This is a recipe that is taught by my mom and I love trying this out whenever I am bored. This recipe uses 6-inch tortillas, not the big burrito size though. The serving is up to 4.
Ingredients needed:
1 cup raw green pumpkin seeds, hulled
Salt
1 teaspoon chili powder …

The sweet mango pickle is also called as mango thokku. It is very popular in south india. This pickes is little salty, little tangy and also little sweet. It is a good combination with the roasted bread and the rice. It can also be tasted with …

When I had been to my sister’s house I tasted the mango milk shake at her house, which was very tasty. I learnt this recipe from her and prepared it at home, my parents in law and my husband liked it. Just try this one.
Ingredients: mango pulp …

I made this dip from one of the Favorite Recipes books, and it was a major hit on Super Bowl Sunday. The dip is similar to a nacho salad except you have to bake the cream cheese, chili, and shredded cheese and then you add the other toppings afterwards.
Since …

I love this dessert or snack, Peanut Butter Cookies very much. My mom and I would have a fun time preparing this and I will always treasure those moments together.
To make this, you will need some peanut butter, flour of course, some form of vanilla essence, sugar, …

Ingredients:
milk : 1 litre
vanilla custurd powder : 2 table spoon
sugar : 1 cup
mixed cut fruits : 2 cups (as you like)
Method:
1. Blend the custurd powder with 50 gm of milk
2. Boil the rest of the milk.
3. Add sugar on the boiling milk.
4. Now add blended custurd on boiling milk.
5. …

I found this recipe for Watergate Salad on the back of a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows. I needed a dish for a potluck dinner I was attending, and initially I was planning on making a sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows. The recipe looked interesting, …

The masala dosa is prepared for the breakfast in south India. The dosa is very crisp and it delicious food which is eaten with the potato subjee (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier recipes) or else it is also eaten with any kind of …

Ingredients:
Half liter milk and some fine quality rice of about 250 grams, and take some sugar(may be 250 grams), now finally take some ghee (4 table spoons of melted butter) and some finely chopped nuts according to your choice to garnish it with.
Method:
Now first of all wash the rice and …

Ingredients:
Corn Flour about 1/4 cup
Onion - 1
Crumbed bread -1/2 cup
Vegetables of your choice.It may be
Potato - 3
Carrot - 2
Beet Root - 1/2
Salt - little bit and upto your taste.
Chilly Powder - 3/4 tsp
Green Peas - 1/2 cup
Oil–vegetable or corn
If needed Cashews
Procedure :
1.Cook the potatoes.
2.Peel the skin of the …

I remember being younger and not liking meatloaf but now I absolutely love it and had to learn how to make it myself. This is a great recipe for dinner especially with a side dish of salad or something else you would consider great with meatloaf. This is a …

Peach is a great dessert to have for all occasions. In my family we look forward to having peach cobbler at holiday family functions. Peach Cobbler is very good especially with some nice vanilla ice cream. You can eat it warm when it is freshly out the oven or …

Although I am trying to eat more vegetables, plain old boring green salads are not my favourite way to incorporate healthy food into my meals. I am therefore always on the lookout of new salad and cooked vegetable recipes. I also bought the chickpea salads at the deli counter …

The mushroom Manchurian is another favourite recipe of mine, which I prepare every once in a weak. My parents love it too. The soft and juicy mushrooms give a great taste when it is deep-fried and spices added. Just try this recipe which I hope u …

Even though I know how healthy salads are for me, I am bored to tears of the usual green salads. I have spent a lot of time searching out recipes for unique and healthy salads, and I especially love salads that can be meals because they have enough protein …

This crouton recipe is a variation of the one that I got from Alton Brown (from the show Good Eats of the Food Network). I tweaked it a bit to suite my tastes, and so far it has been a HUGE hit with my salad-loving family!
What I also love …

Ingredient:
Milk 2 liters
Sugar 120 gm
Oranges 6 in number
Gulabjal few drops
Method:
Peel the Oranges and throw out the seeds in it keeping the orange pieces intact and keep them in a dish
Take the entire milk in a vessel and heat it up on low flame
Heat the milk until it thickens to …

In south India we prepare many kinds of rasam, which is served hot with the plane rice. It is a best combination for the plane boiled rice. And now I am going to tell the very interesting recipe that is rasam made of tomato. Actually tomato …

I remember having fondue on special occasions when I was growing up in the seventies. I loved it because it was fun to dip all kinds of different food into the fondue. Apparently fondue was a passing fad with my family, because I only remember having it …

Growing up, whenever we had meatloaf, I frowned. I really could care less for it. But now that I am grown up, I long for my mothers meatloaf. I have never found her recipe, but came up with this one after countless tries at trying to …

For those who want to try baking for the first time, here is an easy, yummy, and nutritious recipe for you. I learned how to bake when I was 12 years old. Since then, I started using baking as a way to lessen stress. As the title says, this …

Are you planning anything special? A luncheon perhaps, or a wedding shower, a party… I would like to suggest including Heartland Layered Salad in your menu. It is an artful garden salad that I’m sure will please any crowd in any occasion.
This menu is best to be kept bright …

When I took over Thanksgiving dinner chores for my family a few years ago, I barely knew how to cook a turkey. I’d already made the classic mistakes of not giving the turkey enough thawing time and leaving the giblets inside the chest cavity with previous turkeys, but …

This may sound new. It is indeed new. Holiday shrimps is one of the very recent recipes I have developed. For over a very long time of cooking experience, I never limit myself to whatever I know. I always find means to discover new things to serve on the …

