Rich Chocolate Fudge Brownies - Aug 2011

Rich Chocolate Fudge Brownies - Aug 2011

Rich Chocolate Fudge Brownies - Aug 2011 Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• Twix

Rich Chocolate Fudge Brownies - Aug 2011 Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In 3-quart saucepan over very low heat, melt butter or margarine and chocolate, stirring the mixture constantly. Remove from heat, and stir the sugar into the chocolate. Allow the mixture to cool slightly. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each, then stir in the vanilla.
3. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the walnuts and also add pieces of Twix chocolate for more chocolaty feeling. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
4. Bake in oven 30 to 35 minutes. Brownies are done when toothpick inserted into center come out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.
5. Serve hot with Vanilla scoop and get indulged in rich chocolicious pleasure!
    
    

Desi Murgh Chaney Aug (2011)

Desi Murgh Chaney Aug (2011)

Desi Murgh Chaney Aug (2011) Murgh Chaney is purely desi Lahori nashta (breakfast) served with naan, individuals of all genre love to eat. Following the recipe given here you can make this tempting desi meal at home.

Desi Murgh Chaney Aug (2011) Ingredients:

• 4 chicken pieces
• 500 gms chickpeas
• 2 medium onions
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 inch ginger piece
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 green chilli
• 2 tbsp yoghurt
• 10 cloves
• 2 cardamom pods
• 12 peppercorns
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 petals of star anise
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1/4 tsp tumeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp hing
• 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste
• 2 boiled eggs (optional)

Desi Murgh Chaney Aug (2011) Method:

1. Marinate chicken with yoghurt, ginger-garlic paste, 1/8th tsp of turmeric powder and salt. Cover and keep aside for about 15 minutes.
2. Slice 1 onion and the 1 fresh ginger and keep aside.
3. Heat ghee in a frying pan. Add 5 cloves, 6 peppercorns, 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 cardamom pods and the star anise petals. When these spices become dark add the sliced onions and ginger.
4. Fry these spices till onions become slightly brown. Add the cumin seeds, fennel seeds and the coriander seeds and mix well.
5. Remove from heat and let it cool. When this mix cools down, add the remaining turmeric powder, red chilli powder and grind to a fine paste.
6. Slice the other onion, tomatoes and green chilli. Keep aside.
7. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in cooking pot. Add the remaining whole spices. When they become dark add the green chilli, hing and onions.
8. When onions become translucent, add the tomatoes. Cover and cook on medium flame for a couple of minutes.
9. Add the marinated chicken and cook on medium flame.
10. When this spice is ready add it to the chicken and mix well. Add cooked chickpeas. Cover and cook.
11. Once the chicken is cooked check the salt
12. Add bolied eggs and garnish with coriander leaves
13. Serve hot with naans.

Banana Biscuit Sweet (Temptation) - 2011

Banana Biscuit Sweet (Temptation) - 2011

Banana Biscuit Sweet (Temptation) - 2011 Ingredients:

• 2 packets of biscuit (Tiger, Marie or Super)
• Butter
• Condense Milk
• Bananas
• Thickened Cream, whipped
• Grated dark chocolate to garnish

Banana Biscuit Sweet (Temptation) - 2011 Method:

1. Place the biscuits in a food processor and pulse to make crumbs.
2. Heat a teaspoon of butter in fry pan and add biscuit crumbs.
3. Make a layer of biscuit crumbs in a bowl and top it with a tablespoon of condense milk
4. Cut 5 or 6 bananas in slice and arrange them in a layer on condense milk
5. Lastly, top it all with thick whipped cream and sprinkle grated dark chocolate
6. Chill it for an hour and enjoy this deliciously yummy banana biscuit sweet temptation with family.

Mango Crisp (2011)

Mango Crisp (2011)

Mango Crisp (2011) Mango crisp feasts taste buds with juicy mango and crispy chunks together. This recipe is easy to make at home within minutes.

