Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Idli made of Oats Recipe

Ingredients:

1cup Parboiled rice
3/4cup Urad dal
1cup Rolled oats
1tsp Fenugreek seed
1inch Ginger
2nos Green chilies
Salt

Procedure:

Marinate Urad dal with fenugreek seeds n rice individually for at least 5 hours r overnight...grind the urad dal with finely chopped ginger n finely chopped green chilies until they turns soft. while grinding the urad dal, soak the rolled oats with 1 cup of water n keep aside, once the urad dal r well grinded, take off from the grinder in a large bowl, now add the soaked parboiled rice to the grinder n grind them coarsely. Before taking them out add the soaked oats n grind them coarsely too, take off from the grinder n mix them with already grinded urad dal.add salt as per taste n keep aside for fermentation’s may see the batter would have raised n doubled their initial amount..


Get the Idli plates, heat the pressure cooker r idli cooker, grease the idli plates n fill with the oats idly batter n cook them for about 10 minutes. Get out the plate’s n remove the idlis with spoon carefully n serve them hot with any spicy sides...

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Delicious Cream of Cabbage Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

2 Cups of White cabbage chopped
1no of carrot
2 nos of potatoes
1no of onion
1 no of tomato
2 nos of vegetable stock
1cup of milk
2 cups of water
1tsp of butter r olive oil
1tsp of parsley leaves
1/4 tsp of pepper powder
Salt

Procedure:

Slice the carrot, onion, tomato n potatoes into small pieces...


heat up a tsp of butter in a pressure cooker, add the chopped onions n stir them until they turns translucent, add the potatoes pieces, tomato pieces n carrot pieces to the onion with vegetable stock cubes n stir them well until they get a little cooked, add the chopped cabbage pieces to the already cooked veggies n cook them for a while, add 2 cups of water to the veggies, check for the salt n close the pressure cooker with the lid n cook them until 3 whistles..

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Delicious Chocolate Sandwich Recipe


Ingredients:

1cup All purpose flour
1cup Whole wheat pastry flour
1/2cup Grounded Oats or Oats flour
3tbsp Dark chocolate powder
2tbsp Butter
2tbsp Canola oil
3/4cup Sugar
3tbsp Apple sauce
1tsp Baking powder
1/2tsp Baking soda

Procedure:


Preheat the oven to 350F. get the all purpose flour, whole wheat pastry flour, dark chocolate powder, grounded oats along with baking powder, baking soda in a bowl, in the meantime take the sugar,oil,butter,apple sauce together, mix everything until the sugar gets dissolved, slowly add this wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and turn them as a dough..

Line up a baking sheet over a baking tray, make small balls from the dough, bake those 15-20minutes in medium rack, and let them cool completely.

Fill up the mocha butter cream in a pastry bag, squeeze out over a cookie and top them with a cookie to turn them as a sandwich, enjoy with a cup of milk or coffee for snack.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Delicious Macaroni Fritters


Ingredients:

Any small shaped pasta: 1 cup

Medium sized Potatoes: 2

Green chilies: 4 to 5 (finely chopped)

Onions: 1/2 (Chopped)

Breadcrumbs:1/2cup
Grated cheese: 4 tbsp

Chopped Coriander: 2 tbsp

Salt: as required

Coriander powder: 1 tsp

Oil: for deep frying

Procedure:

  • Cook pasta in water until soft. Drain in a colander and run under cold water.
  • Boil the potatoes, peel off the skin when cooled and mash them.
  • Combine both pasta and mashed potatoes in a bowl. Add chopped green chilies, chopped onions, chopped coriander, coriander powder and salt. When preparing for kids just add grated cheese. Mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are combined properly.
  • Take bread crumbs in a bowl and keep prepared.
  • On a medium blaze heat oil in a kadai. Take a lemon sized mixture and using your palms make patties, roll them in the bread crumbs and drop one by one in the oil when it is sizzling hot. At a time, you could fry about 5 to 7 fritters, depending on the size of the kadai used.
  • Fry till they are curved golden brown color on the lower side then flip over the fritters to fry on the other sides.
  • Best when served hot. For a healthier version, try shallow frying like cutlets instead of deep frying.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Delicious Samiya Payasam with Kaju Recipe

Ingredients:

Milk: 1 1/4 cup
Unsalted Cashews: 1/2 cup
Sugar: 1/3 cup
Non fat milk powder: 3 tbs
Water: 1 to 2 tbs
Sliced almonds: few
Ghee: 1 tsp

