QUICK TRICK FOR PEELING BOILED EGGS

Quick Trick for Peeling Boiled Eggs

STEP-1

Drain the boiling water from the pot of egg.

STEP-2

Refill the pot with cold tap water.

CHICKEN MASALA

Chicken Masala

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                  

15 min                 20 min                  35 min                 3-4

Ingredients

• Chicken -1/2 k
• Chopped onion-3
• Crushed garlic-4-5 cloves
• Crushed ginger-1 piece
• Green chilly(slit)-2

CHEESY CHICKEN BITES

Cheesy Chicken Bites

These chicken bites comes out moist and tasty with delightful cheese in each bite.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

20 min                 30 min                  50 min                 8-9

Ingredients

Bread -as required
Cheese spread-as required

For filling
To cook the chicken

• .Chicken-1/4 k
• .Pepper powder-1/2tsp
• .Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• .salt-as required

To make the masala

• .Onions, finely chopped-3 medium
• .Potatoes-2 medium(boiled and smashed)
• .Green chillies, crushed-1
• .Ginger, crushed-1bsp

FRUIT SALAD

Fruit salad

   

 Fruit salad is a dish consisting of various kinds of fruit, sometimes served in a liquid, either in         their own juices or syrup. When served as an appetizer or as a dessert, a fruit salad is sometimes     known as a fruit cocktail or fruit cup. 

    Prep Time                         Serves                 

    15 min+refrigeration          8-9     

  

   Ingredients

•   Banana(Medium Size) -2(Cut Into Small Pieces)
•   Apple-1(Cut Into Small Pieces)
•    Seedless Grapes-1/4 Cup(Cut Into Small Pieces)
•    Mango-2(Cut Into Small Pieces)

MANGO MILKSHAKE

Mango Milkshake

Easy, delicious mango milkshake, a great way to use mango. This smoothie works great as a beverage.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

5 min                     0min                      5min                      3-4         

Ingredients

• Medium Mangoes -2
• Milk -2 Cup
• Sugar-2 Tablespoon(As Per Your Taste)
• Ice Cubes-As Required

Method

STEP-1

Peel the mangoes and cut them into chunks.

STEP-2

Place the mango pieces into a blender.

STEP-3

Add the milk and sugar .Turn the blender on and gradually add ice cubes

STEP-4

Pour the finished mango shake into a serving glass.

Serve the shake. You can garnish your shake with fresh mango slices, if desired.

MANGO MILKSHAKE

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE

Vegetable Fried Rice

Quick delicious and simple to make.Few ingredients come together to make a comfort dish. 

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                  Cuisine

20 min                  20 min                  40 min                  3-4                       Indo-Chinese

Ingredients

Cooking the Rice

• Long Grained Rice Or Basmati Rice-1 Cup
• Water-4.5 To 5 Cups 
•  Salt-½ Teaspoon Or As Required
•  Oil-2 To 3 Drops

Rest of the Ingredients

• Finely Chopped Vegetables -Cabbage, Celery,Carrots, Capsicum Or Bell Peppers (Green, Red Or Yellow),Green Peas (Cooked)-1.5 Cups
• Ginger And Garlic Paste-1teaspoon
• Soya Sauce-1 Tsp(Add As Required)
• Black Pepper Powder-1teaspoon ( Add As Required)
• Oil/Butter-2 Tablespoon
• Salt- As Required

Method

Cooking the rice

STEP-1

Rinse rice very well till the water runs clear of starch. Soak rice in water for 30 minutes. Drain and keep aside.

STEP-2

In a pot, bring to a gentle boil 4.5 to 5 cups of water with salt and 2 to 3 drops of oil.

Add the soaked and drained rice to the hot water.

STEP-3

On a low to medium flame cook the rice without the lid.

When the rice becomes just cooked, remove the pot from fire and drain the rice.

You can also gently rinse the rice in water so that they stop cooking and don't stick to each other. Cover the rice and keep aside till the rice cools completely.

Another method

Saute the rice (1 cup) in 1tablespoon oil until translucent, stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes. Add water (1.5 cups) and salt. Bring it to boil, stir and then reduce the heat to low-medium. Cover and cook until liquid is absorbed - around 10-12 minutes. Let it cool.

Preparing the fried rice

STEP-4

Chop the veggies finely and keep aside.

STEP-5

Heat oil/butter in a wok or a pan. Add the ginger and garlic and saute for some seconds. No need to brown the garlic.

STEP-6

Then add all the finely chopped veggies including the celery. Increase the flame on a high and stir fry the veggies on a high flame.

You have to continuously toss and stir while frying so that the veggies are uniformly cooked and do not get burnt.

The veggies have to be stir fried, till they are almost cooked and yet retain their crunchiness and crispiness.

STEP-7

Add the soy sauce, salt and pepper. Stir quickly and add the rice. Stir fry for a few minutes till the sauce has coated the fried rice well. Keep a check when adding salt, as soy sauce already has salt in it.

Tips

To give a sweet taste to the vegetable fried rice, you can add a bit of tomato sauce.
To give a hot taste and flavor, you can add some red chili sauce or green chili sauce.

