Ingredients:
• 1/2 kg Fine raw rice flour • 2 Eggs • 2 Cups grated coconut • 2 tbsp Sugar • 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence • 2 tsp Sesame seeds • 1 Pinch salt • Oil to fry
How to make Achappam:
• Place the flour in a big mixing bowl. • Now extract milk from the coconut and add it to the flour. • Beat eggs in a bowl, one at a time till firm. • Combine the beaten eggs to the flour mixture along with the sugar, sesame seeds, essence and salt, mix well. • Take a wok and heat oil in it. • Place the achappam mould in the very hot oil for a minute. • Dip three-fourth of the mould into the batter and then, put it in the hot oil. • The achappam will fall into the oil from the mould and turn it carefully to fry on the other side. • Once fried, remove it from the flame and drain the excess oil on clean paper towels.

Chinese Recipe : Vegetables Stir Fry (Vegetarian)

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup honey

• 1/4 cup prepared stir fry sauce

• 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes (1/4 to 1/2 tsp.)

• 4 tsps. peanut oil or vegetable oil

• 2 cups small broccoli florets

• 2 cups small mushrooms

• 1 small onion, cut into wedges and separated into 1-inch strips

• 1 medium carrot, cut diagonally into 1/3 inch slices

Directions:

1. Combine honey, stir-fry sauce and pepper flakes in small bowl; set aside.

2. In wok or large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.

3. Add vegetables and toss while cooking, about 2-3 minutes.

4. Add honey sauce, stir until all vegetables are glazed and sauce is bubbly hot, about 1 minute.

5. Serve as a vegetable side dish or over steamed rice or noodles for a main dish.

Chinese Recipe - Hot and Sour Soup

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 med. onion, sliced
• 3 carrots, thinly sliced
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tbsp. fresh ginger, minced
• 4 c. chicken broth
• 1 c. water
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 6 oz. shiitake mushrooms
• 1/3 c. sliced water chestnuts
• 1/2 lb. sliced snow peas
• 1 c. fresh bean sprouts
• 1/4 c. rice-wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp. sesame oil
• Dash of chili oil

Directions:

1. Heat 2 tbsp. vegetable oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
2. Add the onion and carrots; cook, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and ginger; cook, stirring for 1 minute.
4. Add chicken broth, water and soy sauce. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add the mushrooms and water chestnuts; boil for 1 minute.
6. Turn off heat, add peas and bean sprouts. Cover and let rest for 2 minutes.
7. Stir in rice-wine vinegar, sesame oil and chili oil. Heat through for 1 minute, serve immediately.

Nachos Recipe

Ingredients

• Tortilla chips - extra thick - 1 14-oz bag
• Refried beans - 2-3 cups
• Cheddar Cheese - 1/2 lb, grated, about 3 cups
• Pickled jalapeno peppers - 4 peppers, sliced

• Salsa
• Guacamole
• Sour cream
• Cilantro, chopped

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Arrange a layer of tortilla chips along the bottom of a wide, shallow baking pan. It will make things easier if this baking pan also can be used as a serving pan, such as the ceramic platter shown in the photo above. The layer of tortilla chips can be a couple chips thick. Spread the refried beans over the chips (this is why you need extra thick chips, so they don’t break when encountering the beans). Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top of chips and beans. Sprinkle slices of jalapeño peppers over the cheese. Bake in oven for 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted. 5 minutes in a convection oven.

2 Serve with dollops of salsa, sour cream and guacamole, with chopped cilantro sprinkled on top.

Serves 8. What is pictured above is a half-recipe.

Manchurian With Gravy

Ingredients-white corn flour

soya sauce

garlic

green onions

cabbage

2 tomatoes

capsicum

green chillies

recipe-saute green onions in oil-very lettle saute,then add garlic and keep aside.mix white corn flor,green onions,garlic,capsicum ,soya sauce and roll them and fry small balls.keep this aside too.now saute a little tomatoe ketchup,tomato puree and soya sauce and a little vinega.teh sauce will become dark brown.the when ready,mix teh 3 things together and you have manchrian with gravy.

