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Making of Arkkadukka-Recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:42:00 -0800

Kallummakkaya -arikkadukka

Recipe for arikkadukka
Ingredients

25 - 30 - Medium size mussels

3 cups - Rice flour
1.5 cups - Grated coconut
3 - Shallots / small onion
1 tsp - Aniseed
1/2 tsp - Jeera / cumin seeds
Salt to taste

For masala,

1 tbsp - Rice flour
2 - Garlic flakes, finely grated
Salt to taste
2 tsp - Red chili powder
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder

Method

* Wash the mussel shells well. Boil the shells in enough water, till the shells open. Drain all the water. Do not use shells that have not opened. Those are not good ones.

* Scoop out the mussel meat from the shell. Clean the inside part of the mussels to remove any dirt there. Cut and remove the black part in the bottom of the mussel. Clean well and set aside.

* Grind the ingredients for the dough, except the rice flour, to a smooth paste with little water. Add to the rice flour and make a dough.

Stuff this dough into the mussel ( inside part of the mussel and the outer part. Cover well with the dough. Place this stuffed mussels in a well cleaned mussel shell to steam.

* Steam the stuffed mussels in a steamer or use a pressure cooker in which a utensil for steaming is placed and steam mussels in it, covered with a lid.

Steam for 10 minutes. When fully cooked. Take off the steamer and place to cool. Then scoop out the stuffed mussels from the shells.

* Mix all the ingredients for masala batter together with little water and make a batter. Dip or lightly coat the steamed mussels in this batter.
* In a wok or kadai, add enough oil to deep fry. Add mussels to the oil and fry till crisp and golden brown in colour.

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Chilli gobi recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:09:00 -0700

Ingredients:

• 1 Cauliflower (pieces)
• 3 Onions
• 3 Green chillies
• 1 Cup gram flour
• 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
• Fresh coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

•	Cut cauliflower into pieces.
•	Chop the onions and green chillies.
•	Mix flour, red chili powder and salt.
•	Prepare batter of thick consistency.
•	Dip cauliflower pieces in the batter.
•	Deep fry the cauliflower pieces in oil.
•	Heat the oil.
•	Add chopped onions and green chillies till it turns golden brown.
•	Add fried cauliflower and saute for few minutes.
•	Adorn with fresh coriander leaves

Recipe of tasty besan laddu

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:42:00 -0700

Besan Ladoo

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Besan
• 2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 2 cups Ghee
• 2 tsp Elaichi Powder
• 4-6 Drops Saffron Color
Method:

•	Mix the sugar and saffron color together. Leave it aside.
•	Melt ghee in a kadhai and cook the besan over low flame.
•	Stir continuously till the besan becomes light brown in color.
•	Mix the elaichi powder and again stir.
•	Remove from the flame and pour it on a thali. Let it cool slightly.
•	Now mix this with powdered sugar.
•	Divide it into equal parts and give the shape of laddus.
•	Besan Laddoo is ready.

How to make chocolate burfi?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:35:00 -0700

Ingredients:

• 3 tsp Cocoa Powder
• 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour/Maida
• 6 tsp Ghee
• 3-1/2 cups Condensed Milk
• 3/4 cup Cashew nuts (chopped)
• 4-1/2 cups Sugar
• 3/4 cup Water

Method:

•	Heat a heavy bottomed skillet and add ghee in it.
•	Now fry maida in ghee.
•	Make a sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water taken in a pot.
•	Meanwhile dissolve the cocoa powder in condensed milk heated on low flame in a pan and keep it aside.
•	Mix all ingredients together except cashew nuts and cocoa powder and stir continuously.
•	When the mixture becomes thick, add cashew nuts and mix properly.
•	When froth appears in the mixture, pour 3/4 portion of it into a greased plate.
•	Now mix the dissolved cocoa powder with the rest of mixture .
•	Spread this as a top layer on the mixture spread on the greased plate.
•	Allow it to cool and cut into squares.
•	Chocolate burfi is ready.

