Apple And Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

2 medium Apples (thinly sliced)
2 tbsp Lemon juice (cut into one inch long pieces)
2 medium Cucumbers
1 medium Orange (peeled, deseeded and segmented into two)
8-10 Button Mushrooms (sliced)
8 leaves Lettuce (trimmed)
1 tbsp Salad Oil
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Flakes
6-8 leaves Fresh Mint Leaves (torn)
2 tbsp Fresh Coriander Leaves (chopped)
Salt
1 medium Carrot (cut into thin strips)
2 medium Tomatoes (quartered & sliced)
2 Spring Onions (sliced)

Method:

Take the sliced apples and sprinkle some lemon juice on it and mix well to prevent apples from turning black.
Take mushrooms in another bowl and treat it to lemon juice to avoid discoloration.
Dunk the lettuce leaves in ice cold water to keep it fresh and crisp and then tear it roughly into pieces.
In a bowl, take juice, salad oil, red chilli flakes, chopped coriander, mint leaves and salt and mix well.
In a serving plate, arrange the lettuce leaves and pour out about one-fourth part of the dressing on top of it.
Mix apples, orange segments, mushrooms, carrot, tomatoes, spring onions and rest of the dressing. Toss well.
Arrange the mixture over lettuce layer.

Apple, Banana & Carrot Halwa

Ingredients

1 cup chopped apple (without skin)
1 cup chopped banana
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup milk or 1/2 cup milk powder
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup ghee
2 cups sugar

Method :

Grind carrot & milk.
Mix all the ingredients together except ghee.
Keep on stirring till the apple & banana pieces are cooked & the halwa becomes one mass.
Then add ghee, cardamom powder.
Remove from the stove top & decorate with nuts of your choice.

Basundi

Ingredients:

2 qrt Ricotta Cheese
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 small pack of half-n-half
Little saffron
1 tsp cardamom powder

Method:

Preheat oven at 325 F for 10 mins.
Do no remove the excess water from the Ricotta Cheese.
Place the cheese in a bowl and 1 cup of sugar and mix well.
Put this mixture in an Aluminum Foil pack and bake at 350 F or 35 mins.
In a sauce pan add milk and half-n-half and boil on a low flame for 15-20 mins.
Add the remaining cup of sugar, saffron, and cardamom powder to it.
The cheese can be removed after 35 mins of baking which will appear to be in a soggy constituency.
Put the Cheese in the freeze for about 10 minutes to let it cool.
Remove from freezer and drop the Cheese slowly in the boiling milk and let it cool for about 10 minutes and store in the freezer until serving.