Paneer Cake

Ingredients
1/2 gallon milk
vinegar to split milk
pinch of cooking soda
1/4 tsp. rava (sooji)
1/4 tsp. maida
1 cup sugar
cardamom powder

Method
1. First split the milk to make Paneer. Allow all the water to drain, till it becomes stiff.
2.Then to this paneer, add sooji. maida, soda, 1/2 cup sugar. Mix all very well.
3.In a non-stick pan, lightly grease with butter and put on low heat. Add the paneer mixture. Cover and let cook
4.when one side is light brown, remove the cake on a plate and slide it back to the same pan to cook the other side to brown.
5.Towards the other side, make chashni(sugar syrup). To the rest 1/2 cup sugar, add 1 cup water.
6.Add cardamom powder. When the paneer cake is done, pour hot chashni(sugar syrup) on the top, while it still is in the heat. Cover and let cook in slow heat for a minute.
7.Then off the heat and let the paneer cake cool in the room temperature. Cut into slices and serve.

Spinach Dal

Ingredients
1 c1 cup yellow moong dal
1 bunch fresh spinach chopped fine
1 tsp. ginger grated
1/2 tsp. garlic grated
4 green chillies
1 tbsp. coriander chopped fine
1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. clove-cinnamon powder.
1/2 tsp. each cumin and mustard seeds
salt to taste
2 tbsp. ghee

Method
1. Wash and pressure cook dal in two cups water. Cool, remove, drain and keep aside the top water of dal.
2. Remove two tbsp. Thick dal and keep aside. Beat the remaining dal with a hand whipper, adding the water that was kept aside.
3. Crush the green chilli and ginger together. Make a paste of all the dry powders in 1/4 cup water.
4. Keep aside. Heat ghee in a saucepan and add the seeds. Add ginger garlic and stir. Add asafoetida, mint, masala paste and stir for a minute.
5. Add jaggery, tamarind water and stir. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes. Add beaten dal. Boil for 6-7 minutes. Check taste for salt and spiciness.
6. Garnish with chopped coriander. To be served with hot steamed rice. To serve, place one serving of rice on a plate. Top with one tsp. Of thick dal kept aside. Lace with 1/2 tsp. Desi ghee. 7. Serve along with a serving of the dal.

Date-nut Fruit Cake

Ingredients
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup broken walnuts
1 1/2 cup broken almonds
1 1/2 cup broken hazelnuts
1 1/2 cup candied cherries halved
1 1/2 cup candied pumpkin 2 cups dated
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rum
2 tbsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp salt


Method
1. Soak the fruits & nuts in the rum overnight. Beat together eggs, gradually adding sugar &
vanilla.
2. Mix thoroughly. Add flour, baking powder, salt, nuts & fruits one spoon at time & mixing well.
3. Line 2 cake tins with wax paper. Divide mixture between pans. You might want to save
some of the nuts to sprinkle on the top.
4. To do this - first bake the for 5-7 minutes and then sprinkle the nuts on top. This prevents
them from sinking into the cake.
5. Bake for 1 hour at 325o F or until knife inserted in the cake comes out dry.

Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients
1/2 litre milk
25 gm. cooking chocolate
60 gm. butter
3 eggs
3 teaspoons cornflour
100 gm. sugar
300 ml. water (2 cups)

Method
1. Place grid in cooker body and pour in 2 cups water.
2. Cover separator tightly and place on grid. Close lid. Place cooker on maximum heat.
3. Bring to full cooking pressure. Reduce to medium heat and cook for 20 minutes. Allow
cooker to cool gradually and open. Chill pudding and serve.


Preparation:
Boil milk and let it cool. Make a sauce of chocolate,sugar, cornflour and handful of water
in double boiler. Add sauce to milk. Stir well. Beat eggs and add gradually. Grease
separator with butter and pour mixture into it.

Hakka Noodles

Ingredients
2 cups boiled flat noodles (marketed also as hakka noodles)
3 dried red chillies
1 small bunch spring onion
1 small capsicum thinly sliced
1/2 cup shredded cooked ham
2 tsp. garlic finely chopped
1/2 tsp. vinegar
salt to taste
1 1/2 tbsp. oil

Method
1. Chop the spring onions into 1/4" pieces cut slanting.
2. Pound red chillies and garlic coarsely.
3. Heat 1 tbsp. oil, add chilli and garlic and fry for a minute.
4. Add the capsicum and fry till tender.
5. Add the spring onion and fry again for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add noodles and ham and salt and mix well.
7. Add vinegar to taste.
8. Heat very well in oven or microwave before serving.
9. Serve with schezuan sauce or manchurian in gravy