CAPSICUM BONDAY

INGREDIENTS:-

• Besan-----------------------250 grans
• Capsicum-------------------250 grams
• Baking powder-------------1/4th tea spoon
• Salt
• Chat masala

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix besan with water...
2. Cut capsicum into pieces...
3. Heat oil in a pan,when the oil starts boiling dip capsicum pieces in the besan and drop into oil..
4. Fry until brown....
5. Remove from oil and Sprinkle chat masala.....
6. Serve it hottttt!!!!

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METHI POTATO FRY

INGREDIENTS:-

• Potato------------------250 grams(Boil and cut into pieces)
• Methi------------------1 bunch(Clean and cut into pieces)
• Onion------------------1 no.
• Green chillies-----------2 nos.
• Coriander powder-----1 tea spoon
• OIL
• Salt
• Chilli powder

PROCEDURE:-

1. Heat oil in a pan, fry green chillies and onion..
2. Now, add methi and fry for two minutes....
3. Add boiled potatoes,coriander powder,salt,chilli powder and fry for a few minutes...
4. Garnish with coriander and serve it hot!!!!!

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CAULIFLOWER TOMATO KURMA!!!!

INGREDIENTS:-

• Cauliflower-------------------1 cup(boil in hot water & strain)
• Onion-------------------------1 no.(cut into small pieces)
• Tomato-----------------------2-3 (cut into pieces)
• Green chillies------------------4-5
• Dry coconut------------------50 grams(grind into paste)
• Coriander powder------------1 tea spoon
• Salt
• Oil
• Red chilli powder

PROCEDURE:-

1. Heat oil in a pan, add green chillies and onion and fry till brown...
2. Now, add sliced tomatoes and cook for few minutes....
3. Add coconut paste and fry in oil for sometime....
4. Add coriander powder,red chilli powder,salt and cauliflower pieces....
5. Now, add little water and cook for few minutes....
6. Finally garnish with coriander....

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FRUIT KABAB PLATTER!!!!!!

INGREDIENTS:-

• Your favourite Pulpy Fruits---------------Mango,Banana,Grapes,Watermelon etc;
• Curd (yoghurt)---------------------------1 large bowl!!!!
• Coarsely ground peppercorns------------2 tea spoons
• Naan------------------------------------1 no
• Skewers or Chopsticks

PROCEDURE:-

1. Cut the fruits into bite-sized chunks.
2. Arrange them on the skewers or chopsticks,making sure that each skewer has a variety of fruits on it....
3. Add the salt to the yoghurt/curd....
4. Take a clean thin cloth, put the curd in the cloth and tie it tightly....
5. Hang the bundle from the tap of your kitchen sink and put a bowl under it to collect the whey that drips out.........
6. Leave the cloth hanging for about 2 hours...You can drink the whey that collects(it's very healthy!!!)..or you can water the plants with it.........:D
7. Now the curd is in a thick ball..spread the ground pepper on a plate,and roll the ball of curd over it, so that the pepper powder spreads evenly all over the surface of the ball...
8. This makes for a really yummy dip for fruit kababs...!!!!!!
9.  Cut the naan into little triangles.....
10. Now on a big plate, arrange the kababs on one side,the naan triangles on the other,with a bowl of curd dip in the centre.....
11. You can also garnish the dip with little sprigs of mint leaves....
12. Now..the tasty!,yummy!!,delicious!!! "Fruit kabab platter" is ready to serve......

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CHOCOLATE BANANA POPSICLES!!!!!!!

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INGREDIENTS:-

• Ripe Bananas------------------6 nos
• Chocolate---------------------1 large bar(you can use any of your fovourite chocolate)
• Ice cream sticks---------------12
• Aluminium foil-----------------1 roll

PROCEDURE:-

1. Peel the bananas and cut them in half....
2. Insert an ice cream stick into the flat end of each banana half...
3. Put the bananas on a shallow pan and leave them in the freezer for about 3 hours....
4. Fill a pot with water,unwrap the chocolate bar,break it up and put it in a small bowl....
5. Put the bowl of chocolate inside the pot of water...
6. Put the pot on stove and heat it until the chocolate melts fully....
7. With a flat spoon quickly spread the melted chocolate over each banana stick coating it well.....
8. Wrap each banana in alluminium foil and store it in freezer.........
9. Serve it chilled.....

