Egg Pops

Doesn't it feels awesome, when husband comes from office and makes tea and some yummy treat for you???? I just love being so pampered!!!!

I was not feeling well, so he came early from office and made this creative and fun snack for us and yes our kiddo loved it too, she is a super fussy eater like any other toddler, but this was super fun for her too, so gulped 3 of them down in no time, happy happy me!!!

Egg Muffins (Christmas Giveaway Contest)

by Madhurima

Hello guyzz, after all those sweet encounters, now enters a savory Egg Muffins recipe to our ongoing event Christmas Giveaway Contest. This recipe is submitted by Madhurima, who is a renowned Home Chef from Kolkata and has been serving her customers the lip-smacking food and cakes since the year 2012. I being a great fan of eggs, just loved this recipe and feeling very delighted to post this for you guys.

Chilly Masala Paneer

by Rimple

Hello everyone, after that “Watermelon Twist” (You can find the recipe here)I tried this Chilly Paneer recipe with a little twist in the batter and it turned out to be quite yummy, try this out at your home and do let me know how it turned out to be. : )

Stylized Paneer (Cottage Cheese)Chilly

by Ishetta

I had some left over Paneer and wanted experiment it with something other than the regular stuff. This is where my creative cooking sense started tickling and I tried my hand on this different style of Paneer Chilly and thus the name, best served as a starter or side dish !!

Stylized Paneer Chilly !!!!!

Piiizzzzzaaaa (Thin Crust)

All of us have had many varieties of pizzas and have our own favourites among ‘em, like wise mine was gourmet pizza at dominos that too cheese burst :p but, before our Goa trip.. there I had this thin crust crispy pizza with aubergine slices at Magic Italy @ Palelom Beach Goa….it wass so dammmm gud.. but as you know can’t order this pizza netime I feel like, so tried it at home and came out realllyyyy guuudd…sharing the recipe with you so please try it and this quantity will make 3 medium pizza…

INGREDIENTS:-

For the Pizza Base:- Refined Flour(Maida): 2 Cups Dried Yeast: 2 Tsp20 Sugar: 2 Tsp Salt: to taste: Water: 3/4 Cup Refined Oil: 1/4 Cup

For the Topping:- Round Aubergine/Brinjal : 1/2 Small Sweet Corn: 1/2 Cup Capsicum: 1 Medium Tomato: 1 Medium Onion: 1 Medium Pickled Jalapenos: Few Slices Pizza Cheese*: to taste :) Pizza Sauce: 4-5 Tbsp Pizza Seasoning: 3-4 Tbsp

METHOD:-

• Heat water till lukewarm dissolve sugar, add yeast and keep it for 15-20 mins at a warm place.

• It should become frothy as shown in picture below other wise don’t use it.

• Add salt to the flour then slowly make soft dough using the yeast mixture add more water if required.
• Knead the dough very nicely for 10 mins applying refined oil in between.
• Keep the dough in a bowl and apply oil nicely on all sides so that it doesn’t dries up or stick to the bowl.

• Let it rest at a warm place for 1 1/2 hr and it will increase in size as shown in picture below.

• Punch it back to the original size and keep it again to rise for 1 hr.
• Meanwhile cut aubergine into slices apply salt and keep aside.
• Roughly chop all other veggies.
• Wash the aubergine slices and grill in a pan with li’l oil.
• Divided the dough into 3 equal parts and roll it into big circle applying dry flour.
• Apply sauce over it then put veggies, sprinkle pizza seasoning and salt if required, aubergine slices and grated cheese.

• Bake this in a pre-heated oven for 20 mins at 200 degree.
• Yummyyy thin crust pizza is readyy…

Note* If you want normal crust not thin crust then divide the dough into two equal parts and this quantity will thus make 2 Pizza.

Corn & Peas Pasta Salad

It happens to a super hit recipe in my family and most of the time I cook it just to see that glint in Vikas’s eyes when he eats this salad. Yeah its a salad but can be served as a full dress meal for lunch or dinner and this quantity will serve 2-3 people..

I had used Penne pasta but one can choose which ever he/she likes even spaghetti can be used for this dish.

