Jam biscuits/Cookies

This is a recipe from a magazine which I copied in my recipe book long back,I do not remember which magazine, but this comes out well and children love it

Ingredients:
Multipurpose flour (maida) :600 gms
Butter/dalda :600 gms
Rice flour :300 gms.
Sugar :300 gms
Milk :250 ml
baking powder : 2 gms
Vanilla essence : 1/4 tsp
Mixed fruit jam : 400 gms bottle (to be used as desired)

Method :
Cream fat and sugar.Add the vanilla essence and milk.
Sieve the two flours and baking powder together and add the above mixtures to this to make a smooth dough. Make into small balls and flatten between your palms or roll out the balls to 1/4 inch thick rounds (discs!)and smoothen the edges.Arrange in a baking tray and bake at 400F (200C )until they are golden brown .Allow to cool.Spread the jam on one and sandwich with another biscuit.Keep in an airtight container taking care to arrange neatly. Children will love this.

Date Halwa

This recipe is from my friend Radha who always tried out new stuff and shared it with me.
Ingredients:

Seedless dates : 1 cup
Milk : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 cup
Ghee : 4 Table spoons
Cardamom 4 powdered, 2 Tbsps of chopped cashewnuts and pistachios

Method:

Wash the dates well and chop into small pieces.Add this to the milk.Add a 1/2 cup of water also and pressure cook for 10 minutes.Take it out of the cooker and lightly mash with a pestle.Transfer the contents to a thick pan and add sugar.Keep on fire and stir continuously till sugar is totally dissolved. Next add the ghee a little at a time and keep on stirring till the halva leaves the sides of the pan. Remove from fire and add the cardamom powder mix well and pour on to a grease thali.Garnish with the nuts and cut into cubes and serve.

Tomato Rice

Pulav Rice 2 Cups
Onions 2
Ghee 2-3 teaspoons
Tomato Juice 2 cups
Cooked green peas
Salt to taste

Preparation:
Heat ghee in a panand fry the sliced onions, add rice and fry to a light brown colour. Pour in the tomato juice and the rest of the ingredients adding a little water if the juice is not sufficient to cook the rice. Cover it with a ld and cook in the pressure cooker. Add cooked green peas after mixing well after removing from the cooker. Serve with curds and pickle.

Dhal Dosa ( ADAI)

Adai (Dhal Dosa )( Break-fast item )

Ingredients:

Boiled rice : 1 cup
Bengal Gram dhal : 1 cup ( Chana Dhal)
Thuvar dhal : 1 cup
Urad dhal : 1 1/4 cup
Curry leaves or : as desired, chop fine
Drumstick leaves
Fresh Coconut scrapings : 1/2 coconut
Hing(asafoetida) : 1/4 tsp and Salt
Green chillies and red chillies, quantity as desired. This is not to be made very hot, so you can adjust the number of chillies

Method: Wash and soak the dhals and rice for 3 hours. Drain the water and grind in a mixie till coarse along with the chillies. If necessary grind rice coarse separately and then mix well with the coarsely ground dhals. Add salt,coconut scrapings and chopped curry /drumstick leaves. Mix well and make thick dosas adding oil in the edges and center. Must not be cooked on high flame, cover and cook, turn and cook again till roasted golden in colour. Eat hot with with coconut chutney.

This is a highly nutritious breakfast item and the nutrition value increases if using drumstick leaves which are a high source of calcium, Vitamin C and iron and low in calories.

A remedy for Common C old

Here is a simple and quick relief for the common cold. Here's how:

In 2 cups of water add 2 tsp of dry ginger powder and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed pepper.Add jaggery and keep on sim flame. Let this keep boiling till the liquid mixture reduces to half quantity (1 cup).
Now remove from flame, take some of this in a cup and top it with hot milk (like tea decoction and milk).Sip slowly. You will find relief. Take this for 3 days atleast 3 or 4 times a day.
Quantity of pepper and dry ginger can be adjusted according to taste if you find it very "thikka" (hot).

Condensed Milk Fudge

Condensed milk tin : 1 (400 gms)
Chopped nuts : 100 grams
cocoa powder : 1/2 cup
Butter (plain white) : 50 gms
Sugar : 3/4 cups
Method:
Pour condensed milk in a thick bottomed vessel and the other ingredients one by one and mix well. Keep the vessel on stove and on sim flame cook stirring till the mixture leaves the sides of the vessel. Pour out on to greased plate and cut into diamonds or squares when cool and set. Children love fudge!