Sunday, March 15, 2009

deviled egg

It is very simple and a good appetizer.

Ingredients

Salt(as per taste)
Pepper(as per taste)
5 drop -Vinegar
¼ tsp -Yellow mustard
2 T -Mayonnaise
3 nos-Hard boiled eggs

Instructions

step1. Boil eggs and seperate white and eggyolks.

step2. Smash the eggyolk and add mayyonise,pepper,salt,vinegar and mustard mix it well
step3. In a ziploc cover add this mix, put a whole and gently squeeze it in the egg white
step4. Garnish it with green onions, cliantro, cooked shrimp or if u want spicy add some cayyene pepper.

Notes

it is kind of sour , so adjust the ingredients. its taste really good.
u can substitute mayyonise with salad dressing

Source

My friend-Laurie

chicken pasta

Pasta is an Italian food made from a dough using flour, water and/or eggs.There are approximately 350 different shapes of pasta. A few examples include spaghetti (solid cylinders), macaroni (tubes or hollow cylinders), fusilli (swirls), lasagna (sheets), and gnocchi (balls), although this is considered a separate dish by some. The two basic styles of pasta are dried and fresh. There are also variations in the ingredients used in pasta. The time for which pasta can be stored varies from days to years depending upon whether the pasta is made with egg or not, and whether it is dried or fresh Pasta is boiled prior to consumption.


Ingredients-1
½ pack - Pasta(penne or rotini)
1 pinch - Salt
Water (as per need)
Ingredients-2

½ -Stick butter
½ cup- Parmesan cheese
¾ cup -Milk
1 T -Maida flour/ all purpose flour
Pepper to taste
Salt as per taste

Ingredients-3

½ no - Onion (big size) sliced
½ no -Capsicum(cubed)
5 no -Mushroom sliced
½ cup-Chicken (boneless)
1 T -Oil
Salt as per need
Pepper as per taste

Instructions

How to cook pasta
step1. In a big microwavable bowl put the required amoun to pasta, add salt and enough water and cook in a high temp. for 10 mintues.
step2. take fork or spoon and stir the pasta for two or three times( because pasta will stick together)
step3.once again cook for another 10 mintues or until pasta is well cooked.


How to Make sauce

step1. In awok or pan heat milk, when it comes to boil, add cheese, butter and when it melts, add maida and keep stiring it.
step2. after 2-3 mintues add salt and pepper and switch off .

How to cook chicken and veggie

step1. In a wide pan add 1T oil and when it turns heat add onion and fry for 2 mintues then add chicken.
step2. cut chicken in to small cubes.
step3. cook chicken with salt and pepper until its well done then add capsicum and mushroom.
step4. cook for 4-5 mintues
step5. add tomato at this stage.step6. cook for one min and switch off.

Final Mixing stage

Step1.The main thing is to drain pasta without any water, drain pasta and add the sauce and cooked chicken and veggie.
step2. garnish it will corriander leaves.

Banana walnut cake

Banana walnut cake is so easy to make and taste really good... just give it a try...

Ingredients
2 cup - Cake flour or all-purpose flour)
2 tsp - Baking powder
½ cup-Melted butter
½ tsp - Salt
3 nos - Banana smashed
1½ cup - Sugar
2 nos - egg(large)
1 tsp - Vanilla essence
½ cup - Chopped walnut
½ cup - Hot milk stirred with 1tsp coffee powder
Instructions
step1. Preheat oven to 350° C degrees.
step2. Sift flour,salt and baking powder together into a bowl. Keep aside.
step3. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
step4. Slowly add the eggs and beat well and alternately add the flour mixture and milk , beating well after each addition.
step5. Finally add the vanilla essence and the mashed banana.
step6. finally pour batter in the non stick bread loaf pan and sprinkle the chopped walnuts and bake it for 55-60 mintues...let it cool down completely then cut it into slices
Notes
u can also make muffins with this batter.to get perfect banana walnut cake first pour 1/4 batter in the pan and sprinkl some walnuts and then pour rest of the batter and sprinkle rest of the walnut on top of it...
Source
My friend sara's

Padthai

Padthai is authentic thai food and it taste look yum..


Ingredients-1

1 pack-Thai rice noodles or padthai noodles
15 nos-Shrimp(small)
2 tsp -Sugar
1 tsp -Garlic paste
1 tsp -Fish sauce
1 tsp -Tomato ketchup
1 no -Egg

Ingredients-2

3 tsp- Roasted peanuts
2 stks - Green onions(chopped)
4 drop -Lemon juice(can decrease r increase as per taste)
1 cup - Bean sprouts (finely chopped)
4 stks - Cliantro( chopped)

Instructions

Step1. In a bowl boil some water for around 4-5mintues or microwave water for 3 minutes.
step2. put the noodles in the warm water for around 15 mintues and keep aside.
step3. Now the noodles are very much cooked in the water itself(magic)
step4. In a wok or kadai add some oil and fry garlic paste until it turns brown


step5. Then add shrimp with little bit of water so that the shrimp cook well
step6. Meanwhile beat the egg .
step7. when the shrimp is done add egg and cook for few mintues.
step8. then add sugar, ketchp,fish sauce and littlebit of salt and cook for few mintues.
step9.Then add the noodles (drain the noodles)and cook for few mintues until the noodles turn in to orange color
step10. Add beansprout and cook for 2-3 minutes
step11. Then transfer into bowl and garnish it with corriander leaves, green onions, roasted peanut and sprinkle with little bit of lemon juice.
step12. Finally for the finishing touch add some bean sprout.NotesWe can also try with chicken.

