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Recipes Tested and Tried from my Kitchen.The recipes will include appetizers, sweets, main dish, side dish,vegan recipes all around the world.

DIY lamb Cookie | Lamb shaped Cookie Recipe

April 7, 2015 By manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com

Easter wishes to everyone .. Some how I though these cookies will be posted on easter but am one day late. My daughter loves easter egg hunt and back there we always had so much fun on easter she really missed it this year. Baked my heart and soul for last 2 weeks last month and am badly missing baking now .. I love baking cookies and cakes , thought cookies are welcoming in my home but cakes take rest after 2-3 slices , am so grateful to those friends around us who constantly support me to finish all my baking there. Now when I was thinking make a cookie I came across this fluffy lamb cookie and I baked them immediately without second thought and they came out so gud. They are so easy to make without any fancy cookie cutter , I just loved how they look .. After baking a array of cookies My daughter still appreciates me when I show her the pics , she wants those cookies so am very happy about my cookies as the QC is done by this special person and of course H is always a specimen if am sharing with my friends even if scores little less than 10 /10 then the dish stay at home and finished by h and the lil one.. so I am glad that I have super keen QC done for my food 😉 . Ok coming to the lamb cookie they are so easy to make as I said earlier and they make a perfect party snack and to go with easter theme they are perfect. I original recipe they used wheat flour but I used ALP , I know wheat flour would have made it more healthier but I made it with ALP for this time and they turned out so yumm. Moving on to the recipe..

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DIY Lamb Cookie

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Cookies	15 mins	10 mins

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour – 1 cup

Almond pd – 2 tbsp (Roast them and powder the almonds with skin)

Butter – 1/2 cup (1 stick) – Room temperature

Confectioners sugar – 1/2 cup

Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp

Milk – 1 tbsp ( if needed)

Cocoa Pd – 1- 2 tsp

Method

In a bowl take the soften butter and cream it well with the sugar till combined.
Add the all purpose flour , almond pd , vanilla extract and mix them well to form a dough , if the mixture is dry add milk and make it to dough.
Divide the dough to 2/3 rd and 1/3 rd part . Add cocoa pd to the 1/3 rd part of the dough and mix them well till combined.
Pre heat the oven at 350 F for 10 -15 mins
Pinch the white dough to form small size dough balls and arrange them side by side on the parchment paper for the body. Use the chocolate dough for making head , ears and legs..
Use a tooth pick to make eyes and and press a line on the legs and ears.
Bake the cookies at 350 F for 10 – mins till you see slight brown in the corners.
The white part in the cookie will spread so no need to worry about any gaps while arranging and the lamb will become more fluffy after baking.
Let the cookies cook on the cookie tray for a while and then transfer them to a wire rack.
Dust some sugar to make it look white and fluffy. Store them in a sir tight container and enjoy.

Before Baking

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Channa Masala Pulao Recipe | Channa Pulao ~Lunch Recipes

March 17, 2015 By manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com

Channa masala Pulao is one my family fav as we love white kabuli channa / Chickpea , Instead of making channa masala always I love to include them in rice and do a masala rice which is masala pulao. This pulao with all masala and chickpeas taste so delicious , a perfect treat if you love spicy food but yes it can be prepared with mild spice level too. I prefer basmati for making pulaos they look and taste yumm. This pulao can had with any kind of raita , I always enjoy them with vegetable raita. Now lets move to the recipe. click here for more info

Channa Masala Pulao

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Rice Varities	Over night	20 mins

Ingredients

Cooked rice – 1 cup (basmati preferably)

Cooked chick peas – 1/2 cup ( cook chickpeas in pressure cooker with little amount of salt and water till the immerse for 3 whistles)

Cardamom – 2

Cloves – 4

Cinnamon stick – 1 inch pieces

Bay leaf – 1 no

Onions 1 medium ( chopped)

Tomato 1 medium (chopped)

Curry leaves- 2 sprigs

Green chilli – 1 slit

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Red Chill pd – 1/4 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder 1 1/2 tsp

Pav bhaji Masala – 1 tbsp

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Chopped coriander/cilantro leaves – For garnish

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add the curry leaves, bay leaf, cinnamon , cloves .
Now add the green chilli and onions , Saute them till onion turn transparent,.Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute well
Add the tomato and cook them till they are mushy . Add some water if needed to make a smooth paste.
Add all the dry pd spices – Red chilli pd, turmeric pd, cumin pd, pav bhaji pd to the well cooked tomatoes and saute well till combined .
Add the cooked chick peas and mix well till the masala’s coat on the chick pea / chole
Add salt to taste ( remember that you have added and saute them for a minute .
Add the cooked rice and mix well till all the rice grains combine and coated with the prepared masala.
Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves just before serving.
Serve hot with any raita and papads.

