RECIPE OF THE DAY || GRILLED VEGAN BEAN BURGER

  

Ingredients

    * 1 16ounce can black beans, drained & rinsed
    * 2 carrots, finely diced
    * 1 onion, chopped
    * 3 cloves garlic, minced
    * 1 tbsp chili powder
    * 1 tbsp cumin
    * 1 tsp hot sauce
    * 1 tsp cinnamon
    * 2 tbsp olive oil
    * 1 cup bread crumbs

Preparation:

   1. Preheat charcoal grill and get it nice and hot.
   2. In a large bowl mash black beans.
   3. Add in carrot, onion, garlic, and all spices and olive oil.
   4. Mix in bread crumbs and make 4 patties.
   5. Place on grill and cook for 7 minutes on each side.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || STRAWBERRY DUMPLINGS

Fresh strawberries make a delicious cobbler-like dish, baked with lightly sweetened drop dumplings. Serve these delicious strawberry dumplings with cream for a wonderful spring or summer treat.

Ingredients:Serves 4 to 6

    * Sauce
    * 1/3 cup granulated sugar
    * 2/3 cup water
    * 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
    * Dumplings
    * 1 cup all-purpose flour
    * 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
    * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    * 1/2 teaspoon salt
    * 4 tablespoons butter
    * 1/2 cup milk
    * 2 cups cleaned and hulled fresh strawberries
    * 1 tablespoon granulated sugar for topping

Preparation:

In a saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup sugar with water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla.

Heat oven to 450°.

Meanwhile, while sugar mixture is simmering, combine the flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Cut in the 4 tablespoons of butter until mixture is crumbly. Add the milk and stir just until moistened and holding together.

Put strawberries in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart baking dish. Pour the simmering sugar and water mixture over the berries. Using a tablespoon, drop the dumpling mixture ovenly over the berry mixture (about 8 to 10 dumplings). Sprinkle the dumplings with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar for topping.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with cream, if desired.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || VEGETABLE MOMOS

Ingredients

Serves: 8

    * MAGGI Magic Cubes Vegetarian-2
    * Minced Vegetables (carrot,cabbage,Beans)-100 g
    * Garlic 2 cloves,minced
    * Ginger 1/4" piece,minced
    * onion(small) 1/2 finely chopped
    * Green chilly 1 minced
    * Coriander leaves 1tbsp,chopped
    * Oil 1tsp
    * Salt to taste
    * Maida 1 cup(100 g)
    * water 1/3 cup (approx.50 ml)

Preparation method

Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 15 mins

1. Make a semi hard dough with maida and water. Keep aside. 2. Mix together minced vegetables, garlic, ginger, onion, green chilly, coriander leaves, crumbled MAGGI cubes and oil. 3. Divide the dough and minced vegetable mixture into 16 equal portions. 4. Roll out each portion of dough into thin rounds, place a portion of vegetable filling in the center and fold the edges of the dough circles like sari pleats, pinching it once you reach the end. Use a little water to seal. 5. Steam for 10-12 minutes. Serve hot with MAGGI Oriental Chilli Garlic Sauce. This dish is a good option to be served as a snack or as a part of main meal. --> Tip For authentic taste use musterd oil instead of refind oil .Momos are usualy served with a clear soup. To prepare the same add some shredded vegetables to the water in the steamer along with 1 cube crumbled cube and the dash of sesame seasoning.

2. For authentic taste use musterd oil instead of refind oil .Momos are usualy served with a clear soup. To prepare the same add some shredded vegetables to the water in the steamer along with 1 cube crumbled cube and the dash of sesame seasoning .

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CHICKEN LOLLIPOP

Chicken lollipops is an Indo Chinese dish and favorites of everyone and even the child also loves to eat it.

Ingredients:- (Servings - 2)

1. Chicken drumettes (5)
2. Minced ginger (1 tsp)
3. Fermented red bean curd (mashed 1 cube)
4. Egg (1, yolk and white separated)
5. Panko breadcrumbs
6. Ground black pepper (1/2 tsp)
7. Salt (to taste)
8. Sugar (1 tsp)
9. Corn flour

Method Of Preparation:-

1. Firstly take out the knife and with that scrape and pull the meat from top to the bottom of the chicken drumette. Now marinate the chicken in the minced ginger, egg white, mashed fermented red bean curd, black pepper, salt and sugar.

