Grilled salmon steak with veggies

Ingredients:
Fresh Salmon steak pieces -  2
1 spoon curd
salt to taste
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder


Method:
Mix curd, salt, salt, pepper, red chilli powder, cumin powder together
Marinate the salmon pieces with the above mixture and keep aside for 30 minutes
Pre-heat the oven at 200 degrees
Cook the marinated steak pieces for 30 minutes or until well-done.


Serve with boiled peas and/or boiled potatoes, carrots and/or garlic bread.

Baked vegetables

Ingredients

1/2 cup green peas

100 gms carrot

100 gms beans

1 small capsicum

1 small onion

2 green chillies

1 tbsp butter

salt, black pepper to taste

1 cup white sauce

1/2 cup grated cheese

Method
1. Wash and chop the vegetables

2. Melt butter in the oven

3. Add chopped onions, chillies to this and microwave for 2 mins

4. Now add rest of the vegetables and 1/4 cup water and microwave or 10 mins so that the vegies get tender

5. Add white sauce to this mixture, salt and black pepper for taste. Micorwave again for 5 mins

6. Preheat the oven at 250 degrees at convection mode. Sprinkle grated cheese on the mixture and bake the same for about 10-15 minutes.

White Sauce

Ingredients:
1 cup milk

1 tbsp flour

1 tbsp butter

salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Microwave butter in microwave for 30 secs

2. Add flour and mix it. Microwave for mins and stir in between

3. Slowly stir in mix to prevent lumps. Microwave for 2-3 mins or till thick.

4. Add salt or pepper and red chilli as per taste.

Home made Pizza

Ingredients
Pizza base

Pizza topping sauce

1 small size capsicum

1 small onion

1 medium size tomato

Grated cheese

Tomato ketchup

Method
1. chop the capsicum, onion and tomato in circular piecies.

2. Take the pizza base and put pizza topping sauce on the base.

3. Put the chopped capsicum, onion, tomato on top of the sauce

4. Add grated cheese on top

5. Add a little bit of tomato ketchup

6. Preheat the oven at 190 degrees

7. Bake the pizza base in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
1 cup flour (maida)
2 eggs
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup milk

Method
1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees in convection mode
2. Grease cake tin with a little butter
3. Mix flour,cocoa, baking powder together
4. Beat butter, sugar and egg till it becomes fluffy. Whip them properly.
5. Slowly mix the above two together. Add a little milk to smooth the batter. Add cherries, tutifruity, etc in the batter - if you want
6. Pour the cake batter into the greased cake dishand bake the cake for 35-40 mins at 180 degrees on convection mode only.

Chocolate cookies

I loved my own cookies. For a first try, they were pretty good.
Took the recipe from a book and modified them to my liking.

Goes well with hot or cold coffee.

Ingredients:
1.5 cup flour (maida)
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 tbsp baking powder
2-3 tbsp milk
1 beaten egg

Method:
1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees on Convection mode.
2. Mix beaten egg, butter and sugar together and whip them all together
3. Mix flour, cocoa powder and baking powder
4. Mix all ingredients together and knead them into a dough.
5. Make round balls of the dough (or any shape for your cookies)
6. Place the cookies on a greased dish and bake them for around 20-30 minutes at convection mode in the microwave
7. Let the cookies bake till they turn golden brown.