This cake is a pain to make, I tell that upfront to everyone who asks for the recipe. The process is not hard but time consuming, which can be rather annoying in our day and age of everything instant. However, to me, the result is well worth the trouble.
Take …

I love entertaining at home. I shy away from clubs and overcrowded places so I try to gather my close friends and family and entertain them at home. They often kid me that I save a lot compared to treating them in a fancy restaurant. I shrug knowing that …

Arctic Blast Oranges is a creation of my own that I find to be deliciously refreshing and ideal for those that like oranges. It is really not that difficult to make and only requires a few short steps. You will need a blender for this and three hours before …

I have not met anyone who doesn’t enjoy the warm and gooey taste of a rice krispie treat. With the snap crackle and pop of the krispies and the sweet deliciousness of the marshmallows. But with this recipe for this tasty dessert altered by changing the kind of krispie’s …

Chocolate Souffle has one of the best taste of chocolate form ever. I always see this type of menu served in pastry shops and cake shops and I wonder what it’s like to make one. Luckily, I have the chance to learn this from my relative and she …

Ingredients:
Cooked rice- 2 cups
Yoghurt 1-2 cups
Salt as per taste
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Garlic - 5-6 flakes
Peppper whole - 8-10 seeds
Cumin seeds- 1 teaspoon
Red chilli - 3-4
Curry leaves - a few
Balck gram split - 1 tea spoon
Sunflower …

The mushroom soup is the favourite soup for my kids and even I like this one a lot because it is very easy to prepare and is very nutritious for kids.
Ingredients:
Mushroom 6-8 finely chopped, corn flour 3 teaspoons, salt to taste, white pepper powder according to taste, coriander leaves …

Ingredients:
2 Oz. Flour
1 Egg
1/2 Tablespoon Water
1/4 Pint Milk
1 1/2 Oz Butter/Margarine
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
2 Oz Cheddar Cheese (Grated)
Method:
Sieve flour into a mixing bowl, make a hollow in the center, add egg and stir
Add half amount Milk and beat until pasty
Add the balance of the Milk, water and salt
Preheat oven to …

Shrimp with yoghurt? I thought the idea was a bit of a stretch but it was good. I have been exploring middle eastern cuisine and I am loving it because of its low calorie ingredients. Mainly because they loathe pork. When I visited Muscat, Kuala Lumpur, Casablanca, this is …

This is one of my top 10 recipes, the best of the best. The chicken turns out so incredibly soft that if you pull on a drumstick the bone might some out. The taste is also great, matched by no other recipe. You can cook the whole chicken or …

My husband loves caramel apples and every once in awhile we will make them at home so he can have them as a treat. I saw the recipe for making them online and I really liked it.
The recipe includes:
4 apples- I used Fuji apples because that’s what I had …

When it comes to afternoon snacks, TV sessions, picnics, simple dinners, great parties, people would always wish Tempura is served. I don’t know what it is with this food that once you get one piece, you just can’t stop reaching out for more. It is just so good, and …

Spring, and summer! It’s time to make Salads. I’m a big salad fan!
Everyone in our house likes salad. I make many different salads in spring and summer. Here is one of my favorite salads.
Pasta Salad
1 lb. box Tri colored Rotini
Pepporoni, deli sliced ham, Sliced cappocola
Broccoli crowns ( cut …

The mushroom fried rice is one of my all time favourite rice recipe as it is very tasty to eat and also very easy to prepare. The mushrooms are good for our health too. My kids also love to eat the recipes made using the mushrooms. …

Because I live so close to Little Italy and am able to find great Italian ingredients, I have been looking for recipes containing Italian cheeses and meats. This following recipe caught my eye in a magazine, because goat cheese and pancetta are two ingredients we purchase whenever we can …

I am a vodka freak. I love cocktails and better news is, I love making my own cocktails than ordering it in a bar. I get to choose my own ingredients and other things that I want to put inside my glass. The result is one happy me. I …

If you’re in the mood for a liquid lunch instead of a sandwich, you can always try a peanut butter and jelly shot. It’s the taste of the traditional favorite sandwich in the form of a liqueur shot. I discovered this little treat when I was enjoying …

I love the Weight Watchers Tomato and Basil Chicken and for a while they were on special offer in my local supermarket so I bought quite a few. However, they are back at full price now and I have had to devise a cheap and similarly low fat …

I love this dish very much and this is considered to be one of the must-have for me and my family whenever we have the extra bucks to purchase some seafood prawns.
First of all, get some large prawns or medium-sized ones in the supermarket. Make sure that …

Crabs night has become a recent tradition as of late for my family because it’s one of few meals where you can really indulge with your hands without raised eyebrows.
Usually when I cook crabs I do so in a large pot with quite a number of seasonings and spices …

Gobi dum is very easy to make and very tasty too.
Ingredients :
Big caulflower : 2
Butter or oil : 3 tbsps
Onions (Big) : 7
Garlic : 8 flakes
Cashewnuts : 10
Red chillies : 5 to 6
salt : as required
Turmeric powder
cloves - 4
cinnamon-3
cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Coriander seeds - …

My sister taught me how to cook a recipe that she actually learned from our mother. She is the eldest in the brood so while I was still young and was only playing she was in the kitchen helping my mother and hence was able to learn all the …

Chocolate Bananas with Ice-Cream is sinfully delicious. Sometimes, I need fattening food to make me happy and truly feeling full. My family love this so much, and me and my siblings take turns to prepare this once in awhile, especially when we have some guests over, and we …

Whenever I need to bring a dessert I always chose this recipe because no one has it. I got it from a woman who is now 80 and I have not idea where on Earth she got it, but I am guessing she has had it awhile and …