How can we prepare tasty Cassata?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:21:00 -0700

CASSATTA:

Ingredients:

• 1 Litre vanilla ice cream
• 300 ml Cream
• 1/2 tsp Almond essence
• 1/2 Cup toasted almonds
• 50 gm Dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1/2 Cup glace fruit, chopped

Method:

•	Soften the ice-cream and combine the almond essence with it.
•	Line the base and sides of 1 litre pudding basin leaving a cavity in the centre for the fruit mixture.
•	Freeze till firm.
•	Whip cream and sugar together till the peaks form.
•	Now chop chocolate and almonds.
•	Fold the chopped fruit, chocolate and almonds into the whipped cream.
•	Fill the cavity of the ice cream with it.
•	Cover it with foil and freeze till firm.
•	Just before serving, dip the basin into very hot water, quickly 2 or 3 times then invert and shake sharply onto a serving plate.
•	Cut Casata into wedges and serve.

How to prepare Chocolate Bread ?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:08:00 -0700

Ingredients:

• 8 Ounces chocolate chips
• 2 pkg Dry yeast
• 1 1/2 Cups flour
• 2 tbsp Honey
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 Egg
• 1 Cup water warm
• 1 Cup water lukewarm
• 4 Cups flour

Method:

•	Whisk yeast flour, water and honey in medium bowl and cover with a plastic sheet.
•	Let it stand for 1 hour.
•	Stir sponge and blend in milk-butter-salt mixture.
•	Now, mix in the flour to prepare soft dough. Knead until it is no longer sticky.
•	Put dough, turning to coat entire surface in a greased bowl.
•	Cover bowl with a plastic sheet until the size and the volume doubles.
•	Grease the loaf pans. Knead the dough until deflated.
•	Remove from the pan and cut into 8 even pieces.
•	Smear chocolate on each of the cut pieces and cover the surface with tea towel.
•	Spread loaves with egg glaze.
•	Later sprinkle with sugar and bake until light brown.
•	Immediately remove from the pan; and allow it to cool on racks for ten minutes.

How to make Cabbage soup?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:02:00 -0700

Ingredients:
• 1 Head cabbage, shredded or chopped
• 16-28 Ounces canned tomatoes, chopped
• 4 Stalks celery
• 6 Carrots, sliced
• 2 Big onions, chopped
• 1/2 Pound green beans, sliced on diagonal
• 2 Green peppers
• Any fresh herb of choice, chopped
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 to 2 Packages lipton onion soup mix, or any dry onion soup mix.

Method:

	Place all the vegetables in a big pot and cover it with water, bring it to a boil.
•	Stir in the soup mix and boil gently for about 10 minutes.
•	Cover it and decrease the heat and simmer till all the vegetables are soft.
•	Add the black pepper and chopped herbs to it, saving some for garnish.

How to make Carrot soup?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:57:00 -0700

Ingredients:
• 3 Cups Carrots (peeled and sliced)
• 5 tbsp Milk
• 2 Tomatoes
• 2 tsp Butter
• ½ tsp Garam Masala
• 2 tsp Garlic (peeled)
• A pinch Black Pepper Powder
• Salt to taste

Method:

•	Keep the carrots for cooking until their raw smell goes.
•	Boil tomatoes in the water to remove the skin. Remove the seeds also.
•	Blend together the tomatoes, carrots and garlic.
•	Melt the butter in a heavy based vessel and add the above mixture.
•	Allow it to cook for few minutes.
•	Now add milk and again cook the mixture for sometime.
•	Remove from the flame. Add a pinch of pepper powder, salt and garam masala to the soup.
•	Carrot soup is ready to savor. Serve hot.

