Me As Chef

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Cup Flour/Maida 2) 1/2 Cup Sugar 3) 1/2 Cup White Butter/Malai 4) 1/4 Cup Milk 5) 2 Tablespoon Raisins 6) 2 Tablespoon Glazed Cherries 7) 1 Tablespoon Honey 8) 1/2 Cup Curd 9) 1/4 Teaspoon Soda-bi-carbonate 10) 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder 11) 4 Teaspoon Cocoa Powder PREPARATION TIME: 35 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Pre-Heat the oven at 180 degrees * Grease the baking dish and keep aside * Sieve Flour, soda-bi-carbonate, baking and cocoa powder * Add Glazed Cherries and raisins to flour, mix well and keep aside * Beat butter and sugar well till light and fluffy * Add Honey, milk and Curd to it and mix well * Fold in the flour mix slowly so that gluten is not released * Pour the mix in greased tray and bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes * Cool the cake for 10 minutes before slicing * Garnish with your favourite icing and cream * Serve with tea/coffee

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Cup Soya Granuals 2) 1 Onion Chopped 3) 1 Tomato chopped 4) 1/4 Cup Fresh Coriander Leaves 5) 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric 6) 1 Teaspoon Red Chili 7) 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala 8) 1/2 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 9) 1 Teaspoon Chicken Masala 10) Salt to taste 11) 2 Cups Atta/Flour 12) Oil as required 13) Water to Knead the flour 14) 1 Teaspoon Ajwain seeds PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl take flour, add Salt, 2 teaspoon Oil and water * Knead the flour into a dough and keep aside * In a pan boil water, take off from heat and add soya granules * Keep granules soaked in hot water for 10 minutes, then drain, squeese and keep aside * In a wok add 2 Tablespoon oil, and add onions and tomatoes * Cook till tomatoes become soft, add turmeric powder and mix well * Add Salt, red chili, coriander powder, garam masala, chicken masala * Cook for few minutes before adding granules and mix well * Add Fresh coriander leaves, Mix and take off from heat a

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Chicken Breast (500 gms) 2) 6 Potatoes 3) 250 gms Green Beans 4) 5 - 6 Garlic Cloves 5) 2 Onions 6) Salt to taste 7) Black Pepper to taste 8) Red Paprika to taste 9) 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil 10) 1/4 Cup Dry Mint Powder or Leaves 11) 2 Lemons PREPARATION TIME : 1 Hour HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl mix Olive oil, salt, garlic, pepper, paprika, and dry mint * Apply the mix to chicken, potatoes, and onions * Keep it marinated to 15 - 20 minutes * Grill the chicken at 200 degrees for 20 minutes on each side * Wash beans and blanch them and keep aside * Done! Plate the Chicken, Potatoes, Onions, and Beans * Sprinkle Lemon Juice on it and Serve with Sweet Chilly Sauce

INGREDIENTS: 1) 3 - 4 Pizza Base - Readymade 2) 1 Cup Pizza sauce 3) 2 Onions Sliced 4) 2 Capsicum Sliced 5) 1/2 Cup Boiled Sweet Corn 6) 2 Tomatoes Chopped 7) 1 Cup Basil Leaves 8) Black Pepper to taste 9) Salt to taste 10) 2 Cups Mozzarella Cheese grated 11) Oregano to sprinkle on top 12) Chilly Flakes to sprinkle on top PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: PIZZA: * Take a pizza base and apply pizza sauce on it till the rim of base * spread the toppings - Onion, tomatoes, corn, capsicum and basil leaves * Sprinkle salt and black pepper on it * Spread grated mozzarella cheese on the toppings * Put the base in the grill or OTG * Grill for 15 minutes at 200 degrees or till pizza turns brown on top * Done! Serve hot, Sprinkle oregano and chilly flakes before eating as per wish PIZZA SAUCE: * In a pan heat oil, add garlic, and green chilli paste, cook for few minutes * Add Tomato's puree and cook for few minutes * Add salt, pepper, oregano and basil leaves

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Egg 2) 1/2 Onion Chopped 3) 1/2 Tomato Chopped 4) 1/2 Cup Spinach Chopped finely 5) Pinch of Black Pepper 6) Pinch of Red Chilli Powder 7) Salt to taste 8) 2 Teaspoon oil to cook 9) 2 Teaspoon Milk PREPARATION TIME: 10 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a Bowl beat the egg till fluffy * Add salt, red chilli, and black pepper * Add milk and beat for few seconds * Add in onions, tomatoes and spinach and mix well * Apply oil on non stick pan or tawa aand let it heat * Pour the beaten egg mixture on tawa and cook both sides well * Done! Serve Hot with toasts or parathas!