Procedure:

  • Immerse cashews in water for an hour or more. Deplete and grind them into smooth paste.
  • Join cashew paste and milk in a saucepan and bring it to boil stirring in between.
  • Make a paste by dissolve milk powder in 1 or 2 tbs of water. Add sugar and milk powder paste to the boiling milk and cook until all the sugar is melted and it comes to a boil stirring constantly.
  • You can totally avoid milk powder and add 1 or 2 more tablespoons of sugar for the sweetness which it gives but the milk has to be boiled for quite a long time to thicken.
  • Switch off the stove and transfer to the serving dish.
  • In a pan heat a little ghee and toss the almond slices in it for a while.
  • Sprinkle these almond slices on to the payasam.
  • Serve up as a dessert.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Delicious Fish Cake Recipe


Ingredients:

· 1 1/2 lbs (650gms) hammour or Cha-naad,

· 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley,

· 3 eggs beaten,

· 1 cup bread crumbs,

· 6 cloves garlic,

· 3 tablespoons loom (lemon juice),

· 2 onions chopped and browned in a little oil,

· Salt to taste

· 1 teaspoon vinegar

· 1 teaspoon turmeric

· 2 teaspoons bear

· 1 teaspoon baking powder

· 1/2 teaspoon cumin

· Extra breadcrumbs for coating

· Corn oil for frying

· Lime slices, for garnish

· Cucumber slices, for garnish

Procedure:

1. Put fish, parsley, onion, eggs, salt, vinegar, spices and breadcrumbs in a bowl and mix well with hands.

2. Squash the garlic and pound with loom in a mortar and pestle until the paste is formed: put in to fish mixture and mix well again.

3. If too wet, add little flour, if too dry, add little cold water.

4. Shape the mix into small cakes approximately 3" (7.5cm) diameter and roll in the breadcrumbs.

5. Deep fry until they turn golden brown. Serve up them hot!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Delicious Jalebi Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 250g Maida flour
  • 25g gram flour
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • 350g sugar
  • 2-3 pinches yellow color
  • 500g ghee or butter
  • 4-6 threads saffron, soaked in 2 tbsp hot milk

Procedure:

1. Mix together the flours, oil, yogurt and water to make a medium thick paste. Cover and keep overnight for fermentation.

2. Get ready two string syrup with the sugar and water. Add yellow color and saffron to the syrup. Keep aside.

3. Strike the flour mixture well and fill in a plastic bag with a hole at the bottom.

4. Squeeze out the batter by pressing the bag into the hot ghee.

5. Drop middle sized whirls in a constituently flow start from outer circle and ending in the center. This will give better shape to the jalebies.

6. Fry them until crisp and golden color on both sides carefully.

7. Drain and drop in the syrup. In 5 minutes, the jalebies will be systematically soaked.

8. Deplete and serve hot.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mango Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 ripe mangoes, flesh more or less chopped into 1-inch piece

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, beat the egg whites until thick. Add the sugar and strike until stiff. Put in the cream and carry on beating until the mix is thick and creamy. Softly mix in the mango pieces.

2. Cover up and freeze until almost set. Take out, beat again and return to the freezer to set for the night.

3. One hour before serving, put the ice cream in the refrigerator to make softer a little.

4. Serve up it garnished with nuts and crunches.

5. A superb summer delight!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Kaju Kathli Recipe

Ingredients:

Cashew - 1cup

Sugar - 3/4cup

Ghee - 2tbs

Procedure:

1. Immerse cashew in water for 5 minutes and grind it to a solid paste.

2. Add sugar, cashew paste and 1 tbs water in a heavy bottomed pan.

3. Put in ghee. Do not stop stirring. Stir well until the mixture leaves the sides.

4. Move to a plate greased with ghee.

5. Flat the top with a spoon and cut it into desired shape when the mix is still hot

6. While the mix get cool, store in air tight container or serve right away.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Almond Float Recipe


Ingredients:

Unflavored Gelatin

Sugar

Milk

Almond extract

Peaches

Leeches

Cherry

Method:

Keep Gelatin in 1/4 cup of water for Soften. Other side Boil 1 cup of water and add gelatin to dissolve. After that add milk, sugar and almond extract, keep on flame until boiling. Pour this mixture in a pan and chill until taking form. Cut almond gelatin into any shape you would like to see. Mix peaches, cherry and lychees slices in to a bowl and put almond gelatin into carefully. Now delicious and healthy almond float is ready to serve.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Chcolate Tuffles Recipe

First melts choco chips and stir continues to avoid lumps. After that place chocolate mixture in fridge until it is cool enough to handle. Make little balls according your choice and roll those truffles over nuts, coconut powder, candy canes and other which flavor that you want to add. After makes Truffle freezes well.



