Recipes Reviews
Smoked Jalapeno Black-Eyed Pea Soup
I tried mix and match this recipe that my friend had given. The recipe that I have tried before makes up to 7 cups and I think the taste is quite awesome.
Ingredients:
1 cup dried black-eyed peas; soaked for 2 hours or up to 8 hours
1 …
Masala Dosa
Masala dosa is another interesting recipe and it is also the very popular India breakfast which can be prepared very soon just in few minutes. And also it is very tasty.
Ingredients:
3 cups of rice, one cup of white gram, one cup of rice flakes. Now soak all …
Stuffed Pork Chops recipe
Pork Chops: even the name itself sounds boring already. If not cooked perfectly, tastes more boring either. No matter how good the food it, diners will always get bored if you come up with the same thing over and over again.
As a mother and a cook, I could notice …
Xtapodi crasato (octopus in wine) recipe
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 …
Mushroom Tartlette
Being bored of the traditional appetizers that both serve and eat when I am out, I made it my mission this holiday season to find and make some interesting, unique and fairly simple appetizers. One of the recipes I found and chose to make, mainly because I am a …
Burger recipe
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. …
Dosa recipe
Ingredients:
Black gram dal - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Fenugreek seeds - 1 …
Boneless chicken Biryani recipe
Preparation of this mouth watering dish is very easy. All that you need
1. Boneless chicken - 400 gm
2. Rice —- one cup
3. Medium sized onions -2
4. Cloves -2
5. Garlic flakes -4
6. Cardamom -2
7. Ginger - 1 inch piece
8. Cumin seeds-1/2 teaspoon
9. Biryani powder(available in market)-one and half teaspoons
10. Chilli …
Curry Prawns with Ketchup Boiled Eggs recipe
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 …
Shredded Chicken Salad
This recipe is not hard to make and is considered one of my favorite recipes of all time.
To make this, you will need chicken parts and this depends on what you like actually. As for me, I always prefer thighs and drumsticks since they are easy to …
Cool Banana Pops
Cool Banana Pops make for a refreshing and tasty treat during the hot summer months. You will need a banana, popsicle stick, some peanut butter, and a bowl of nuts. First, take a banana and peel it. Cut the banana in half. Then, take a popsicle stick and insert …
Vanilla flavored mixed fruit jam
We can prepare the very much natural and tastier and nutritional mixed fruit jam at home very easily.
Here are the ingredients:
Take one cup of papaya, cup of banana, cup of pineapple, cup of black grape, cup of orange fruit, cup of apple (all the fruits must be pealed and …
Homestyle Banana Cake Enriched with Sour Cream
Ingredients:
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Granulated sugar
Pureed very ripe bananas; about 2 medium small
Fat-free sour cream
Stick margarine, which is softened
Large egg white
Vanilla extract
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salt
The steps are simple and is taught by one of my colleagues. Preheat the oven to about 350 degrees and coat an 8-inch square baking …
Tomato chutney (recipe)
The tomato chutney is little salty, little tangy and a little spicy, but it is very tasty and gives a great taste when eaten with the bread or sandwich or even with the buns. it is the recipe which my mother has thought me and I prepare it …
Mackrel Rundown
“Mackrel Rundown” is a traditional Jamaican recipe which I think might have originated from the African slaves in the days of slavery. I first heard about it when I was about six, when a teacher read a Jamaican riddle to my class where the answer was “rundown”. When she …
Baklava recipe
This is a very popular Orient cake.
Ingredients:
1 pack sheets of pastry
Sugar
1 pack of butter
200 grams of walnuts
Sunflower oil
Put a layer of sheets of pastry into well-oiled baking dish, spread sugar and walnuts, then put the next layer of pastry sheets and again spread with sugar and walnuts. Repeat this …
Chickpea-Spinach Rice Recipe
There are times that we want to have a break on the rice. I discovered one recipe which allows you to enjoy eating without worrying about rice. If you’re taking a break from meat, this can also be a good alternative.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 …
Stir-Fried Chicken with Chilies and Basil Recipe
This is another way of cooking chicken. It is simple and less hassle compared to frying it. Most importantly it is not deep fry therefore more healthy.