 INGREDIENTS:-

Penne Pasta: 1 Cup Tomato: 5-6 Medium Mayonnaise: 3-4 Tbsp Capsicum: 1 Medium Oil: 2 Tbsp Garlic: 3 Cloves Onion: 1 Medium Salt: To Taste

Red Chilly Pwdr: To Taste Tomato Ketchup: 1 Tbsp Pizza Seasoning: 1 Tbsp Sugar: 1 Tbsp Olives: 3 Piece Frozen Sweet Corn: 1/3 Cup Frozen Peas: 1/3 Cup Water: 1/2 Cup + to boil

METHOD:-

• Boil Pasta in salted water till al-dante.
• Roast capsicum on gas till black marks appear on its skin and chop.
• Mix mayonnaise, capsicum, pasta and keep aside.
• Make slit on tomatoes skin and put it in boiling water for mins. then remove the skin.(I used 2 country tomatoes as they are more sour then the normal ones if you are using the normal ones  then add li’l vinegar to the sauce).
• Put tomatoes in a blender and make puree.
• Heat oil in a pan add chopped garlic sauté a bit and add onion cook for 3-4 mins.
• Add tomato puree, water, salt and red chilly powder and cook till sauce like consistency.
• Add tomato ketchup, pizza seasoning, sugar then check seasoning and adjust if required.

• Add peas, corn & olives to the sauce and cook till peas are soft. ( I used frozen peas if you are using fresh ones the add it before so that the are cooked properly).
• Add this sauce to pasta and keep in fridge once it reaches room temperature.
• Serve it cold.

Sending this for Legume Love Affair – 42

Vegetable & Cheese Sandwich: My Way :)

This a super quick recipe and very easy to make…. I am huuuggggeee fan of this s/w and one can find all the ingredients required in my fridge ne tym of the day… I know all of us have had veg n cheese s/w many times…. but please do try it the “My Way” and let me know if you also loved it the way i do… :)

INGREDIENTS:-

Bread Slices: 4 Tomato: 1 Small Capsicum: 1 Small Olives: 3 any Cheese Slice: 2

Pizza Topping: to spread Pizza Seasoning: 1 tbsp Salt: to taste Red chilly Powder: to taste

METHOD:-

• Chop tomato, capsicum and olive finely.
• Take two bread slices and put cheese slices over it, then spread the pizza topping.
• Put the chopped veggies over it and sprinkle pizza seasoning, salt &  red chilly powder.
• Cover it with another slice of bread.

• Apply butter on both the sides and grill it till crisp..
• Serve immediate hot as it will get soggy it kept for long…

Capsicum Rice

Hey everyone this is my first post for Blog Hop Wednesday and my partner for this week is Dhivya, there were many good options to choose from her blog and I must say its a very good job done by Dhivya… but because of my love for Capsicum I chose Capsicum Rice and it came out really very good and just to give a little twist to the original recipe I added some North Indian flavours to it and did not add Coconut… Hope you’ll like it Dhivya…  and a Special Thanks to Radhika for making everything happen…

INGREDIENTS:-

Rice: 1 Cup Capsicum: 4 Medium Onion: 2 Medium Tomato: 4 Medium Garlic: 4 Cloves Ginger: 1/2 inch Oil: 3 Tbsp

Black Pepper, Cloves & Star Anise: 2 piece each Salt: to taste Red Chilly Pwdr: to taste Coriander Pwdr: 2 Tbsp Cumin Seeds: 1/2 Tsp Asafoetida: a pinch Garam Masala Pwdr: 1/4 tsp

METHOD:-

• Soak rice for one hour then boil it adding 4 cups of water, salt and whole spices. Take care not to over cook it.
• Drain rice and spread it with fork and keep aside.
• Grind together onion, tomato, garlic and ginger to a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds & asafoetida when it crackles add paste and 1/2 cup water, then add salt, chilly pwdr, coriander pwdr & garam masala pwdr and cook till oil seperates and water evaporates.
• Add chopped capsicum and 1/2 cup water, cook again with lid till water evaporates and then add rice and mix very gently.
• Serve hot…