Wheat porridge (Daliya) with honey

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tbsp pure ghee
• 1 cup wheat porridge
• 4 cups water
• 4 cups hot milk
• 4 tb sugar

Garnish: Almonds, raisins,honey
SERVES: 4

METHOD:

1. heat ghee in a pressure cooker , add wheat porridge,saute and dry roast until light brown, add water. Stir well and cover with the lid, cook for 1 big whistle then cook on simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, keep aside.
2. Put the cooked wheat porridge into a large serving bowl, add hot milk and sugar,stir well.
3. Garnish with almonds,raisins and honey.

Fruit Custard

Ingredients:

• 2 cups milk
• 2 tbsp cup custard powder
• 2 tbsp sugar
• few grapes
• 1/2 banana finely diced
• 1 pear finely diced
• 1 apple finely diced

METHOD:

1. Put milk in a saucepan;bring to boil and reduce to simmer.
2. Dissolve the custard powder in little cold milk.
3. Pour the custard paste into the milk in a thin stream, stirring continuosly to prevent formation of lumps.
4. As the milk thickens remove from flame; add sugar and stir well.
5. Let it cool ; place the finely diced fruits in serving bowl; pour the custard over them, stir gently
6. Garnish with dribble of honey and some fruit pieces.
7. Chill for some time and serve accordingly.

Gram Flour Pancakes

Ingredients:

1cup/100gm besan(bengal gram flour)
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2tsp Coriander powder
1small onion finely chopped
1small tomato finely chopped
2 green chillies finely chopped
2tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
3 tbsp vegetable oil

METHOD:
1.Sift together besan and salt.
2. Gradually add water ,stirring constantly to make asmooth batter.
3. Add all other ingredients except oil.Mix well.
4.Heat tava/griddle ,add 1tsp oil and spread with a wooden spatula.
5. Stir and pour 1/4 cup batter in the center of pan.Place the back of a rounded ladle.
slowly and gently spread the batter evenly outwards from center to make a round pancake around 14cm in diameter.
6.Add 1tsp oil around edgesof pancake.dribble 1/4 tsp oil in the center.fry till underside is golden brown.turn over press allover top surface of pancake with spatula.fry till golden brown and slightly crisp.
7. Fry remaining pancakes in the same way.
Serve hot with chutney or tomato sauce.