Palak Paneer

Ingredients

4 cups Palak
1 cup water
salt
1 cup Paneer(cubes)
2 tsps jeera
3 sticks cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
1 big onion (sliced)
1/4 cup milk
2 tsps garlic(finely chopped)

Directions
1. Wash palak, put it in a pot,add salt and water, boil until just soft. Keep aside.
2. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a another pot, add jeera, garlic, cinnamon, green chillies, and onions, braise till garlic and onions turn golden brown. Put this in grinder with boiled palak (dont throw away the water in which the palak is boiled, you can use it for grinding or cooking). Grind into smooth paste.
3. Heat the remaining butter in a pot, add palak and paneer cubes, reduce the heat and cook for 15 mins.
4. Add milk, and cook again for 10 mins till thick.
5. Garnish with onion rings and slitted green chillies.
6. Serve with jeera rice or parathas.

Dry fruit Kheer

Ingredients:
Leftover plain Boiled Rice 1 cup
Cream Biscuits 8-10 [Vanilla or Cardamom flavour only]
Dry fruits 1/2 cup
Milk fresh 1 cup
Milk cream fresh 1/2 cup [optional]
Vanilla essence 2, 3 drops.[if served chilled]

Method
Mix leftover rice, biscuits and milk.
Boil it for about ten minutes or till it thickens a little. Mash the rice and biscuits with a masher so that biscuits mix well.
Add the cream and dry fruits. Mix well and boil for 2 minutes.
Pour the kheer in a bowl and add the essence.
Keep it in the freezer to chill or you can serve it hot also

Tamatar Soup

Serves: 4
4 cups tomato juice 2 teaspoon(s) cornflour dissolved in a little cold water 1 teaspoon(s) roasted cumin seed powder 1 teaspoon(s) ginger - garlic paste 1 tablespoon(s) milk salt and pepper to season.

Combine all the ingredients in a vessel except for milk and bring to a boil on medium flame.
Let it simmer on low heat for about 4 minutes.

Add the milk and let it simmer again on low heat for about 3 minute(s).
Serve hot with: croutons or bread sticks.

CHANNA CHAT

Ingredients :
1 cup Kabuli Channa Black
1 Potato, Boiled, Peeled, Finely Chopped
1/2 cup Peanuts, Shelled, Boiled, Drained
1 Onion Finely Chopped
1 Tomato finely Chopped
1 Spring Onion finely chopped
1 tbsp. Coriander leaves finely Chopped
1 cup Cornflakes
1 tsp. Green all purpose Chutney
1 tbsp. Tamarind Chutney
Salt to Taste
Lemon Juice to Taste
Method :-
Mix in all ingredients, except coriander, cornflakes.
Just before serving, toss coriander and cornflakes.
Mix well, serve while cornflakes are still crunchy.
Serve immediately.

Set Dosa

Ingredients:
Par boiled rice 2 cups raw rice 2 cups Black gram 1 cup Saffron color 2 pinches Cooking soda 1/4 tsp Salt 4 Tsp Oil enough for frying

Method:
Soak rice and dhal together in water for 4 hours. Grind to a smoth paste. Add salt just before taking out from the mixer/grinder.
Allow to ferment for 15 hours. The next morning, add colour and soda to the batter. Mix well and pour dosa thick.
let the circles be small.
Fry both sides with little oil.
Serve hot with sambar or chutney.