VANILLA CUPCAKES

Vanilla Cupcakes

These easy vanilla cupcakes are so simple to make. Decorate with a swirl of delicious buttercream frosting.

A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminium cup. As with larger cakes, icing and other cake decorations, such as candy, may be applied. 

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

10 min                  20 min                  30 min                 12 cupcakes        

Ingredients

• Granulated Sugar-1 Cup
• Un-Salted Butter, softened-1 Stick
• Eggs-2
• Vanilla Extract-2 tsp

LEMONADE

Lemonade

Lemonade is a lemon-flavored drink sweetened with sugar among other sweeteners.Lemonade is a very refreshing drink.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

5 min                     0 min                     5 min                     6              


Ingredients

• Cold water-800ml
• Sugar-3tbsp (up to your taste level)
• Ice cubes-6
• Lemon -1

MEAT SAMOSA

Meat Samosa

These fried snacks eaten throughout India. In the south, they are filled with meat, in the north with vegetables, and during the feast of Diwali fills often with sweet fillings.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

20 min                 30 min                  50 min                10-12 

Ingredients

For pastry

• All Purpose Flour -1 Cup
• Vegetable Oil-1 Tablespoon
• Salt- To Taste

MUTTON CUTLET

Mutton Cutlet

This recipe calls for mutton, but chicken, beef and fish work just as well.Mutton cutlets can be made a day ahead and frozen. Place the cutlets in microwave make them crispy and serve hot as you need them.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

20 min                 30 min                  50 min                10-12 

Ingredients

To cook the mutton

• Mutton - 250 gm
• Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Water - 1 cup

DATES AND NUTS FRY

Dates and Nuts Fry

The massive health benefits of dates have made them one of the best ingredients for muscle development. People consume dates in several ways, such as mixing the paste of the dates with milk, yogurt or with bread or butter to make them even more delicious. Here I used nuts as a filling.

The benefits of dates include relief from constipation, intestinal disorders, heart problems, anemia, sexual dysfunction, diarrhea, abdominal cancer, and many other conditions. Dates are good for gaining weight also. Dates are rich in several vitamins, minerals and fiber too. These delicious fruits contain oil, calcium, sulfur, iron, potassium, phosphorous, manganese, copper and magnesium which are all beneficial for health. Some health specialists have said that eating one day per day is necessary for a balanced and healthy diet.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

10 min                  5min                     15min                  2-3

Ingredients

• Dates - 10 nos
• Cashew nuts - 10 nos
• Egg - 1 no
• Maida - 1/4 cup
• Rice flour - 2 tsp

CAULIFLOWER FRY

Cauliflower Fry

Fried cauliflower, also known as zahra mekleyah (Arabic: الارنبيط المقلي, زهره مقليه‎), is a Levantine vegetarian dish served cold or hot, consisting of fried cauliflower, often accompanied by tahini sauce, lettuce, parsley and tomatoes, served on pita bread or sliced bread, often grilled or toasted. It can also be eaten as a sandwich using pita bread, sprinkled with cumin, salt, and lemon juice. This is a simple and quick cauliflower recipe. You can serve it either as a snack or a starter. 

Prep Time                        Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

10 min+marination          10 min                  20 min                4-5 

Ingredients

• Cauliflower (medium size)
• Red Chilli powder-1.5 tsp 
• Turmeric powder-2-3 pinches 
• Salt- as needed

WATERMELON LEMONADE DRINK

Watermelon Lemonade Drink

Watermelon Juice is great for calorie conscious people. As watermelons are already sweet so no need of adding sugar. Moreover watermelon are so refreshing and cool I just love them.It has great benefits to human body. It gives you water, glucose, vitamins also beat the heat.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

10 min                     0 min                    10 min                     6       

Ingredients

• 1 Small Sweet, Watermelon
• Small Lime, Juiced-1
• Sugar -As Needed

Method

STEP-1

Slice the watermelon in half.   

Discard the seeds, and scoop chunks of watermelon from the rind into the bowl.  

STEP-2

Blend the watermelon along with sugar with a spoon or fork.

STEP-3

Squeeze the juice of one small lime into the watermelon chunks and mix it for a few seconds. Pour the watermelon juice into glasses, over ice.

CHICKEN CUTLET

Chicken Cutlet

Cutlets are a popular snack item and can be served as a side dish along with the main course. Cutlet recipes are easy to make and is loved by all. Cutlet is a cooked meat stuffing of chicken, mutton, fish or beef fried with a batter covering. It can also be made with vegetables.

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

20 min                 30 min                  50 min                10-12 

Ingredients

To cook the chicken

• .Chicken-1/2 k
• .Pepper powder-1/2tsp
• .Red chilly powder-1/2tsp
• .Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• .salt-as required

NUTELLA BROWNIES

Nutella Brownies

3 Ingredient Nutella brownies. These fudgy and chewy brownies are so easy to make!

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

5 min                  25min                  30 min                    8-10

Ingredients

• Chocolate-hazelnut spread, such as Nutella-2 1/2 cups
• All-purpose flour-1 heaping cup
• Egg-3

CHOCOLATE CAKE SQUARES

Chocolate Cake Squares 

Chocolate cakes topped with a smooth cream and garnished with sprinkles or strawberry pieces. 

