Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup starter
3 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts
2 apples – peeled, cored, chopped

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt, set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the Amish Friendship Starter, eggs, oil and vanilla. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients, until just blended. Finally stir in the chopped nuts and apples. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans.
3. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.
4. Makes 2 loaves.

Thandai - Famous North India cold drink

In India, all foods are believed to be either heat-giving or cooling. Thandai is a North-Indian drink made especially when the hot, dry summer winds blow through the region leaving everything and everybody parched. This thirst-quencher is tasty and cooling. The recipe below makes 6 glasses.

Ingredients:

• 1 litre milk
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 30 almonds blanched
• 6 tsps whole pumpkin/sunflower seeds (unsalted)
• 1 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 3 tsps rose water (optional)

Summer Drink - Aam Panna

Ingredients for Aam Panna:

Raw Mango - 4
Roasted Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Mint Leaves
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Salt/rock salt to taste
Water - 4 cup

Aam panna preperation method:

Boil mangoes in a pressure cooker for 5-10 minutes. Cool and strain to get the liquid. Add Sugar,salt(preferably rock salt) and roasted cumin powder in the liquid. A few mint leaves are mixed to it to give the refeshing flavor. Served with crushed ice to enhance its cooling effect, it is a very tasty and refreshing drink. Aam Panna is one of the most popular drink in India and is very effective to beat the North Indian heat.