Chalupa

Chalupa is a famous mexican dish. It is very simple and easy to make. Let give a try

Ingredients

½ cup - Corn flour
2 tsp - Maida flour
2 Tablespoon - Chicken (cooked and shredded)
2 Tablespoon -Guacomole
2 Tablespoon -Cliantro( chopped)
2 Tablespoon -Sherred cheese
Salt (as per taste)
Oil (for deep frying)


Instructions

Step 1: Make a dough with cornflour. Cornflour is not sticky to mix so add maida .
step 2. Add few drops of oil and and mix the dough.
step 3. Add salt and little bit of water to make dough like as we do for poori
step 4. step aside for 15 mintues
step 5. in a ziploc cover apply some oil and take some dough and press it gently on one sidethen press it on the otherside.if the dough break into pieces apply some maida flour.
step 6. meanwhile a kadai, add oil to fry.
step 7. fry it as we do for poori.while frying bend one end of the corner to retain taco's shape.
step 8. after then drain the oil. step 9. Put gucomole,then chicken,chesse.cliantro,again guacomole chesse.finemexican chauluppa is ready.

Guacomole

Guacomole is made with avocados .



Avocados contribute nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, including 4% of the recommended Daily Value (DV) for vitamin E, 4% vitamin C, 8% folate, 4% fiber, 2% iron, 4% potassium, with 81 micrograms of lutein and 19 micrograms of beta-carotene.Avocados contain 76 milligrams beta-sitosterol in a 3 oz. serving. Beta-sitosterol is a natural plant sterol, which may help maintain healthy cholesterol levels.A 1 oz. serving of fresh avocado contains 0mg of cholesterol, 0mg of sodium and 0.5g saturated fat. See the chart below for examples of how fresh avocados are a great substitute on sandwiches, toast or substituted as a spread in place of many other popular foods.

Ingredients

2 nos -Ripe avocados
½ no -Onion medium ( chopped)
½ no -Tomato (chopped)
4 stks -Cliantro( chopped)
1½ tsp -Lemon juice
1 tsp -Pepper powder
Salt to taste
pinch -Red chilli powder

Instructions:

Step1. Take Two ripe avocados.





step2.cut into two(not in to exact half 1/4 on oneside and 3/4 on the otherside) so that easy to peel the seed.



step3. peel the skin of the avocado




step4.smash the avocado with spoon or with fork


step5. add chopped onion,cliantro,pepper, salt,lemon juice and pinch of red chilli powder.step6. add chopped tomatoes if u are using it immediately

Moore Kulambhu

It is simple and yummm......


Ingredients-1

1 Tablespoon -Rice
1 Tablespoon- Toordhal

Ingredients -2

2tsp- cuminseed
½ cup-Coconut (grated)
1 tsp -salt(as per taste)
2 cup -yogurt
1 cup -Water
2 nos -Green chili

Ingredients-3

1 tsp -Urad dhal
1 tsp -Mustard seeds
4 stks -Curry leaves
2 tsp -Oil

Instructions




Step1: Soak toor dhal and rice for around 20-30 mins.
Step 2.In a bowl add curd and water beat well so that there should be any pulpstep
3. add salt and turmeric powder mix well.step
4. in a mixer grind coconut, cuminseed,g.chilli,rice and thoor dhal for around 2-3min. (can add some water for grinding)
step5.then add the paste to the curd and mix it well. check for the taste
step6. In a pan add oil when it hot add mustard seed, urad dhal and curry leaves when it is done add it to the curd.
step 7.keep the prepared curd in the microoven for 5 min. check it should not boil only light foam should form.or else u can keep it in stove
step 8. fry vadai and let it cool down for 2-3min then add it to the kulmabhustep 9. Garnish it with corriander leaves.


Notes:u can use squash,okra or capsicum


Source : My mom

Strawberry banana smoothie

Delicious strawberry smoothie. Now it is strawberry season. You can try this smoothie. Kids will Love this.


Ingredients

1 cup Strawberry pieces
1 no Banana
3 tsp Cocoa powder
1 cup Milk 4 tsp Sugar (can increase or decrease depending on your taste).
4 cnt Ice cubes
4 drop Vanilla essence


Instructions:


Clean the strawberries . In the mixer run strawberry,banana, cocoa powder for abt 2 mins. After then add sugar run for 1 mintue. Check for the thickness and sweet . If it is wattery add few berries if not add icecubes. Delicious smoothie is ready...