Making of Mango Pakkoda or Mango pakkuvada

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:30:00 -0700

Ingredients:
1 cup - rice flour
1/2 cup - onions, finely chopped.
1/2 cup - green spring onions, finely chopped (the green part)
1/4 cup - green coriander leaves, finely chopped
1/2 tsp - chat masala
3/4 cup - besan/chickpea flour
1/2 cup - grated raw mango
1 tbsp - curry leaves, crushed or chopped finely
1 tbsp - mint leaves, chopped finely
1 inch - piece ginger, finely grated
2 cloves - garlic, finely grated
1/2 tsp - cumin seeds coarsely powdered
1 - green chilli, seeds removed and chopped
a pinch of bicarbonate soda
1/4 tsp - ajwain seeds
oil for frying
salt to taste

Method

Mix all the above ingredients
Add a little water if needed to form batter of dropping consistency
Do not make it watery as it will absorb more oil
Heat oil and fry the pakoda in small batches
Enjoy hot with your favorite chutney or sauce and hot tea or coffee

How can we make Tomotto soup or thakkali soup?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:40:00 -0700

Ingredients:

• 4 Ripe Tomatoes
• Salt to taste
• Pepper
• Mint leaves
• Butter

Method:

•	Put the tomatoes in boiling water for 2 min.
•	Then immediately transfer them to ice-cold water.
•	Peel the skins and cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
•	Now take water in a pan, boil it and add the chopped tomatoes.
•	Add mint and salt to the boiling mixture. Boil for about 5-6 minutes.
•	Cool and blend the tomatoes with the help of a mixer.
•	Sieve the blended mixture to discard the seeds.
•	Garnish it with a dash of butter and serve hot

How to make mutton liver fry?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:17:00 -0700

Ingredients:

500 grams liver
1 big onion
1 tomato,
pepper to taste
¼ teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
2 tablespoons ghee(clarified butter) and salt to taste.

Method:

Cut the liver into cubes and wash them well. Put the cubes in a big bowl. Sprinkle pepper powder, cumin seeds powdered, turmeric and salt and mix it all up. Let it marinate for a while. Take a frying pan and heat up the ghee (clarified butter).

When the ghee begins bubbling add the onions and sauté till golden brown. Put in the tomatoes and fry till the oil begins leaving the edge of the pan and the tomato becomes pulp. Drop in the marinated liver and sauté regularly till the liver is cooked.

Try not to add water as liver tends to give out water too. If required add a spoon water at a time and keep frying. Remove from flame and garnish with chopped onions and serve.

Do you know the making of Palak mutton curry?Here is the recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:05:00 -0700

Palak mutton curry:

Ingredients:

1. 500 grams mutton
2. 5 teaspoon palak paste
3. 4 onions
5. 2 green chillie
6. 3 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
7. 1 teaspoon red chilly paste
8. 2 tablespoons oil and salt to taste.

Method:
1.Finely and chop the onion and green chillies each separately and keep them aside. Now take a frying pan and heat some oil.

2. When the oil is very hot add the onions and green chillies and sauté them till they are golden brown. Now add the mutton pieces.

3. Next add the red chilly paste and ginger garlic paste and mix it all up. Sprinkle salt to taste and mix well. Then cover and cook till the mutton is done.

4. Now add the palak paste and cook for another two minutes. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and almonds or butter flakes and serve hot.

How to prepare Mutton samosas?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:57:00 -0700

Ingredients :
1. 250 grams minced mutton
2. 200 grams flour
3. 1 tomato
4. 1 onion
5. 1 inch ginger
6. 2 green chillies
7. 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
8. 1 teaspoon garam masala
9. ½ teaspoon red chilly powder
10. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, ¾ cup oil
11. 1 tablespoon white butter and 2 teaspoons salt.

METHOD:

1. Finely chop the onion, tomato, ginger and green chillies each separately and place them aside. Now take a pan and heat 1 tablespoon oil.

2. When the oil is very hot add the onions and sauté till golden brown. Next put in the tomatoes, ginger, green chillies, red chilly powder, garam masala and turmeric and sauté till the raw smell of the masala leaves. Now add the minced meat and fry for five minutes.

3. Now add half cup water and let it boil. When the water begins boiling add salt to taste. Cover, simmer and cook for 35 minutes till the meat is cooked and all the water has evaporated.

4. Now take a big bowl and add the flour and ½ teaspoon salt. Mix them together and then add the white butter and cumin seeds. Add a spoon of water at a time and make a dough.

5. Now make small balls from the dough and roll it into flat rounds like chappatis or pan cakes. Cut the round into half and make a cone out of each half. Fill these cones with the minced meat and seal the edges with a little water. Now Take a frying pan and pour oil enough for frying.