INGREDIENTS: 1) 8 Bread slices 2) 2 cups Spinach leaves finely chopped 3) 1/2 Teaspoon Ajwain/Carom seeds 4) 1/4 Teaspoon turmeric powder 5) 1/4 Teaspoon Garam masala 6) 1/4 Teaspoon Jeera Powder 7) 1/4 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder 8) Salt to taste 9) 1 Teaspoon Green Chilly Chopped 10) 1 Cup Chick Pea flour/ Besan 11) Water for making batter 12) Little Oil for non stick tawa PREPARATION TIME: 10 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl put besan and mix water in it to form a batter * Batter should be a little running consistency * To the batter, add spinach leaves and ajwain, mix well * Add garam masala, jeera powder, red chilly powder and turmeric * Finally add salt and green chillies and mix well * Take a slice of bread and spread the spinach batter to one side of the bread * Put the batter side bread down on hot non stick tawa and cook till batter turns color * Once cooked on one side apply oil on the other side of bread * Turn to cook the other side till turns crisp *

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Packet of Marie biscuits 2) 1 Packet of Hide 'n' Seek Biscuits 3) 1 Packet of Parle G biscuits 4) 1 1/2 Teaspoon of Baking Powder 5) 1 Tablespoon chocolate Sauce 6) 1 cup Milk 7) Oil for greasing PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Grind the biscuits into powder form and keep it in a bowl * Add Milk, Baking powder, Chocolate sauce and mix well * Grease the cake bowl and add the batter to the bowl * Microwave the batter for 4 minutes and done! * Pour Chocolate Sauce over it before serving!

On occassion of Dhanteras and Diwali i present instant gulab jamoon which requires hardly 30 minutes of your time!! INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 cup Mawa/Khoya 2) 1/2 Cup Paneer 3) 2 Tablespoon Maida 4) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 5) 3 Cup Sugar 6) 1/2 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 7) Oil for frying PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a wok add oil and let it heat up for frying * In a bowl mix khoya, maida, paneer and baking powder * Mix well so that no lumps there and forms like a dough * Make balls and fry them in the wok till brown * In a pan add sugar and 1 cup water, let it boil * Add cardamom powder and boil till 1 string consistency * Put all fried balls into the sugar syrup and give them a boil each * Take out all gulab jamoons from sugar syrup and serve in a dish * For cupcakes, i made a 2 string sugar syrup * For Cupcakes, i strained the jamoons from extra sugar syrup * Done!

INGREDIENTS: 1) 250gms Babycorn 2) 4-5 Garlic Cloves Chopped 3) 2 Green Chillies 4) Salt to taste 5) Black pepper to taste 6) 1 Tablespoon Tomato Sauce 7) 2 Teaspoon Green Chilli Sauce 8) 1 Tablespoon Soya Sauce 9) 2 Tablespoon Honey 10) 1 Capsicum Juliennes 11) 1 Onion Juliennes 12) 2 Tablespoon oil 13) 1/2 Cup green onions chopped PREPARATION TIME: HOW TO PREPARE: * Split the babycorn in half length wise and boil them till 8 minutes * Drain the babycorn and keep aside * In a wok, heat oil, add garlic and green chillies, saute for a minute * Add Onion, capsicum and saute for 3 -4 minutes * Add Tomato Sauce, soya sauce, green chilli sauce * Add babycorn and saute for a minute * Add honey and green onions chopped * Serve hot with chips and toasted bread!

Today writing my 100th post, i feel overwhelmed and excited! Thanking all of you to make this blog a success! For all of you i am updating a recipe which is my personal favorite and very festive as its time to celebrate!. This recipe is a cupcake with a twist. The twist is the Indian sweet touch to cupcakes! Lets all celebrate the 100th post with this twisted cupcakes! INGREDIENTS: FOR CUPCAKES: 1) 200g Maida/Flour 2) 200g Sugar 3) 200g Butter/Malai 4) 2 Eggs 5) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 6) 2 Teaspoon Coffee 7) 4 Teaspoon Cocoa Powder 8) 12 Small sized Gulab Jamoons 9) 1 Packet Candied Cherry 10) 1 Cup Instant Rabri/Rabri FOR INSTANT RABRI: 1) 2 Cups Milk 2) 2 Bread slices 3) 1/4 Cup Condensed Milk 4) 2 Tablespoon Sugar 5) 1/4 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 6) Pinch Saffron FOR INSTANT GULAB JAMOON: 1) 1 cup Mawa/Khoya 2) 1/2 Cup Paneer 3) 2 Tablespoon Maida 4) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 5) 3 Cup Sugar 6) 1/2 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 7) Oil for frying PREP

