Spoonful of yumminess!!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ingredients 1.       1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake) 2.      1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.) 3.      1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate) 4.      wax paper   Method Make a 13×9 cake. Any flavor you like, just follow the instructions on the box. Let it cool. Crumble the cake (always fun for the kids) and add in 1 can of frosting. Throw it into the refrigerator for 15 minutes. After refrigerating, form the mixture into balls (also fun for the kids). Then place a sucker stick into the top of each cake ball. Pop them into the refrigerator for another quarter hour. While waiting, start melting your candy melts. After 15 minutes in the fridge, dip and swirl each pop into your candy melt. Once you’ve got an even coating on the cake pop, decorate them wit...

Ingredients 1.       150 g marshmallows 2.       50 g soft butter 3.       250 g good dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), chopped into small pieces 4.       60 ml hot water from a recently boiled kettle 5.       1 x 284 ml tub double cream 6.       1 teaspoon vanilla extract 7.       Belgian chocolate thins Method 1.     Put the marshmallows, butter, chocolate and water in a heavy-based saucepan. 2.    Put the saucepan on the hob, over heat, though keep it fairly gentle, to melt the contents, stirring every now and again. Remove from the heat. 3.    Meanwhile, whip the cream with the vanilla extract until thick, and then fold into the cooling chocolate mixture until you have a smooth, cohesive mixtu...