6. Let the oil heat up well and then slowly fry the samosas till the outer layer is crisp and golden brown.

RECIPE OF DELICIOUS CHICKEN FRY

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:38:00 -0700

Ingredients :
1. 6 chicken drumsticks
2. 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
3. ½ teaspoon green chilly past
4. ½ teaspoon red chilly powder
5. 1 teaspoon coriander powder
6. ½ teaspoon garam masala( hot spice mix)
7. 1 teaspoon lemon juice
8. 1 pinch turmeric
9. oil for deep frying
10. salt and pepper to taste.

METHOD:

1. Take the chicken pieces and make slits in them on all sides. Put the chicken in a big bowl and add the ginger garlic paste, green chilly paste, red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric, salt, pepper and sprinkle a little water.

2.Now mix it up well and let it marinate for 2 hours. Now take a frying pan and pour oil for deep frying. Fry three pieces at a time after the oil is nice and hot. Keep turning the chicken over so that all the sides get cooked evenly.

3. When it’s nice and brown remove from the stove and n the oil with some paper towels. Sprinkle the lemon juice and serve it hot.

Recipe for chicken Tikka

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:29:00 -0700

Ingredients :
1. 500 grams boneless chicken
2. ½ cup curd(yoghurt)
3. 1 teaspoon red chilly paste
4. 1 tablespoon lemon juice
5. 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
6. 1 teaspoon cumin powder
7. 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
8. 1 teaspoon garam masala( hot spice mix)
9. 1 tablespoon oil
10. 1 tablespoon butter and salt to taste.

METHOD:

1. Cut the boneless chicken into 1 inch pieces. Now make slits in them. Now put the pieces in a bowl. Add the red chilly powder, ½ of the lemon juice and salt to taste. Mix it all up and let it marinate for an hour.

2. Then add the curd, ginger garlic paste, red chilly paste, cumin powder, garam masala, oil and mix it up. Then let this marinate for another four hours.

3. Then roast it in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Apply the butter and roast for another minute. Garnish with lemon juice and coriander and serve with some garlic chutney.

How to make chicken kuruma?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:10:00 -0700

Ingredients:

400 grams chicken boneless
1 cup sour curd(yoghurt)
¼ cup cashew nut paste
2 cloves,
1 cardamom
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon garam masala(hot spice mix)
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
½ tablespoon green chilly paste
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon ghee(clarified butter) and salt to taste.

METHOD:

1.Take a thick bottomed pan and heat the ghee. When the ghee melts and begins to boil add the cloves, crush the cardamom and put that in too.

2. Sauté briefly and add the cumin seeds. Cook till it turns golden brown and add the turmeric, gara m masala, coriander powder and sauté till the masala blends well.

3.Now put in the ginger garlic paste and green chilly paste. Sauté till the raw smell leaves and pour in the curd. Simmer and cook fro five minutes and keep stirring.

4. Now add the chicken and very little water and mix it all up. The water should be just enough to move the chicken freely. Cover the pan with a lid and cook till its half cooked. Open the lid and check by poking the chicken with a fork.

5.Add the cashew nut paste and salt to taste. The gravy mustn’t be too liquid and so don’t add water unless the gravy is too thick. Stir well and cover with a lid again. Cook for about 15 minutes. Check if the chicken is tender and then remove from flame. Garnish with fried onions and fresh cream in the centre and serve.

Making of Cream Of Chicken Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:26:00 -0700

Ingredients:

4 cups milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 cups finely chopped, cooked chicken meat
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Method:

Make a white sauce of milk or cream, flour, and oil. Add chicken. Add sugar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder (may use more or less as desired). Mix well and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat.
If soup is not as thick as desired, mix a small amount of cornstarch with a small amount of water and add to soup. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Simple Homemade chicken soup

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:10:00 -0700

Ingredients:

1 (3 pound) whole chicken
4 carrots, halved
4 stalks celery, halved
1 large onion, halved
water to cover
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (optional)

Method:

Put the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. Heat and simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often).
Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and chop the carrots, celery and onion. Season the broth with salt, pepper and chicken bouillon to taste, if desired. Return the chicken, carrots, celery and onion to the pot, stir together, and serve.

