Indian Sweet Recipes - Tomato Halwa

Ingredients :

400g tomatoes
75g corn flour
300g sugar
75g ghee or butter
25g cashew nuts, roasted
25g almonds, roasted
5g cardamom powder

Method :

1. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces and blend them to a fine puree. Sieve through a fine cloth and separate from the pulp.

2. To the tomato puree, add 1 glass of water and corn flour. Mix well and set aside.

3. Mix sugar along with 1 cup of water and bring to a boil for few minutes.

4. While boiling, add tomato mixture to the sugar syrup and mix well until the mixture thickens.

5. Now, add ghee and stir for few minutes until it mixes well.

6. Later, add cashew nuts, almonds, cardamom powder and mix well.

7. Pour the mixture over a greased plate and set aside until it gets cooled. When cooled, cut into diamond shaped pieces.

Indian Dessert Recipes - Cornflake & Mixed Nut Icecream

Serves : 6
Preparation time : 40 minutes

Ingredients :

For the ice-cream :

2 cups milk
1 cup milk powder
1/2 cup (100 grams) fresh cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla essence

For the Granola Bars :

1/2 cup crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup quick rolled oats
1/4 cup mixed nuts (almonds, pistachios, walnuts & cashewnuts), chopped
1 tbsp. melon seeds (charmagaz)
1 tbsp. raisins
1/2 cup sugar
Butter to grease

Method:

1. For the granola bars, lightly roast the oats, nuts and melon seeds and keep aside to cool. When cooled, mix together the cornflakes with the nuts, toasted oats, melon seeds and raisins.

2. Add the sugar in a heavy-bottomed pan and melt it over gentle heat, stirring continuously till the sugar is light brown in colour (caramelised).

3. Remove from the fire, add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Pour this mixture onto a greased plate. Using a large greased rolling pin, roll it out lightly to form a square of approximately (8" x 8").

4. While it is still warm, cut out into rectangular bars, crush into small pieces and keep aside.

5. For the ice-cream, combine all the ingredients together and whisk well till the sugar dissolves. Pour into a shallow container. Cover and freeze till it is semi-set.

6. Churn in a blender till all the ice crystals break down and transfer into a shallow container. Add the crushed granola bars and mix lightly. Transfer into a shallow container, cover and freeze till set. Scoop and serve.

7. Serve this with fruits and it will be an ideal summer brunch too. Kids will love this fun breakfast.

Indian Dessert Recipes - Mango Yogurt

Serves: 5-6
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes + Freezing time

Ingredients :

500g yogurt
1/2 tin condensed milk
1 medium sized mango
1 1/2 tbsp gelatin
1/2 cup water

Method :

1. Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 cup hot water.
2. Peel mango and slice. Reserve 1 slice for decoration and mash the rest into pulp.
3. Beat the yogurt lightly to break up the lumps.
4. In a serving bowl mix condensed milk, yogurt, mango pulp and dissolved gelatin.
5. Leave in refrigerator to set.
6. Serve well set decorated with thin slices of mango.

Indian Salad Recipes - Beetroot Salad With Sour Cream & Cumin

Ingredients :

25 gm butter
2 tsp ground cumin
150 ml soured cream
450 gm beet root, peeled and diced
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Melt the butter, sprinkle in the cumin and cook for one to two minutes, stirring.
2. Add the soured cream, beet root, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Cook until the beet root is heated through, stirring gently.
4. Transfer to a warmed serving dish, and serve at once.

Indian Salad Recipes - Apple Yogurt Delight

Serves 4

Ingredients :

4 sweet firm apples - peeled, and cut into pieces
2 cups fresh yogurt - tied in muslin cloth and hung for an hour to remove excess water
100 gm cheese - grated
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp mustard
1 cucumber - thinly sliced (optional)
1 head lettuce - leaves washed and separated

Method :

1. Mix apples, yogurt, cheese, salt and mustard together. Chill for an hour.
2. On a flat serving dish arrange lettuce leaves in a circle.
3. Pile the apple mixture on the lettuce leaves. Surround with evenly placed cucumber slices.
4. Chill for another hour before serving.
5. This delicious and unusual salad goes excellently with roast meat and thinly sliced brown bread.

Indian Non-Vegetarian Dishes - Malai Chicken

Ingredients:

500g chicken
25g ginger-garlic paste
1/2 tsp chili powder
30g cashew nuts
25g khus khus seeds
10g garam masala
50g yogurt
50g oil
50g cream
50g onions
6 green chilies
A pinch of red orange color
1 lemon
1 small bunch cilantro
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Cut the chicken pieces and mix in salt, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

2. Blend the cashew nuts and khus khus seeds and make a paste. To this, add yogurt, chili powder, chopped green chilies, garam masala, salt, red orange color, chopped and fried onions. Apply this mixture to the chicken pieces.

3. Heat oil in a pan and cook masala applied chicken until done.

4. Serve with cream and cilantro on it.