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Peanut Butter Milkshake!!!!

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INGREDIENTS:-

• Milk-----------------------1/4 cup
• Creamy peanut butter------2 table spoons
• Honey---------------------1 table spoon
• Vanilla Ice cream----------2-3 scoops..(refer this blog to know how to prepare vanilla ice cream...)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix the milk,peanut butter and honey in mixie until it becomes smooth and uniform...
2. Add the ice cream scoops and mix it tightly....
3. Its ready to serve.....Gulp it down!!!!!!

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VEGETABLE CUTLETS

INGREDIENTS:-

• Potatoes----------------1/2 kg
• Carrot------------------120 g
• Peas--------------------120 g
• Onion-------------------60 g
• Bread cream------------55 g
• Lemon------------------1 no.
• Ginger------------------5 g
• Green chillies-----------5 no.s
• Maida------------------5 table spoons
• Salt to taste
• Add garam masala if necessary

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, boil potatoes and mash them...
2. Boil all the vegetables and chop well...
3. Now,add onions,chilli paste, lime juice and mashed potatoes to vegetables...
4. Now, dip these vegetables into flour and bread cream, mould them into desired shapes and deep fry...
5. Garnish with mint leaves and serve hot!!

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SWEET CORN SOUP

INGREDIENTS:-

• Sweet Corn----------------1 tin
• Stock----------------------5 cups
• Shredded Chicken---------50 g
• China salt-----------------1/2 tea spoons
• Pepper--------------------1/2teaspoons
• Soya sauce-----------------1 teaspoon
• Eggs-----------------------2( white only)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Fry chicken in 1 tea spoon oil with china salt and pepper for 1 minute........
2. Add to stock and boilfor few minutes.....
3. Now, add sweet corn, soya sauce,pepper and china salt and boil the mixture for 2 minutes......
4. Now,mix three table spoon corn flour in half cup milk and add to the mixture.....
5. Boil for 1minute and Finally add beaten egg( egg white) to form strands.......
6. Serve it hot!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cauliflower 65

INGREDIENTS:-

• Cauliflower----------------1 no.
• Cornflour------------------2 table spoon
• Maida---------------------1 table spoon
• Ginger-Garlic paste-------1 tea spoon
• Green chillies--------------4 no.s
• Curry leaves---------------few
• Coriander-----------------1 bunch
• Curd----------------------1 cup
• Soya sauce----------------1 tea spoon
• Pepper--------------------1/2 tea spoon
• Garam masala-------------1/2 tea spoon
• Salt to taste

PROCEDURE:-

1. Cut cauliflower into pieces and keep in salt water for ten minutes...
2. Now, remove from water, add cornflour, maida, ginger-garlic, pepper, soya sauce, garam masala, salt and little water.....
3. Fry in oil like pokoras...
4. Heat oil in a pan , add sliced green chillies, ginger and garlic pieces and curry leaves...
5. Now, put cauliflower , add little curd and cook for two minutes...
6. Serve it hot with tomato ketchup or any chutney!!!

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PANEER PAKODA

INGREDIENTS:-

• Paneer-------------------500 g
• Basen--------------------250 g
• Chilli powder------------- 1 tea spoon
• Coriander leaves---------1 bunch
• Pepper powder------------2 tea spoons
• Aamchur----------------1 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, cut the paneer into small pieces, sprinkle on them little salt and pepper and set aside...
2. Mix water and salt in basen and make a smooth batter...
3. Heat oil and dip the paneer pieces into the batter....
4. Put in heated oil and fry till golden brown....
5. Garnish with coriander and serve hot with tomato ketchup!!!