Mango Crisp (2011) Ingredients:

• 5 cups ripe mangoes
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup flour

Mango Crisp (2011) Method:

1. Peel and slice mangoes
2. Add 1 teaspoon of the nutmeg, the cinnamon, and lemon juice in sliced mangoes
3. Place the mixture in a buttered glass baking dish of 10 x 6 x 2 inch
4. Set aside
5. Now blend butter and brown sugar in a smooth mixture
6. Put the flour and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in butter mixture
7. Mix until crumbly
8. Sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over mango slices
9. Cook in microwave oven for 9-11 minutes on high power, rotate dish after 5 minutes
10. Serve warm or cold, with whipped topping or ice cream.

Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011)

 Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011)

Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011) Ingredients:

• 1 tablesp. olive oil
• 1 potatoes, cut into small dice
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 Quality Assured eggs, whisked in a large bowl
• A little salt and black pepper

Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011) Spicy Tomato Salsa 

• 2 well-flavored tomatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 fresh chilli, diced
• 1 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablesp. basil or coriander, chopped
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Garlic wine vinegar
• Half tspn. sugar
• 1 tablesp. olive oil
• A little salt and black pepper

Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011) Method:

Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011) Spanish Omelette
Lightly oil a large non-stick pan. Add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Add the onions and continue cooking for another 4-5 minutes. Add the mixture to the eggs, season and mix well together.
Reheat the pan again with a little oil. Add the egg mixture. Cook until the underside is set. Put a large plate on top of the pan and turn the Omelette onto it. Then slide it back into the pan and cook the other side.
Spanish Omelette with Spicy Tomato Salsa (2011) Tomato Salsa
Add a tablespoon of olive oil in pan, add peeled and diced tomatoes, add a little water and cook on very low flame, after 4 to 5 minutes, when tomatoes will become tender, mash them and chopped garlic, onions and green chilli. Cook it again for 2 minutes on very low flame.

Add garlic wine vinegar, basil leaves (crushed) salt and sugar, sprinkle lemon juice. Add black pepper. Mix them well and serve with Spanish Omelette, Lays chips and bread slice for nutritious and yummy breakfast.

Bengan Ka Raita - 2011

Bengan Ka Raita - 2011

Bengan Ka Raita - 2011 Bengan ka raita (brinjal raita) is one of the tempting dishes served in summer. This cold and fresh raita is served as a side dish but imparts great taste to meal.

Bengan Ka Raita - 2011 Ingredients:

• 3 Brinjals
• 1 cup fresh yoghurt
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 clove Garlic (crushed)
• 2 green chillies
• 2 tsp Oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• Coriander and mint leaves for garnish

Bengan Ka Raita - 2011 Method:

1. Smoke whole brinjal on fire or cook for two minutes in oven
2. Peel off the burnt skin and take out pulp using a spoon
3. Slightly ground the brinjal pulp in hand mortar
4. Beat the yoghurt in a bowl.
5. Add crushed garlic, all spices and brinjal pulp in yoghurt.
6. Make a combined sauce of green chillies, coriander and mint leaves and add it to the yoghurt also.
7. Add chopped onion and tomato to the yoghurt as well
8. Prepare a seasoning of oil and cumin seeds
9. Just before serving add the seasoning to the yoghurt
10.  Garnish with some coriander leaves.
11. Serve with rice or chapatis.

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011)

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011)

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011) These crunchy onion rings served hot with ketchup and tea will make you tea time go hurray!

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011)

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011)  Ingredients:

• 4 Big size onions
• 1 ½ cup flour
• Black pepper to taste
• Eggs 1-2
• Salt
• Water

Crunchy Onion Rings Aug - (2011)  Method:

1. Cut onions in ring shape.
2. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, black pepper.
3. Whisk some water and egg together.
4. Add the egg to the flour mixture and make a thick batter adding little water slowly.
5. Dip onion rings in batter and deep fry till golden brown.
6. Serve hot with ketchup.

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011)

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011)

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011) Dahi Phulkian is a very refreshing and light meal for lunch and dinner. It serves as side dish in place of raita.

