Potato Souffle

Souffle is a egg based dish, very light, heavy and palatable.

Potato Souffle is very easy to bake and I have used cooker for baking it.

Lets start with the steps:

Ingredients for Potato Souffle:

• Potatoes - 4, medium sized
• Egg - 2
• Cheese - 1 bowl, grated
• Coriander leaves - 1 bowl, chopped
• Salt
• Oregano
• Chilli flakes
• Bread crumbs
• Butter
• Onions - 1, chopped
• Garlic - 3 cloves, chopped
• Ginger - 1/2 inch, chopped
• Black pepper powder

Let's follow the steps:

• Boil the potatoes and mash it.
• Take a pan, add butter and saute garlic, ginger and onions.
• Add sauteed ginger, garlic, onions, and coriander leaves to the mashed potatoes.
• Sprinkle salt, chilli flakes, black pepper powder, and oregano.
• Also, add grated cheese. Mix well.
• Now separate egg yolk and white and put egg yolks to the mashed potatoes.
• Mix all the ingredients well.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and foamy.
• Add the beaten egg whites to the mashed potatoes and again with the help of a spatula mix it slowly.
• Take a baking bowl, grease it with butter and sprinkle bread crumbs to every corner of the bowl.
• Now pour the mixture in the bowl.
• In a pressure cooker, put salt - 1 cup and place a stand inside the cooker.
• Heat the cooker for 5 minutes and then place the bowl on the stand.
• Cover it with the lid. (Do not use whistle.)
• Bake it for 25 - 30 minutes at low flame.
• Once it gets golden brown color, let it cool down and take it out of the bowl with the help of a knife.

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2 in 1 Phirni

Phirni is a rice pudding, very creamy, chilled and delicious.

Phirni is loved by almost everybody in India. 

2 in 1 Phirni consists of two types of Phirni in one bowl. Lets start with this recipe, to cook a lovely Phirni.

Ingredients for 2 in 1 Phirni:

• Rice - 2 cups
• Milk - 1 Litre
• Condensed Milk - 2 cups
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
• Almonds, sliced
• Cashew nuts, sliced
• Palm jaggery - 100 gms
• Earthen pots, to serve

Let's follow the steps:

• Soak the rice for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Drain out water and crush the rice in a grinder. (coarse paste of rice)
• Take a deep sauce-pans. Pour 500 ml milk in the pan and boil it.
• Stir occasionally.
• Add half of coarse rice paste and sliced almonds. Keep stirring the milk.
• Cook for 5 - 10 minutes.
• Once the rice gets boiled, add condensed milk and mix well.
• Lastly, add cardamom powder and mix well till milk thickens and gets creamy. 
• Bring it down and let it cool.

• Take another sauce-pan, pour 500 ml of milk.
• Bring it to a boil and stir occasionally.
• After 5 minutes, add half cup of coarse rice paste and keep stirring the milk.
• Cook for 5 - 10 minutes.
• Once the rice gets boiled, add palm jaggery and mix well till it gets melted.
• If required, add more jaggery as per taste.
• Cook the Phirni till it gets creamy and thick.
• Let it cool.

• Now take earthen pots, pour half Phirni of condensed milk and on other half pour Phirni of Palm Jaggery.
• Garnish it with Cashew nuts and refrigerate it.

Serve chilled Phirni.

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Imli Ki Chutney (Tamarind Sauce)

Tamarind Sauce/Imli ki Chutney is a combination of two dominant tastes - sweet and sour.

In India, Imli ki chutney is widely used in different snacks. I used it for my Basket Chaat.

Though you can buy it ready-made from the market, but it is always better to make it at your home fresh and hygienic. You can also store it for month in a glass container and refrigerate it.

Lets start with the steps:

Ingredients for Imli ki Chutney:

• Tamarind - 50 gm
• Jaggery - 100 gm
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds - 2 tbsp
• Anise powder (Saunf) - 1 tbsp
• Salt, as per taste
• Water

Let's follow the steps:

• Wash the tamarind with hot water.
• Mash and soak the tamarind in 1 glass of fresh water for overnight.
• Next day strain out the tamarind remains including seeds from the pulp.
• Now take a deep pan, pour the pulp and keep it on medium flame.
• Add 1/2 glass of water. Let it boil.
• On the other hand, in a flat pan, fry cumin seeds without oil.
• Slightly crush the cumin seeds.
• Once tamarind pulp gets boiled, add anise powder, cumin seeds and salt.
• After 2 minutes, add pieces of jaggery and mix well.
• Add sugar and mix well. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Check for the sweetness. If required, add more jaggery or sugar.
• If you want a thick sauce, keep it boiling. Else, for a thin consistency switch off the flame.
• Once the sauce/chutney is sweet and thick, bring it down from the flame. 
• Let it cool.