Muruku - Famous South Indian Snack

Ingredients :

Gram flour - 300 g
Rice flour - 200 g
Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Sesame Seeds, Cumin Seeds - 2 tsps
Ghee - 2 tsp
Asafetida - 1/2 tsp

Method :

1. Mix all the ingredients into a thick paste and make muruku on the shape as shown in the picture. We have a separate tool like thing to make the shape.
2. Get it dry and deep fry in Oil.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Delicioua Halwa Made of Beetroot



Ingredients:

Beetroot-2
Milk-1cup
Sugar- To taste
Ghee-3tbs
Cashew- 2tbs pieces
Cardamom powder-1/2tsp

Procedure:

1. Grate beetroot and put in milk and bring it to a boil. Cook on low flare.
2. Allow it cook till the grated beetroot is gentle.
3. Allow it to cool and grind it in a mixer grinder to a soft paste.
4. Heat 1tsp ghee and fry the cashew till golden brown and keep it sideways.
5. Heat left over ghee and when hot add the beetroot paste, cardamom powder and sugar and stir it till ghee separates.
6. Switch off flame and put in the cashew.
7. Combine well and serve up.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Delicious Cabbage Pickle Recipe

Cabbage Pickle - Anyone Even the one who doen't like the cabbage curry will have this pickle for the taste that it has within it.

Ingredients:

½ of small size cabbage
4-5 red chilies
Small ball of tamarind
1.5 tsp cumin seeds
2.5 tsp urad dal
Asafetida a pinch
Turmeric a bit
Salt to taste
2 tsp oil

Directions:

1. Smoothly roast red chilies, urad dal, cumin seeds and asafetida in a pan.
2. Bake each one separately and make a powder of it and keep aside.
3. Put in oil in a pan and fry cabbage (cut to small pieces) for 5 mins.
4. After that add salt and soaked tamarind and fry until cabbage turns light brown and all the water is evaporated.
5. But necessarily we can put in a pinch of turmeric.
6. Grind this paste with the powder.




Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Delicious Milk Shake Recipe

Badam Milk Shake

Ingredients:

3 cups of milk
1 cup of Almonds
1 cup of curds
1 cup of sugar
5 cinnamon
2 cups of water

Directions:

1. Mince cinnamon, almonds, sugar all collectively.

2. Later than put milk & curds into the mixie, grind well, along with the above powder.
3. Place water if you do not want it serve solid.
4. Serve up the chilled almond milk shake.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Delicious Masala Pawns Recipe


Ingredients:

1 kg prawns, shelled & divined
3 medium onions, chopped
Salt to taste
2 tbsp crushed red pepper
2 tsp roasted, ground cumin
15 crushed black peppercorns
1 tsp. kalonji
2 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste
Few curry leaves
3 lemons
4 slit green chilies
Oil for cooking

Method:

1. Apply juice of 1 lemon on prawns and clean after 20 minutes.

2. Heat up little oil in a skillet. Add onions and fry until golden brown. Put in curry leaves, cook for 1 minute, then put in ginger-garlic paste, all spices and cook for few additional minutes.

3. Now put in prawns and fry them until a little brown for 2 minutes. Lower heat and cook for 3 more minutes. Prawns will release water, if wish to keep gravy, do not dry.

4. Add lemon juice, green chilies and cook for few more minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or naans.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Delicious Fish Tikka Recipe

Fish Tikka - A Delicious Non-Vegetarian Recipe


Ingredients:
500 Gms fish pieces of any type
150 Gms vegetable oil
1 tbsp ajwain
45 ml cream
2 tsp cumin seeds crushed
2 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp garlic paste
20 Gms flour
30 ml lemon juice
5 tbsp mint or coriander chutney
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1 onion, chopped in circles.
60 Gms curd / plain yogurt
Salt to Taste

