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TOMATO CHUTNEY

Ingredients: 2 tomatoes ( 2 medium) garlic pod ( 1 small) Jeera - 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Method: Grind to thick paste with little water season with mustard and curry leaves. Garnish with coriander leaves.

RAJMA ( RED KIDNEY BEANS) GRAVY

Ingredients: 2 onions chopped 10 garlic flakes 1 1/2 piece ginger 3 tomatoes garam masala -1/2 tsp chilli powder -1 tsp dhania powder - 2 tsp 1/2 cup coconut 2-3 spices- cloves and cardomom Pepper - 1/2 tsp few coriander leaves. Method : Roast the above ingredients except tomatoes and coriander leaves and grind to a paste. Soak Rajma overnight and boil with littl e salt. Put the ground paste in the boiled rajma and bring to boil. Garnish with coriander leaves. Note : The same method can be used to cook to Kabuli Chana Gravy

FRUIT SALAD

Ingredients: 6 Plantains 1 apple 1 pineapple ( small) 1/2 kg grapes. 1 mango( thotapuri) 1 papaya ( small) 2 oranges 4 tsp sugar Skin or peel all the fruits except grapes.Cut them into small cubes. Drop the bits, together with grapes in a vessel. Mix sugar. Keep in fridge for an hour. Then take out and serve the salad, with a little ice-cream ( method as given) on top in a small glass bowl.

ICE CREAM

Ingredients: 3 tsp custard powder 1/2 litre milk 3/4 cup sugar Method: Add custard powder to 1/2 cup of boiled and cooled milk. Mix well and keep aside. Boil the remaining milk. Add the prepared custard paste to it and stir constantly till it thickens. Then add sugar continue stirring for another 10 minutes. Remove from flame when cool, fill it in an aluminium tray and keep in freezer. After 20 minutes, take out once and stir lightly and put it back. When the cream is sufficiently thick, take out and serve.