Grilled Italian Sandwich

Take two slices of Italian bread. Stuff them with delicious goodies such as mozzarella, tomatoes, prosciutto, fresh basil, roasted red peppers, and whatever else makes you happy. Brush with extra Virgin olive oil, and press between the hot plates of a Sandwich griller for the best Italian style sandwich outside of Italy.

That is the basic recipe for a great  grilled Italian sandwich. Switch out the cheese for another you like better,  add some sliced olives, or spinach, or anything you like - there are no hard and fast rules here.

Paneer Tikka

Ingredients

•	Cottage cheese (paneer)	500 grams
•	Green capsicums,1 inch pieces	2 medium
•	Oil	3 tablespoons
•	Chaat masala	1 teaspoon
•	For marinade
•	Hung yogurt	1/2 cup
•	Ginger paste	1 teaspoon
•	Garlic paste	1 teaspoon
•	Kashmiri red chilli powder	1/2 teaspoon
•	Turmeric powder	a pinch
•	Garam masala powder	1/2 teaspoon
•	Fresh cream	2-3 tablespoons
•	Lemon juice	1 teaspoon
•	Salt	to taste

Method
Cut paneer into one and a half inch squares with half inch thickness. Mix together all the ingredients of the marinade and marinate the paneer cubes in it for about fifteen minutes. Heat oil on a tawa, place the paneer cubes and shallow fry till golden and crisp on the surface. Drain on absorbent paper. Toss the capsicums pieces in the remaining marinade and sauté them in the remaining oil on the tawa for two to three minutes. Place a capsicum piece on each paneer cube and pierce with a toothpick. Sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot. 

Nan Khatai Mixed

Nan Khatai tasty and easy to cook.

Ingredients:

 

• 1/3 cup all purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
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• 1/3 cup fine sooji or semolina
   
• 1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
   
• Pinch of baking soda (a little less than 1/8 tsp)
   
• 1/4 teaspoon green cardamom seed coarsely powder 
   
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
   
• 2/3 cup sugar
   
• 1 tablespoon sliced almond
   
• 1 tablespoon sliced pistachio
  
  Method:
  

• Pre heat the oven to 375 degree.
• In a bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, gram flour, sooji, baking soda and cardamom powder and set aside.
• Let the butter come to the room temperature (butter should be soft not melted)

•  Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat for two to three minutes until light and fluffy.
•  Add the flour mix to butter and sugar mixture and knead them together to make smooth dough.
•  Divide the dough into about 24 equal parts and make them into balls.
   
• Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 3/4″ in thickness.
•  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.
   
• Put Nan khatai on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 13 to 15 minutes or until Nan khatai are lightly gold brown.
   
• After they are lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Let the Nan Khatais cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.
• Ready to eat 

Chocolate Bread pudding

Ingredients:

• 300 ml Milk
• 4-5 tbl sp Sugar
• 4 Slices Brown Bread
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tbl sp 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.

Coleslaw Cheese Salad Sandwich

Coleslaw Sandwich is healthy and  a cold sandwich.

Ingredients :

• 8 slices of white bread
• 50 gms mayonnaise
• 6 tbsp grated carrot
• 6 tbsp shredded cabbage
• 6 tbsp finely chopped lettuce
• 4 cheese slices
• 1 lemon
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cut the edges of the breads.
2. Apply little mayonaisse on each slices. Keep aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine the carrots, cabbage and lettuce.
4. Add 2 tbsp of mayonnaise, lemon juice, pepper and salt, mix well.
5. Keep it aside for 5 min.
6. Put one cheese slice on a bread spread top with mayonnaise mixture and put the second bread on top.
7. Repeat the same to make more sandwiches.
8. Serve cold.

Get Set Go:): Cottage Cheese Capsicum

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Get Set Go:): Cottage Cheese Capsicum

Get Set Go:): Cottage Cheese Capsicum: "Ingredients: 200 grams (about 8 oz.) cottage cheese cut into (1/2') cubes 2 green bell pepper(Capsicum)cut into long thin strips 4 ga..."

Pastry - Black forest

Very tasty very yummy :) most liked.

Ingredients:

For chocolate sponge: 

• 60 gm Refined flour 
• 50 gm sugar
• 15 gm Cocoa powder 
• 3 Eggs
• Few drops of Vanilla essence 

For pastry: 

• 175 gm Cream 
• 75 gm Sugar
• 40 gm Chocolate flakes
• 25 gm Cherry 
• 2-3 drops Chocolate essence 

Method:

1.In a baking tray, spread the bakery paper and heat at 180 degree C. 
2.In a bowl,beat the sugar, eggs and vanilla essence until blended well. 
3.Add slowly the cocoa powder and flour in the blended mixture. 
4.Pour the mixture in the baking tray and bake for 30-40 minutes. 
5.Remove from the oven and let cool for 4-5 minutes.
6.In a another bowl, beat thoroughly 70 gm of sugar with cream until mixed well. 
7.Add the chocolate essence in the cream.
8.Boil water with the remaining sugar to make syrup. 
9.Slice the cake in three layers horizontally and spread the syrup over each layers. 
10.Replace the slices one after the other and spread the cream over the cake. 
11.Slice in the shapes of pastry. 
12.Garnish with grated chocolate and cherry. 
13.Serve chilled. 

Salad flower soup

Healthy and a new taste.
Again a weight loss soup.


