Saturday, February 8, 2014

Pomegranate Juice / Anar juice



Ingredients

1.Pomegranate - 1 no
2.Sugar/Honey - as required

Method of Preparation

Step 1. Cut the pomegrante into half pieces and then quarter pieces and then take the seeds out from the fruit.Discard the white skin in between the red seeds.


Step 2. Put the pomegranate seeds in a blender and blend it nicely.

Step 3. Pour the mixture into a sieve and squeeze out all the juice and discard the seeds.(Add water if required)

Step 4. Add sugar/honey or any sweetener of your choice according to your taste. Serve immediately..

Now you can drink this refreshing pomegranate juice which is homemade and taste.

Cook.. Season and Garnish!!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Banana Peanut Butter MilkShake



This milkshake recipe is really simple and easy to make. The best part is that it just needs a few ingredients from which you can make a healthy and filling milkshake.

Ingredients
1. Milk - 1 cup
2. Ripe banana - 1 no
3. Peanut Butter - 1 tbsp to 2 tbsp
4. Honey\Sugar- as required


Method of Preparation

Step 1 . Add roughly chopped bananas,peanut butter and half the amount of milk to a blender or mixie jar and blend nicely

Step 2.  Add the remaining amount of milk and honey/sugar (if required) and blend once again till everything is smooth and creamy.


Note: 
- You can use chilled milk or frozen banana (which is peeled and chopped).
- You can line the serving glass with some chocolate syrup to give a nice look.




Sunday, December 1, 2013

Boiled N Grilled Hot Dog

This is a healthy version of the popular hot dog. We have made use of the boiling method, which helps cook the sausage with no oil. The other benefit of this method is that, some of the fat and salt inside the sausage also gets reduced this way. This is a quick recipe to make, which can be used as a snack.



Ingredients
1. Beef sausage - 4 nos
2. Hot dog bun - 4 nos
3. Tomato Sauce/Mustard sauce - as required
4. Lettuce - 3 to 4 leaves chopped
5. Mayonnaise - as required

Method of Preparation

Step 1. Boil the sausage 


Step 2. Without oil put the sausage on a nonstick or any pan on low heat till it gets a slight golden color.


Step 3.{optional} Take the hot dog bun and toast it (if you like you can use butter while toasting)





Step 4. Assemble the hot dog by spreading mayonnaise as required. Keep the hot dog inside the bun and put desired amount of lettuce. Add some amount of tomato sauce or mustard or any sauce of your choice.



Note:

You can avoid or make use of less amount of sauce for a more healthy choice
You can use wheat buns instead of white buns and make it more healthy.


Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich

This is one of the quick breakfast that we can make in our home. It is not only quick and tasty, but also healthy.

Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich


Ingredients
1. Wheat Bread slices - 4 nos
2. Banana - 1 fully ripe
3. Peanut Butter(crunchy/smooth) - 2 to 3 tablespoon
4. Butter (optional)

Method of Preparation
Step 1. Peel the banana and mash it nicely with a fork.

Step 2. If you are serving it for kids you can apply some butter on the bread slices
Step 3. Take a bread slice and spread peanut butter on one side of the bread.

Step 4. Take another bread slice and spread mashed banana mixture on one side of the bread.

Step 5. Assemble both the bread pieces with peanut butter and banana mixture.
Step 6. Toast/grill both sides of the bread slices till it become golden brown.By then the peanut butter and banana mixture will melt into a great consistency.



Step 7. Cut the sandwich into triangle pieces and serve hot with a glass of milk.

Note:

  • For this sandwich try to use the banana which is fully ripe. If the banana is not completely ripe the taste can change.
  • You can use white bread or wheat bread.
  • You can any variety of peanut butter you may like.
  • For kids you can serve this with a glass of milk for breakfast and make it a complete meal.
  • For adults serve with tea or coffee.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Easy Grape Juice

This is a very healthy and delicious juice that everyone will enjoy.And it is easy and quick to make with readily available ingredients.


Ingredients
1. Grapes - 1 lb
2. Sugar/Honey - as required


Method of Preparation

Step 1. Wash the grapes removing it from the stalk and clean it thoroughly.


Step 2. Put the clean grapes in a blender and blend it nicely.
Step 3. Pour the mixture into a sieve and squeeze out all the juice.
Note: Add water if required.

Step 4. Add sugar or honey or any sweetener of your choice according to your taste.


cook, season and garnish...!!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Mango Ice Cream (Without Ice cream Maker)

There may be no one in the world who doesn't like ice cream and what about the combination of mango and ice cream. Delicious and mouth watering right?



The recipe below is a simple one with which anyone can make a mango ice cream..no ice cream maker is required for this.It is a vegan ice cream too.This recipe can be also used for making mango kulfi too .It really works well.


Ingredients
1. Mango - 2 ripe sweet
2. Condensed Milk - 400ml (1 3/5 cup)
3. Heavy Cream -  2 1/4 cup
4. Almonds - 1 tbsp finely chopped(optional)
5. Pistachio nuts -1 tbsp finely chopped(optional)
6. Cardamom powder - a pinch(optional)
7. Fresh mango pieces cubed optional








Method of Preparation
Step 1. Peel the mangoes and cut it into pieces.
Step 2. In a mixer/food processor/Blender blend the mangoes until they become smooth.
Step 3. Add the powdered cardamom powder to the mango puree.(This is optional.Add if you like the taste of Cardamom).

Step 4. Add to it condensed milk and heavy cream and combine well.(don't try to  stir/whisk/beat too much because it can cause the cream to separate)




Step 5. Add finely chopped pistachio nuts and almonds.This is also optional



Step 6. Pour the mixture into an airtight freezer safe container and place in such a way that the container is directly in touch with the freezer.

Step 7. After 2 hours take the mixture out and add some fresh mango pieces into the mixture and combine it.



Step 8. Place the mixture back into the freezer and freeze until firm
Step 9. After 6 to 8 hours you can serve the ice cream.




Tip:
You can use whole milk instead of condensed milk but add approx half to 1 cup of sugar.
You can used canned mangoes for this recipe if you don't have fresh mangoes.
If you are using milk then try to use whole milk itself for the creamy ice cream.

There are lot of variation in making ice creams some people use milk, sugar and condensed milk..some use milk, condensed milk and heavy cream in some quantities...But hope you all try this one and share your comments.

Enjoy..
Cook.. Season and Garnish!!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Mango Lassi

This is one of the most famous Indian drinks that you can find in most Indian restaurants. The Mango Lassi is a version of the traditional lassi, which is made from Yogurt mixed with sugar. The Mango Lassi is very good drink of the hot summer days.


Ingredients


1. Mango - 1 ripe sweet
2. Plain Yogurt/Vanilla Yogurt - 2 cups
3. Sugar - 1 to 2 tablespoon
4. Milk - 1/2 cup(optional)
5. Saffron - 2 strands(optional)
6. Ice cubes as required
7. almonds - a pinch(optional)
8. Cardamom powder - a pinch(optional)






Method of Preparation
Step 1. Peel the mangoes and cut it into cubes.
Step 2. Blend ingredients 1 to 6 in a blender and blend until it froths.

Step 3. Garnish with Cardamom powder or chopped almonds.




Tips:

When selecting mangoes for Lassi try to choose very ripe and less fibrous mangoes.
If you are using pulp instead of mango then try to get Alphonso mango pulp.
You can keep the consistency as you like by adding more or less ice cubes
If the yogurt you are using is sour add small amount of milk and additional sugar to correct it.
If you are using vanilla yogurt be careful with sugar as some vanilla yogurt may contain sugar.

Cook.. Season and Garnish!!