Chocolate Souffle

Ingredients

3 Eggs (separated)
2 cup Whipped cream
3 tbsp Gelatin
2 tbsp Caster sugar 
1/2 cup Water
50 gm Dark Chocolate

Method

Take a bowl, add gelatin dissolve it in water and then heat it for 30 secs in microwave or over medium flame in double boiler.

Whip egg whites till it form peaks.

Mix sugar and egg yoke. 

Mix molten chocolate in it and stir in dissolved gelatin. 

You can keep this bowl in another bowl with warm water so that temperature of this mixture is warm while mixing in the ingredients. 

Fold gelatin mixture in whipped egg whites. 

Then mix cream very gently.

Transfer it in a tin (2 1/2 inch) keep it in the refrigerator for an hour to set.

Now put it in hot water in a bowl for few secs to unmould .

Decorate it with chocolates.




Hope you like it.

Alka

Apple Jaggery Stew

Ingredients

6 Apples
3/4 cup sugar
60 gm Jaggery
3 Cinnamon sticks
1/2 Lemon
2 tbsp Malai or Amul (Cream)

Method

Peel and cut apples into thin slices. 

Take a 4 inch microwave dish keep the slices in the dish and add cinnamon sticks.

Microwave it for 5 mins. Can be cooked for 7 mins. 

Keep stirring in between.

Let it rest for 5-8 mins. 

Then remove cinnamon sticks and cover apples with cream or malai.

Garnish it with the same cinnamon sticks which we have removed previously.

Serve hot or cold.

Note - You can replace apple with Peach, Strawberry or Nashpati (Bartlett is the juiciest pears)

Hope you like it

Alka

Aam Panna

(Throughout the year)

Ingredients

Mango Pulp 1 kg
Sugar 2 kg
Water 1 kg
Salt 60 gm
Black pepper 10 gm
Zera 25 gm
Pudina extract 4-5 Bunches
Lemons 5-7 nos

Method

Wash and peel mangoes. Remove all the pulp. Cook the pulp with salt only. Keep aside to cool.

Wash pudina leaves, drain them and spread on a cloth.

Boil zera and pepper in 1/2 Lt of water for 10- 15 mins so that water becomes almost half. Churn this water and strain through muslin cloth.

Add remaining 1/2 kg water to this extract to make it 1 kg of water. 

Add pudina leaves to some of this water n churn. Now strain through muslin cloth.

Add sugar to the remaining water n bring it to boil, stir continuously. Blend mango pulp. 

Now we have pudina extract water, sugar syrup n mango pulp. Strain all the three through wire strainer and add lemon juice stir till completely mixed.

you can mix it in the liquidizer also.

Note: 

It can last for 2-3 months if kept in the fridge.

For preserving it for an year mix 1 tsp of potassium meta-bi sulfate and store in sterilized glass bottles n air tight.

If preservative added do not open for 10-15 days.

Clean mango with clean cloth.

Add pudina leaves in boiling water.




Hope you like it.


Alka

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Baked Spinach

Ingredients

200 gm Spinach (Palak) (ruffly chopped)
1 Onion (Chopped)
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
Salt & Pepper to taste
4 tbsp Cream

2 tbsp Flour (Aata)
1/2 Cup Milk
50 gm Butter

Method

Clean spinach thoroughly. Remove all excess water. Chop spinach.

Heat butter saute chopped onion add ginger, garlic paste.

Then add spinach and again cook for 3 min. 

Now add salt n pepper.

Let it rest till it cools down a bit n then grind in the mixer. 

Add flour (Atta), milk and half of cream grind again. 

Transfer it to the dish and bake in oven at 200 degree for 30 min.

Garnish with remaining cream.

You can serve it with chapati and toast.

Hope you like it.

Alka

   Dates & Nutty Soda Bread (Eggless Cake)

Ingredients

1 Cup Dates
1 Cup Water (Hot)
1 Cup Sugar
2 Lemon ( juice n lemon rinds)
1 Cup Oil
3 Cups Flour
1 Cup Powder Milk
1 tsp Khane ka Soda 
1/2 Cup Nuts (Cashew, Almonds, Raisins, walnut)  (chopped)

Method

Leave dates in hot water for an hour. Mash dates in water add lemon juice, sugar and lemon rinds mix well. Add oil in this mixture.

Mix all dry ingredients together. 

Pre heat the oven to moderate temp (230 degree).

Take one nine inch or 3 three inches tin -grease them.

Mix date mixture in dry ingredients just before ready to bake. If your mixture is thicker than falling consistence add water . 

Bake in prepared tins for 30 mins.

This cake is delicious and very healthy. 

Hope you like it.

Have a nice day

Alka.

Fresh Tomato Lime Refreshing Drink 

Ingredients

4 Tomato
2 Lemon
8 tsp Honey
350 ml Drinking water (Cold)

Salt, Pepper and Back salt (Kala Namak) to taste

1. Few Coriander leaves (Chopped)
2. 

Method 

First step is to blanch the tomatoes. For this boil water in a pan. Add tomatoes in boiling water and once it starts boiling again turn off the stove.

Drain the water n let it cool for sometime.

In a food processor, puree the tomatoes and strain the puree through a sieve into a pitcher.  Now add salt, pepper, honey, lemon juice and ice water and stir.

Pour the tomato refreshing drink in 4 glasses garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves n serve. 

You can lemon wedges for garnishing .

Hope you like it.

Have a nice day.

Alka

Veg Loaf

Ingredients

2 Cups Potato (Chopped n boiled in salt water)
1/2 Cup Carrot (Grated)
1 Cup White sauce*
1 cup Cheese sauce/Cream cheese**
2 Garlic clove
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
1 Green Chilli 

Few Coriander leaves ( finely chopped)
4 Bread slices (make crumbs)

*White Sauce

Ingredients

1 tbsp Flour (Maida)
1 tbsp Butter
1 Cup Hot milk

In a pan at low flame melt the butter.

Add flour and cook till froth appear stirring throughout.

Add milk gradually and stir continuously until the sauce thickens. 

You can add salt pepper at this time n mix well.

**Cheese sauce

Ingredients 1 Cup Boiling Milk
100 gm Powdered or grated cheese.

In a separate pan on high flame add cheese and pour boiling milk over it.

Bring it to boil again until it is thick.

Method For Veg Loaf

Press bread crumbs at the bottom of a 3/5 inch tin with wet hands or little oil.

Mix garlic paste ,lemon juice, chilli, coriander leaves, salt in chopped potatoes and carrots.

Bake at 230 degree for 30 minutes. 

Leave it in the tin for 10 min. then unmould and serve hot or cold with green chutney.

Variation:

#Beat an egg.

Mix egg with white sauce n cheese sauce.

Fold the two mixtures. pour over bread crumbs base.

#We can make layers of potato, carrot, white sauce, cheese sauce and chutney n bake it. keep adding salt n pepper in every layer.

#If you don't have cheese replace it with cottage cheese (Paneer) and add 1 tbsp of maida n cornflour each.


You can use White sauce n cream cheese as a dip. play with different flavors i.e add garlic, oregano etc in it and serve with snacks.


Hope you like it.

Alka