

2 cups milk powder
1 egg
1 tsp. oil
1 tbs. white flour (maida)
½ tbs. semolina (suji)
2 tsp baking powder
oil for deep frying
Syrup:
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
4-5 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
Few drops of Kewra essence

Instructions

First make the syrup by dissolving sugar in water.
Add the illicit seeds and cook till it starts to boil.
Remove from heat and keep aside.
Mix together the rest of the ingredients into a dough and make into small balls (makes about 32-36) and deep fry until brown.
Add to the syrup.

Firni

2012-03-20T22:44:00.001-07:00

Ingredients

1 liter of milk
a small tin condensed milk
4-5 tbs. sugar (reduce amount if adding sweetened condensed milk)
½ cup rice flour
dry fruit --pistachio, almonds
1 tsp. Kewra essence
4 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) seeds

Instructions

In a pot add milk and Ilaichi seeds, rice flour and sugar.
Leave on a very low flame to cook and keep stirring. When the mixture thickens add Kewra essence and remove from heat.
Garnish with dry fruits.

Faluda

2012-03-20T22:40:00.002-07:00

Ingredients

Pre-boiled spaghetti (unsalted)
2-3 scoops of Vanilla
or Pistachio ice cream
½ cup cold milk
Rose syrup or Roohafza (according to taste)
Crushed ice
A few tbs. of preset Jell-O (optional)
Assorted fruits chopped pineapple. peaches... banana....etc. (optional)
Assorted dry fruits (optional)

Instructions

Take a tall, wide-mouthed glass.
Add all the ingredients in a layered form.
Serve chilled.