Chili powder to taste

Method:
1. combine cream garlic paste, ajwain, chili powder, cumin seeds powder, garam masala, lemon juice, salt, and mint or coriander chutney, besan flour in yogurt.
2. Put in fish pieces to the above mixture and mainate them for about 3 hours.
3. Heat oil in a pan, fry fish pieces on both sides till golden & crisp.
4. Serve up fried fish tikka with chopped onions.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Delicious Omlette Recipe


Omlette Recipe - A Easy to Make Recipe for the Breakfast

Ingredients

- 6 Eggs
- 2 Chopped onions
- 2 Chopped tomatoes
- 3 thinly chopped green chilies
- Oil meant for frying
- Salt and pepper according to taste

Method

1. Hit the eggs and add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies, salt and pepper.
2. Mix up all the ingredients carefully.
3. Heat up oil in a frying pan and put in a portion of the mix to make one omelet.
4. Roast over slow flame till mix is solid and flip it over and cook on the extra side.
5. Repeat the technique to cook the left over mix.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Delicious Puri with Bhaji Recipe

Puri Bhaji - Special Breakfast Recipe

Ingredients

For Puris
- 2 cup wheat flour
- 2 tbsp. Curds
- Water to knead dough
- Salt ad per the taste
- Oil to deep fry

For Bhaji
- 2 potatoes boiled peeled and sliced
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 green chilies chopped
- 1/2 tsp. ginger finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp. garlic firmed
- 3-4 pinches turmeric powder
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1 tbsp. coriander thinly chopped
- 1/2 tsp. each cumin & mustard seeds

Method

For Puris
1. Mix up all the contents in the flour carefully & with the help of water kneads it into spongy pliable dough. Keep it for 15 minutes.
2. Carve up the dough into a shape of small balls and then roll each into small rounds with the help of some oil.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan; fry the puris on both sides till light brown.
4. Deplete the excessive oil on a kitchen paper.

For Bhaji
1. Heat up oil in a pan, add the cumin & mustard seeds and allow them to splutter.
2. Add the ginger, garlic, chili, onion and stir them till onion is gentle.
3. Now add potatoes, salt, turmeric and lemon juice. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Place the bhaji in a bowl, garnish with chopped coriander and eat boiling with puris.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Delicious Paneer along with Aloo Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups chopped spinach
2 large onions chopped fine
2 large potatoes boiled as well as peeled
1 tomato grated
2 green chilies
1" piece ginger
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. wheat or other flour
1 tsp. red chili powder
1 tsp. cinnamon-clove powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 pinches asafetida
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1/2 tbsp. butter
4 tbsp. ghee
salt to taste

Method :

1. Place the washed spinach in a pan, add very little water and a bit of salt.
2. Cover up and boil over a high flame for 2 minutes. Cool quickly, or hold below running water in a colander.
3. Put in a mixie, add green chilli and run for a minute. Keep somewhat coarse, do not make very smooth. Keep aside.
4. Cut the potatoes into big pieces. Heat ghee and fry potatoes till light brown.
5. Drain the potatoes, keep aside.
6. In the same hot ghee add the cumin seeds. Add the ginger, onions and fry till very tender. Add the tomato and further fry for two minutes.
7. Add all the dry masalas and fry till ghee separates.
8. Add spinach and potatoes.
9. When it resumes a boil sprinkle the flour and stir well. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Add lemon juice.
10. Just before serving heat butter in a tiny saucepan and put in the asafetida.
Pour over the vegetable and mix softly.
11. Serve up hot with naan or parathas or even rice.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Delicious Curry Named Dal Sag Recipe

Dal Sag Recipe

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups mixed dal
1 lb (450g) spinach
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
2 tablespoons ghee
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon garam masala

Method:
1. clean the dal and put down to soak.
2. Clean the spinach and chop up thinly.
3. Boil 3 cups of water and add the dried dal, turmeric, salt and chilli.
4. Boil for 5 minutes and put in the spinach.
5. Keep on a middle heat till the majority of the moisture has disappeared.
6. For the meantime heat ghee and fry the onions, mustard seeds and cumin seeds till golden.
7. Mix into the dal and spinach with a teaspoon of garam masala.
8. Keep on a reasonable heat till cooked.
9. The dish is dry, but adds a little water to avoid catching.
10. serve up hot with rice.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Delicious Egg Rice with Lemon Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups of boiled rice (basmati or plain)

1 bunch of mint (pudina) leaves ground

To a paste

2 eggs

Fresh chopped coriander

5 green tomatoes cut in long thin pieces

1 big onion cut in long thin pieces

Green chilli paste and salt to taste

Method:

Heat up a pan on medium heat, add oil and mustard seeds.

