Tuuti Frutti Cookies

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour / Maida - 200 gms
• Sugar powder - 125 gms
• Butter - 125 gms
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
• Custard powder - 30 gms
• Tutti frutti, Cashews, Raisins and Almonds  - 150 gms
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Milk - 3 - 4 tbsp
• Vanilla essence - quarter tsp
• Water - 2 tbsp

Method:

1. In a bowl, add maida, custard powder, baking powder and cardamom powder, mix well and keep aside.
2. Take another bowl, add sugar,butter and vanilla essence, cream this using a hand blender.
3. In the above flour mixture add dry fruits, milk and water and make a soft dough.
4. Take a rolling pin and roll the above dough in to a thin sheet, cut them in to desired shapes with a cookie cutter, arrange them on butter paper and bake them at 180 c for 15 minutes.
5. Allow it to cool down for 10 minutes and tutti frutti cookies are ready to munch !! :) 

Gud Ki Suji

Ingredients:

• Gud / Jaggery (powdered) - 2 cups
• Suji (Bombay Rava) - 2 cups
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Cardamom powder - half tsp
• Dry fruits - Cashew nuts, raisins and almonds
• Milk - half cup

Method:

1. In a pan fry suji with 2 tsp of oil until it changes the color.
2. Take a vessel add powdered gud and 4 cups of water and cook this until it becomes liquid, filter the water and keep aside.
3. In another vessel add ghee, chopped dry fruits and saute until slightly golden in color.
4. Now add the gud water in the above , allow it to boil.
5. Add suji and stir continuously or else it will form lumps.
6. Add cardamom powder and milk, cover the vessel with a lid and cook this on low flame for 5 mins.
7. Serve Hot.

Lemon Mint Tea

Best served after heavy meals :)

Ingredients:

• Juice of half a lemon
• Mint leaves - handful
• Tea powder - quarter teaspoon
• Sugar - 3 tsp 
• Water - 3 cups

Method:

Boil water, add tea powder, sugar and mint leaves. Let it boil for 3 -4 mins.

Once the tea is almost done add lemon juice and boil it for another 2 mins .

Filter the tea and serve hot.

Note: The quantity of the tea powder should be as such that it should only the change the color of the water as shown in the above pic.

Kheema Sandwich

A quick fix sandwich for a Sunday breakfast with leftover methi kheema ... :D
Take bread slices, spread some mint chutney, generously spread some methi kheema to it and grill it.. kheema sandwich is ready..