Chocolate Jam Cake, Baked Cheese Sandwich And Labnani Chickpea Stew by Rida Aftab

Ingredients for Chocolate Jam Cake:

For Cake:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1-1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate sauce 
  
• 200 grams butter
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 packet milk chocolate

For Jam:

• 1 cup strawberry jam
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch of red color
• 1/2 cup caster sugar

Method:

1. For making jam: Take strawberry, chopped ginger, lemon juice, red color, chopped sugar, melt it until it becomes thick.
2. Now take it out and chill it.
3. For making cake: heat the oven for 180 degree C, grease it before placing it in oven.
4. Then beat the eggs, vanilla essence keep it on a side.
5. Now add flour, baking powder, salt, filter it.
6. Then put the white butter, sugar, beat it till it becomes fluffy, then fold it slowly with egg mixture.
7. Then pour milk, chocolate sauce, mix it well.
8. Now put the ready batter, then chocolate sauce, then put the strawberry jam layer.
9. Now put the batter layer and chocolate sauce.
10. In the end make layer of strawberry jam, make the sides with the help of folk. bake it for 20 - 25 minutes, garnish it with ready chocolate sauce.

Ingredients for Labnani Chickpea Stew:

• 2 cups boiled chick peas
• 1/2 kg chicken boneless
• 2 cups stock
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp garlic paste
• 2 tbsp crushed cumin
• 1/2 kg boiled tomatoes
• 1 tsp crushed red chili
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 red chilies
• 4 tbsp lemon juice
• coriander as required
• 3-4 tbsp oil

Method:

1. Cook the chicken in water.
2. Now add garlic paste, salad leaves, When it remains 2 cup water then filter it.
3. Then make small piece of chicken.
4. After that heat the oil in different pan, add boiled tomatoes.
5. Along salt, chopped red chili, chopped cumin, fresh red chilies.
6. Now add chicken, boiled chick peas.
7. Then chicken stock, leave it to cook for half an hour.
8. In the end put green coriander, lemon juice and turn off the stove.

Ingredients for Baked Cheese Sandwich:

• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp garlic chopped
• 4 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp crushed red chili
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 chopped onion
• salad leaves as required
• 4 cheese slices
• 4 burgers buns
• 4 tbsp oil

Method:

1. First beat the eggs, garlic chopped, tomato ketchup, chopped red chili, salt, chopped onion mix it well.
2. Now pour oil, heat it and make omelette.
3. Then cut the buns and put the omellete, cheese slices, keep the temperature of oven till 200 degree C bake it for 20 minutes.
4. Now take it out and put the salad leaves, put another piece of bun, make sandwich.
5. Then cut it from center and then serve.