APPLE PUDDING !!!

APPLE PUDDING !!!

Ingredients:
1 pack Marie biscuits, 200gm fresh whipped cream, 3 big apples(peel & finely chopped), 1tbsp sugar, 1tsp vanilla essence, dry fruits of your choice, kesar, tuti fruit, and dried cherries. Method:

1. Heat a pan on medium flame and add chopped apples, sugar and vanilla essence. Mix it well. Cook for 2 mins. Allow it to cool.

2. Take a glass bowl and add crushed Marie biscuits to its base. 3. Make second layer of apple mixture.
4. Now spread cream over the apple mixture. If cream is too thick add some milk to the cream.5. Spread some kesar over the cream layer. 6. Spread tuti-fruit and cherries over it. 7. Add dry fruits of your choice to it. 8. Repeat the same order till you finish the ingredients. I had made 3 layers with above quantity. 9. Keep the pudding in refrigerator to set for 5-6 hrs.

RAVA VEGETABLE IDLI

RAVA VEGETABLE IDLI

Ingredients:
2 cup rava(semolina) -slightly roasted, 3 cup butter milk, ¼ cup soaked poha , ½ cup dall(soaked for at least 3-4 hrs), 1 finely chopped Carrot, 1 Onion finely chopped, 1 Capsicum finely chopped, 1 tbsp Ginger-Green & chili paste, ½ cup Coriander leaves , 1tsp baking powder and salt to taste. Method:
1. Grind the soaked poha.
2.Take the roasted rava and grind poha in a medium, sized bowl. Mix it well.

3. Add the buttermilk to the rava & poha mixture.
4. Add baking powder to above mixture. Keep it aside for about 10 minutes.

5. Add ginger-garlic-chili paste, carrot, onion, capsicum, chana dal, and chopped coriander & mix it well to get a little thick batter with a pouring consistency.

6. Add some salt to taste. Keep this batter aside for 10 mins.

7. Pour the batter into idli plates. 8. Steam it for about 15 minutes until cooked. 9. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

SPINACH SOUP

Spinach Soup (Palak Soup)

Ingredients:

4 cups spinach leaves, 2 cups water, 1 onion chopped, 1 cup milk, 2 tbsp plain flour (maida), 1 tbsp fresh cream, 2 tbsp butter, salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

1. Wash the spinach leaves and discard the thick stems.

2. Boil along with the water for 8 minutes or until the spinach is well cooked. Cool and puree in a blender. Keep aside.

3. Heat the butter in a pan. Add the chopped onions and saute on medium heat for 3 minutes or until the onions are transparent.

4. Add the plain flour and fry briefly on low heat.

5. Add now the spinach puree, milk, salt and pepper. Simmer on low heat for 3 minutes.

6. Add the fresh cream just before serving.

7. Best served hot and with cheese crackers.

BANANA CAKE !!!

BANANA CAKE with RAVA !!

It's a eggless cake made of Banana & Rava :-)

Ingredients:3 Ripe bananas, 1 cup rava, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp cardamom powder, 2 cups coconut milk, ½ cup sugar, Cashew-nuts Method:

1. Roast rava over low heat in a kadai until aroma wafts from pan. Soak the rava in coconut milk for 2 hours.
2. Mash the bananas and add to rava along with sugar.
3. Add baking powder, cardamom powder and cashews. Mix it well.
4. Apply little ghee to cake mould and pour in the mixture.
5. Preheat the oven at 350F for 10mins.
6. Bake for around 35mins at 350 F or until a knife put in center comes out clean.
7. Decorate in whatever way required (optional).

MANGO APPLE SMOOTHIE Ingredients
1 tsp Honey, 2 Apples, 200gm Curd and 1Mango METHOD

1. Slice the mango in half around the stone and gently take off the flesh. Cut the skin off.
2. Peel and core the apple and sliced into quarters. 3. Put the fruits into a blender with the curd and honey and whiz for 20-30 seconds until really smooth.
4. Refrigerate and serve chilled. :-)

MANGO FRAPPE !!!

MANGO FRAPPE !!! INGREDIENTS
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract, 11/2 cup Mango (cut), 1 tbsp Lemon juice, 4 to 6 Ice cubes, 1 cup Milk and2 tbsp Sugar

METHOD

1. Place cut mango in freezer for 30 minutes.
2. Combine mango, milk, sugar, juice, and vanilla in a blender; process until smooth.
3. Add ice cubes; process until smooth.
4. Serve immediately. :-)

MANGO ICE~CREAM :-)

Delicious Mango Ice cream with Mango pieces :-) Serves: 6
Ingredients
Mango Pulp 100 gm, 1-cup milk, 1 cup fresh cream, 1cup condensed milk, 1 cup milk powder and freshly cut mango pieces.
METHOD

1. Put mango pulp, milk, fresh cream, milk powder & condensed milk in mixie and blend thoroughly.
2. Pour in freezer container and freeze for 5-6 hours.
3. Serve it with fresh mango pieces.