MILK PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
2 oz rice sago

1 tblspful sugar

1/2 oz butter

1 pint milk

pinch of salt



How to make milk pudding:

Just cover the cereal with water and let it stand for 5 minutes.
Strain off water, and put the cereal in a greased pie dish with the sugar, butter, salt and milk.
Let it soak for about 1 hour.
Then stir it well and cook slowly in a cool oven for 2 hours, stirring well after ½ hours.
The above recipe makes a pudding of medium thickness; more or less cereal should be used to vary the consistency according to taste.
An egg can be added if desired, in which case the cereal should be boiled in the milk first and the egg added when cool.
Then bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

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MARMALADE PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
2 oz breadcrumbs

2 oz flour

2 oz shredded suet

grated rind of 1 lemon (nimbu)

2 tblsp marmalade

2 oz. castor sugar

1 egg

1/4 tspful baking powder

1/2 cup milk

marmalade sauce


How to make marmalade pudding:

Mix all the dry ingredients together, sieving the flour and baking powder.
Add the marmalade, egg and milk.
If the mixture is too stiff, add a little more milk.
Put mixture into a greased basin, cover with a double piece of greased paper and steam for 2 1/2 hours.
To make the marmalade sauce:
peel a lemon very thinly and cut the peel into short strips.
Boil these in water until soft, then add 2 tblspfuls of sugar and 2 tspfuls of cornflour made into a paste with a little water. Stir well and simmer for about 3 minutes.
Remove from fire and add 2 tspfuls of lemon juice.
Dish up the pudding and serve with the sauce.

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LEMON PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
4 oz breadcrumbs

1 oz flour

1/2 tspful baking powder

2 oz shredded suet

2 oz moist sugar (cheeni)

grated rind of 1 lemon

1 egg

3/4 cup milk


How to make lemon pudding:

Mix all the dry ingredients together with the lemon rind.
Add the beaten egg and milk, and stir the mixture well.
Put into a greased mould, cover with a double piece of greased paper and steam for 2 hours.
Serve with lemon sauce, using the juice of the lemon.

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CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
300 ml Milk

4-5 tblsp Sugar

4 Slices Brown Bread

3 Eggs

2 tblsp Drinking Chocolate or cocoa powder

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence

250 ml Thick Sweetened Cream

How to make chocolate pudding with cream:

Cut the bread into pieces. Beat the eggs and add the essence.
Warm the milk and mix in the sugar. Gently mix in the cooca powder.
Put off the flame and add the beaten eggs and the breadcrumbs. Mix well.
Grease pudding mould and pour the mixture into the mould.
Cover lossely with foil and steam in a rice cooker or pressure cooker without whistle for 30 - 40 minutes or until the pudding is spongy.
Allow the pudding to shrink before unmoulding.
Then put it in the fridge for 1 hour before serving with fresh, thick and sweetened cream.

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DARK CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
300 gms Currants

300 gms Raisins

120 gms Plain Flour ( Maida)

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp ground Ginger

1 tsp grated Nutmeg

1 tsp grounded Cinnamon and Cloves

240 gms Margarine shredded

120 gms Fresh breadcrumbs

120 gms Sugar (preferably jaggery)

60 gms Glace Cherries

60 gms Almonds blanched

30 gms Mixed Peel chopped

Few pieces rind of Oranges finely grated

Few pieces rind of Lemon finely grated

Juice of 1 Orange

2 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla essence

6 Level tbsp Black treacle

1 tbsp Brandy

How to make dark christmas pudding:

Wash and pick the currants and raisins and dry thoroughly.
Sift the flour, salt and spices into a large mixing bowl.
Stir in the margarine, bread crumbs and sugar.
Chop and mix together the currants, raisins, cherries, almonds, mixed peel and orange and lemon rinds.
Stir these into the prepared dry ingredients.
Beat the orange juice with the eggs and vanilla essence and pour into the bowl.
Add the treacle and brandy and mix until thoroughly blended.
Turn the mix over into a greased pudding basin.
Cover the basin securely with double thickness of grease paper and tie securely.
place in a pressure cooker and cook till done.
When ready, remove cover and replace with fresh grease proof paper.
Store in a cool, dry, dark place.
To serve, steam the pudding again.
Turn out into a hot dish.
Pour a little warmed brandy round the dish and light before bringing to table.

