Ice cream with fruit salad..

Who doesnt like to have desserts???No meal is complete until u finish it with dessert,here's an interesting and easy dessert recipe.Hope u all enjoy it..here's the recipe...:)

Ingredients

2 scoops of vanilla icecream

2 tbsp papaya cut into small pieces

2-3 strawberry

2-3 blue berry
3tbsp banana cut into small pieces

3tbsp mango

3-4 cherries

2tbsp green apple cut into small pieces

2tbsp red apple cut into small pieces

2tbsp powdered sugar

2tbsp balsamic vinegar

3tbsp honey

Some nuts (optional)

Mehod:

1.In a bowl mix all the fruits together.

2.In  another bowl take sugar,vinegar and 1tbsp of honey, mix well.

3.Now pour this dressing over the fruits and mix well. Your fruit salad is ready.

4.For the dessert in a serving bowl put some fruit salad, now put one scoop of vanilla icecream over it, again put some fruits over the icecream and again top it with vanilla icecream.

5.Finally, decorate with fruit sald and pour honey over it.

Yummy dessert is ready to eat...enjoy..:))

Balsamic vinegar brings out the juices of the fruits.You can use fruits and icecream as per your taste, but the above recipe also tastes well. Do try it.

Snacky idli

Have you ever tasted snacky Idli??Well here's a very interesting recipe for instant snacky Idli, a perfect evening snack.I am sure you are gonna love it...here's the recipe...

Ingredients

1 cup sooji

1/3 cup curd

1½ cup warm water

½tbsp baking powder

salt as per taste

1 bell pepper

2onions

1 tomato

1carrot

½cup chopped cabbage

½cup boiled corn kernnels

1 tbsp chilli sauce

1tbsp soya sauce

3tbsp tomato ketchup

4tbspolive oil

1-2 dried red chillies

1tbsp mustard seeds

6-7 curry leaves

Method

1.Cut onion,carrot, bell pepper and cabbage into long strips.

2.Mix sooji,curd, half tbsp salt and water to make a smooth batter, make sure no lumps remain.

3.Allow the mixture to stand for half an hour.Now add baking powder mix well and steam the idlis.After idlis are well cooked cut them into small pieces.

4.In a pan heat the olive oil. Add dried red chillies, mustard seeds and curry leaves, wait till mustard seeds crackle.

5.Now add onions and saute them till they turn pink, now add corn and rest of the vegges and saute them.

6.After they are done add tomatoes,chilli sauce,soya sauce and tomato ketchup.Mix well and simmer the gas stove and keep it covered for 2-3 minutes.

7.Now add the idlis and mix well and again keep it covered for 2-3 mins, keeping the gas on simmer.

8.Switch off the gas and serve hot.

Yummy sancky Idli is ready to eat..

Corn chat

Well if you are getting bored at home and you nothing important to do, try this interesting corn chat recipe.This is perfect treat to your tastebuds, and this can be made with simple ingredients always present at home. So, here's the recipe....

Ingredients

2 cups of boiled corn kernells

1 onion

1 tomato

1 boiled potato

1 packet of kurkure

1-2 green chillies

juice of 1 lemon

coriander for garnishing

salt as per taste

1 ice cream cone 

Yummy corn chat..

Method

1.In a bowl, mix boiled corn kernells,chopped onion,tomato,boiled potato cut into small pieces and green chilli.

2.Now add salt and lemon juice and mix properly.

3.Garnish with choppped coriander leaves and kurkure.

4.Serve in an ice cream cone.

Your tasty corn chat is ready to eat:))

Choco treat

This is an easy yet interesting recipe.Chocolate lovers are surely gonna love this too.So here's the recipe...

Ingredients

A pack of chcolate custard

5oo gm milk

4 tbsp sugar

2tbsp cocoa powder

choco chips

10-12 roasted almonds

chcolate flavoured wafers

Method

1.In 1/2 cup milk add 4 tbsp custard powder and 2 tbsp cocoa powder, mix well to form a smooth paste, no lumps should remain.

2.In  a saucepan heat rest of the milk with 4 tbsp of sugar, as the milk begins to boil add the paste, stirring continuously.Switch off the gas stove and allow custard to cool in a refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

3.To serve, take a glass, on the base of the glass put some choco chips and roasted almonds,now pour the chilled custard over it. Repeat the process once again.

4.Decorate the custard with more choco chips, almonds and chocolate flavoured wafers.

Your yummy dessert is ready to eat. enjoy:))

Coconut chutney

Ingredients 

1 cup grated fresh coconut or dried coconut(soaked for 4-5 hours)

2 tbsp roasted chana dal

1/3 cup yogurt

salt as per taste

1 tbsp mustard seeds

5-6 curry leaves

1-2 dried red chillies

2 tbsp oil or ghee

Method :

1.In a mixer, grind yogurt,chana dal, grated coconut, to make a smooth paste.