2. Now set the chicken in the refrigerator for and keep it there for 10-15 minutes. Now dip the chicken into the corn flour and then into egg yolk and then into the bread crumbs. Keep it in refrigerator and then deep fry them in the oil on the medium to high heat until red brown.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || LEMON BARS

Ingredients

      For Crust 

    * 1 cup soft butter
    * 1/2 cup powdered sugar
    * 2 cup flour
    * Salt

      For Top Layer 

    * 4 eggs, beaten
    * 1/4 cup flour
    * 2 cup granulated sugar
    * 6 tbsp lemon juice
    * Grated rind of 2 lemons

Method

      For Crust

    * Combine ingredients and mix well.
    * Press mixture in 9 x 13-inch greased pan.
    * Bake at 350oF for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

      For Top Layer

    * Combine flour and sugar; mix in beaten eggs, lemon juice and rind.
    * Pour onto slightly cooled crust.
    * Bake at 350o F for 25 minutes or until filling is set.
    * Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || SPICY CHAPATIS

Ingredients

    * 4-5 Chapatis
    * Oil to fry
    * Salt to taste
    * Red Chilli powder
    * Chat masala

Method

    * Take four to five left over chapatis and cut them into long strips or in any other shape you like.
    * Fry them in oil till deep brown.
    * Lay these fried strips on tissue paper.
    * Apply salt, chilli powder and chat masala to these strips.

Serve hot with tomato sauce.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || GARLIC BREAD

Ingredients

    * 1 french loaf
    * 1 pod garlic - flaked, peeled and ground
    * 100 gm Butter
    * 1/2 tsp salt
    * 1/2 tsp pepper powder
    * 40 cm x 30 cm cooking foil

Method

    * Slice the loaf in 2 cm slices but do not slice through. Leave a 2 cm base undisturbed.
    * Mix the butter with garlic paste, salt and pepper.
    * Butter the half cut Slices on both sides with 80 gm of the butter - garlic paste.
    * Place the loaf on cooking foil and spread the rest of the butter on it.
    * Close the foil to cover the loaf completely and bake in a hot over (200 C, Gas 6) for 10 minutes.
    * Open the foil the top and rebake for 5 minutes.

Serve hot in foil.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CARROT HALWA

Ingredients

    * 20 Carrots
    * 2 cups Milk
    * 1-2 cups sugar
    * Raisins and cashews
    * Ghee

Method

    * Grate the carrots preferrably using a hand-held grater, if not use a blender.
    * Soak this grated carrots in milk, make sure it is completely soaked.
    * Cook the mix in a pressure cooker until you hear 2 whistles.
    * Once the pressure dies down, make sure the carrots are well cooked, but not mashed.
    * Now pour 2-3 spoons of ghee in a wide-mouthed vessel.
    * Pour the cooked carrot/milk mix into the vessel.
    * Add the sugar (about 1-1/2 cups).
    * Let this mix boil.
    * Stir constantly
    * Once it has reached the required level of solidification, fry some raisins and cashews in ghee, in a separate vessel.
    * Spread the halwa in a plate and decorate the raisins and cashews on the top.

Serve cold or hot.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || POTATO CHIPS

  

Ingredients

    * 6 Potatoes
    * Salt
    * Oil for frying

Method

    * Wash the potatoes and slice the potatoes in your slicer.
    * In a bowl add about six tea spoons of salt to the water
    * Heat till the water comes to boiling point
    * Wash the potato slices in water and sink in water.
    * Deep Fry till golden brown

RECIPE OF THE DAY || VEGETABLE CUTLET

  

Ingredients

    * Boiled and mashed potatoes : 1/4 Kg
    * Finely cut carrots, beans, cauliflower, peas & capsicum: 100gm each
    * Coriander leaves, garlic & ginger paste
    * Chilli powder or Green chilli & salt
    * Garam Masala
    * Bread crumbs
    * Maida mixed with 100ml water
    * 50 ml Oil
    * 1 Chopped Onion

Method

    * Fry the chopped onion in the pan with little oil.
    * Add cut vegetables and fry for 5 minutes in sim
    * Add mashed potatoes, salt, chill, masala powders & coriander leaves, garlic &ginger paste and make it like a dough.
    * Make the dough into small balls
    * Dip each ball in Maida-Water mix and then roll all balls in bread crumbs.
    * Put all balls in roasting sheet and put in the oven in 400F,for 45minutes or until golden brown.
    * Or deep fry in oil.

