MALAI KOFTA

Ingredients
For gravy: 2-3 onions, 15-20 flakes of garlic, 1\2 inch ginger, 2-3 green chillies,, fresh coriander, 4 tomatoes, 1tsp cumin seeds(jeera), 1-2 cardamom(powdered), 1tsp kasuri methi, turmeric powder, coriander powder, pepper, salt, oil, butter, 1\2 cup milk & fresh cream.
For koftas: 4 boiled potatoes, 3-4 tbsp paneer, cornflour, salt, pepper, chopped cashews, raisins & food colour(yellow).


Procedure
For gravy: Take water in a vessel & add diced onions, garlic flakes, green chillies & ginger. Boil them till the onions become tranparent. Drain off the water & let it cool. Now take the tomatoes & give small slits on top. Put them into boiling water for a few mins & then transfer into cold water. Take the peel off. Now grind tomatoes & onions that we had boiled separately.

Take equal amount of butter & oil in a pan. Add jeera & boiled onions' paste to it. Saute it for 10 mins till it starts leaving oil.Then add kasuri methi & cardamom powder to it.Now add grinded tomato & saute for a while. Then add  a tsp of coriander powder, 1\4 tsp turmeric powder, 1\4 tsp pepper & salt according to your taste. Saute for a while & then add chopped coriander, fresh cream & milk to give it a consistency of a thick gravy. Cook for a min or two & the gravy is ready.

For koftas:Grate the boiled potatoes & paneer separately. Add a little salt & pepper to potatoes.Add a little food colour, cashews & raisins to grated paneer & mix them well. Now take a little dough of potato, spread it on your palm & stuff paneer into it. Seal the edges & shape it into round balls.Cover the balls with cornflour powder & dust off the excess. Now deep fry them at low flame till it gets golden brown. Add the koftas to the gravy & garnish it with fresh cream & coriander.

GRAPES MOCKTAIL

Ingredients: 1\4th cup juice of black grapes, 2tsp sugar syrup, a scoop of vanilla or black current ice-cream, 100ml soda & crushed ice.

Procedure: Mix sugar syrup & grapes' juice in a glass.Then add crushed ice & soda to it. Now put a scoop of ice-cream over it & serve.

TOMATO SLUSH

Ingredients:2 tomatoes, an apple, 2tsp sugar syrup, salt, pepper & water.

Procedure: Blend  tomatoes & apple in a blender adding a little water. Then strain off the juice & add sugar syrup, salt & pepper. Now add crushed sugar & serve chilled. 

CRISPY PURIS OF DAL

Ingredients: 2 cups wheat flour, 1tbsp gram flour (besan), 1 1\2 cup of  cooked dal ( you can take any dal), salt & oil for frying.

Procedure: Make a hard dough with wheat flour, besan, dal & a little salt. Leave it aside for 10 mins. Now make puris & deep fry them. Serve with curd & pickle.

SPINACH CHEESE TOAST

Ingredients: 1 onion, 2tsp flour (maida), 3\4th cup milk, 3tsp fresh cream, 5-6 flakes of garlic, 2-3 green chillies, 2-3 cheese cubes, 6-7 bread slices, a bowl of spinach (blanched & chopped), pepper & salt to taste.

Procedure: Heat butter in a pan & add  chopped onion & garlic to it. Then add  flour & saute a little. Add milk to it & let it come to boil. Then add fresh cream, grated cheese, chopped green chillies & spinach. cook till it becomes thick. let it cool. Now pour this mixture over bread slices & bake till it gets brown. Serve hot.

METHI CUTLET

Ingredients:A packet of potato chips,a bowl of paneer,3 medium sized boiled potatoes,2-3 tsp of  kasuri methi,2 tsp of chilly-garlic paste,,1\2tsp of pepper,red chilly powder,dried mango powder(amchur)each, oil & salt to taste.                          
Procedure: Crumble the potato chips in a bowl.Then gratepaneer & boiled potatoes. Now add chilly-garlic paste & all masalas to it alongwith kasuri methi. Mix all the ingredients well & give them the shape of cutlet.Deep fry them & garnish with coriander & ketchup on top.

CORN CUTLET

Ingredients: A bowl of chana dal,a bowl of sweet corn,finely chopped onion & capsicum, 2 tsp of gram flour(besan),2-3 tsp of ginger-chilly paste, one tbsp of curd, a pinch of sodium bi-carbonate(soda),1\2 tsp of pepper, salt to taste & oil.

Procedure:Soak the chana dal for an hour & grind it. Now boil the sweet corn & crush them. Then add all the remaining ingredients alongwith a tsp of warm oil to chana dal & sweet corn & mix them well. Give desired shape to form cutlet & deep fry them. Serve them with green chutney.