Almond Rava Kesari

Ingredients
Sooji/Rava/Semolina - 1 cup
Sugar - 1.5 cups
Almonds - 1/2 cup
Water - 2.5 cups
Ghee / Clarified butter - 3/4 cup
cardamom pwd - 1/4 tsp
food color - 1 tsp (optional)


Method

1. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan. Once ghee is melted, lightly fry almonds.

2. Add sooji to the pan and fry until it changes color.

3. Fold in sugar and cardamom powder. Stir in food color.

4. Add water and stir on medium flame until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. 
5. Once the rava is cooked, you will see that all the water has been absorbed.
6. Turn off the flame and cover the pan with tight lid for 10 minutes.

Ready to serve!!!!

Doughnut

Ingredients

Doughnut:
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 oz. yeast - 1 pkt
3/4 cup warm milk
1/4 stick butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour


Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar
3 tbsp water
¼ stick butter
¼ tsp vanilla essence

Method - Doughnut

1. In a bowl, mix yeast in water and to this add milk.

2. Fold in butter, egg and sugar.

3. Fold in flour and whisk well.

4. Cover the bowl with cling wrap or cloth and set it aside for an hour.

5. After an hour, check the dough to see if it has risen.

6. Roll out the dough into doughnut shapes. You can use jar lids to get the shape :-) 

7. Heat oil in a pan and when it's hot enough, fry the doughnuts.

Time to glaze the doughnuts. Glaze - recipe listed below

Method - Glaze

Mix all the ingredients listed for glaze

Dip the doughnuts into the glaze and BITE into it!!!!!

Besan Ladoo

Ingredients
2 cups besan flour(gram flour)
2 1/2 cups sooji
1 cup butter / ghee
1 cup granulated sugar
cashew nuts
5 - 6 cardamom pods

Method
1. Melt butter in a pan.
2. Add besan and sooji to it and keep stirring until it's color changes to light brown.
3. Remove the mixture from pan & immediately add sugar and cardamom.
4. Stir well and form small round balls using your palm.
5. Garnish with cashew nuts.

Baked Chicken

Ingredients

2 lb chicken

1/4 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp sambal oelek paste

1 small cup of yoghurt

juice of 1 lemon

salt and pepper as required

coriander, onion and tomatoes for garnishing

Method

1. Mix all ingredients except the chicken and stir well.

2. Marinate the chicken with the above paste for 2 hours.

3. On the oven choose option "broil" and bake chicken until it is done.

4. Apply melted butter on the chicken to get the crispiness

5. Chop onions and tomatoes. Add little vinegar to enhance the taste.

6. Serve with mint chutney or raitha.

Chicken Roast

Ingredients
1/2 lb chicken
3 red onions, chopped
3 green chilies, finely chopped
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp pepper pwd
1 tsp chili pwd
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
juice of 1 lemon
salt as required
curry leaves as required
1 tbsp oil for marinade
oil for frying

Method
1. Marinate the chicken with chili pwd, turmeric pwd, salt, oil and lemon juice. Refrigerate for at least 6-8 hrs
2. Add oil in a pan and shallow fry the chicken. Set aside the chicken
3. Sauté onion, curry leaves and chilies in the oil used to fry chicken
4. Once the onion turns dark brown, add chicken and the sauces
5. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for another 15 minutes. Make sure you stir occasionally
6. Serve over hot basmati rice