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Dessert

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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Ingredients

16 ounces milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening
1 pound fresh strawberries with leaves

Directions

Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries.
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Holding them by the toothpicks, dip the strawberries into the chocolate mixture.
Turn the strawberries upside down and insert the toothpick into styrofoam for the chocolate to cool.

BADAM KHEER

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Ingredients:
1/2 cup Almond (Badam)
2 cups Milk
3 tblsp Sugar
5 crushed Cardamoms
a pinch of Saffron (Kesar), soaked in lukewarm milk
How to make badam kheer:
  • Boil half a litre of water in a sauce pan . add the almonds when the water is boiling and cook for 2 minutes. remove from the flame and drain.
  • Remove the skin of the almonds and grind to a fine paste.
  • Boil the milk in a thick bottomed pan. when the milk begins to boil add the almond paste and the sugar and cook for 5 minutes over a low flame stirring continuously.
  • Remove from the flame.. add the dissolved saffron and the crushed cardamoms.
  • Allow to cool and serve chilled.

Muesli Coated Fruits

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Ingredients

3/4 cup muesli, lightly crushed
1 small sized banana, cut into pieces
1 small sized apple, cut into cubes
1 orange, seperated into segments

For the butterscotch sauce
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp fresh cream
1/4 cup milk

Method

For the butterscotch sauce

1. Heat a non-stick pan, add the sugar and allow it to caramelize to a light brown colour.
2. Remove from the flame, add the cream and milk and simmer on a slow flame to get a smooth syrup.
3. Allow it to simmer for 2 minutes till the sauce thickens. Keep aside.

How to proceed

1. Add the fruits to the sauce and mix well till the sauce coats each piece evenly.
2. Divide into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
3. Divide the muesli into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
4. Just before serving, place a portion of muesli in an individual serving bowl, top it with a portion of fruits and refrigerate to chill.
5. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more servings. Serve chilled.

Ingredients

3/4 cup muesli, lightly crushed
1 small sized banana, cut into pieces
1 small sized apple, cut into cubes
1 orange, seperated into segments

For the butterscotch sauce
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp fresh cream
1/4 cup milk

Method


For the butterscotch sauce

  1. Heat a non-stick pan, add the sugar and allow it to caramelize to a light brown colour.
  2. Remove from the flame, add the cream and milk and simmer on a slow flame to get a smooth syrup.
  3. Allow it to simmer for 2 minutes till the sauce thickens. Keep aside.


How to proceed

  1. Add the fruits to the sauce and mix well till the sauce coats each piece evenly.
  2. Divide into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
  3. Divide the muesli into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
  4. Just before serving, place a portion of muesli in an individual serving bowl, top it with a portion of fruits and refrigerate to chill.
  5. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more servings. Serve chilled.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING RECIPE

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Ingredients:
300 ml Milk
4-5 tblsp Sugar
4 Slices Brown Bread
3 Eggs
2 tblsp Drinking Chocolate or cocoa powder
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
250 ml Thick Sweetened Cream
How to make chocolate pudding with cream:
  • Cut the bread into pieces. Beat the eggs and add the essence.
  • Warm the milk and mix in the sugar. Gently mix in the cooca powder.
  • Put off the flame and add the beaten eggs and the breadcrumbs. Mix well.
  • Grease pudding mould and pour the mixture into the mould.
  • Cover lossely with foil and steam in a rice cooker or pressure cooker without whistle for 30 – 40 minutes or until the pudding is spongy.
  • Allow the pudding to shrink before unmoulding.
  • Then put it in the fridge for 1 hour before serving with fresh, thick and sweetened cream.