Watermelon Sorbet

INGREDIENTS

Watermelon puree  -  2 cups
Sugar  -  1/2 cup
Water  -  1 cup
Lemon juice  -  2 tbsp

METHOD

In a pan bring sugar and water to boil.
Cook until the sugar is dissolved in water.
Then allow it to cool to room temperature.
Then mix the watermelon puree, sugar syrup and lemon juice.
Pour this into a baking dish and freeze it for about 3-4 hours.
Serve chilled.

Veg Manchow Soup

INGREDIENTS

Chopped ginger  -  1 tsp
Chopped garlic  -  1 tsp
Chopped green chillies  -  1 tsp
Chopped coriander leaves  -  1 tsp
Chopped beans  -  2 tbsp
Chopped carrot  -  2 tbsp
Chopped cabbage  -  2 tbsp
Chopped spring onions  -  2 tbsp
Soya sauce  -  1 tbsp
Tomato sauce  -  1 tbsp
4 tbsp cornflour mixed in 1cup water
Pepper powder
Salt
Olive oil

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan and add chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies.
Saute for about 2 minutes.
Then add all the chopped vegetables, pepper powder and salt.
Stir fry for 2 minutes.
Then add 2 cups water and boil it for 5 minutes n low flame.
Now add soya sauce, tomato sauce and mix well.
Reduce the heat and allow it to boil.
Add cornflour mixed with water and stir well until it thickens slightly.
Garnish with spring onions and serve hot.



NOTE
Non vegetarians can add cooked chicken pieces along with the vegetables and then use chicken stock instead of water.

Dulce De Leche Cake

INGREDIENTS

Maida  -  1 1/2 cup
Dulce de leche  -  1 cup
Powdered sugar  -  1/2 cup
Butter  -  200gms
Eggs  -  2 nos
Baking powder  -  1 tsp
Vanilla essence  -  1 tsp
Milk

METHOD

Mix and sieve maida, baking powder.
Mix butter and powdered sugar until soft.
Then add half of dulce de leche and mix well until everything is combined well.
Then add eggs and beat well along with vanilla essence.
Add the flour mix to it and rest of dulce de leche and mix well.
If the mixture is too hard to mix, then add little milk and mix it.
Then transfer it into a greased cake tin.
Bake in it preheated over at 180C  for 30 mins.

It can also be made in pressure cooker, check how to bake in pressure cooker

Dulce De Leche

Dulce de leche is a confection prepared by slowly heating sweetened condensed milk to form a caramelisation of it.

INGREDIENTS

Sweetened condensed milk  -  1 tin

METHOD

Empty the can of condensed milk into a pan.
Put it on medium heat and stir continuously.
Keep stirring until you can turn a spoon of it upside down without it falling off.