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Peach Crumble
Ingredients: 1 can of sliced peaches, 150gms brown sugar, 50gms flour, 115gms butter; softened, A pinch of ground cinnamon. Method: Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C. In a mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, flour and butter and beat until smooth. Arrange the sliced peaches in a baking dish. Spread the sugar, flour and butter mixture over them. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on [...]
Continue reading...Strawberry Soup
Monday, August 10, 2009
Have you tried this recipe earlier? Well I had never heard of a strawberry soup, until I just came across one over the internet and I was quite amused. I decided to prepare it myself and I must tell you that it was so irresistible that I forgot to click a photograph to show it [...]
Continue reading...Peaches and Berry Salad
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Ingredients: 2 peaches, 1 pint blackberries, 1/2 pint strawberries, 1/2 tsp ground cardamom, 5 cups of water. Method: Bring the water to boil in a pot. Drop the peaches and blanch them for half a minute. Drain and put them into cold water. Keep them in it for a minute and drain. Peel off their skin and slice them. In a mixing [...]
Continue reading...Strawberry with Cream and Ice Cream
Monday, June 8, 2009
Last week we went on a vacation to this hill station in Maharashtra (India) called ‘Mahabaleshwar’. It is a native place for strawberries and though summer is not the best season to grow them, we were tempted to have them anyway. ‘Strawberry with cream and ice cream’ is the most famous strawberry preparation found all [...]
Continue reading...Peach Coffee
Friday, April 17, 2009
Ingredients: (Serves 2) 4 big peaches; cut into pieces, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1 1/2 glass milk, 1/2 tsp cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp coffee powder. Method: Place the peaches, sugar in a pan, add water to it and cook till peaches are soft. Then remove from flame and let it cool for few mintues. Then transfer the peach mixture to the blender along [...]
Continue reading...Basic French Crepe
Friday, November 14, 2008
A Crepe is a popular French pancake, which is thin and made out of flour, eggs and milk. It is served with a variety of fillings that are suggested below in the recipe. Here is the recipe of a basic crepe. Ingredients: 100 gms all purpose flour, 200 gms milk, A pinch of salt, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp white [...]
Continue reading...Banana Pudding topped with Meringue
Friday, October 10, 2008
Ingredients: 4 bananas; sliced, 1 box vanilla wafers, 2 cups whole fat milk, 2 tbsp unsalted butter; softened, 2 egg; yolks separated from whites, A pinch of salt, 1/3 cup flour, 1 sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/3 cup caster sugar. Method: Preheat the oven to 425 d F (200 d C) Heat a pan, melt the butter and then add 1 cup sugar, flour, egg yolks, [...]
Continue reading...Fruit Raita
Friday, October 3, 2008
This festive season of ‘Navratri’ try this fruit raita and stay healthy. Ingredients: (Serves 2) 2 cups seasonal fruits (banana, grapes, pomogranate, apples, pears, papaya, etc); diced, 2 cups yogurt/curd, (low fat if you are dieting) 2 tsp sugar (or as per taste, A pinch of rock salt, 1/2 cup dry fruits (split or broken cashew nuts, pistachios and walnuts), 2 tbsp raisins, 1/4 [...]
Continue reading...Low Calorie Raspberry Dessert
Monday, August 4, 2008
A delicious dessert and yet low in calories. We are using yogurt instead of cream and replace sugar with any sugar free agent. Ingredients: 1 cup raspberries, 1 cup low fat sweetened yogurt; beaten till smooth and creamy, 3-4 cookies of your choice, 3-4 tbsp sugar (optional). Method: Blend the raspberries till smooth. Add sugar and blend again for 2 minutes. Crumble [...]
Continue reading...Lettuce wrapped Chicken and Papaya Fingers
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Ingredients: 1 medium size ripe papaya; peeled, 1 cup broken lettuce leaves, 1 large boneless chicken breast, 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1 tbsp mint-coriander-green chilli paste, 1/2 tsp amchur (dry mango) powder, Salt and pepper to taste, Red chilli powder to taste, Oil for frying. Method: Slice the papaya’s firm outer portion, and then cut them into fingers. Similarly cut the chicken into fingers. To chicken add [...]
Continue reading...Summer Fruit Punch
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Ingredients: 1 glass chilled water, 2 tbsp sugar, 1/4 tsp rocksalt, 1 tbsp grated raw mango, Watermelon scoops as per choice, Muskmelon scoops as per choice, 1/2 tsp grated ginger. Method: Mix water and sugar and stir until sugar is completely dissolved in it. Add rocksalt, raw mango and grated ginger and stir well. Let it rest for few minutes so that all the [...]
Continue reading...Hot Punch
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup sugar, 4 cinnamon sticks, Lemon and Malta slices, 2 cups (16 oz) pineapple juice, 2 cups orange juice, 1 bottle red wine, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 1/2 cup rum (or as per taste). Method: Boil sugar, cinnamon and three slices of lemon in 3/4th cup water for 5 minutes and strain. Mix all the other ingredients and heat separately (Do not [...]
Continue reading...Water Melon Jelly
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Ingredients: 3 cup water melon juice, strained, 1 cup water melon, cubed, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp gelatin powder, 7-8 mint leaves (pudina), Rock salt to taste. Method: Warm 1 cup water melon juice and dissolve the gelatin powder in it by stirring. Then add sugar and rock salt to it, when dissolved add the remaining juice to it and mix well and let [...]
Continue reading...Mango Cream Custard
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Ingredients: For custard- 1 cup milk, 4 tbsp mango pulp, 4 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp cornflour dissolved in little water. For orange syrup- Juice of 1 orange, 2 tsp lemon juice, 4 tsp sugar, 1 tsp honey. For garnishing- Chopped fruits like Strawberries, Oranges, Watermelon, Muskmelon, black and green grapes or other fruits as per you choice and quantity as you desire. Chopped dry fruits, Saffron strands mixed with [...]
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