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Recipe For Baked Alaska

talat — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:35:31 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min + Freezing time | Serves 8-10 persons

This recipe for baked Alaska is prepared with lemon custard and strawberry ice cream filling with topping of delicious meringue. All the recipe of filling except ice cream is given in the recipe which is very easy to prepare and you just need to wait to chill the batter. You may also use readymade stuffing of any flavor to save time and make variations.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 egg yolks (lightly beaten)
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter
1 tsp grated lemon peel
1½ quarts strawberry ice cream (softened)
1 pastry shell (baked)

Meringue:

5 egg white
½ cup sugar
½ tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Procedure:

1. To prepare custard layer combine sugar, eggs, lemon juice and salt.
2. Pour the mixture in a saucepan and then cook over medium heat until it gets thick. Keep stirring in between to avoid sticking the mixture.
3. Then stir in butter and lemon peel and refrigerate until chilled.
4. Over a pastry shells spread the prepared custard layer then top it with ice cream layer and freeze for overnight.
5. To prepare meringue, combine the egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar and beat at on low speed until blended well then cook on low heat and keep beating at low for about 10-12 min.
6. Remove the pan from heat mix with vanilla and then spread it over the frozen pie. Bake at 450 degrees F for 3-5 minutes or until lightly browned from top.

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Chocolate Trifle

talat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:40:03 +0000

Preparation time : 40 min. + Chill time | Serves 6-8 persons

This chocolate trifle is usually known as black forest trifle which is prepared mainly with chocolate pudding and cherries. It’s one of a tempting dessert for special occasions and can be decorated with edible flowers or chocolate curls.

Ingredients:

2 lb marble cake (cut into slices)
1 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cup skim milk
2 cup frozen pitted cherries
2 drops red food coloring
2 cup whipped cream

Procedure:

1. At first prepare pudding for the trifle for that you need to mix pudding mix in milk and chill in fridge to set for at least 30 min.
2. Add red food color to cherries and mix well.
3. Now take a serving bowl and make layer of marble cake slices, cover the cake with cherries and then spread prepared chocolate pudding mixture. Repeat this pattern of layer again and in the end top with whipped cream and few cherries. Keep the bowl in fridge to chill.

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Pistachio Cheesecake

talat — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:40:26 +0000

Preparation time : 45 min | 2 hrs. Chill time |Serves 6 persons

This pistachio cheesecake is one of a delicious baked cheesecake which can be served at any occasional parties as dessert. Instead of using pistachio essence pistachio pudding mix is used in the recipe which makes it more delicious.

Ingredients:

1 pack graham cracker cookies
1-2 tbsp butter (melted)
2 eggs
2 cup cream cheese (softened)
6 oz pistachio pudding mix
½ cup sour cream

Topping:
1 cup heavy cream
4 tbsp powdered sugar
½ cup pistachio (chopped)

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Make soft crumbs of cookies with butter and then make a layer of these crumbs onto the base of a sprinform baking pan.
3. Bake this crust for just 5 min at 350 degrees F.
4. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs until become fluffy.
5. Timely add cream cheese to the beaten eggs and beat well to make smooth batter.
6. Now gradually add pudding mix and sour cream and mix at slow speed until become uniform.
7. Pour this batter over the prepared crust and place in preheated oven for 30 min at 375 degrees F.
8. Meanwhile prepare topping for cake, for that you have to beat heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks are formed.
9. When the cake have been done cool it to room temperature, then spread the whipped cream over the whole cake and top with crushed pistachio.
10. Refrigerate this cake for at least 2 hrs until topping sets completely and then serve.

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Trifle Strawberry

talat — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:20:07 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min. | Serves 6 persons

This trifle strawberry is prepared with vanilla custard and pound cake with topping of whipped cream hence looks tempting. You may also add strawberry pudding mix instead of vanilla custard and wafers which also tastes good.

