Recipe: Creamy white beans

(White beans cooked with chorizo and spinach)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Onion 1 halved and sliced

Olive oil

Chorizo 50 g chopped into chunks

Chicken stock 200 ml

Cooked white beans -200g

Spinach -100g

Cream- 50ml

Salt to taste

Freshly grounded Black pepper to taste

Crusty bread to serve

Method:

-Clean the spinach. Wash well in running water and drain

-Cook the onion in 1 tbsp of oil until softened then add the chorizo and fry for a few minutes until it starts to give out its oil

-Add the chicken stock and simmer for a minute then add the beans and cook for 2-3 minutes until the spinach is wilted.  Add the cream and cook for 2-3 minutes

-Season with salt and pepper to taste.  Serve with crusty bread.

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Recipe: Pudina chai

There is nothing like a cup of tea when you have to refresh in daily routine

Tea is the most essential beverage we are indulged into.  Even as the temperature is rising, chai is not out of circulation.  This Chai recipe will not only refreshes you but work wonders to you mood in summer.  Here is a quick recipe:

 Ingredients:

-1 Cup milk

-1.5 cup water

-2 teaspoon tea leaves

-3 spoon sugar

-5-6 fresh mint eaves

-2-3 lemongrass leaves

 Recipe:

-In a tea pan, boil water and add tea leaves, mint leaves, lemon grass and sugar.  Allow to boil.

-Now add hot milk to it. Bring it to boil but, ensure the chai to brew at medium flame and not high flame.  It will help the mint flavour infuse properly in your chai.

-Strain the tea in two cups and serve it with your favorite tea time snacks or cookies

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Recipe: Pineapple sandwich.

A quick recipe to tantalize ones taste buds.
Ingredients (for two sandwiches)

6 bread slices

Butter

Pineapple jam

2 cubes processed

2 slices canned pineapple.

Method:

-Apply butter to all the bread slices followed by spreading pineapple jam to each of the slices.

-Now, Place two of the above prepared slices in two different plates, shred one processed cheese cube each on both the slices.  Now, place another slices on each of these cheese-layered bread slices.

-Place one pineapple slice to form next layer of this sandwich.  And cover it up with the third slice on each of the two sandwiches.

Finally, pierce a cherry topped toothpick in each of these sandwiches to bind it.

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Recipe: Chocolate citrus tart.

Try out an easy to make chocolate citrus tart recipe at home that makes for an ideal dessert after dinner.

Ingredients:

½ cup butter softened

½ cup sugar

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa

For the citrus filling:

2 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs

½ cup orange juice

¼ cup lemon juice

Grated peel of 2 oranges

3 tbsp all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

For the Chocolate frosting:

½ cup heavy or whipped cream

200 gm semi-sweet chocolate

 Method:

-Line the bottom of a spring form pan of 9 inches diameter with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the sides of the pan.

-Using an electric mixer, cream the softened butter and sugar.  Add flour and cocoa powder, and finally the egg.  Put in the fridge for a few hours or more.

-Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).

-Using your fingers, pat down half of the tart dough into the bottom of the spring form pan (not the sides); keep the rest frozen until next time.

-Bake at 350 degrees for about 7 minutes.

-For the filling, mix sugar and egg for 2-3 minutes with an electric mixer.

-Add lemon juice, orange juice, grated orange peel, flour and baking powder and mix well.  Transfer to the spring form and bake at 250 deg F for about 30 to 40 minutes.  A wooden pick inserted in the center should come out clean.

-Using a knife, loosen carefully the cake from the sides of the spring form pan.  Let the tart cool to room temperature in the pan.

-For the chocolate frosting, heat the cream almost to a boil, add chopped chocolate, and stir until smooth.  Let it cool until it thickens.

-Spread the chocolate frosting evenly on top and sides of the tart.

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Lauki (bottle gourd) Ka Halwa

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

6 cups grated bottle gourd (Lauki or Ghia)

1.5 cups milk

3 cups sugar

3/4 cup Desi ghee (clarified butter)

2 tbsp Raisins

2 tbs Magaz (Melon seeds)

Preparation:

-In a heavy bottom deep pan put the grated bottle gourd and milk to a boil.  Reduce the flame and cook till almost done. 

- Add the sugar and the ghee and cook further till he Ghee leaves the side of the pan

-During cooking continuous stirring is necessary to avoid burning.

-Add Cummins and Chirojee and mix well.

-Garnish with chopped cardamoms and serve hot or cold.

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Rajma (kidney beans) curry

(It is favorite of Punjabis but liked by everyone)

Ingredients:

-Rajma (kidney beans) -1.5 cups

-Onion big -1

-Ginger

You may also like to have Rajma Burger

You may also like to have Spinach Palak Curry

-Tomatoes 2 big

-Garam Masala -1 tbsp

-Red chilies, turmeric-1/2 tbsp each

-Oil- 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

-Water 2 cups.

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Recipe:

-Wash Rajma and boil for half an hour in pressure Cooker.

-Prepare masala of onions, garlic, ginger and tomato.

-Add it to the beans and cook till the liquid dries up and the beans are soft.

Also have Palak-Mushroom soup

-Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with chapattis or rice.

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