Desserts

Ingredients:

2 tsp Ghee
1½ litres Milk
150 gm Sugar
150 gm Sevian
50 gm Kishmish
1 sheet Silver leaf
75 gm sliced Almonds
50 gm sliced Pistachios


Method:
1.)Heat the ghee and fry the sevian until browned.
2.)Add milk, stir well and cook till the mixture is thick and reduced to less than half its quantity.
3.)Add the sugar and stir till the sugar is dissolved.
4.)Add kishmish, almonds and pistachios.Stir well.
5.)Remove from heat.
6.)Serve warm or chilled.

Serves 4

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Ingredients:

250 ml Milk
1 tbsp Cornflour
1 tbsp Brown sugar
375 ml Single Cream
4 tbsp Chocolate sauce
1 tbsp Custard powder


Method:
1.)Mix the custard powder, cornflour, sugar and milk together and pour into a saucepan.
2.)Slowly heat the liquid until almost to the boil, stirring constantly, so that the mixture thickens to a custard.
3.)Take off the heat and add the cream and chocolate sauce.
4.)Stir until the chocolate sauce has blended into the custard and serve whilst hot.

Serves 4

Tip: Adding a cupful of grated carrot or beetroot to the coconut while making burfi will give you "natural" colouring and nutritional benefits.

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Ingredients:
2 cups Ghee
1 cup Besan
2 cups Sugar

Method:

1.) Grease a plate evenly with ghee and set aside.
2.)Heat 1 cup of ghee, add besan, stir well and keep aside.
3.)Heat sugar on a low flame, add sufficient water and boil to make a syrup of one-string consistency. Strain syrup to remove scum.
4.)Add the besan-ghee mixture to the sugar syrup and keep stirring on low flame to remove lumps, if any.
5.)Heat the remaining cup of ghee. Gradually add the ghee to the sugar syrup mixture and keep stirring till the ghee separates and floats on top.
6.)When done, pour quickly into the greased plate and shake the plate gently to spread the mixture.
7.)Let it cool for a few minutes and cut into pieces with a sharp greased knife.

Tip: Cover freezer trays with a sheet of plastic held in place with a large rubber band to avoid crystal formation in the icecream.

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Ingredients:
1 tbsp Rum
1 tbsp Butter
4 Eggs, separated
250 gm dark Chocolate

Method:
1.Melt the dark chocolate pieces in a double boiler, or in a bowl over hot water.
2.When thoroughly melted, stir in the egg yolks (one at a time), rum and butter.
3.Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the chocolate mixture until thoroughly combined.
4.Spoon into serving dishes and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Decorate with whipped cream, if desired.

Tip: Ants in the Sugar? Place 3-4 cloves in with the sugar. This will keep the ants from entering.

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Ingredients:
20 Blackberries
2 measures Lime Juice
6 measures Apple Juice
2 measures Strawberry Syrup
Cracked Ice
Blackberries and Mint sprigs, to decorate

Method:
1.Put the apple juice, strawberry syrup, lime juice and the blackberries in a food processor with some cracked ice and process until smooth.

2.Pour into 2 tall glasses. Decorate each with a blackberry and a mint sprig.

Tip:
Iced Tea taste bitter? Add a pinch of baking soda to your glass or a teaspoon in your gallon pitcher.

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"This is a light and moist cake that is not too sweet and has a refreshing green tea fragrance. The frosting uses cream cheese but has enough sweetness to mask the sour taste. The matcha (green tea) powder gives it a delicate green hue too. This cake can also be baked as a sheet cake in a 9x 13 inch pan or as 2 separate round cakes in two 8 inch round pans. Adjust baking time accordingly."

Original recipe yield: 1 - 2 layer 9 inch cake.
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ready In: 55 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons powdered green tea
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 cup plain yogurt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons powdered green tea
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons milk

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round pans. Sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking soda, salt, and green tea powder; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar, oil, and eggs until smooth. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes before turning out of the pans.

To make Green Tea Frosting: Sift together confectioners' sugar and green tea powder. In a medium bowl, combine tea mixture with butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.

To assemble the cakes: when the cakes are completely cooled, put one layer on a flat serving plate. Spread a thin layer of frosting over it. Place the other layer of cake on top, and spread frosting to cover the top and sides of cake. Dust with green tea powder if desired. Serve cold or at room temperature.

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