Cheesy Garlic Bread

Preparation time : 10 mins + one hour + 15 mins - 1 1/2 hour

Serves : 4 people

Ingredients :

Yeast : 3/4 tsp

Sugar : 2 tsp

All purpose flour or maida : 1 1/2 cup

Salt : 1 tsp

Garlic paste or garlic powder : 1 tsp 

Water to knead the dough : Around 1/2 cup

Oil : 2 tsp 

Mozerilla cheese and Cheddar cheese : 3/4 cup

Boiled corn : 1/4 cup

Sliced Onion : 1/4 cup

Jalapeno / chili : 2 - 3 Tbsp

Garlic powder / chopped garlic : 1 tsp

Oregano : 1 tsp

Melted Butter : 1/4 tsp

Chili Flakes, Oregano, Garlic Flakes and PeriPeri mix - For Seasoning

Method: 

Take warm water, add in sugar and yeast, mix it well. 

Keep it in warm place for 10 mins for it to proof.

Take a big bowl. Add in all purpose flour , garlic paste 1 tsp or garlic flakes and salt , mix it well.
Add in the yeast mixture to flour make it as a dough.
knead it for 4 mins.
Add oil and knead it for one more minute.
cover with a damp cloth and leave it in warm place for one hour.
After one hour , take the dough, punch it out, knead for a minute or two.
Divide the dough into two equal parts.
Roll the dough , not too thin or not too thick and make 8 in circle.
on top of the rolled dough add cheese, garlic powder, oregano, corn or onion, chili or jalapenos .
Apply water around the edges and seal the dough.
Apply butter on top of the dough.
Sprinkle Garlic powder, oregano, red chili flakes and peri peri spice mix .
Make creases, just make ridges on top don't cut it all the way down.


On Stove Top :


Take a cooker, add salt about 1 and 1/2 cup ... Over salt place in a cup , wire stand or any thing to give it a little height.
Cover the lid of cooker without gasket and whistle .
Preheat it for 10 mins .
After 10 mins , place the bread sticks in hot cooker, cover it with the lid.
Bake it for 15 mins.


In Oven:


Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
Place it in middle rack and bake it for about 15 mins.


Take it out , cut it after 5 mins.
Enjoy your Hot Garlic bread sticks ....

Quinoa dosa

Quinoa is one of the world’s most popular health foods.
Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain all nine essential amino acids.
It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B-vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants.

Quinoa dosa with lentils is a healthy dosa. These dosas are easy to make immediately after grinding the batter without fermenting.

Missing photo :P ....

Preparation time : 5 hours + 10 mins

Serves : 8

Ingredients :

Quinoa uncooked : 1 1/2 cup
Urad dal : 1/2 cup

Moong dal : 1/2 cup 

Toor dal : 1/2 cup 

Chana dal : 1/4 cup

Masoor dal : 1/4 cup
Green chilis : 6

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Salt : 1 Tbsp

Turmeric powder : 1/8 tsp

Method :

Rinse quinoa several times with water until the water runs clear to take off the natural bitter coating called saponin from quinoa. If you are not rinsing the quinoa thoroughly then the dosa will taste bitter.
Wash all dals together. 

Soak quinoa and dals together in water for 5 - 6 hours.

After 5 hours, drain the water from soaked quinoa and lentils. In a blender or grinder add the quinoa and lentils together with green chili and cumin seeds. Add water little by little and grind it to a smooth batter. Add salt and turmeric powder , mix well.
(If you want nice and crispy dosa, you can add half a cup of rice flour to the batter.)

Heat skillet and pour a laddle full of batter and spread it in a circular motion. Drizzle oil on sides of a dosa cover and cook until the bottom side of a dosa becomes crispy. Transfer it to a plate and serve. Repeat the same with a rest of the batter.
Enjoy your dish :)

Eggless chocolate cake

Preparation time : 30 mins
Makes : serves 6 people

Ingredients :
 
All purpose flour or maida : 2 1/2 cups
condensed milk or plain milk : 200 ml 
Powdered sugar : 1 1/2 cup
Melted unsalted butter : 1 1/2 cup 
Cocoa powder : 1/2 cup
Baking powder : 1 Tbsp
Soda like coke or pepsi : 1 1/2 can

Method : 

Preheat the oven for 15 mins 400 F.

For this cake we have to use cookie sheet so prepare them by spraying with nonstick spray and keep aside.
In a bowl or mixer take 200 ml of condensed milk or plain milk, add powdered sugar and mix it
with whisk until well mixed, melt the butter and add it when warm to the sugar mixture and beat until mixed well.
Now take the dry ingredients 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour add 1/2 cup of cocoa  pwdr, add 1 tbsp
of baking powder and mix everything well.now add the wet ingredient in the flour mixture and just mix it.
now add the soda i.e. coke and mix everything well it should be not be too thick.
now divide the batter evenly on the two prepared sheets, just tap the sheets in order the spread evenly and
remove the air bubble.
Put these sheets in the preheated oven at 400'F for 15mins and switch of immediately and let it be in the oven for next 15 mins.do not remove them let them cook in switched off oven.remove them and let them cool
completely before doing any icing.