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Mangoes Chopped 2) 1/2 Ltr Milk 3) 4 Teaspoon custard powder 4) 3 Tablespoon sugar 5) 1 Teaspoon elaichi/Cardamom powder 6) 2 Cups of water 7) 1 Pkt Mango Jelly powder or gelatin 8) 1 Pkt parle G biscuits 9) Few Silver balls 10) 1/2 Cup roohafza syrup PREPARATION TIME: 2 hours HOW TO PREPARE: ** FOR CUSTARD ** * Boil the milk in a pan, add cardamom powder and sugar * Take 1/2 cup of milk and mix in custard powder * Mix the custard paste in boiling milk and stir constantly * Keep stirring till it thickens without any lumps * Take it off from gas and let it cool down at room temperature * Once cooled put it in refrigerator to cool ** FOR JELLY ** * Boil 2 cups of water and add mango jelly powder * Stir constantly to dissolve the powder * Take off from gas and cool it at room temperature * Once cooled put it in freezer to freeze it ** ASSEMBLING ** * In a wine glass or glass bowl add chopped mango pieces * Then layer it with parle G biscuits * Add

IDLIS is a traditional breakfast/Savory cake in south Indian households. The cakes are usually two to three inches in diameter and are made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice. The fermentation process breaks down the starches so that they are more readily metabolized by the body. INGREDIENTS: 1) 5-6 Idlis 2) 2 Tablespoon oil 3) 1 Teaspoon Mustard seeds 4) Few Curry Leaves 5) 1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric powder 6) Salt to taste 7) Red Chilly powder to taste 8) 1 Onion chopped 9) Fresh grated coconut (optional) 10) Fresh Coriander PREPATION TIME: 10 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Cut the idlis into small pieces and keep in a bowl * Sprinkle salt and red chilly on idly and mix well, keep aside * In a wok, add oil and crackle mustard seeds * Add turmeric, onion and curry leaves, cook for a minute * Add salted idlis and mix well * Serve hot in a dish, garnished with fresh grated coconut n coriander

It is a very simple recipe. No need for any cooking or baking!! Just assemble freeze and serve!! INGREDIENTS: 1) 4 pieces of swiss roll 2) 500 gms Chocolate Icecream 3) Cling sheet PREPARATION TIME : 10 mins FREEZING TIME : 4 Hours HOW TO PREPARE: * Take swiss roll and cut it into 1 cm slices and keep aside * I got swiss roll from a local bakery, you can make it at home too * Take a deep bowl, and cover it with a cling film * Choose a bowl, of which you want the cake to shape of * Arrange the swiss roll slices on the bowl sides * Make sure the roll direction is in the same way for all * Fill the spaces between the slices with more bits of swiss roll * Fill the swiss roll bowl with chocolate icecream * Cover icecream with swiss roll slices as done in the picture above (optional) * Cover with cling film again and put it in freezer for 4 hours * After 4 hours, remove cling film and put the serving dish on top and turn upside down * Carefully remove the cling film around the

Seviyan is commonly known as Vermicelli. They are like thin spaghetti and can be used in many different ways, making sweet and savory dishes. INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Packet Seviyan (100 gms) 2) 1 Cup Milk 3) 1 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardamom Powder 4) 1 Cup Sugar 5) 1/2 Cup ground Almonds 6) 1/2 Cup chopped Pistachios 7) Vanilla essence 8) Silver leaf for decoration (Optional) 9) Castor sugar for dusting PREPARATION TIME: 15 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * In a pan heat milk till it boils * Add in sugar, vanilla essence and elaichi powder * Bring it to a boil * Add ground almonds and seviyan and cook till the mix thickens * In a greased dish, pour the seviyan mix * Put the dish in fridge to set for an hour * Take it out and cut into square pieces * Arrange the square pieces onto a serving dish * Garnish with chopped pistachios and dust with castor sugar * Serve chilled with tea or as a dessert

