Strawberry Milk shake Recipe

Ingredients :

250 gm fresh strawberry
1 liter fresh milk
Sugar as per taste
Strawberry ice cream


Method :

Wash the strawberry and chop it finely.
In a blender put the strawberry, sugar and a cup of milk. Blend it to a smooth paste.
Add the rest of the milk and blend it once again.
Strain it with a mesh into a large jar. Let this cool at least 2 hours.
Serve it in tall glasses with a scoop of strawberry ice-cream.

Yellow Squash Recipe

Here is the recipe of Yellow Squash. You need
    * 1-1/2 lbs. yellow zucchini or crookneck squash
    * 1/2 tsp. oregano
    * 1 tsp. unsalted butter

Place squash in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover saucepan and steam 5 minutes, or until just tender. Stir in butter, oregano and salt and pepper to taste before serving.

Apple Milk Shake Recipe

  So hot, ooh, need some refreshing drink, Why not Apple Milk Shake!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come and let’s make

Ingredients:   
• 1/4 kg Peeled apples
• 10 tsp Sugar
• 2 Cups milk
• 1 Cup water
Cooking Instructions:
•After removing the seeds; cut the peeled apples into large pieces.
•Now, beat in a mixer.
•Pour water, milk and sugar and beat well; whip it for three minutes.

Muttar Mushroom Recipe

Muttar Mushroom is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Matar Mushroom by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:   
• 1 Cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 Cup green peas
• 2 Green chillies
• 2 Garlic clove
• 1 Ginger piece
• 1 Onion, sliced
• 1 Tomato
• Chopped cilantro
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1/4 Cup grated coconut
• 1 Cinnamon, cloves
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:
•Grind coconut, chillies, ginger, garlic and cinnamon to a fine paste.
•Heat oil, and saut? sliced onion until it turns translucent and golden brown. Add the paste.
•Add in tomato, peas, mushrooms & salt and cook it briefly.
•Add a cup of water and heat on a slow fire.
•Garnish with chopped cilantro on the top & serve hot.

Bhel Puri Recipe

    Ingredients:

   
1 cup Puffed Rice (Kurmura)
1/2 cup chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
1/2 cup chopped Onion (Pyaj)
1/4 cup chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1/2 cup boiled and mashed Potato (Aloo)
4 chopped Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
1 tblsp chopped Ginger(Adrak)
1 tblsp Garam Masala
6 tblsp Tamarind (Imli) Chutney
6 tblsp Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta) And Mint Chutney
1/2 cup Nimkis
1/2 cup Sev
1/2 cup Gol gappas
2 tblsp Lime or Lemon (Nimbu) Juice

How to make bhel puri:

    * Mix the puffed rice, tomatoes, onions.
    * Drain the water from the grated potatoes and mix that as well.
    * Mix all the ingredients under seasoning and add to this.
    * Lightly crush and add the nimkis and golgappas.
    * Add the sev and kaara pusa directly and mix well.
    * Finally garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice.
    * Serve immediately..

Vegetable Manchurian Recipe

Ingredients:

   

2 cups Grated Cabbage
2 cups Grated Carrots
1 Chopped Spring Onion
2 Chopped Green Chilies
3-4 Crushed Garlic Flakes
2 tbsp Corn Starch or Flour
Oil for deep frying
1 tbsp Soya Sauce
Salt to taste
1 tsp Pepper Powder
1 tsp Sugar
A pinch of ajinomoto
2 tbsp oil

Preparation of vegetarian manchurian :

    * Mix grated cabbage and carrots and squeeze the water out from them.
    * Now in a bowl take the squeezed cabbage and carrots and mix 1 tbsp. corn starch and add few chopped chilies and little salt to it.
    * Make small balls (like koftas) of the mixture .
    * Heat the oil in a kadhai / wok and deep fry the balls till golden brown, drain and keep aside.
    * Now in a separate pan heat 2 tbsp oil.
    * Sauté garlic, green chilies and spring onions.
    * Add water, salt, pepper powder, ajinomoto, sugar and soya sauce. Bring it to a boil.
    * Mix 1 tbsp corn four with half of a cup of cold water and stir into it. Gently add the fried balls to the gravy.
    * Cook the vegetable manchurian for 3-4 minutes and serve hot garnished with chopped coriander.

