New Year Cake And Kashmiri Pulao by Chef Zakir

Ingredients for New Year Cake:

• Eggs  12
• Plain flour  300 grams
• Sugar  300 grams
• Baking powder  20 grams
• Fresh cream  150 grams
• Sugar syrup  2 cups
• Pineapple  1 tin
• Strawberry syrup  as required
• Vanilla essence  few drops
• Icing sugar  100 grams
• White butter  150 grams

Method:

1. First mix the eggs in a bowl, add sugar, baking powder. When sugar is saturated nicely with flour along vanilla essence, mix it in the mixture mold and bake it for 15 minutes put it into preheated oven on 180 degree C.
2. When the sponge becomes ready then take it out from oven in keep it in room temperature for cooling it.
3. For topping pour fresh cream, icing sugar, white butter beat it well in bowl.
4. After that cut the sponge from center like bun into 2 pieces. Put the sugar syrup on both 2 sides.
5. Then paste the butter cream, strawberry on it. Make another layer as same.
6. When putting the last piece then pour fresh cream, chill the cake and place it in fridge to cool.
7. Delicious new year cake is ready.

Ingredients for Kashmiri Pulao:

• Chicken breast boneless  2
• Rice  300 gm
• Salt  to taste
• Ginger garlic paste  1 tbsp
• Green apple  2
• Raisin  50 gm
• Mint leaves  1/4 bunch
• Green chilies  4-6
• Bay leaves  1-2
• Whole spices  as required
• Nutmeg mace powder  1/2 tsp
• Saffron 1
• Milk  1/2 cup
• Ghee 1/4 cup
• Pistachio  25 gm
• Almonds blanched  25 gm

Method:

1. First pour oil in a pan add ginger garlic paste, chicken breast, curry leaves, garam masala, cook it till the chicken colour is changes.
2. Then put the apple pieces, raisins.
3. Cook it for 2 minutes and add green chilies, chopped nutmeg, mace.
4. Then add pistachio, almonds, and rice.
5. Pour 1/2 cup water and half cup of milk.
6. Now let the rice cooked. When the rice starts to simmer add saffron, simmer it till 10 minutes then serve.