This gravy can be used as a sidedish to rotis,parathas.You may also stuff this inside the tortillas.It can also be added in the cooked rice to get a new type of variety meal.Most of the people wont like eggplant.But you will fall in love with eggplant after …

The chocolate ice creams are the mostly liked ice cream among all the varieties of ice creams. We don’t need to empty our pocket to buy this one from the shop; we can prepare the very tasty chocolate ice cream very easily at home. Just note down the …

Arctic Char can be difficult to find, but I have found it in several fish markets in various cities and sometimes, specialty grocery stores also carry this fish. It is much like salmon in texture, and if you want to change things up, you can substitute arctic char for …

Grape Jelly is another recipe that I’ve learned over the years to make. I think to learn to make Grape Jelly is a form of good investment, because it can also contributes to a good business idea plan.
The first mother of all steps would be to get …

I have always been intimidated by the thought of making a cheesecake, pies I have a handle ok, but cheesecakes seemed daunting. While thumbing through a Taste of Home holiday cooking magazine I ran across the picture of a delicious looking cheesecake and the recipe promised that it …

Chicken wings with beets
Ingredients:
- 700gram of beets
- 8 chicken wings
- 8 mushrooms
- Beans, salt, onion, pepper, ginger, soya sauce, wine, cooking oil
Directions:
- Wash chicken wings thoroughly with water, cut into smaller pieces and then soak them with a little salt and pepper. Put the prepared chicken wings in a …

Two nights ago, my husband craved for some seafood paella. Its been a year since we last ate one. So the following day, I went to Walmart and check out some of the basic ingredients of Seafood Paella and I am lucky that its just a one-stop grocery and I …

The kids who do not like to eat the vegetable for them, the paratha roll with vegetable is the ideal food, which can be prepared for the breakfast. It is very tasty, easy to prepare and takes very less amount of time for preparation.
Ingredients: wheat flour …

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 …

Who doesn’t love a classic hamburger? You can not get much more all AMerican than that. I have made burger after burger and here is one of my favorite ways to make them.
First you will need to light up your grill and let it heat up. …

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 …

One of my favorite foods to order at a Mexican restaurant is the Chimichanga. So my mother invented this recipe and it is wonderful. You have to try it if you love Mexican food.
First brown a pound of hamburger. When it is browned add a packet …

Starting with 1995 I have gathered several dish recipes thinking to publish an origibal book of receipes.
This is part of this receipe collection.
I will present here some original recipes of Romanian dishes. I took this decision because in one of my visits in the U.S.
I was offered several …

There are dozens of risotto recipes that I have tried over the years, and the variations are endless, given that to the Italians, risotto is really about using up leftovers and changing it up all the time to create unique versions of this national staple. This recipe is one …

Carrot delight is a sweet dish and it is the favourite dish of almost all the Indians. The Carrot delight is also called as carrot halwa and is prepared in most of the occasions. It is nutritious, healthy and a very tasty dish. It also takes …

I would like to provide the recipe for Bhel puri which is a famous North Indian chat food (or) fast food.It is quite simple to make Bhel puri because it involves no cooking or no boiling.
First of all,few cups of puffed rice should be taken in a bowl.Few coriander …

Here is a fun and tasty recipe I created last week. It was a big hit.The kids loved it, so I guess it’s a keeper. I call it Taco spaghetti. I had made Taco’s and had a lot of meat left over, so I decided the next nite to …

I really love to cook and here is an appetizer that I would love to share with you all. This is like a fresh bite-size appetizer that requires little hassle at all and I love to dress it up beautifully in a nice presentation; courtesy of my own …

While preparing for a pot luck dinner my classmates and I were having before class one night, I was wondering what it was I was going to bring. I had signed up to bring cookies, however I wanted to bring not just any old cookie. No way, I wanted …

Because it is the season for parties and food, I recently began searching for interesting and unique appetizer recipes. I found one that is amazing, and everyone that has tasted it so far was extremely complimentary. I never actually made potato skins before, because I thought they would be …

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 …

I love to cook and my wife loves fish and would rather eat fish than meat, so I often do her stuffed squid. A Greek friend of hers gave this recipe to her and it is simple to do and tastes great the measurements I am going to give …

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. …

Zucchini mash is a side dish that can be served hot or cold. You will need 3-4 zucchinis, small ones, the size you can normally buy in a store; if you grow your own and let them grow large, you might need only one. The other ingredients are:
4 medium …

Blueberry Dumplings
This is an American Indian treat. It is called ‘Blue Dumplings’.
1. 1 qt fresh or frozen blueberries
2. 1 qt apple juice
3. ½ teaspoon salt
4. Add sugar or sweetener to taste.
5. 2 cups biscuit mix
6. ½ to ¾ cup milk
Method:
Simmer blueberries in juice for 30-45 minutes.
While they simmer, …

