FOOD

This category contains the scrumptious recipe’s which i cook and the reviews of the food at various restaurants i visit! :D

Home made Chicken Burger

I have always been a great fan of a chicken burger. I savor it every time I eat. And now I am going to help you out how to prepare a yummy home made chicken burger. Guess what you don’t need an oven for this!

Ingredients:

Minced chicken – 500 gms

Onion – 1 (chopped fine)

Garlic – 5 cloves (chopped fine)

Parsley – 2 tbsp (chopped fine)

Salt – 1 tsp

Pepper – 1/2 tsp

Egg -1

Oil – 3 tbsp

Onions – 3 (sliced)

Buns – 6

Butter to spread

Lettuce – a few leaves

Tomatoes – 3 (sliced)

Capsicum – 3 (sliced)

Serves – 6

Chicken Burger

Method of Preparation:

1. Mince the chicken in the blender till smooth. Mix the smooth chicken paste with chopped onion, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper.

2. Mix in the egg and bind together. Shape the chicken paste into six patties.

3. Heat the oil in a non stick frying pan and shallow fry the chicken patties till cooked (approx 10 minutes). Drain and keep aside.

4. Saute the onion slices in the same pan till soft.

5. Cut the buns in half horizontally. Butter the cut sides. You can even add some mayonnaise here if you like. Place the lettuce leaves on the lower half of the buns.

6. Place the tomato and capsicum slices on top of the lettuce leaves. Place the chicken patty on the tomato and capsicum slices.

7. Top it with onion slices and place the upper halves of the buns on top. Use toothpicks to hold the two halves of the buns together.

You can even add a cheese slice to the burger and finally you can serve it with fries and tomato ketchup.

Yummy scrumptious burger is ready to eat 🙂

 

Chocolate Soda

The Chocolate soda is one of my favorite drink since my childhood. I always wanted to share it on my blog but I always procrastinated it. Finally, I am here sharing the recipe with all the fellow readers and bloggers.

Ingredients:

Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp

Icing sugar – 200 gms

Cornflour – 2 tsp

Vanilla Ice cream – 6 scoops

Soda – 6 bottles (500 ml each)

Serves – 6

Method of preparation:

1. Mix the cocoa powder and icing sugar together in a deep pan. Stir in 1 cup of water and heat gently till well mixed.

2. Mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp of water and add to the cocoa mixture. Stir the mixture constantly on the small flame till the sauce thickens

3. Now take a tall glass and add one scoop of ice cream in it. Now add the chocolate mixture to the ice cream and add a bottle of chilled soda and serve at once.

You can make any soda of your choice by changing the sauce. Strawberry or pineapple syrup could be used instead of chocolate sauce.

Have fun 🙂

 

The Summer Cooler

Oh god, the summer is here! So I have cool recipe was taught by my mom. So lets see what we have got. I call this the summer cooler.

Ingredients:

Lime juice – 2 tbsp

Vanilla Ice cream – 2 scoops

Lemon Squash – 4 tbsp

Sprite/7-Up – 1 bottle [500ml]

Serves – 2

Method of Preparation:

Add the lime juice, vanilla ice cream, lemon squash and 1/2 cup of water in the blender and blend till smooth.

Now add the Sprite/ 7-Up to the blended mixture.

Pour into the glasses and serve chilled.

So simple and damn quick.!

Have fun! 🙂 Beat the heat 😀

 

Egg Mayo Club Sandwich

Its been very long time posting recipes on my blog. Finally, I got an opportunity to put up one of my most favorite food for breakfast – The Egg Mayo Club Sandwich. So Damn Yummy!

Here’s what you need to make yourself this amazing sandwich.

Ingredients:

  •  2 eggs
  •  Mayonnaise 
  •  Sandwich Bread slices
  •  Butter/ Olive oil
  •  Carrots
  •  Onions
  •  Cucumber
  •  Tomatoes

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Method:

Toast:

First, take the bread slices and toast them in a toaster. If you don’t have a toaster, simply take a pan and heat it on the stove. Place the bread slices on the pan and let them get fried a little bit. Keep them aside.

Omelette:

Crack the eggs into a glass mixing bowl and beat them until they turn a pale yellow color. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to the mixture and mix them well.  Heat a non stick pan, add a spoon of butter or olive oil. Add the egg mixture to the pan and let it cook for a minute and there you go, you have an yummy omelette.

Egg Sandwich

 

Sandwich:

Now take the bread toast, spread the mayonnaise to one side of the bread, put the pieces of tomatoes, cucumber, onions and carrots on the side you applied mayonnaise. Place the omelette over the vegetables. If you love cheese, you can even add a cheese slice over the omelette or on the vegetables. And finally add one more slice of bread over it. Placing all vegetables is not mandatory, if you love only tomatoes and onions, just ignore the other two.

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I love to have this sandwich with the sweet and spicy tomato ketchup. So scrumptious and delicious.

