Christmas Fruit Cake

             This has been one  of the best christmas gift last year, to all my loved ones...

Ingredients
Dried fruits such as raisins cranberries almonds hazelnuts prunes, dates soaked in rum for couple of hrs,
                     for best flavour soak it and keep 3 months ahead, which i did .
All purpose flour  2cups
baking powder 1 tsp
butter 2 sticks
icing sugar 2 n half cup
eggs  3
cinnamon powder 1 tsp
ginger powder 1 tsp
nutmeg powder 1 tsp
vanilla essence 1 tsp

Caramel Sauce
sugar  6 tbsp
lemon juice few drops
water 3tbsp

Method
               For the caramel sauce
                                      Add the sugar n water let it heat till the sugar melts and gives a caramel colour to it, do not stir, during the process once the sugar is caramalized  add a few drops of lemon juice to prevent it from crystalizing. Let it cool.
 Cake
           Mix in the flour with all the dry ingredients and keep aside.
          In a bowl  add in the butter and sugar stir well to a smooth mixture, then add in the egg yolks one at a time,mixing well, then add in the vanilla essence and all the dry ingredients ,In a seperate bowl mix in the egg whites till its stiff and add it to the cake batter lastly add in the dried fruits soaked in the rum and the caramel sauce mix well ,Pre heat the oven to 200 degree and bake for an hour...
   top it with icing sugar for garnish.....
serve with whipped cream.        

Chicken Tikka

Method:

Chicken 200gms cut into cubes
capsicum 1. cut into chunks
onions 1  cut in to square

Marinade:
1 cup yogurt
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp dhaniya powder
1 tsp garam masala powder

Method :
              Marinade the chicken with all the spices for about 8 to 10 hrs, then skewer the chicken capsicum and onions. and grill them..Ready to serve.

Idli

 Idli is a  south indian popular breakfast, Its usually done by steaming the batter and fermenting the lentils.Its usually served with chutney or sambhar.

Ingredients :
2 cup  par boiled rice
1 cup urad dal
1 tsp fenugreek seed

Method :
              Wash and soak rice and dal seperatley.Soak for approximately for 10 hrs.Soak fenugreek along with the urad dal.Grind the urad dal into a smooth consistency,Then grind the rice into a coarse paste .Mix in both the batter together and let it ferment overnight or for 10hrs and then add in the salt.Now the batter is ready.Grease the idly plates with oil and pour a laddle of idly batter into it, and steam the idli for about 10 minutes,Remove from flame and allow it to cool for 5 minutes,Remove it from the mould and serve with chutney.