Lemon Cooler, Paneer Salad And Coconut Cake by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients For Coconut Cake:

• Butter  125 gm
• Coconut essence  1/2 tsp
• Caster sugar  220 gm
• Eggs  2
• Desiccated coconut 1/2 cup
• Flour  1 1/2 cup
• Baking powder  1 tbsp
• Cream  300 gm
• Lemon (juice)
• Milk  1/3 cup

For Icing:

• Icing sugar  2 cup
  
• Desiccated coconut  1 1/3 cup
  
• Egg white  2
  
• Pink food color  few drops 

Method:

1. Beat butter and sugar, add essence, beat in eggs one by one, add in desiccated coconut, flour, baking powder, cream, lemon juice and milk, spread mixture in greased and lined cake tin bake for an hour at 180 degree C.
2. For the icing sugar with desiccated coconut, egg whites, very little pink food color and spread over top of cake.

Ingredients For Paneer Salad:

• Cottage cheese  200 gm
  
• Green capsicum  1 medium
  
• Tomato  1 medium
  
• Onions  2 medium 
  
• Black peppercorns  4-5
  
• Red chili crushed 1/2 tsp
  
• Green chili  1
  
• Chaat masala  1 tsp
• Coriander leaves  1 tbsp
  
• Lemon juice  half
  
• Salt  to taste
  
• Oil  for greasing

Method:

1. Roast green capsicum, tomato and onion on a pan.
2. Apply little oil at regular intervals.
3. Similarly, roast the thick paneer into big pieces and  mix them in a bowl.
4. Add crushed black peppercorns, red chili flakes, green chili, chaat masala, coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt and mix well.
5. Transfer into a serving plate, sprinkle some chaat masala and serve.
   

Ingredients For Lemon Cooler

• Lemons  4
  
• Green chili  1
  
• Salt  to taste
  
• Black salt  to taste
  
• Fresh mint leaves  10-12
  
• Caster sugar  2 tbsp
  
• Ice cubes  as required
  
• Fresh mint sprigs  4
• Soda  as required

Method:

1. Quarter three lemons and halve the remaining one.
2. Squeeze the juice from the lemon halves into a stainless steel glass.
3. Put the lemon pieces in it.
4. Add green chili, salt, black salt, mint leaves, and blend.
5. Add powdered sugar, half a cup of water and mix.
6. Add ice cubes and mix well.
7. Put a mint sprig in a serving glass, add ice cubes and strain the mixture through a strainer into the glass.
8. Top it up with soda and mix.
9. Serve immediately.