Loose Prawns

Loose Prawns is that starter on the menu which will always have most of the eyes looking for...If you have nailed it then there won't be any better dish around to enjoy with a bowl of Hot Soup! Here I present to you the recipe to enhance your taste buds for that lovely evening !!

Ingredients

Cleaned and Deveined Prawns - around 30 Medium ..(Deveining is very much important)

TIP 1: To remove smell of prawns, clean the prawns with some milk... Put Prawns in milk and keep washing them in that milk

After washing the prawns, fully dry them with Kitchen towel.. Do not forget this part.

Salt around - 1- tsp - For Taste.. Remember usually prawns are usually salty so be careful while adding salt

Black Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP ( You can add more if you want)

White Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 TBSP

1/2 Egg

Vinegar - 1 teaspoon

1 lemon

Corn Flour - 2 TBSP

Maida - 3/4 TBSP

Rice Flour - 1/2 TBSP

Mix them throughly and apply the marinade to all the prawns.. The consistency should be thick

Leave it for 1/2 rs...

Chopped Garlic - 20

Chopped Green chillies - 8

Preparation

Take oil in pan and put it in medium flame... The Oil shouldn't be too hot..If its too hot just switch off the flame and let it cool down... The temperature of oil is very important.

Now put the Prawns in the oil slowly such a way that entire Kadai is full of pieces.. This way pieces fry evenly.. Do not touch the prawns for 30 secs... Keep mixing the pieces intermittently until they are 3/4 th  cooked ( They should curl and also have slight golden brown color).... Typically takes 1 to 1.5 Mins of deep frying .. Now take them aside

After entire prawns are 3/4 th cooked take them out.  increase the flame to High for 2nd time frying... Now take pieces in small batches ..and put them in Hot Oil...The Oil should be very hot...Don't touch them until 20 secs... Now cook them for only 1 minutes... Prawns cook really fast so be careful about that...Don't over cook..

The colour will change to good golden brown colour.. Take them out.. 

Take a pan, add little oil and once the oil is hot put little turmeric ( You can add Turmeric while Marinating if you want and avoid here ) , garlic and green chillies... They will fry within 15-20 secs.. After that put the prawn pieces and toss them... The Prawn pieces will get a slight coating of garlic and chillies...

You can very well eat them on its own and relish each and every piece of goodness!!

Fish Fry urff Chepala Vepudu !!

Fish Fry / Chepala Vepudu

Fish Fry and Rasam Rice  is Amazing Combination!! It has the  most heavenly taste when cooked properly

Fish is most nutritious of all the Non-Vegetarian items and very good for health...

There are various varieties of fishes and each fish has its own cooking style / taste.. This recipe can be used for most of the fishes like Rohu / Mackerel (Vanjaram)/ King Fish / Seer Fish / Korameenu etc...People residing near Seashore places love Sea Fish Fry and people who are far away also love them a lot but they would probably only get Fresh Pond / River Fish... If you don't get any fresh fish, you are probably unlucky as you might have to adjust with a frozen fish.. Never Mind as long as you can eat Fish Fry.. Why wait long...

Simply dive into Recipe

Preparation Time - 10 mins
Marination Time - 1 Hr
Cooking / Fry Time - 8-10 mins per batch

Ingredients

Fish Pieces (Rohu / Vanjaram )- 1 kg.. The fish pieces shouldn't be very thick or very thin... 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 TBSP

Salt to taste - Approximately 2 teaspoons

Chilli Powder - 2 TBSP

Coriander Powder - 1 TBSP

Cumin Powder - 1 Teaspoon

Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP

Turmeric - 1/2 Teaspoon

Oil - 2 teaspoons for marination

Lemon - 1 Large

Oil for Shallow Fry

TIP 1 : Wash fish thoroughly with Turmeric and salt so that the fishy smell is gone.

TIP 2 : After washing pat dry each and every fish so that there is absolutely no moisture

Mix all the Marination Ingredients (Ginger Garlic Paste, Salt, ChilliPowder, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Pepper Powder, Lemon) in a bowl and mix thoroughly...  Now add Oil and mix it in the marinade...

TIP 3: Poke the fish pieces with a fork slightly before applying the marinade so that the marinade will seep in and stick to the fish pieces even while frying

Now apply the marinade to the fish pieces very carefully individually.. This will take time but having patience will reap good rewards..

Shallow Frying :

Now take a Tawa and put some oil on it... Spread the oil in the Tawa and some extra oil in the centre of the Tawa...

The flame should be low - medium..

