Moong dal- Dalia khilwa Khichdi

Ingredients- Broken Wheat ) - ½ cup Washed split moong dal(yellow moong dal ) - ½ cup vegetables of choice -1cup Chopped Green chili – ½ tsp Water – 2 cups olive Oil or Pure Ghee– 1 tbsp Heeng powder (asafoetida) – ½ pinch Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Salt and garam masala powder to taste.lemon slice ,Tomatoes and chopped coriander leaves to garnish

Method – Wash and soak moong dal and dalia for 30 minutes separately. Leave in a colander for 5 minutes. Heat ½ tsp of ghee or oil in a pan and add dalia and moong dal mixture. Fry it till it turns light brown. Remove the mixture from heat and set aside. Again heat the pan with remaining ghee or oil. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida powder. When they crackle, add the chopped vegetables (chopped beans, capsicum, carrot, green chili and green peas). Mix well and keep stirring for 3-4 min on medium heat. Add dalia and moong dal mixture to it. Mix it well. Add 2 cups of water and salt according to taste. Mix it and put a lid. Let it cook for about 8-10 min at very low heat. Open and check that everything is cooked completely Garnish with garam masala powder,lemon slice, Tomatoes and chopped coriander leaves. Moong dal- Dalia khilwa Khichdi Khichdi is ready.

Aloe vera Miracle drink

Ingredients- 1and ½ cups cucumber washed and chopped with peel 1large guava washed and pureed or pear pureed with peel 2tbsps of pudina 1/2 cup fresh aloe gel, peeled 4tsp sugar or to taste Lemon juice to taste Black salt, salt, pepper and roasted cumin powder to taste ½ cup of water Crushed ice as required Garnish with lemon slice, aloevera leaf and pudina leaves.

Method -.Wash and cut guavas or pear with peel and chopped cucumber with peel. Grind in mixie with some water. Pass through a sieve. You will get green coloured puree. in a pan cook, fresh aloe gel, green puree with sugar and 2cups water. Cook on low heat for 2 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Add all the remaining ingredients and blend well with half of pudina leaves till smooth. Garnish with lemon slice, aloevera leaf and pudina leaves. Serve chilled. To make your own aloe vera gel at home-Wash the leaf. Place the leaf on a cutting board and carefully peel the thin layer of skin off the leaf. Discard the skin and put all of the gooey clear gel.

Double Mazza Bread idli

Double Mazza Bread idli  -is an innovative recipe with mashed potatoes topped with bread slices and then cooked . Double Mazza Bread idli  is a quick snack and is made from the very basic ingredients almost always easily available at home. unique bread Idli is incomparable to anything you have ever tasted before, a totally out-of-the-world and much better than deep fried snacks,.  Enjoy this delicious snack item in breakfast or in kitty party.

Recipe name –Double Maza Bread idli 
ingredients: 
6slices of white bread.
2 boiled potatoes.
1/2 cup curd
1 tbsp ginger-chilli paste.
1 medium onion grated.

2 tsp hing/asfoetida
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil.
1 Tsp mustard seeds.
1 Tsp cumin seeds/Jeera
4-5 Curry leaves
1 Tsp Urad Dal
1tsp peanuts 
Red and green chillies
Handful of raisins 
Method- Cut the bread into circular pieces. 
Mash the potatoes Add salt, grated onions, 1 tsp hing/asfoetida,ginger-chilli paste. 
Beat the curd into a thick paste. Take a small kadai/pan. Heat the oil. Add red and green chillies jeera/cumin seeds, mustard seeds, 1 tsp hing/asfoetida,urad dal,peanuts and curry leaves. After 1 min switch of the gas. Pour the contents of the kadai into the curd. Add raisins .Take the circular piece of bread and apply potato paste on it. 
Apply slight oil on the potato paste. Put the Tawa on a medium-low flame. 
The piece of bread with potato paste has to be put on the tawa with the side containing the potato paste facing the tawa. On the top of the bread spread the dahi with tarka . 
Cover the tawa with a big round utensil or cover. And let the bread be on the tawa for 5-7mins on medium-low flame. After 7mins uncover the tawa and see if the bread indli is ready by inserting a knife in the bread. 
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Steamed Paneer Dumplings In Shahi Gravy

Ingredients for gravy-4tsp eastern shahi paneer masala,1tsp cashew nut powder,1cup tomato puree,2tbsps cream,1cup milk,1tsp butter, For dumplings-150gms paneer mashed, salt and pepper powder to taste, 2tsps corn flour 

For stuffing-2tsp cashew nuts coarsely ground, raisins to taste, 2tsp mashed paneer, ginger-chilli paste and salt to taste.(combine all the ingredients) 

To garnish-red chilli tadka,green coriander leaves and red chilli flakes tomato flower 

Method --For the steamed dumplings - Mix all the dumpling ingredients well and stuff some filling. Make small balls. Steam cook-in greased idli stand kept in pressure cooker for 4 minutes. For the gravy-Heat butter in a pan, add tomato puree and cook for 2-3 minutes. Now mix all the remaining ingredients and blend well. Cook till gravy is thick. Adjust the seasoning and consistency of your choice. Pour gravy in serving dish and arrange paneer stuffed dumplings. Garnish with -red chili tadka,green coriander leaves and red chilli flakes tomato flower. Enjoy- steamed paneer dumplings in shahi gravy .

Dates bites

Ingredients -3cups pitted dates, ½ ts cardamom powder,1tsp ghee, ½ cup roasted poppy seeds (khuskhus), Cashew nuts as required. 

Method - Chop seedless dates and place in half a cup of hot water for ten minutes. Make a puree. Heat ghee in a pan. Add dates puree. Stir well and cook on medium heat, stirring continuously, for 5-10minutes or till excess moisture dries up. Add cardamom powder. Using your fingers, press or roll mixture into bites. Coat every bite with roasted khuskhus (Poppy Seeds). Decorate each with cashew nuts.

Cherry Panna cotta

Ingredients-1/4cup fresh cherry pureeed, 1cup, fresh cream, 1/4cup milk, 2tbsps sugar, 1tsp agar agar powder

Fruit sauces, cherries and mint leaves to garnish

Method -Boil the cream and milk with sugar in a deep non stick pan. Set aside to cool down to room temperature. Mix the agar powder in four tsps of luke warm water and stir it into the milk. Transfer the cream-milk mixture into a bowl, add the cherry puree and mix well. Put the mixture into silicon moulds. Place them in a refrigerator for three to four hours to set. Serve chilled.

vanilla panna cotta

Ingredients-1 cup cream 
1/2 cup milk 
1/4 cup powdered sugar or to taste 
3 to 4 drops  vanilla essence
1/2 tsp agar-agar powder 

Fresh cherries and mint leaves to garnish

To serve with fruit sauces

Method – Just mix the powder in 2 tbsp hot water. In a thick pot add milk and cream together and heat till it simmers. Add sugar to it and mix well until the sugar dissolves. Add vanilla essence. Remove from heat. Add the  agar-agar mixture and mix well immediately .Slightly grease the moulds or serving bowls with oil or immerse them in cold water and keep the molds ready which you would like to serve the pudding in. Pour the mixture into the prepared moulds and let them come to a room temperature. Cover it with cling wrap and keep it refrigerated for a minimum of 5-6 hrs or you can even keep it overnight or till they set. Garnish with fresh cherries and pudina (mint) leaves. Serve chilled.