I was hosting a small get-together a few days ago, and I refused to make and serve the usual, boring appetizers and dips, the ones that are served at every home and office gathering. I also had a limited amount of time to spend cooking and preparing food, so …

Ingredients :
Potatoes - 5, Onions-3, Fresh curds-1 cup,Ajinomoto-1/2tsp,green chillies-3,salt-as required,red chilli powder-1 tsp, oil-enough to deep fry,bengal gram flour-2 tbsps,baking powder-1/4 tsp, garam masala powder-1/4 tsp
Method
1. Cook potatoes in pressure cooker till half cooked.
2. Peel outer skin and dice into big cubes.
3. Sprinkle little salt, baking powder and bengal …

A very famous Filipino recipe, this is one of the best main dish for me because it saves a lot of money and its very healthy, a dish full of vegetables you can add pork if you want make the taste more palatable. It is very simple to cook …

When I began taking up culinary arts as a hobby, I was fortunate enough to find a website online that helps people new to cooking and provides the fundamentals to help me become a success in the kitchen.
The website is maintained by a professional chef named Danilo Alfaro. He …

I made this recipe because I had heard so much about it. If you have ever watched the tv show 19 kids and counting than you have heard of this, it is one of their favorites. I have also read about this recipe a few places and …

I’m going through a SERIOUS Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie phase at the moment - well, it’s more than a moment, it’s more like a couple of months! It’s a pretty basic recipe, only takes a couple of minutes - so I thought I’d share it with the world!
WHAT …

This is a recipe I found on the internet and as a Tiramisu-Lover, I decided to try this recipe, based on the reviews. The only thing I can say is WOW!!!! The RICH & CREAMY flavor mixed with the Coffee-soaked lady fingers leaves you wanting more! VERY IMPORTANT: Let …

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. …

Ingredients :
Maida flour - 1 cup
Vanaspati dalda - 2 tbsp
salt
ice water
Finely cut onions - 2 nos
Potatoes - 3
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
carrot -1
beans - 5
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
lemon - 1
oil
To grind :
Ginger - 1 small piece
garlic - 3 flakes
green chillies - 2
Method :
1. …

I am of the opinion that blue cheese goes with every type of food, and it is the perfect accompaniment to salads to make them more exciting and tastier. I often just crumble blue cheese on a regular green or spinach salad, because I dislike plain, boring salads, so …

1 lb trout fillets
4 eggs
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons snipped parsley
Salt, pepper
Put the butter on a preheated frying pan, let it melt and warm up until its bubbly. Place the trout fillets into the butter and roast on high heat, flipping, until crust forms on both sides. When done, remove …

To prepare this delicious curry to take with hot plain rice , you need to have Pakodi (available in Bakery, sweet stalls, hotels) or you can prepare it at home.
Preparation of Pakodi
1.Take 250 gm of Bengal gram powder (basin) and mix it with enough water and make loose …

As always, nobody ever seems to cook a Sunday roast like your Mother did when you were a child. This is my Great Grandmother’s recipe for crown roasted rack of lamb with garlic and rosemary which has been passed down to myself, and now my daughters. We always use a …

I had never heard of Chicken Continental until I heard Naomi Judd mention it on the television show The Talk recently. I love finding new recipes for everyday foods like chicken, so I looked up the recipe on the Internet. I was surprised to find the recipe …

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 …

The spinach is very good for health. I prepare many kind of recipes using the spinach such as the spinach soup, spinach pakoda and many more. The spinach rice is a very simple recipe and is also very nutritious. The spinach is very rich in iron …

We know about the sambar the recipe for which I have given in my previous review. Now I am going to share the recipe of the rasam, which is just like sambar, but it is little different in taste and also in ingredients. This is also …

I like simplicity when I’m in the kitchen, but I’m always looking for new recipes to try. I’m often short on time, but I still like to use a little creativity rather than resort to making meals that come out of a box or a can. Macaroni …

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 want to share an Indian Style chicken full of spices and taste for taste buds. My mom use to cook the dish on weekends for the whole family and we always find it the tastiest dish .The best part is Lemon chicken is …

As a former bartender, I think I sometimes take it for granted that drink recipes that may seem simple to me aren’t as commonly known to the general public. I think the pina colada falls into this category. I think the first thing you should understand is …

I love the combination of cheese and chicken in my pizza recipes at times. Pizza is something that is not hard to make at all, if you have everything right, then you are set for it. Now here we go.
You need some good amount of cheese, and before …

Sofrito
This is one of the local specialities in Corfu island of Greece.The meat should be pork and not beef for the simple reason that pork meat becomes softer when cooking it. It is very easy to make this dish, although you might find it difficult at the beginning as …