Ingredients:

4 cup milk
2-3 tbsp vanilla custard powder
4 tbsp sugar
1 cup strawberries (sliced)
2 cup heavy cream
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
12 oz prepared pound cake (cubed)

Procedure:

1. Boil milk in a sauce pan and leaving ¼ cup cold milk in a cup.
2. Add sugar and let it cook with milk for 5 min.
3. Dissolve custard powder in the reserved milk and then slowly add it to the boiled milk and stir continuously while adding so that lumps of custard would not form and it mixes well in the milk.
4. When the custard gets thick remove the pan from heat and allows it to cool.
5. Meanwhile beat heavy cream with confectioners’ sugar until stiff peaks are formed.
6. Now take the serving glass bowl, spread few pieces of pound cake at the bottom, put slices of strawberries at the side walls of bowl and pour prepared custard over the cake layer. Again make layer of pound cake and strawberries in similar fashion and pour whipped cream on over the cake and then place in fridge to chill for at least an hour.
7. Decorate the delicious trifle strawberry with strawberry slices and edible flowers.

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Shahi Korma

talat — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:29:03 +0000

Preparation time : 2 hrs. (approx.) + 1 hr. Marinating time | Serves 6 persons

This shahi korma is prepared with lamb meat and is less spicy than other korma recipes. This korma can also be prepared with meat of chicken or beef with the same method except preparation time differs according to the cooking time of meat.

Ingredients:

¼ toasted cashews (crushed)
6 garlic cloves (minced)
2 tbsp ginger (minced)
1 kg lamb pieces
¼ cup oil
4-6 cloves
1″ piece cinnamon stick
3 greed cardamoms
2 black cardamoms
2 medium onions (finely chopped)
1 ¼ cup heavy cream
1 tbsp paprika
Salt and pepper (to taste)
2 tsp garam masala

Procedure:

1. Puree cashews with water in blender and mix with garlic and ginger.
2. Marinate the lamb pieces with this mixture and leave for an hour or overnight.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan and toast cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms for just 1-2 min until pleasant smell starts to come.
4. Add onions and sauté for 3-4 min.
5. Now add marinated meat and cook on high heat for just 4-5 min until all the water from meat become dry.
6. Add cream, paprika and seasoning of salt and pepper and mix well. Then add enough water so that thick gravy would form.(approx. 2 cup or more)and simmer for 90 min or until meat becomes tender.
7. After that sprinkle garam masala on top of the gravy and then serve hot with naan.

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Banana Pie Recipe

talat — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:51:34 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min + 1 hr. Chill time | Serves 6-8 persons

This banana pie recipe is prepared with banana pudding mix alongwith vanilla pudding flavor hence become more tempting. The pie can give more delicious flavor if it is kept in fridge for overnight so that it stets properly and easily cut into pieces.

Ingredients

1 pie crust
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1-2 oz instant vanilla pudding
3 oz instant banana cream pudding
½ ltr milk
1 cup cool whip
Bananas (sliced for layering)
Crushed crunch for topping

Procedure:

1. Bake pie crust according to the instruction mentioned on the package and then cool to room temperature.
2. To prepare pie filling beat cream cheese to make it smooth and soft.
3. Gradually add milk and make smooth batter.
4. Add both pudding mixes and beat at slow speed so that no lumps would be there.
5. Now fold the batter with the whipping cream and set aside.
6. Make layer of the bananas at the side of the pie crust and pour half of the batter on the crust, now make layer of sliced bananas onto the batter and then pour rest of the batter. In the end top with some remaining sliced bananas and crunch and chill for at least an hour.

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New York Cheesecake

talat — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:18:21 +0000

Preparation time : 2.5 hrs. | Serves 9 in. dia. Cake

This is special New York Cheesecake which takes little more time for baking as compare to other cheesecakes. The cake is baked in two steps first with filling only and second is with topping, you may also mix strawberry sauce in sour cream topping and then bake which gives it marble like texture and looks good in presentation.