I love potatoes. French fries are my favorite, but I also love a hot or cold potato salad to compliment any meal. My mother taught me how to make this type of potato salad. You will need six white potatoes, one half sup mayonnaise (or you can use real …

This one is actually good when eaten alone,as a side dish, with rice or in any way you prefer to. You can also serve these Egg Rolls as appetizers on parties, etc.
Here’s what you’ll need:
For egg roll skins:
(This will make about 10 skins)
2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved …

If you like seafood you will love this recipe. It is another ‘mezes’ dish but you can also cook it and enjoy it as a main dish with a fresh green salad and fresh bread. Don’t forget the cold beer or the wine. The difficult part would be to …

This recipe is what I call “one for the boys” for my husband and his friends love this whenever they bond over bottles of beer and wine. This dish never fail to give me unsolicited praises from the gang. They always look forward to their drinking …

Ingredients :
Raw banana - 2big (plantain)
Onions - 4 or 5
Garlic - 5 flakes
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsps
salt
chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
jeera powder - 1/2tsp
mustard powder -1/2 tsp
fenugreek powder - 1/2 tsp
tomatoes - 1/2 kg
oil - for deep frying
Method :
1. Slice onions into 1 …

My kids love Kentucky fried chicken, but the fact is that KFC is getting way too expensive for a family to eat. However, its one of my kids’ favorite meals and I want to give them things they like within reason. So in order to do that I made my …

I collect many things and one of them is cook books. New cook books and historic one of a kind. Tons and tons of cook books. One of my favorites is The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Revised Edition, publisher: Hearst Books. You not only get the recipes, but the …

Fry or grill pork chops the way you would normally do. In a separate pan roast some onion in vegetable oil, sliced into rings or half-rings. Add one or two cans of mushrooms (depending on how many pork chops you’ve got; I love mushrooms, so for me, 1 can …

“Learning to entertain with confidence” is the caption and in my opinion it delivers. This book is more than just a cookbook with recipes, it goes over how much food you should make per person, table settings, decorative ideas and party planning from timetables, shopping and …

French toast is one of my favorite foods for breakfast. It is fairly easy to prepare and the ingredients are fairly simple. You need three eggs about nine slices of bread, a tablespoons of milk, a teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix the eggs with the cinnamon and milk. Power milk …

Many people buy the mix fruit jam in the shops, which is preservatives included, and it is also not very fresh. Instead of doing so we can prepare the mixed fruit jam at home very easily which is nutritious, natural, fresh one and also very tasty one.
Ingredients: fruits …

Here is an idea for your next meal that you can prepare. I am reviewing this food option, Curry Prawns with Ketchup Boiled Eggs and giving some basic cooking tips.
Not everyone hates ketchup. I am a fine with this sauce and there are lots of food ideas …

This is a “fancy” potato dish that I usually make for company, or when I want to have our family dinner look a little special. It takes some extra effort to make, but, in my opinion, it is well worth the trouble.
What you need is several large potatoes, some …

This is a sauce made of mint leaves, which can be used as tomato sauce. This is also a very tasty recipe and is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves one bunch, tamarind pulp and salt to taste, 4 green chilly paste, sugar 4 teaspoons, and some tastemaker according …

If you love to grill or you simply hate the clean up of cooking, you will love these Burger Foil packets. They are a cinch to make and clean up is a breeze.
To start, tear off fouur sheets of foil, making sure they are good sized. They …

I was reading my local newspaper the other day, and I found a recipe that my husband wanted to try so badly that he made it that very night. The article said that it is from a new cookbook on Provencal cuisine, called The Provencal Cookbook: Shop, Cook, and …

The coconut soup is very tasty and very nutritious soup. It is very interesting soup which give u a very unique taste when it is served hot.
Ingredients:
Coconut milk 3 cups, normal milk 2 cups, water 1 cup, salt to taste, sugar 4 tea spoons, black pepper crushed - …

The bushwacker is a delicious, deceptively strong, and refreshing frozen drink that is very popular in the Virgin Islands. They’re available pretty much at every bar and restaurant in the islands that has a blender. I served a lot of bushwackers when I was bartending in St. …

One of the most popular drinks in the Caribbean, especially St. Thomas and St. John is rum punch. For anyone not of legal drinking age, it’s fruit punch, which is the same thing minus the rum. In my days of bartending on St. Thomas and St. John, …

Prepare time: 15 mins
Serves: 4
Per serving: Kilojoules 931, protein 6g, total fat 20g, saturated fat 2g, cholesterol 0mg, total carbohydrate 6g, sugars 6g, fibre 4g, sodium 43mg
Ingredients: 1 carrot, 1 celery stalk, 1 red-skinned dessert apple, 1 cup mung bean sprouts, 3/4 cup alfalfa sprouts, 1/2 cup sunflower kernels
Oriental …

I tried a funnel cake for the first time when I went to a city function. I saw a lot of people walking around with it and I heard about it before but never knew exactly what it was. It look good so I definitely wanted to try it. …