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BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients:


 
1 loaf French bread

2 tblsp Vanilla Extract

4 Bananas, mashed

4 cups Milk

3 Eggs

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Raisins

1 tsp freshly ground Nutmeg

1 tsp Cinnamon

Splash of rum (optional)


How to make banana bread pudding:


Cut the lof in small cubes.
Put the cubed loaf in a bowl.
Now pour the milk on it and keep it aside for a hour.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
In a separate bowl mix the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence.
Pour this mixture onto the bread mixture and then spread the mashed bananas and raisins.
Add rum, cinnamom and nutmeg powder.
Pour this mixture on the baking dish.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour and then let it cool.

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SESAME SEED COOKIES

Ingredients:


 
1/2 cup Sesame Seeds

4 cups Maida

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Butter

3 Eggs

1 tblsp Cake Seeds (Caraway Seeds)

1/2 cupMilk to mix

Salt a pinch

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

How to make sesame seed cookies:

Sieve flour with salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Add sugar, butter, 2 eggs, cake seeds, blend well.
Add milk little by little and knead to a smooth dough.
roll out on a floured board 1cm thick and cut out with fancy cookie cutters.
Brush with remaining egg (well beaten) and sprinkle heavily with sesame seeds.
Place on a greased baking tray.
Bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes.
Cool and keep aside. good to be served with tea.

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RAISIN CHOCO OAT

Ingredients:


 
3/4 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Salt

3/2 cup Sugar

3/2 cup Brown Sugar

3/2 cup Butter

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

1 big sized Eggs

1 1/2 cups uncooked oats

1/2 cup Currants (Kishmish)

1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips


How to make raisin choco oat cookie:

Before you begin preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Grease a baking tray.
Mix flour, baking soda, and, salt.
Cream sugar and butter.
Add vanilla essence, and, eggs one by one while mixing .
Add the flour and mix the oats.
Mix well and then add currants and chocolate chips.
Now drop one spoonful of the batter on inch apart on the greased baking tray.
Bake for 12 - 14 minutes or till golden in color.

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BUTTER COOKIES

Ingredients:


 
6 cups All purpose flour (maida)

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cup white sugar

2 cup butter or margarine

2 egg

6 tablespoons cream


2 teaspoon vanilla extract


How to make butter cookies:


Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Mix well.
Add the butter.
Add egg, cream and vanilla extract thoroughly.
Wrap this dough into a foil and refrigerate for atleast 24 hrs.
Reheat the oven for 400 degrees.
Now roll the dough into a crust which is 1/4 to 1/8 thick.
Now with the help of a cookie cutter, cut the cookies.
Lastly place them on a greased tray and bake them at 400 degrees for 5 - 8 minutes.

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CHOCOLATE PRETZELS

Ingredients:


 
150 gms Margarine/ Butter

100 gms Icing sugar

1 Egg

225 gms Plain flour

25 gms Cocoa

100 gms Cooking chocolate

How to make chocolate Pretzels:

Soften the butter or margarine in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar, lightly beaten egg and salt.
Sift in flour and cocoa and mix together to make a stiff dough. leave for 30 minutes.
Roll out pieces of dough to the shape of pretzels.
Place on a lightly greased tray and bake for 15-18 minutes in a moderate oven.
Melt cooking chocolate with water over a low heat.
Drop each pretzel into the hot chocolate and quickly remove. dry each pretzel on greaseproof paper.

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CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Ingredients:


 
1 1/4 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 cup Butter

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/4 cup Sugar

1 small sized Egg

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

1 cup Chocolate Chips


1/2 cup chopped and roasted Walnuts


How to make chocolate chip cookies:

Mix the flour, baking soda and salt evenly in a bowl.
With the mixer running, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar together until creamy.
Add the egg and vanilla essence.
Now add flour.
When flour is fully blended mix the chips and walnuts.
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees.
On a tray place a large ungreased cookie sheet.
Now drop a spoonful of the batter on the sheet 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10 -1 2 minutes.