MASALA SODA

TAKE SPRITE.MIX MINT LEAVES AND GIGER IN A MIXTURE.ADD JEERALU TO THE MIXTURE.ADD THIS MIXTURE TO THE SPRITE.DELICIOUS MASLA SODA IS READY

MUTHIYA

INGREDIENTS-LEFT OVER RICE

GREEN CHILLIES GINGER PASTE

A LITTLE GARLIC(OPTIONAL)

LAUKI

KOTHMIR

SOUR DAHI

SUGAR

2SPOONS OIL

WHEAT ATTA

MAKAI ATTA

JOWAR ATTA

SUGAR

RECIPE-MIX ALL THE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.STEAM A VESSEL AND MAKE BALLS AND PUT THEM IN A STEAMER.STEAM FOR HALF AN HOUR.REMOVE THE BALLS.WHEN COOL,SEASON THEM.TAKE A SPOON OIL AND OUT CURRY PATA,RYE,AJVAIN ,SESAME SEEDS AND HING AND SEASON THE MUTHIYAS.

Rasgulla Recipe

Rasgulla is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Rasogulla by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp Refined flour
• 3/4 Cup chenna
• 1/4 kg Sugar
• 1litre Water
• 5 Cardamoms
• 2-3 Drops vanilla essence

Cooking Instructions:
• Knead together flour and chenna to make soft dough.
• Prepare small balls from this dough and put cardamom seeds on them.
• Boil the sugar in water in a big vessel.
• Add vanilla essence and pour the balls into it.
• Put a lid and cook on a low flame for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove the lid and cook for some more time. Let it cool.
• Rasgula are ready to serve.

Ras Malai Recipe

Ras Malai is a popular Indian sweet. Learn how to make/prepare Rasmalai by following this easy recipe

Ingredients:

• 200 gms Cottage cheese
• 2 Cups sugar
• 1 Litre milk
• 1 tsp Cardamom powder
• 1 tsp Almonds
• 1 tsp Pistachios


Cooking Instructions:
• Mix milk and 1/2 cup sugar.
• Boil till gets reduced to its half.
• Make balls from paneer and flatten them in centre.
• Prepare sugar syrup.
• Boil the syrup over medium heat.
• Put paneer balls in it and boil it for few minutes.
• Add paneer balls in the milk sugar mixture.
• Keep it for cooling.
• Add almonds and pistachios.
• Serve it chilled.

Bhel Puri Recipe

Bhel Puri is a low-fat, nutritious and delicious recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Bhelpuri by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 50g Chopped onions
• 100g Rice flakes
• 50g Tamarind
• 50g Jaggery
• 50g Sev
• 1 Bunch mint leaves
• 1/2 tsp Chat masala
• 1 Bunch coriander leaves
• 3 Green chilies
• Salt to taste


Cooking Instructions:
• Boil the jaggery and tamarind in a cup of water for few minutes.
• Remove the tamarind pulp and leave the water aside.
• Mix the green chilies and mint leaves. Grind to smooth paste.
• Put the rice flakes in a bowl and add mint leaves paste.
• Add chopped onions, tamarind water, chat masala, sev, green chilies and salt. Mix well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Bhel Puri is ready to serve.

Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

Chocolate Cupcakes is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Chocolate Cupcakes by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup cocoa powder
• 1 Egg
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 Cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3/4 Cup dark brown sugar
• 2/3 Cup skim milk
• 1/4 Cup apple sauce
• Sugar


Cooking Instructions:
• Heat oven to 350 degree F.
• Take paper liners and line 12 muffin cups.
• Mix cocoa, flour, soda, baking powder and salt.
• Beat the ingredients for few minutes until combined.
• Add milk to the flour mixture alternately until just combined.
• Pour this preparation into muffin cups.
• Bake it for about 20 minutes.
• Remove and cool on wire rack for half an hour.
• Chocolate Cupcakes are ready.

