Meal for two

Nothing brings a couple closer than cooking a meal together and today is the perfect day to do that. Try your hand at these mouth watering treats and have a perfect Valentine's Dayu00a0

Chocolate Streaked Satinu00a0

Ingredients

2 cups orange juice, chilled
2 cups cranberry juice, chilledu00a0
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Chocolate syrup as required
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Method

Line four glasses with chocolate syrup in a pattern.

Process orange juice and cranberry juice with vanilla ice cream in a blender until smooth.

Pour into the chocolate-lined glasses and serve immediately.

Avocado and Chicken Salad

Ingredients
1 medium avocadou00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
1 chicken breast, boiled, thinly slicedu00a0u00a0u00a0
1/2 bunch iceberg lettuce, hand tornu00a0
2 stalks celery, thinly slicedu00a0u00a0u00a0
2 eggs, boiled, slicedu00a0u00a0u00a0
1 medium tomato, slicedu00a0u00a0u00a0For dressing
4 tbsp cheese spreadu00a0u00a0u00a0
White pepper powder to tasteu00a0u00a0
4 tbsp fresh creamu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
2 tbsp parsley, choppedu00a0u00a0u00a0
6-8 garlic cloves, choppedu00a0u00a0u00a0
Salt to taste
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Method

Peel, halve, de-seed and thinly slice avocado.

For dressing mix cheese spread, white pepper powder, fresh cream, parsley, garlic and salt and set aside.

Make a bed of iceberg lettuce leaves on the serving dish. Alternately arrange the chicken slices, avocado slices and celery, egg slices and tomato slices.

Pour the dressing over the salad and serve immediately.u00a0

Prawn and Cinnamon Brown Riceu00a0u00a0

Ingredients

300 gm prawns, peeled and deveined
11/2 cups short grain brown rice, soaked
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
2 one-inch sticks cinnamon
4 tbsp olive oil
10 garlic cloves, chopped
4-5 shallots, chopped
1/4u00a0tsp white pepper powder
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp dried mixed herbs
1/4 tsp red chilli flakes

Method

Heat the olive oil in a deep pan; add the cinnamon and saute for half a minute. Add the garlic and sautu00c3u00a9 till lightly browned.u00a0

Add the shallots and saute till translucent. Add the drained brown rice and continue to saute for one minute.

Add the cinnamon powder and white pepper powder and mix well.u00a0 Add four cups of water and salt and bring to a boil.

Cover and cook over medium heat till half done. Stir in the prawns, mixed herbs and chilli flakes, cover and cook till both the rice and prawns are done.u00a0u00a0

Serve hot.

Strawberry Panna Cotta

Ingredients

1 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp unflavoured gelatin
1/2 cup strawberry crush
2 cups cream
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Method

Boil milk with sugar in a deep pan. Cool it down to room temperature.

Soften gelatin in four tbsp of hot water and stir it into the milk.

Add the strawberry crush and cream and mix well.

Pour into eight ramekins (small individual bowls) or moulds and place in refrigerator to set.

Serve chilled.

Shopping list for next week

PISTA LAMB CHOPSu00a0
150 gm unsalted pistachios,u00a0
8 racks of lamb (2 bones in each piece), 2 pods garlic, A few sprigs fresh rosemary
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PEANUT SESAME CHICKEN
500 gm boneless chicken breasts, 200 ml orange juice, 50 gm sesame seeds, 1 cup peanuts, 1 bottle sesame oil, 1 bottle soy sauce, 1 packet wonton wrappers, 1 packet cornflour, 1 packet baby corn
1 small red capsicum, 1 small head broccoli

MASALA KAJU BADAM
100 gm almonds, 100 gm cashew nuts, 10 gm dried red chillies, 1 packet star anise, 1 pack dry mango powder, 1 packet black salt, 1 small bottle honey

WALNUT CHOCOLATE FUDGEu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
100 gm dark chocolate, 100 gm unsalted butter, 100 gm khoya/mawa, 50 gm walnuts, 1 tin condensed milk, 1 bottle vanilla essence