Note

You can use sambhar pd instead of pav bhaji masala and they taste yummy even .
The amount of spice are given as per our family tastes you can change the quantity as per your families taste buds .

Smiley Potato Fries Recipe | Smiley Fries |Smiley French Fries Recipe

February 20, 2015 By

Some times food need to look fancy when they are served to picky eater isn’t it. My daughter just loves anything fried and I wanted to make some different snack this time for her, she is also great fan of Emoticons we use every where today. I saw these cute little smiley fries from Mccain commercials and wanted to make them at home from long. I checked some youtube channels to make these fries and came up with my own version of Crispy smiley fries. These are perfect way to attract a kid by this I mean it bcoz my daughter finished them all and didn’t leave some for H to taste .. The smiley face is so each to make with the available equipment and there no need of any fancy cutter needed. These can be baked in oven , if baking in oven brush some oil of top of each smiley face and bake them in 200 F for 20-30 mins till they lightly brown. As I made them for the little one who loves fried snacks I fried them. Now moving on to these cute smiley fries Recipe..

Smiley Potato Fries

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Snacks	15 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

Potatoes – 2 medium size ( boiled and mashed)

Corn starch / Corn Flour – 2-3 tbsp

Pepper pd – 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Fresh Bread crumbs – 1 tbsp ( just cut the brown parts in the bread and grind the white part in a mixer)

Oil for frying

Method

In a bowl take the boiled and mashed potatoes, add corn starch,bread crumbs,pepper pd and salt.
Mix them well and form a dough.
If the dough is too loose add extra conr startch else the amount mentioned is enough.
The dough should be smooth and soft.
Line a parchment paper on a counter and place the dough on it.
Now take another piece of parchment paper place on the top of the dough.
Using a rolling pic roll the dough to 1/2 – 1′ inch thickness.
Use a cookie cutter and cut the dough in to circle shapes.
Again repeat the same for the extra bits.
Now take a straw cut the eyes for the smiley.
Use a spoons edge to make a smile on the smiley. Do the same for all the smiley circles.

Heat a oil in a kadai and when the oil is hot simmer the flame.
Slide in 2-3 smiley at a time and fry them till golden brown.

Enjoy these crispy smiley fries with ketchup or as is.

Samosa With Tortillas | Instant Samosa | How to make Tortilla samosa (with no dough)

February 18, 2015 By

Samosa are fried or baked pastry with savory filling , generally stuffed with peas, potatoes, or even lentils. India is know for its various fried snacks and this is one snack we love to enjoy at home.I have made samosa quite sometime but when we carve for samosa badly it needs prior thinking to make the samosa of tea time snack isn’t it. When ever we had leftover rotis we used to fry them and relish them with some chaat masala sprinkled on it so I thought why not try to stuff some filling into it and fry them , I had a packet of tortilla lying round so used them as the crust for making this instant samosa. Believe me it tastes really like a samosa with a very crispy crust and guess what you don’t have to think prior it is that quick to make , you only have to concentrate on the filling. I love the traditional way of samosa a lot but this is a quick fix if you have unacknowledged guest at home or you have a carving for some fried snack . We enjoyed this samosa thoroughly with green chutney hope you will too.

Samosa with Tortillas

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Tea time snacks	15 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

Flour Tortilla – 4 ( i used large size)

All purpose flour / Maida – 2 tbsp

Potatoes – 3 medium size ( boiled and mashed)

Onion- 1/4 cup ( chopped)

Coriander seeds – 1 tsp

Fennel seeds 1 tsp

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/2 tsp

Coriander pd – 1/2 tsp

Amchoor pd – 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp ( chopped)