Black Walnut Cake Recipe

Black Walnut Cake is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Black Akhrot Cake by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup chopped black walnuts
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 1 Cup milk
• 3 Cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Cup butter, softened
• 1/2 Cup shortening
• 3 Cups sugar
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 5 Eggs


Cooking Instructions:
• In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening, butter and sugar until light.
• Beat the eggs, add the baking powder, flour and cinnamon; pour-stir into the creamed mixture.
• Now, stir in the vanilla and walnuts, and pour into the pan.
• Bake for two hours. Cool in the pan for about fifteen minutes and then place onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Serve.

Dal Bhajia Recipe

Ingredients:

• 400 gms Yellow moong dal (soaked)
• 4 Green chillies
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp Coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying


Cooking Instructions:
• Chop the green chillies and coriander leaves
• Grind the dal.
• Add chopped green chillies, cumin seeds, coriander leaves and salt.
• Mix it well.
• Heat the oil.
• Take small portions of the mixture.
• Fry them over medium heat till golden in colour.
• Dal Bhajia is ready.

Dry Fruit Kheer Recipe

Dry Fruit Kheer is a delicious and nutritious dessert. Learn how to make/prepare Dry Fruit Khir by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 10 Pieces of almond, soaked separately
• 10 Pieces of cashew, soaked separately
• 10 Pieces of pista (pistachios), soaked separately
• 1 tbsp Khus khus, soaked separately
• 1 Lite milk
• 1-1/4 Cup sugar or as per taste
• Very little saffron, soaked in warm milk


Cooking Instructions:
• Peel off the almonds and pistachios.
• Grind all dry fruits (including Khus khus) together to smooth paste.
• Boil the milk until reduced to 3/4 of it.
• Add the dry fruit paste in the boiled milk and again boil until it blends well.
• Reduce the flame and add sugar.
• Stir constantly until the sugar gets dissolved.
• Take off heat and finally add soaked saffron.
• Cool it and serve.

Garlic Bread Recipe

Garlic Bread is popular Italian recipe. Learn how to make/ prepare Garlic Bread by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 Loaf Italian bread
• 1 tsp Chopped parsley
• 1/2 Cup grated cheese
• 2 Large garlic flakes minced
• 1/2 Cup unsalted butter


Cooking Instructions:
• Mix butter, parsley and minced garlic well.
• Cut bread into half.
• Spread the butter mixture on bread slices.
• Put bread slices in oven at 350f for 15 minutes.
• Spread cheese on bread slices and place it in oven again.
• Heat the bread slices in oven till the edges turn roasted.
• Keep it for cooling.
• Garlic Bread is ready.

Cherry Cookies Recipe

Cherry Cookies is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Cherry Cookies by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup cherry flavored chips
• 1 1/2 Cups flour
• 1/2 Cup rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1Cup butter
• 1Cup powdered sugar

Cooking Instructions:
• Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Mix vanilla, powdered sugar and butter.
• Beat the mixture until it turns fluffy.
• Add baking soda, flour and oats. Mix well.
• Add flavored chips to it.
• Drop the mixture with a teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Fatten them lightly with fingers.
• Bake it for about 10 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Cherry Cookies are ready.

Apple Kheer Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 Apples
• 1 litre Milk
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
• 4 Almonds
• 4 tbsp Sugar
• 5 Pistas


Cooking Instructions:
• Boil the milk in a pan.
• Add sugar to it, stir and cook on a medium flame till the milk gets reduced to half.
• Now add grated apples to it.
• After first boil, remove from the flame.
• Sprinkle with almonds, cardamom powder and pistas.
• Apple Kheer is ready. You can serve it hot or cold.