Fruit Rice Salad Recipe

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Fruit Rice Salad is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Fruit Rice Salad by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:   
• 450g Cooked rice
• 1/2 Bunch spring onions
• 225g Broccoli florets blanched in salty water
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 100g Mushrooms
• 50g Raisins
• 50g Sultanas
• 2 tbsp White wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 25g Chopped parsley
• Salt and black pepper to taste


Cooking Instructions:
•Whisk vinegar, oil and mustard in a large bowl.
•Add rest of the ingredients except pepper and salt.
•Toss to form a coat of dressing.
•Now mix salt and pepper.
•Fruity Rice Salad is ready.

Ginger Soup Recipe

Ginger Soup is a very popular recipe. Learn how to prepare Ginger Soup by following this easy recipe.




Ingredients: 

• 20 gms Ginger
• 10 gms Garlic
• 10 gms Corn flour
• 50 gms Cabbage
• 50 gms Carrots
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 20 gms Capsicum
• 2 Sprigs coriander leaves
• 1 Spring onion
• A pinch pepper powder
• A pinch ajinomoto
• 1 tsp Soya sauce
• 1 tsp Oil
• 1 Litre water
• Salt to taste


Cooking Instructions:
• Cut the vegetables and ginger. 
• Heat oil and add fry ginger. 
• Add garlic and seethe. 
• Mix chopped vegetables and fry again. 
• Pour water and boil the mixture. 
• Now add chopped coriander, soya sauce, vinegar and ajinomoto. 
• When it comes to boil, add the corn flour paste. 
• Finish the soup with spring onions. 
• Ginger soup is ready to serve.

Onion Mushroom Strata Recipe

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Onion Mushroom Strata is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Mushroom Onion Strata by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:   
• 3/4 Cup thinly sliced onion
• 1-1/2 Cups sliced mushrooms
• 1-Week-old white bread slices
• 1-1/2 Cups evaporated milk
• 4 Eggs
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp White pepper
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 1-1/2 Cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/2 Cup water
• 3 tbsp Flour


Cooking Instructions:
•Fry mushrooms and onions in butter in a saucepan. Cut crusts from bread; trim into quarters.
•Layer ingredients in 10 x 6 x 2 inch baking dish as follows: half the bread squares, half the saut?ed vegetables, 1 cup cheese, remaining bread, remaining vegetables, and remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
•Put evaporated milk, flour, salt, water, eggs and pepper in blender container. Cover blend until smooth.
•Pour over ingredients in dish. Cover and allow it to chill several hours. Bake, uncovered, in slow oven 325 F for 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Then allow it to stand for 10 minutes. Cut into squares to serve.

Veg Exotica Salad Recipe

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      Salads are powerhouse of all the essential nutrients and are very good for health. Salads are incomplete without salad dressing. Veg Exotica Salad is a very nutritious & colourful recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Vegetable Exotica Salad recipe by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:   
• 1 Green capsicum
• 1 Red capsicum
• 1 Yellow capsicum
• 8 Mushrooms
• 8 Babycorns
• 1 Yellow carrot
• 8 Small florets of broccoli
• 1 Big tomato
• Olive Oil to saute
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Dried Basil
• Grated mozarella cheese
• Barbeque sticks or toothpics
Cooking Instructions:
•Wash all vegetables and pat dry on a clean towel.
•Deseed capsicums and cut into medium size pieces.
•Scrape carrot and cut into thick slices.
•Steam brocolli florets for 7-8 minutes till they are done but still crunchy.
•Heat olive oil in a nonstick pan and saute whole cleaned mushrooms. Saute till mushrooms are cooked but not overdone. Drain on paper towel.
•Saute carrot slices and baby corns the same way and drain on paper towel.
•Saute all capsicum pieces & broccoli florets. Towards the end, add cherry tomatoes also. Drain on paper towel.
•Now sprinkle salt, pepper, and basil on all vegetables. Go low on salt & pepper. Add basil generously.
•Now, skewer all vegetable pieces on a stick in this order - the three capsicums, carrot, baby corn, broccoli, mushroom, cherry tomato. Tomato should be on top!
•Arrange all 8 sticks on an ovenproof dish. Add grated cheese on top of each stick and sprinkle some more basil on top.
•Heat in pre-heated oven for 2-3 minutes or till cheese bubbles.
•Serve hot! It goes very well with cocktails.