Oil – 1 tbsp

Salt as needed

Oil for frying

Water as needed

Method

In a pan heat oil add coriander seeds, fennel seeds.
After they splutter, add the onion and saute them till translucent.
Add red chilli pd, turmeric pd, cumin pd, coriander pd, amchoor pd, salt and the the mashed potatoes.
Mix the well till all combined in low flame.
Cool the filling for a while. Add coriander leaves to it.
Now take the tortillas cut them to half , you can make 2 samosa from on tortilla. Cut them and keep it ready.
Now for making the glue to stick the samosa in a small bowl take all pupose flour and add 1-2 tbsp of water.
Mix them well till they form a lump free paste. Note the consistency should be thick like a paste , it will not stick if the mixture is runny.
Take a cut tortilla and fold them like a cone , apply the all purpose flour glue in the corners to stick them.Make sure there is no gap in pointed part of the cone.
Fill the potato mixture pressing gently.
Seal the edges with the all purpose flour paste very well (by pressing the edges seal them well)

Do the same for rest of the tortillas and filling.
Heat oil in a kadai , when the oil is hot simmer the flame and slide in the samosas.
Fry them well till they are golden brown from both sides.Flip and cook the other side.
Crispy samosas are ready to serve with green chutney.

How to samosa with tortilla ( with no dough)

Banana Chocolate Milkshake Recipe | Milkshake Recipe

February 4, 2015 By manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com

Milkshakes are always my fav and they are perfect way to start a day . I used to make milkshakes daily for my H with any fruit available , and one of my h fav is Banana milkshake . Is always love to add some chocolate yumminess to make the milkshake more tempting.This is one filling milkshake your kids will love to drink , instead of giving them plain milk anything flavored will make them more happy isn’t it. Banana chocolate milkshake is our family fav combo which we make them often . Any milkshake when added a scoop of ice cream to it will taste luscious but I haven’t added to keep it simple .

Banana Chocolate Milkshake

Category	Preparation time
Drinks	5 mins

Ingredients

Banana – 1 no

Milk – 2 cup

Chocolate syrup – 3 -4 tbsp

Sugar as needed ( optional)

Method

Mix all the ingredients in blender, Pulse them till combined well.
Serve them chilled.

Cold Pasta Salad ( With White sauce) | Pasta Salad

February 3, 2015 By manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com

I Love making salads and some times tend to skip lunch and have some rich salad which is itself a whole meal. My recent fav is cold salad using pasta I shared a cold salad version with 1000 island dressing 2 days back which is My H’s fav I also made pasta salad with white sauce dressing. When made this salad first time I was skeptical as I love pasta in white sauce only hot didn’t think it will taste so yummy and from then I make them often and try add different veggies every time. I Like too eat raw veggies a lot from my childhood so my mom didn’t have a hard time in feeding me with loads of veggies so salad is always my fav . This salad is not for people who are diet conscious, am sure all will be knowing this that some salad are rich in taste and are super filling. Now enough talk 😉 lets move on to the recipe..

Cold Pasta Salad ( with White Sauce)

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Pasta Recipes	15 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

Shelled pasta – 1 cup

(I used Shelled Pasta but any pasta kind will do )

Capsicum – 1/4 cup ( 3 different colors)

Onion – 2 tbsp ( chopped)

Spring Onion – 2 tbsp ( chopped)

Pepper pd as needed

Salt to taste

For White sauce

Milk – 1 1/2 cups

Butter – 2 tbsp

Maida – 2 tbsp

Method

In a sauce pan boil enough water to cook pasta, add salt in the water.
Drain the pasta once cooked and run cold water over it .Keep it aside.
In another sauce pan heat butter and add maida.
Roast the maida in very low flame till the raw smell goes off.
Add Milk little by little constantly stirring the sauce to avoid any lumps.
Let the sauce thicken a bit , then turn off the flame.
In a bowl take the cooked pasta, chopped onion, spring onion and capsicum .
Mix them add well and Mix them to the white sauce.
Add Salt and pepper pd as need .
Enjoy this cold salad any time.

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Jodhpuri Pyaz Kachori Recipe | Pyaz Ki Kachori |Onion Kachori

January 30, 2015 By

Onion kachori is one of my fav snack on winter afternoon , it is snowing here and what can be better than having some hot kachori with green chutney.I make Kachori at home often and this version is my H’s fav. Pyaz ki kachori is one of the famous snack in Rajasthan where ever you go you can find so many kachori stalls there. even in sowcarpet, chennai you will find some scrumptious kachori stalls. I make Kachori with 3 filling usually moong dal filling is one we learned to make at school , onion kachori is my fav among all so I decided to make them for snack. Kachoris are very easy to make fresh at home if you are aiming at outcome like the store bought crust you need to add little extra oil before kneading the dough with water, also frying in low flame will make it crispy. If you don’t add oil in the flour it will turn out like a stuffed poori and not kachori. I usually Like adding very little potato to the filling so that the mixture well combined but you can skip it. Now moving on to the recipe..