Hope you will love it and Happy Cooking 🙂

 

ChocoChip Cold Coffee!

Its winter now and some of the most romantic people would love to enjoy some cold drinks in such a gorgeous weather. And here  I present my personal favorite which makes everyone say YUMMMMM!! 

Lets move on and prepare the chocochip cold coffee.

Ingredients:

500ml. Cold Milk.

1tbsp or 2tbsp ChocolateSauce*

4 or 5 Choco chips

4tbsp Powdered Sugar

2tbsp Coffee Powder

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Method:

1.Take a bowl and add 2 table spoons of coffee powder. Add powdered sugar and mix them.

2.Add a spoon of cold milk to the mixture and make fine paste.

3.Add a table spoon of chocolate sauce or melted chocolate to the mixture.

4.Add cold milk to the bowl.Mix it well .

5.Add some crushed choco chips to the milk. Then pour the mixed milk to a shaker.

6.Shake it well till the froth comes!

7. Add some more ice cubes if you like!

You can even add some dry fruits, wafers as toppings. You can even have it with ice cream if you love 🙂

*I used hersheys chocolate sauce.

Fried Chicken DrumSticks

Hmm.. I am back again with amazing scrumptious recipe! Its Fried Chicken DrumSticks.Okay Lets get started with the ingredients.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 12 Chicken Legs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour[maida]
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 3 tsp Red Chilli powder
  • 2 tsp Garam Masala
  • 2tbsp yogurt
  • 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 2tsp Soya Sauce
  • 2tsp Chilli Vinegar
  • 1tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1tsp Black Pepper

PREPARATION TIME:

30-45 minutes

DIRECTIONS:

1.Clean the chicken legs in water properly and drain the water. Put them aside for 10 minutes to make them dry and free from water.

2.Now take the all purpose flour into a bowl and beat the eggs into them.

3.Add all the ingredients i.e., Yogurt,Garam masala,turmeric powder,ginger garlic paste,black pepper,red chilli powder,salt.

4.Add some oil to the mixture and make it into a fine paste.

5.Now take the chicken legs and dip them in the mixture and marinate them.

6.Take care that the chicken legs are covered with the entire mixture properly.

7. Now refrigerate them for 10 minutes so that all the mixture gets absorbed by the chicken. You can even put them outside the refrigerator too. It doesn’t make  much difference.

8.Now take a big pan and heat it over the stove.

9.Pour some 2 tbsp of Oil into the pan and heat it  for sometime.

10.Now slowly drop the chicken legs into the pan and saute them.

11.Add some soya sauce and vinegar to the chicken legs.

12.Cook the legs for 15 minutes and then turn them on the other side and cook them for other 10-15 minutes.

13.Cook the legs until they turn into  golden brown color.

14. Turn heat up again and fry them till they become crisp.

15.Remove from oil and place them on paper towel and serve.

There you go, mouth watering hot hot fried chicken drumsticks are ready to serve.

Serving tips: you can have them with tomato sauce or mint mayo dip or mustard sauce or whatever you feel like to make them more delicious! 😀

 

Fried Potato Curry

To start with lets get to know something! Potato curry is customarily contemplated as an indian cuisine. It is very common, easy to prepare and a delicious meal.

Lets get started:

Ingredients:

10 small potatoes

3 medium sized onions

small piece of ginger

small piece of garlic

3-4 green chillies

1 tsp garam masala powder

mustard seeds

2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

chopped coriander leaves

6-7 curry leaves

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying the potatoes

Preparation Time:15-30 minutes

Cooking Method:

Boil the potatoes. Peel them and cut the potatoes into pieces.

Take the onions, green chillies, garlic, ginger and chop them into small pieces.

Mix the ginger and garlic pieces and grind them into a fine paste.

Pour some oil in a frying pan and heat it for a minute.

Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves, finely chopped onions and chillies.

Fry the onions till they turn into slightly brown.

Add the ginger and garlic paste and mix it well.

Add the potato pieces into the pan and mix them well.

Add chilli powder, turmeric powder(Haldi), salt, garam masala powder and even more oil if needed.

Cook the potatoes for 10 minutes by mixing the pieces well in the pan on the stove in simmer.

Add some coriander leaves at the end to garnish.

Take the curry into the pan and its ready to serve.

You can have this curry with Rice or Chapathi.

This recipe is one of my favorite. Potato curry is very very scrumptious and delicious to eat. Its a heart winning recipe! Give a try 🙂

Love to cook and Eat! :)

I have a strong affinity towards food and i consider myself as a foodie! Its actuality that foodies drop by in multifarious locations and try disparate cuisines but i am a bit distinct from the others.I am a foodie who has fondness for cooking food. I love to cook and try various new recipes 🙂 And now this is the page where I am going to express all my experience with cooking.I would be publishing a lot of yummy scrumptious  recipes and the restaurants i occasionally visit!!