REPUBLIC DAY RECIPES
Let's celebrate our Republic Day with a few Tricolour Recipes to mark this occasion. The best thing about Republic Day is that it is a national holiday.
After the flag hoisting ceremeony in schools, colleges or the work places, people settle down in their houses to rest for a day. But we should not forget its immense significance which we often tend to ignore in our busy lives. Being a part of a Republican country we have all kinds of freedom in our lives. We should hence thank the fathers of our constitution and celebrate the Republic Day with the spirit of nationalism.
TRICOLOUR LASAGNA 
Prep Time
Cook Time
Serves
60 mins
4-6
Ingredients
Lasagne sheets
200 gms
Parmesan cheese
300 gms
Fresh button mushrooms
100 gms
Water
3 cups
For Garnishing
Mushroom
few thin slices
Tomato
few strips
Capsicum
few strips
Corn seeds
few
Tomato for design
3
For Green layer: (For Bottom Green Layer)
American corn boiled
50 gms
Spinach piree
100 gms
Oil
1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ginger, chili and garlic paste
2 tbsp
For Bechamel Sauce: (For Middle White Layer)
Butter
1 tbsp
Refined flour
1 tbsp
Milk
1 cup
Salt and pepper to taste
Nutmeg powder
pinch
For Tomato Salsa: (For Top Saffron Layer)
Tomatoes
200 gms
Onion
2
Capsicum
1 small
Spring onions
a few sprigs
Cumin seeds
a pinch
Oil
1 tbsp
Tobasco sauce
2 tbsp
Mixed herbs
2 pinches
Salt to taste
Method
- Boil enough water to immense the Lasagne sheets. Put the sheets in the water for 10-15 minutes, covered. In the meanwhile, finely chop the tomatoes, onions, capsicum and spring onions.
- Heat oil in a microwave open for 20 seconds on HIGH. Add a pinch of cumin seeds, reheat it for 10 seconds.
- Now add the onions to it and cook for 1 minute. Now add the tomato and capsicum and cook for 2 minutes. Add a little water if it starts drying. Stir it nicely. Add the spring onions, tobasco sauce, mixed herbs, salt and cook for 30 seconds.
- Take out the Lasagne sheets and lay them on a kitchen towel to let them dry. Turn them after few minutes to let it dry on other side.
- In another pan, mix the boiled corn, spinach puree, ginger-chili-garlic paste and salt. Cook for 2 minute and keep it aside.
- In another oven-proof pan, melt the butter, add the flour and stir it properly and cook for 2 minutes or until brown in colour, stirring at regular intervals.
- Add the milk, stir and cook for 3 minutes on HIGH till it thickens. Add the seasoning and cook for another 30 seconds.
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Add the boiled mushrooms and cook for 1 minute and keep it aside.
- Layer a few sheets of lasagne to cover the bottom of a deep rectangular oven-proof dish. Now, pour the corn-spinach mixture to make a thick llayer. Sprinkle grated cheese and mixed herbs.Cover with few sheets.
- Now its turn for the mushroom-bechimal sauce to form a thick layer over the sheets. Spread grated cheese again. Sprinkle little mixed herbs over it and cover with again a layer of lasagne sheets.
- Pour the salsa evenly on the sheets to form a thick layer.
- Sprinkle generous amount of cheese and mixed herbs on the top. Dot with little butter. Bake for 5-7 minutes on GRILL mode until the desired browning is done.
- Let it settle for 2 minutes and then garnish it. Re-warm if required.
- Serve hot as it is or with fresh green salad.
TRICOLOUR SUNDAE
Prep Time
Cook Time
Serves
10 mins
1
Ingredients
Orange flavored ice cream
1 scoop
Vanilla flavored ice cream
1 scoop
Mint flavored ice cream/ Vanilla ice cream topped with khus syrup to get the green colour
1 scoop
Nuts to garmish
Wafer biscuits to garnish
Mixed fruits(optional)
1 tbsp
Cherry on top
Method
- Take a long stemmed glass.
- Put in few fruits, if using them.
- Put in the scoop of Mint ice cream, or the vanilla ice cream.
- Put a generous amount of khus syrup all over to get the green color. Now top it with vanilla ice cream.
- Add some fruits again. Now top it with Orange ice cream. You can even add little orange syrup to enhance the color.
- Garnish with nuts and top it with a cherry.
- Place a cherry on top and serve immediately.
TRICOLOUR RIM JHIM
Prep Time
Cook Time
Serves
10 mins
1
Ingredients
Khus syrup
2 tbsp
Sprite / 7UP / any soda
1/2 cup
Mirinda orange
1/2 cup
Lemon juice
2 tbsp
Salt
A little
Crushed ice
A generous amount
Method
- Take a mocktail glass.
- Pour in khus syrup.
- Put some crushed ice. Add a dash of lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Do not mix it.
- Add Sprite very gently through the sides of the glass. Do it very gently, so that the liquids do not mix.
- Again add some ice, lemon juice and salt.
- Now add Mirinda Orange very gently through the sides.
- This may need a little practice and patience. But believe me, the results will show wonders and give you lots of praises