Put the fish pieces carefully around tawa.. Not at the centre where extra Oil is there... ( The heat at the centre is more than in the outer areas...)

If you put around 5 Pieces in the Tawa then put the pieces in round robin fashion in the centre for 1 minute each and bring them back to the outer ring where heat is low... keep doing this for 4-5 minutes on one side of the fish... Now flip the fish pieces carefully to the other side and repeat the process of Round Robin in and out and after 1 minute take out the fish pieces and serve them HOT with onions...

TIP 4: While putting the Fish pieces on the Tawa, place the Top side down on the Tawa... i.e. When you put the Marinade, if Side A is on the top, put the Fish in the Tawa with Side A at the bottom because Side B some marinade might have been removed as it was doing sticking to the vessel... Now Before flipping on the Tawa, apply some  Marinade on Side B and flip it so that it goes to the bottom with proper Marinade :)

TIP 5: Remember the order in which you have placed the Fish Pieces in the Tawa so that, you know the order in which you have to put them in centre and also know the order in which you have to flip it

Fish Fry goes very well with Rasam Rice... 

Pepper Chicken - Crispy and with the Zing !

Pepper Chicken

Every now and then we keep wondering what if we can't go to restaurants... Will we be able to get the same taste and experience of our favourite dishes ? Do we have enough ingredients and cook ware to make them the most delicious dishes... All those fears can be laid to rest with this blog post... Don't worry because this is time to make that favorite dish..

Marination

Take Boneless Breast - 500 gms cut into decent size cubes (Make sure

Salt around - 2-3 tsp - ( For taste)

Chilli Powder - 2  tsp 

Black Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP

White Pepper Powder - 1 TBSP 

Oil - 2 tsp

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 TBSP

1 Egg White alone - Don't put egg yolk. Its Just Egg White

Add  Corn Flour - 2 TBSP

Maida - 1 TBPS

Kashmiri Lal Mirchi Powder - 1 Heaped Table Spoon for colour.. 

Mix them throughly.. Make sure that each piece gets enough coating and the coating is standing 

The consistency should be thick.. Not runny at all..

Leave it for 2 hrs...

After 2hrs just check for the pieces as Chicken might loose some water... Now just add little cornflour to bring it back to thick consistency if needed

Preparation

Now slit 10 Chillies into halves 

Also take a spring of curry leaves

Take a Kadai with Oil to Fry.. 

The oil should be fully hot... First fry the Chillies and Curry leaves till they are crisp and keep them aside.. 

Frying the Chillies in the oil makes the oil spicy.. You can use these chillies later if needed..This will be help while frying the Chicken..

Now put the chicken pieces in the oil such a way that entire Kadai is full of pieces.. This way pieces fry evenly.. Now slightly reduce the flame to Medium-High.. Keep mixing the pieces intermittently until they are 3/4 th  cooked.... Typically takes 2 to 3  minutes of deep frying .. Now take them aside

Sprinkle some Black pepper on them and just mix them slightly so that the chicken pieces are coated with pepper..

After entire batches of chicken are 3/4 th cooked, increase the flame to High for 2nd time frying... Now take pieces in small batches ..and put them in Hot Oil...

TIP 1: (Remember small batches and we want to cook on high flame very fast) . 

TIP 2: Don't touch them until 30 secs... ( They will be very very  sticky if you touch them).. After 30 secs or so Now start separating the chicken pieces and deep fry them for another 1 minutes... You can see the color changing quickly and they becoming crisp... You can feel the crispiness when you try to bounce them on your ladle... 

Take them out ...put them in a mixing bowl and toss little garam masala and also some pepper on top of all the chicken pieces... Enjoy your Restaurant style Pepper Chicken !! Please try the recipe and leave the comments

Eggizza -- a Pizza with a twist!!

This is a very simple but tasty version of egg based dish..If your kids are asking for a pizza but you are afraid to give them one, you can safely give them this version of pizza which is a PIZZA with a twist..

Read the recipe to know your ingredients....

1. Take 2 eggs and put some salt and whisk it thoroughly 

2. Finely Chop Jalapeños, capsicum, carrot, green Chillies, Olives, Onions

3. Sprinkle salt on Capsicum, carrot, onions .. Don’t mix all of them but just mix salt individually.

4. Take Butter in Pan.. Put it in SiM ...Pour the beaten egg in the pan

5. Then put onion which is mixed with salt.. 

6. Put some cheese ( I put shredded Cheddar ) On top 

7. then kind of place put capsicum, little carrot , jalepenos, olives .. You can add Mushrooms / little spinach/ Cooked Chicken pieces as needed.

8. Finely Chopped Green Chillies... 

9. Then on top Cheese again...(Shredded Mozarella Cheese)Put pepper on top,.. Then cover with Lid... All this while full SIM... Extreme low flame

10. .Next after may be 3-4 mins take out and   put oregano and Chilli Flakes 😀😀..