Chocolate and Roasted Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

1. Maida (1 and a quarter cup0
2. Butter (1/2 cup)
3. Sugar (1/2 cup)
4. Egg (1 no)
5. Cocoa Powder (2 tbsp)
6. Baking Powder (1 and a quarter tsp)
7. Almonds (3/4 cup grounded)
8. Almonds less than (1/4 cup) crushed coarsely

Method:

1. Melt butter and add sugar to it. Mix it really well untill all the sugar dissolves in it.
2. Now add egg to this mixture and keep mixing for another 5-7 mins
3. In another mixing bowl add maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and mix well.
4. Now add this maida mixture to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix it well
5. This will be a very sticky mixture, so at this stage add all the grounded almond powder. Keep mixing use a lil oil if you cannot handle the dough or add a tbsp of dry flour if your mixture is really soft
6. Mix everything really well into a soft and smooth dough.
7. Make equal sized balls out of this dough and dip them into the coarse almond mixture. Flatten them a little bit and place it on the cookie sheet
8. Repeat this process for all the balls.
9. Preheat the oven on 356 degree F and bake them for 20-25 mins
10. Once the cookies are done let them rest for a good 30 mins or untill they have cooled down and then store it in an air tight container

NanKhatai

Ingredients:

1. Sooji(semolina) 1/3 cup
2. Maida 1/3 cup
3. Gram flour 1/3 cup
4. Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
5. Sugar 1/2 cup
6. Butter a little less than 1/2 cup
7. Baking soda a pinch
8. Dryfruits of your choice


Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 375 F
2. In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients except for sugar. Mix everything very well
3. Now add sugar to the butter, butter should be in room temperature not melted.
4. Mix the sugar and butter well for 5-10 mintues untill it becomes light and sugar completly mixes in it.
5. Mix this sugar and butter with the dry flour and knead into a dough. the dough will be a little soft.
6. Make equal sized balls from the batter and flatten them a little and garnish with finely chopped dry fruits. Press them a little so that they dont come out while baking.
7. Arrange all the nankhatai on the cookie sheet or whichever baking pan you are using and bake it for 12-13 minutes.



8. Check the colour it should be a light golden brown, now remove them gently and let it cool for a good 50-10 mintues until it is firm, if you try to disturb them immediately they will break.
Let it settle and then you can enjoy your home made Nankhatai.

Plain Chocolate cake

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour 1-3/4 cup

2. Sugar 2 cups

3. Cocoa Powder 3/4 cup

4. Baking Powder 2 tsp

5. Baking Soda 1 tsp

6. Salt 1tsp

7. Eggs 2

8. Milk 1 cup

9. Vegetable Oil 1/2 cup

10. Boiling Water 1 cup

Method:

1. Heat oven to 350 degree F. Grease the Baking pan with a little butter

2. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl

3. Add eggs, milk, oil and mix it really well

4. Stir in the boiling water (batter will be thin)

5. Pour into the baking pan

6. Bake for 30-35 mins or untill wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean

7. Let it stand in the pan for 10 minutes

8. Serve hot with any icecream, preferably vanila

Gajar Ka Halwa

Ingredients:

1. Carrots 1kg
2. Ghee 1/4 cup
3. Sugar 3/4 cup
4. Cashew nuts as per requirement
5. Almonds as per requirement
6. Milk 5 cups

Method:

1. Grate all the carrots
2. Add ghee in a pot and add all the grated carrots in it and fry in ghee on medium flame for 15 mins untill all the water of the carrots evaporate
3. Now add milk and cook on medium low flame till all the milk dries
4. Add sugar and mix well and let it cook on low flame for atleast 20-25 minutes stirring occasionaly
5. Garnish it with cashew nuts and almonds
6. Serve hot

Fruit Custard

Ingredients:

1. Milk (1/2 litre)
2. Custard Powder (Vanilla flavor)
3. Sugar (1/2 Cup)
4. Apple (2 Nos)
5. Mango (2 Nos)
6. Banana (2 Nos)
7. Almonds coarsely chopped (10-15 Nos)
9. Cashewnuts coarsely chopped (10-15 Nos)
10. Dark Chocolate chopped (2 pieces)