Ingredients:

For Crust:

7 oz graham vanilla wafer crumbs
5 oz granulated sugar
4 oz butter (melted)

For Filling:

32 oz cream cheese (softened)
6.5 oz granulated sugar
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
5 large eggs
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla extract

For Topping:

4 oz sour cream
2 tbsp granulated sugar
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
Strawberry sauce with chunks

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. To make crust combine wafer, melted butter and sugar using hands only so that soft crumbs are form which can easily set onto the base of springform pan.
3. Transfer the crumbs into the springform pan and press tightly so that solid crust would form. Place the pan in fridge until rest of the procedure would not complete.
4. To prepare filling for the cheesecake, beat cream cheese and sugar for 2-3 min at high speed until become creamy. Don’t over-beat the cream cheese otherwise your cake may crack after baking.
5. Add eggs one by one and beat well.
6. After that add flour and vanilla and mix at low speed so that no lumps of flour would remain in the batter.
7. Now fold the batter with whipping cream and then pour over the prepared crust. Place the pan in preheated oven at first for 15 min, then reduce the temperature to 250 degrees F for 80-90 min until become firm. You can check it by inserting knife edge in the center if it comes out clean then the cake is ready to take out from oven.
8. While the cake is baking prepare topping, for that you need to lightly beat sour cream, sugar and vanilla until become creamy in texture.
9. When the cake has been done spread the layer of prepared topping on top surface and again bake for further 15 min.
10. After that cool it to room temperature and then top with strawberry sauce.

Chocolate Hearts

talat — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:51:02 +0000

Preparation time : 50 min. | Serves 4 dozen

These chocolate hearts are one of the festive cookies which can be prepared for parties or present as gift. In this recipe the topping is prepared with chocolate sauce; you may also use white chocolate topping with the same method and looks good in presentation.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter (softened)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg (lightly beaten)
2 ¼ cup flour
¼ cup cocoa
¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt

For Topping:

1 cup milk chocolate
1 tbsp butter
¼ cup sugar (to taste)

Procedure:

1. Heat together butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan until sugar melts completely, then remove pan from heat and cool it to room temperature.
2. Add egg and vanilla and mix well using egg beater.
3. Sift together dry ingredients including flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
4. Gradually fold this mixture with the egg mixture, it would become sticky dough, cover it and set aside for 30 min until it sets so that it can handle easily.
5. After that roll the dough to ¼ inch thick on a flat surface and then cut using heart shape cookie cutter.
6. Place them on a dusted and greased baking tray keeping 1 inch distance between each cookie. Bake for 10 min at 350 degrees F.
7. Mean while prepare topping for the cookies, for that cook chocolate, butter and sugar together on medium heat until all the chocolate melts completely.
8. When the cookies become ready cool them to room temperature and then dip in the prepared chocolate sauce. Leave for few minutes at room temperature until topping would set.

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Lemon Soufflé

talat — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:47:44 +0000

Preparation time : 90 min. | Serves 6-8 persons

This lemon soufflé recipe is prepared with both lemon and lime juice hence has full lemon flavor with buttermilk and sour cream. This soufflé can also be prepared with lemon curd which results in slightly different flavor.

Ingredients:

6 large eggs (separated)
3 tbsp butter (melted)
2 tbsp grated lemon zest
2 cup granulated sugar
¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 lemon juice
2 lime juice
1 cup milk
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and butter at high speed until become pale yellow in color.
3. Add lemon zest, lemon juice and lime juice gradually to the yolk mixture and beat at medium speed.
4. Now alternately add flour and sugar to the batter in 2-3 times and keep the speed of beater at low so that dry ingredients incorporate well with the batter and no lumps would form.
5. When a smooth batter would form add milk, buttermilk and sour cream to the batter and mix well.
6. Beat egg white in the end and beat until stiff peaks are formed (for quick beating add pinch of salt to the whites and then beat)
7. Fold the egg whites and vanilla extract with yolk mixture using spatula and make uniform batter.
8. Now you have choice either you can bake it in small molds for individual servings or you can bake it in a large bowl, in both cases at first grease the molds and then fill ¾ with the batter. Don’t fill the mold full otherwise you batter may drop while baking.
9. Place the baking mold in preheated oven for 60-70 min until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

