Tea special

Cashew nut pretzels

Ingredients:-
Refined flour - 200g
Cornflour - 50g
Butter - 175g
Sugar (powdered) - 80g
Cashew nuts (powdered) - 80g
Almond essence - 0.5tsp
For icing:
Icing sugar 1cup
Vanilla essence 1tsp
Method
Cream the butter and sugar, add almond essence, add cashew nuts and plain flour .mix well.
Roll into sticks and shape into a circle. Arrange on a greased baking tray.
Bake at 180c in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Cool the biscuits.
For making icing:
Add 1tbsp of hot water to the icing sugar and mix well .add vanilla essence.
Dip the top part of the biscuits in to this icing .allow to dry.

Spicy Macaroni

Ingredients:-

Boiled macaroni - 1cup
Boiled mixed vegetables - 1cup
Tomato puree - 0.5cup
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tsp
Red chilli powder - 0.5-1 tsp
Pepper - 1tbsp
Butter - 1tbsp
Salt to taste
For garnishing:
Cheese (grated) - 2tbsp
Cherries
Method:-
Heat butter in a vessel. Add the ginger –garlic paste and fry for a while. add the salt ,pepper, red chilli powder and the tomato puree. Mix in the macaroni and the boiled vegetables. Cook for some more time.
Serve hot, garnished with grated cheese and a cherry.

Vegetable nutty chow

Ingredients:-

French beans (chopped) - 0.5 cup
Carrot (chopped) - 0.5cup
Cabbage (shredded) - 1cup
Capsicum (cut lengthwise) - 1cup
Onion (sliced) - 1
Garlic - 2cloves
Red chilli powder - 1tsp
Cashew nuts - 2tbsp
Chilli sauce - 1tsp
Soy sauce - 1tsp
A pinch of Ajinomoto powder
Oil - 1cup
Salt to taste
Method:-
Heat the oil in non-stick pan, put the garlic into it and cook for some time .add the onion and fry till the onion slices are transparent. Add the chilli powder , the vegetables ,salt and ajinomoto powder and cook for 4-5 minutes .add the cabbage and capsicum ,and again cook for a few minutes. Finally, add the cashew nuts, chilli sauce and soy sauce. mix well and serve hot.

Tea special

Checkered biscuits

Ingredients:-
Refined flour 250g
Castor sugar 80g
Baking power 1tsp
Butter 175g
Vanilla essene 1.5tsp
Milk or as required 250-50ml
Cocoa 2tsp
A pinch of salt
Method :-
Cream butter, suger and vanilla essence. Sieve the flour, salt and baking power together. Add the butter mixture and make a smooth bough using milk.
Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. To one add the cocoa and mix well.
Divide each portion of dough again into 2. From each portion into a 8” roll. Place a vanilla roll next to the chocolate roll so that they are side by side .place the second vanilla roll on the chocolate roll and chocolate roll on the vanilla roll.
Press all the roll s tightly together so that the entire dough is joined.
Cut into thin slices, arrange on a greased tray and bake in a preheated oven at 180cdegree for 15-20 minutes. Cool and store.

Noodle rawa cakes

Ingredients:-

Semolina - 250g
Sour curd -125g
Mustard seeds - 1tbsp
Gram(roasted) - 2tbsp
Cashew nuts - 2tbsp
Green chilli(chopped) - 1tsp
Boiled small sized noodles - 0.5 cup
Soda - 0.5tsp
Refined oil - 1tbsp
Turmeric - 1tbsp
Salt to taste

Method
Heat oil in a pan, put mustard seeds into it. Let them crackle, add the cashew nuts, roasted gram and the green chilli. Fry for a minute and add the semolina. Fry for some time on a low flame. cool and add the curd, salt and enough water to make a smooth batter. keep in a warm pace for 4-5 hours.
Mix the turmeric with the boiled noodles. mix the soda to the semolina batter and fill in a greased idli maker. Top with a little noodles. Steam for 4 minutes on 100% heat in a microwave oven. Serve hot, with coconut chutney.

TEA

Macaroni Onion Pakodas

Ingredients:-

1. cup boiled macaroni 1 cup
2. onion(chopped) 1.5 cup
3. green chilli(chopped) 1 tsp
4. red chilli powder 1.5 tsp
5. A pinch of soda
6. besan(flour) 1 cup
7. oil for frying
8. salt to teste


Method:-
Mix all the ingredients, except the oil and make a batter using some water. Pour spoonfuls of batter into hot oil and deep fry till the pakodas are golden.
Serve hot with tomato sauce.

Tea

Toasted Bread Sticks

Ingredients:-

1. Bread - 6slices
2. soft cooking cheese - 100 gm
3. melted butter - 3 tbsp

Method:-

Cream the cheese and butter until they are very soft. Remove the crust from all sides of the bread sliest lengthwise. Spread a little cheese mixture on each slice. Toast in an oven at 180c until they are crisp.
Serve hot.

Sweet,Cool And Chips Items

Bananas Chips

Ingredients :

• Semi ripe banana - 1
• Coconut oil - 150gm
• Turmeric powder - ¹/₄tsp
• Salt - to taste

Method :

Peel banana and slice into thin round pieces or split bananas into 4 thin pieces and slice. Heat oil and fry the banana pieces. When it is ³/₄ done, add turmeric powder and salt mixed in 1tsp water. Fry well.

Sweet,Cool And Chips Items

Semiya Payasam

Ingredients:
Vermicelli	-	200 gms
Milk	-	4 cups
Condensed Milk	-	1/4 cup (optional)
Sugar	-	8 tbsp or as needed
Cardamom powder	-	1/4 tsp

Cashew nuts 1/4 cup Raisins - 1/4 cup

Ghee - 2tsp

Method

Heat half a table spoon ghee and fry raisins and cashews and keep it aside. Fry the vermicelli (very thin rice noodles) in the remaining ghee till it is golden brown. Add 4 cups of boiled milk. Keep stirring occasionally. Once the vermicelli becomes soft, add the condensed milk or sugar as needed. Let it simmer. Once it gets the desired thickness add cardamom powder and stir well. Finally add the fried cashew nuts and raisins. Your payasam is ready and can be served hot or cold.

Kerala Non Vegetarian Dishes

Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken, cut in pieces, skin removed
1 tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard
2 nos cloves
2 stickscinnamon
2 pods cardamom
3 mediumonions, sliced
3 mediumtomatoes, sliced
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp chicken masala powder
1 tsp salt
¼ cup coriander leaves, chopped

Method:

Heat oil in a pressure cooker pan. Add mustard seeds. After it splutters, add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, onions, ginger garlic paste and fry for a few minutes.

Add tomatoes, chicken masala powder and salt. Fry for 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces, mix well and cook for a few minutes stirring occasionally.

Close the pressure pan and steam 10 minutes after putting the weight. Garnish with coriander leaves before serving.