Indian Recipes : Apple Sandwich Recipe

Apple Sandwich is an easy to make dessert perfect for picnics & outings. Learn how to make/prepare Apple Sandwich by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 9 Bread slices

Make carrot spread from:• 3/4 Cup grated carrot
• 2 tbsp Cheese
• Salt & pepper to taste

Make apple spread from:
• 1 Grated apple
• 1 tbsp cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:
• Cover one bread slice with the apple spread.
• Place another slice of bread over it.
• Cover with carrot spread and sandwich with third slice.
• Repeat the procedure twice.
• Cut into 4 triangles.
• Apple Sandwich is ready.

Badam Halwa Recipe

Badam Halwa is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Badam Halwa by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup almonds
• 2-1/2 Cups sugar
• 2 Cups ghee
• 1 Pinch kesari

Cooking Instructions:
• Soak almonds in a bowl with boiling water.
• Remove the skin of almonds and make fine paste by grinding them in a grinder. Boil sugar with one cup of water in a pan. Boil till it turns into syrup.
• Add almond paste to the boiling syrup and mix it well.
• Make a solution of kesari powder in little water and add to the syrup.
• Instantly mix one-cup ghee.
• As the above mixture turns paste-like, pour the remaining ghee gradually.
• A batter like mixture will be formed after sometime. Now remove it from the flame.
• Badam Halwa is ready to serve.

Tip and tricks for cooking

Rubbing the inside of the cooking vessel with vegetable oil will also prevent noodles,spaghetti,and similar starches from boiling over.

2. Give mashed potatoes a beautiful whipped cream look by adding HOT milk to them before you start mashing.

3. To test if the consistency of your dahiwada batter is correct, drop a little batter into a cup of water. If it floats it is ready to be fried.

4. Run your ice cream scoop under hot water and it will cut through the ice cream more easily and make neat smooth scoops.

5. To ripen tomatoes-put them in a brown paper bag in a dark pantry and they will ripen over night.

6. To keep cauliflower white while cooking, add a little milk to the water to cook it.

7. Tender corn : When boiling corn, do not add salt to the water, add a little sugar, salt toughens the corn.

8. When a recipe calls for adding oil, garlic, and onions to a pan, always add garlic last. This keeps it from burning and tasting bitter.

9. To help gelatin hold its shape when unmolded, add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the recipe.

10. Turn a thoroughly heated bowl over hard butter and in no time you will get soft butter.

Kaju potato rolls

Ingredients-bread crumbs-2 cups

5-6boiled and mashed potatoes

3-4 crushed chillies

1 cup small cashewnut pieces

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon garam masala9optional)

1 teaspoon sugar(optional)

oil to fry

Method-Mix the ingredients together.Make round balls and then deep fry.Delicious kaju potato rolls are ready.

Khasta Puris

Ingredients for puris-

1 cup rava

1/2 cup maida

1 spoon oil

1 cup water

Ingredients for stuffing

1 cup ground moong dal atta

1 teaspon aniseeds9sauf)

t teaspoon garam masala

1 teaspoon red chilli powder

1 teaspoon grounded coriander seed

Method for puris-Make atight dough from the ingrediesnts for puris.leave aside.

Method for stuffing-Roast all the stuffing ngredients for 3-4 minutes in a non stick vessel.Let it cool.Add 1 spoon oil and a little water and make small balls.

METHOD-NOW roll the puris into small rounds and stuff the stuffing and stick the ends,roll with hand and then deep fry till a nice red colour comes.Crispy khasta kachoris are ready.

Crispy bhajiyas(frm leftover rice)

Ingredients-1/2 Cup grinded moong dal(in a coffee grinder)

1/2 cup grinded rice 9in a coffee grinder)

1/4 cup ground crushed brokenwheat(in coffee grinder)

left over rice crushed in a mixture(optional)

4-5 green chillies

2 cups channa dal atta

dahi-2 cups

1/2 bunch cilantro(cut into small pieces)

oil to deep fry

Method-Mix all the ingredients together and make round bhajiyas and deep fry.

optional-you can also add vegetables of your choice.

