FRUIT COMPOTE:
Ingredients
4 solid ripe peaches, in halves
1 cup of red wine
3-4 tablespoons of honey
1 cinnamon stick
Preparation
Cut the peaches in thin slices. Place the wine, honey, and cinnamon in a pot and when
it begins to boil lower the flame and cook for another 5 minutes; add the peaches and
cook for another 5-10 minutes or until the fruit is a bit soft, withdraw from the fire and let
it cool, then refrigerate.
Ingredients:
• 1 kg Chicken (pieces)
• 500 gm Basmati Rice (washed and
soaked for 30 min)
• 4 tbsp Garam Masala (whole)
• 4 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• 50 gm Butter
• 4 tsp Garlic (chopped)
• 1 cup Onions (sliced)
• 4 tsp Ginger (chopped)
• 3 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
• 5 tbsp Oil
• 2 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 2 cup Curd (yogurt)
• 3/4 cup Tomato (chopped)
• 4 Bay Leaves
For the marinade :
• 1-1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 2 tsp Ginger (chopped)
• 2 tsp Garlic (chopped)
• 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 cup Yoghurt
• Salt
For garnishing:
• 1/2 gm Saffron (dissolved in 1/2 cup
milk)
• 2 tbsp Rose Water
How to make Chicken Biryani:
• Put all the ingredients of the marinade
in a bowl and mix well.
• Add chicken pieces to it and leave for
an hour.
• Now boil water, add 1/2 of the whole
garam masala, bay leaf, and rice in it.
• Cook the rice until 3/4 th is done,
drain and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and
add remaining whole garam masala.
• Allow it to crackle, add sliced onions
and cook it till light golden brown.
• Add 1 tsp of the remaining garam
masala and all the remaining
ingredients, including tomatoes, but
excluding rice.
• Cook for 5 minutes, combine
marinated chicken with it.
• Cook until chicken is tender.
• Place alternate layers of chicken and
rice.
• Now sprinkle saffron, remaining garam
masala powder and butter in between
the layers and on the top.
• Carefully end it with the rice layer
topped with saffron & rose water.
• Cover and seal it with an aluminum
foil.
• Cook it further on low flame for 10-12
minutes.
• Chicken Biryani is ready to serve.
Ingredients:
• 1/2 Cup chopped onions
• 1/2 Cup chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 Cup cauliflower
• 1/3 Cup carrot chunks, cut Beans,
shelled peas
• 1/2 Cup grated coconut
• 1/4 Cup mint leaves
• 1 tsp Chopped ginger, garlic
• 3 to 4 Green chilli
• 1/4 Cup cilantro
• 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
• 2 Cups uncooked rice
• Two 1 inch cinnamon sticks
• 4 Cardamon
• 6 Bay leaves
• Garam masala accoding to taste
How to make Vegetable Pulav:
• Soak the rice in water for ten minutes
and then drain.
• Take one tablespoon of oil in a pan.
• When the oil is hot, add the rice to it
and fry for some time.
• Grind coconut, ginger, garlic, mint,
cilantro, garam masala, green chilli
and red chilli. powder with some water
together.
• Heat two tablespoon of oil in the
cooker.
• When it is hot, add some cummin
seeds, cinnamon, cardamon and bay
leaves.
• Stir for a while and add chopped
onions to it.
• Stir the onion till it is golden brown.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and ground
paste.
• Add the vegetables after frying for a
minute.
• Add rice and water then.
• Cook in the cooker till two whistles.
Ingredients:
• 2 cups Rice (soaked for 3-4 hours)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Oil (for shallow frying)
How to make Neer Dosa:
• Take a blender and grind the rice to
make a fine paste. Add salt and water
to the rice and mix well. Keep it aside
for 2 hours.
• Heat the non-stick tawa or dosa
griddle and pour one ladle of mixture
in the centre.
• Spread the mixture over the tawa,
making a circle.
• Apply oil evenly in all directions and
over it, so that it makes it easier to lift
it up.
• When the dosa gets slightly brown on
one side, flip over and apply oil once
again. Cook it for a minute.
• Fold the dosa in half and then quarter
on the tawa itself.
• Serve it hot, with green or coconut
chutney and sambar.
Remove Grease From Clothes
Mix four tablespoons of alcohol with one tablespoonful of salt; shake
together until the salt is dissolved and apply with a sponge.
To Remove Grease
Cut a very ripe tomato and rub material over a kitchen table. Tomato
juice will also remove stains from and whiten the hands.
To Remove Wagon Axle Grease
Lard will remove wagon grease. Rub the spot with the lard as if
washing it, and when it is well out, wash in the ordinary way with soap
and water until thoroughly cleansed.
To Make Linen Beautifully White
Prepare the water for washing by putting into every ten gallons a large
handful of powdered borax; or boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of
spirits of turpentine.
To Remove Tar from Cloth
Saturate the spot and rub it well with turpentine, and every trace of
tar will be removed.
To Clean Flat Irons
Beeswax and salt will make your irons as smooth and clean as glass.
Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the iron
is hot, rub it first with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or cloth
sprinkled with salt.
To Soften Boots and Shoes
Kerosene will soften leather boots and shoes which have been
hopelessly hardened by water and render them as pliable as new.
Laundry Hints Continued
To Remove Blood
Use cold water, then soap and cold water.
To Remove Chocolate Or Cocoa
Use borax and cold water.
To Remove Coffee & Tea
Use boiling water; if with cream, use cold water, then boiling water.
To Remove Cream or Milk
Use cold water, soap.
To Remove Perspiration
Use soap and warm water; bleach in the sun.
To Remove Vaseline
Try using turpentine or kerosene.
To Wash Stained Clothes
Soak all clothes overnight in cold water, drain off in morning. All stains
will wash out easier. Separate white and colored clothes, of course.
Laundering Table Linen
Linens should last a lifetime if they are given the proper care. They
should be laundered with great care, ironed on the right side and then
on the wrong. If white linen is put away for a time, it should be rolled
in blue paper, which prevents it from becoming yellow.
To Wash Flannels
Wash first in warm soapsuds and rinse them in warm water, having
the water neither too hot nor too cold.
Laundry Hints Continued
To Remove Moth Ball Odor
Clothes and other items should be aired outside on dry, breezy days
until the odor of moth balls disappears. Bring inside when rain
threatens and at night. You can also try adding one cup of white
vinegar to the wash water when washing your clothes.
When Silk Turns Yellow
Soak in sour milk overnight, then wash and dry.