Pyaz Ki Kachori

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Snack	30 mins	20 mins

Ingredients

For Crust

All Purpose Flour – 1 cup

Oil – 2-3 tbsp

Water as needed ( preferably lukewarm)

Salt to taste

For Filling

Onion – 1 large ( sliced)

Potato – 1/4 cup ( boiled and mashed)

Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp

Fennel seeds – 2 tsp

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Garam Masala – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method

For Kachori

Mix flour,salt, oil in a bowl, add water as needed and make a soft and pliable dough.
Cover and rest the dough for 1/2 hour.

For Filling

In a pan heat oil add coriander seeds, fennel seeds.
Then add sliced onion and saute them for few minutes , add red chilli pd, garam masala,turmeric pd, cumin pd, salt to taste.
Add the mashed potatoes, coriander leaves and mix them all together.
Cool the mixture well. Note : Don’t saute the onions too much as it is also going to cook when you fry the kachori’s

To Proceed

Divide the dough and the filling into equal parts.
Take a Rolling pin and roll a ball to 2 inch diameter , place the filling in the middle and pull the edges together in the center.
Do the same for rest of the dough and the filling.Press the filled kachori dough lightly and roll it . Repeat the same for all the filled balls.
Heat oil in a kadai , fry the kachori one or 2 at a time. Fry them in very low flame so that you get a crispy crust.
After the puff up a little flip and cook the other sides.
Fry the kachoris till golden brown from both sides.

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Popcorn Bhel Recipe | Popcorn Chaat

January 29, 2015 By

I know I have been blogging chaats and snacks lately , hope you all enjoying the snacks shared here. Here is another interesting and a very quick chaat which can be enjoyed as an evening snack . Popcorn’s are my fav I have posted Masala popcorn’s few days back I just used some of those popcorns to make this quick bhel. I know it is not the traditional way and many ingredients might be missing in this bhel but this how we enjoyed you can add green chutney sev papdi too to this popcorn bhel it will surely taste yummy but this is the Instant and quick way to enjoy this bhel. Lets quickly move on to the recipe.

Popcorn Bhel

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Snack	10 mins	5 mins

Ingredients

Masala Pop Corn – 4 cups ( Home made Masala Popcorn)

Onion – 3 tbsp ( chopped )

Tomato – 3 tbsp ( chopped)

Chaat Masala as needed

Lemon juice as need

Coriander Leaves – 2 tbsp ( chopped)

Green chillies – 1 no ( chopped)

Salt to taste

Method

In a bowl Mix the onion , tomato, chaat masala , coriander leaves, lemon juice,green chillies together.
Add the Freshly popped Hot masala pop corn and give them a mix.
If you want you can also include green chutney and tamarind chutney to the recipe.
Add Raw mango for the extra likes in taste .You can also add sev if needed.
Serve them immediately and enjoy.

Chole Tikki Chaat |Chole Aloo Tikki Chaat | How to make Aloo Tikki Chaat

January 25, 2015 By

Chaats always my fav , no street food can beat Indian spicy chaat corners. I and husband love to have any chaat it might be, one of our recent fav is Chole tikki chaat . I thought of trying it at home and we just couldn’t stop us from digging in. There many variation of Chole chaat with samosa, kachoris, even masala vadai i have tried and even with Tikki . Chaats look so simple but there is so many ingredients to be included makes it delicious. Even though the process might be long when it comes to chaat this is a very simple dish to cook. This is one among the popular street food, some tikki are made with a filling for this chaat which taste yummier even but i made a simple version. Lets quickly move the chaat recipe.