Serve with Tomato sauce or Puthina cutney.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || MANGO LASSI

Smooth, creamy and absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

Serves: 1

    * 1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
    * 1 cup plain yogurt
    * 1/4 cup white sugar
    * 1/2 cup ice

Preparation method

Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 5 mins

1. In a blender, combine mango, yogurt, sugar and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CHEESE PIZZA

Cooking time: 10 – 15 mins

Ingredients

4 medium pizza bases
For topping
200 gms onion (chopped)
200 gms tomatoes (chopped)
125 gms capsicum (chopped)
100 gms mushroom (sliced)
250 gms pizza cheese (shredded)
3 tbsp tomato sauce
Salt & black pepper powder (to taste)

Method

1. Preheat the oven on convection mode at 250 degree Celsius.
2. Spread tomato sauce on each pizza base
3. For topping, mix all chopped vegetables and seasoning. Microwave the chopped vegetables in a microwave safe bowl for 30 secs. at 100% power.
4. Apply tomato sauce on each pizza base. Now spread the vegetable topping on each pizza base along with the sliced mushrooms.
5. Sprinkle grated pizza cheese at the top of each pizza.
6. Bake on non-stick tawa on the high rack at 250 degree Celsius for 10 – 15 mins (till the cheese melts).
7. Cut into pieces and serve with sauce

Tips: You can also add non-veg. toppings e.g. Shredded chicken, bacon, ham etc

RECIPE OF THE DAY || COCONUT LADOO

Ingredients:

Coconut Powder - 4 cups
Condensed Milk - 400 gms
Ghee - 1 tblsp
Cashewnuts - 25 gms
Raisins - 25 gms
Green Cardamom - 8, powdered

Method:

1. Pour condensed milk into a thick bottomed pan.
2. Add 3 1/2 cups of grated coconut powder.
3. Stir well and cook on a slow fire.
4. Fry cashewnuts and raisins in ghee.
5. Add cashewnuts, raisins and green cardamom powder with coconut mixture.
6. Cook gently till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
7. Remove and cool.
8. Roll it into small laddus with buttered hands.
9. Roll the laddus on the remaining coconut powder.
10. Serve during festivals or special occasions.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || SPICY CHICKEN FINGERS

  

Ingredients:

Chicken - 250 gms, julienned
Salt to taste
Egg - 1/2, whisked
Cornflour - 2 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Ajinomoto - 1 tsp
Oil for deep frying
Ginger - 1 one inch piece, chopped
Garlic - 3 cloves, chopped
Spring Onions - 2, chopped
Green Chillies - 5, chopped
Five Spice Powder - 1/2 tsp
Black Peppercorns - 1 tsp, crushed
Chinese Wine - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken with salt, egg, cornflour, oil and ajinomoto. Keep aside.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
3. Deep fry the marinated chicken pieces.
4. Remove and keep aside.
5. Add the ginger, garlic, spring onions and green chillies in the pan.
6. Saute for a few minutes.
7. Add the fried chicken along with the five spice powder, black peppercorns and toss well.
8. Stir in the Chinese wine and remove from heat.
9. Serve hot.

Note: Five spice powder consist of clove powder, cinnamon powder, star anise powder, Szechuan black pepper and fennel powder.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CANTALOUPE MILKSHAKE

  

Ingredients:

2 cups cut Cantaloupe pieces
2 cups Milk
1 cup Plain Vanilla or French Vanilla icecream
3-4 tps Sugar
1/4 tps Cardamom powder
1 tps Almond powder

Method

1. Blend cantaloupe pieces till a smooth pulp is formed.
2. Add milk, sugar, cardamom powder, almond powder and blend again for 3-4 minutes.
3. Add icecream to it and whip for 1 minute adding 1-2 ice cubes.
4. Serve chilled.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || MUSHROOM CUTLET

Ingredients:

Fresh Button Mushrooms - 200 gms
Oil - 2 tblsp plus some more for shallow frying
Onion - 1, small and chopped
Tomato - 1/2, small, chopped
Coriander Powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
Potato - 2 tblsp, grated and boiled
Breadcrumbs - 2 tblsp
Rice Flour - 3 tblsp
Salt to taste


Method:

1. Cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
2. Sprinkle with salt and set aside for 5 minutes.
3. Heat 2 tblsp of oil in a pan and saute the onion till it changes colour.
4. Add the tomato and cook till soft.
5. Add the mushrooms and saute till half cooked.
6. Add the coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and garam masala powder. Mix well.
7. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
8. Mix together the cooked mushrooms, potato, breadcrumbs and salt.
9. Make small round balls of the mixture.
10. Flatten into an oval shape.
11. Roll in rice flour and shallow fry on both sides till golden brown.
12. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || PANEER PUFFS

Ingredients:

Refined Flour - 1 cup
Pure Ghee - 2 tblsp, melted
Salt to taste
Paneer - 2 cups, grated
Processed Cheese - 4 tblsp, grated
Butter - 2 tblsp
Onion - 4 tblsp, chopped
Green Chilli Paste - 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Milk - 1/2 tsp
White Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. For the puffs, mix together the flour, ghee, salt and enough water to make a soft dough.
2. Cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
3. To make the filling, heat the butter in a pan and saute the onions till they change colour.
4. Add the green chilli paste, ginger-garlic paste, grated paneer, cheese, milk and white pepper powder.
5. Cook for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring continuously, till the sauce thickens.
6. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
7. Make small marble size balls of the dough and roll out each one into a three inch puri.
8. Place each puri on a flat surface and place one tblsp of paneer filling on one side of it and cover with the other half to make a half moon shape.
9. Press edges to seal well.
10. Deep fry the puris in hot oil.
11. Serve hot.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BHATURA

