Chocolate Creme Pie

Chocolate Creme Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 condensed milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tbspn cornstarch
• 5 tbspn cocoa
• 1 2/3 cups water
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 2 tbspn butter
• 1 baked pastry shell(9 inches)

Method:

• Take water,cocoa,cornstarch and mix well.
• Beat the egg yolks and stir in this with cornstarch.Add milkmaid.
• Cook this mixture in saucepan till thick.
• Add butter,vanilla extract.
• Let it cool down and pour into the shells and chill until set.
• Top with whipped creme,melted chocolate  and grated chocolate.

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Chocolate Swiss Roll

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 75 gms caster sugar
• 75 gms plain flour
• 2 tbspns cocoa powder
• 2 tbspn icing sugar
• 100 gms softened butter
• 1/2 tspn vanilla essence

 Method:

• Grease the swiss roll tin and preheat the oven to 200C.
• Whisk and beat the eggs together with an electric beater till thick.
• Sift the cocoa powder and flour two times to prevent lumps. Mix this with whisked eggs and 1tbspn warm water smoothly.
• Spread on tin and bake it for 10-15 minutes.
• Take a tea towel,cover with baking paper and dust with caster sugar.
• Take the cake and roll it with the paper inside the cake.
• Cool it on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Now beat the icing sugar,butter and vanilla essence.One can beat in melted chocolate as well.
• Unroll the sponge cake and spread the above paste leaving a half inch border all around.
• Re roll the cake,refrigerate,cut in slices and serve.

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Chicken Mazedar

Chicken Mazedar

Ingredients:

• 500 gms chicken
• 2 chopped onions
• 2 chopped tomatoes
• 1/2' ginger
• 4-5 green chillies
• chilly garlic sauce
• 4 tbspn lemon juice
• 1 tspn black pepper powder
• salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

• Boil onions,tomatoes,green chillies,ginger and grind it into a paste.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces. Then add the grinded paste and stir fry till it starts leaving oil.
• Then add chilly garlic sauce,lemon juice,salt,black pepper powder.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Chicken Changezi

Ingredients:

Chicken Changezi

• 500 gms chicken chopped in pieces
• 50 gms cashews
• 2 onions chopped
• 1 cup ghee
• 200 ml milk
• 1 chopped tomato
• 2 tbspn garlic-ginger paste
• 1 tspn garam masala powder
• 1 tspn coriander powder
• 1/2 tbspn chilly powder
• 1 tspn chaat masala
• 1 cup or 100 gms fresh cream
• 2 tbspn methi leaves
• 10-15 fried lotus seeds(makhane)
• 2 lemon juice
• 1 boiled egg cut in halves
• 1'' ginger(sliced in thin strips)
• 2-3 large green chillies cut
• salt to taste

Method:

• Heat the ghee in a pan and saute the chicken pieces for 5-7 minutes on medium flame.
• In another pan,heat 2 tbspn ghee and stir fry onions till translucent and brown. Add cashews and fry for 2-3 minutes.Strain this onion and cashews and when it cools down,grind it into a paste.
• In the left over ghee,add garlic ginger paste,tomatoes,red chilly powder,chaat masla,garam masala and coriander powder,salt and cook for 5 minutes
• Gradually add milk,keep stirring. Then add chicken pieces and cook for another 6-7 minutes on low heat.
• Add the grinded paste of cashews and onions into the mixture and cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
• Then add fried makhane,fresh cream,methi leaves,lemon juice and stir well.
• Garnish with boiled egg,strips of ginger and green chilly.

