sound cookery

Espresso coffee Ingredients 1 t Instant coffee powder 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 t sugar 1/2 cup water a pinch of Drinking chocolate METHOD Take a cup ,add a few drop of water to coffee powder and sugar and beat very vigorously till the coffee lightly and fluffy. Put in this mixture in a scalded cup Boil milk and water together and pour this over the coffee mixture and stir well. Serve hot sprinkle with chocolate powder.

Instant coffee Ingredients 1 1/2 t Instant coffee powder 1 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup hot milk to taste 3-4 t sugar to taste METHOD Scald 2 cups with boiling water add 3/4 t coffee powder to each cup boil 1 1/2 cup water and pour it over coffee powder in each cup and stir well. serve with hot milk and sugar.

FILTER COFFEE Coffee is prepared from the seeds of the coffee plants. Two varieties of seeds are used,the flat variety called coffee Arabia and the round variety called fibre.The fibre is more expensive and a delicate flavour.the Arabia gives a strong extraction . THE BLEND OF THE RATIOS OF 1:2 IS FOUND TO BE GOOD COMBINATION. Coffee is often roasters and ground at home .A small quantity should be roasted at a time so that the beans can puff out well.The temperature should be high initially and lowed when the seeds begin to crackle.If the temperature is high in the latter stages ,some of the volatile substance aroma of good coffee is lost. The roasted beans shout have puffed out well and should be capable of easily being crushed with the hand and the inside should be uniformly brown.Over roasting turns the coffee seeds black and the resulting coffee is very bitter and lacks a good flavour. The coffee powder should be store in clean and dry airtight containers preferably made of glass....

SWEET LASSI Ingredients 1 cup curds 3-4 t sugar 1/2 cup water 4-5 ice cubes METHOD Blend curds with sugar and water in a blender till sugar is well blended now add remaining water and crushed ice cubes.blend well and pour in a tall glass.

Zeera pani Ingredients 1 small lemon size Tamarind 5 g ginger few mint leaves 1 -2 t jeera(cumin seeds) 1/8 t black salt 1-2 cup water 1 cinnamon 1 cloves salt to taste 1/2 t lemon juice 1-2 t sugar 5-6 ice cubes METHOD Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water on overnight Take out the tamarind pulp with the finger Add 1/2 cup of water ,mix and pass through a fine strainer discard fibres Grind ginger,mint leaves,cinnamon,cloves to a fine paste Mix well with the strained tamarind juice and leave for at least 2 hours. Strain through muslin cloth,and add the lemon juice and ice cube for chilling.add sugar if zeera pani is too sour.serve long glass with lemon slice and mint leaves.

Lemonade Ingredients 2-3 T Lemon juice(1 large size Lemon) 1/2 cup soda 1 cup water of chilled water 3-4 t sugar a pinch of salt a sprig of mint leaves 5-7 crushed ice cubes METHOD Dissolve the sugar in a 1/2 cup of water . Add the lemon juice,salt,and 1 cup of chilled water in to the dissolve sugar water and mix well add soda serve in tall glasses over crushed ice garnish with mint leaves