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Hot Pepper Jelly Recipe

talat — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:53:28 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 1 medium jar

Ingredients:

3/4 cup red or green sweet pepper (Chopped)
1/4 cup fresh jalapeno
1 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
6 cup sugar
4 oz pectin
Red or green Food Color

Procedure:

1. Process sweet peppers in food processor till become smooth.
2. Now transfer the processed sweet pepper in a heavy sauce pan and cook it with jalapeno, vinegar and sugar over medium heat.
3. Cook the mixture for 20 min after boiling and then mix with pectin and food color.
4. Now pour the prepared hot pepper jelly into hot sterilized jars and store in a cool, dark place.
5. You can use it with bread, buns or even make cracker sandwich like shown in photo above.

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Homemade Breadcrumbs

talat — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:16:24 +0000

Preparation time : 5 min. | Serves 2 cup

This homemade breadcrumbs recipe is quite easy to prepare at home and is very much economical than readymade crumbs that you usually buy from store. In this recipe Italian seasoning is used to give it flavor you can change it according to your need for instance, you may add Cajun seasoning and make another variation in your fried food.

Ingredients:

4 cup bread cubes (a day old)
1 tsp garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste
½ tsp dried Italian seasonings
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup toasted pine nuts (optional)
1/3 cup fresh parsley leaves

Procedure:

1. Process all the ingredients together in a food processor except parsley and make fine crumbs.
2. After that take the processed crumbs in platter or bowl and mix with parsley. You can use these homemade breadcrumbs now for frying anything you want. You can also store unused portion in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

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Recipe For Sweetened Condensed Milk

talat — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:15:25 +0000

Preparation time : 10 min. | Yield 4 cans

This recipe for sweetened condensed milk is one of the most easy recipe to prepare at home and it is the ingredient which you prefer to buy from store but it will be very economical if you prepare it at home as it can be prepared in few minutes. You can also prepare condense milk of different flavor suing the same recipe by just adding flavors like chocolate.

Ingredients:

1 cup water
2 cup sugar
¼ cup margarine
4 cup powdered milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract

Procedure:

1. Boil water in a saucepan and then remove form heat.
2. Add margarine and sugar to hot water and then mix well.
3. Pour the sugar syrup in blender and add remaining ingredients including powder milk and vanilla and blend well until become smooth thick batter.
4. Pour the batter in air tight jars or cans.

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BBQ Beans – Hard Rock Café Recipes [Copycat]

talat — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:33:49 +0000

Preparation time : 90 min. | Serves 6 persons

This is a slightly modified recipe of the original BBQ Beans recipe found in the Cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) . The cookbook contains hundreds of top restaurant recipes [copycat] and the good thing about it is that it is immediately available for download as it comes in both e-book and hard copy format.

Ingredients:

15 oz pinto beans (with liquid)
2 tsp corn starch
½ cup ketchup
1/3 cup white vinegar
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tbsp diced onion
1 tsp mustard paste
½ tsp chili powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp crushed black pepper
½ cup cooked chicken

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients except corn starch and mix well.
3. Dissolve cornstarch in 2 tbsp of water to make paste, then pour it into the mixture and stir well.
4. Take a casserole dish and pour the pinto beans mixture into the dish and bake in preheated oven for 90 min until sauce gets thick. Stir in between so that beans are cooked evenly.
5. To make recipes similar to this one and various other copycat recipes of top American restaurants, grab a copy of the cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) .

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Fluffy Pancake

talat — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:27:09 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min. | Serves 6-8 pancakes or more

This fluffy pancake batter is more like similar to the sponge cake batter hence its called fluffy pancake as the sponge cake batter is. The trick for making fluffy pancake is to beat egg whites separately so that stiff peaks are formed and then mix with rest of the ingredients carefully. This yummy recipe of pancake can be served as dessert if it is topped with some caramel sauce and whipped cream.

Ingredients:

3.5 oz all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
4 eggs (separated)
1 cup buttermilk
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
Butter to grease the pan for cooking

Procedure:

1. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside the mixture.
2. In a mixing bowl combine egg yolks, buttermilk, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest and whisk until blend well.
3. Beat egg whites separately until stiff peaks are formed and then add vanilla extract in it.
4. Add the egg yolk mixture to the egg whites and mix it carefully using wooden spatula so that foams would not settle down.
5. Similarly add dry mixture to the batter and fold it nicely with the egg whites so that the batter would remain fluffy.
6. Now heat griddle pan, grease it using 1 tsp of butter and then pour ½ cup batter (or according to the size of pan) using ladle in the center of pan and immediately spread it evenly around the base of griddle to make perfect circular shape.
7. When edges of pancake starts loosen from the sides turn it and cook from other side, it would take 4-5 min to completely cook from both sides.
8. Serve the hot fluffy pancake with topping of honey or butter.