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Ingredients:

Baked Macroni And Cheese

• Macroni(elbow shaped)
• Vegetable oil
• A quart milk
• 7 tbspn unsalted butter
• 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 4 cups grated gruyere cheese
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tspn black pepper
• 1/2 tspn nutmeg powder
• 2-3 small tomatoes slices
• 1 cup bread crumbs

Method:

• Boil the macroni for10-12 minutes in a pan full of water with a drop of oil so that macroni does not stick to the bottom.Drain the water and sieve it.
• Prepare the white sauce by heating butter in a saucepan, and adding the flour gradually by continuous stirring.Make sure no lumps are formed.
• Now add the warm milk gradually into the pan till a smooth thick paste is formed.
• Then add cheddar,gruyere cheese,salt,nutmeg and pepper.Also add the boiled macroni and mix well.
• Preheat the oven to 385F.
• Take a baking tray and pour the macroni mixture. Then put tomato slices and bread crumbs(breadcrumbs are combined with 2 tbspn melted butter).Bake this for 30-35 minutes till cooked and browned.

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Paneer Jalfrazie

Ingredients:

Paneer Jalfrazie

• 250 gms paneer cubes
• 2-3 onions chopped in cubes
• 2 tomatoes sliced in cubes
• 2 capsicum cut in slices
• 5-6 cloves chopped garlic
• 1" ginger chopped
• 2 tbspn tomato ketchup
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• 1 tspn garam masala
• Oil for frying
• 1/2 tspn cumin seeds
• 1/2 tspn saunf powder
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

• Deep fry the paneer cubes and keep it seperate in a bowl.
• Heat 2 tbspn oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds,then add ginger,garlic and green chillies.After a minute add onions and stir fry till onions are soft.
• Then add turmeric powder,red chilly powder,garam masala,saunf power.After half a minute add tomato puree,ketchup and salt.Cook for 8-10 minutes on medium flame till oil starts to seperate.
• Add 1/2 cup water and cook till gravy is thick.
• Add paneer cubes and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander,onion rings or cream as you like.

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Paneer Bread Roll

Ingredients:

• 8 bread slices
• Bread crumbs(optional)
• 1 cup crushed paneer
• 1 capsicum chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 green chillies chopped
• 1 tspn garlic-ginger paste
• 1/2 tspn garam masala powder
• 1/2 tspn chaat masala powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan, stir fry onions till translucent.
• Then add garlic-ginger paste,green chillies,capsicum and cook for 3-4 minutes.
• Add paneer,salt,garam masala powder,chaat masala powder.Cook for another 2 minutes.
• Turn off the gas.
• Take bread slices,dip in milk and squeeze the milk by pressing bread using both hands.
• Stuff the paneer filling and close the ends. Roll in the bread crumbs to make it more crispy.
• Deep fry these rolls till golden brown.
• Soak in absorbent paper.

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Shahi Paneer

Shahi Panner

Ingredients:

• 250 gms cottage cheese/paneer cubes
• 2-3 onions chopped
• Paste of 1'' ginger,3 green chillies,5 cloves
• 3-4 tomatoes pureed
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• 1/2 tspn cumin seeds
• 1 tspn garam  masala powder
• 15 gms cashews,soaked in milk for 1/2 hour
• 3 tbspn oil
• 1 tbspn fresh cream
• salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

• Take the paneer cubes and fry it till golden brown,keep it in warm water to turn soft.
• Heat oil in a pan,add cumin seeds, then add ginger-garlic-chilly paste. Stir fry for 30 seconds and add onions. Continue frying till translucent.
• Add tomato puree,salt,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,garam masala powder and cook till the paste starts leaving oil.
• Then make a smooth paste of the soaked cashews and add to the tomato mixture.
• Add half cups of water and let it boil till it forms a thick paste.
• Add the paneer cubes,cream and mix well,Cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Garnish with cream and coriander leaves.

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Cheese Scrambled Egg

Ingredients:

Scrambled Egg with Cheese

•  4 eggs
• 4 bread slices
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 tbspn cheddar cheese
• 1 tbspn unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 tspn black pepper
• salt to taste

Method:

• Crack and whisk the eggs,milk,salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Heat butter in a frying pan. Add onions and saute.
• Pour the egg mixture and stir the mixture,cooking on both sides
• Spread the grated cheese,mix well and turn off the gas.
• Serve with toast.

