Friday, October 16, 2009

Fruit Juice Cocktail

CREAM DREAM


Ingredients:
1 scoop vanilla ice-cream
1 glass orange juice


Method:


Mix in the mixer. Serve immediately

Fruit Juice Cocktails

ORANGE 'N' HONEY DEW
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
3/4 cup honey
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups of orange juice
1 egg white
1 tbsp. finely grated orange rind
Method:

  • Heat milk, honey, sugar and orange rind to boiling point.
  • Leave to cool.
  • Add orange juice to it.
  • Pour into freezer trays and freeze till mushy.
  • Remove into a bowl.
  • Beat
  • Fold in stiffly beaten egg-white.
  • Freeze till mushy
  • Stir in from the sides of the tray
  • Repeat twice
  • Cover, freeze and serve

JUICE COCKTAILS

FRESH FRUIT TANG
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 1/2 cups lemon juice
1 1/2 cups black grape juice
1 1/2 cups apple juice
2 tbsp. chopped grapes
Juice of 2 sour limes
1/2 cup sugar
2 bottles soda
1 apple chopped with skin


Method:

  • Sprinkle lime juice and sugar on the chopped apple.
  •  Mix with all the juices.
  •  Serve chilled

KHEER OR PAYASAM

BASUNDI

Ingredients

Full fat milk : 1 litre
Sugar: 1/2 cup
½  tsp. Cardamom & Nutmeg powder
Almonds: 5
Pistachios: 3
Charoli – 1 tblsp
Saffron: 10-15 threads Soak saffron in 2 tspns for hot milk and keep it aside.


Method:

  • Boil the milk in heavy bottomed kadai. Keep on stirring continuously so that it thickens.  When the milk is reduced almost half add sugar and boil for another 6 to 7 minutes remove the kadai from fire.
  •  Put in nutmeg, cardamom powder saffron soaked in milk and mix well. sprinkle chopped pistachios, almond and charoli.
  • While serving, sprinkle a few petals of rose to make it attractive. It tastes lovely when chilled and served cold.
Note: A pinch of musk may also be added, specially if the basundi is prepared during the winter.








KHEER OR PAYASAM

Vermicelli Kheer Or Seviyan Kheer OR Semiya payasam


Ingredients
·       100 gms. Vermicelli or seviyan or semiya
·       6 cups milk
·       300 grms. Sugar
·       50 grms. Cashew nuts
·       2 tblsp. Ghee
·       1 tsp. cardamom, ground coarsely
·       2 tblsp. Raisins soaked in water

Method:
·       Heat ghee and fry vermicelli to golden brown color.
·       Add milk and cook over medium fire till vermicelli turn soft and the mixture thick.
·       Now add sugar, stir well and cook till sugar is dissolved.
·       Add cashew nuts and raisins.
·       Garnish with cardamom and serve hot.

Burfi

KAJU KATLI OR CASHEW NUT BURFI

Ingredients
2 cups of cashew nuts soaked in water for 2 hours 
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp. ghee
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
Silver foil (optional)

Method
  • Drain and blend the cashews to a fine paste.
  • Use as little water as possible when blending.
  • In a heavy saucepan put sugar and paste.
  • Cook on slow to medium heat.
  • Cook stirring continuously till a soft lump is formed.
  • Add ghee and cardamom powder and mix well.
  • Spread on a clean greased plate.
  • Cut burfis into pieces
  • Apply the silver foil.
  • Cool, cut into diamond shaped burfis.