INGREDIENTS 1) 500 grams Arbi\collocasia 2) 4 Tablespoon mustard oil 3) 1 Onion chopped 4) 1 Teaspoon ajwain/carom seeds 5) 1/2 Teaspoon red chilly powder 6) 1/2 Teaspoon coriander powder 7) Salt to taste PREPARATION TIME: 30 mins HOW To PREPARE * Chop the arbi into wedges and keep aside * In a wok add oil and crackle ajwain seeds * Add arbi wedges and cook till outer of wedges become brown in color * Add onions and cook for 2-3 mins * Add red chilly, coriander powder and salt. Mix well * Cook till arbi gets soft * Serve hot with parathas or Chapattis

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Eggs 2) 2 Bread slices 3) 1 Onion chopped 4) 1 Capsicum Chopped 5) Boiled Peas 6) Boiled Chicken pieces/Paneer (optional) 7) Tomato Sauce/Pizza Sauce 8) Salt to taste 9) Black Pepper to taste 10) Melted Butter/Ghee PREPARATION TIME: 25 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Grease muffin tray and keep aside * Roll each slice of bread with rolling pin * Line the muffin tray with bread slice (one per each cup) * Apply butter on the bread and then apply tomato/Pizza sauce * Add chopped onions, chopped capsicum and boiled peas or chicken/Paneer * Break a egg into each bread cup, without breaking the yolk part * Sprinkle salt and black pepper * Garnish with capsicum Julines * Bake for 15 mins at 180 degrees or till the egg is done * If you want your yolk to be runny take it out a little early * Serve hot with ketchup! Powered by eRecipe.com

INGREDIENTS: FOR SOUP (2 bowls) 1) 1 Cup Black Chana 2) Salt to taste 3) 1 Teaspoon Ghee 4) 1 Teaspoon Jeera/Cummin 5) 1 Onion 6) 1" Ginger piece 7) Black Pepper to taste 8) Lemon Juice FOR CHANA ROLLS (2 Rolls) 1) 2 Tablespoon Boiled Chana 2) 2 Tablespoon Chopped onion 3) 1/2 Cup grated cheese 4) 4 Bread Slices 5) Salt to taste 6) Black pepper to taste 7) Oil to fry PREPARATION TIME: 30 mins HOW TO PREPARE: FOR SOUP : * Boil the washed black chana in water and a spoon of salt. * when boiled strain the water and keep water and chana in seperate bowls * In the pan/cooker add ghee/butter and crackle jeera seeds * Add chopped onions and ginger. Saute till golden brown * Add strained black chana water and let it boil. * Add salt, black pepper to taste. * At the time of serving add lemon juice ** It is chana stock basically and consistency is thin ** If thick consistency required add 1 Teaspoon cornflour mixed in water FOR CHANA ROLLS : * In a bowl mix b

INGREDIENTS: FOR PURIS: 1) 4 Cups Atta 2) 2 Teaspoon Oil 3) 1 Bunch Spinach 4) 1 Teaspoon salt 5) 1 Teaspoon Ajwain/Carrom seeds 6) Oil for frying FOR KUNDRU/IVY GOURD: 1) 1/2 Kg KUNDRU/IVY GOURD cut in disc shapes 2) 1 Onion chopped 3) 1 Teaspoon Jeera/Cummin Seeds 4) 2 Tablespoon Oil 5) 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder 6) 1/2 Teaspoon Coriander powder 7) Red Chilli powder to taste 8) Salt to taste FOR RAITA: 1) 2 Cups Curd/Yogurt 2) 1/2 Cup Chilled Milk 3) 1 Teaspoon Black Salt 4) 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper powder 5) 1 Teaspoon Pudina/mint powder 6) Salt to taste 7) 1/2 Cup Boondi/Chickpea fried drops PREPARATION TIME: 30 mins HOW TO PREPARE: RAITA/YOGURT MIX : * In a bowl beat the curd and add all ingredients mentioned under RAITA * Mix well and keep it in fridge to chill, until serving to be done KUNDRU/IVY GOURD: * Chop the kundru and onion and keep aside * In a wok add oil, crackle some jeera * Add turmeric powder and oni

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 cup Corn Kernels 2) 1 Onion Chopped 3) 1 Tomato Chopped 4) 1/2 Capsicum Chopped 5) 2 Tablespoon Oil 6) 1/4 Teaspoon Red chilli powder 7) 1/2 Teaspoon Chaat Masala 8) Salt to taste 9) 1 Lemon Juice 10) Coriander for garnish PREPARATION TIME: 15 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Boil the corn kernels in salt and turmeric water and keep aside * In a pan, add oil and saute onions for few minutes * Add tomatoes and capsicum and saute till soft * Add red chilli powder, chaat masala, and salt and mix well * Add corn kernels and cook for 3 - 5 minutes * Take off gas and add lemon and garnish with fresh coriander