One of my favorite appitizers is the jalepeno popper. But they are so costly to order at a restaurant and even to buy them at the store. So I came up with a really great recipe that is so easy to make.
All you need is a …

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 …

I make a lot of Mexican entrees, but I’m always unsure about what to serve on the side. I wanted to find a good side dish to serve with tacos and enchiladas, so I started looking for recipes. The Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook …

I know that many of you people like to eat Macaroni with cheese, so for you I want to share a very easy to make recipe of “Macaroni cheese”. Like I said that it is easy to prepare, and it is too much tasty, specially kids loves to eat …

2-3 eggs
2 carrots
1 medium size onion
2 medium size tomatoes
1 sweet pepper
Garlic powder
Salt
Vegetable oil
Chop onion and fry in vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes. Peel and grate carrots, finely chop tomatoes and pepper (remove the pepper seeds first). Add carrots, tomatoes, and pepper, stir, and fry on medium heat until soft. …

As a present from my mother, she got me a cookbook called Cooking for Kids. This cookbook is great for anyone who has children elementary age or younger. They have receipes for everything from snacks to meals. For every holiday they have different recipes for the …

One of the things which I had been searching for was the perfect easy brownie recipe since many of the times I don’t have the perfect ingredients to make perfect brownies, and other times I don;t have the time to spend a year and a day following a complicated …

The next recipe as well as the others I will present here is part of my personal collection of recipes.
It is also a specifically Romanian recipe, This dish, like the “meat in cabbage” (”sarmale”) dish
is not met in the kitchen of any other country. In Romania the highly seasoned …

Now the boiled vegetable masala with cottage cheese is another interesting and a very very nutritious recipe as it includes all kinds of vegetables, which are half, cooked and it also contains the cottage cheese, which is again rice in proteins and calcium. This is also very delicious …

I am always quickly bored of vegetables, but in the past year or so, I have made a concerted effort to get more vegetables and fruits into my diet. Therefore, I am always looking out for unique ways to cook or prepare vegetables. Occasionally, I find a recipe that …

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 …

I love the traditional (and somewhat unimaginative) apple crisp for dessert, because it is relatively nutritious compared to many other sweet dishes, plus it is simple to bake. I went looking for low-fat and low-sugar dessert recipes after the usual five-pound holiday weight gain this year, and I came …

Ingredient:
Lau 500 gm (fresh)
Mustard Seeds 1 teaspoon
Mustard paste 1 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Green chillies 4 to 5 in number
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Clean Lau with plain normal clean water and slice it into small pieces
Add Oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add sliced Lau, Green …

Won tons are actually Chinese food. It can be eaten fried or steamed. It’s also good when added to soup making it its main attraction. For me won tons are very fun to eat, they’re delicious and very flavorful. I tried making this won ton soup …

This recipe for Chocolate Velvet Pie came from the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I passed over this recipe many times before making it, because nothing about it really stood out. The cookbook didn’t have a picture of it, and it just seemed like a really …

Pork chop is one of the best parts of pork. Though belly is my ultimate lunch partner if there are no calories to worry, I still occasionally try pork chop. One piece of pork chop is not sinful to one who is counting the calories. You can grill it …

Cool Whip cookies are cookies that are super easy to make and taste awesome. They turn out really soft and really yummy! You can make these with your kids who love helping mommy cook. They are treat sure to please anyone’s tummy! Because they are so versatile, you can …

Black Pepper Fried Chicken is another nice dish that I love making. I learn this from my friend, when I was down at her place the other day. She gave me some interesting tips and I have followed that since.
You will need bread crumbs, a bit …

You can prepare this dish, Tuna and Bean Salad in less than 30 minutes even once you get around the hang of it.
I remember always cooking this recipe that was taught by my mom whenever she went to work when I was schooling during those times and I …

Hearty soups have always been a comfort food in our home. On cold days and nights, nothing will warm you and fill you up like a good bowl of Minestrone Soup. I have seen several chefs and cooks made their very own version of this delicious soup, so getting …

Ingredients:
2 Eggs
Salt
Black Pepper
1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper
Cooking/Vegetable oil
Bread
Butter/Margerine
Cheddar Cheese
Tomato (sliced)
Lettuce
Method:
Preheat frying pan with cooking/vegetable oil
Whisk together - 2 eggs with a pinch of salt and black pepper
Grate 1/2 scotch bonnet pepper and add to egg batter
Fry until golden but not crisp (fry crisp if desired)
Toast 2 slices of bread
Apply butter/margerine, cheddar …

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. …

I searched everywhere for new recipes for unique appetizers and dips during this holiday season, because I was bored to tears with preparing, serving and eating the usual spinach dips, hummus, sausage rolls, salsa and the like. I was particularly interested in finding sauces and dips to accompany crackers …