Cream Of Mushroom Soup

CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

Ingredients:

Mushroom - 200 gms

milk - 2 cups

wheat flour - 1 tsp 

salt to taste

pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

chicken stock cubes - 2

Water - 1 cup

olive oil - 2 tsp

Method:

- keep 3 - 4 mushrooms separately for garnishing

- chop the rest of the mushrooms finely

- in a pan add the mushrooms and saute until they sweat and cook in their own juices

- grind them to a fine paste

- in the same pan add 1 tsp of olive oil and add the wheat flour

- fry for a minute

- add milk and stock cubes and keep stirring without any lumps

- add some water and the ground paste and cook for 4 - 5 mins

- add salt and pepper powder to taste

- in a pan add 1 tsp of oil

- chop the mushrooms for garnishing finely

- fry them in oil until they sweat and get dried

- and they will get crisp as well

- mix well

- garnish on top

- serve warm

Carrot Cheese Soup

CARROT CHEESE SOUP 

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Ingredients:

carrot - 4 (big) - chopped roughly

onion - 1(chopped roughly)

garlic pods - 4

salt to taste

white pepper to taste

maggi chicken stock cubes - 2

ginger - grated - 1/8th tsp

cheddar cheese - 2 tsp (grated)

corriander leaves - 2 tsp (finely chopped)

Method:

- add onions, garlic,ginger, carrot, stock cubes and water in a pressure pan

- cook for - 4 -5 whistles

- allow them to cool

- add them in a blender and puree the soup

- now add in the grated cheese, salt, pepper and corriander leaves

- mix well and serve it while warm.

Raw Sprouts Salad

RAW SPROUTS SALAD

Ingredients:

horse gram - 1 handful

green gram- 1 handful

black channa - 1 handful

salt to taste

pepper powder to taste

tomato - 1 (chopped)

onion - 1 (chopped)

carrot  - 1 grated

Method:

- sprout black channa, horse gram and green gram

- mix all the ingredients

- serve.

Summer Drink

SUMMER DRINK

Ingredients:

milk - 2 cups

sabji seeds - 1/2 tsp

rose crush - 3 - 4 tsp

sugar to taste

Method:

- mix all the ingredients together 

- refrigerate

- serve.

Szechuan Chilli Sauce

SZECHUAN SAUCE

Ingredients:

Red chillies paste - 1 cup

garlic  - 1/4 cup - finely chopped

ginger - 2 tsp finely chopped

soya sauce - 2 tsp

red chilli sauce - 2 tbsp

oil - 6 tbsp

salt to taste

sugar - 1/2 tsp

vinegar - 1 tsp

Method:

- soak the red chillies in water for 2 hrs

- deseed them and grind them to a fine paste

-  in a pan add oil

- add the chopped garlic and ginger and garlic and saute

- add in the chilli paste and keep frying till the oil seperates

- now add in the soya sauce, chilli sauce and salt

- add in the vinegar and keep frying well

- add in the sugar and mix well and allow that to cook for 2 more mins

- add in some water and allow that to cook for 2 mins

- remove and coool

- store in a airtight box in a fridge. 

Podi Dosa

PODI DOSA

Ingredients:

dosa batter - 2 cups

idli podi -  few tsp

oil - to drizzle

Method:

- heat a dosa pan 

- pour a laddle ful of batter and spead it like dosa

- drizzle some oil and allow that to cook

- now sprinkle some idli podi on the dosa and drizzle in some oil

- allow that to cook for 2 mins

- serve hot as it is.