Tiramisu

A classic Italian dessert.

Ingrdients:
Mascarpone cheese(or Cream cheese)- 1 cup (250g)
Heavy whipped creme - 1 cup
Expresso or any other coffee - 1/2 cup
Any liquor (preferably a coffee based liquer like Kahlua or marsala wine) - 3 tbsps
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder/Chocolate powder- 1/2 cup
Chocolate bar -1
Sponge cake / lady finger cookies - 1 packet

Method:
1. Make strong dark coffee and let it cool.
2. Add 2 tbsp of the liquor to this.Keep aside
3. Blend thoroughly cheese and sugar on a bowl.
4. Fold in with the whipped creme.
5. If using the sponge cake, make 2 or 3 layers of it by cutting it horizontally
6. Take a flat dish and pour the coffee liquor mix.
7. Dip the lady finger/sponge into the cofee mix , dont make it too wet so that it can break
8. Plate the cake/cookies in a dessert bowl.
9. Add a layer of of cheese mix and spread it.
10. sprinkle a layer of cocoa powder
11. repeat the steps 7,8,9,10 for all the layers.
12. Refrigerate it at least for 2 hours.
13. Serve it adding some more cocoa powder and a layer of grated chocolate and on top.

Reshmi Kabab

Ingredients:
* 1 kg boneless chicken cut into 2" cubes
* 2 tbsp garlic paste
* 1 tbsp ginger paste
* 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
* 2 large onions chopped
* 1/2 cup fresh yogurt
* 1/2 cup almonds
* Juice of 1 lemon
* Salt to taste
* Butter or cooking oil

Method:

1. Soak the almonds in hot water for 10 minutes and remove the skin.
2. Mix the almonds, coriander leaves, onion, ginger and garlic pastes and grind in the food processor to form a smooth paste. Add salt to taste, the lemon juice and mix well.
3.Pour this paste and the yogurt over the chicken and mix well to coat all the pieces. Cover and keep to marinate in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
4.Put the marinated chicken pieces on skewers and grill. Lightly brush with oil to keep from sticking.
5.When the chicken is cooked, remove from the skewers and serve with Mint-Coriander Chutney and thinly sliced onions

Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients:

Ground chicken – ½ kg
Onions – 2 chopped
Potatoes – 3 big
Green chillies – 5 chopped
Ginger– 2 tbsp chopped
Garlic – 2 tbsp chopped
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Black pepper – ½ tsp
Bread crumbs – 2 cups
Egg(beaten) – 1 no
Lemon Juice -1/2 lemon
Oil - for frying

Method:

1)Mix the chicken with turmeric powder, salt, pepper and little bit of ginger-garlic paste and half cup of water and cook.
2)Boil potatoes and mash.
3)Heat oil in a pan.
4)Splutter mustard seeds and sauté onions, until light brown.
5)Add curry leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic.
6)Add the mashed potatoes and the cooked chicken. Keep it on low flame, until the entire water is absorbed.
7)Allow the mixture to cool thoroughly.
8) Add lemon juice
9)Take a handful of this mixture and make small patties out of it.
10)Dip it in the beaten egg and then roll in the breadcrumbs.
11)Shallow fry it in oil, till both the sides turn golden brown.