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Ingredients
4 carrots
2 potatoes
1 cup peas
1 apple
1 cup beans
Juice of one lemon
Mayonnaise
Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Boil each vegetable separately until just tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and put into a large bowl of ice cold water.
2. Peel and cut the potatoes, carrots and apple into small cubes and place them together with beans in a large bowl.
3. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to the mayonnaise and mix well.
4. Pour the lemon mayonnaise over the vegetables and mix gently.
5. Break the lettuce up into large leaves and use to line a salad bowl.
6. Spoon the vegetable mixture on the top of the leaves. Refrigerate for several hours.
Ingredients
4 cups water
2 tsp. green tea
¼ tsp. soda bicarbonate
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp sugar
¼ tsp. green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) powder
½ tsp chopped pistachio
Instructions
Boil water with the green tea till half and add two more cups of water till half again. Add soda bicarbonate and salt. Sugar and Milk as per taste.
Kashmiri Chai (Tea)
Ingredients
1 cup powdered milk
1 egg
1 tsp. oil
1 tsp. baking powder
Syrup:
1 liter milk
6 tbs. sugar
1 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
1 tbs. chopped pistachio (Pistay)
1/2 tsp. Kewra essence
Instructions
1. Mix together the ingredients into a dough and form into small oval, slightly flattened balls.
2. Meanwhile boil the milk with sugar and ilaichi seeds. When the milk starts to boil add the malai balls. When they start to swell up lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Just before removing from heat add kewra essence. Garnish with pista.
4. Chill and serve.
Ras Malai