Chole Tikki Chaat

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Chaat Recipe	30 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

For Chole

Kabuli Channa/ Garbanzo beans – 1 cup ( soaked overnight and pressure cooked)

Channa masala – 1 tsp

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Coriander pd – 1 tsp

Tomato – 2 no ( chopped)

Onion – 1 no ( sliced)

Cinnamon stick – 1 inch

Star Anise – 1 no

Cardamom – 1-2 no

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

For Tikki

Potato – 2 no

Pea ( cooked) – 1/4 cup

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Garam masala – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Amchur pd – 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying

Om podi for garnish

Green chutney as needed

Sweet chutney as needed

Chopped Onion’s

Chopped Coriander’s

Method

For Chole

In a kadai heat 1 tbsp of oil.
Add onion and saute them till they turn translucent.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook them till they are mushy.
Cool the mixture and blend them in a mixer to a smooth puree.
Heat rest of the oil in a pan add add cinnamon, star anise,cardamom.
Add the tomato onion puree and boil them for few minutes.
Add red chilli pd , turmeric pd, cumin pd, coriander pd , channa masala pd and mix them well.
Simmer and cook the gravy till the raw smell goes off.
Add the cooked channa and water as needed and cook the gravy till oil separates on the top .
Chole is ready !!

For Tikki

Boil the potatoes, peel the skin and mashed them well.
Add boiled peas , red chilli pd , turmeric pd, cumin pd, garam masala , amchur and salt to taste.
Mix them well and divide them to equal balls , press them and make discs.
Heat the tawa and place the disc , drizzle some oil and cook them in simmer from both the sides till they are light brown from both the sides.
Tikki are ready !!

To assemble

In a plate pour in some chole, place the tikki on top.
Garnish it with chopped onions, chopped coriander, some green chutney , sweet chutney .
Sprinkle some ompodi and serve hot .

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Panqueques de dulce de leche ( Crepes with dulce de leche) Recipe | Alfajores ( sandwich cookies with dulce de leche) Recipe ~ Uruguayan Cuisine

September 25, 2014 By manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com

Today we are landing on U after T for thai cuisine , For U I chose Uruguay which is officially called eastern republic of Uruguay a southeastern region in south america. Uruguayan culture is strongly influenced by Europe the language spoken here is Spanish and some speak a mix of Italian and Spanish which is called Cocoliche. Meat is a fundamental part in this country and dish prepared with dulce de leche our very famous here. So for today I chose two addictive dishes you will sure like it 100% as it contains the delicious dulce de leche.Alfajores are short bread cookies prepared which is sandwiched between in between dulce de leche. Panqueques de dulce de leche is a sinful dish and a perfect breakfast or snack to enjoy, By sinful I really mean it . It is sent me to heaven I, My daughter and H we totally enjoy the stacked crepes a lot .. Again desserts are following , I really couldn’t stop my self doing a dessert again today , feeling fulfilled and happy about both dishes I made for U specially. Will meet you all tomorrow with next letter till then enjoy the heavenly recipes ..

Recipe Source : Joy of baking

Alfajores

Recipe Category	Preparation time	Co ok Time
Cookies	15 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

All-purpose Flour – 2 cup

Butter – 2 sticks (at room temperature)

Sugar – 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract – few drops

Dulce de leche – 1 cup

Method

In a bowl whisk the butter till smooth and creamy.
Add sugar and vanilla extract to it and Mix them well.
Now add flour and combine them till it forms a soft dough.
Preheat the oven to 350 F . On a cookie tray line a parchment paper.
In a floured surface roll the dough.Cut them to circles or any shape you like.
Place the cut cookies on the parchment paper and bake them at 350F for 8-10 mins.
Once done cool them on a wire rack while they are still sitting on the cookie tray.
Take a shortbread cookie and spread some dulce de leche and sandwich them with another cookie.
Can be stored for few days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

Panqueques de dulce de leche

Recipe Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Cookies	15 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

All purpose Flour – 2 cups

Heavy cream – 1/2 cup

Milk – 1 – 11/2 cups

Vanilla extract – few drops

Sugar – 4 tbsp

Dulce de leche – 1/4 cup

For Garnish

Chocolate syrup

Icing sugar

Strawberries

Method

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl excluding dulce.
Mix them well and form a lup free batter.
Heat a skillet and pour one ladle of batter in it. You can make it thin if your like.
Once you see it is light brown from one side flip and cook the other side.
Once done , do the same for the rest of the batter.
Once all the crepes are cooked .
Take a crepes and spread dulce de leche in one side.
Sandwich it with other crepes and repeat the same till you finish stacking all the crepes.You can also spread the dulce de leche and roll each crepe serving is as you wish.
Dust it with icing sugar and drizzle some chocolate sauce.
Garnish it with fresh fruit, I used strawberries.

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