Iftar Recipes: Layered prawns and cheese cake

Home & Away Monday 28/May/2018 18:29 PM
By: Times News Service
Iftar Recipes: Layered prawns and cheese cake

This is an oil-free spicy cake made of rice. You can have with pickles or sauces.

Ingredients
For base
• 2 cups biryani rice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
• Salt to taste

For filling (masala)
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 onions
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 green chillies
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1kg prawns
• 2 tablespoons coriander leaves
• Ghee
• 1/4 cup each Parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese

For garnish
Cashew nuts and raisins

Preparation
For base
Soak rice for 4 hours. Grind it very well with coconut milk. Add cardamom powder and salt. The batter should be loose.

For masala
Take a kadai or a wok and sauté onions, tomatoes, green chillies, ginger-garlic paste, and chilli powder in oil. Once the masala is cooked well add salt, prawns and coriander leaves. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Then switch off the gas. Take a steam pan and spread ghee. Pour a layer of the base and let it set for 5 minutes on fire. Spread the masala and cheese. Then again pour the base layer and let it set. Continue the process till the steam pan is full. Garnish with cashewnuts and raisins. Cook for 10 minutes, switch off the flame. The layered prawns and cheese cake is ready.