Melon Delight : MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL!!!!

   
Ingredients -
 
Cream- 150 g
Yogurt (dahi) - 200 g ( hung till all water has drained)
Sugar granulated or castor - 1/2 cup
Gelatin - 2 tbsp
Melon (Green musk will do) - 1 medium size
Water hot - 1/2 cup
Melon balls - scoop 6-7 melon balls to decorate

For the fudge -

Biscuit - 250 g ( any butter biscuit)
Milk - 4 -5 tbsp
Butter melted - unsalted 3-4 tbsp
Sugar - 4-5 tbsp

Method -

1. Heat a frying pan and put the butter, milk, sugar listed 
    for the fudge, heat on a slow flame until all mixed well, 
    remove.
2. Take the biscuit and crush it in a grinder making it in a
    powder form.
3. Pour the butter mixture over the biscuit and mix.
4. Take a spring form tin and press this mix evenly on it 
    and refrigerate it to set for 1/2 an hour.
5. crush the melon coarsely and put it in a strainer to 
    drain the excess water.
6. Soak the gelatin in 1/2 cup of hot water and beat it 
    until it dissolves, keep it aside and let it cool a bit 
    before mixing it in the curd.
7. Take the curd and mix it with the gelatin mixture and 
    2 tbsp of sugar.
8. Whip the cream with rest of the sugar into soft peaks, 
    mix with the curd mixture and the melon gently.
9. Take out the fudge and pour this mix over it.
10. Put it in a fridge for 1-2  hour or until nicely set and 
     take it out at serving time. Decorate it with scooped 
     melon balls.
11. If in a hurry and not much time to set it then put it 
      in the freezer for 1/2 an hour and then transfer it in 
      the fridge for 1/2 an hour or until the time you want
      to serve.
12. Surprise your Lovely, warm, kind, caring, beautiful, 
     angelic patient, sacrificing and hard-working mother 
     by this magnificent MELONY DELIGHT!!!

 A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MY LOVELY FRIENDS!!! 

 

Tasty - Easy Mac n Cheese

Ingredients -

Elbow macaroni- 400 g
Cheddar Cheese, grated - 1 cup
Milk - 3 cups
butter - 4 tbsp
All purpose flour - 3 tbsp
Black pepper crushed - 1 tsp
Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
Butter - 2 tsp
Salt - To taste
cheese - 3 tbsp for garnishing
Mixed herbs - 1 tsp

Method -

1. Take a big pan of boiling salted water and cook macaroni according to the packet instructions, drain and refresh.
 2. Take a frying pan or a big wok and melt 4 tbsp butter in it, add flour into it and fry it for 2 minutes on a low heat, add milk to the roux stirring it constantly to avoid lumps.
3. Add cheese, black pepper, salt, mixed herbs and the 
boiled macaroni, stir and mix well for a minute and take it off the heat.
4. Take another frying pan and melt 2tbsp butter in it add bread crumbs and fry until brown.
5. Take a baking dish and grease it lightly, put all the macaroni into it, Garnish it with the cheese and bread crumbs.
6. Bake it in a preheated oven until the upper crust is brown and the cheese is melted.
7. Serve it hot with salad, chicken or relish it just like that.

 

Spicy Barbequed (BBQ) Mutton Chops :

Ingredients - 
 
mutton chops - 1/2 kg

For marination -

Ginger minced - 1 tsp
Garlic minced - 2 tbsp
Curd - 1/ cup
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Roasted cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Roasted coriander seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Black pepper crushed - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli flakes crushed - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Barbeque sauce - 3 tbsp
Olive oil - 2-3 tbsp

To boil -
garlic crushed - 4 cloves, ginger crushed 1/2 inch,
cloves- 4, black cardamom- 1, salt- 1/2 tsp

Method -
1. Take the mutton chops on a big bowl and clean it.
2. Take a pressure cooker and put the chops in it with 1/2 glass of water and the ingredients listed to boil.
3. Pressure cook it until 1 whistles or until half done.
4. Take it out, drain and let it come to room temperature.
5. Crush the cumin and coriander seeds and mix all the
ingredients listed for marination.
6. Mix the chops with the marination well and refrigerate it for few hours or ideally overnight.
7. Grease the grill and arrange the chops on it and grill it until brown and done, turning and basting often with the marinade.

8. If you do not have a barbeque grill, it can be grilled in an oven also and for the real brabeque taste it can be tempered with coal.

9. You just have to take a piece of coal and place it on an aluminium foil, heat the charcoal until its white. Place the foil with the roasted chops when the chops are about to be done and then drizzle some oil on the charcoal and close the lid of the oven. 
10. Take it out after few minutes and serve it hot in main course or as a starter.

Baked Spinach in White Sauce

Dear friends today I am posting this very irresistibly tasty n healthy dish made up of spinach which is baked and other veggies are also added to it. I can assure u that in parties it's a very good variation of palak paneer. After seeing it's presentation your guests can't help but ask you what this dish is n how it is made as this is one recipe you will not find and see very easily and when they dig into it the peas, carrots and cottage cheese will be as surprise elements becoz all are covered in the white sauce......so i hope you all will like my recipe and it will definitely replace the other dishes you all are accustomed to make in parties and gatherings......so a happy cooking to all of you!!!!!

Ingredients -

Palak ( spinach) - 500g ( blanched and pureed )
Carrot - 2 medium (cut in cubes)
Potato - 2 (cut in cubes)
Peas - 1 cup
Paneer ( cottage cheese) - 150 g (cut in cubes)
Onions chopped - 1
Tomato chopped - 1 small
Garlic minced - 2 tbsp
ginger minced - 1 tsp
Green chilli minced - 1
Jeera powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 5-6 tbsp
Cream - 2 tbsp
White sauce - 1 cup (butter 2 tbsp, all purpose flour 3 tbsp, milk 1 1/2 cup, Pepper powder 1/2 tsp, cheese grated 1 tbsp)

Method -
 
1. Cut all the veggies (carrot, potato) in cubes and parboil it with peas, drain and keep it aside.
2. Take another karahi and melt the butter in it, for the white Sauce  -  Heat butter then mix the flour and saute it on a low flame until it is light golden. Pour the milk stirring it continuously. Spread  pepper powder in it and take it off the heat when all are mixed well and it is thick enough for a coating sauce. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a karahi, add the onions and fry it until translucent, add minced ginger- garlic- chilli and fry for 1 minute.
4. Add all the dry masala and salt except garam masala and stir it for a second, add chopped tomato and fry until tomato is soft.
5. Put the parboil veggies and fry it for 5 minutes on a low heat.
6. Add the ground spinach and mix all, cover it and let it
cook for 10-15 minutes or until all veggies are nicely cooked.
7. Add the paneer, cream and garam masala and cook further for 5 minutes.
6. Take a baking dish, grease it lightly with butter or oil and put the prepared spinach into it.
7. Spread the white sauce over it evenly coating all the spinach, grate a tablespoon of cheese over it and put it in an oven and bake it until it has turned into a beautiful golden colour.
8. A tasty, sumptuous dish is ready to be served in any party!!!
 Bon appétit !!!!