Milky Potatoes

5 boiled potatoes
1 onion
2 chillis
2 cups milk
4 cheese slices/4tbsp of grated cheese
2 tbsp pepper
1 tspn salt
1 tbspn
butter

Mash the boiled potatoes.Heat butter in a pan,saute onions till they turn light pink and add the chillis and toss well.
Add the mashed potatoes and mix well.
Add milk and keep stirring the mixture.
Sprinkle the pepper and salt and mix.
Keep stirring to make the mixture slightly thick.
Add the cheese finally and top and stir till it blends with the mixture.
Serve hot with toasted bread and fruit juice.

Salsa

3 tomatos
2 tbsp of vinegar
2 chillies
1 onion
1 capsicum
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
oil

Chop tomatoes,onion,capsicum and chillies finely.
Heat oil,add the onions and saute for a few seconds and add chillies.
Add on the tomatoes and capsicum and toss well.
Add the oregano,red chilli powder,sugar,salt and mix well.
Finally,add the vinegar on top and toss well.
Serve hot/cold with nacho/crackers/chips.

Vanilla Pudding

2 cups milk
1 1/2 tsp gelatin
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup sugar
crushed walnuts/almonds

Boil the milk and add the gelatin and bring it to boil,keep stiring till the gelatin is disolved.
Add the sugar into this mixture and cook till disolved.
Take the mixture off heat,let it cool and add the essence and mix well.
Transfer to a bowl and leave to refridgerate for a few hours.
Top it with nuts and serve chilled.

Caramel Custard

3 teacups milk
12 tsp sugar
3 eggs
1 tspn vanilla essence

Mix the milk with 9 teaspoons of sugar and boil for 5 minutes and let it cool.
Beat the eggs well and add them to the milk.
Add the vanilla essence and mix well.
Mix 3 teaspoons sugar and 1 teaspoon of water in a vessel.
Melt on a slow flame,when the liquid becomes dark in colour,spread it evenly over the base of a vessel.
Wait till the sugar becomes dry.
Pour the egg-milk mixture over it.
Cover the vessel with a lid on top.
Put the vessel in a pressure cooker and cool.
Alternatively, steam the pudding but requires an hour.
Cool the pudding and chill in freezer.
Serve cold.

Rajastani Kadhi

1/2 cup gram flour
1 cup curd
1 onion
1/2tsp cumin powder
1/2tsp corriander powder
1tsp red chilli powder
1/4tsp tumeric powder
1/4tsp kasoori methi
1tbsp oil
salt

Mix gramflour,curd,half cup of water and beat the mixture untill there are no lumps.
Heat oil,saute cumin and corriander powder and add the onions and fry till lightly brown.
Add tumeric and red chilli powder and mix well.
Now add in the flour mixture,salt,kasoori methi and half cup of water and keep stirring.
Cover and let it come to boil over low flame for a few minutes.
Stir occasionally and add water if required to make it slightly thick.

Green Peas Subzi

1 cup green preas
2 onions
2 tomatoes
1 ginger
3 garlic cloves
2 chillis
1/2 cup curd
5 cashews
1 1/2tsp chole masala
1/2tsp butter
2tsp oil
1/2tsp red chilli powder
1/2tsp salt
2tsp corriander leaves

Heat butter,saute onions,chillies,ginger,garlic.
Remove from heat and grind with tomatoes to make a fine paste.
Powder the cashewnuts.
Add tsp oil,add the paste and cook over a medium flame for 5 minutes.
Add the cashewnuts,curds,chole masala,red chilli powder,green peas and salt,cook on low flame for 7 minutes.
Garnish with corriander leaves.