Double Ka Meetha

Ingredients:

1. White bread - 1 packet
2. Milk - ½ liter
3. Sugar-2cups or according to ur taste
4. Cardamom powder - ½ sp
5. Dry fruits as per wish
6. Cooking oil or ghee (for deep fry)

Method:

1. First boil milk in a pan. Around ½ liter of milk should reduce to half due to the boiling.
2. In a different pan, boil 2 cups of water and add sugar and cardamom powder. Boil for 10 mins.
3. Meanwhile deep fry the bread pieces till they are golden brown in colour.
4. Take all these fried bread pieces in a bowl and add the boiled milk and also the sugar syrup.
5. Mix it well and garnish with fried dry fruits (as shown). Famous Hyderabadi sweet is ready to serve :) 

Poha

Ingredients:

1. Poha-1cup
2. Onion-1
3. Green chilli-2
4. Groundnuts-2sps
5. Rai & jeera-1sp
6. Turmeric powder-1/2sp
7. Karipath-7 to 8 leaves
8. Cooking oil-2tbsps
9. Lemon- 1/2
10. Salt to taste
11. Fresh Coriander leaves

Method:

1. In a pan heat oil. Add rai, jeera and groundnuts. Fry them for 1 min.
2. Add chopped onions, green chilli, turmeric powder and karipatha. Fry them till the onions are cooked.
3. Meanwhile soak poha in water for 3 to 4 mins and then drain the water out.
4. Now add poha to the fried onions. Add salt and mix well.
5. Close the lid for 3 to 4 mins. Add fresh coriander.
6. Take poha in a serving plate, add few drops of lemon juice and sprinkling of shev.
7. Simple and light breakfast is ready to serve .

Marie Biscuits Walnut Sweet

Ingredients:

1. Marie biscuit - 1 packet
2. Powdered Sugar - less than ½ glass (as per ur taste)
3. Walnuts - 7 to 8 (finely chopped)
4. Fresh cream - 2 to 3 tbsps
5. Coffee powder-2 pinches (mix in 1 tbsp of milk as shown)

Method:

1. Blend biscuits in a mixer as shown (they should NOT be finely powdered).
2. Add fresh cream 2 tbsps, sugar and coffee mixed milk.
3. Mix all together and make long rolls as shown (if req. add remaining cream too).
4. In a plate, spread the chopped walnut and roll these rolls on them very gently.
5. Put this into a freezer (fridge) for 1 hr. They will return hard and then u can cut them into pieces as shown.
6. U can store this sweet in the refrigerator (freezer) for more than 20 days.

Pudina Sweet Corn Rice

Ingredients:

1. Pudina-1cup
2. Fresh coriander leaves- ½ cup
3. Green chilli-2
4. Salt - ½ sp
5. Blend the above ingredients into paste.
6. Rice-2cups(washed and soaked for at least ½ an hr.)
7. Onion-1 (sliced)
8. Green chilli-2(sliced)
9. Sweet corn- ½ cup
10. Green peas- ¼ cup
11. Potatoes-2 (cut in to cubes as shown)
12. Pudina leaves-10 to 12
13. Garam masala-as shown
14. Gingergarlic paste-1sp
15. Lemon juice-3sps
16. Turmeric powder- ½ sp
17. Cooking oil- 3tbsps
18. Ghee-3tbsps

 

Method:

1. In a pan, heat oil and ghee. Add garam masala, sliced onions, green chilli. Fry them for 5 mins.
2. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry for 3 mins. Add  sweet corn, green peas, potato pieces and turmeric powder. Fry for another 5 mins.
3. Now pour the pudina paste into the pan. Fry till the oil separates. Turn off the stove now.
4. In a rice cooker (or pressure cooker) mix rice and the above prepared mixture.
5. The water level should be as shown in the picture or as per ur measurement.
6. Cook till the rice is prepared and ready to eat.