Strawberry Milk Shake

Preparation Time : 5 min.

Complexity : Easy

Servings : 2

Ingredients :

Strawberries (rinsed, hulled and thickly sliced) : 10-12

Chilled Milk : 1 cup
Ice cubes: 4-5

Vanilla ice cream : 3 scoops

Method :

1. Take strawberries, chilled milk and ice cubes in a blender jar and blend it until well blended.
2. Add 1 scoop vanilla ice cream and blend it again.
3. Pour the shake into glasses and add 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of shake in each glass.
4. Serve chilled and Enjoy!!

Tawa Paneer

Preparation Time : 30 Min.

Cooking Time : 30 Min.
Serves : 3-4

Complexity : Medium

Ingredients :

For Marinating Paneer:

• Paneer : 1.5 cups, cubed
• Turmeric: 1/4 tsp
• Kashmiri red chili powder: 1.5tsp
• Salt: as per taste
• Lemon: 1/2

For Caramelized Onion:

• Onion: 1small or 1/2
• Oil: 1tbsp

For Tawa Paneer:

• Butter : 1 tbsp
• Cumin Seeds : 1/2 tsp
• Tomato : 2 medium finely chopped
• Green Bell Pepper : 1 cup, chopped finely
• Ginger paste : 1 tsp
• Green chili : 2-3
• Coriander powder : 1 tsp
• Red chili powder : 1/2 tsp (as per taste)
• Salt : as per taste
• few cilantro leaves finely chopped

Method :

Marinating The Paneer:

1. Take kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt in bowl.
2. Add lemon juice and make a paste.
3. Add paneer cube and coat the paste on paneer cube with spice paste.
4. Keep it aside for marination for about 45mins.

Caramelizing The Onion:

1. Heat 1tbsp of oil in a skillet or tawa.
2. Add onion, cook and stir them till get golden brown.
3. Remove it from the tawa and keep it aside.

Making Tawa Paneer:

1. In the same tawa on medium heat, heat more oil if needed.
2. Add paneer pieces and saute them.
3. Flip them from all sides and saute them till get little golden color.
4. Remove them and keep them aside.
5. Now melt butter in the same tawa.
6. Add cumin seeds and allow them to sizzle. 
7. Add tomatoes and salt and mix well. Cook it till tomatoes are soft and starts to leave butter.
8. Add ginger paste and green chili.
9. Add capsicum and mix well. Cook them till capsicum become soft.
10. Add coriander power, red chili powder and mix well.
11. Now add caramelized onions and sautéed paneer and mix gently, so that paneer is coated well.
12. Garnish with Chopped cilantro leaves and serve hot with naan or chapati.

Onion Tomato Chutney

Preparation Time : 10 Min.
Cooking Time : 6 Min.
Complexity : Easy

Ingredients :

Onion : 1

Tomato : 1

Chana Daal : 1 tbsp

Whole red chilies : 2

Coconut : 1 tbsp

Oil : 1 tbsp

Salt : As per taste

To Temper :

Oil : 1 tsp

Mustard seeds : 3/4 tsp

Urad daal : 1 tsp

Curry leaves : 4-5

Asafoetida : 1 pinch

Method :

1. Cut onion and tomato in small chunks.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add whole red chilies and chana daal.
3. Fry them until chana daal gets golden brown color. Transfer them to a plate and keep aside.
4. Now fry onion until transparent and then add tomato. Fry them until tomato turns soft.
5. Remove them from flame and let them cool. 
6. Now combine fried tomato, onion, red chilies and chana daal. 
7. Add salt and coconut and grind everything to a smooth paste with the help of little water.
8. Transfer this paste to a bowl.
9. Now heat a tea spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Let them sizzle.
10. Add asafoetida, curry leaves and urad daal.
11. Roast them until urad daal turns golden brown.
12. Pour this temper to the tomato paste and mix well.
13. Onion tomato chutney is ready. Serve it with idli, dosa or uttapam.

Eggless Red Velvet Cake

Preparation Time : 30 min.

Baking Time : 30 min.

Baking Temperature : 350 degree Fahrenheit

Complexity : Medium

Ingredients :

Maida : 1 cups

Unsalted Butter : 1/4 cup

Condensed Milk : 1/2 cup 

Aerated cola : 100 ml

Sugar : 1/4 cup
Coca Powder : 2-3 tbsp 

Baking Powder : 1/2 tsp

Baking Soda : 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Extract : 1-2 tsp
Red food color : 1 tsp

Method :

1. Sieve maida, baking powder and baking soda together and keep aside. 
2. Take sugar and butter in a bowl and beat them until mixture becomes fluffy.  
3. Add condensed milk and beat again for 3-4 min.
4. Add vanilla extract and red food color and mix well. 
5. Add aerated cola and maida mixture gradually and beat after each addition.
6. Pour the batter in a greased and dusted baking pan. You can take baking pan of your choice. I took a heart shape pan. 
7. Pre-heat oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit. 
8. Place the pan in oven and bake it for 30 min.
9. Take a tooth pick and poke it to check whether it comes out clean or not, if not then bake it for another 5-10 min.
10. Turn off the oven. Eggless red velvet cake is ready. Let it cool down and invert the pan over plate or tray to unmould the cake.
11. After cooling down decorate it in your own way. Enjoy!!