You can use this chutney later and store it in refrigerator.

Bun Trove

Bun Trove is yummy and will fill your mouth with different flavours.

Ingredients for Bun Trove:

• Small buns/ Pav - 6 pieces
• Butter
• Cheese, grated
• Spring onions, chopped

For Chicken filling:

• Boneless Chicken - 100 gm, minced
• Capsicum - 1, chopped
• Onion - 1, chopped
• Ginger paste - 1.5 tsp
• Garlic paste - 1.5 tsp
• Chilli flakes - 1 tsp
• Oregano - 1 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
• Oil
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Salt, as per taste
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp

For Soya chunks filling:

• Soya chunks - 1 cup
• Capsicum - 1, chopped
• Onion - 1, chopped 
• Ginger paste - 1.5 tsp
• Garlic paste - 1.5 tsp
• Chilli flakes - 1 tsp
• Oregano - 1 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
• Oil
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Salt, as per taste
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
• Water - 3 tbsp

Let's follow the steps:

• Take the buns and cut the top portion of the bun.
• Scoop the centre of the lower part of bun and make empty space in the centre with a knife (as shown in picture).
• Now start making the filling, take a pan and heat oil.
• Add ginger garlic paste, onions and capsicum. Fry till soft.
• Add chicken and cook well.
• Sprinkle salt, chilli flakes, cumin powder, tomato sauce and oregano.
• Put butter and mix well.
• Cover it with a lid. Let it cook for 2 minutes till soft.
• Once done, take it off the flame.

• Similarly, cook the soya chunks filling.
• Then, stuff the filling in the centre of the buns and top it with grated cheese.
• Take a toothpick, put it in the upper half of the bun and cover it from the top (as shown in the picture).
• Repeat the steps for all the bun.
• Brush butter on the buns.
• Bake the buns at 180°C for 15 - 20 minutes till crisped.

Enjoy hot and delicious!!

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Veg Sandwich

Sandwich is one of the easiest and light breakfast or snacks.

Goodness of vegetables yet tasty and light. Let's begin with the steps:

Ingredients for Veg Sandwich:

• Cucumber - 2, slices
• Capsicum - 1, slices
• Onions - 2, sliced
• Tomatoes - 2, slices
• Potatoes - 2, boiled
• Chilli flakes
• Salt
• Cheese cubes, grated
• Brown bread - 1 pack
• Butter
• Black pepper powder
• Salt, as per taste

Let's follow the steps:

• Take boiled potatoes, add chilli flakes, salt and black pepper powder and mash the potatoes.
• Keep aside the mashed potatoes.
• Now take bread slice and spread the butter.
• Place onions, cucumber slices, tomato slices, capsicum slices and mashed potatoes.
• Put grated cheese.
• Top it with another slice of bread.
• Grill the sandwich with butter.

Enjoy your sandwich!! 

Orange & Watermelon Popsicle

Popsicle is the most craving dish in this hot summers.

The good thing about my Popsicle - it is full of nutrition, as it contains fresh fruit juices.

Healthy + Tasty + Icy = Popsicle

Let's begin with the steps:

Ingredients for Orange & Watermelon Popsicle:

• Watermelon - 1 cup, cubes
• Orange - 1 cup
• Caster sugar - 1 cup
• Small glass
• Skewer sticks

Let's follow the steps:

• Remove watermelon seeds and put the water melon cubes in a mixer or juicer and make juice.
• Strain the water melon juice and keep it aside.
• Similarly, remove seeds from orange and make orange juice.
• Strain the orange juice and pour it in a glass.
• As required, add sugar as per taste and stir well.
• Now take a small glass and hold it tilted/slantly and pour watermelon juice.
• Place it in a ice tray in the same position (tilted) and freeze it.
• After  1 hour, push a skewer stick (or you can use toothpick) in the centre of the glass.
• After 1 hour, once watermelon juice is nicely freezed, pour the orange juice and now place the glass normally.
• Let it freeze for few more hours.
• Take the glass out and after 5 minutes pull the Popsicle out.

  

Your Popsicle is Ready!!

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