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Turkey Chili Recipe

talat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:43:10 +0000

Preparation time : 50 min. | Serves 6 persons

This turkey chili recipe is prepared with beans, pepper, corns and tomatoes. This would give great taste if it is cooked in slow cooker or Dutch oven as all the flavors blend well in that case and give wonderful flavor. You may also serve this turkey chili with topping of cheese.

Ingredients:

1 ½ lb ground turkey
1 green bell pepper (chopped)
2 cup fresh black beans
3 cup fresh tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup whole kernel corn (boiled or frozen)
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
Salt to taste
¼ cup vegetable oil

Procedure:

1. Cook ground turkey and bell pepper in oil until turkey becomes dry and turn into brown in color.
2. Now add beans, tomatoes, corn and spices and let the mixture to boil with 4 cup of water.
3. After that simmer the mixture until thick gravy would form and veggies become tender. It would take 30-40 min.
4. Serve the hot turkey chili with tortillas or French bread.

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Malai Kofta

talat — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:54:55 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 6 persons

This malai kofta recipe is from South Asian cuisine and can be serves as one of Eid party recipes. In this kofta recipe no more meat is used the balls are prepared with cottage cheese, also the gravy is prepared with simple and easy method hence this recipe can be prepared in very short time for dinner.

Ingredients:

For Kofta:

2 ½ cup cottage cheese (grated)
4 tbsp roasted gram flour
3-4 ground cashew
4 green chilies (chopped)
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
½ tbsp ground cumin
Oil for shallow frying
2 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

For Gravy:

3 tsp vegetable oil
½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp red chili powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
2 green chili
2 cup milk
1 onion (finely chopped)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl, knead cheese until become smooth so that soft dough would form.
1. Add ginger garlic paste, cashew, green chilies (chopped), fresh coriander, cumin and lemon juice and mix well.
2. Make small balls of lemon size and roll them in graham flour.
3. Heat oil in frying pan for shallow frying and then fry them in batches until become golden brown in color.
4. Now prepare gravy, for that sauté onion in a wok for 2-3 min.
5. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili, green chilies, tomatoes and salt and simmer for 5 min. until tomatoes become soft.
6. After that add milk and let the gravy to boil on medium heat.
7. When oil starts to appear on the gravy and it gets thick then add the fried kofta to the gravy and simmer for 5 min more.
8. Remove the pan from heat and serve the delicious malai kofta chapati.

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Homemade Haleem Grain Mix – Alternate for Readymade Haleem Grain Mix

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:22:00 +0000

The most essential ingredients of haleem are meat and haleem grain mix, available at grocery stores. Grain mix consists of different grains including, wheat, oats, rice and all types of lentils in a measured ratio. To make good haleem it is necessary to always maintain the right ratio otherwise haleem would not be of good taste and color. In Pakistan, India and some other South Asian countries, haleem grain mix is easily available at local grocery stores and people prefer to use it instead of adding individual grains. But for those who can not find it at grocery shops can use this recipe (ingredients) below for making their own haleem grain mix at home.

Ingredients:

1 cup chana dal (large yellow lentils)
1\4 cup masoor dal (small red lentils)
1\4 cup dal moong (small yellow lentils)
1\4 cup daal maash (Black Mapte Split)
1\4 cup oats
2 cups whole wheat grain
2 tablespoons rice, basmati

Preparation:

Just mix the above mentioned ingredients and use it for making haleem. This is for one kilogram meat only. For more quantity of meat vary the amount of grain maintaining the same ratio.

Thai Curry Paste

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Preparation time : 5 mins

Thai curry paste is used in cooking thai curry foods such as thai fish curry, thai chicken curry etc. This paste is also easily available at stores but homemade curry paste is more healthy as compared to ready made paste since it does not contain artificial flavor and other preservatives. So try this homemade thai curry and enjoy delicious and healthy thai foods at your home.

Ingredinets:

4 tbspn tomato paste
1 tspn mustard paste
1/2 tspn red chili powder
1/2 tspn coriander powder

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Procedure:

Mix all the above ingredients in a mixing bowl and put in a bottle. Keep this curry paste in fridge and can be used within a week. You may also add preservative to keep it for long time.

Making Karhi with Pakora

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Preparation time : 60 minutes | Serves 10 persons

This recipe of karhi is very common in India as well as in Pakistan and is prepared in many ways. The variations in this recipe is due to the usage of different kind of pakoras for instance; vegetable pakora, plain pakora or even pakora made from meat balls. In this recipe, karhi is being made with plain pakora which is the most common version of this karhi and is cooked in most of the South Asian region quite frequently.

