Saturday, June 16, 2012

Italian Recipe - Spinach Frittata


Ingredients:
3 Eggs
1 cup Milk
1 bowl Spinach leaves
3 cherry tomatoes
2 cloves minced garlic 
1 cup Grated Cheese
Pinch of Black pepper powder
Pinch of salt
Olive Oil


Method:

  • In a bowl beat eggs with Milk.
  • Place a pan to heat & add Olive oil.
  • Add garlic, tomatoes spinach to the pan & fry.
  • Now add the eggs & milk mixture to the pan.
  • Top with Cheese & sprinkle pepper powder & salt.
  • Then turn the frittata around to make sure it bakes well from both sides.
Spread some grated cheese on the top & Spinach Frittata ready to be served!




Shrimp Spaghetti (Italian Recipe).

Ingredients:
Spaghetti
250gm peeled Shrimp (6pcs).
4 Cherry Tomatoes
2 cloves of Garlic minced
Parsley
Pinch of Pepper Powder
Pinch of Paprika powder
2tsp Chili Sauce
Salt to taste
Olive Oil
Grated Cheese

Method:

  • Add Spaghetti in water & add some salt & oil while boiling.
  • On other hand heat the pan & pour some olive oil & fry garlic, tomatoes & Shrimp together.
  • Add the boiled spaghetti to the pan mixture after draining off the water from it.
  • Add salt, pepper, paprika, chili sauce & mix well.
  • Add the grated cheese on top & stir to mix well.
  • Garnish with parsley.

Tandoor Chicken (Grilled).

Ingredients:
Chicken Legs.
1 cup all purpose flour
2tsp Chilly sauce
2tsp Soya sauce
Pinch of  ajinomoto
Pinch of salt to taste
Pinch of Pepper powder
1 + 1/2tsp Paprica powder.
Oil to grease.
Lemon.
Coriander leaves.


Method:
Marinate the chicken with all ingredients for more than 30mins & squeeze lemon on top (Tip: Prick with fork the chicken leg pieces to ensure all spices are absorbed well).


Now grease all the marinated pieces with oil & place them on grill & turn On the oven at the adjustable Grill temperature & grill for 20 -25 mins. Make sure that you don't forget to turn your pieces to get them grilled from all sides.
When cooked well garnish with coriander leaves.

Chocolate Cake (Eggless).

Dear Chocolate Lovers,
Here i come up with a most delighting "Chocolate Cake" for all chocolate lovers like me 
:-)
Fully chocolate dipped with full of chocolates & no eggs.


Ingredients:
All purpose flour 500 gm (Maida)
Butter 100gm
Condensed milk 450gm
Cocoa Powder 2tsp
Baking powder 1tsp
100ml Coke.


Chocolate Toppings:
Chocolate 3 cubes
Butter 1 cube
Condensed Milk 2tsp.


Method:
  • Step by step Add well all Ingredients of the cake together to form a fine batter with the help of hand blender.
  1. Flour
  2. Melted Butter
  3. Condensed Milk
  4. Cocoa Powder
  5. Baking Powder
  6. Coke (You can replace coke with milk but coke act more as an rising agent with baking powder). 
(Tip: The softness of cake depends mostly on how well the batter is formed creamy).
  • Now, Grease the Oven bowl with oil or sprinkle some flour so it ease the removing of cake after being baked.
  • Spread the batter in oven bowl & keep in Microwave at adjustable temperature for 25 -30mins.
  • Till the cake gets baked heat up the pan & add the topping ingredients to melt in pan.
  • Remove the cake from the Oven once checked & made sure that batter doesn't sticks to toothpick when the cake is fully baked.
  • Take the cake on the plate by reversing the bowl upside down & spread the chocolate toppings on the cake & decorate it in your own style as i have used some crunchy dry fruits in my style.

Hmm.... Cake can serve the purpose of either gifting on birthday's or treating any occasion for your loved ones with something out of your own effort & not the readymade from outside, just like i remember homemade cakes by mom on my every birthday making it so specially memorable for me :-) so why not try it!!!!

Khandvi Recipe (Gujarat's Special).

Dear Friends,
I would also like to share my one of the favorite traditional Gujarati recipe "Khandvi".
without which any "Gujarati Daawat" is incomplete! & Believe it that its very simple & easy to make once you have practiced making it more than a time.


Ingredients:
Besan 100gm
Curd 50gm
Water as required to form a batter.
Salt to taste.


For tempering:
1tsp mustard seeds
2 green chillies finely chopped
Pinch of asafoetida (Hing)
Grated Coconut (optional)
Coriander leaves for garnishing.


Method:

  • In a bowl mix well Besan, curd, Salt & Water.(Batter not too thick or thin but creamy).
  • Pour the batter in vessel & keep stirring on low flame till besan cooks well & batter starts thickening. (Test it by spreading the pinch of batter on a flat surface if gets rolled well that means its done but if it sticks to the surface that means it needs to be cooked on the flame for some more time).
  • When the mixture is cooked well then immediately without letting it cool down spread the batter across the marble platform of the kitchen.
  • Spread it evenly into a very thin layer.
  • Now with the pizza cutter or knife start cutting into long stripes.
  • After finishing cutting start rolling the stripes in the proper khandvi roll type & place them on the plate.
  • On other hand start preparations for tempering, by heating the oil in a vessel & add mustard seeds & let them splutter & add asafoetida & green chillies.
  • Finally spread with the help of spoon the oil on every khandvi to ensure spices adds to every piece.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves & grated coconut.
Enjoy your khandvi either in a breakfast or as evening supper or as an delight to your Daawat :-)