Lovely treat to impress your valentine

CHENNAI: This Valentine Week celebrate your love in a way that is not just warming but also tasty. Try out these recipes curated by chef Roopa Nabar from TTK Prestige and sweeten your partner’s day

Gambaz pilpil

Ingredients:

• Prawns – 10 - 12 (medium, deveined with heads and shells intact)

• Kashmiri dried red chillies - 4-5

• Olive oil - 2 tablespoons

• Crushed garlic - 2 tablespoons

• Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon

• Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoons (chopped fresh)

• Salt to taste

Method:

• Dry roast red chillies in a pan on low heat till fragrant. Remove from heat, cool and grind coarsely in a mixer grinder.

• Add salt and 1 tablespoon oil to the prawns and mix well. Add ground chillies and mix well. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.

• Heat remaining oil in a pan. Add garlic and sauté on high heat till they turn pink.

• Add marinated prawns and toss gently. Cover and cook on low heat for 2 minutes.

• Flip the prawns, cover and cook for 1 minute. Add lemon juice and mix gently. Add 1 tablespoon chopped coriander and mix well.

• Garnish with remaining chopped coriander and serve hot.

Cranberry oat muffins

Ingredients:

• Flour - 1 cup

• Baking powder - 1 tablespoon

• Brown sugar- 1⁄2 cup

• Oats - 1&3/4 cup

• Dried cranberries - 1⁄2 cup

• Chopped walnuts - 1/3 cup

• Eggs - 2 (lightly beaten)

• Butter milk - 1 cup

• Oil - 6 tablespoons

• Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon

Method:

• Pre heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

• In a glass bowl mix flour, baking powder sugar and oats and stir in cranberries and walnut.

• In a separate mixing bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, vanilla essence and oil. Whisk it lightly. Add dry ingredients into this and combine

• Pour the batter into greased muffin tins

• Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes and serve.