Wednesday 3 December 2014

Garam masala recipe

Garam Masala, the aromatic blend of spices...A must in Indian cooking.
& store-bought can't beat the taste of a homemade masala.
It's easy to make at home..A magical spice for Indian food.
Kushbu or swaad ka tadka






Ingredients

Black pepper 100 gm
Cumin seeds 50 gm
Mace 25 gm
Tailed pepper 25 gm
Caraway seeds 10 gm
Cloves 25 gm
Black cardamom 12
Cinnamon 10 sticks
Nutmeg 2 
Green cardamom 10
Bay Leaf 20 leaves



Heat a pan &  lightly dry roast the spices for 5 min except cardamoms.
Grind these spices to a fine powder.
Store garam masala powder in an air-tight container & in  dark place.
You can store them in zip pouches.
You can skip green cardamom.
This masala powder is very strong, just add a little garam masala in your dishes.











Monday 17 November 2014

Oats choco-lava cup cake

Oats choco-Lava cup cake..
Again a successful experiment, Super moist & fluffy Oats choco cupcakes in just 2 min.
Health with taste. 
My daughter liked it too much 
It's so good that you can't stop at one.









ingredients

1 tbsp oats ( roasted & powdered)
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp oil or butter
1 1/2 tbsp coca powder
5 tbsp milk
chocolate in small 4 pieces






Mix all things together in a bowl except chocolate.
Spoon the mixture in to the silicone muffin mold until they half full. put a chocolate piece in between.
Microwave them for 1 min to 1 min 30 second.
Delicious cup cakes ready.




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Saturday 1 November 2014

Yummy wheat veggie roll

Healthy diet-wheat Roll 
with minimum oil & fresh veggies, a delicious layer of gram flour inside
Now diet food is easy & yummy too.
low fat, low calorie







ingredients

wheat dough
3 tbsp gram flour
1/4 tsp ajwain
1/4 tsp chilli powder
salt to taste 
1 tsp lemon juice
1 onion sliced
i tomato chopped
1 tbsp coriander leaves
2 tbsp chopped paneer
1 green chilli chopped
1 tsp tomato sauce
1/2 tsp chilli sauce
1 tsp oil



Mix gram flour with chilli powder, salt, ajwain & water and make a thick paste.
In another bowl mix onion, green chilli, tomato,coriander leaves, paneer,lemon juice & salt together.
Roll the dough like a chapati, roast it on low flame on a non stick tava when done from one side spread the gram flour paste on it evenly.
Now roast it from both with some oil when done off the flame.
Now spread tomato & chilli sauce on the chapati & stuff it with some filling.
Roll it & enjoy with fresh chutny.


i added some amla chutny in filling for some more benefits.








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Sunday 19 October 2014

Badami-Besan-Laddu

Badami-Besan-Laddu, very simple to make.
moms taste 






Ingredients 

1 & 1/2 cup besan
1/2 cup sugar
4 tbsp ghee
4 tbsp roasted & grind almond powder
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
pinch of yellow color



 




Heat a pan add besan & roast well till light brown color. Add almond & 2 tbsp ghee mix well & remove from the heat.
Let it cool a bit.
Grind sugar with yellow color.
Add sugar, cardamom powder & 2 tbsp ghee in besan. Mix well & make round shape laddus.
Garnish it with pistachio.
Yummy laddus ready. 
Please try & let me know how it was.






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Monday 6 October 2014

No bake cake

It's good to try a new thing always









Ingredients 

8 tbsp cream
1 bar chocolate
5 tbsp butter
1 pack digestive biscuit
1 tsp powder sugar
2 banana sliced
2 tbsp nutella
2 tbsp DDL


Place the biscuits in the bowl of a food processor and process until finely crushed. Add the butter, DDL and process until well combined.




fluted cake tin with removable base.Use the back of a metal spoon to firmly press the biscuit mixture over the base and side.


Spread nutella on the mixture.



Place banana slices on it.



Preaper a chocolate mixture. Heat some water in a deep pan with paper towel. Place a small pan on it & add chocolate & sugar stir well till mix well. Remove from heat & add cream to it. Mix well.






Pour this Mixture on the biscuit base.






Refrigerate it for 2 hours then freeze it for 1 hour or more.
Remove the tin. 



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Friday 26 September 2014

Yummy rice kheer my way

Khushbudar Kheer my style to eat kheer thick, vanilla flavored,chilled with lots of dry fruits, just like an Ice-Cream.
yaammm i am in heaven.
My sasumaa asked me kis cheez ki khushbu hai...










Ingredients
1/2 cup rice washed & socked
1 liter milk
5 tbsp sugar (can adjust as per taste)
1 tbsp butter (amul)
4 drops vanilla essence
10 almonds sliced
5 pistachio sliced
8 kishmish (raisins)






Boil milk first, Then add soaked rice to boiled milk.
Cook this mixture on low heat . Keep stir kheer in regular interval.
When the mixture is ready & thick then add sugar and stir with a spoon.
When sugar mixed well then add butter, almonds and raisins. Cook for another 2-3 min. Switch off the flame, add vanilla essence stir well.
Garnish it withe almond & pistachio.
You can serve this recipe after cooling, this will give you wonderful taste.
Choose new rice it will give your kheer a creamy texture.








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Thursday 25 September 2014

Ravioli in homemade sauce

Try ravioli at home, with all easily available  ingredients at home.







Ingredients

For dough-
3 cups maida
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp milk
Flour for dusting 

For filling-
2 cheese cube grated
100 gm paneer grated
3 Cheese Italian Blend 
1 eggs beaten
salt to taste
1/2 tsp pepper

For sauce-
1 large onion chopped
1 & 1/2 tbsp olive oil
4 garlic cloves chopped
2 big tomatoes grated
1 green chilli chopped
salt to taste
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp schezwan sauce





In a mixing bowl Add in the 3-cheese blend, cheese, paneer, egg, salt, and pepper.
Mix all ingredients until you have a paste like consistency. Cover it & place in the refrigerator for  30 min.
Crack eggs in a bowl and beat them well. Add milk, oil, and salt. Mix it again.
Add some flour to the bowl mix the flour with liquid. repeat it with the rest of the flour. Make a smooth dough. On a large work surface , dust it with flour. Now roll the dough.
Knead until it becomes elastic. 
Roll out the dough until it is about 1/3 cm. thick.
With a water glass, cut out circles in the dough. Take out the ravioli filling & place a tablespoon of it in middle of a dough.
Fold the dough in half over the filling to make a half-moon shape or place one circle on it to make a full moon shape. Be sure that all the filling stays inside. Pinch the edges together and then seal the edges of the ravioli with a fork.
Dust the ravioli with some flour to keep them from sticking together.
Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Place the ravioli in boiling water for 8-10 minutes until they float.

Heat oil in a pan, Add garlic, onion, chilli saute for a min. Now add tomato, salt 2 tbsp water & pepper . Cook it for 10 min on medium. Add schezwan sauce stir it. Now add ravioli mix all together.
Top with some fresh cheese over it. Enjoy.

Filling can be changed, you can add chicken, veggies or mushrooms.








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