As soon as mustard splutters put in cumin, ground pepper, curry leaves and fry them for 1 minute.

Add chopped onion, fry for a minute, add cut tomato, and fry for 2 minutes

Add green chilli paste, Mint paste as well as eggs.

Crack the eggs into the pan and beat them until it mixes well with tomato and onion pieces, fry for 2 minutes.

Meanwhile boil the rice in a rice cooker.

Mix the boiled rice with the above mixture and fry it for 4 to 5 minutes.

Decorate the Mint and Egg fried rice with chopped coriander and serve hot.

Note: You can add a small amount of lemon juice if the tomatoes are not sour enough.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Delicious Muffins Made of Chocolate & Vanilla


Ingredients: ( 12 Big Muffins)


All Purpose Flour / Maida - 275 gms
Butter - 150 gms
Sugar - 1 and half cup
Egg's 4
Vanilla Essence - 2 cap full (2 tsp's)
Baking Powder - 2 tsp
Baking Soda - 2 tsp

Dark Chocolate Bar - 75 gms / Cocoa Powder - 4 tbsp's
Walnut - 7 (chopped into small pieces)

Method:

Pre-Heat the oven to 180c for 10 minutes. Lubricate the Muffin Pan with a little butter and put aside.

Mix the Flour with Baking Powder and Baking Soda. Set it sideways.

Powder the Sugar and keep sideways.

Beat the Egg's and put it aside.

Add the powdered Sugar to the Butter and Cream it well. Use any hand whip and whip for at least 3-4 minutes, till you observe a color change of the butter from light yellow to white.

Add the flour to the creamed butter- egg mix and gradually mix it up with a made of wood spatula or wooden spoon.

Now put in the Egg's and mix the flour well with the additional ingredients. Add vanilla essence and combine well.

If your flour batter is so tight, add few spoons of warm milk and mix well. Pour the batter to the greased muffin pans and bake them for 25 mins at 180c. Check the muffins, whether its cooked, by inserting a toothpick on the muffin comes out clean. Bake it further for 5 - 7 mins if not cooked.

With the left over Butter, add the melted chocolate and chopped walnuts. mix up well and spoon in on the muffin pans and bake them for 25 mins at 180c. Sprinkle some crushed walnuts over the muffin batter earlier than baking.

Let the Muffin's cool down and decorate it with icing. Use Pillsbury Vanilla and Chocolate Icing for good taste. Had some chocolate vermicelli and decorated the muffins by means of that too.







Friday, January 28, 2011

Delicious Paneer Butter Masala Recipe



Ingredients:

Big Onion - 1
Tomatoes - 2
Capsicum - 1
Paneer - 150 gms
Coriander Leaves - 1 bunch or 1 cup
Cashews - 5 to 7
Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 3 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp

Method:

Heat 1 tbsp of Oil in a Pan, and saute the onions and tomatoes. Fry them till they turn translucent.
Add coriander leaves and saute it too. Cold the mix up for grind.
Add Cashews to the onion -tomato-coriander leaves and grind them into a soft paste. Add little water to grind.

Heat 1 tbsp of Oil in a pan, and fry the chopped capsicums. After frying the capsicums, add the grinded paste to the pan. Add little water and let the mix boil. Add chilli powder and salt to taste.

Cut the Paneer into small cubes and add it to the pan. Add 3 tbsp's of Butter and close the pan with its lid and let the gravy boil in medium flame for about 4 minutes, till the oil emits on the sides of the pan.

Garnish with Coriander Leaves and serve with Chapatti’s or Vegetable Pulao.

I have used the Paneer as such, without frying. If you are going to use fresh Paneer, that’s not frozen, you can add paneer without frying.

If you are using cold Paneer, de-frost it in your microwave on high for 1 minute. Or put the paneer in a bowl of water for 15 minutes.

Immerse the paneer in hot water for 2-3 minutes, which makes the Paneer spongy.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Delicious & Spicy Mirchi Ka Salan




Ingredients:

4 Green Chilli's
5 Purple Brinjal's - sliced in round shape
Tamarind paste - 2 tsp's
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
5 tbsp Oil
1/4 tsp Mustard
1/2 Onion - finely chopped
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Thick Milk - 1/4 cup or Fresh Cream - 2 tsp's

To Grind:

2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp peanuts
1 tsp grated coconut
6 flakes of garlic
1 inch of ginger
1 tsp Cumin
2 tsp's of coriander powder
a pinch of turmeric powder
Juice of half of a Lemon

Grind the above all together into a soft and thick paste with 2 tbsp of water.