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Pan Fried Steak

talat — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:37:42 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 4 persons

This pan fried steak recipe is served with white sauce gravy which is prepared in the same butter in which steaks are fried so that gravy also has the flavor of steak. It can also be prepared with beef.

Ingredients:

For Steak:

2 lb thick chicken steak
2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
2 tbsp milk
¼ cup unbleached flour
Salt and pepper to taste
½ tbsp paprika
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp lemon juice

For Gravy:

1 cup milk
1 cup water
¼ cup flour
Salt to taste
1 tsp chicken powder
1 tsp black pepper

Procedure:

1. Dry steak pieces with paper towel then using meat pounder or tenderizer flatten the steaks to quarter inch thickness.
2. After that cut the pieces to desired sizes and then marinate with lemon juice and paprika.
3. In a mixing bowl whisk together milk and eggs.
4. Sift together flour, salt and pepper.
5. Now dip one by one each piece in egg-milk mixture and then coat with flour mixture.
6. Heat butter in a skillet at medium heat and fry steaks in batches till become golden brown and crispy from both sides.
7. To prepare gravy, whisk together milk and water and set aside.
8. Take the same skillet in which steaks were fried but remove all the scraps of flour and meat from the pan, cook flour in it at low flame for just 2 min until pleasant toasting smell starts to come.
9. Add milk mixture to the flour; stir constantly so that lumps may not form.
10. When smooth batter would form add seasoning of salt, pepper and chicken powder and cook on low flame for just 5-10 min until gravy becomes thick.
11. In serving platter, spread the pieces of pan fried steak and pour the prepared gravy over it.

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Butter Pecan Ice Cream

talat — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:04:22 +0000

Preparation time : 60 min (approx.) | Serves 1 quart

In this recipe of butter pecan ice cream, delicious buttered pecans are used which gives great taste to the ice cream. Powdered toasted pecans are used so that flavor of pecan would spread all over the ice cream batter while some coarsely chopped pecan may also use as topping for the ice cream.

Ingredients:

2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
4.5 oz light brown sugar (divided)
4 large egg yolks
Pinch of salt
1 cup butter pecans (finely ground)
½ tsp vanilla extract

Procedure:

1. In a sauce pan simmer milk, cream and half quantity of brown sugar for just 5 min, keep stirring in between so that mixture would not get boil you just need to warm and mix the mixture.
2. Whisk together remaining brown sugar, egg yolks and salt in a mixing bowl.
3. Slowly pour 2/3 of the milk mixture to the egg yolk mixture and constantly stir while adding so that smooth mixture would form.
4. After that add this mixture to the remaining milk mixture and again cook on low heat until batter gets thick, stirring in between so that batter may not stick to the pan.
5. When the mixture gets warm, strain it using fine strainer so that batter would be smooth.
6. Add the ground butter pecans and vanilla to the batter and mix well.
7. When the batter gets cool to room temperature, pour it to your ice cream maker and then follow the instructions. It would be batter practice for making perfect ice cream that refrigerate the batter for at least half an hour and then transfer to ice cream maker in that case ice cream would take less time in beating and perfect scoop will form.

