Countdown for 2012 - Countdown Cheese Cake

Countdown Cheesecake Recipe

8-10 Servings 

Prep : 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Ingredients :

1-1/2 cups cracker crumbs

3 tablespoons sugar

1/3 cup butter, melted

FILLING:

2 cartons (8 ounces each) spreadable strawberry cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed

1-1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Red decorating gel

1 fresh strawberry, halved

Method :

In a bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. 

Press onto the bottom and 1 in up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. 

Bake at 325° for 10 minutes; cool.

In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. 

Fold in the whipped topping. 

Gently spread a third of the filling over crust. 

Arrange strawberries on top. 

Spoon remaining filling over berries; smooth top. 

Refrigerate overnight.

With decorating gel, pipe numerals and the minute and hour hands for a clock dial on the cheesecake. 

Place strawberry halves at the tips of the clock hands. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Indian Non-Veg Starters - Fish Rawa Fingers

Fish Rawa Fingers

Ingredient : 

garlic paste 1 tbsp

ginger paste 1 tbsp

lemon juice 2 tbsp

Fish fillet 300 grams

red chilli powder 2 tsp

rice flour (coarse)  1/2 cup

oil to fry

salt to taste

Method :

Clean the fish and cut into fingers (3” x ½” x ½”).

Marinate the fish fingers in a mixture of ginger-garlic paste, salt and lemon juice for half an hour.

Mix red chilli powder, salt and coarse rice flour.

Remove the fish fingers from the first marinate and roll them in seasoned red chilli and rice flour mixture.

Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry in hot oil till crisp and done.

Remove onto an absorbent paper to remove excess oil.

Serve hot with garlic chutney.

Source : VahRehVah