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PEACH CAKE

Ingredients:


 
1/2 Tin Condensed Milk

2 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)

1 cup Butter

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Sodium Bicarbonate (Khaane Wala Soda)

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

1 Tin Peach

200 gms Cream

2 tblsp Jam

4 tblsp Icing Sugar

1 cup Cashewnut (Kaju)


How to make peach cake:
Open the peach tin and separate the liquid and the peaches.
Except for 4 - 5 peaches cut the rest into small pieces.
Cut cashewnut (kaju) in samll pieces.
Mix fine wheat flour (maida) with baking powder.
In a bowl mix butter and condensed milk..
Now little by little add the fine wheat flour (maida) and baking powder mixture.
After it is properly mixed add vanilla essence.
Mix 1/2 cup of hot water in the mixture and whisk nicely.
Now apply a layer of butter to a tin.
Pour the mixture in the tin.
Preheat the oven for 10 minutes.
Now keep the tin with the mixture in the oven for 30 minutes at 400 F.
Prick the cake to see if the cake is ready.
If it is done take it out and let it cool.
Now whisk the fresh cream.
When the cream thickens add icing sugar.
When the cake cools doen pour some of the liquid from the peach tin.
When the cake absorbs all the liquid pour some more to make it a bit soft.
Now cut the cake from the center into 2 halves.
On the lower half apply half the beaten cream.
Sprinkle some cut peach pieces and the cashew nuts.
Now place the other half on the lower section.
Apply jam on the outer section of the whole cake.
Apply rest of the cream on the top of the cake.
And sprinkle rest of the cashewnut (kaju) and peach pieces.

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WHISKEY CAKE

Ingredients:


 
4 Eggs

1 cup Oil

1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Coffee

1 Shot Glass Whiskey

2 cup Honey

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

3 1/2 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)

1 tsp Baking Soda

3 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Salt



How to make whiskey cake:
In a mixer beat eggs, oil, sugar, whiskey, honey, and vanilla for three minutes.
Then for 3 minutes at high speed.
Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Slowly add the sifted flour in the mixer for 3 minutes at medium speed.
Grease a 15 x 11 inch square pan.
Pour the mixture in the pan.
Baked the pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or till the tooth pick comes out clean from the center of the cake.

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SIMPLE RAJMA CURRY

Ingredients:

   
150 gms Kidney Beans (Rajma)

2 medium sized Onion (Pyaj)

1 large Tomato (Tamatar)

2 Green chilli (Hari mirch)

1 tblsp Ginger-garlic (Adrak-Lasun) Paste

1/2 tspn Garam masala Powder

1 tsp Coriander (Dhania) Powder

3/4 tsp Salt (Namak)



How to make simple rajma curry:

    * Soak the rajma overnight.
    * Boil in a pressure cooker till tender.
    * Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onions and ginger garlic paste.
    * Cook till brown.
    * Add the tomatoes, green chillies and cook till pulpy.
    * Add coriander powder, salt and 2 cups water and boil well.
    * Add the rajma and cook on a low flame for about 10 minutes.
    * Add the garam masala powder and cook further for another 15 minutes or till the gravy thickens.
    * Garnish with coriander leaves.
    * Serve hot with steamed rice.

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SIMPLE POTATO VEGETABLE

Ingredients:

   
250 gms Potato (Aloo)

2 tblsp Oil

1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) Powder

2 Green chilli (Hari mirch)

4-5 Curry Leaves (Kari Patta)

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)

As per taste Salt (Namak)


How to make simple potato vegetable:

    * Boil, peel and cube the potatoes.
    * Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, slit green chillies, curry leaves, fry till the seeds start spluttering, add salt and turmeric powder and cubed potatoes, add little water so that the potatoes absorb the masala and simmer for 4-5 minutes till well blended.
    * For a different taste you can substitute mustard seeds with cumin seeds.

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SIMPLE DAL

Ingredients:

   
1/2 cup Masoor Dal

1 Tomato (Tamatar)

1/2 tsp Jeera

1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) Powder

2 Green chilli

3 tsp Oil

1 level tsp Salt (Namak)

3 Garlic (Lasun) Cloves


How to make simple dal:

    * Boil the dal with salt, turmeric powder and slit green chillies.
    * In another pan, heat oil, add the jeera, tomatoes and garlic pods, sauté on a high flame till the tomatoes are soft and pulpy.
    * Add the boiled dal into this with little water, boil well for 15 minutes to incorporate the masala into the dal, garnish with coriander.