Method:

Heat Oil in a wide Bottomed pan, add spitted green chillis and fry them. After frying remove it from oil.
Then add round sliced Brinjal's to the oil and fry them for 5-7 minutes till they are cooked and turn into golden color. Just the once brinjals are cooked remove them from oil.

Add mustard, curry leaves to the oil and let the mustard boil. Now add finely chopped onion and fry them till they turn translucent.

Now add the grounded soft paste and mix with the onions. Add 2 cup's of water and tamarind paste and bring them to boil.

Then add the fried green chillis and brinjals to the pan and mix well. Let the gravy simmer for another 2-3 minutes. Then remove the gravy from the blaze and add 2 tsp of fresh cream or 1/4 cup of solid milk.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches, Sandwich Recipes Online

Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches, Sandwich Recipes Online

Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches, Sandwich Recipes Online

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches Recipe. Enjoy tasty Middle Eastern food and learn how to make Cucumber Chicken Pita Sandwiches. 

This refreshing sandwich recipe is a great choice for sweltering days when it's just too hot to cook. Simply top off a pita round with traditional ingredients like chicken, lettuce, and tomato, then dress with a creamy homemade yogurt and cucumber sauce. The dressing can be made ahead and chilled for up to six hours, so it's also a great idea for summer parties.

Ingredients

1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup finely chopped cucumber
1/2 teaspoon dried dillweed
1/4 teaspoon dried mint, crushed
4 large pita bread rounds
4 lettuce leaves
6 ounces thinly sliced fully cooked chicken breast
1 small tomato, thinly sliced
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions

1. For dressing, in a small mixing bowl stir together yogurt, cucumber, dillweed, and mint. Set aside.

2. For each sandwich, place a pita bread round on a plate. Top with lettuce, chicken, tomato, and feta cheese. Spoon dressing on top. Roll up the pita bread. Secure with wooden toothpicks. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

3. Make-Ahead Tip: Prepare dressing; cover and chill up to 6 hours.

Recipe source BHG.com

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Baklava Recipe, Baklava Arabian Sweet Recipe, How to make Baklava Sweet

Baklava Recipe, Baklava Arabian Sweet Recipe, How to make Baklava Sweet

Baklava Recipe, Baklava Arabian Sweet Recipe, How to make Baklava SweetThis is a baklava recipe with cinnamon, walnuts and honey and filo pastry sheets. 
 
Ingredients - Makes about 20 slices
4 x 150g pkt walnuts, chopped
2 1/3 cups (300g) caster sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
20 sheets filo
80g butter, melted
1 1/2 cups (375ml) water
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tbs lemon juice
1/4 cup (60ml) honey

Preparation
Preheat oven to 180°C. Spray a 20cm x 30cm slab pan with oil. Combine 4 x 150g pkt walnuts, chopped, 1/3 cup (80g) caster sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon.

Use 20 sheets filo and 80g butter, melted. Make 4 stacks, layer 5 sheets per stack, brushing layers with butter. Put a stack in pan. Top with one-third of walnut mixture. Repeat layers, finishing with filo. Cut into four. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Stir 2 cups (220g) caster sugar, 1 1/2 cups (375ml) water, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 tbs lemon juice over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil, add 1/4 cup (60ml) honey. Remove sticks. Pour over hot slice and cool.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Ahweh Arabi (Lebanese/Turkish Coffee) - Arabian Drinks Online Recipe

Ahweh Arabi (Lebanese/Turkish Coffee) - Arabian Drinks Online Recipe

Ahweh Arabi (Lebanese/Turkish Coffee) is famous around the world.

Ingredients:


1 demitasse cup of water
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 heaping teaspoon finely powdered coffee (not instant)

Preparation:

1 Measure water and sugar in Rakweh (Turkish Coffee Maker).
2
Dissolve the sugar in the water by bringing the mixture to a boil stirring constantly.

3
Remove from heat and stir in coffee.

4
Return to heat and bring slowly back to a boil. When the coffee begins to rise up remove from heat. When foaming recedes return to heat and bring back to a boil. Repeat this procedure three times . The goal is to get maximum coffee flavor without over boiling. There should be a thick sediment on the bottom and a brown froth on the top.


