Category Archives: Cooking News

Mushroom salad

Ingredients: 100 gm mushroom 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup cabbage (chopped) 1 tablespoon salad oil 1 cup moong sprout Salt to taste 1 cup carrot (grated) ½ teaspoon pepper Method: Cut mushrooms into 4 pieces and boil for 3-4 minutes in salted water. Mix all the ingredients. Chill and serve.

Eggless cake

Ingredients: ½ cup margarine, ½ cup flour, ½ cup condensed milk, ½ teaspoon baking powder, vanilla essence. Method: Sift maida (flour) and baking powder. Rub in margarine for 2 minutes. Blend condensed milk and vanilla with the maida mixture till the mixture is soft and fluffy. Pour in a greased dish and bake for 25-30…

Tomato pasta

Ingredients: 2 cups tomatoes, 2 cups cooked pasta, 1 cups white sauce, ½ cup cheese (grated), salt, ½ cup chilli sauce, breadcrumbs Method: Blanch tomatoes, peel and chop. Boil a pan of water. Add pasta, salt and a few drops of oil. Boil and cook till it is half done. Drain and keep aside. Mix…

The Chinese Wada pav

Ingredients; 2 boiled potatoes, 2 unsweetened buns (pav), 3- 4 tablespoon besan flour, salt to taste, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, oil for frying, 1 cup thin rice noodles(boiled and drained) , 2 lemon leaves, 1 tablespoon red chilli paste. Method: peel and mash the potatoes. Mix in the salt and the masalas, and mix will….

Fish fingers

Ingredients: 500 gm boneless fish (cut into fingers , 1 tablespoon turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, 1 tablespoon cornflour, ½ cup breadcrumbs, oil for frying the fingers , salt to taste. Method: Rub salt, turmeric powder and ginger-garlic paste on the fish fingers and keep aside for 10 minutes. Mix the cornflour in…

CALIFORNIA PRUNE CAKE

Ingredients: 200 gm California prunes , 250 gm butter, 250 gm sugar, 4 eggs, 250 gm flour, 3 gm baking powder, 1 lemon rind(grated) , 50 gm icing sugar. Method: Soften and whisk the butter until it is creamy. Add sugar and whisk again for a few minutes. Add eggs one at a time beating…

Vegetarian canapés:

Ingredients: 6-7 rusk biscuits, 6-7 cheese slices, 50 gm mushroom, 1 large capsicum, 1 tablespoon flour, ½ cup milk, 1 teaspoon pepper (freshly ground) 1 tablespoon butter , 1 tablespoon oil, salt to taste. For garnishing ; chopped parsley or mint leaves(optional) Method: Chop the mushrooms and the capsicums into very tiny pieces. Mix the…

Chinese bread circles

Ingredients; 7 – 8 slices bread, 1 cup noodles (cooked) , 3-4 potatoes (boiled), 1 teaspoon sesame seeds (roasted) , ½ teaspoon ajino moto , 1 teaspoon soya sauce, ½ teaspoon vinegar, 2 tablespoon oil , oil for frying. Method: Discard the sides of the bread and cut one circle from each bread slice with…

Italian twisters

Ingredients: 1¼ cups flour, 1 tablespoon butter, ½ teaspoon sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, 1½ teaspoon dry yeast (instant), ¼ cup warm milk, 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs, 1 tablespoon grated cheese. Method: Mix the flour, butter, sugar, salt , yeast, mixed herbs and cheese. Add the warm milk and prepare a soft dough. Take small…

Sweet canapés

Ingredients: 100 gm of flour, 2 pinches of salt, 2 teaspoon of sugar powder, 1 tablespoon of ghee For the filling: 1 cup of cooked rice, ½ cup of sugar syrup, 3-4 saffron strands soaked in 1 tablespoon of lukewarm milk, cherries for garnishing. Method: Sift together the flour, salt and sugar powder. Mix in…