Method:

1. Prepare the custard according to the packet instructions
2. Once that is done refrigerate it for atleast 2 hours
3. Chop all the fruits finely
4. Now add the chopped fruits and dry fruits to the custard.
5. Garnish it with chopped almonds and cashewnuts
6.Refrigerate for another 2 hours
7. Serve chilled

Note: You can add any other fruit of your liking but banana and apples add a special flavor to the custard.

Egg Pudding

Ingredients

1. Milk (2 Cups)

2. Eggs (2 Nos)

3. Sugar (6-8 tbs)

4. Custard Powder (Vanilla flavour) (5-6 tbsp)

5. Vanilla Essence (1-2 drops)

6. Sugar (3-4 tbsp)

Method:

1. Beat the eggs lightly and add 6-8 tbsp sugar to it.

2. Add custard powder, Vanilla essence in the milk and mix them well.

3. Mix the egg mixture, milk and custard mixture together and mix it really well.

4. Boil water in a pot till it simmers.

5. Take 3-4 tbsp sugar in a new vessel, burn it on a medium flame for some time till the sugar dissolves(without adding any water) and the colour changes.

6. Once done add the mixture in the vessel, place it in the hot water pot and cover it.

7. Let it cook on steam till the mixture sets.

8. Check it by inserting a knife in the pudding. If it knife comes out clean this indicates the pudding is ready.

9. Empty the pudding vessel upside down in a plate so tht the bottom portion of the pudding comes up at the top.

10. Freeze it for 1-2 hours and its ready to serve.

Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Ingredients:

1. Plain Flour (maida) 1-3/4 cups

2. Sugar (powdered) 1 cup

3. Baking Powder 2 -1/2 tsp

4. Salt 1/4 tsp

5. Milk 3/4 cup

6. Eggs 2

7. Bananas 2

8. Vegetable oil 1/2 cup

9. Vanila essence 1 tsp(optional)

10. Chocolate Chips 3/4 cup

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch square pan with oil

2. Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl

3. Blend with a fork

4. Add oil, milk and eggs and mix them well. Mash the bananas and mix it with eggs and milk mixture(u can add vanila essence here,but that is optional ,the cake in the pic is without the essence )

5.Now add both the dry and the egg milk mixture together and add the chocolate chips at this time

6.Mix the whole mixture here ,but dont overdo it,it will spoil the texture of the cake.

7. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake it on 350 degrees F for 35-40 mins

8. Once done remove from the oven and let it cool.

9. Serve with powdered sugar

Icecream Falooda

Ingredients:

1. Falooda sev 1 packet
2. Strawberry jelly 1 packet
3. Mango jelly 1 packet
4. Tukmaria seeds 2 tbs
5. Milk as per requirement
6. Vanila icecream 2-3 scoops
7. Strawberry icecream for topping
8. Cashewnuts 8-10
9. Almonds 8-10
10. Pistachios 8-10
11. Roohafza as per requirement

Method:

1:Soak tukmaria seeds overnight and leave aside.
2:Boil falooda sev for 5-10 mins,once they are done drain them and put it in a bowl of cold water.
3:Prepare both the jellies according to the packet instructions,once that is done cool it in room temperature for atleast 40-45 mins,then freeze them for atleast 3-4 hours,once this is done u can cut the jelly into small small pieces.
4:Now blend the milk with vanila icecream

Now comes the serving part

1:Put roohafza as the first layer in the glass
2:then comes the falooda sev as the second layer
3:followed by tukmaria seeds.
4:once tht is done add mango or strawberry jelly,one at a time
5:now add the the vanila flavored milk,with one of the jelly pieces as topping
6:garnish with a scoop of strawberry icecream and chopped dryfruits

Tip:u can use jelly according to ur requirement,u dont have to use the whole packet at one time.