Oreo Fruit Trifle

Ingredients:

• Sponge cake - 500gms
• Canned fruit cocktail
• Milk - 1 cup 
• Fresh cream -  200gms
• Oreo biscuits - 1 packet
• Sugar - 1tsp

Preparation:

• Crush oreo biscuits
• Powder the sponge cake with hand
• Dissolve the sugar with milk
• Chop the canned fruits

Method:

Take a serving bowl, for the base - layer the sponge cake powder and press it with your hands, once it is firm sprinkle milk and little juice from the fruit cocktail can.

Second layer - add crushed oreo biscuits and sprinkle 2 tbsp of milk on it.

Third layer  - spread fresh cream.

Fourth layer - spread chopped fruits.

Repeat the process until you run short of ingredients or until the bowl is full. The top layer should be of powdered sponge cake decorated with fruits and oreo.

Refrigerate it for an hour and enjoy the chilled Oreo Fruit Trifle

Spicy Mint Chutney

Ingredients:

• Coriander - 1 bunch
• Mint leaves - 1 bunch
• Green chilies - 5 - 6
• Cumin seeds - half tsp
• Garlic pods - 4 
• Juice of one lemon
• Salt

Grind all the above ingredients in a blender using very little water.

Enjoy the spicy and tangy chutney with samosas, snacks, roti, dry chicken items..etc

Butter Biscuits

Ingredients: 

• Unsalted butter - half cup
• All purpose flour - 1 cup
• Powdered sugar - half cup
• Vanilla essence - 3 - 4 drops
• Baking powder 1/4 tsp
• Salt - a pinch

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. In a bowl add butter, sugar, vanilla essence and cream the mixture.
3. In another bowl, sift flour and baking powder, now add this flour to the above butter cream mixture, mix well and make a soft dough out of it.
4. Take small portions from the dough and shape them round and flatten them between your palms.
5. In a oven safe tray place a butter paper and arrange the biscuits leaving an inch of gap between each biscuit and bake them at 200 degrees Celsius for 20 - 25 minutes.
6. Take the tray out of the oven and allow the biscuits to cool down for 10 minutes before serving.

Khara / Spicy Biscuits

Ingredients:

• Maida - 1 n half cup
• Green chilies finely chopped - 3 
• Curry leaves finely chopped - 1 tbsp 
• Coriander finely chopped - 1 tbsp
• Salt - a little more than half tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Unsalted butter - 300 grams
• Curd - 2 tbsp
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Suji / Rava / Semolina - 1 tsp
• Roasted cumin powder - half tsp
• Red chili powder - quarter tsp
• Black pepper powder - quarter tsp

Method:

1. In a bowl add all the ingredients except butter and curd.
2. First add butter and mix well then add curd and make a dough.
3. Roll out the dough in a sheet which is 5mm thick.
4. Cut them into circles or squares using a cookie cutter.
5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
6. In a cookie tray place butter paper and arrange the cookies and bake them for 25 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool down for 10 -15 minutes and they are ready :-)