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Almond Ice Cream

talat — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:00:08 +0000

Preparation time : 60 min. (approx.) | Serves up to 1 quart

This is a toasted chocolate almond ice cream recipe; in which combined flavor of almonds and chocolate add to the vanilla flavor ice cream, the result is therefore, crunchy chocolaty almond flavor ice cream which tastes awesome. You can also use caramel with the almonds instead of chocolates.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup almonds (toasted and peeled)
8.5 oz cooking chocolate (melted)
15 oz milk
4 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz granulated sugar
½ tsp salt
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Procedure:

1. Spread almonds on a tray and pour melted chocolate evenly over the whole almonds. Let it freeze in freezer until become hard, it would take 15-20 min.
2. After that crush the hard chocolate almonds in grinder and set aside.
3. Boil milk in a sauce pan on slow heat.
4. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, vanilla, sugar and salt until become fluffy and creamy.
5. When the milk gets boil, remove it from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
6. Slowly add milk to the egg mixture and keep stirring while adding otherwise scrambles of egg would form.
7. When all the milk and egg mixture combines to form smooth batter again cook it on slow heat by constant stirring until batter would get thick, it would take 10-15 min.
8. Remove the pan from heat and mix heavy cream in the batter, pour the batter in ice cream maker and follow the instructions mentioned on the maker.
9. When beating done half way add crushed chocolate almonds to the batter and start beating again until desired ice cream consistency would obtain.

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Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe

Kash M — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:16:57 +0000

Preparation time : 60 min. | Serves 10-12 persons

This chicken tetrazzini recipe is one of a famous casserole from American cuisine. It can be prepared in reduced time if cooked chicken is used in the same recipe. This casserole can be served as main dish on special occasions.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup spaghetti (cooked)
¼ cup bread crumbs
3 ½ cup mushrooms (sliced)
5 chicken breast (cut into strips)
6 tbsp butter
1 ½ tbsp lemon juice
6 tbsp all purpose flour
1tsp paprika
Pinch of ground nutmeg
¾ tsp salt
½ tsp ground black pepper
1 ¾ cup chicken broth
1 cup evaporated milk
¾ cup parmesan cheese

Procedure:

1. Combine bread crumbs with 1 tbsp of butter and set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp of butter in a frying pan and stir fry mushrooms and chicken with lemon juice for 15 min until chicken have been cooked.
2. Add spaghetti and mix well. Transfer it into the suitable casserole dish.
3. Heat remaining butter in another sauce pan and roast flour for just 2-3 min until pleasant roasting smell starts to come but flour should not turn into brown in color.
4. After that add all the spices including paprika, nutmeg, salt, black pepper and broth and stir well so that lumps would not form. Simmer the sauce for 5-10 min until it gets thick and starts bubbling.
5. Now add milk and mix it well in the sauce, pour this sauce over the chicken spaghetti mixture.
6. Sprinkle prepared bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese on top and bake for 25 min until become brown from top.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

talat — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:34:20 +0000

Preparation time : 45 min. | Serves 12 persons

This banana chocolate chip cake is one of a marble cake which is prepared with chocolate chips. The recipe is more or less similar to banana cake just addition of coco powder to give marble texture and chocolate chips which make it chocolate rich banana cake.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup margarine (softened)
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tbsp granulated sugar
½ cup chocolate chips

Procedure:

1. Sift together dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream margarine and sugar until become smooth and creamy.
3. Add eggs one by one and beat gently after each addition.
4. Now add mashed banana and vanilla to the mixture and mix well.
5. Gradually add dry mixture to the banana mixture and mix using wooden spatula.
6. When sooth batter would form then take out 5-6 tbsp of this batter in a small bowl and mix it with cocoa.
7. Add chocolate chips in vanilla batter and mix.
8. Take a suitable greased cake pan and spread half of vanilla batter onto the base, pour half of the cocoa batter on it and spread it using spoon so that patches of this batter spread everywhere. Now again pour rest of the vanilla batter and put remaining cocoa batter in similar pattern on it.
9. Place the pan in preheated oven for 30 min at 350 degrees F.
10. When cake is done take it out from oven, cool it to room temperature on wire rack and then cut it into slices for serving.