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QUICK VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients:

   
1 cup Rice (Chawal)

2 cup Water

200 gms Cauliflower (Phool gobi) Florets

2 small Potato (Aloo)

1/2 cup fresh Peas (Matar)

1 large Onion (Pyaj)

3-4 black Cardamoms (Elaichi)

1/2 tsp Red chilli (Lal Mirchi) Powder

1 x 1 inch Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)

2-4 Cloves (Lavang)

4 tblsp Oil

1 tsp Salt (Namak)



How to make quick vegetable pulao:

    * Wash and soak the rice for 1 hour, drain and keep aside.
    * Slice the onion finely and chop the potatoes into small pieces.
    * Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown, add all the vegetables, cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms.
    * Saute for 2-3 minutes, add little water and cook till the potatoes and peas are half cooked.
    * Then add the drained rice, salt and red chilli powder.
    * Mix well.
    * Add 2 cups of water and boil.
    * When the water starts boiling, reduce the flame and cover and cook till the rice is done.

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QUICK KHEER

Ingredients:

   
500 ml Milk (Doodh)

250 gms Rice (Chawal)

200 gms Sugar (Cheeni)

50 gms Ghee

3 tblsp chopped Nuts



How to make quick kheer:

    * Pick and wash the rice.
    * Soak in water for 30 minutes.
    * Drain completely.
    * Melt the ghee in a pan, add the drained rice and saute for 5-7 minutes on a medium flame.
    * add the milk and cook on a low flame till the milk is reduced to 3/4th its original quantity.
    * Add the sugar and simmer further till the milk is reduced to half its original quantity.
    * Garnish with nuts.

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PANEER SANDWICHES

Ingredients:

   
100 gms Panch Phoran

2 slices Bread

As per requirement Butter

A pinch of dried Mango (Aam) Powder

A pinch of Red chilli (Lal Mirchi) Powder

A pinch of Black Salt (Kala Namak)

How to make paneer sandwiches:

    * Melt some butter in a pan, sauté the paneer slices with mango powder, red chilli powder and black salt for a few minutes.
    * Stuff the sauteed paneer in between the bread slices and toast.

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PANEER MAKHANWALA

Ingredients:

   
250 gms Paneer

200 gms Fresh Cream (Malai)

200 gms Tomato Puree (Tamatar Ka Raas)

2-3 tblsp Butter

2 tblsp dried Fenugreek Leaves (Methi Ke Patta)

1/2 tsp Red chilli (Lal Mirchi) Powder

1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder

2-3 Green chilli (Hari mirch)

As per taste Salt (Namak)

How to make paneer makhanwala:

    * Melt the butter in a pan, add slit green chillies, tomato puree, kasuri methi, salt, red chilli powder and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
    * Add the cream and garam masala powder and cook further for 2-3 minutes.
    * Add the paneer pieces and cook for a minute.
    * Serve hot garnished with coriander.

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AAMRAS

Ingredients:

   
1 kg Mango (Aam)

200 gms powdered Sugar (Cheeni)


1/2 litre Milk (Doodh)


How to make aamras:

    * Wash mangoes.
    * Peel and cut into small pieces.
    * Keep the seeds aside in a little water.
    * Grind the mango pieces in a mixer and strain the juice.
    * Mix sugar in the cold milk and add to the mango juice.
    * Add water for required consistency.
    * Serve chilled with puri or paratha.

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Prawns And Cabbage

Ingredients:

   

finely shredded cabbage,

kalonji,

green chillies,

half a pinch of turmeric,

onions slices thinly,

salt,

prawns


Preparation:

    * Heat oil and add the kalonjis when they splutter slit thechillies and put them consequently the onions need not wait till the onions turn brown .
    * Add the shrimps along with the minute pinch of turmeric.
    * Add the cabbage now anbd keep stirring on high flame till the preparation looks glistening.
    * Your dish is ready have it with steaming hot rice.

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Aloo Patta Gobhi

Ingredients:

   

1 small cabbage (chopped finely)

1 medium sized potato (cut in cubes)

1 onion (chopped)

1 tomato (Chopped)

1 tblsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp red chilly powder

salt to taste

cooking oil


How to make indian cabbage and potato:

    * Heat oil in a wok or kadai.Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.Then add onions and ginger garlic paste.Fry till golden brown.
    * Add chopped tomatoes ,turmeric powder and rest of the powdered spices except salt.
    * Mix well and cook till oil separates.
    * Add cubed potatoes and stir fry for few minutes and then add chopped cabbage and salt.mix well.Cook it covered till the vegetables are done and water evaporates.
    * Serve hot with chapatis or parathas.

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