15-Minute Guide To Saving Valentine’s Day

Lime Pudding

Ingredients

• ¼ cup water
• 1 packet of sugar-free lime flavour gelatin
• 170 grams of fat-free lime pie yogurt
• 500 grams of fat-free whipped topping
• 1 reduced-fat graham cracker piecrust

Preparation

Boil water in microwave and whisk gelatin.

In a large bowl, combine gelatin and yogurt.

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• Fold in whipped topping
• Spread in pie crust
• Refrigerate until set

Garnish

• Lemon Rind

Tiramisu

• 1 tablespoon of dark rum
• 2 teaspoon instant coffee original roast
• 212 grams gelatin vanilla pudding snacks
• 8 pieces of shortcake cookies
• 1 tablespoon of coolwhip light whipped topping

Preparation

• Stir one teaspoon of coffee roast in the pudding snack
• Top with cookies and cool whip
• Serve cold

Garnish

• Sprinkle a little bit of coco-powder on top

Exotic Fruit Cream

Ingredients

• 1 apple
• 1 banana
• 100 gm pineapple
• 1 de-seeded orange
• 2-tablespoon castor sugar
• 100 gms of condensed milk
• 150 grams of sweetened fat free whipped topping

Preparation

• Dice all fruits evenly and mix with castor sugar
• Fold the condensed milk and the whipped cream together

Add the fruits at the base, topping it up with the cream and condensed milk mixture

Add a dollop of whipped cream.

Garnish

• Mint leaf sprig

Dark Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients

• 2 chocolate chip cookies
• 100 gms of Jell-O chocolate splat pudding snack
• 1 tablespoon of cool whip light whipped topping

Preparation

Crumble one cookie in the glass at the bottom.

• Top with chocolate splat pudding
• Add a dollop of whipped cream topping

Garnish

Add half a cookie onto with the whipped cream.

Red Rose Drink

• 40 ml Absolute Peach flavour vodka
• 5 ml pomegranate syrup
• 15 ml cranberry juice

Preparation

Shake it together and then pour it in a wine glass and top it with sparkling wine.

Kiss My Mojito

• 45 ml Bacardi raspberry
• 5 fresh cranberries (muddled)
• 10 ml raspberry syrup
• 30 ml cranberry juice
• Muddled mint leaves (muddled)

Preparation

Shake everything together, pour it in any regular glass and top it with 60 ml soda.

Remarks

Girls really like it because of its fresh aroma and cranberries.

Sweet Surprise

Ingredients

• 45 ml of Absolute Citrus Vodka
• 15 ml quentru
• 15 ml fresh limejuice
• 15 ml cranberry juice
• 10 ml orange juice

Preparation

Shake everything together, then strain and pour it in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish it with cherry.

Lynch Berg Lemonade

Ingredients

• 60 ml Jack Daniel Bourbon Whiskey
• 60 ml of sweet and sour mix
• 30 ml orange juice

Preparation

Shake everything together and top it with splash soda. Garnish with orange slice.

Yaki Udon Noodles

Ingredients

• Udon Noodles 300g blanched
• Onion 25g Julienne
• Mixed Bell Pepper 30g Julienne
• Teriyaki Sauce 25-30g
• Blended fresh Chili paste 5g
• Garlic 10g
• Oil 15ml
• Spring onion 5g
• Prawns (Grade B) 5pieces

Method

Heat wok, add oil & sauté garlic until golden brown add prawns and sauté for a while and add remaining vegetables. toss on high flame until onion gets translucent.

Reduce flame; add blanched noodles, teriyaki sauce, Oyster sauce & fresh chili paste. Toss on high flame until sauce gets coated on noodles( avoid tossing with ladle else noodle will break & look muddled)

Transfer noodles in serving bowl & garnish with chopped spring onion.

**Carnivores can add grilled chicken, prawns as per liking

Sesame Crusted Tuna

Fresh Tuna fillet 100g

Sesame seed (black & white) 20g

White wine 30ml

Fermented bean paste 10g

Blanched green beans 30g

Oil for searing

Mix white wine with fermented bean paste

Brush mixture of wine on tuna fish evenly. Coat mix of white & black sesame seed on fish.

Heat oil until smoking point & immerse coated fish in oil for 15 seconds.

Thinly slice fish & serve on bed of green beans.

Chocolate Shells

Ingredients

• Cream (35% fat and above) 100g
• Melted chocolate 100g
• Khalua 30ml
• Baileys 30ml
• Strawberry chopped 15g
• Strawberry for garnish 1 no
• Chocolate shells/ tequila glass 3-6

Mix melted chocolate in whipped cream

Divide mixture into three equal batches. Mix khalua, baileys, & chopped strawberry in three different bowls & mix well.

Insert flavored mixed cream mixture in piping bag & pipe in chocolate shells or fancy short height glass. Garnish with strawberry flavored with fresh strawberry & other flavors with chocolate cigar.

Strawberry Margarita

Ingredients

• 60 ml Silver Tequila
• 10 ml limejuice
• 10 ml strawberry crush
• 3 fresh strawberries

Preparation

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend them with icecubes. Pour the fluid into a sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with fresh strawberries.

Demerara Fig Mojito

Ingredients

• 4 lemon wedges
• 1.5 bar spoon of Demerara sugar
• 8 mint leaves
• 15 ml limejuice
• 6 infused figs chunk
• 60 ml white rum

Procedure

Squeeze lemon wedges into tomcollins glass. Add mint leaves, limejuice, Demerara sugar, infused figs and muddle it. Add white rum, crushed ice and squeezed lemon wedges into a glass. Mix all the ingredients and top with some crushed ice and garnish with figs, mint sprigs, sugarcane sticks and lime slice.

Velvet Kimono

Ingredients

• 60 ml vodka
• 4 fresh watermelon chunks
• 10 ml watermelon syrup
• 10 ml sweet and sour mix

Procedure

Muddle watermelon chunks, watermelon syrup, and sweet and sour mix. Add vodka and ice. Shake it well and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with three watermelon balls.

From the February 2012 issue of FHM India.