The vet paratha roll is a very interesting dish which is not only easy ot make and also very healthy as it includes a lot of vegetable.
Ingredients: maida flour 1 cup, wheat flour 1 cup, finely chopped vegetable 2 cups according to your choice, Salt to …

Here is a great recipe for Chicken Fried Steak that is super easy.
You will need cube steaks, flour, egg, 2 packages of dry ranch mix and either evaporated milk or butter milk.
Mix a package of the dry ranch mix with an egg and a cup of the milk.
In a …

Kesari bath is a sweet dish which is prepared with the sooji or rawa. It is an interesting recipe which can be prepared within few minutes. The ingredients are very simple which are always available at home.
Ingredients:
1cup of sooji (rawa), 3 cups of milk, some cashew nuts …

Do you like eggs? If you do, there are never too many ways to cook them, right? Here is one more. You will need 3-4 medium sized tomatoes, one small onion, 3 eggs, some salt and vegetable oil. Dice tomatoes and onion, mix them in a frying pan, add …

A few months ago I was working in Sales and Marketing Department for a Catering company (Gourmet)which was manufacturing desserts for airlines in UK.
This is one of my favourite recipes which was given to me by one of our Chefs after requesting it, for the simple reason that I …

Ingredients:
1. Prawn – 250 gm.
2. Lau – 500 gm (fresh and sliced)
3. Mustard – 1 teaspoon
4. Salt – 1 teaspoon
5. Green chilli – 4 to 5
6. Tamarind powder – 1 teaspoon
7. Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
8. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
9. Sugar - 2 teaspoon
10. Oil
11. Water
Method:
1. Add oil in a vessel and heat it up
2. Fry Prawn on medium flame …

I like to drink coffee. Cause I’m an insomniac, I find it really helps in boosting my awareness to the world (aka keeping me awake). Lately I’m bored with my Nescafe instant 3-1 mix :D so I tried to make something new. After many trials and errors, I invented …

Whenever I make Meatball Pasta dish, I love to add lots of sausages, a bull’s eye egg and also lots of nice-cut out veggies. I find eating it like that is truly healthy and there’s just so many nutrients that I could get by that.
To make this dish is …

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 …

When I turned twenty-one years old, I was able to drink alcohol legally for the first time so I wanted to have a delicious mixed drink at my birthday. I was going to have around thirty guests and gin is really popular among my friends so I decided to …

This recipe is most enjoyed by the family specially on weekends when everybody is present.
6 pieces beef shank
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup dill-pickle juice
1 piece …

Pav bhaji is a very popular snack in India especially for north Indians. This is also very tasty dish and easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Paw (bun) 2, boiled potato1 cup, capsicum - cup, chopped onion - cup and chopped tomato - cup, butter 2 tea spoons. Pav bhaji taste …

The lemon rice is very tasty recipe, which is made using the boiled rice. This is the easiest rice recipe, which I have learnt and it is also very tasty to eat. It needs very few ingredients and can be prepared in just few minutes
Ingredients: if we …

The Greek “mezes”
The Greek kitchen is very well known all over the world for its healthy ingredients in a great variety which derives from fresh local products. Pure olive oil, olives, dairy, herbs, vegetables in season, honey, seafood and fish are the components to create a complete and healthy …

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 …

Ingredients:
3 to 6 large corn cobs or 1 Can Sweet Corn
4 cups Water
2 tablespoon Corn flour
Soya Sauce
Vinegar
Salt as desired (do not over salt)
Granulated sugar as desired (not too much)
Method:
Cook the corn in a Pressure Cooker until tender.
Grind the corn and cook in a medium pot on medium flame.
Mix corn …

Pimento Cheese Dip
Yields about 1 ‘ cups of dip
1 cup dry curd low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 four ounce jar pimentos, thoroughly drained
1 teaspoon onion powder
cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (approximately 2 ounces)
Place all ingredients except Cheddar cheese in a food processor or blender. Cover and …

Being from the far north of the country, I love to learn about the southern style of cooking and there is no better way to learn than by watching Paula Deen. On her show, Paula’s Home Cooking, we are taken into her own home kitchen, and sometimes into …

The capsicum masala is a side dish, which is prepared to eat with the butter non-and the tanduri roties. I have also tasted the capsicum masala with the bread as a topping of which the taste was just great.
Ingredients: 3 big sized capsicum chopped big size, big size …

I love sugar cookies that are soft. And I finally found a recipe that will help me make them this way. Everyone in my family raves over them. They are the best.
In a medium bowl, combine 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and …

The sweet corn soup is my all time favourite soup, which is little sweet and little salty. Especially the soft and tasty sweet corns are my weakness, which I always love to eat from the soup. I always have this soup whenever I visit any restaurants. …

I am generally not a big dessert fan, to either make it or eat it. I usually eat too much dinner to have room for dessert, and as well, I don’t have time to make a lot of desserts. I also find many desserts to be too sweet and …

I don’t like hashbrown. One time I had the occasion to eat it at Shakey’s Pizza because my officemate insisted in trying it. It tasted like old potatoes which was just repacked just to avoid waste. It was awful but since we need to eat potatoes for our potassium …

Pumpkin 500gm
Garlic Powder 2 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Jeera Powder 1 teaspoon
Green Chillies 2 to 3
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Water
Method:
Clean Pumpkin with clean normal water
Peel it and slice it into small pieces
Add oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Fry Jeera Powder and Green Chillies on medium flame for 2 minutes
Add …

To prepare Delicious Coconut Rice you need to have following ingredients
. one coconut
. 1 cup of rice
. 10 long green chillies
. 2 cloves
. ½ inch cinnamon stick
. one big onion
. 2 teaspoon garlic-ginger paste
. ½ cup of vegetable oil
. few coriander leaves
. salt as per taste.
Extracting Coconut milk:
.Break the …