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011) Ingredients:

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011) For Dahi Phulki:

Dahi Phulkiyan (2011)

• 1 cup Gram flour or moong lentil flour 1 cup
• ½ tsp Soda by carbonate
• ½ cup water
• Salt as required
• Red crushed chilli
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 green chillies
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 pinch garam masala powder
• 1 pinch chat masala powder
• For dahi phulki tempering:
• 10 Whole red chilli
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds
• For yoghurt sauce:
• 3 cups yoghurt
• ½ bunch of coriander leaves
• ½ bunch of mint leaves
• 2 green chillies
• Oil for frying 

• Dahi Phulkiyan (2011) Method:

• First strain yoghurt through a muslin cloth so it gets blended
• Make yoghurt sauce grinding all the three ingredients
• Add this green sauce in yoghurt and mix well
• Add some water to liquefy yoghurt to some extent (as phulkiyan absorb lot of water to get soft)
• Add salt in yoghurt to taste. Mix well and keep aside
• Now make a fine paste with all ingredients of dahi phulki
• Heat oil on medium flame
• Using hand pour small phulkian in oil (they will get little bit large)
• Fry them till golden brown
• Take out phulkiyan on kitchen paper and let cool for a while
• Add these all prepared phulikyan in youghurt and mix well so that each phulki absorbs some yoghurt water and becomes soft
• Now take 3 tsp oil. Heat it little. Fry whole red chillies and cumin seeds in it and quickly add in yoghurt
• Stir all the phulkiyan well
• Garnish with some coriander leaves
• Serve hot or cold, but it is more tempting while hot

2011 Banana Biscuit Sweet Temptation

2011 Banana Biscuit Sweet Temptation

Ingredients:

• 2 packets of biscuit (Tiger, Marie or Super)
• Butter
• Condense Milk
• Bananas
• Thickened Cream, whipped
• Grated dark chocolate to garnish

Method:

• Place the biscuits in a food processor and pulse to make crumbs.
• Heat a teaspoon of butter in fry pan and add biscuit crumbs.
• Make a layer of biscuit crumbs in a bowl and top it with a tablespoon of condense milk
• Cut 5 or 6 bananas in slice and arrange them in a layer on condense milk
• Lastly, top it all with thick whipped cream and sprinkle grated dark chocolate
• Chill it for an hour and enjoy this deliciously yummy banana biscuit sweet temptation with family.

How to Make Artichoke Tea Drink for Clear Skin

Asian Secret:
Artichokes are said to be very rich in antioxidants which play a vital role in our health and physical actvities. My family has been drinking artichoke tea for as long as I can remember, in fact, a lot of South East Asian countries are familiar with this.  Artichokes help our bodies by increasing blood circulation and thus promoting healthy, radiant, younger looking skin. They also aide in digesting and reduce high cholesterol. Not to mention, they're delicious! I love them in dips and cold salads.

I haven't seen any youtube videos on the benefits of artichokes so I went out to buy more artichokes to make a video with my sister. Feel free to watch it. It's very quick and to the point. :)

Artichoke Tea Drink Recipe

1 Artichoke

Pot of Boiling Water (we never measure)

Honey (optional)

My Artichoke Drink served cold

We usually wait for it to cool down, add some honey, and put in a the refrigerator. It's such a refreshing drink and it tastes yum!

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I also bought some lychee because it's lychee season! It's so good to eat these sweet succulent babies cold on a hot summer day! I like the green ones better than the red ones because they're so much sweeter! I have to limit myself to these though because they give me nosebleeds :(

I love exotic fruits. ^_^ Too bad they contain so much sugar ;/

Some like it juicy ;)

~ Bebexo

How To Make Strawberry Milkshakes

I know this is not beauty related but my little sister and I made a quick video today on one of our favourite drinks in the summer time.

Milkshakes!

Ingredients / Recipe:
1 Cup of Frozen Strawberries
2 Cups of Vanilla Ice-cream
1 Cup of Milk

Bebexo