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Cheesy Tomato Egg Pie

Cheese Tomato Egg Pie

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs partially beaten
• 3 eggs hard boiled and cooked
• 2 thin bread slices
• 250 ml milk
• 1 tomato chopped in slices
• 1 tspn chopped parsley
• 1/4 tspn pepper
• 1 tspn chives or onions finely chopped
• 1 tbspn melted butter
• 1 tbspn flour
• salt to taste
• shredded parmesan cheese

Method:

• Grease the plates with butter.
• Put the bread slice,tomato slice over it,chives,parsley,and pepper.
• Then put a layer of chopped hard cooked eggs.
• Beat the eggs,salt.flour,milk together and pour this mixture over the egg layer.
• Sprinkle the shredded cheese.
• Bake at 330F for 30-35 minutes.

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Egg Cupcakes

Floating Yolk Cupcake

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• Bread slices-6
• Prosciutto-1 slice
• 2 tbspns butter salted
• Bacon,green onions(optional)
• 2 tbspn cheese grated
• Pepper
• Salt to taste

Hard Boiled Yolk Cake

Method:

• Grease the muffin cups and preheat the oven to 350F.
• Now, shape and cut the bread slices in round and strips to cover up the muffin cups. Sprinkle salt and pepper.
• Take the eggs and crack it on each muffin cups smoothly.
• Place the slices of prosciutto,the shredded cheese and the optional items if you want to.
• Bake this for 15-19 minutes as u like.(floating yolks or hard yolks respectively).
• Gently scoop the muffins out of the cups and garnish with some extra cheese.

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Crispy Baked Chicken

Crispy Baked Chicken

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds cut chicken minces
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• salt to taste
• 2-3 tbspn butter
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1 cup grated cheese
• pepper
• 1 egg
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups flour
• 3 onions sliced into rings
• oil to fry 

Method:

• First for the french fried onions, soak the onions in milk, coat it with flour and fry it in deep fryer.
• Now, beat the egg and 1 tbspn milk,keep it aside.
• In an another container, mix red chilly powder,salt,bread crumbs,cheese,dash pepper and the french fried onions.
• Then take the chicken pieces,roll over the egg mix and then on the onion mix.
• Set it on a greased plate,spread butter and bake at350F for approx an hour.

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Fried Chicken Momos

Fried Chicken Momos

Ingredients:

• 250 gm flour
• 1/4 tspn baking powder
• 1 cup chicken pieces
• 1/2 tspn chopped garlic
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• oil to fry
• black pepper
• 1 tspn soya sauce
• 1/4 tspn vinegar
• salt to taste

Method:

• Knead the flour,salt and baking powder with water into a hard dough.
• Take 1 tbspn oil in a frying pan, stir fry garlic and onion till translucent.
• After that add the chicken piece and saute it.
• Add sauce,black pepper,vinegar,salt and turn off the gas
• Now take small balls of dough, flatten it into small rounds,put some filling in between and seal folding the edges.
• Steam these for 10 minutes.
• Then deep fry these when its ready to serve
• Serve hot with sauces

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Paneer Pakodas

Paneer Pakodas

Ingredients:

• 250 gms paneer
• 1 cup Besan
• 1 tsspn garlic paste
• 1 tbspn ginger paste
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• 1/4 tspn baking soda
• salt to taste
• Chaat masala
• oil for frying
• finely chopped coriander leaves

Method:

• Cut the paneer into half by half inch cube.
• In a bowl, mix all the ingredients with sufficient amount of water and form a batter.
• Heat oil in a frying pan.
• Dip the paneer into the batter and fry till golden brown
• Soak in an absorbent paper,sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot with green chutney.