Ingredients:

• Maggi Magic Cubes- Vegetarian Masala-3
• Water-6 cups (900 ml)
• Carrot-1 small(50g), cut into thin flower shape
• Cucumber-1 small(100g), cut into thin flower shape
• Cauliflower-100g, separated into small florets
• Red capsicum-½ (50g), sliced thin
• Ginger, chopped-1 tsp
• Spring onion-2(50g),
• chopped Celery -1 stem,
• chopped Tender spinach leaves-10-12 (20g)
• Pepper powder-1 tsp
• Dill, chopped-2 tbsp

Directions:


1. Heat 6 cups of water in a pan. Dissolve the Maggi cubes in it.
2. Add carrot, cucumber, cauliflower, red capsicum, ginger, white of spring onion and celery into the pan and allow to boil.
3. Lower the flame and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the spinach leaves and pepper powder. Allow to boil for a minute. Remove from fire.
4. Hot garnished with chopped spring onion greens and dill.

Sprout lentil salad

For people on diet and interested in weight loss.
Sprout lentil salad  is a good source of protein and calcium. 

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cup sprouted moong
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped cucumber
• 1 sliced orange
• 1 tbsp chopped cilantro (coriander)
• 1 seeded and chopped green chili (optional)

Salad Dressing:

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt, adjust to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground roasted cumin seed (jeera)1 tablespoon lemon juice, adjust to taste
• 2 tablespoons yogurt (optional for vegan)
• 1 tablespoon ginger juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Method:

1. Mix all the salad dressing ingredients together. Keep aside.
2. Next cook the sprouts with salt and 1/4 cup of water in a saucepan as it comes to boil turn off the heat.
3. Cover the pan for about three to four minutes, drain any liquid.
4. Let the sprouts cool to room temperature and add the dressing.
5. In a serving dish make arrange tomatoes, cucumber and oranges. On top add the spiced sprouts.
6. Garnish with cilantro and green chili.

How to make sprouts:

1. Soak the whole moong for 10 to 12 hours. Water should be about four times more than the Moong.
2. After soaking moong, it will double in volume.
3. Line a colander with muslin cloth. Drain the water and loosely wrap the beans with the muslin cloth. Store the soaked beans in a warm dark place. For example, store the beans in a closed oven or cover with a heavy cloth. Within a day or two, the beans will have sprouted.

Suggestions:
Sprouts can be refrigerated for four or five days.

Spinach and bottle gourd Soup

Specially for weight loss

Serves-2

Preparation and cooking-15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shredded spinach (1 bunch)
• 2 tbsp chopped bottle gourd
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• 2 cup water
• some butter(optional)
• 1/4tsp cumin seeds.

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• Method:

• Wash spinach and add chopped bottle gourd/lauki/ghiya/doodhi in it.
• Take a large pan and add 2 cups water in it.Add the spinach and bottle gourds and boil it for five minutes .Wait for the vegetables to cool down a bit.
• Do not throw the water of spinach and bottle gourd.Pour it whole in mixer and grind till it is smooth.
• Take a pan and add little 1tsp. of butter and cumin seeds when hot.
• Add the blended mixture and add salt and black pepper in it.
• Bring it to a boil.

Vegan Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups pasta
• 1 cup broccoli, chopped small
• 1 12 ounce can water-packed artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
• 1 purple onion, diced
• 1 red or yellow bell pepper, diced
• 1 12 ounce can green beans, diced
• 1 -2 tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• 3/4 cup fat-free vegan Italian salad dressing
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

• Cook the pasta according to package directions in salted water. Drain and allow to cool.
• Lightly steam the broccoli, until just tender.
• In a large bowl, toss together the pasta, broccoli and remaining ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Allow to marinate in the refrigerator at least one hour before serving. Toss again before serving.

French Bread Pizza

Ingredients:

• 1 one pound loaf French bread
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1 to 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 4 ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 16 ounce can artichoke hearts, drained
• 1/2 large green pepper, sliced
• 1/2 large red or yellow pepper, sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1 2 ounce can sliced black olives, drained
• black pepper to taste

Preparation:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Slice loaf in half, length-wise, and spread each half with equal    amounts of ingredients. Sprinkle lightly with black pepper.
• Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or until cheese melts. 
• Slice each half into fourths.

Chocolate Swiss Roll

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 oz. flour
• 2 oz. castor sugar
• 1 tspful baking powder
• 1 tblspful warm water
• 1oz. grated sweetened chocolate

chocolate swiss roll method:

• Grease a swiss roll tin, line with greaseproof paper and then grease the paper well.
• Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs.
• Beat the yolks and the sugar together until the mixture is creamy.
• Then add the warm water, and immediately after that the chocolate.
• Whisk the whites stiffly, and add alternately with the sieved flour and baking powder, folding them in lightly.
• Put the mixture in the tin and bake in hot oven for about 12 minutes.
• Turn out on to a piece of greaseproof paper well sprinkled with icing sugar, trim the edges and roll it up.
• Then put it on a rack to cool.
• Now cut the layer, as shown in image.
• Serve in pieces or complete roll.

RED BEAN SALAD

Relish this red bean salad made of red beans, lettuce, lemon juice and tomatoes.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup red beans (boiled)
• 1/2 cup cherries
• 1 Tomato (Tamatar) (chopped)
• 1/2 lettuce (kasmisaag) (chopped)
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• salt (namak) and pepper to taste
• 2 pineapple slices (chopped)

How to make red bean salad:

• Mix red beans, tomato, lettuce, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Add cherries and pineapple.