The tasty prepration of vegetable idli

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:42:00 -0700

Ingredients
1. Idly rice - 1/2 kg
2. Black gram - 200 gm
3. Salt - As required
4. Carrot - One (Medium)
5. Beans - Four
6. Cauli flower - 25 gm
7. Capsicum - Half
8. Ginger - One (Small)
9. Coriander leaves - 5 gm
10. Oil - 5 gm
11. Pepper - a small spoonful

Preparation:

01. After washing rice and black gram well soak it for four hours.
02. Drain the rice and black gram, grind rice and black gram separately adding required amount of water.
03. Mix rice and black gram adding required amount of salt. Leave it to ferment.
04. Cut washed vegetables into small pieces.
05. Mix them with the batter. A a tea spoon of pepper powder.
06. Smear oil in the idli moulds and pour the batter into the mould. Cook it in steam and serve it hot.

Ona Sadhya from tasty land

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:53:00 -0700

Onasadhya is the most delicious part of the grand festival called Onam. It is considered to be the most elaborate and grand meal prepared by any civilisation or cultures in the world

The Meals

Rice is the essential ingredient of this Nine Course Strictly Vegetarian Meals. All together there are 11 essential dishes which have to prepared for Onasadya. Number of dishes may at times also go upto 13. Onasadya is so elaborate a meal that it is called meals, even though it is consumed in one sitting. Onasadya is consumed with hands, there is no concept of spoon or forks here.

Traditional Onam Sadya meal comprises of different varieties of curries, upperies - thigs fried in oil, pappadams which are round crisp flour paste cakes of peculiar make, uppilittathu - pickles of various kinds, chammanthi - the chutney, payasams and prathamans or puddings of various descriptions. Fruits and digestives are also part of the meal.

More About the Meal
For a better understanding of the Onasadhya meal let us now go through all the dishes in a little more detail. If that temps you too much, take a look at the recipes section and enjoy your Onam whenever you want.

Erissery
Onasadya
This is either prepared from pumpkins/red beans or from yam and raw bananas cubes. The spices used in this include split green chillies, ground coconut, cumin seeds, turmeric and red chillies. Erissery is seasoned with mustard seeds spluttered in oil. This is a main stay for the occasion, though not very popular these days.

Kalan or Pulisseri
This is prepared from buttermilk. Ingredients consist of sliced plantains called nenthra-kaya and yams or chena. These are boiled in water with salt and chillies. It is flavoured with ground coconut and mustard seeds spluttered in oil. Some even add cucumber cubes to Kalan.

Olan
Olan is prepared from sliced cucumber and brinjal. Sometimes pulse is also added. They are boiled in water with salt and no chillies. When properly boiled, some fresh coconut oil is poured. The dish is seasoned with flavour kariveppila (curry leaves).

Aviyal
This is kind of a mixed vegetable as all sorts of available vegetables are added to it. All vegetables are first boiled in water with salt and chillies. Tamarind and well ground pulp are added at proper time. Aviyal is flavoured with coconut oil and Kariveppila.

Thoran
Thoran is prepared by slicing beetroot and several other vegetables into very small pieces. These are then boiled in water witth some salt and chillies till all the water dries up. Water can also be strained away. For seasoning, ground coconut pulp and mustard fried in coconut oil is used.

Mulakoshyam
This resembles olan. It is a special Onam delicacy from the state of Kerala and has been recently added to Onam Sadhya.

Koottukari
This is a curry consisting of a variety of vegetables and some Bengal gram. It differs from Aviyal as it does not contain tamarind.

Sambar
OnasadyaThis is an extremely popular recipe from South India and relished by the whole of India. It consists of dal and a variety of vegetables like brinjal, drum-sticks, pavakkai (bitter gourd), etc. All vegetables are first boiled in water with salt and chilies. Tamarind is also added to enhance the taste. Other spices like coriander, cumin seed etc. are fried in oil and powdered. Sambhar is flavoured with mustard seeds and asafoetida.

