First of all, let me say that this cake icing works best when it goes in between two (or more) layers of cake, not on top - that’s why I also call it “cream”. I usually put some on top as well, but it does not really make that …

Ingredients :
Big Onions - 2
Small Potatoes - 1/4 kg
Curds - 1cup
salt
Oil or ghee- 2 tbsp
Cardamom- 3
Turmeric powder
Grind together:
Coriander leaves - 1bunch
garlic - 5 flakes
Green chillies - 5
onion -1
Cinnamon - 1inch piece
cloves - 2
Method :
1. Cook potatoes in pressure cooker
2. Peel the skin and keep aside
3. Cut onions into fine …

Whenever I’m expecting guests, I buy a carton of eggs and start preparing my famous egg salad. It’s so simple and so easy to make that it always comes as a surprise how my guests love it all the time.
First, boil some eggs, peel it, then dice it. You …

My wife has a great simple recipe for making the perfect roast potatoes. She normally makes these when we have a roast dinner on a weekend. The roast potatoes she makes are crispy and have a great flavour as they are mixed with herbs.
All you need to …

When we are trying to avoid eating beef or pork, I began to think of substituting fish on most of my recipes. It is healthier and it is just as delicious. Egg rolls and spring rolls are family favorites. Hence, the birth of my tuna roll recipe. It is …

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 …

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 …

This is the rice made using some spices and chopped tomato. This is very tasty rice. Just try it once.
Ingredients:
One cup of rice, salt to taste, green chilly paste � tea spoon, garam masala (spice powder) 1 � tea spoon, chopped onion � cup and chopped tomato � …

When I first had my amaretto sour at the ripe old age of 21, I like Carrie Bradshaw, had found my signature drink.
I love amaretto sours because even though they are alcoholic beverages they don’t taste like one, which is great for someone like me who don’t really drink …

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 …

Whenever I am entertaining family and friends at my home, I like to make sure there are plenty of deviled eggs to go around since they are a staple appetizer in the south.
Since I’ve learned how to make deviled eggs they are my go to appetizer because they …

Every fall I break out the crock pot because something about it makes me feel like fall. I am always looking for new recipes for it because of how easy it is. I have lots of days where I cannot be home to get a hot meal …

Potato Salad is my absolute favorite dish and look forward to eating it at family barbecues and functions. A lot of people take turns making the potato salad each year and I wanted to finally learn how to make it myself. Every bodies potato salad is different and has …

Mixed vegetable soup is very nutritious soup and it is a very essential and vital soup for the kids. It is very simple to prepare it.
Ingredients:
Mixed vegetable chopped according to your choice, corn flour 4 tea spoons, sugar 3 tea spoons, salt to taste, black pepper powder to …

We call this dish “Porcupines” in our family, because these meatballs have rice in them and, well, kinda look like cute little porcupines. You will need:
1 lb of hamburger meat
1 egg
1/2 cup of instant rice
1 can of tomato soup
some water and salt
Thaw the meat, add the egg, rice, 1/3 …

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 …

Ingredients :
Bread - 12 pieces
Tomato - 1/4 kg
Onion - 3
Coriander leaves
Sugar - 1 tsp
salt - 3/4 tsp
chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Oil
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Method :
1. Spread ghee on both the sides of bread slices.
2. Chop tomatoes to big pieces and grind to fine paste …

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. …

Well Spring is here, and summer is close behind. It’s that time again to be thinking about our summer menu’s. I like to start BBQing as soon as the weather warms up. Having a backyard BBQ is my favorite thing to do. I enjoy inviting friends and family over …

Green Beans Potato Soup is very easy to make. It is one of the amazing type of soup that I really love to make and I find it easy to. You will need some potatoes; around 4-5; depending on your crowd actually. Then you will need to …

When I was on holiday last year in Devon I discovered my now favourite soup and this is how I make it. It is easy to do and quick and full of goodness and even my two children eat it. It is watercress and orange soup.
This recipe serves four
One …