The mixed vegetable palaw is very commonly prepared rice, which is liked, by most of the Indians. This rice is not only spicy and tasty it is also very nutritious as it is made using the boiled vegetables.
Ingredients: basmati rice 1 cup, mix vegetable chopped in …

In the following I wil present another Romanian recipe: Moldavian minced meat croquette (parjoale).
The miced meat croquette are often found on Romanian tables and because of the ease in preparation
they replace ussualy the steak. In my opinion, everyone knows how to make minced meat croquette nut a quality dish
having …

ingredients:
tamarind (paste) :3tablespoon
redchilly :2 numbers
pepper :1tablespoon
cuminseeds :1/2tablespoon
garlic …

Ingredient:
Brinjal 250 gm (fresh and big)
Salt 1 teaspoon
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Oil to fry
Method:
Clean the Brinjal well with normal clean water
Slice the cleaned Brinjal into medium square pieces
Take Garlic powder and Salt in a dish and mix it together
Spread the Garlic powder and Salt mixture all over the sliced Brinjal …

Mousaka, I dare to say is the most popular and well known dish of the Greek kitchen. It’s a combination of vegetables, meat and a thick white sauce and it’s really delicious. It’s a summer dish but you can make it any time of the year if you can …

My mom use to make the sweet quit often as its quick to make and tasty to eat .Now I make it for my children too
cooking time :10 min
preparation time : 15 min
Ingredients
coconut crushed :1 cup
sugar …

I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I needed to eat something that was smooth and light enough for me to eat. I was kind of picky on the soups I wanted to eat and this recipe has been the best one I have tried so far. The …

The other day, my husband wanted to eat one of those instant beef noodles. I stopped him and instead I made him a healthier and more delicious version of it, without the MSG and all the preservatives that you get from those instant noodles. It is a good thing …

Peel the egg plants and slice them into circles. Put some salt on each one and wait for 30 minutes - this will make the juice come out and help to get rid of the bitterness. Drain the circles, roll them in flour and fry in vegetable oil. In …

Baking was fun for me when I was a teenager and I had a lot of time on my hands. Now my schedule is a lot more hectic, and unfortunately baking seems more like a chore to me than a fun project. I still prefer homemade desserts …

When I get tired of the plain boring rice that even the Chinese Fried Rice is not enough to satisfy my craving for something different, a recipe for a creamy pesto rice was born.
I experimented on it but it turned our pretty good. Well rice is like …

Ingredient:
Bombayduck Fish 600 gm
Red chilli powder 6 gm
Garlic half teaspoon
Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Tamarind 20 gm (seed less)
Vinegar 12ml
Oil
Method:
Clean the Bombayduck Fish with normal clean water and keep it in a dish
Add Red chilli powder, Cumin powder, Salt, Tamarind and Vinegar in a dish and mix them and …

Here is a nice suggestion for parties at the park, or simply for an afternoon snack. Actually, this recipe, which I made out from experimenting and trying one mix after another, is my favourite brunch! I call my recipe Fish with Bread Sauce (coz really, there’s all to it, …

The sweet corn is normally every one likes. Most of the people love to have the sweet corn and when it is spiced and hot it becomes much tastier. I have a nice recipe which is really good.
Ingredients: 500 grams boiled sweet corn, black pepper powder 1/4th …

I have always loved a good sandwich. While most people find sandwiches boring, or only for lunch, I have enjoyed making very unique and unusual sandwiches for both myself and my family over the years. I actually used to be known as the Sandwich Queen at work, because all …

I often wonder in my kitchen, thinking of what to do with the chicken on my fridge. Sometimes I just get to tired of frying and I crave for a yummy alternative. That’s when I put out all the dried herbs in the pantry and this Grilled Lemon & …

This is an easy recipe for a beet lover. Peel fresh beets and grate them. Dice some onion and fry it in vegetable oil until yellow. Add the beets, add more vegetable oil, sprinkle some salt and stir well. Fry on low heat for 10-13 minutes. Serve hot. Beety …

Kalakand is a very famous and tasty dessert in India. It is very rich in calories but very very tasty dessert. It is also very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Cottage cheese 1 cup, sugar 3/4th cup and, condensed milk 1cup and some ghee (3-4 tea spoons of melted butter)
Method:
First …

Making chocolate pudding is fast and convenient for parties and functions and it is fun to make. The kids sure do love it and can make quite a mess doing so but it is very fun and rewarding when finish. I was taught how to make it from a …

Ingredients:
3 cups of cut chicken, green chilly paste of 1 tea spoon, garlic (optional), some chopped ginger garlic paste, 3 chopped onions, cumin seeds powder 2 spoons, pepper corns 6, salt according to taste, oil 4 spoons, chopped coriander leaves to garnish.
Method:
Now first of all take all the spices with …

When you picture Italian food, what comes to mind - pizza and pasta? Do panic when you think of high calories and high carbs? Think again.
This meal is a menu for a perfect Italian light dinner that combines the zest of organic goat’s cheese with the sparkle of red …

When I first got hold of packed couscous while I was in the US, I was excited to try it. When I tasted it, the taste was dry and very bland. When I searched some recipes online to check if how we can make couscous taste good, I encoutered …

At times, I simply get an urge to go on a baking spree. And when these moments come to me, I want to make sure the whatever it is I whip up, is a fresh new recipe that I haven’t tried before and will be absolutely mouth watering to …