Wednesday, 27 April 2016

How to make Crispy Chicken Fingers

Prep Time : 5 minutes 

Cook time : 15 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

 Ingredients

  • Boneless chicken cut into strips - 250 grams

  • Oil 

  • Egg - 1

  • Yogurt - 1/2 cup

  • Crushed black peppercorns

  • Salt 

  • Cornstarch - 1 cup

  • Bread crumbs - 1 cup

Method

Step 1

Heat some oil in a pan.

Step 2

Mix some yogurt and an egg in a bowl together. Add chicken to the mixture and stir well. Add some crushed peppercorns and salt and mix it again.

Step 3

Put bread crumbs and cornstarch on the marinated chicken strips.

Step 4

Fry the coated chicken strips in hot oil till they turn golden brown and crispy. Drain on tissue paper.

Step 5

Now it is ready to be served hot.

  • Bon Appetit!

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

How to make Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook time : 5 hour

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Ingredients

  • Vanilla ice cream - as needed

  • Cookie dough - 500 grams
  • Method

    Step 1

    Heat oven at 180ÂșC. Keep a baking tray with a silicon sheet on it.

    Step 2

    Dust the top of the tray with some flour and put some cookie dough into a ½ inch thick sheet. Cut the edges, then put it on the silicon sheet and cut into halves. Keep in the fridge for 5-10 minutes.

    Step 3

    Now put the tray in the heated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool at room temperature.

    Step 4

    Keep a cookie half on a serving platter. Top it with a scoop of ice cream and level it out. Cover it with the remaining cookie half and press lightly. Keep in the fridge for 4 hours.

    Step 5

    Cut into small pieces and it is ready to be served.

  • Bon Appetit!

Sunday, 24 April 2016

How to make Tender Coconut Kulfi

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook time : 15 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Medium

Ingredients

  • Coconut cream - 1 teaspoon

  • Milk powder - 1 cup

  • Milk - 1 1/2 litres

  • Coconut powder - 1 cup

  • Sugar - 1/2 cup

  • Tender coconut - 1


  • Method

    Step 1

    Keep aside 1 cup milk and heat the remaining in a deep non stick pan, stirring and scraping the milk sticking to the sides of the pan, till milk reduces slightly.

    Step 2

    Mix milk powder and coconut milk powder into the milk till no lump remain. Add this slowly to the milk in the pan and mix well. Cook for a few minutes.

    Step 3

    Add some sugar and mix and continue to boil till it reduces further. Chop coconut malai and add them into the kulfi moulds.

    Step 4

    When the milk mixture thickens sufficiently, put off the heat and keep aside to cool slightly.

    Step 5

    Pour the mixture into the kulfi moulds and close them with the lids. Place the moulds in their stand and when cooled down to room temperature place in the freezer to set completely.

    Step 6

    Once set remove them out of the moulds and serve immediately.

  • Bon Appetit!

Saturday, 23 April 2016

How to make Blueberry Rolls

Prep Time : 20 minutes

Cook time : 50 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Medium

Ingredients

  • Blueberry compote - as needed

  • Refined flour (maida) - 2½ cups

  • Butter - 2 tablespoons

  • Fresh yeast - 2 1/2 teaspoons

  • Castor sugar (caster sugar) - 1 tablespoon + a pinch

  • Milk - 1¼ cups

  • Salt - a pinch

  • Icing sugar - for dusting


  • Method


    Step 1

    Heat oven at 180ÂșC. Then grease the baking tin with some butter and dust some refined flour onto it.

    Step 2

    Take some yeast in a bowl and a pinch castor sugar.

    Step 3

    Heat milk on a non-stick pan.

    Step 4

    Add 2-3 tblspoons warm milk to the yeast and mix it all together. Keep aside for 2 minutes.

    Step 5

    Put some refined flour in another bowl. Add salt and 1 tablespoon castor sugar into it and mix well. Add the other yeast to it and mix well. Add the leftover milk and knead into a soft dough. Then add 2 tablespoons butter to the dough and knead again. Keep it aside.

    Step 6

    Take blueberry compote into a bowl.

    Step 7

    Dust some refined flour on top of it and roll out the dough into ½ inch thick rectangular sheet. Put some blueberry over the sheet. Sprinkle some castor sugar over it and roll the sheet tightly.

