Melon Bowl Supreme with Honey-Lime Dressing
This is a good dish for summer entertaining –a buffet showstopper, an appetizer, an appetizer at a party, or a fruit dessert for a garden party. Watermelons are best at the height of the summer season. Vine-ripened sweet melons have a glossy thick skin with juicy scarlet or yellow flesh. Honeydew, casaba, Ogden, charentais and cantaloupe are excellent choices. The fruit is served in a melon bowl –a hollowed-out watermelon...
Rose Syrup Agar Agar
Ingredients • Agar agar powder – 2×13 gms • Rock sugar – 250 gms • Rose syrup – 3 tbsp • Water – 1500 ml Preparation 1. Measure 1.5 liters water into a pot. 2. Add rock sugar, rose syrup and agar agar powder to it. 3. Bring it to a boil, stirring continuously till sugar and agar agar powder dissolves. 4. Lower the heat and boil for 1 hour, stirring it continuously. 5. Pour the...
Apple Jam
Ingredients • 1 kg apple pulp (from 2 kilo apple) • Sugar – 1 kg • Citric acid – 6 grams • Raspberry extract -1 ½ tsp • Red color – 1 pinch • Sodium benzoate – 1 ½ grams Preparation 1. Cut apple pulp and raspberry fruits into small piece and pressure-cook. 2. Cool the pulp. 3. Take pulp in a pot and add sugar and mix well. 4. When sugar gets dissolved, add...
Avocado Mousse
Ingredients • Avocado – 2 large • Cold heavy cream – 1cup • Condensed milk – 1/3 cup • Confectionery sugar – 3-4 tsp • Lemon Juice – 1 whole • Any fruit for decoration Preparation 1. Whip cold cream with sugar till it stands in medium stiff peaks and put it back in the refrigerator. 2. Cut avocado into half, and scoop out the fleshy part from it. 3. Put it in a food...
Doodhi Halwa
Ingredients • Doodhi (Bottlegaurd) – 1 kg • Milk – 1 ½ liter • Sugar – 400-500 gms • Elaichi powder (cardamom) • Saffron(kesar) – 5 • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Cashew and raisins – 10 each Preparation 1. Peel and grate doodhi in a big plate. Heat a heavy saucepan and add milk and grated doodhi to it. 2. Stir occasionally till the mixture is thick. 3. Once it...
Simply Wonderfuls
Ingredients •1 ½ -1 ¾ cups powder sugar •1 cup butter, softened •2 cup powder milk, sifted •½ tsp vanilla •½ cup carob chips Preparation Cream the butter, add sugar, milk powder, and vanilla. Mix all ingredients well and fold in carob chips. Roll the mixture into balls. Chill and serve. Serves 24 pieces By Madhavi Davi Dasi ...