Dal dhokli

Boil tuver dal with a small dushi and tomatoe and saragwani sing in pressure cooker.Let 3-5 whistles ring .After cooker cools down,remove dal,dudhi and tomatoe and crush together in a mixture.Take a chaini with big holes and seive dal,dudhi and tomatoe juice.Put to boil adding 10-12 glasses of water in it.Add a little jaggery to it.Add lal mirchi,haldi and a little sambhar masala to it.Keep boiling.Take 1 spooon oil in a vessel and add 1.2 spoon mustard,3 cloces,1 stick cinnamon 1 spoon jeera ,aliitle hing and 2-3 spoons sing .Add the vaghar to the dal and keep boiling.AFTER 20 minutes of boiling,shut off the gas.Add Lemon juice-3 spoons or more according to taste.

on the other side make thepla lot.Make 5-6 dhoklis and rest theplas.

For thepla-Take 21/2 cups flour,add lal mirchi,haldi ,ahma and salt and a little oil and make atta.round 6-7 big theplas for dhoklis,rest make theplas.

Paneer chilli

Ingredients-

1 kilo punjab paneer cut into squares and saute in 1 spoon oil

2 green onions

1 clov garlic

small ginger pieces

3-4 green chillies

1 big green capsicum

1/2 cup soya sauce

2 tablespoons ketcup

1 teaspooon vinegar

2 spoons maida

2 TEASPOONS OILMethod-Fry the paneer into square pieces.Keep aside.Take 2 teaspoons oil and saute green onions,capsicum,garlic,ginger for 2 secs.Dont saute too much,let the clolour of vegetables stay.Keep aside.In another vessel mix soya sauce,kethup and maida and boil till the colour becomes dark black.Keep aside.When people sit to eat,mix the paneer,teh sauted vegetables and the sauces.Garnish with coriander.Paneer chilli is ready.

Variations-YOU can saute brocoli instead of fried panner or abby corn etc and add to teh soy sauces.

Baklava-Greek sweet

Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 pound frozen phyllo sheets
1 cup melted butter
2 cups finely chopped walnuts or blanched almonds
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
vanilla extract
3/4 cup waffle syrup
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Preparation:
Directions for baklava
Thaw phyllo pastry and separate sheets according to package directions. Keep pastry not being used covered with clean damp dish towel to keep it from drying out. Place half of pastry sheets in a greased 15×10x1-inch baking pan, one by one, brushing each sheet quickly and all over with melted butter. Combine nuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon and vanilla extract; sprinkle over buttered pastry. Place remaining sheets on top, brushing each with melted butter. Cut baklava pastry into 2-inch diamonds. Bake at 400° until brown and crisp, about 30 to 35 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine remaining 3/4 cup sugar,waffle syrup, 1/4cup water, and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Boil baklava syrup for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until syrupy. Cool and pour over baklava.

Sev puri on baked lays

Ingredients-

2 packet baked lays(potato wafers)

1 cup sprouted mug

1 small chopped onion

1 boiled anad chopped potato

tamarind-date-apple butter chutney

green chutney

chat masala

garlic chutney(optional)

sev

coriander leaves for garnishing

Method-Mix the apple butter and tamarind-date chutney.Add chat masala to it Spread baked lays on a plate and put mug,potatoes.onions on each wafer.Then add the 3 chutneys.Add sev on top.Garnish with coriander leaves.Eat immediately or it will get soggy.Delicious sev puri is ready.

CEREAL(frosted flakes) CHEVDA

Ingredients

2 cups Kellogs frosted flakes

1/2 cup peanuts

2 green chillies

5-6 curry leaves

1 spoon oil

1 spoon sesame seeds

salt to taste

1 spoon chilli powder

1 spoon turmeric powder(haldi)

Method-Take 1 spooon oil in a vessel and saute peanuts,sesame seeds,green chillies for 2 mins and then add the creal,saute for 2 seconds and add salt,chilli powder and haldi.Delicious corn flakes chevra is ready.