Monday, February 6, 2012

Baby corn soup





Ingredients:


5-6 pieces of baby corn
1 medium size potatoes
2 tsp butter
Salt to taste
Pepper powder
1 cup milk

Method:



Pressure cook the baby corn with a mix of water and milk. Grind it along with boiled potatoes.

Heat butter, add mixture, salt and pepper to it. To make the soup thinner, add milk. Allow it to come to a boil.Serve hot with croutons of your choice
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Carrot Soup







Ingredients:


4 medium sized carrot cut into small pieces
1 small tomato
1/2 tsp red chilli sauce
2 tsp cornflour
Salt to taste
Pepper powder
2 tsp butter


Method:



Cook the carrot and tomato till tender. Cool and grind it to a fine paste.

Heat butter, add the carrot tomato paste into it. Add required water, salt, pepper, red chilli sauce and cook for a minute. Add cornflour paste and cook for another minute till slightly thick.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Beetroot Soup





Ingredients:


1 medium beetroot (grated)
2 small carrots (grated)
Salt to taste
2 tsp tomato ketchup
Pepper powder


Method:



Pressure cook the beets and carrots with less water. Cool and grind to a fine paste.

Heat it with some water, salt, pepper powder and tomato ketchup till it starts boiling.

Serve hot with toasted bread slices.
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Palak Soup




Ingredients:


1 medium bunch spinach leaves
2 tsp butter
2 cloves
2 cardamoms
1/2 tsp ginger paste
A bit of cinnamon
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt as per taste
Pepper powder
2 tsp corn flour

Method:

Sprinkle some water over spinach and cook for five minutes. Cool and grind it to a fine paste.

Heat butter and add cloves, ginger, cinnamon, cumin and cardamom and some water. Allow it to boil for five minutes and then strain the water. Mix this water, palak paste and cornflour paste and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper as per taste and serve hot with toasted bread pieces.

Healthy Palak  soup ready to serve
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Tomato Soup




Ingredients:


2 medium sized tomatoes
2 tbsp butter
1 piece of cinnamon
2 cloves
Pepper powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp soya sauce
2 tsp cornflour


Method:



Heat butter, add cinnamon and cloves. Then add chopped tomatoes and cook till soft. Cool and grind to fine paste removing cinnamon and cloves before grinding.

Heat the paste with about 1 1/2 cups of water and add salt, pepper powder, soya sauce and finally add cornflour paste (mix cornflour with little water).

Heat for five to ten minutes. Add fried bread pieces just before serving.

Hot and tasty tomato soup ready ... 

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup





Ingredients:


1 cup corn
3 cups water
1 tbsp Corn flour
Salt to taste
Bit of Sugar (optional)
Boiled peas and small pieces of carrot, coriander leaves (optional)
1/2 tsp Soya sauce
1/2 tsp chilli sauce


Method:


Cook the corn and keep some seperately. Grind the remaining corn with little peas.

In a pan, add water, grinded corn and corn flour and mix well on low flame.

Add the remaining ingredients and when the soup becomes thick. Now add the boiled peas, small pieces of carrot and the corn kept seperately. Garnish with very few coriander leaves and serve.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE RECIPE




Ingredients:

For the Base: 

 2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs (crushed)  ¼ cup Butter (melted)  1 tsp Vanilla Extract  ½ tsp Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini)  3 tbsp Cocoa  Nonstick Spray




For the Cheesecake Layer: 



  950 g Cream Cheese  1 cup Sugar  1 tsp Vanilla  ½ cup Sour Cream  4 Eggs  1½ cups mini Chocolate Chips





Method:
   
     Preheat the oven to 300°F.

Take graham crackers, along with butter, cinnamon, vanilla extract and cocoa in a bowl and mix well.

Spray nonstick spray in a springform pan and put in graham cracker crumb mixture. Press the mixture to make a base.

Beat cream cheese with an electric beater in a large bowl, until creamy.

Stir in sugar, vanilla extract and sour cream. Blend.

Mix in eggs one by one. Beat after each addition.

Add chocolate chips and mix well.

Transfer the mixture to the pan.

Bake in the preheated oven at 300°F for 75 minnutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.


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