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KHEER

INGREDIENTS:-

• Milk-----------------1 liter
• Rice-----------------50 g
• Cordamom powder------1/2 tea spoon
• Saffron--------------2 strands
• Raisins--------------20 g
• Kaju-----------------20 g
• Almonds------------20 g

PROCEDURE:-

1. Soak the rice in water........
2. Now, remove the skin of almonds by boiling in water and cut into long strips...
3. Boil milk and add rice and cook and cook on a low flame until the rice is completely cooked...
4. Now, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron..
5. Next add kaju, raisins and almonds....
6. Finally, garnish with some more dry fruits and its ready to eat!!

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BREAD PUDDING

INGREDIENTS:-

• Milk------------------2 cups
• Sugar----------------1/2 cup
• Bread slices----------10 no.s
• Raisins---------------1 table spoon
• Almonds-------------1 table spoon
• Food color-----------1 pinch(not mandatory)

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, boil milk , sugar and bread slices in a pan...
2. Heat 3- 4 table spoons of sugar in separate pan till it caramilizes......
3. Add milk preparation, raisins, almonds and boil the contents for a minute without stirring..
4. Put the gas on low flame for 10 minutes..
5. Cool and turn the pan upside down over a dish...
6. Serve it garnished with dry fruits!!

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SWEET PURI

INGREDIENTS:-

• Maida-----------------400 g
• Sugar-----------------100 g
• Milk------------------100 g
• Cardamom powder---1 tea spoon
• Saffron essence------- few drops
• Nutmeg(jaji kaya)-----1 pinch
• Ghee------------------100 g

PROCEDURE:-

1. Boil milk and add sugar and cardamom...
2. Add this milk and ghee to maida to form a dough...
3. Now, divide the dough into small balls and make puries and fry....
4. Finally serve it hot...

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BASUNDI

INGREDIENTS:-

• Milk-----------------1 liter
• Almond--------------50 g
• Pista-----------------50 g
• Chironji--------------50 g
• Raisin----------------50 g
• Melon seeds----------50 g
• Saffron essence-------Few drops
• Sugar----------------200 g
• Silver foil------------1 no.

PROCEDURE:-

1. boil the milk on low flame until it becomes half the quantity...
2. Now, add finely sliced nut and cardamom powder and the essence...
3. Now, remove from fire.....and cool it......
4. Serve it chilled with silver foil.

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ROSE COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:-

• Maida-----------------130 g
• sugar------------------100 g
• Dalda------------------100g
• Baking powder--------1/4 tea spoon
• Rose or Vanilla essence --- few drops

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix all ingredients and keep on kneading and form into a roll.........
2. Now, take a little dough in hand, press it and cut into any shape and bake....
3. It is as simple as this......

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APPLE KHEER

INGREDIENTS:-

• Apple----------------1/2 kg
• Milk-----------------800 ml
• Sugar----------------100 gm
• Saffron --------------1/2 gm(only to add to colour)
• Elachi----------------5 no.s
• Rose water-----------5 drops
• Cherry---------------10 no.s
• Silver foil-------------2 no.s

PROCEDURE:-

1. First ,take few apples and peel their skin and boil until it becomes tender....
2. Now,heat milk until it gets a little thicker and add saffron, ilachi and rose water....
3. Now,pour the milk on the boiled apple pieces.........
4. Let the mixture cool to the room temperature and put it in refrigerator for 30minutes.....
5. Finally ,garnish them with cherries and silver foil and serve them!!!

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COCONUT BURFI

INGREDIENTS:-

• Sugar-------------2 and half cups
• Coconut-----------1 cup
• besan(senaga pindi)-----1 cup
• Milk--------------1 cup
• Dalda-------------1 cup
• Ghee-------------1/4 cup
• Silver foil---------small roll

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix all the ingredients in milk thoroughly and heat on a low flame....
2. Stir the mixture continuously until it gets thick.......
3. Now apply ghee to a plate and transfer the mixture to the plate....
4. Finally,cut the mixture in desired shapes and garnish with silver foil...
5. Transfer it to the serving bowl and the dish is ready to serve....