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Egg Biryani

Egg Biryani

Preparation Time:30 minutes
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Total Time:1 hour
Serves:4

Ingredients:

• 6 eggs halved after boiled
• 3 tbspn Ghee
• 2 cups long grained rice soaked
• 1" cinnamon stick
• 2 cloves
• 2 cardamoms
• 2 onions chopped
• 1 tbspn ginger-garlic-green chilly paste
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• 1/4 tspn turmeric powder
• 1/2 tspn garam masala
• salt to taste
• 2 tbspn lemon juice
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 2 and half cup water
• 1/2 cup mint leaves

Method:

• Heat two tbspn ghee and stir fry cardamom,cloves and cinamon. Add onions and continue frying till translucent.
• Then mix the ginger-garlic-green chilly paste and fry for a minute.
• Add tomatoes and cook for 5-6 minutes, then add mint leaves and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
• Add turmeric,chilly powder,garam masala powder.
• After sometime,add coconut milk, water, salt. Let it boil.
• Then add the soaked rice,1 tbspn ghee and cook for 10-15 minutes till rice is cooked and water absorbed.
• Serve the rice on platter with halved boiled eggs,onions,lemon juice and coriander leaves.

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Cheese Omlette

Cheese Omlette

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 6 minutes
Total Time: 11 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 tbspn melted butter 
• Pinch of white pepper
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese

Method:

• Beat the eggs,salt using a knife.
• Heat a frying pan and melt butter. Pour the whisked egg and spread it over the pan moving the pan in all directions.
• Cook it for 5 minutes,both sides till they are golden browned.
• Spread the cheese and sprinkle pepper.

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Egg Roll

Preparation Time:15 minutes
Cooking Time:15 minutes

Egg Roll

Total Time:30 minutes
Serves:2

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 green chillies chopped
• finely grated capsicum,carrot,cucumber(as liked)
• 4 tbspn oil
• 1 tspn red chilly powder
• Tomato and chilly sauces
• salt to taste
• 1 tspn lemon juice
• coriander leaves
• 2 cups of flour/maida for the chapattis

Method:

• Mix maida,salt and water and knead into a dough. Divide into four balls and make chapattis,roast it using some oil on the tawa and keep it separate.
• Beat an egg and salt.
• Heat a frying pan and put some oil.Pour the beated egg and spread it on pan to make an omlette of the size of the chapatti.Before the omlette is ready,put the chapati onto it and press it swiftly.Cook on both sides.
• Now, on a serving plate, take the chapati with the omlette side up, spread the sauces,grated vegetables,lime juice,salt,coriander leaves and roll it into cylinder shapes with a grease proof paper on the outer side.

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Egg Curry

Preparation time:10 minutes
Cooking time:20 minutes
Total time:30 minutes

Egg Curry

Ingredients:

• 4-5 nos of boiled eggs
• 1 chopped onion
• 2-3 tomatoes pureed
• 2 tbspn oil
• 1 tspn garlic paste
• 1/2 tspn ginger paste
• 1 green chilly
• 1 tbspn coriander powder
• 1 tspn cumin seeds
• 1/4 tspn black pepper
• 1/2 tspn red chilly powder
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• salt to taste
• coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Add garlic-ginger-chilly paste and  onions and stir fry till translucent.
• Add the dry spices and mix the tomato puree. Cook for 7-10 minutes.
• Add 1 to 1 and half cups of water and let it boil.
• Now, slice the eggs into halves and add it to the puree.
• Cook for 5-7 minutes and serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

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Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients 

• 2 nos. eggs
• 40 gm flour 
• 15 gm cocoa powder 
• 85 gm sugar 
• 2 tbspn powdered sugar
• 1 tspn vanilla essence 
• 3 tbspn melted butter 
• 2 tbspn water

(For Frosting)

• Heavy Whipping Cream 
• Sugar as needed
• 1 tspn Vanilla Essence
• 1 can Cherries 
• Grated Chocolate

(For syrup)

• 1 cup Water/ Cherry  Syrup 
• 1/2 cup Sugar 
• 1 tspn Vanilla Essence

Method:

• Take sieved cocoa powder,flour and combine it with melted butter,water and the essence.
• Beat sugar and eggs and add to the above mixture to form a batter.
• Pour the above mixture onto a 7" pan and bake it for 20-25 minutes at 350F till the cake is done.
• For the syrup take cherry syrup/plain water and sugar, bring it to a boil.
• (One can add rum to this for better results)
• For the frosting whip the creme,sugar and vanilla essence.
• Now cut the cake into two halves and pour the syrup and allow the cake to become moist while absorbing.
• Spread the frosting,grated chocolate,chopped cherries and put the second layer of cake upon it and repeat the process.
• Apply this on sides using spatula and refrigerate.
• Top with some more cherries and its ready to eat.

