Paneer Chunkies

Ingredients
Toss together:
1 cup paneer cubes (1/2"x1/2")
1/4 tsp. each garlic & ginger pastes
1/2 tsp. pepper powder
1/2 tsp. lemon juice.
salt to taste

Mix to a paste:
2 tbsp. corn flour
2 tbsp. plain flour
3 tbsp. water
salt to taste
oil to deep fry

Method
1. Marinate tossed paneer for 15 minutes.
2. Dip each cube in the batter.
3. Deep fry in hot oil till golden.
4. Serve hot with hot or cold soups

Wheat Payasam

Ingredients
broken wheat - 250 g
coconut - 2
jaggery - 500 g
raisins - 10 g
cashew nuts
nuts - 10 g
ghee - 3 tbs
cardamom - 5 g
dry ginger powder - 10 g
cumin powder - 10 g

Method
1. Grate the coconut. Add 1/2 glass warm water to the grated coconut.
2. Extract the first milk. Extract the second milk by adding 1 - 1/2 glass warm water.
3. Again repeat the process to extract the third milk.
4. Fry broken wheat lightly in one teaspoon ghee.
5. Cook the wheat well in 1 1/2 liters of water.
6. When it is done add the third milk and the second milk to the wheat and bring to a boil.
7. When it thickens to a semi solid consistency, add powdered jaggery.
8. Add the first milk, fried nut, raisins, powdered Cardamom, ginger and cumin.
9. Mix well and remove from fire immediately. Serve hot.

Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients
1/2 cup maida
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
1/3 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup walnuts.

Method
1. Sift maida, cocoa and baking powder together.
2. Melt butter and add. Mix well.
3. Lightly beat eggs and add. Mix in the vanilla essence.
4. Lastly add the chocolate chips and finely chopped walnuts.
5. Pour into a greased microwavable baking tray and microwave on high for 4 mins.
6. Can be served hot with vanilla icecream or drizzled with kahlua.

Chinese Style Noodle

Ingredients
150 gm egg noodle
150 gm boneless chicken meat
1/2 a fish cake (sliced thinly)(optional)
5 fish balls(halved)
100 gm prawns(with or without shells)
2 cloves garlic(minced)
Seasoning:
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
2-3 tbsp thick soya sauce
1 cup chicken stock or plain water, salt, sugar
1 tsp cornflour (mix with 3 tbsp water)

Method
1. Heat 3 tbsp oil .Stir fry garlic until light brown.
2. Add in chicken meat, prawns ,fish cake and fish balls Stir fry until meat cooks.
3. Add noodles and all the seasoning except the cornflour mixture. Bring to boil and simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Thicken the noodle gravy by adding cornflour mixture
5. Stir one or two time and close the fire.
6. Dish out. Serve hot.

Aamiri Khaman From Idlis

Ingredients
cold steamed idlis
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/4 tsp. sugar powdered
1/2 tsp. each cumin & mustard seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
1 stalk curry leaves
1/2'" piece ginger grated
1 green chilli finely chopped
salt to taste
1 tbsp. oil

Other ingredients:
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 tbsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
1 tbsp. green all purpose chutney
2-3 tbsp.sweet tamarind chutney
1/2 cup fine sev (optional)

Method
1. Warm idlis slightly over boiling water in a colander. Pass idli through large holed sieve, till
it looks like bread crumbs.
2. Add salt,sugar, keep aside. Heat oil in small pan, add seeds, allow to splutter. Add curry
leaves, asafoetida, chilli, ginger.
3. Pour over idli crumbs, add to sieved idli. Toss gently with hands, till well mixed.