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Kesari

KESARI

INGREDIENTS:

• Suji-------------1 cup
• Sugar-----------1 1\2 cup
• Milk------------1 1\2 cup
• Water----------1 1\2 cup
• Ghee-----------1\2 cup
• Ilachi Powder---3 pinches
• Food Colour
• Kaju & Badam For Garnishing

Time taken for preparation:10-15 minutes

PROCEDURE:

• Fry suji in 1 table spoon ghee for 5 min. and keep aside.
• Boil milk and water in a pan and add suji.
• When the suji gets cooked add sugar, ilachi powder and cook until the sugar dissolves.
• Finally add ghee and garnish with kaju and badam and serve.

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HALWA

INGREDIENTS:-

• Maida-------------------1 cup
• Water-------------------1 cup
• Sugar-------------------2 cups
• Ghee--------------------1/2 cup
• Ilachi powder------------1/2 tea spoon
• Food color ---------------1 pinch
• Kaju---------------------20 g

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix maida in water and stir well so that there are no lumps....
2. Now, heat little ghee in pan..add the above mixture and stir on low flame...
3. When this mixture is glossy add sugar, color and a little more ghee...
4. Keep on adding ghee and stir once in 3-4 minutes....
5. When this mixture is thick add ilachi powder, kaju and remove from flame...
6. Finally pour in a greased tray and cut into pieces...
7. Serve it with dry fruits and enjoy the taste!!!

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MANGO PICKLE

INGREDIENTS:-

• Mango pieces----------------4 cups
• Red chilli powder------------1/2 cup
• Salt-------------------------1/2 cup
• Mustard powder-------------1/2 cup
• Garlic -----------------------1/2 cup(peel the skin)
• Til oil -----------------------1cup
• Fenugreek------------------1 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder------------1 tea spoon

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix all the ingredients and keep aside for three days.........
2. And third day the pickle will be ready!!!!

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CHILLI CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Chicken------------------500 g
2. Cornflour----------------4 table spoons
3. Maida--------------------1 table spoon
4. Chilli sauce---------------3 table spoons
5. Soya sauce---------------1 tea spoon
6. China salt----------------1 pinch
7. Onions-------------------2 no.s
8. Salt and pepper to taste

PROCEDURE:-

1. Marinate chicken in chilli sauce, soya sauce, china salt and half tea spoon salt for 2 hours........
2. Fry 2 onions and add ginger- garlic paste,soya sauce, chilli sauce, china salt and marinated chicken.....
3. Now, add a pinch of sugar
4. Lastly, add cornflour and maida(mixed in water) and cook for 5 minutes....
5. Garnish with chillies, coriander and mint leaves and serve hot!!!

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PEPPER CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:-

• Chicken------------------500 g
• Egg----------------------1 no.
• Curd(yogurt)------------1/2 cup
• Cornflour----------------4 table spoons
• Maida -------------------1 table spoon
• China salt----------------1 pinch
• Lemon-------------------1 no.
• Salt and pepper to taste....
• Color--------------------raspberry red(not mandatory)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix all the above ingredients and deep fry....
2. Garnish with coriander and onions........
3. Serve hot!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Its very simple!!!!! believe me!!!

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MALAI EGG

INGREDIENTS:-

• Boiled Eggs---------------4 no.s
• Ginger and Garlic paste---1 table spoon
• Tomatoes-----------------3 no.s (Bangaluru variety)
• Malai---------------------1/2 cup
• Red chilli power
• Haldia

PROCEDURE:-

1. Take the tomatoes in a bowl and mash them properly until they become paste....
2. Fry ginger and garlic....
3. Add tomato paste, Red chilli powder, haldia, salt, Dhania powder(Coriander seed powder) and ook well....
4. Finally,add boiled eggs and cook for few minutes....
5. Add cream before serving and the delicious dish will be ready to eat!!!

