FRITATA

INGREDIENTS

4 Eggs

1/2 cup chopped veggies like, frenchbeans,capscicum (I use the colored ones) Carrots grated, mushrooms finely chopped

1 sprig of spring onions

1 onion finely chopped

1 Green Chilly finely chopped

1/4 cup grated cheddar or mozarella cheese

1 tablespono Butter

salt/pepper to taste and a pinch of nutmeg powder

Coriander leaves to garnish

Method

1. Heat a pan.  Add butter, fry the onions, veggies, till half done add the green chillies mix well. Add the chopped spring onions along with half of the green stems - mix well and put off the gas.

2. Beat the eggs till frothy, add salt/pepper and the nutmeg powder

3. Grease a baking dish with butter. 

4. Spread the veggie mixture into the baking dish.  Sprinkle the grated cheese on top of the veggies, next pour the egg mixture over this.  Add the coriander leaves and balance spring onion greens over this and bake for 10 - 15 minutes till done.

5. Once done cool it and slice it just like you slice the pizzas.

GRILLED CHICKEN ON BAMBOO SKEWERS

INGREDIENTS

500gms Boneless chicken cubes

1 tablespoon besan flour

1 cup thick curds

Veggies :  Colored bell peppers /green capsicum / 1 large onion cubes

Tikka Marinade : 

1 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder

1 tbsp ginger /garlic paste

¼ tsp pepper powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp Jeera powder (Cumin)

¼ tsp Dhania powder  (Coriander)

¼ tsp garam masala powder

Pinch of saffron (optional) soaked in curds (1/4 tsp)

1 tsp kasoori methi (dried methi leaves)

1 tbsp lemon juice

Salt to taste

1 tbsp oil

First marinade – Marinade the chicken with salt & lemon juice for 10 minutes.

For second marinade - take a bowl, add yoghurt, besan flour, Kashmiri Chilly Powder, ginger /garlic paste, pepper powder, turmeric powder, Jeera powder (Cumin), Dhania powder  (Coriander), garam masala powder, saffron mix, kasoori methi & oil.  Mix to form a paste.  Reserve 1 table spoon of paste to marinade the veggies.

Add the chicken to this paste and marinade for a 3-4 hours.

Add the  veggies to the reserved marinade just before you are ready to grill 

To assemble the chicken tikka on skewers,

Soak the bamboo skewers in water for 20 minutes.

  

Using the sharp side of the skewer place the Green bell pepper, cubed onion, Chicken, any color bell pepper and onion.  Repeat till the skewer is full.

Pre-heat oven to 240 degrees C, bake till chicken is full done.

Tips 

Wooden or bamboo skewers should be soaked for at least 20 minutes. They should not be soaked for longer than four hours. The skewers can be soaked in water, but soaking them in wine or juice gives an added depth of flavor to meats.

Mango Cheesecake...No Bake & Eggless

Mango Cheesecake...No Bake & Eggless

Cheesecake is a sweet dessert consisting of one or more layers. The main, and thickest layer, consists of a mixture of soft, fresh cheese (typically cream cheese or ricotta), eggs, and sugar; if there is a bottom layer it often consists of a crust or base made from crushed cookies (or digestive biscuits), graham crackers, pastry, or sponge cake. 

It may be baked or unbaked (usually refrigerated). Cheesecake is usually sweetened with sugar and may be flavored or topped with fruit, whipped cream, nuts, cookies, fruit sauce, and/or chocolate syrup. Cheesecake can be prepared in many flavors, such as strawberry, pumpkin, key lime, chocolate, Oreo, chestnut, or toffee. I have prepared mine with Mango (a seasonal fruit).

Ingredients:

For the base

150 gms digestive biscuits

75 gms melted butter

For the cream filling

226 gms Philadelphia Cream cheese

250 ml fresh cream

1 1/2 cup alphonso mango pulp

1/2 cup sugar/ as needed depending on the sweetness of mango.

2 tbsp icing sugar

1 tbsp gelatin

1/2 cup hot water

For the mango glaze

1 cup mango pulp

1 cup hot water

1 tbsp gelatin

Method

Place the digestive biscuits in a ziplock bag and crush them using rolling pin & mix them with melted butter .press it on the base of a springform pan/removable bottom cake tin, refrigerate for 15-20 min.

Mix the icing sugar,sugar ,fresh cream ,cream cheese & mango pulp with a hand blender / whisk until smooth & combined .

Dissolve the gelatin in hot water & once its warm mix in to the cream cheese- mango mixture.

Mix well till its well combined .I whisked it with electric blender so that it was combined well.

Pour this over the base & refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until set.

Dissolve the gelatin in hot water, once its warm mix in the remaining pulp.

Pour it over the set Cream layer & refrigerate for 4-5 hours.

Dip the knife into hot water & wipe and then cut into slice & serve chilled.

Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

The dessert is named not directly after the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) mountain range in southwestern Germany but rather from the specialty liquor of that region, known as Schwarzwälder Kirsch(wasser) and distilled from tart cherries.

Black Forest cake consists of layers of chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with whipped cream and cherries. It is decorated with additional whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings.

Sometimes rum is also used in these cakes in Europe. In India, Black Forest cake is generally prepared without alcohol.

Preparation - 35 min Baking - 60 min

Ingredients

1 tin (400g)-NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 tsp-Vanilla Essence

1 tsp-Soda Bicarbonate

1 tsp-Baking Powder

3-4 heaped tbsp (25g)-Cocoa Powder

175g (1¾ cup)-Maida (Flour)

100g-Butter

50g-Milk Chocolate

200ml-Aerated Soda

200g-Fresh Cream

1 small tin-Tinned Cherries

2 tsp-Icing Sugar / Powdered Sugar

How to make

Grease an 8” diameter baking tin and dust it with flour. Pre heat the oven to 1800 C. Sieve together maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda bicarbonate. Soften butter (DO NOT MELT), add NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk and beat well. Add the vanilla essence.

Add maida mixture and aerated soda alternately to the batter till all the maida and soda are used up. Pour the batter into the baking tin and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or till the tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven, cool for a while. Loosen sides of cake, using a knife if necessary.

Turnout over a wire rack or plate and cool slightly before cutting horizontally into 2.

Drain & destone cherries, soak both cake halves with cherry syrup. Whip cream and sugar till light and fluffy, Sandwich the two layers of cake with whipped cream and chopped cherries.

Top with whipped cream and cherries, sprinkle generously with grated chocolate. Chill and serve.