Indian Gooseberry Pickle

Pickles are the preserved food by anaerobic fermentation in brine or vinegar. These are generally salty or sour in taste. Pickles are made and eaten because people enjoy the resulting flavours. Pickling may also improve the nutritional value of food by introducing B vitamins produced by bacteria. Today I am going to tell you Indian Gooseberry Pickle recipe, which is yummy, mouth-watering and tempting. 

Ingredients: 

1.       Indian Gooseberry (Amla/ Nellikai) - 1/2 Kg 
2.       Salt – 4/5 Tbsp. 
3.       Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp.
4.       Sesame Oil - 4 Tbsp.
5.       Red Chilli Powder - 5 Tbsp.
6.       Asafoetida - 1 Tsp.
7.       Mustard Seeds - 1 Tbsp.
8.       Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig 

Instructions (Method):

Wash the gooseberries and dry them. Take the gooseberries in a glass bottle; add the salt and turmeric powder to them. Cover them for 2-3 days. Shake the bottle once or twice a day. The gooseberries thus absorb all the salt and result into soft. If you want to skip the above step and make instant Gooseberry Pickle, then boil the gooseberries with 1/2 cup of water with salt. Boil until the gooseberries become soft and then proceed. Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Turn off the switch and then add asafoetida and red chilli powder. Add this to the soft salted gooseberries and let the pickle absorb all the spices and flavours for atleast 3 days before enjoying.

Tasty Gooseberry Pickle is ready to serve with curd rice or any other dish. This will last in the refrigerator for 4-5 months. Store it, preserve it and enjoy it…..

Date and Cashewnut Cookies

It’s the matter of only 15 minutes and the delicious cookies full of taste and nutrition will get ready. A perfect iron-rich treat to start the week ensuring optimum brain functioning and development.

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 Cup Dates (Khajur), Deseeded And Chopped 

2. 1/2 Cup Soya Flour 

3. 1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour (Gehun Ka Atta) 

4. 1/2 Cup Butter 

5. 4 Tbsp. Sugar 

6. 3 Tbsp. Chopped Cashewnuts (Kaju) , Lightly Toasted 

7. 1 1/2 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder 

8. 1/4 Tsp. Butter For Greasing 

 Instructions (Method):

Combine the dates and 1 cup of water in a deep pan and boil it. Lower the flames and boil or cook it for another 10 minutes till the dates are fully mashed into a puree. Cool it. Afterwards, combine the soya flour, whole wheat flour, butter and sugar in a bowl using your fingertips till the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add the date purée, Cashewnuts and cocoa powder, mix well and knead it into semi-stiff dough. Cover the dough with a plastic film and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Roll out into a sheet of 6 mm. (¼") thickness and cut out cookies approx. 50 mm. (2") in diameter using a cookie cutter. Re-roll the scraps of dough to make more cookies and place them on a greased baking tray. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180º c (360º f) for 25 minutes or till the cookies are crisp and golden brown in colour. Cool and store in an air-tight container.

Thus yummy and nutrition enrich cookies are ready. Cool them completely and these will get ready to eat.

Delicious Cakes

Tempting desserts and cakes rests the daily hunger. Dessert recipes include a variety of Pies, Cakes, Frostings, Puddings, Dessert Sauces, Ice Creams, Cobblers and Many More. Desserts and cakes are the choice for meals at ceremonial occasions like weddings, birthdays and anniversaries parties. Let’s cook some delicious and mouth-watering cakes to enjoy your daily meal. Beginners, keep in mind that that baking is all about getting your measurements right.

Simple Sponge Cake:

Ingredients:
1. 2 Eggs
2. 100 Gms. Amul Butter
3. 1 Cup Flour
4. 1 Tsp. Baking Powder
5. ¾ Cup Castor Sugar
6. Few Drops of Vanilla Essence

Instructions (Method):

Sift the dry ingredients- Flour and Baking Powder. Take out the butter of fridge and keep it for atleast 30 minutes till it starts melting at room temperature. Afterwards, mix the butter with sugar. Gently beat the eggs and add the sugar-butter mixture. Add dry ingredients to the egg mixture and fold in along with the vanilla essence. Pour the dough into a greased pan. Before that, preheat the oven to 180 degree centigrade and bake the cake for atleast 30 to 35 minutes. After your cake is baked allow it to get cool. After it gets proper cooled slice, serve and enjoy the yummy cake.