Ingredients:
500g Chicken Breast, skinless, ground or sliced
50g Basil leaves
30g green and red chillies, sliced
1 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1 tsp. dark …
Easy Taco Dip recipe
This is a quick recipe I found for taco dip and it is really good. I make this for get togethers all the time and the guests just love it. It is very quick and simple to make.
You will need one packet of taco seasoning, one eight …
Paneer paratha
The paneer (cottage cheese) paratha is a very very tasty recipe, which is liked by most of the kids especially. Those who are calorie conscious for such people it may not suit, but for kids it will prove to be a very tasty and a nutritious food.
Ingredients: …
Light Chicken Sandwich Recipe
Do you want to grab a light snack but you want it as tasty as possible? I have come across this recipe which is ideal for the diet conscious. This is the healthy sandwich that every who are on the process of loosing weight needs.
Ingredients:
4 pieces …
Clam Chowder recipe
If you are expecting some visitors on a special dinner, here is one meal I would like to suggest, and hope you would trust me on this. I have help dinners on special occasions, and parties, and picnics, and I do all the cooking, so I somewhat know which …
Cashew burfi recipe
It is a very rich and tasty recipe. Everyone would like this dish. This dish is normally prepared during festival time. It is not suitable for sugar patients as it is made only out of cashews and sugar.
Ingredients:
Cashewnuts : 200 g
Sugar : 200 g
Method :
1. Soak cashewnuts in water …
Cheeseburger Casserole
2 pounds of hamburger meat
4 oz package of instant mashed potatoes
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 package of shredded cheese, mozzarella and chedder pizza blend
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon of butter
Paprika, garlic salt, and worcestireshire sauce.
This meal is great. Who doesn’t love meat, potatoes, and cheese. This dish …
Boiled Carp. Receipe
Many people love carp meat but few know how to cook it properly. I love the dishes from carp because they are very easy to prepare and I can obtain a very special taste. Over time I learned to cook fish in several ways: grilled fish, smoked fish, fish …
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake Topped with Rich Chocolate Pudding
This is a low-fat dessert and the taste is kind of nice although not as delicious as the rich ones. One bite of this cake and it makes me swoon with delight. Here are the ingredients, enjoy.
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Granulated sugar
Fat-free milk
Prune puree …
Recipe for No Bake Cookies
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 …
Lemon Dip Recipe
Last year around this time I was searching for a dip recipe that I could eat with fruits and vegetables. I was browsing a southern cookbook when I came across a recipe for a lemon dip.
I loved the recipe because it only consisted of two ingredients: lemon and sweetened …
Cabbage Roll Soup recipe
I have been cooking for 20 years now. Apart from it is something I needed to do as part of my chores when I was little, I consider cooking as my passion too. I grew up cooking every single day of my life. And now that I have kids, …
Mixed fruit Jam
All of want to have the mixed fruit salad, because it is very tasty and nutritious food. Did u know that it is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Milk one cup, custard powder vanilla flavored 3 tea spoons, sugar 4 table spoons, fruits like banana, apple, pineapple, orange, black grape …
Banana Bread
I always end up with left over bananas. And since I don’t want to waste food, I always turn them into something else like banana milk shake, banana pancakes and banana bread. Among these, Banana Bread is my favorite. Aside from the fact that it saves my bananas, other …
Vermicelli payasam recipe
Ingredients
Vermicelli : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 1 cup
Ghee : 1 tbsp
Raisins, cashew - 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder
Thick milk
Method
1. Fry vermicelli in little ghee till it becomes golden brown
2. Boil milk and add fried vermicelli
3. Allow the mixture to boil in reduced flame till vermicelli gets cooked
4. Add sugar and keep stirring
5. …
Vegetable Stock Recipe
