PANEER SHASHLIK(LOW CAL AND FAT FREE)

A definite party pleaser and a tantalising snack especially if you have vegetarian guests coming over. Guilt free but full on taste and flavour, its colourful and light...must try!!!

Ingredients-

Cottage cheese(paneer)- 250 gms

Red and yellow Bell peppers (capsicum)- 1 each

Onion- 2 (chopped into largish bite size pcs)

Thick low fat Curd- 250gms

Ginger+garlic paste(fresh)- 1 tbsp

Garam masala- 1tsp

Lemon juice- 1 tsp

Finely chopped green chillies-1-2

Mint leaves- a handful, finely chopped

Coriander leaves- a handful, finely chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Chaat masala to sprinkle on top

Wooden skewers(soaked in water so that they don’t burn)

Method-

• Whip the curd well.
• Add ginger+garlic paste, garam masala, lemon juice, green chillies, garam masala, coriander, mint and salt/pepper to the whipped curd.
• Cut paneer into largish squares and marinate in the above mixture for 2 hours or overnight.
• Cut onion and peppers into bite size pieces.
• Final assembly-
• Take a wooden skewer , alternately thread the onion then the marinated paneer, bell pepper, keep repeating, finishing with the onion in that order.
• Grill/ Pan roast the skewers till brown and done.
• Sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot.

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RED VELVET CAKE

 An utterly gorgeous cake, made extra tender with the use of buttermilk..seems like the old adage -"We eat with the eyes first".. comes true, whoever I have served it to seem first to fall in love with the attractive red colour and then the chocolaty tenderness of it. A great hit at parties and birthdays!

Ingredients-

Ground white sugar- 1 and ½ cups

Eggs-2

Cocoa- 4 tbsp

Butter- 1 cup, softened

Salt-1/2 tsp

Vanilla essence- 1 tsp

Buttermilk- 1 cup

Plain flour- 2 and ½ cups

Baking powder- 2 tsp

White vinegar- 1 tbsp

Red food colour- 4 tbsp

Baking soda- ½ tsp

For the icing-

300 ml heavy cream//Cream cheese( whatever is available, original recipe calls for cream cheese)

½ cup castor sugar

½ tsp vanilla essence

Method-

• Preheat oven to 200 degree C
• Grease and flour two 9- inch cake pans
• Cream butter and sugar together very well. Add eggs and beat well.
• Add the cocoa, food colour, salt, vanilla to the creamed mixture.
• Now alternately add flour and buttermilk, mix well, in the end add the vinegar.
• Pour batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for 30 minutes.
• Cool completely.

For the icing-

Take a  clean mixing bowl and combine cream/ cream cheese along with the rest of the ingredients, beat well till light and fluffy.

For assembling-

Sandwich the cake with a quarter of the prepared icing , spread the rest on top and sides.

Chill well before serving.

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