RECIPE OF THE DAY || CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Ingredients:

Milk - 1 litre
Sugar - 2 1/2 cups
Cocoa - 1 1/2 tblsp
White Butter - 1 cup

Method:

1. Boil milk for 5 minutes.
2. Add sugar, cocoa and butter.
3. Cook in medium heat.
4. When the mixture becomes thick keep stirring constantly till it leaves the sides of the pan.
5. Pour on a greased tray and let it cool.
6. Cut into small square shaped pieces and serve.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BUTTON MUSHROOM FRY

Ingredients

    * 100 gms Button Mushroom
    * 1 tsp Chilly Powder
    * 1/3 tsp Salt
    * 2 gm cumin seeds
    * Pinch of asafoetida
    * Oil - reqd Quantity.

Method 

    * Wash Mushrooms and place it on Blotting / Old news paper.
    * Heat oil on a tawa. When the oil heats up add the mushrooms.
    * Fry the mushrooms for 2 minutes. Add all the other ingredients and fry for 3 more minutes.

Serve hot.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CHICKEN BIRYANI

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1, about 900 gms, cut into 8 pieces
Ghee or Oil - 1 cup
Onions - 2, medium sized and sliced
Onions - 2, medium sized and minced
Ginger - 2, two inch pieces, minced
Garlic - 5 cloves, minced
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 1/2 tsp
Tomato - 1, large, minced
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup, minced
Rice - 1 cup
Black Cardamoms - 2
Green Cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Cloves - 2 to 3

Method:

1. Wash chicken and set aside to drain.
2. Heat ghee or oil in a heavy-based pan over moderate heat.
3. Add sliced onions and fry till brown.
4. Remove onions from pan, drain and set aside for garnish.
5. Remove half the oil from the pan and return to moderate heat.
6. Add minced onions, ginger and garlic.
7. Cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes till well blended.
8. Add chicken, spice powders and salt.
9. Stir and cook over moderate heat for 5 minutes, checking that it does not stick to pan.
10. Lower heat and cook for a further 8 to 10 minutes till water released from chicken is almost absorbed.
11. Add tomato and coriander leaves and cook for about 5 minutes.
12. Wash rice and soak in water for 15 minutes.
13. Drain rice and add to pan with whole spices.
14. Stir till rice turns translucent.
15. Mix in 2 cups of water.
16. Cover pan and put a weight on the lid.
17. Steam cook rice over moderate-low heat for 10 to 15 minutes till water is absorbed and rice is tender.
18. Garnish with the reserved fried onions.
19. Serve hot.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || ALOO PARATHAS

Ingredients

    * 1 kg sieved flour
    * 1/2 kilo boiled potatoes (in hot condition)
    * 3 spoonsful cheese spread (grated cheese can also be used).
    * 2 finely chopped/grated onions
    * Finely chopped chillies /coriander leaves, turmeric powder/dhania powder
    * Salt as per requirement.
    * A little warm water

Method

    * Mix onions,chillies,chopped coriander, cheese spread,and the powders well, without wasting the juices from the onions and set aside for 5-10 minutes.
    * Then mash the potatoes into this in hot condition into a very smooth paste. Now add the flour a little at a time, and knead into a smooth paste. Add water if necessary. 
    * Now set this aside for an hour and then roll out the paratas and cook in preheated tawa.

Serve with tomato chutneys, pickles and tomato ketchup.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BADAM HALWA

Ingredients:

Almonds - 1/2 cup
Cashewnuts - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3 cups
Raisins - 10
Green Cardamom - 6 to 8
Ghee - 250 gms
Milk - 2 tsp
Saffron - few strands

Method:

1. Soak almonds and cashewnuts separately for 2 hours.
2. Remove the skin from the almonds.
3. Grind them together smoothly with enough water.
4. Fry raisins in ghee.
5. Crush green cardamom into powder.
6. Dissolve saffron in a little warm milk.
7. Prepare sugar syrup and pour cashewnuts-almond mixture along with cashewnuts, raisins and saffron solution with ghee.
8. Stir well until it becomes a paste.
9. Pour it on a greased plate.
10. Allow it to cool and then cut it into diamond shaped pieces.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BREAD ROLLS

Ingredients

    * 6 slices bread
    * 5 medium sized potatoes
    * 1 small onion
    * 1 small bunch coriander leaves
    * 6 pods garlic
    * 4 green chillies
    * 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
    * 1 tsp chilli powder (less or more depending on taste)
    * Salt to taste
    * Oil for deep frying

Method

    * Hold the bread slices together and cut the rough edges.
    * Boil potatoes ( the best is to pressure cook them since this will be the fastest)
    * Meanwhile, chop onions, green chillies, coriander, garlic and green chillies finely. Keep aside.
    * Once potatoes are cooled, peel and mash. Add all ingredients except the bread and oil. Mix well.
    * Take a little water in a flat plate and dip the bread slices one by one in it. Squeeze excess water from the bread slices and keep them aside on a tissue. Make sure that the slice does not get too soft or watery or too hard.
    * Heat oil in a deep frying pan / kadai.
    * Take a slice of the wet bread on a dry plate. Spread some potato mixture on it. Roll the bread slice towards you till the edges meet. Seal the edges by pressing the bread slice. Pat the roll to even out edges. This may seem a little difficult at first, but you will get used to it. Deep fry in hot oil. Repeat for remaining slices.

Serve hot with Tomato ketchup and mint chutney.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BANANA CAKE

Ingredients

    * 1/2 Cup Butter
    * 1 Cup Sugar
    * 2 Eggs
    * 2 to 3 Mashed Riped Banana
    * 1 & 1/4 Cup of All Purpose Flour
    * 3/4 tsp. Baking Soda
    * 1/2 tsp. Salt

Preparation

    * Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
    * Add eggs one at a time beating after each egg.
    * Stir in mashed Bananas.
    * Mix other ingredients. You can add nuts and raisins as per your choice.
    * Pour into a greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 mins. Temperature may vary depending on the oven.