Dear Readers,
In this, our last edition for 2018, we bring you four more delicious recipes by well known culinary experts. Try them out and enjoy. We will come into your homes in 2019 with many more exciting features.
Until then, Happy cooking!
Nira
The Sunday Observer wishes you A VERY HAPPY 2019!
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Chilled Fruit Punch
Ingredients:
½ pint boiling water, 3 tsp tea leaves,2 tbsp lemon juice, 2tbsp orange juice, 4 tbsp apple juice,2 cups gigner beer, ½ pint cold water, few ice cubes
Method
Pour boiling water over thetea, brew for 5 minutes.Strain and cool.Combine tea with fruit juice , water, sugar and chill. Just before serving add ginger beer and ice cubes. Garnish with lemon and cherries.
Dr. Ms. Mallika Joseph Mallika School of Home Science Bambalapitiya, Colombo
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Apple Spice Ring
Ingredients
460 gms dessert apple,90 gms ground hazel nuts,120 gms whole meal flour,30 gms bran,60 gms sugar,1 1/2 tsps baking powder, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 01 pinch ground nutmeg,01 pinch ground cardamom, 30 gms melted margarine, 120 ml skimmed milk
To decorate
Slices of desert aplle ad icing sugar
Method
Grate the apple with the skin on the coarse side of a grater. Place the grated apple in a mixing bowl with the ground hazelnuts. Stir in the wholemeal flour,bran,sugar,baking powder and spices. Mix till the ingredients are well blended.Add the melted margarine and beat till it is evenly blended. Stir in the milk and mix to a stiff batter. Carefully, spoon the mixture into an 08” ring baking tin. Level the top.Bake for 45 minutes ( 180 c -350 F – gas mark 4). Allow the baked cake to cool slightly in the tin and then transfer to a wire tray to cool further. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with apple slices.
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Cabbage Fruit Salad
Ingredients
150 gms shredded cabbage , 02 oranges – (peeled and cut into ½ “ pieces),01 green apple (washed and cut into small cuts), ½ cup seedless red grapes, ½ cup seedless green grapes, ¼ cup dried raisins, ½ cup mayonnaise, ¼ cup milk, 01 tbs lemon juice, 01 tbs sugar, salt to taste, ½ cup roasted cadjunut pieces
Method
In a bowl ,toss the cabbage, orange,green apple, grapes and raisins. Cover and refrigerate. In a small bowl combine the mayonnaise,milk,lemon juice , sugar and salt. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving stir in the dressing and the roasted cadjunuts.
Lalith Jeewananda Executive Chef Hotel Sapphire Wellawatte Colombo 06.