Monday 22 January 2018

Spinach Walnut soup
A combination of multiple vitamins, magnesium, omega3
Ingredients
250 gm Spinach (washed)
1/4th cup walnuts
1 onion chopped finely
1 tspn garlic paste
1/4th tspn ginger paste
1/4th tspn chili powder
salt to taste
Pepper powder
1 cup water
1 tspn Butter
1 cinnamon stick

Method
1) Take a pan and add Butter to it
2) Turn on the stove and then add chopped onions, garlic, ginger paste, Cinnamon stick
3) Saute for 2-3 min. Then add the spinach and other ingredients along with water
4) Finally add walnut powder to it and cook it for about 3 min
5) Then grind it to make a smooth paste and again boil for 2 min.
6) Serve it hot
Strawberry Jam
No Colo...No Preservative...No Gelatin

      Ingredients
      500 Gm Fresh strawberries
      350 Ggm castor sugar
      1 tbspn lemon juice





      Method
      1) Wash the strawberries and remove the leaves
      2) Dry them on kitchen towel
      3) Cut the strawberries into small pieces
      4) In a pan add the strawberries and sugar and start cooking at medium flame for about 20-25 min
      5) Once the sugar starts bubbling, add the lemon juice and turn off the flame.
      6) Let it cool down completely and then store it in air tight jar and store in refrigerator

Nutella Chocolate flavoured dark pastry
Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4th cup dark chocolate (grated)
1/4th cup milk
1/4 tspn baking powder
1 1/2 tbspn butter
1/2 cup sugar

For Frosting
1/4th cup Nutella spread
Ferraro balls
1/4 th cup grated dark chocolate

Some hazelnuts and strawberries for garnishing

Method
1) In a bowl beat the butter and sugar and add few drops of vanilla essence
2) to that add milk and flour
3) Add grated chocolate and baking powder and mix all the ingredients thoroughly
4) Till it forms a ribbon consistency batter
5) Pour the batter into the pastry moulds and bake at 180C for 20-25 min in a pre-heated oven
6) For frosting, melt the chocolate using double boiler method
7) To that add nutela and 1 tspn butter 
8) Now cool down the cakes and frost them using the nutela and chocolate spread
9) Garnish it using Ferraro and strawberries
Collegian Bhel
A street food made with very few elements and yet taste awesome


Ingredients
1 cup salted Peanuts (peeled preferably)
1/4 cup Sev
2 tbspn Corriander and chili chutney
1/2 cup finely chopped Onion and Tomatos
Chaat masala

Method
1) In a bowl add the peanuts
2) To that add chutney, onion, tomato and mix well
3) Add sev and chaat masala and mix well
4) Serve it