Ingredients:
For Curry:
3 medium size onions (cut in large pieces)
1 tbspn ginger paste
1 tbspn garlic paste
2 tsbpn red chili powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn coriander powder
1/2 tspn fennugreek seeds
Salt to taste
1 cup oil
750 gm yogurt
150 gm gram flour

For Pakora:
1/4 cup small red lentils
1/2 cup gram lentils
Pinch of baking soda
1 tbspn red chili powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tbspn cumin powder
1 tspn black pepper powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

For Extra Flavoring (Tarka):
5-6 curry leaves
1/2 tbspn cumin seeds
3-4 dry red peppers
3 tbspn oil

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Procedure:
For Making Pakora:
1. Soak both type of lentils in water for overnight.
2. Now blend them together to make a smooth paste using minimum quantity of water. The paste should be very thick. Using a quality blender will save you lot of time and will also allow you to make your meal easily and effectively. According to recent market surveys, a countertop blender seems to produce better results than a handheld blender.
3. Beat the lentils paste for using blender for 10 minutes. Add and mix all the spices mentioned for making pakora.
4. In a deep frying pan, heat oil to moderate temperature. Now using your hands pour the batter in small acicular shape, you may use spoon for doing so.
5. When they are cooked from one side and turn them and fry for at least 5 minutes till become light brown. The pakora should be soft and crispy from outside and it depends on how much you have beated the plain lentils batter.
6. Take out all the fried pakora in a plate.

For Making Curry:
1. Blend onion in a blender and make smooth paste using water and take out in a bowl.
2. Make another paste of graham flour and yogurt in the blender.
3. Heat oil in a deep sauce pan, fry fenugreek seeds in the oil for a minute so that they become dark brown.
4. Now in oil, add onion paste, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder. Cook the mixture on medium heat for at least 10 minutes to make gravy.
5. When oil starts to bubbling in the gravy, add yogurt and graham flour paste with 3 glass of water and stir constantly. The gravy should be thin after adding water so quantity of water may vary.
6. Cook the gravy on medium high flame and stir continuously until it starts to boil otherwise lumps would form in the gravy.
7. After that, add salt according to your taste and let it cook on medium flame for farther to become slightly dense gravy.
8. When the gravy become denser, add the pakora in the gravy and cook on low flame.
9. For extra flavoring, heat oil in a fry pan, and fry curry leaves, cumin seeds and dry red pepper for 2 minutes and spread all the fried stuff with oil on the pakora gravy. Switch off the flame.

Serving:
Delicious Karhi with pakora is ready to be served with boiled rice or chapati.

Curry Paste Recipe

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Preparation time 15 minutes

This curry paste recipe is originated from South Asian cuisine and is used in making different curries including curried lentils soup, green beans potatoes, fish curry, beef potato stew etc. If you are making this curry paste for any meat, either white meat or red meat, always use boiled onions to make onion tomato paste because it enhances the flavor of meat curry or stew.

Ingredients:

2 medium size onions (cut into large pieces)
2 medium size tomato (cut into large pieces)
1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tbspn red chili powder
Salt to taste
1/2 cup oil

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Procedure:

1. Make a smooth paste of onion and tomato in a blender [use a countertop blender for proper blending of ingredients] using half cup of water.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add all the spices, ginger garlic paste and onion tomato paste.
3. Cook the mixture on medium heat until all the water from the mixture have been dried and oil starts to separate from the gravy, it takes 10-15 minutes.
4. When mixture become red and oil starts bubbling, curry paste is ready.

Puff Pastry

admin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:30:00 +0000

Preparation time : 20-30 mins

Puff pastry is the basic dough for many baking items including cream puff, pies, pastry rolls etc. For making puff pastry, it is required to put is some ectra effort as compared to normal doughs prepared at home for a bread. I have also attached a video which clearly demonstrates the method for making a good puff pastry. In this way you can learn easily how dough is kneaded and what techniques are used in the process. Try to follow the steps as shown in the video and enjoy by making good and healthy baked food at home.

Ingredients:
1/2 kg plain flour
500 gm unsalted butter
1 egg (optional)
1/2 tspn salt
500 gm fat or unsalted butter

Mix dough easily with KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixers

Note: Addition of egg in the beginning while you knead the dough will make your dough more soft and fluffy.

Herbal Tea

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Preparation time 40 mins (approx.) | Serves for 2 persons

Generally herbal tea is prepared by using different herbs or special leaves and is good for health. This herbal tea has slightly different recipe as I have used jaggery (gurh/brown sugar) instead of normal sugar along with cinnamon and cloves. This herbal tea is common in India and Pakistan. It keeps your body warm internally and prevent from cold cough during winter. Can also be taken as a weight loss tea and for soothing your body and relaxation.

Ingredients:
2 cinnamon sticks
2 cloves
2 green cardamom
3 inch of jaggery piece (brown sugar/gurh)
3 tspn of good quality tea
Milk as required

Procedure:
1. Take 3 cups of water in a pan and put all the ingredients except tea. Leave the pan on medium heat till the jaggery melts and 3 cups water reduce to 2 cup.
2. After that add tea in that water and let it cook for 3-4 mins.
3. Now pour the tea water in a cup and add milk as you require and mix.

Servings:
Enjoy the tasty herbal tea in winter.

Note:
The tea water should cook well and always add milk in the end otherwise the milk will spoil and little lumps will appear in the tea.