Avial

Ingredients:
-Avial mix( or some other vegetable mix)
-Yogurt
-Grated coconut
-Cumin seeds
-Chilli powder
-Turmeric powder
-Salt
-Water

Preparation:
1) Mix grated coconut, yogurt and cumin in mixie/grinder and keep this mixture aside.
2) Semi-cook the avial mix with water on gas; make sure all the water is evaporated.
3) Add salt, turmeric and chilli powder in the mixture.
4) Add the yogurt-coconut-cumin seeds mix in it and stir it very well.
5) Let it cook with lid on so that vegetables are completely cooked.

Mock vegetarian chicken salad

Relish Ingredients:
-3-4 cups of finely chopped tomatoes
-1 cup of finely chopped onions
-1 cup of finely chopped green pepper
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 cup vinegar
-2 tsp of celery seeds/2 tsp of dried basil leaves
-1/2 tsp black pepper

Salad Ingredients:
-Salad greens (Indian Mustard leaves/Kale/Baby Spinach/Parsley/Cilantro/etcetra)
-Celery/stalk
-Relish
-Mock Vegetarian Chicken
-1/2 tsp ground thyme
-1/2 tsp black pepper
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 tbsp minced parsley
-Finely diced 1-2 carrot
-1/4 tsp dill
-Lemon juice

Relish Preparation:
1) Mix vinegar and sugar in order to dissolve sugar.
2) Add all the relish chopped items
3) Add celery seeds/basil leaves and black pepper
4) Transfer the relish in air tight glass container and put in fridge.

Salad Preparation:
1) Cut the greens in salad eatable size
2) Add relish
3) Keep the mock chicken in boiled water for 10-15 min.
4) Take out the mock chicken from boiled water and cut in thin pieces.
5) Mix the mock chicken pieces in the salad.
6) Add carrots, celery, parsley
7) Add lemon juice
8) Add thyme, salt, black pepper and dill
9) Mix well.

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients:
-225 gms Maida (all-purpose flour)
-400 gms Sweetened Condensed Milk
-2-3 tbsp Cocoa Powder
-1 tsp Baking Powder
-1 tsp Cooking Soda
-125 gms Butter
-200 ml Aerated Cola Drink
-A pinch of Salt
-125 gms Dairy Milk Choclate (For Frosting)
-250 gms Fresh Whipped Cream (For Frosting)

Preparation:
1) Place a thick bottomed pan on very low flame and melt butter in it. Let it cool little after butter is melted.
2) Add condended milk and mix well.
3) Sift maida, cocoa powder, baking powder, cooking soda and salt together in separate container; make sure no lumps are there.
4) Grease a baking tray with butter, dust it with maida, and keep it aside.
5) Take a pan with little butter and put the maida mixture with the condensed milk-butter mixture.
6) Now add aerated cola in it and mix it well.
7) Pour the batter into the greased baking tray and bake for 30-40 min at 350 F.
8) When it is done, let it cool and then slit it horizontally into two.
9) Whip the cream till light and fluffy.
10) Sandwich the two layers of cake with whipped cream.
11) Top with whipped cream.
12) Grate dairy milk choclate bar and sprinkle over the cake.
13) Serve it chilled.

Note: Instead of whipped cream and grated choclate, readymade frosting can be used as well.