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Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Mousse Cake

Ingredients:

(For the cake)
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
A pinch of salt
1 tspn crown flax seed powder
2 tbsps  Water
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Chocolate Mousse)
125 gms chocolate block
125 gms Butter
100 ml Whip cream
1/4 cup Icing Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Icing)
1 cup Dark Chocolate
1/4 cup butter
2 tbspn cherry/ Corn syrup
1 tspn Vanilla extract


Method:

(Base Cake)
Sieve flour.baking powder,baking soda,salt,cocoa powder and  add sugar.
Mix the flax seed powder with 1/2 cup semi warm water and add vanilla essence.
Mix the water and oil and then add this mixture with the flax seed mixture.
Then mix the dry ingredients with the wet ones and form a batter.
Pour this batter onto the 6' round pan and bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes.
Set aside to cool.

(Chocolate mousse)
Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
Whip the icing sugar and whipping creme and keep it aside.
When the chocolate-butter mixture cools down, add the whipped creme mixture and fold it well.

(Icing)
Melt the chocolate,butter and cherry/corn syrup.
Add vanilla and mix well.

Now,

Take the base cake and make some random holes in it
Pour the prepared chocolate mousse onto it and level it with a spatula.Refrigerate.
Then take the cake out when it sets and spread the icing over the cake making it drizzle down in random fashion.
The yumm cake is ready to eat.

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Chocolate Balls

Chocolate Balls

Ingredients:

• Marie biscuit or any other sweetened biscuit
• 1 tin Milk maid
• 2 tbspn Cocoa powder
• 2 tbspns butter
• 1 tbspn hazlenuts(optional)
• 1 tspn Vanilla essence

Method:

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• Crush and sieve the marie buscuits into a powder.
• Melt butter and add buscuit powder,cocoa powder,milkmaid, vanilla essence,hazlenuts and mix well
• Roll it into round balls or oval shapes and put it in a tray
• Refrigerate and let it turn hard

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Chocolate Brownies

Choclate Brownie

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• ¾ cup butter 
• 3 fl oz (0.9 dl) boiling water 
• 3 eggs 
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder 
• 1 tsp baking powder 
• 1 tsp vanilla essence 
• 120 gm chocolate chips 
• 150 gm chopped walnuts 

Icing

Brownie With Frosting

• 1/3 cups of butter 
• 2 tbsn hot espresso or very strong coffee 
• 220 gm sweet or semisweet dark chocolate 
• 2 tbspns of corn syrup 

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350F Take a (33 x 23 cm) cake baking pans and grease it with flour. 
• In a bowl add the measured amount of  baking powder,all purpose  flour, sugar, cocoa powder,and vanilla essence. 
• Add  the eggs, butter, boiled water and mix well. Then mix nuts and chocolate chips. 
• Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes. Let the cake cool down. Coat with the chocolate icing.. 

For the icing mix butter, roughly chopped chocolate, corn syrup and strong coffee and heat in a double boiler(using steam) until melted. Stir till smooth and spread over the cake

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Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar 
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa 
• 4 cups milk 
• 2 tbsn butter 
• 1/4 cup cornstarch 
• 2 tspn vanilla extract 
• 1/2 tspn salt 

Method:

• Take a saucepan and add cocoa,sugar, cornstarch and salt. 
• Then add milk gradually and let it boil for two minutes,stirring frequently.
• Then switch off the flame and add vanilla and butter. 
• Let it Chill by refrigeration.
• Serve it in individual dishes.
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• Garnish with sliced almonds.