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CHINTA CHIGURU MUTTON (mutton curry with tender tamarind leaves)

INGREDIANTS :-

• Mutton------------500g
• Onions------------100g
• Green Chillies-----4g
• Cloves------------4g
• Cinnamon--------2 pieces
• Garam Masala---10g
• Oil---------------2 table spoons
• Salt--------------2 tea spoons
• Tender tamarind leaves

PROCEDURE :-

1. Heat,oil in a cooking pan and add cloves and cinnamon to it.
2. Now add onion to the oil and fry until the color changes to golden brown.....
3. Add Ginger-Garlic paste to the mixture along with salt and green chillies.
4. Add mutton pieces after two minutes.
5. After five minutes add tender tamarind leaves(chinta chiguru) and some water to the mixture and cook until the mutton pieces get properly cooked and become tender.
6. Finally,garnish with coriander .......and the mouth watering dish is ready to serve!!

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TOMATO SAUCE

INGREDIENTS:-

• Tomatoes------------------1 kg
• Vinegar--------------------1 cup
• Ginger---------------------100 g
• Garlic----------------------100 g
• Salt & Sugar to taste

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, cut tomatoes and boil them without water........
2. After doing this, smash and add all spices with little vinegar, sugar & salt...
3. Now, boil it again till it gets thick.......
4. Finally, remove from fire after boiling for few minutes and cool it.........
5. Store the sauce in airtight containers.....

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SPONGE CAKE!!!

INGREDIENTS:-

• Maida----------------500 g
• Sugar----------------500 g
• Butter---------------500 g
• Eggs-----------------10 no.s

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, cream butter, sugar and egg( yolk ) until they become light and fluffy....
2. Now, add maida, egg white and vanilla essence and beat well......
3. Put it in a greased pan and place it in a oven.......
4. It will be ready to serve........

NOTE: check out in the oven manual for appropriate heating temperature....

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PINEAPPLE JUICE

INGREDIENTS:-

• Pineapple juice(ripe)----------1 liter
• Water-------------------------100 ml
• Sugar-------------------------100 g
• Sodium Benzoate----------------1/2 tea spoon(preservative)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Grate the pine apples and extract juice through muslin cloth and measure the juice.....
2. Now, keep it on fire and add sugar and water...
3. Let the juice boil for sometime and add sodium benzoate and mix thoroughly...
4. Finally pour it into airtight containers/bottles and store it in a cool place...
5. Serve it chill with ice cubes!!!

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EGGLESS CAKE

INGREDIENTS:-

• Maida--------------2 cups
• Butter or ghee------1 and a quarter cups
• Milkmaid-----------1 tin
• Water--------------1 cup
• vanilla essence-----1/2 tea spoon
• Salt----------------1 pinch
• Baking powder----- 3/4 tea spoon
• Chopped nuts------1 cup

PROCEDURE:-

1. Beat butter until it fluffs........
2. Now, mix milkmaid, water, creamed butter and chopped nuts in a sauce pan and bring to boil........
3. Remove from fire and cool.....
4. Add to the cake mixture...maida, baking powder and salt and beat well....
5. Add vanilla essence and pour into a greased and well lined 8" cake tin.......
6. Now, bake at 150 degree centigrade for 1/2 hours.........
7. The cake will now be ready to eat.......

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CHOCOLATE SAUCE!!!

INGREDIENTS:-

• Butter----------------50 g
• Chocolate powder-----30 g
• Milkmaid-------------1/4 tin

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix all the ingredients and cook on a very low flame till thick.....
2. Serve hot with ice cream!!!!!!!!!
3. Serious........it is as simple as this!!!