    Step 8

    Cut the edges and cut the prepared roll into 1 inch rolls. Place each roll in the baking tin, cover with muslin cloth and set aside.

    Step 9

    Now brush the rolls with some milk, place the baking tin on a baking tray, put the tray in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

    Step 10

    Now you can brush the rolls with some butter and keep aside to cool. Remove them from the tin and they are ready to be served.


  • Bon Appetit!

Friday, 22 April 2016

How to make Paprika Chicken Skewers

Prep Time : 3 hour

Cook time : 10 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Ingredients

  • Boneless chicken legs, cut into 1 inch pieces - 400 grams

  • Paprika smoked - 2 teaspoons

  • Olive oil - ¼ cup

  • Fresh parsley chopped - 3 tablespoons

  • Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon

  • Fresh thyme - 1 teaspoon

  • Salt - to taste

  • Crushed black peppercorns - to taste

  • Method

    Step 1

    Take the chicken pieces into a bowl. Add olive oil, parsley, lemon juice, thyme, paprika, salt, and crushed peppercorns to it and mix it well altogether. Cover the mixture and refrigerate to marinate for two hours.

    Step 2

    Put the marinated chicken pieces onto skewer sticks.

    Step 3

    Heat a non-stick grill pan and place the sticks and grill till it turns golden brown and the chicken is cooked.

    Step 4

    Serve hot.

  • Bon Appetit!

Thursday, 21 April 2016

How to make Chinese Samosa

Prep Time : 20 minutes

Cook time : 25 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Ingredients

  • Sichuan sauce - 1 tablespoon

  • Samosa pattis - 10

  • Potatoes parboiled with salt, peeled and cut into small cubes - 3 medium

  • Oil 

  • Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon

  • Spring onions with greens - 2 stalks

  • Peanuts roasted - 1/4 cup

  • Refined flour (maida) - 1 tablespoon

  • Method

    Step 1

    You need to heat sufficient oil in a kadai.

    Step 2

    Take potatoes into a bowl. Add cornstarch and mix it together. Deep-fry the potatoes in hot oil till they turn golden brown. Drain the potatoes on tissue paper.

    Step 3

    Cut the green of the spring onion.

    Step 4

    Heat a non-stick pan. Add the fried potatoes and Sichuan sauce and mix together. Now add the chopped spring onion greens and peanuts and mix it all together. Put the gas off.

    Step 5

    Put the refined flour in some water to make a smooth.

    Step 6

    Fold samosa pattis into cones. Fill with prepared potato mixture and fold the remaining side, using the refined flour mixture, to form samosas.

    Step 7

    Deep-fry the samosas in hot oil till it turns golden brown and crispy. Drain on tissue paper.

    Step 8

    Serve them hot, garnish with spring onions.

  • Bon Appetit!

How to make Hot Cross Buns

Prep Time : 40 minutes

Cook time : 15 minutes

Serve : Depends on quantity

Level Of Cooking : Medium

Ingredients

  • Refined flour (maida) - 3 1/4 cups

  • Fresh yeast - 2 teaspoons

  • Sugar - 3 1/2` tablespoons

  • Milk - 1 1/2 cups

  • Salt - a pinch

  • Butter - 2 tablespoons

  • Tutti frutti - 1/2 cup

  • Method

    Step 1

    Mix the flour and salt into a large bowl. Put yeast in lukewarm water and keep aside. Mix sugar and water in another bowl.

    Step 2

    Add both the mixtures to the flour and mix throughly. Add some milk till all of it is gets into the dough. Knead the mixture till the dough is soft and smooth.

    Step 3

    Cover the mixture with a damp cloth and rest the dough till it doubles in volume. Heat the oven to 240°C. Now you can add some tutti frutti to the dough.

    Step 4

    Form into round buns, make a cross on the top with the back of a knife. You could also cut very thin strips of dough and place them on the top of the buns in a cross.

    Step 5

    Keep them them aside to rise for another 15 minutes on a greased tray. Bake the in the heated oven for ten minutes.

    Step 6

    Mix sugar with a tablespoon of water and heat it gently till the sugar dissolves. Now you can brush the buns with this sugar and water mixture as soon as they are out of the oven and they are ready to be served.

  • Bon Appetit!