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Coconut Fudge

talat — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:43:25 +0000

Preparation time : 40 min. | Serves 8-10 persons

This fudge recipe is quite similar to coconut delight which is more popular in Indian and Pakistani cuisine. The recipe is simple but it takes little more effort in the end when you need to cook it gently at that time the mixture starts to get harder and feel difficult to stir. Though it requires bit more effort but this coconut fudge has great taste.

Ingredients:

½ cup coconut milk
1 cup milk
2 cup sugar
¾ cup coconut flakes
1 cup butter
Peeled almonds for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Heat butter in a pan and cook coconut flakes for just 2-3 min on medium heat until pleasant smell starts to come. Don’t cook it enough to change its color, it should remain white or pale white in color.
2. Now boil coconut milk and milk in a sauce pan.
3. Add sugar and cook for 5-10 min more so that sugar would completely dissolve in the milk.
4. Add roasted coconut flakes in the milk mixture and continuously stir the mixture while adding so that lumps would not form. Cook the mixture on low heat until it starts bubbling and gets thick.
5. Stir the mixture in between to avoid sticking, when all the liquid absorbs in the coconut flakes increase the flame to medium high and gently cook until the mixture starts to loose the edges of pan.
6. When mixture cook enough to get the shape of ball and may not stick to the spoon then turn off the flame. Spread the coconut fudge on a rectangular pan, sprinkle almonds on top and immediately cut it into square pieces.
7. Serve the coconut fudge after cooling it to room temperature.

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Shashlik Recipe

talat — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:31 +0000

Preparation time : 15 min. + 30 min. Marinating time | Serves 6 persons

This shashlik recipe is from Indo-Chinese cuisine and is prepared with chicken and veggies. In this recipe shashlik is cooked via cooking method otherwise it is usually cook on grill and served on sizzling dish to enjoy full grilling flavor.

Ingredients:

500 gm boneless chicken (cut in cubes)
2 capsicum (cut in cubes)
2 medium onions (cut in cubes)
2 medium tomatoes (seeded and cut in cubes)
¼ cup lemon juice
Salt to taste
½ tsp crushed red chili
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp hot sauce
oil for shallow frying

Procedure:

1. Marinate chicken in lemon juice, soy sauce, salt, black pepper, hot sauce and red chili for 30 min.
2. After that add vegetables to the marinated chicken and mix well.
3. Now take bamboo skewers and skew chicken and vegetable pieces alternately.
4. When all the chicken and veggies skewed in the skewers, take a sauce pan and heat oil for shallow frying.
5. Place skewers in the pan and cook on medium heat for 8-10 min until become golden brown from every side.
6. Serve the shashlik in beautiful serving platter with Manchurian sauce and fried rice.

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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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Baked Chicken Nuggets

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:13:00 +0000

Preparation time : 30 mins | Serves 8 persons

This is a healthy and yummy nuggets recipe prepared by baking only. So no need of deep frying. In this nuggets recipe Italian seasoning is used and hence the nuggets are very light and are not spicy anymore. For more interesting appetizer recipes, refer to the book The Big Book of Appetizers contains more than 250 varieties of starter recipes.

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts (cut into small squares)
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tspn salt
1 tspn dried thyme
1 tblspn dried basil
1/2 cup margarine (melted)
1 tspn Italian seasoning
1/2 tspn crushed red pepper (optional)
1 tspn black pepper

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Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a mixing bowl, mix bread crumbs, cheese, salt, thyme, Italian seasoning, red pepper, black pepper and basil.
3. Put melted margarine in a bowl.
4. Now dip chicken pieces into the melted margarine, then coat each piece with the crumb mixture.
5. Place the coated chicken pieces in a greased baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 20 mins until become light golden from top.