2.Now add salt per taste and mix properly.

3.For the tempering, in a saucepan heat 2 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies.When the mustard seeds begin to crackle, tempering is ready.Add to the chutney and mix well.

 Tasty coconut chutney is ready to eat.Serve with Dosa, Idli or any other dish.

Balanced Diet

Have you ever wondered what is a blanced diet??
We often hear people say a balanced diet is a must for an individual,so what exactly is a balanced diet??


Nowadays, there are many health problems that people are experiencing, which are arising due to several reasons. For most of the problems, the correct and only solution is a balanced diet. A diet which contains all the nutrients e.g. energy, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates etc.  required by an individual for the proper maintenance of health and optimum growth is termed as a 'balanced diet'.Eating a nutritionally balanced diet helps control weight and reduce risk for developing chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity or kidney disorders.If the body is getting all the essential nutrients regularly, it will certainly be fit.A balanced diet not only keeps us physically fit, but it all keeps us mentally sound.It keeps us mentally active,contributing to overall fitness.
Many dieters believe that by severely restricting their daily caloric intake or by eliminating a certain food group, such as carbohydrates, that they will lose weight quickly.Infact this is the biggest misconception.

Some interesting facts about food!!

Well here are some interesting and amusing facts about our food.Did you know that:


1.Onions are natural antibiotics They might make your breath pong but onions contain allicin, a powerful antibiotic that also protects the circulatory system.
2.The colour of a chilli is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.
3.Apples, onions, and potatoes all have the same taste? Try the test: Pinch your nose and take a bite out of each.

4.Traditional Indian food has only ONE main course. Instead of a number of courses, food is based around a single main dish (rice or bread) served with a collection of savory side dishes. 

5.Pear is a fruit that ripens from the inside out. 

6.It takes 12 honeybees to produce one tablespoon of honey.

7.The potato was the first vegetable to be successfully grown in space.

8.There are 1,200 varieties of watermelon.

9.Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation.

10.A can of cola contains 10 teaspoons of sugar.

Jelly delight

Well this dessert is very easy to make and takes only few minutes.Do try this simple yet refreshing recipe:)


Ingredients
4 scoops vanilla ice-cream
a pack of strawberry jelly premix
2 tbsp rooh-afza

Method
1.Set the Jelly as per instructions on the pack.
2.Now take a conical shaped glass and fill it one fourth with the set jelly, top it with 2 scoops of icecream.
3.Repeat the above process.
4.In the end put 2 tbsp of rooh-afza over it.Your yummy dessert is ready to eat.


One can use any flavour of jelly and ice-cream as per their taste.Try using Black current flavour for jelly and strawberry flavour for ice-cream that too tastes equaly good:))

Hot Chocolate Fudge

Well this is my favourite dessert, and when I tried the recipe my family loved it too, so here's the recipe,I am sure you will love it too :))

Ingredients 

4 Scoups Vanilla ice-cream

10-12 Roasted Peanuts or Almonds

1½ cups of Milk

30gm Butter

4tbsp Sugar

4tbsp Cocoa Powder

2tbsp Cream

1½tbsp Cornflour

1½tbsp Vanilla essence

Mehod :

For the chocolate sauce

1. Mix together the milk, sugar, cocoa powder and cornflour until a smooth paste has formed, make sure no lumps remain.
2. Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and heat over a medium heat until the mixture begins to boil.
3. Reduce the heat and allow it to simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Remove the pan from the stove and add the butter. Stir the butter until it melts and blends into the sauce mixture.
5. Finally, add the vanilla essence and the cream and stir well. Chocolate sauce is ready.

For the Hot Chocolate Fudge, now take a conical glass and pour in the the hot chocolate sauce, top it with two scoops of vanilla ice-cream again pour in some sauce over it, top it with roasted peanuts or almonds.

Again pour in some sauce over it add two more scoops and some more sauce over it, sprinkle the nuts over it.Your Hot Chocolate fudge is ready....enjoy the chcolate treat...believe me its yum :)

vegan chocolate cake

In our country many people don't eat eggs, so here's a recipe for eggless chocolate cake....enjoy:)


Ingredients
1 1/3 cups Maida
1 cup powdered Sugar
1 cup cold water
1/2 cup Refined Oil
3 tbsp. Cocoa Powder
1 tps. Baking Powder
1 tbps. vinegar
1 tsp. Vanilla Essence
Dry fruits for decoration


Method:
1.Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
2.Now mix all wet ingredients in another bowl.
3.Now fold in the wet ingredients with the dry ones, make sure no lumps are there.
4.Grease the baking dish properly and pour in the cake batter.
5.Cook for about 6-7 minutes on high temperature in a microwave.


Your yummy eglgess chocolate cake is ready to eat.
To serve put some chocolate sauce over it and garnish with walnuts(optional).

P.S. chocolate cake tastes awesome with vanilla ice-cream...do try it:)