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Magic Bars

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Ingredients 1.       Non-Stick Cooking Spray 2.      1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 3.      1/2 cup butter, melted 4.      1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk 5.      2 cups (12 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips 6.      1 1/3 cups flaked coconut 7.      1 cup chopped nuts  Method 1.Heat oven to 350°F. Coat 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. 2.Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter in small bowl. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Press down firmly with fork. 3.Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Loosen from sides of pan while still warm; cool on wire rack. Cut into bars or diamonds. 4.For perfectly cut ...

Super Bowl food - Desi style

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 Mirchi Bajji, Spicy Peanuts, Chicken 65 and Pepper Chicken Chicken 65 INGREDIENTS 1.         500 gms chicken 2.         3 tsp Red chili powder For the marinade 3.         1/4 tsp cumin powder For the marinade 4.         1/2 tsp coriander powder For the marinade 5.         1 tsp Ginger garlic paste For the marinade 6.         Pinch of Turmeric powder For the marinade 7.         2 tsp corn flour For the marinade 8.         3/4 tsp Rice flour  For the marinade 9.         1/4 tsp Red Food Color For the marinade 10.       1 tbsp. Lemon juice For the mar...

Capsicum and Paneer (Kadai paneer)

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Ingredients 1.         Paneer ( Cottage Cheese) 500 grams 2.        One Green Capsicum, One red Capsicum 3.        Ginger garlic paste 1 tea spoon 4.        Coriander seed powder 1 teaspoon 5.        4 red chilies 6.        1 tsp. kastoori (dried fenugreek leaves) methi 7.        2 chopped green chilies 8.        1 onion 9.        2 chopped tomatoes 10.     1/2 bunch coriander chopped 11.      4 Table spoons oil 12.     Spices ( cloves, cinnamon, elachi, bay leaf) Method 1.         Dice the paneer in small cubes. 2.        Slice capsicum in thin strips. 3...

Dal Makhani

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Ingredients 1 cup whole black lentils 1/4 cup Bengal gram 1/2 cup Kidney beans 1 tsp cumin seeds 1-2 tsp green chillies, sliced thinly 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp cumin-coriander powder 1 tsp cardamom powder 1 medium onion 1 tsp dried Fenugreek leaves ( Kasuri Methi ) 3 tbsp butter 2-3 cloves 2" cinnamon stick 1 Bay leaf 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 cup tomato puree 1 cup cream salt to taste and cilantro to garnish Method 1.        Soak all of the lentils (urad, rajma and channa dal) in water for 6 hours, or preferably overnight. Wash four times, changing the water each time. 2.       Chop the garlic, ginger and green chillies finely. 3.       Boil all of the lentils with the ginger, garlic, green chillies and salt, and simmer until lentils are well cooked. Drain off excess water and mash the lentils...

Saffron Cardamom Chicken

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Ingredients 1.        1 large onion, finely chopped 2.       2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken 3.       1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste 4.       10-12 green cardamom pods (or 1 tsp cardamom powder) 5.       2-3 cloves 6.       2 bay leaves 7.       1 inch cinnamon stick 8.       2 tsp ground fennel seeds 9.       1 tsp Kasoori methi 10.    Few strands of saffron 11.     ½ tsp cumin seeds 12.    ¼ tsp red chili powder 13.    salt and pepper to taste 14.    1 cup plain yogurt 15.    2 tbsp oil (vegetable or canola) 16.    freshly chopped mint leaves for garnish (or you can use cilantro leaves) Method Using a spice blender, grind the green cardamom p...

Mickey mouse Oreo Cookies - made these for Veds second birthday

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Ingredients 1.        Double stuffed oreo cookies 2.       Chocolate melting chips 3.       Mini oreo cookies 4.       lollipop sticks 5.       Treat Bags 6.       Mickey mouse stickers   Method 1.        Melt chocolate melting chips in microwave, until chocolate is melted and smooth. 2.       Dip the lollipop stick into the chocolate, Gently slide a lollipop stick directly through the center of the Oreo cookie (through the white filling in the middle) and stop just before it comes out the other end. Lay on waxed paper for chocolate to dry. 3.       Open the mini open cookies and dip one side into the chocolate and slide it on top as ears. 4.       Let them cool and decora...

Caramel Custard

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Ingredients 1.       Eggs-3 2.      Sugar-1/2 cup (use a little more if you like it sweet) 3.      Milk- 2 cups 4.      Vanilla essence-1 tbsp For the caramel: Sugar-3 tbsp Baking Ramekins-4-5 moulds or one deep baking dish. You will also need a large shallow metal or oven proof bake ware to set the moulds in and bake. Method Caramel Base: Heat the sugar mixed with 1 tsp water in a nonstick pan on medium heat till the sugar starts melting. Do not use anything to stir and just shake the pan to spread the heat. When the sugar starts turning into golden brown liquid, let it simmer and then pour it equally in all the ramekins or mould. Tilt the dish all around to coat the bottom evenly and a little up the edges. The syrup will harden quickly so pour and spread into one mould at a time. The Custard: Preheat the oven to 375 F.(190 C) Blend together the eggs and the sugar...