Valentine Dinner

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Menu:
Main Course

• Fish Fry 
• Simple lentil 
• Beet root salad
• White plain rice
• Chapattis 

Beverage

• Guava punch

Dessert

• Carrot halwa (Gajar ka halwa)

Fish fry:

Marinate Ingredients

1. Fish, I have used Salmon, but can be done with any of your favourite flesh fish
2. 1 1/2 tea spoon turmeric
3. 1 tablespoon shredded coconut
4. 2 teaspoon dania powder or curry powder
5. Curry patta or curry leaves 6 to 10 leaves
6. salt as per taste
7. 1 tablespoon all purposee flour or maida
8. 3 tablespoon oil
9. 2 chilies or as per taste
10. 1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder
11.  1 tea spoon ginger paste 

Frying Ingredients

1. I tablespoon oil
2. 1 teaspoon mustard seeds

Instructions

• Grind the coconut. curry leaves, chilies and ginger together.
• Pour them in a bowl and add the above ingredients along with the oil.
• Keep it for 20 mins.
• In a pan add the mustard seeds, let them pop and then put the marinated fish slices cook them on both the sides till tender and cooked and white.

Simple Lentil

Ingredients:

1. Half cup yellow moong dal  
2. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
3. 2 tomatoes chopped
4. Salt as per taste
5. 1 teaspoon turmeric
6. Some cilantro 
7. 1 tablespoon oil

Instructions:

• Soak the moong dal for 10 to 15 mins.
• Put the oil in the pressure cooker and add the cumin seeds
• When it is cooked a bit before it burns add the chopped tomatoes
• Add the turmeric and salt
• Add the dal and close the lid
• After 3 whistles switch off the gas
• Later add cilantro as a herb and also for garnish 

Enjoy ypur main course with plain white salted rice and chapattis or naan.
Guava Punch

Ingredients

• Guava juice
• 2 Lemon
• Vodka (optional)

Instructions

Add some ice in the shaker and then add Guava juice. Squeeze a lemon in it. Add a shot of Vodka if you like, Shake it well and pour it in your glass and enjoy.

Gajar ka Halwa ( Carrot halwa)

Ingredients

1. Red shredded carrots 2 kilos ( around 4.5 pounds)
2. 1 1/2 liter 2 % or whole milk (
3. 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
4. Handful of almonds
5. Sugar 1/4 kilo or as per taste.
6. 3 tablespoon ghee

Instructions

• Soak the poppy seeds in a bowl and keep it aside for 20 to 30 mins
• Add Ghee in a pan and add the shredded carrots to cook it.
• Once it reaches half pour in the milk.
• Add in the poppy seeds (Khas Khas)
• Keep cooking it in medium to low flame.
• Crush the almonds in tiny pieces and add it to the boil
• Keep stirring it from time to time, till the milk and carrots gets fully boiled and cooked. 
• Optional to add chopped dry dates.