Missi Roti

Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking time : 15 min.

Complexity : Medium

Ingredients:

Gram flour/ Besan : 1 cup

Wheat flour : 1 cup

Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp

Red chili powder : 1/2 tsp

Carom seeds : 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida  : 1 pinch

Ginger paste : 1 tsp

Green chili, chopped : 1

Onion, chopped : 1

Kasoori methi : 1 tbsp

Oil : 2 tbsp

Salt : as per taste

 

Method :

1. In a big bowl add wheat flour and gram flour.
2. Add salt, oil and all the spices.
3. Add chopped green chili, onion, ginger paste and kasoori methi and mix well.
4. Add water and knead a smooth dough.
5. Cover and rest aside for 15 min.
6. Make equal size balls from dough and roll to make medium thick roti.
7. Place roti over medium hot tawa and cook it from both side with the help of oil until golden brown spot appear.
8. Serve hot.

Nan Khatai

Preparation Time :  20 Min.
Baking Time : 15 Min.
Cooking Temperature : 375 degree Fahrenheit
Complexity : Medium

Ingredients:

Gram Flour (Besan) : 1/2 cup

Semolina (Sooji) : 1/3 cup

All purpose flour (Maida) : 1/3 cup
Baking Soda : 1 pinch
Green Cardamom Powder : 1/4 tsp
Unsalted Butter or Ghee : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 2/3 cup
Sliced Almond : 1/2 tbsp
Sliced Pistachio : 1/2 tbsp

Method :

1. In a bowl mix gram flour, semolina, all purpose flour and baking powder and sieve them twice.
2. Take unsalted butter in a big bowl and melt it. 
3. Add sugar into butter and mix it well for about 3-4 min. so that mixture become light and fluffy.
4. Now add flour mixture to butter mixture and knead them together to make a smooth dough.
5. Grease tray with oil. 
6. Take small portion of dough and make a round ball, press ball lightly with your palm.
7. With a sharp knife softly draw a tic-tac-toe design on the top and put few pieces of almonds and pistachios and press them into the dough gently.
8. Make more nan khatai in the same manner and keep them in tray at appropriate distance as their size increases on getting baked.
9. Now preheat oven at  375 degree Fahrenheit.
10. Put the tray into oven for about 15 min. or until nan khatai are lightly gold brown.
11. Now remove the tray from oven and let the nan khatai cool down.
12. Serve it with coffee or tea.

Vegetable Quesadilla

Preparation Time : 15 min.
Cooking time : 5 min.

Complexity : Easy

Ingredients:

For The Filling :

Ginger Paste : 1tsp

Medium Sized Onion : 1 (Finely chopped)

Red Bell Pepper : 1 (Finely diced)

Frozen Corn Kernel: 1/2 cup

Boiled Black Beans : 1/2 cup

Lime Juice : 1tsp

Dry Oregano : 1/2 tsp

Red Chili Powder : 1/2 tsp

Cumin Seed Powder : 1/2 tsp

Crushed Black Pepper  : to taste

Salt : to taste

Oil : 1 tbsp

For Assembling Quesadilla :

Tortilla : 8

Mozzarella Cheese : 1 cup

Tomato Ketchup : 2 tbsp

Olive Oil for roasting

Method :

For The Filling :

 

1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add ginger paste and let it sizzle.
2. Now add onions and saute till onions turns slightly translucent.
3. Add red bell pepper and cook it for 5 min.
4. Now add corn and boiled black bean and saute for 3-4 min.
5. Add salt, red chili powder, cumin seed powder, crushed black pepper, dry oregano and lime juice and mix well.
6. Your filling is ready.

 For Assembling Quesadilla : 

1. Heat a non-stick skillet and roast inner part of tortilla slightly brown. And keep it aside on a plate.
2. Now add a tsp of tomato ketchup on roasted part of tortilla and spread evenly.
3. Now spread some mozzarella cheese followed by vegetable filling and again cheese.
4. Cover it again with other inside roasted tortilla.
5. Now roast the quesadilla with oil or butter on medium flame till it gets a nice golden brown color.
6. Now flip and roast the other side too.
7. Repeat the entire procedure to make remaining quesadillas.
8. Serve hot with sour cream and tomato salsa. 

Note :

You can use vegetables of your choice like green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper or zuchini.