Pachchati, Kichchati

These are types of curry consisting chiefly of cucumber, mustard and sour butter milk or curds. In Kichchatim, young and tender cucumber is added

Rasam
This lip smacking recipe is prepared from tomatoes treated with tamarind juice. It is seasoned with bay leaves and mustard seeds spluttered in oil. Some people take rasam with rice. Rasam also helps in digestion.

Payasam
This is an extremely delicious dish and is a sort of pudding. It is prepared from boiled potatoes mixed with molasses and coconut milk. The mixture is flavoured with spices. There is another type of payasam called 'Pal Payasam' in which rice is boiled with milk and sweetened with sugar.

Prathaman
There is a whole variety of Prathamans such as ata, pazham, parippu and palata prathamans.

Beverages
A special drink is prepared for Onam in which water is boiled with a combination of cumin and dried ginger (chukku). This is beneficial from health point of view.

OnasadyaUpperi or Chips
Upperi is prepared from various things like raw bananas (kaaya), yam (chena), jack fruit (chakka), bitter gourd (pavayka) and egg plant fruit (vazhuthanga). Slices of the ingredient are fried in coconut oil to a crisp condition.

Pickles (Achaar)
These are prepared well in advance of Onasadhya. Pickles are chiefly made from mango, lemon, ginger, chillies and curry naranga.

Pappads (Pappadam)
These are prepared from black grams and are fried in oil. Pappadams are usually served in three sizes - small, medium and large.

Quick Strawberry Pie recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:47:00 -0700

Preparation Time : 25 min.
Setting Time : 30 min. Serves 6 to 8.

For the crust
7 tablespoons crushed Marie biscuits
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
For the filling
1 packet (100 grams) strawberry jelly
1 family pack (1/2 litre) vanilla ice-cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
3/4 teacup sliced strawberries
For the decoration
sweetened cream
fresh strawberries

Method
For the crust
1. Mix all the biscuits, butter and sugar and press the mixture evenly into a 175 or 200 mm. diameter loose bottom tin
2. Place in the refrigerator until firm.
For the filling
1. Dissolve the jelly in 3 teacups of boiling water.
2. Pour the hot jelly mixture over the ice-cream. Place over ice.
3. Add the lemon juice and sugar and beat continuously until light and fluffy.4.Add the sliced strawberries.

How to proceed
1. Pour the jelly mixture over the set crust. Put to set in the refrigerator until firm.
2. When set, remove and decorate with sweetened cream and fresh strawberries.
3. Serve cold.

Do you know thw prepration of Onion Burger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:30:00 -0700

ONION BURGERS

1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 1/2 c. onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
2 tsp. horseradish, prepared
2 tsp. mustard, prepared
1/2 tsp. salt
6 split buns

Combine ground beef, salt and pepper. Shape into 12 thin patties. Brown chopped onion lightly in butter, add horseradish, mustard and salt.

Spread onion mixture over 6 patties, top each with a patty and press together to form 6 large patties. Chill.

Place patties on grill and brown each side 8 to 10 minutes.

Serve on buns, if desired.

6 servings.

How is the making of Low Fat Turkey Burgers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:31:00 -0700

Ingredients

1 pound ground turkey breast
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons light teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon water
Cooking spray
1 large onion, cut into (1/4-inch-thick) slices (about 2 cups)
1 teaspoon olive oil
4 (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns
8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices tomato
4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
Preparation
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Divide the turkey mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each portion into a 1/2-inch-thick patty. Combine the teriyaki sauce and water in a small bowl.

Place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot. Add the onion slices; cover and cook 10 minutes or until onion is golden brown, stirring frequently. Stir in 1 tablespoon teriyaki mixture. Remove onion from pan, and keep warm. Add olive oil to pan. Add patties, and cook 5 minutes over medium heat. Add 3 tablespoons teriyaki mixture to pan. Carefully turn patties over, and cook for 3 minutes or until golden. Place 1 patty on bottom half of each bun, and top each patty with 1/4 cup onion, 2 tomato slices, and 1 lettuce leaf. Top with remaining bun halves.

