Tricoloured recipes

The Asian Age.

Life, Food

Executive chef Avinash Kumar, Novotel Imagic Khopoli, shares the spirit of patriotism and nationalism with tri-colour recipes.

Tacos with Tomato salsa, Sour cream and Gaucamole Flour tortilla

Tacos with Tomato salsa, Sour cream and Gaucamole Flour tortilla

Ingredients

Tortilla

  • Refined flour 125 gm.
  • Maize flour 25 gm.
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar 2 gm.
  • Baking powder 2 gm.

Tomato Salsa

  • Tomato 50 gm.                        
  • Onion10 gm.
  • Green chilli2 gm.
  • Freshcoriander4 gm.
  • Tomato juice10 ml.
  • Tabasco sauce2 ml.

Sour cream

  • Hung curd 25 ml.
  • Fresh cream 25 ml.
  • Salt  2 gm.
  • Fresh coriander 2 gm.
  • Lemon juice3 ml.

Guacamole

  • Avocado 80 gm.
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper 1 gm.
  • Lemon juice 3 ml.
  • Onion 4 gm.

Garnish

  • Apple wedges 80 gm.
  • Bread crumb 100 gm.
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper 1 gm.
  • Spinach julienne 10 gm.
  • Radish julienne 10 gm.
  • Carrot julienne 10 gm.
  • Turnips slice 5 gm.
  • Bellpeppers 3 gm.

Method

  • Mix all the ingredients of flour tortilla and knead it well.
  • Mix separately all ingredients of tomato salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
  • Make 4 flat sheets of flour dough on skillet and cook slightly from both sides.
  • Boil apple wedges in cinnamon and lemon flavoured water.
  • Add salt pepper in apple wedges and crumb it well.
  • Assemble them as shown in picture and serve tacos with salsa, sour cream and guacamole

Aamras and Shrikhand with Pista Poori

Ingredients

  • Mango pulp  100 ml
  • Hung curd  100 ml
  • Sugar 20 gm.
  • Pistachio powder   25 gm.
  • Flour 125 gm.
  • Salt to taste

Method

  • Mix mango pulp with little bit of water and sugar and strain it.
  • Mix a hung curd with saffron, sugar and green cardamom powder an leave it for overnight
  • Knead dough by mixing flour, pistachio powder, salt and water.
  • Make Poori from the dough, fry till it becomes fluffy andcrispy.
  • Serve hot Poori with chilled aamras and shrikhand.

Green tea mousse with white chocolate parfait

Ingredients

  • Green tea 20 gm.
  • Whipping cream 50 gm.
  • White chocolate 100 gm.
  • Fresh cream 100 gm.
  • Gelatine 5 gm.
  • Water 15 ml.

Method

  • Boil fresh cream and add melted white chocolate in it.
  • Add green tea powder and whipped cream in the mixture and keep aside.
  • Add melted gelatine in the mixture and put in desired mould.
  • Set it in chiller for half an hour. Assemble it as shown in the plate and garnish with rose petals.

Trio cup cakes

Ingredients

  • Refined flour 150 gm.
  • Whole egg 3 no.
  • Baking powder 2gm.
  • Baking soda 2gm.
  • Curd 66 gm.
  • Oil 150 ml
  • Grain sugar 133 gm
  • Whipped cream 100 gm

Method

  • Mix whole egg and grain sugar together in a bowl. Now add all dry ingredients into it.
  • Now add curd and mix well. At last mix oil and it will get fluffy.
  • Put the mixture in muffin moulds and bake it at 180 degree Celsius for 10- 12 minutes.
  • Now make three types of whipping cream by using spinach puree and beetroot puree. And pipe it as shown in the picture.

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