New York Cheesecake

flour

cereal

sugar

butter

mix to make a base that sticks together and tastes nice but not too sweet

pre bake

500g (approx 3 packets) cream cheese

1 1/2 cup sugar

mix

1/2 cup milk

add 4 eggs one at a time

1 cup cream with vinegar (or sour cream)

1 tbs vanilla essence

1/4 cup flour

mix

pour onto crust

bake till golden top and almost clean knife

detach sides and let cool in oven overnight (prevents cracks)

fridge next day

Garlic Bread

50/50 butter and olive oil

mix in pepper, salt, garlic and oregano to taste

spread on bread

bake till brownish

add shredded mozzarella

bake till cheese melted and little brown

Chicken Biryani

Marinate 2 hrs or overnight 4 pcs chicken

3 tbs curd

ginger garlic paste

salt

turmeric (haldi)

chilly powder

coriander powder (dhaniya powder)

Oil in pan, shallow fry

10-15 cloves (long)

1 broken cinnamon stick

3-4 bay leaves

Wait for popping

1 long sliced onion

2-3 chopped tomatoes 

Stir

ginger garlic paste

1 chilly scored into 4

2-3 minced (or diced) tomatoes

Cumin seed powder (jeera powder)

coriander powder (dhaniya powder)

turmeric (haldi)

salt

Boil on low for 15-20 mins

add chicken 

Boil on med for 10 mins (half cooked)

add 2 cup rice + 4 cups water

Remove floating spices

Cover and cook till rice cooked

Uncover and cook till water evaporated

Makes enough for 4 full meals

Cheese Dip

1 cup milk

Sprinkling Cornstarch

Simmer and stir till thickens

Add grated cheddar

Salt and pepper to taste

Savoury Pretzels

1 1/4 cup 45 degree water

4 tsp dried yeast

Sprinkling sugar

10 mins, till frothy

3 cups flour

Sprinkling salt

1/2 cup salt

Hole

1 tbs butter

Activated yeast

Knead

Add as much flour as needed to bring to consistency (took me 3/4th cup)

Bunch of chopped chives

1 tbs ginger garlic paste

Sprinkling oregano

Sprinkling pepper

Cover and let double

Cut up and shape

4 cups water

3 tbs baking soda

Dunk and boil for 30 sec

Bake at 5 o clock till golden brown

Cookie Dough for Ice Cream

2/3 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup sugar 

1/4 cup butter

Splash of vanilla essence

2 cups flour

Pinch of salt

Milk till right consistency (not stick but not too hard)

Chopped up chocolate

Made enough generous chunks for 4 litres of plain vanilla