17th feb. '08 written update(India)

CHENNA AND FRUIT ENVELOPE

Ingredients

Chenna 1 cup

Green pear, chopped 1 small

Red pear, chopped 1 small

Red apple, chopped 1 small

Green apple, chopped 1 small

Raisins (kishmish) 1 tablespoon

Almonds, chopped 5-6

Cashewnuts, chopped 5-6

Green cardamom powder teaspoon

Powdered sugar 4 tablespoons

Method

1. Make an envelope with aluminium foil.

2. Take green pear, red pear, red apple, green apple in a bowl. Add chenna, raisins, almonds, cashewnuts, green cardamom powder and powdered sugar and mix.

3. Heat a tawa. Put the mixture into the aluminium envelope and seal the open edge. Press the envelope lightly and place on the tawa.

4. Cook for five minutes, turn over and cook for another five minutes.

5. Serve hot in the envelope itself.

FISH IN FOIL

Ingredients

Fish fillets (rawas) 4 (200 grams each)

Ginger, thinly sliced 2 inch piece

Sea salt to taste

Lemon juice 2 tablespoons

Whole dry red chillies, crushed teaspoon

Fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped 2 tablespoons

Oil 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Make envelopes with two sheets of aluminium foil placed one on top of the other.

2. Take ginger in a bowl. Add sea salt, lemon juice and fish fillets. Mix. Add crushed red chillies and coriander leaves and mix. Add oil and mix.

3. Put the mixture gently into the envelopes and seal the open edge.

4. Heat a tawa, place the envelopes on the tawa and cook on medium heat two to three minutes. Turn over and cook for another two or three minutes.

5. Serve hot in the envelopes itself.

NOODLE AND VEGETABLE PACKETS

Ingredients

Noodles, boiled 200 grams

Carrot, thinly sliced 1 medium

Mushrooms, thinly sliced 8-10

French beans, diagonally sliced 5-6

Broccoli florets 8

Spring onion with greens 2-3

Salt to taste

Fresh red chillies, diagonally sliced 2

Lemon juice 1 tablespoon

Onion, finely chopped 1 large

Oil 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200 C.

2. Make an envelope using aluminium foil.

3. Take carrot, mushrooms, French beans, broccoli, spring onions and greens in a bowl. Add noodles, salt, fresh red chillies, lemon juice and onion and mix.

4. Add oil and mix. Put the mixture into the foil envelope and seal the open end well.

5. Place the envelope in the preheated oven and cook for fifteen minutes.

6. Serve hot in the envelope itself.