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Homemade Icecream

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 Ingredients: Milk- 1/2 Ltr Fresh cream-1/2 Cup Cornflour- 1 Tbsp( heaped) GMS powder- 1 level tbsp CMC powder- 1/4 tsp Sugar-6 tbsp Flavouring essence- As required Food color- if needed Method: To the milk add sugar and cornflour and stir well so that no lumps are formed. Through a seive pass the CMC and GMS powder into the milk and stir well avoiding lumps. If you need chocolate Icecream, add 3 tbsp of cocoa into the mixture and stir well Heat the mixture on a low flame stirring continuously till a custard like consistency is obtained. Remove and cool. Add the cream and stir well. Add essence and color and stir and set to freeze. When frozen and hard, remove and whip well till a soft and frothy consistency is obtained. At this point the mixture will double the volume and will become fluffy and soft. Replace in freezer to set. Garnish with caramelized nuts  Courtesy: Chinnu Aunty

Shahi Paneer...

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Ingredients: Paneer Cubes- 200 gms Onions- 2 Tomatoes- 2 Ginger - 1 small Garlic- 3 flakes Green chillies- 2 White pepper- 1/2 tsp Red chilli Powder-1 tsp Turmeric powder- 3/4 tsp Garam Masala- 1 tsp Fresh cream- 5tsp Dry fruits- 1/4 cup Milk- 1/2 cup Ghee- 8-10 tsp Salt To taste Coriander leaves- For garnishing Method: 1) Grind tomatoes, Onions, Ginger, Garlic and Green chillies into a fine paste. 2) Heat ghee in a pan and fry Paneer cubes over medium flame until light brown. remove and kepp aside. 3) Into the same ghee add the dry fruits and saute for few minutes and remove and keep aside. 4) To the remaining ghee add the Onion- tomato paste and fry till it turns golden brown and the ghee starts to seperate. This will leave a nice aroma too. 5) Add salt, red chilli powder, white pepper powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and saute for 2- 3 min. 6) To this thick gravy add milk and bring it to boil, reduce the flame now and cook until the gravy