Monday, October 15, 2007

Iced Coffee

Ingredients: 6 tsp instant coffee, 2 cups ice cubes, 3 tbs sugar, 1 cup boiling water, 4 cups Cold milk, 4 tbs cream.

(1).Dissolve instant coffee and sugar in boiling water. Let cool.

(2).Whip the coffee mixture and cold milk. While running, add ice cubes.

(3).Add cream and whip for a further 30 seconds.

Serve chilled in glasses.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients:1 kg chicken,1/2 cup curds,12 cloves of garlic,2 tsp coriander seeds,1/4 tsp ginger,1 tsp black cumin seed,2 tsp lemon juice,2 tsp vinegar,8 chillies,2 tsp cooking oil, 1 tsp red color, ghee for basting, salt to taste

(1)Grind coriander seeds, chillies, and black cumin seeds till finely powdered.

(2)Add garlic, ginger, curd, salt, cooking oil and vinegar and run mixer. Add coloring.

(3)Clean and dry chicken. Make slits over breast and legs

(4)Apply lemon juice and salt all over. Marinate for half an hour.

(5)Apply ground paste over chicken and marinate further for about two hours.

(6)Roast either on hot electric grill for 30 – 40 minutes or an open charcoal grill for 15 – 20 minutes. Keep applying ghee while roasting.

(7)When chicken is cooked, remove from grill. Serve along with finely sliced onion rings and a twist of lemon.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Meat loaf

Ingredients: 500 g meat,1 medium-sized onion, 4 cloves of garlic,2 eggs ,4 tbs breadcrumbs(dry),1 egg (hard boiled),salt and pepper to taste,1 tbs butter.

(1)Cook meat. Then remove and cool. Remove all bones and trim off fat from meat. Cut into cubes.

(2).Put meat into jar and run the mixer .Remove minced meat and keep aside.

(3)Grate onion and garlic.

(4)Remove and fry in a little oil till light brown.

(5)Add slightly-beaten eggs, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to the minced meat, place in jar and run the mixer for 1 minute.

(6)Shape into two flat rectangular pieces, each 1 1/2” thick.

(7)Arrange slices of one hard-boiled egg on one piece, then place the other on top.

(8)Dot with butter and bake till slightly brown.

Monday, October 1, 2007

tomato soup


Ingredients: 1 k g tomatoes, 4 medium-sized onions,1 coconut, few curry leaves, salt and pepper to taste ,bread croutons.

(1)Boil tomatoes and onions, add salt and pepper.

(2)Grind till it turned to fine paste.

(3) Remove and return to fire, adding water and curry leaves.

(4)Grind coconut pieces separately adding little water.

(5)Extract coconut milk from this, add to soup and boil further for 10 – 15 minuts.

Serve hot with bread croutons

mango milk shake


Ingredients: 2 cups mangoes, cubed ;1/2 litre milk, 6-8 tbs granulated sugar, ice cubes.


(1) Place cubed mango pieces with a little milk in jar and run mixer.

(2) When turned to smooth paste, Add rest of milk, sugar and ice cubes. Run for 30 Seconds.

Serve chilled in tall glasses.