This is not really a direct sort of recipe for making vegetable stock, but rather what one can do to get as close as possible to a vegetable stock. This is a recipe that I have experimented and I think has a special place in my heart. …
Vada recipe
Ingredients
Black gram dal (Urad dal)- 2 cups
Big oninion - 1
Cumin seeds - 2 spoons
Curry leaves- a few
Salt as per taste
Procedure:
Soak black gram dal for two hours. And grind it to make fine paste. Donot add water while grinding. Because the dough should be tight enough to make vada. Now …
Yoghurt mix recipe
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 …
Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo Casserole (recipe)
If you are looking for a light brunch food that will be filling, but not too heavy for a mid-morning/early afternoon meal, then you will want to try this recipe. A diversion from the traditional Chicken Fettucine Alfredo, this dish is more like something that you’ll want …
Veg fried noodles
The veg fried noodles are the most liked recipe. My husband and my children always ask me to prepare it on all the Sundays. At home we can prepare the veg fried noodles which is tasty, hygienic and it can be prepared in very less amount compared …
Rice Dumpling Football Recipe
Ingredients :
4 small bowls warm cooked sushi rice, 75g Japanese roasted eel, 3-4 pieces Japanese dried seaweed
Sushi Rice Seasoning : 1.5 tbsps sushi vinegar, salt
Method :
1. Mix sushi rice well with seasonings. Cut roasted eel into 4 pieces, set aside.
2. Divide the sushi rice into 4 equal parts. Put …
Mutton Stew recipe
Mutton stew is one of the very famous non vegetarian dishes of India.It is very easy to cook and very delicious to eat.So here is the recipe of mutton stew.Hope you like it.
Ingridients :
1 kg mutton
4-5 Medium sized onions
2 Table spoon ginger-garlic paste
3 cloves
2 green cardamoms
2 Bayleaves
1 cinnamon …
Stuffed Peppers, receipe
In what comes next I will reveal as I used you another recipe that is specifically Romanian. This is called stuffed peppers.
Stuffed peppers, like highly seasoned forcemeat balls (mititei), meat cabbage (sarmale) or minced meat croquette (parjoale)
are very common to traditional meals.
I learned to cook stuffed peppers from my …
Homemade Pasta Dough Recipe
When I first started learning how to cook from scratch, one of the first things I wanted to make was homemade pasta. My family loves to eat pasta for dinner—”which seems like we eat a variety of pasta for dinner every night—”and I find myself spending probably half of …
Kunda recipe
Kunda is a very popular sweet dish in south India. It is very popular because of its milky and yummy taste. It is available in all the sweet stalls. But guys it is also very simple and easy recipe to prepare it at home. I …
Dutch Mustard Soup
I lived in The Netherlands for more than 2 years (studies and work), thus, I have a good personal experience of the Dutch cuisine. Coming from a country with a world wide famous cuisine, and after assuring you that I am the kind of the open minded person that …
Falafel Recipe
This is another Arabian recipe which is very delicious, and very ideal for the health conscious. This does not have any pork, chicken or beef, only pure peas, spices and flour. If you might have some concerns about eating pork or the like, you can try this as an …
Masala dosa recipe
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 …
Beef Stroganoff recipe
Since I came up with this recipe myself, and I know how good this tastes, I would rate my Beef Stroganoff a 10. I’m gonna teach everyone how to make it, and I’m sure you’ll give it a 10 as well. I am sharing this great recipe knowing I …
Betty Crocker Super Moist French Vanilla Cake Mix
I don’t really like “white cakes,” as I call them (I prefer chocolate), but my family does, so I have purchased and tried Betty Crocker Super Moist French Vanilla Cake Mix. The cake is easy to bake, just like other similar cake mixes: you blend together 3 eggs, 1/3 …
Cashew Chicken
Cashew Chicken
My mom is always trying new recipes and then sending them to me.
She sent me this Cashew Chicken Recipe and the first time I made it
for my family they both said it was Ok. Well I really liked how easy
it was to make and I thought …
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