Honey Cheese Toast

A favourite dessert which we had at a mall in Bangkok, Thailand!! What a dish, the warm crisp toast, the honey and the combination of the salty cheese and the chilled ice cream!! mmm,  so tasty and so palatable that, so long after the trip none of us have forgotten it. The heavy rain, the walk through the rain and then this yummy treat.  A must try... my daughter Ashwini made it and passed on the recipe to me, here goes my version of it.

Ingredients

Brioche bread, you need to cut it into thick slices

Vanilla ice cream

Honey

Butter

Cheese, I used kraft cheese (grated)

Method

On a skillet keep the bread slice and toast it to a crisp golden colour with butter on it, transfer to a plate, first drizzle honey as per your taste, keep a scoop of ice cream, then again drizzle some honey, now grate cheese on it, as much as you want and have it warm to get the best taste.

             

                                                                      Sweet Sour Okra

A dish that is very much popular in North Karnataka, it is called Gojju in Kannada and Kayras in Marathi. Sweet, sour, spicy and tasty to go with either rice or chapatis. My recipe....

Ingredients

250 gms of okra washed, wiped and chopped into medium sized pieces

1/4 cup of powder made of roasted peanuts

1/4 cup powder made of roasted sesame seeds

2 tbsp of tamarind pulp

2 tspns of jaggery powder

1 tbsp of saar masala or sambar masala

1 tspn of chilli powder

Salt to taste

Coriander for garnishing

Method

First in a kadhai take some oil, make a tempering of mustard seeds, asafoetida and turmeric powder, add the chopped okra and cook till almost done, now add the powders, the tamarind and the jaggery. Add water enough to mix all the ingredients well, a little to a curry consistency. Bring this to a boil on slow flame. Once done add more water if needed or adjust as you would like to have, whether with rice or roti. Transfer to a serving bowl once done, garnish with some fresh coriander and savour it.

 

  Mushroom Gravy With Cream Cheese And Thousand Island Sauce

This is an experi-mental dish which was so amazingly delicious that I would recommend as a must try. Awesome with phulkas and rotis. Here goes my recipe.....

Ingredients

250 gms of mushrooms washed and chopped to medium sized pieces

2 large onions chopped fine

2 large tomatoes chopped fine

8 cloves of garlic and 1 inch of ginger pounded

2 tspns of thousand island sauce

1 tbsp of cream cheese (garlic cilantro)

2 tspns of kashmiri chilli powder

!/2 cup chopped coriander

Salt to taste, use wisely since the sauces have salt in them

Method

First of all in a pan with olive oil saute mushrooms till they are cooked and change colour. Keep aside. In the same pan add some olive oil, saute the onions to a golden brown colour, add the ginger garlic, cook well, add the tomatoes cook till mushy,  add the chilli powder,the sauces mentioned, the coriander and salt to taste, mix well and now add the mushrooms and cook till they get well mixed. Your dish is ready to serve.