Apple Chutney Recipe

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Apple Chutney is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Apple Chatni by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:   
• 3 Apples
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• 1 tsp Dry coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp Garam masala
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 Badi Ilaichi
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 2 Cloves
• 4-5 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Oil

Cooking Instructions:
•Peel off and cut the apples into small pieces.
•Grind with little water.
•Heat oil in pan and add Ilaichi, bay leaves and sticks.
•Add grated apples, turmeric powder, chili powder and coriander powder.
•When the mixture is cooked, add sugar and salt.
•Cook for 3 minutes.
•Apple Chutney is ready.

French Toast Recipe

Hello Everyone

Eggs are good for Breakfast. Here is an easy to prepare recipe for French toasts which very good for breakfast.

Ingredients-
5 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 slices bread
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup light sugar

Preparation-

In a bowl mix together the Eggs, Milk, Cream and vanilla.
Dip the Bread slices in this mixture.
Preheat oven to 350degrees f (175 degrees c)
Combine Melted butter and sugar and pour it on the bread slices.
Now heat in oven for about 40 minutes.

How to Make Tomato Soup

To prepare delicious and less thick tomato soup, Please go through the following step. For this you need the followings:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 large yellow onions, diced
1 tablespoon orange zest
18 ripe Roma tomatoes, quartered
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh basil leaves

   1. Using a heavy saucepan set over medium heat, sauté onions in olive oil, stirring occasionally until tender and translucent, about 10 to 12 minutes.
   2. Stir in orange zest and tomatoes and continue to cook over medium heat stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, about25 minutes.
   3. Puree soup in batches using a blender. Then strain the mixture through medium mesh sieve placed over a clean saucepan, discard remaining peel and seeds. Heat again the soup mixture over medium-low heat, season with salt and pepper. Add light cream to taste.
   4. Add fresh basil, torn into small pieces to the soup.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe

To make a great Grilled Cheese Sandwich you need fresh cheese and fresh bread. Its a very simple recipe but the Sandwhich tastes delecious.

Ingredients are-
Bread,
cheese,
and butter.

Method-
Take 2 pieces of bread, a slice of cheese and insert the cheese in between the bread, butter the outside of the bread on each side.
Place in a pan on low heat and turn when needed, until both sides are golden brown. Serve with pickles and potato chips on the side.

Lemon rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice  2 cups
Lemon juice  5 tbsp.
Mustard Seeds  2 tsp.
Urad Daal 2 tsp.
Chana Daal  2 tsp. 
Dried Red chillies 2-3
Turmeric Powder  1/2 tsp.
A pinch of asafoetida   
A pinch of Turmeric   
Roasted Peanuts   1/2 cup
Curry leaves 10-12
Grated coconut  1 tbsp.
Salt to taste 
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.
   
Method:

1. Wash rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and add a little salt to it. Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for 1-2 whistles and then switch off the gas). You can also cook it in a pan or do microwave cooking just the same way as you cook ordinary rice.Once the rice is cooked, keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan or a kadai. 
3. Add asafoetida, dried red chillies cut into two, urad dal and chana dal. 
4. Cook until dals change colour to light brown. 
5. Add peanuts and mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to crackle, then add curry leaves. Fry for 10 seconds more.
6. Next add turmeric powder and stir well.
7. Add cooked rice, salt and lemon juice. Mix well very gently so that the rice grains does not break.
   
  Garnish with grated coconut and serve hot.

Shakes or Drinks for this summers..

the coolest drinks for Indian summers include iced Jaljeera. You can make it by blending 125 gm tamarind pulp, 3 tbsp mint leaves, 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 3/4 tsp roasted ground cumin, 50 gm grated jaggery, 4 tsp black salt, 1 tbsp grated ginger, salt to taste, 3-4 tbsp lemon juice, pinch chilli powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala and 1 1/2 litre water in a food processor. Chill it overnight and then strain it.