Best way to Drink: Serve the coffee by pouring gradually into each cup to evenly distribute the sediment. You should buy a Rakweh (Turkish Coffee Maker - from a middle eastern shop) and adjust the recipe to serve more people.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Special Moroccan Mint Tea - How to Make Moroccan Mint Tea Arabian Drink

Special Moroccan Mint Tea - How to Make Moroccan Mint Tea Arabian Drink

Special Moroccan Mint Tea - How to Make Moroccan Mint Tea Arabian Drink
 
The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Moroccan Mint Tea recipe. Enjoy tasty Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make Moroccan Mint Tea.


Cook Time: 10 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 1 quart tea

Ingredients

4 teaspoons Moroccan or green tea leaves
24 fresh spearmint leaves, plus more for garnish
4 to 5 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
1 quart boiling water

Directions

Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Add boiling water to a teapot that holds about 4 cups water, and swirl to warm. Discard the water and add the tea, 24 mint leaves, and sugar to the teapot. Pour the quart of boiling water into the teapot and swirl once or twice to dissolve the sugar. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes.

Pour the tea through a strainer into small decorative Moroccan glasses or teacups. Garnish each with several fresh mint leaves.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Lebanese Recipe Online - Couscous With Garbanzo Beans and Golden Raisins Recipe

Lebanese Recipe Online - Couscous With Garbanzo Beans and Golden Raisins Recipe


The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Couscous With Garbanzo Beans and Golden Raisins recipe. Enjoy tasty cooking recipes and learn how to make Couscous With Garbanzo Beans and Golden Raisins.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 31 mins

Ingredients:


2 cups water
1 lemon
2 tablespoons garlic oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup couscous
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup golden raisin
salt and pepper

Directions:

1 Finely grate peel from lemon to equal 1 1/2 tsp, set aside.
2 Squeeze 2 TBsp juice from lemon.
3 Combine 2 cups water. lemon juice, garlic oil, and ground cinnamon in medium saucepan.
4 Bring to boil, simmer 1 minute.
5 Remove from heat.
6 Stir in couscous.
7 Cover and let stand about 5 minutes, until water almost absorbed.
8 Mix in garbanzo beans, golden raisins, and reserved lemon peel.
9 Cover and let stand 5 minutes longer.
10 Fluff couscous with fork.
11 Season to taste with salt and pepper.
12 Transfer to bowl and serve.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe Online

Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe Online

Samosa Chat is one of the favourite chaat recipes. It is the most popular chat recipe in all over India. There are very different ways of cooking Samosa Chaat recipe. I have also a very simple and different style of making it.

Samosa Chat can be healthy and delicious recipe if you collect all the ingredients suggested by me. It will take less time if you bring all the ingredients ready-made for the Samosa Chat recipe.

Samosa Chat Ingredients:

Murmure 50gm

Chopped tomato 2 pieces

2 onions chopped

Soaked Mung bean 1 cup

Aloo Bhujia (sev) 25gm

Garnished coriander leaves 1 spoon

Garnished Pudina leaves 1 spoon

Chopped Green Chili 4 pieces

Lemon Juice 2 spoons

Chaat Masala 1 spoon

Dahi (yogurt) 1 cup

Coriander chutney 2 spoon

Pudina Chutney 2 spoon

Tomato Chutney 2 spoon

Tamarind chutney 2 spoon

4 Samosas

Red Chilli powder ½ spoon

Mungfali 50gm

Salt

Buy all the above mentioned ingredients for Samosa Chat recipe from your nearest market.


Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe Online Ingredients for Samosa Chaat RecipeCollect all the ingredients for Samosa Chat. These should be garnished and chopped according to their own value.


Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe Online Samosa Chaat IngredientsMix all the ingredients of Samosa Chaat except Samosa, masala, Dahi and all types of Chutney.

Samosa Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe OnlineBring out all the ingredients of Samosa. Make it blank. Keep it separate. Now, fill all the mix ingredients in the blank Samosas.


Famous Samosa Chat, Samosa Chat Recipe Online Samosa ChaatFinally, Samosa Chaat is ready. Keep it in a deep plate. Cover it with the Dahi and all types of chaat masala. Now, add all types of Chutney on the Samosa Chaat. Add salt also according to your taste.

There is not to heat or cook anything for the Samosa Chaat recipe. It is ready-made Samosa Chat. Taste of the chaat is like never before. The chat is made by nutrition ingredients.

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