  

Ingredients:

Fresh Yeast - 15 gms
Granulated Sugar - 1 tsp
Lukewarm Water - 1/2 cup
Strong White Bread Flour - 3/4 cups
Semolina - 1/3 cup
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Ghee or Butter - 1 tblsp
Plain Yogurt - 2 tblsp
Oil for frying

Preparation Method:

1. Mix the yeast with the sugar and water in a jug.
2. Sift the flour into a large bowl and stir in the semolina and salt. Rub in the butter or ghee.
3. Add the yeast mixture and yogurt and mix to a dough. Turn out on to a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
4. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with oiled clear film and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
5. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and punch down.
6. Divide into ten equal pieces and shape each into a ball.
7. Flatten into discs with the palm of your hand. Roll out a lightly floured surface into 5 inch rounds.
8. Pour oil to a depth of 1/2 inch into a deep frying pan. Heat and slide on bhatura into the oil.
9. Fry for about a minute turning over after 30 seconds.
10. Drain the bhatura well.
11. Keep each bhatura warm in a low oven while frying the remaining.
12. Serve immediately while hot.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || CINNAMON BREAKFAST MUFFINS

  Coffee in one hand and a decadent, melt in your mouth, warm muffin rolled in cinnamon sugar in the other. Ahhh!

Ingredients
... Serves: 12

* 200g plain flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 100g caster sugar
* 75g butter or margarine
* 1 egg
* 120ml milk
* 100g caster sugar
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 75g butter or margarine, melted

Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 25 mins

1. Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin or a plain cake tin.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, cream together 100g sugar and butter. Beat in egg. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with milk. Beat well. Spoon into prepared muffin tin.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. While muffins are baking, combine 100g sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.

4. Remove muffins from oven and muffin tin. Immediately, dip the tops of the muffins into the melted butter, then into the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Repeat with each muffin, until all muffin tops are covered. Serve warm.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || BABY CORN FRY

This is very  simple dry curry which can be taken with meals. It is healthy and corn lovers might enjoy... they will now be baby corn lovers too after making .. n eating this.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

    * 20 pieces baby corn

    * 2 tspn chilli powder

    * 1 tspn cumin powder

    * 1tspn jeera or cumin seeds

    * 1 tspn zachia - optional

    * salt to taste

    * 1-2 tblspn cooking oil

Preparation method

Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 20 mins

1. cut the baby corn into any shape and size you wish

2. pressure cookwith salt for 3 whistles or microwave

3. drain off water

4. add oil to pan , once heated add cumin seeds, zachia and wait to splutter

5. add boiled baby corn, chilli powder, cumin powder and fry for 10 mins

6. once fried... remove crispy and serve hot....

RECIPE OF THE DAY || VANILLA PASTRY CREAM

  

This light, vanilla flavoured cream is great as a stuffing inside sponge cakes. When combined with fruits, it also makes a lovely icing for pastries and cakes.

Ingredients ... Serves: 6

* 300 ml milk, plus 2 tbsp extra if needed
* 1 vanilla pod, slit open lengthways or essence
* 3 egg yolks
* 30 g caster sugar
* 15 g plain flour
* 15 g cornflour

Preparation method

Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 15 mins | Extra time: 30 mins, cooling

1. Pour the milk into a pan and bring to boil. Add the vanilla pod, then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 30 minutes.

2. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar for 2–3 minutes or until pale. Sift in the flour and cornflour, and whisk to combine. Remove the vanilla pod/essence from the milk and scrape the seeds into the milk with a sharp knife; discard the pod. Bring the milk just to the boil, then gradually whisk it into the egg yolk mixture.

3. Pour the mixture back into the pan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or a whisk. When thick, simmer gently for 1 minute, still stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Cover the surface of the pastry cream with wet wax paper and leave to cool.

RECIPE OF THE DAY || SPICED GLAZED NUTS

Use any nut for this recipe, or make a mixture of many nuts. Makes a fantastic gift or party food.

Ingredients
... Serves: 16

* 1 egg white
* 100g dark brown soft sugar
* 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
* 500g walnut halves

Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 20 mins | Extra time: 30 mins, setting

1. Preheat oven to 150 C. Line a baking tray with aluminium foil.

2. In a large bowl, beat egg white until foamy. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and vanilla. Add nuts, and stir to coat. Spread evenly onto prepared tray.

3. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until well toasted and golden brown. Remove from oven, and cool completely. Store in an airtight container.