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Kadhai Paneer

Ingredients: 

Kadhai Paneer

• 250 gms Paneer 
• 3 Capsicum 
• 4 Onion chopped
• 4 Tomato puree 
• 1 green chilly 
• 4 Cloves chopped 
• 1 " Ginger 
• 1 piece Cinnamon chopped 
•  Orange Color 
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder 
• 2 Bay Leaves 
• 4 tbspn oil 
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbspn cream 

 Method: 

• Cut paneer, capsicum into long strips. Grind garlic,ginger green chilly into a paste. 
• Heat oil in a pan and add cloves,cinnamon,bay leaves. 
• Then add the garlic-ginger-green chilly paste. After a minute,add onions and stir fry till translucent. 
• Add tomato puree,salt,red chilly powder,orange color and cook in medium flame till oil starts to separate. Then add the capsicum and paneer strips. Cook for 4-5 minutes till the capsicums are cooked. 
• Garnish with cream and serve hot.

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Palak Paneer

Palak Panner

Ingredients:

• 1 kg or 3 bunches of spinach 
• 250 gms paneer cut into cubes 
• 1 tspn cumin seed 
• 3 bay leaves 
• 4 tomatoe puree 
• 2-3 onions chopped
• Paste of 1" ginger,6-7 garlic ,2 green chilies
• 1/2 tspn turmeric powder 
• 3/4 tspn red chili powder 
• 1/2 tspn coriander powder 
• 3/4 tspn garam masala 
• 3/4 tspn amchur or dry mango powder
• salt to taste 
• 4 tspn oil/butter 
• 2 tspn fresh cream 

 Method: 

• Wash spinach leaves and boil it.When it cools down, blend it in a thick paste. 
• Take the paneer cubes and fry it to golden brown and keep it aside. 
• Heat a pan and add oil. When its hot,add cumin seeds(jeera),bay leaves, paste of garlic-ginger-chillies,onions and stir fry till onion gets transparent. 
• Add tomato puree,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,dry mango powder,garam masala,salt.Also add the spinach paste and cook for 10-12 minutes till the spinach is cooked. 
• Add the fried cubes of paneer and cook for another 5-6 minutes. 
• Garnish with fresh cream and serve it hot.

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Choco Chip Muffins

Ingredients 

Muffins

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 egg 
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of good quality vegetable oil 
• 2 tbsn of cocoa powder 
• 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 
• 1 cup of milk 
• 3/4 cup of sugar 
• 2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda 

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 2O5C or 400F.
• Take flour,cocoa powder,baking powder,sugar,baking soda,chocolate chips in a bowl.
• Add egg,vegetable oil,milk,vanilla essence into a bowl and make a batter. It will have lumps in it.
• Pour this batter into the paper muffin cases and spread some chocolate chips over it
• Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes till its prepared.
• Muffins should be spongy and do the knife test.(The knife should come out clean when inserted into the muffins and taken out.)

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Home Made Choclates

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cocoa powder, 
• 3/4 cup or 150 gms butter, 
• ½ cup or 115 gms sugar,
• 2/3 cup or 160 ml milk, 
• ¼ tsp flour, 
• 4 tbspn powdered sugar 
• 1 cup or 250 ml water 

 Method: 

• Take cocoa and butter and form a paste in a processor.
• Use a double boiler to form a chocolate paste. Heat a container of half filled water and put the chocolate in a bowl and keep it over the container,heat until it forms a paste.
• Then again use a processor to form a smooth chocolate paste.
• Take warm milk, flour,sugar and add chocolate paste and mix well.
• Take required shapes of molds and pour the mixture onto it and refrigerate till hard.
• Remove it from molds and wrap them with colorful papers. The chocolates are ready to delight your mouth.