Prep Time           Cook Time          Ready in              Serves                 

20 min                  20 min                  40 min                 25-30 pieces

Ingredients

• Flour-3/4 cup (94g)
•  Baking soda-¼ tsp
•  Baking powder-1 tsp
•  Salt-1/4 teaspoon

RICE DOSA/APPAM

Rice Dosa/Appam

Rice dosa/appam literally meaning Water dosa is a crepe prepared from rice batter. It is light type of dosa, an Indian dish.

Prep Time                               Cook Time          Ready in                            Serves                 

5 min+soaking time                20 min                25 min +soaking               10

Ingredients

• Raw rice -2 cups
• Salt –As required
• Water - As Required
• Oil - As Required
• Grated coconut-few (optional)

TUNA MASALA

Tuna masala

Ingredients

• Canned tuna fish - 1 (185 gms)     
• Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
• Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 ½ tsp
• Green chilli - 1 or 2

CHICKEN SOUP

 Chicken soup

Chicken soup is a soup made from chicken, simmered in water, usually with various other ingredients. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often with pieces of chicken or vegetables; common additions are pasta, dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley. Chicken soup has acquired the reputation of a folk remedy for colds and flues, and in many countries is considered a comfort food.

Ingredients

• Water -4 cup
• Chicken with bone-5-6 pieces of 1 inch cut chicken
• Garlic pealed-4(Don’t chop)
• Onion -1/2(cut into 4)
• Oats-4tbsp

ADA PAYASAM IN COOKER

Ada Payasam in Cooker

Ingredients

• Ada-1/4-1/2 Cup/1 Hand Full
• Sugar-1 Cup
• Milk-4 Cup

BUTTERFLY 3D CARDS FOR KIDS

Butterfly 3D Card for Kids

You will need

• Construction paper
• Glue
• Scissors
• Pencil

COOKER CHICKEN BIRIYANI

Cooker Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients

• Jeerekashala rice - 4 cups
• Water - 6 cups
• Chicken -1 kg
• Cloves-6
• Cardamom-4
• Cinnamon-1

UNNAKKAYA

Unnakkaya

Ingredients

• Banana –medium ripped-1k
• Coconut grated -2 cup
• Sugar -1 cup
• Ghee-2tbsp

CHATTI PATHIRI(SWEET)

Chatty pathiri(sweet)

Ingredients

For pancake

• Flour-1 cup
• Salt-a pinch
• Egg -1

EGG CURRY IN COCONUT MILK

Egg Curry in Coconut Milk

Ingredients

• Hard boiled eggs- 2 to 3 nos
• Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
• Onion sliced- 1 large
• Green chilies (crushed)-1

KALAN

Kalan

Kalan is a very traditional Keralite dish prepared using yogurt, coconut and vegetables. It is always a part of Onam Sadhya.

Ingredients

•    Plantain -2
•    Elephant foot yam- 250 grams 
•    Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp 
•    Chilli Powder -1 tsp 
•    Turmeric powder - a pinch 

NO BAKE COOKIES

No-bake Marshmallows Oreo Cookies

Ingredients

• Oreo-2 Packet
• Marshmallows-1 large cup
• Butter-1 tbsp

NADAN CHICKEN CURRY

Chicken curry

Ingredients

• Chicken -1 k
• Chopped tomato -1
• Salt –as required

Oreo Milkshake Popsicle

 Make this easy cookies & cream Popsicle at home!

Ingredients 

• .Milk - ¾ cup(180ml)
• .Heavy whipping cream-1/4 cup (60ml)
• .Granulated sugar-1 tbsp
• .Oreo cookies-4

EASY KALLUMMAKKAYA(MUSSELS) ROAST

Easy Kallummakkaya(mussels)  Roast

Ingredients

• Kallummakkaya(Mussels)-1/2 k
• Red chilly powder -1tsp(up to your spice level)
• Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
• Salt – as required
• Chopped onion -3

MINT LEAVES CHUTNEY

Mint leaves chutney

Ingredients

• Mint leaves-1/4 cup
• Coriander leaves-few
• Ginger -1 piece
• Green chilly-4

THARI KANJI/RAVA PAYASAM

Thari Kanji/Rava Payasam

Ingredients

To make 1 glass of Thari Kanji

• Milk -1 glass
• Semolina-1tsp-2tsp
• Sugar-2 tbsp (Add more to sweeten more)
• Salt – a pinch

For seasoning

• Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
• Very finely chopped shallots - 1
• 2 cashew-nuts (made half)
• Raisins  - 3 nos

Method

STEP 1

Boil milk, and add semolina along with sugar and salt .
Cook until semolina is cooked.Switch off the flame.

STEP 2

For seasoning,fry cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and keep aside.

STEP 3

In that same ghee, sauté shallots until golden brown.

STEP 4

Pour golden brown shallots along with ghee and fried nuts and raisins into milk mixture. Traditionally hot Thari Kanji / Rava Payasam are served hot. But the dish tastes yummy if chilled also. Enjoy!!!

THARI KANJI/RAVA PAYASAM