Chocolate Cake:

Ingredients:
1. 2 Eggs
2. 100 Gms. Amul Butter
3. 1 Cup Flour
4. 1 Tsp. Baking Powder
5. ¾ Cup Castor Sugar
6. Few Drops of Vanilla Essence
7. 2 Tbsp. Drinking Chocolate Powder

Instructions (Method):

Sift the dry ingredients that are Flour, Baking Powder and Chocolate Powder. Take out the butter of fridge and keep it for atleast 30 minutes till it starts melting at room temperature. Afterwards, mix the butter with sugar. Gently beat the eggs and add the sugar-butter mixture. Add dry ingredients to the egg mixture and fold in along with the vanilla essence. Pour the dough into a greased pan. Before that, preheat the oven to 180 degree centigrade and bake the cake for atleast 30 to 35 minutes. After your cake is baked allow it to get cool. After it gets proper cooled slice, serve and enjoy the yummy cake. You can do icing to decorate the cake.

Carrot Onion Tomato Soup

Healthy eating and diet are because of varieties in food but also due to the yummy flavour being added to them or say due to sizzling and spicy cooking recipes that arouses mouth-watering feeling. Cooking recipes become interesting about food and eating when it has oomph into it while cooking. From Chinese, Italian, Mexican to Thai, continental foods are in demand and are preferred the most. Getting all your favourite recipes at one place will be very helpful and hence we are coming out with plenty of recipes which could help you for several reasons.

Let’s start with Soupy Sour Soups, which are compulsorily needed in winters and you can also enjoy in summers. Soups are healthy and diet rich in proteins and vitamins. There are different types of soups like, Tomato soup, Sweet corn soup, Apple and Roasted Cauliflower soup and many more. We are providing you the recipe of Carrot-Onion-Tomato Soup, with all the list of ingredients and instructions.

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 Cup Chopped Carrots
2. 1 Onion Chopped
3. 1 Tsp. Turmeric
4. 1 Tsp. Chilli Powder
5. 1/2 Cup Chopped Tomatoes
6. 1 Tsp. Lime Juice
7. Coriander Leaves for Garnishing
8. Salt and Pepper to Taste

Recipe (Instructions):

Put oil in pressure cooker under medium heat. Add chopped onions and cook, stirring, until softened for 4 minutes. Stir in turmeric and chilli powder and then cook and stirring for 1 minute longer. Add chopped carrots and tomatoes and 4 cups of water and boil it. Close the lid and let it whistle twice. Later allow it to cool. Blend carrots, onions and tomatoes and run the paste through a strainer to discard tomato seeds. Put it in a saucepan and heat over medium flame, stirring until it boils and add water if it is too thick. Stir in lime juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then ladle into bowls and garnish with coriander leaves.

Hence we came across the recipe of yummy and moth watering soup. Implement it and enjoy!!!

Fast food-a perk to your diet

If you love having fast food and you hear someone speaking about it, your belly forces you to curb hunger as soon as possible. The globally changing nature of working environments and lifestyles are creating a need for people to eat inexpensive meals, away from their homes. So in this fast growing environment where people cannot spare time for cooking their meals, Fast food is the only choice they are left out to curb their hunger. The variety of fast food is available in the market that you can find around your work place on almost every corner of the street. It’s cheap, saves time and available almost any part of the day.

Fast Food lovers are always in search of the most convenient and fast way to place order for their meals. Whether it’s branded takeaways or any outlets around the city, home delivery is the most preferred option.

If a your friends had planned for a party at your place all of sudden or are standing at your doorstep already and you are not at all prepared, or you want to try something different out of your daily diet, especially when there is chilling cold outside then anyone would love to keep warm and cosy back in their couch, then in situations like these the only and the most preferable option is home delivery option to order your favourite and mouth-watering dishes. Pizza, burger, French fries etc. are amongst popular fast food items that could be found on any fast food court or restaurant around city.

The concept of fast food is useful, especially for the professionals in the commercial segments as they have to work till late nights. For such people, late night pizza delivery concept works at its best. Various fast food brands offer you with a variety fast food collaborated with discounts on it. You can easily get the discount vouchers on the deals and meals as it could save you lot of money.

Nowadays, almost all food companies gives there services 24 by 7 with special offers and discount. You just need to find out these discount coupons to save money. There are thousands of online resources offering you with the coupons, but I need to suggest you to go only for the reputed and well known resources so that you get a valid and updated coupon. Also keep yourself updated regarding various online deals offered at cheapest price by comparing other deals online.

Fast foods are extremely delighting and thus add flavour to your lives enjoying and savouring them. But, before adding any dish to your cart you have to be cautious about its ingredients. Because having anything just for the sake of taste could lead to some health related problems as well. So selecting any random dish and ordering without its ingredients could lead to illness.

Eat healthy and nutritious meals, as there are some fast foods (like Grilled Chicken Sandwich and Fruit Cup, A medium strawberry smoothie) which are healthy and nutritious and could be eaten on a regular basis.