Chicken Pilaf

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Preparation time : 45 mins | Serves 4 persons

This chicken pilaf is very much famous in South Asian cuisine and is generally known as “yakhni pulao”. This pilaf can be prepared with any meat of your own choice, it is very light and healthy rice recipe. For more recipes that are made in rice cooker, refer to the best selling book, The ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook, which contains 250 recipes ranging from pilafs to soups and more.

Ingredients:

For Chicken Stock:
1 kg chicken pieces
5 cup water
1 medium size onion (cut into large pieces)
4 green cardamoms
3 cinnamon sticks
2 black cardamom
5 cloves
2 star nuts
2 bay leaves
4 garlic cloves
1 inch thick ginger piece
Salt to taste

For Pilaf:
1 kg rice (soaked in water for an hour)
1 medium size onion (cut into julienne)
2 medium size tomato (cut into large pieces)
1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
2 green cardamom
1 black cardamom
1 tbspn red chili powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
5-6 black pepper seeds
1 tbspn cumin seeds
3-4 green chilies
½ cup mint leaves (chopped)
Salt to taste
2/3 cup oil

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Procedure:

1. To make stock for pilaf follow the steps of chicken stock recipe.
2. Take a deep-wide sauce pan so that rice can easily prepare in it. Fry onions in the oil until they become light golden in color. Mean while add cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms in the onion so that a pleasant smell and aroma starts to come from the oil.
3. Now add tomato pieces, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and turmeric powder and cook until tomato becomes soft and tender to form gravy.
4. After that add green chilies, mint leaves and cook for further 2 minutes with ½ cup of water.
5. Now add hot boiled and drained chicken stock with chicken pieces only to the gravy and let it boil and mix in the gravy.
6. Add rice in the end and if rice would not completely dip in the stock sauce, add more water so that all the rice should cover. Cover the pan and cook rice on high flame until the sauce starts boiling and absorb in rice, it would take 8-10 mins.
7. When the sauce almost absorbs in the rice, reduce the flame to very low and cook for further 10 mins so that rice become tender and soft.
8. When the chicken pilaf becomes ready serve it hot in a beautiful rice dish with raita or any meat curry.

Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Preparation time : 40 mins | Serves 6- persons

This shrimp fried rice is prepared with some colorful veggies and spices which makes it delicious. The crispy fried shrimps are used in this fried rice which is hardly found in any other rice recipe. This is one of a healthy recipe so do try this fried rice with crispy shrimps at home.

Ingredients:

2 cup rice (soak in water for an hour)
2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
1 small onion (cut into julienne)
1 small tomato (take out seeds and cut into julienne)
1 medium size capsicum (cut into cubes)
3-4 green chilies (chopped)
1 small carrot (cut into julienne)
1 cup spring onions (chopped only green parts)
4 tbspn oil
1 tspn crushed red chili
1/2 tbspn crushed black pepper
1 tbspn curry powder
Salt to taste

For Fried Shrimps:

500 gm shrimps (remove the tail and clean properly)
1 cup plane flour
1 cup corn flour
1 egg
2 tbspn oil
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn red chili powder
1 tspn white pepper
1 tspn salt
1 tspn baking powder
Water or soda water as required

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Procedure:

1. To prepare shrimp fried rice at first boil rice so that it would become cool while mixing with veggies and shrimps.
2. The batter which is used to fry shrimps is same as used in fried shrimp recipe.
3. Take a deep frying pan to stir fry onions, carrots, tomato, garlic and green chilies on medium high flame for 2-3 minutes so that they become slightly soft but should not turn into brown.
4. Now add capsicums and spring onions and stir fry for just a minute.
5. After that add fried shrimps and salt and mix them in vegetables and cook for 2 minutes.
6. When the aroma of shrimps and vegetable mixes together and beautiful smell starts to come then add boiled rice and mix them together.
7. Now add rests of the seasoning i.e. curry powder, red chili and black pepper and mix using suitable cooking spoon. Cook them together on high flame for 2-3 minutes.
8. Now the delicious shrimp fried rice is ready to serve.