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MOUSAMBI SQUASH

INGREDIENTS:-

• Water---------------------1.3 liters
• Sugar---------------------1.7 kg
• Lemon yellow color-------1/4 tea spoon
• Apple green color---------a pinch
• Citric Acid----------------25-30 gms
• Sweet orange essence-----20 ml
• Mousambi juice-----------1 liter
• Pottasium Meta Bisulphate----3.2 gms (K.M.S)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Extract mousambi juice and filter through muslin cloth.....
2. After this is done measure it and put aside.....
3. Now, take water, sugar,citric acid in a separate container and heat it so that the sugar dissolves..
4. Now, filter the syrup and cool it to room temperature and mix the syrup to the juice....
5. Add colors, essence,K.M.S(Pottassium Meta Bisulphate) and mix well....
6. Finally, fill the squash in air tight bottles and store....
7. Mix the squash with water and add few ice cubes......
8. Now, the cool refreshing drink is ready to serve!!!!

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GRAPE CRUSH( Black grapes)

INGREDIENTS:-

• Grape Juice-----------------1 liter(extracted from ripe grapes)
• Sugar-----------------------2 kgs
• Water-----------------------1 liter
• Citric Acid-------------------25-30gms
• Tonovin essence-------------20 ml
• Sodium Benzoate---------------1 and a quarter tea spoons

PROCEDURE:-

1. Take fresh grapes and crush them using a wooden crusher....
2. Boil the grape crush for 10 minutes........
3. Now,strain the grapes , measure the juice and put it in a vessel/container...
4. Take sugar,water,citric acid in a separate vessel and heat until the sugar dissolves completely......
5. Now,filter the syrup and cool it to room temperature.......
6. Now, mix the syrup, juice, tonovin essence and Sodium Bizoite and stir well....
7. Store the crush in air tight bottles...
8. Finally, mix water and ice cubes before consumption....
9. The cool grape crush is ready to serve!!!

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MANGO ICE CREAM

INGREDIENTS:-

• Mango-----------------4 no.s
• Milk-------------------1 cup
• Milkmaid--------------1 tin
• Cornflour--------------1 tea spoon
• Gelatin----------------1/2 tea spoon
• Lemon juice-----------extracted from 2 lemons

PROCEDURE:-

1. First, bring milk to boil and thicken it by adding cornflour(Dissolved in 1/4 cup water)......
2. Now, add milkmaid to the boiling milk.....
3. Now, make a puree of mangoes,add to milkmaid and milk mixture......
4. Add lemon juice and gelatin(dissolved in 1 table spoon of warm water).....
5. Leave in freezer to set properly.........
6. Serve the ice cream chill!!!

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VANILLA ICE CREAM

INGREDIENTS:-

• Milkmaid----------------3/4 tin
• Milk---------------------4 cups
• Vanilla essence----------1/2 tea spoon
• Custard powder---------2 table spoons(blended with 1/4 cup milk)

PROCEDURE:-

1. Mix milkmaid and milk and bring to boil stirring continuously.......
2. Now, add custard powder and boil for 1- 2 minutes until the mixture gets thick........
3. Remove from fire , cool to the room temperature and add vanilla essence and put int freezer.........
4. Now, remove from freezer after 1 hour and blend in a mixer or beat/whip with an egg beater and put into freezer for 3-4 hours........
5. Serve it chill!!!!!!

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"YOGHURT PARFAIT" (which means French for perfect!!)

INGREDIENTS:-

• Curd ---------------------3 cups
• Vanilla flavour ------------1 tea spoon
• Fruits,Berries,Nuts--------2 cups
• Crunchy breakfast cornflakes or granola----1 cup

PROCEDURE:-

1. Add the vanilla flavour to the curd and mix it thoroughly....
2. Fill 1/3 of a tall glass with the flavoured curd....
3. Peel ,wash and chop the fruits and mix them up with the berries and nuts....
4. Add a layer of the fruit in the glass...
5. Add a layer of cornflakes....
6. continue to make layers of curd,fruits and cornflakes until the glass is full...
7. Be, sure to serve it immediately, so that the cornflakes stay crunchy!!!

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