Note: You can freeze any uncooked turkey patties for up to 1 month. To freeze, seperate the patties with wax paper; place them in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag, remove excess air, seal, and freeze Thaw in the refrigerator.
Yield

4 servings
Nutritional Information

CALORIES 278(15% from fat); FAT 4.7g (sat 1.2g,mono 1.3g,poly 1.4g); IRON 2.1mg; CHOLESTEROL 60mg; CALCIUM 73mg; CARBOHYDRATE 28.9g; SODIUM 949mg; PROTEIN 30g; FIBER 2.4g

The Recipe for Delicious Vegetable Burger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:21:00 -0700

Ingredients:

* Vegetable Steaks - 4 (or) any other vegetable cutlet of your choice
* Tomato ketchup- 2 tsp
* Sliced buns- 4
* Onion-1 (cut into thin round slices)
* Tomato- 1 (cut into thin round slices)
* Carrot- 1 (cut into thin round slices)
* Cabbage leaves- 4
* Turmeric powder- 1/4 spoon
* Salt
* Butter- 2 tsp
* Dalda- 2 tsp

Method:
Boil water in a pan add turmeric & salt to it. Turn off the heat. Put the cabbage leaves & carrots in that hot water and leave it for 10 minutes. Then take the vegetables from the water and drain on paper towels.

Heat dalda in a pan and toast the buns. Then apply butter & little ketchup to the inner sides of the buns. Keep 1 cabbage leaf, 1 tomato slice, 1 steak (or) cutlet, 1 onion slice, 1 carrot slice in between two slices of a bun. Prepare all the buns in the same manner.

The making of tasty Bucky Burgers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:40:00 -0700

Bucky Burgers
Ingredients:

* 1 cup Buckwheat Groats*
* 2 cups Water
* 1 tablespoon Salt
* 1 cup Plain Wholewheat Flour
* 2 tablespoons Peanut Oil
* 2 small Grated Onions
* 4 Spring Onions (use the whole onion - cutting off only the top inch - this means that you will be using the tasty green bit as well).
* Rolled Oats

* It is possible to buy buckwheat that is already roasted. If you do this, then omit the roasting part of the recipe. I would recommend that you roast your own.

Method:

Dry-roast the buckwheat evenly in a deep sided saucepan until brown - stir consistently otherwise they will burn. Add the water (some recipes suggest boiling water but considering the fact that you have just roast the buckwheat, this is a little dangerous) and salt and boil for around 20 minutes until the water has been absorbed. This product is called Kasha and towards the end of the boiling process, should be stirred so that each grain remains separate. Let the Kasha cool down - it has to be quite cool for the next stage that involves it.

In a wok, add the oil and lightly fry the onions. Add the spring onions and cooled Kasha and flour (the resulting mixture should not be hot enough to cook the flour), kneading to a firm consistency (add some water or flour to adjust this).

Form the mixture into small balls and roll them in the rolled oats, then squashing them into the burger shapes.

Fry in oil in a frying pan until cooked right through (the thinner - the quicker) and browned on the outside. Consistency is the trick with this - set up a production line, making the burgers the roughly the same weight and thickness and the level of heat and time required will make the job a lot easier.

When cooked, remove and place on absorbent kitchen paper towelling.

Variations:

Instead of (or in addition to) spring onions, a variety of other flavourings may be used:

1. Chilli;
2. Sage;
3. Pimento;
4. Miso;
5. Curry;
6. Tomato (use tomato puree);
7. Mushroom;
8. Hoi Sin Sauce;
9. Garlic; and so on.

Remember that anything that goes into the burger should have no dimension greater than the thickness of the burger otherwise the burger will start to lose its structural integrity.

Storage:

If not eaten immediately, either store in a refrigerator and eat within a few days (animal free cooking lasts so much longer than the meat analogues such as beef burgers) or pack separately and freeze. I have eaten Bucky Burgers that have been frozen for over a year and come to no harm - get to know what your freezer is capable of.

The burgers may be reheated in the microwave in only a few minutes with an adjustment for frozen burgers.