This recipe is very simple, but it offers something different from your usual breakfast. It’s great for college students who need something very quick and super easy that will still give them energy for the day.
Ingredients: Scrambled eggs, chedder cheese, American cheese slices, garlic powder, minced onions (in the …

Shepaka, as the name may suggest is a mix of Shepherds pie and Moussaka. The beauty of it, as with many recipes, is it’s flexibility, being able to add or swap parts of the recipe and also the way of cooking it.
It is a layered dish and you must …

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 …

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 …

Ingredient:
Yoghurt 250 gm (sour)
Ladies finger 150 gm (fresh)
Onions 150 gm
Green chillies 2 to 3 (fresh)
Salt half teaspoon
Chat Masala 3 to 4 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Take Yoghurt in a vessel and add salt in it and mix it and beat it well
Chop Ladies finger, Onions and Green chillies into small pieces
Add a little …

Kalakand is a very rich sweet dish, which is also treated as a very special sweet dish. This sweet dish is either prepared or bought from sweet stalls during the very special occasions. Milk is the main ingredient to prepare this sweet dish.
Ingredients: milk solids 1 cup, …

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 …

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 …

As much as I enjoy slaving away in the kitchen, there are days when I come home tired from work and just need my favorite comfort food to snack on while checking out the latest on the television scene. When I say comfort food, I mean tortillas and anything …

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 …

Ingredients :
Palak (spinach) - 2 bunches
Masoor dhal - 1/2 cup
Onions - 2
Tomatoes - 2
Ginger, chilli paste - 2 tsp
salt and sugar to taste
Oil - 1tbsp
Method :
1. Cut palak finely and cook with enough water.
2. Cook dhal with little turmeric powder in pressure cooker.
3. Cut onions and tomatoes finely.
4. Heat …

My wife makes Tutti Fruiti ice cream quite well. I also help her in kitchen so I know how to make it. The process is not so simple as such though. It does require lot of stuff, so better make a list of them.
First of all Tutti …

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 …

Banana pudding is one of my favorite desserts and I always find myself making it especially for the kids. They love this recipe and always want me to make it for them. I remember the first time I tried to make it and it didn’t turn out so good. …

Pumpkin 500 gm (fresh)
Besan 100 gm
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil to fry
Water
Method:
Take Besan in a vessel
Add one cup of water in it and mix it well
Add Salt and stir well and keep it
Clean Pumpkin in normal clean water and peel it
Slice the cleaned pumpkin in to small pieces
Dip the sliced pumpkin into …

Vegetarian cooking is becoming more and more popular as people are becoming more health conscious. One of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks, and one that is perfect for someone who is just getting started in vegetarian cooking, is How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman, I do not cook …

Dry fruit salad, this recipe is very rich in calories. But it is very tasty that it can�t be missed. It is very good for growing children. And for once in a while it can be prepared.
Ingredients:
Mixture of dry fruits according to your choice 1 cup, …

I started liking potatoes when I first encountered mash potatoes as a side dish. It tasted really good and it complemented the taste of the steak that I was eating. I have encountered one of the recipes which gives me different variation to mashed potatoes. I thought at first …

There is something so exactly delicious and healthy with the inclusive of an all-balanced type of food that I find in Vegetable Pizza. I love pizza crusts and it’s not often that you go to any restaurants or any food centers selling vegetable pizzas for that matter.
You can easily …

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 …

Ingredients
Gram flour - 2 cups
Rice flour - 2 cups
Chilli powder - 3 tablespoons
Asafetida powder - 2 tablespoons
Butter - 100 gms
Table salt - to taste
Oil - for frying
Method:
Mix the rice flour and gram flour with chilli powder, asafetida powder, salt and butter. Take a little of this mixture, add water …

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 …

My adult son, who lives with us, enjoys espresso coffee every day. We don’t have an espresso machine, so, when he is home, he ‘fixes’ his coffee that we do have to make it taste a LOT like the espresso mochas that he likes so well.
With our regular coffee, …