You can also try Litchi squash, Khas ka sharbat, mango, strawberry and mint lassi(s), orange juice and Thandai. Iced mint tea, cold tomato juice, milk shakes such as banana milk shake, badaam milk shake, dates milk shake, mango milk shake, musk-melon milk shake, chocolate and strawberry milk shakes, cold coffee, phalsa or badaam ka sharbat, watermelon sharbat and icecream sodas are some other options for summer drinks.

How to make French Fries..

5 large potatoes, cut into strips (about 1/3 to 1/2-inch thickness) & oil for deep frying + salt

Soak potatoes in cold water for 60 minutes at room temperature. Drain well and dry with paper towels.
Heat oil in deep fryer.
Place potato strips in a single layer in deep fry basket; fry in hot oil for about 4 minutes, or until golden brown and tender.

Butter Scotch reciepe

Ingredients:
                  2 kg milk,
                  160 gm milk powder,
                  2 cup fresh cream ,
                  2 cup sugar,
                  25 gm butter
Method:
             Mix milk powder   and  1 n 1/2 sugar in milk and boil this .After becoming thick please switch off the gas .After this put butter init keep this rotating till it turns to thick. Mix thick milk inthis and boil it.After boiling switchoff the gas .Afetr making this cool, Mix fresh cream init and put it into the freeze .After freezing this again gring in to the mixi and again freeze it .Your butter scotch is ready to serve.

How To Make Spring Rolls

Ingredients:

 


Cover :
250 gms. All purpose flour (Maida)
1 Egg
Little Salt
Water to make batter
Filling :
2- 3 Carrots Grated)
1 cup leeks shredded and well washed (white section only)(optional)
1/2 tsp Ginger Minced)
1/2 tsp Garlic Minced)
100 gms Cabbage Shredded)
50gms Mushrooms Chopped)
75 gms Sprouted Beans
3 Green Chilies Chopped)
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Soya Sauce
1/2 tbsp White Pepper Powder


How to make spring roll:
Sift the flour and add salt, egg and water and make a smooth batter.
Heat little oil in a flat non-stick pan and add enough batter so that it covers the base of the pan.
Cook both sides of the pancake till golden. Repeat the same till whole batter is utilized.
To make the filling heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a wok, add ginger ,garlic and mushrooms, stir fry for 10-15 seconds.
Add leeks (if available) and stir fry for about 1 minute, then add carrots, cabbage and cook tossing the vegetables until they are crisp-tender.
Add the bean sprouts, salt, pepper and soya sauce, cook stirring for 2 minutes. Set aside the filling to cool.
To make the spring rolls place 2-3 tbsp. of the filling in the center of each pancake.
Fold in the sides and form a tight roll, sealing the edge with a little flour and water paste.
Deep fry in hot oil until golden.
Serve the vegetarian spring roll hot.

recipe for beginners and bachelors

QUICK VEGETABLE PULAO


Ingredients required:

2 cups basmati rice (long grain rice),
2 cups chopped vegetables (capsicum, carrots, french beans, cauliflower florets,etc)
1/2 cup shelled green peas,
3-4 tej patta,
8-10 black peppercorns,
4-5 dalchini sticks (1 inch long),
3-4 laung,
1 tsp haldi,
1-2 tsp red chilli powder,
4 tsp garam masala powder/biryani masala,
2 tbsp cashewnuts, broken into 2 halves
1 tsp kishmish (optional)
Salt to taste,
Oil for frying,
Water.

Method:
Wash the rice and keep aside.
In a pressure cooker, heat some oil, add the whole garam masala, fry for a minute and add all the vegetables and cashew nuts.
Fry them for 5-7 minutes, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala.
Mix well and add rice.
Mix evenly so that all the masala and vegetables are mixed with the rice.
Add around 4 cups water and close the lid of the pressure cooker.
Pressure cook upto 2 whistles and serve hot with any raita, papad and pickle and enjoy the MOVIE YOU HAVE IN YOUR STOCK @ HOME FOR sunday.