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.

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