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Roast Spring Chicken In Rich Plum Sauce

Serves: 4

Plum Sauce Chicken

Ingredients:

• 4 whole chicken
• 40 ml lemon juice
• 5 gm paprika powder
• 5 gm star anise powder
• 60 ml soya sauce
• 60 gm brown sugar
• Seasoning to taste
• Refined oil
• 30 gm chopped ginger
• 240 ml plum sauce
• 60 gm butter

Method:

• Marinate the whole chicken with seasoning,lemon juice,paprika powder,star anise powder, soya sauce, brown sugar and a little oil.
• Rest the chicken overnight and roast in oven at 200C for 45 minutes.
• Melt the butter in a pan and add the chopped ginger and saute.Add the plum sauce.
• Adjust the consistency and seasoning.
• Serve the chicken smothered lavishly with the sauce.

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Dark Chocolate Cake

Dark Chocolate Cake

 Preparation Time:15-20 minutes

 Ingredients 

•  1/2 cup cooking oil
•  2 eggs
•  2 tsp vanilla essence
•  1 cup boiling water
• 1 3/4 cups of flour
•  3/4 cup of Cocoa powder
•  1 and1/2 tspn baking powder
•  2 cup sugar
•  1 cup of milk
•  1 and 1/2 tspns baking soda
•  Pinch of salt 

 Method

• Heat the oven at 350°F. Take two 9" round or square baking pans and grease it with flour. 
• Mix sugar, all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla essence; beat for 2 minutes.Add boiling water. Spread the batter into greased pans. 
• Bake the batter for 35 to 40 minutes. Insert a knife to check whether the cake is baked or not. The knife should come out clean. Let it cool for 10 minutes.

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Chicken Soup

 Preparation Time:10 minutes

Chicken Soup

 Cooking Time: 30 minutes

 Ingredients 
Serves: 2

• 500 mls chicken stock
• 1 stalk chopped celery
• 1 chopped onion
• 3 to 4 chopped carrots
• fresh corn
• 1 finely chopped garlic cloves 
• boneless chicken breasts with skin removed
•  fresh coriander leaves chopped

 Method 

•  Boil the chicken stock and add the carrots, corn,celery, onion and garlic.
•  Add the chicken and turn the flame to low. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
•  Remove the chicken from the pan and then carefully cut it into small pieces and return it to the pot.
•  Add coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori Chicken Served With Green Chutney

Preparation Time: 18 hours
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 18 hours, 20 minutes

 Ingredients: 

• 1 kg chicken with skin removed 
• 1 cup fresh yogurt
• 1 tspn paste of garlic
•  6 tbspns Tandoori Masala
•  Salt to taste
•  Cooking oil
•  1 tbspn Chaat Masala 
•  Onion rings and lemon to garnish 

 Preparation: 

Tandoori Chicken And Onion Rings

• Make deep slashes in the chicken pieces for better mariantion.
•  Mix Tandoori Masala, yoghurt, 2 tbsps cooking oil and salt into a smooth paste.
•  Grease the paste over the chicken pieces and let this paste peneterate into the slashes made in the chicken.
•  Marinate for 12-18 hours in refrigerator after covering it with a lid.
•  Preheat the grill(medium)/oven at 180C and put the chicken on it. Let it get brown on both the sides, brush the cooking oil as and when necessary.
• Once its browned, reduce heat and then cover the grill .Cook untill the chicken gets tender.
•  Garnish with sprinkled Chaat Masala,lime juice, lime wedges and onion rings.

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Chicken Tikka Masala

 Preparation Time: 12 hours
Total Time: 12 hours

 Ingredients: 

•  For marinade: 
• 1 cup fresh yogurt
•  3 tbsps garlic paste
•  2 tbsps ginger paste
•  1/2 tsp orange food color
•  3-4 tbsps garam masala
•  2 dried red chillies
•  3 tbsps lemon juice
•  1 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
•  1 kg chicken (breast or thigh) with skin removed and cut into 2" chunks

 For the gravy:

•  2 chopped onions 
• 6 cloves chopped garlic
•  5 pods cardamom
•  5 chopped tomatoes
•  2 tbsps garam masala
•  2 tsps soft brown sugar
•  1 cup cream
•  3 tbsps blanched almond paste
•  3 tbsps cooking oil
•  Salt to taste

 Preparation: 

•  Grind all marinade ingredients except yoghurt into a fine paste.
•  Add yoghurt to the marinated paste and mix well and then add the chicken pieces.
•  Cover the bowl and leave it to refrigerate to marinate for an overnight.
• . Thread the chicken pieces onto the skewers.
•  Preheat the oven/grill at 200C. Put the skewers on the grill racks in the oven. Roast till the chicken is golden browned equally on all sides and becomes tender.
•  For gravy/ sauce: 
• Stir fry the onion on medium flame.
•  Add cardamom and garlic and fry for 3-4 minutes.
•  Add brown sugar, tomatoes,  garam masala, almonds and mix thoroughly. 
• Cook for 5-10 minutes
• . Add grilled Chicken Tikkas and stir and Cook for another 10 minutes.
•  Add cream and mix properly and turn off the flame.
•  Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.

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Chicken Fry

Chicken Fry

 Preparation Time:4 hours
 Cooking Time:25 minutes
 Total Time:4 hours 45 minutes

 Ingredients:
 1 kg chicken which is cut into 8 pcs

 For marination:

•  1/2 cup mustard oil
•  1/2 tspn garlic paste
•  1/2 tspn ginger paste 
•  2 tspn chilly powder
•  2 tspn ajwain 
•  2 tbspn vinegar
•  2 tbspn gram flour
•  5 cloves-roasted and powdered
•  1 tspn fenugreek seeds 
•  4-5 peppercorns
•  2 black cardamoms seeds
•  2 tsp cumin seeds
•  2 tbsp lemon juice 
•  salt to taste
•  coriander for garnishing

 Method 

•  Prick the lumps of the chicken pieces  at 2-3 places and marinate the mixture and keep aside for 3-4 hrs. Fenugreek seeds,peppercorns, cardamoms seeds,cumin seeds are roasted and pwdered for marination.
•  Then heat the oil and put the chicken pieces into it. 
•  Now deep-fry the chicken for 15-20 minutes over a medium flame, till it is tender.
•  Garnish it with lemon and coriander leaves.

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Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani)

Preparation Time: Approx 1 hour
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

 Ingredients: 
 1 kg chicken(boneless) with its skin removed
 1 cup yoghurt
 3 tbspns cooking oil
2 chopped onions
 2 tspn garlic paste
 1 tspn ginger paste
 2 tspn coriander powder
 1 tspn cumin powder
 1/4 tspn turmeric powder
 3-4 tomatoe paste
 half litre chicken stock
 2 tbspns kasurimethi
 3 tbspns unmelted  butter
 2 tbspn lime juice
 1 tsp red chilly powder
 6 cloves
 8-10 peppercorns
 1" stick of cinnamon
 2 bay leaves
 8-10 almonds
 3-4 pods of cardamom
 salt as per taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation:

Butter Chicken And Naan

• Mix and marinate the chicken,salt , lime juice and the red chilly powder in a bowl for approx1 hour.
• Roast the cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns,almonds  bay leaves  by frequent stirring till it gets light brown colour and then cool and mix the cardamom seeds.Grind into a coarse powder.
•  Mix the fresh yoghurt,the powdered paste prepared above, coriander, cumin and turmeric powder together and add to the chicken kept for marination. Leave it to marinate for another an hour. 
• Stir fry the onions in cooking oil on med heat. Fry till a golden brown in color and then add the  garlic,ginger paste. Fry for a minute.
• Seperate the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till it turns opaque and the flesh colour turns pinkish.
• Now mix the tomato paste, kasuri methi, chicken stock and remaining yogurt-spice mix to the chicken. Cook till the chicken gets tender and the gravy is automatically reduced to half its original volume. 
• Melt the butter and spread it upon chicken. 
• Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves and serve with Kaali Daal and Naan 

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