Heart Shaped Cookies

Heart Shaped Cookies is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Heart Shaped Cookies by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:
 
• 2 Eggs
• 1/3 cup Milk
• 1 -1/4 cups Sugar
• 1/2 cup Butter (softened)
• 1/4 cup Shortening
• 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp Grated Lemon Rind
• Green and Orange Liquid food Colors
   
How to make Heart Shaped Cookies:
 
• Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed till soft. Combine sugar with it and mix well.
• Add eggs and milk and keep beating till blended properly.
• Take a bowl and combine flour baking powder, baking soda and salt properly.
• Add this with butter mixture and beat at low speed till well blended.
• Add lemon rind and juice.
• Fragment the dough into 4 equal parts and wrap each portion in plastic wrap.
• Allow to cool for about 2 to 6 hours.
• Roll a dough part on a lightly floured surface to a 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut it with a 3 inch heart-shaped cookie cutter and keep on lightly greased baking sheets.
• Repeat the method for other dough parts.
• Now bake them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 8 to 9 minutes till light brown colour reached on bottoms.
• Allow them to cool on baking sheets for about 2 minutes.
• Transfer to wire racks and let them cool for 20 minutes.
• Put green food color on 1/4 cup Icing and spread it on tops of cookies.
• Put orange food color on reserved 1/4 cup Icing and put that into a zip-top plastic bag. Pierce 1 corner of the bag to make a small hole and pipe dots on cookies.
• Heart Shaped Cookies are ready to serve.

Baingan Tikka

The Baingan Tikka is a delicious treat from the Kashmiri cuisine. Learn how to prepare Baingan Tikka by following this easy recipe.  

Ingredients:

• 6 large Brinjals
• 2 Onions, chopped
• ¼ cup French Beans, chopped
• ¼ cup Green Peas
• 1 Carrot
• 2 Potatoes
• 2 Tomatoes
• 1 bunch Coriander Leaves
• 1 bunch Mint Leaves
• 1 ½ piece Ginger
• 5 Cloves Garlic
• ½ tsp Cumin Powder
• ½ tsp Coriander Powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 1 Lemon Juice
• Oil, for frying
• Salt, to taste
   
How to make Baingan Tikka:

• Boil potatoes, peel and mash it and keep it aside.
• Slit the brinjals horizontally and grill until it is half cooked. Now, scoop out the pulp and keep the shell aside.
• Take a bowl and grind leaves, mint, ginger, garlic and salt to make a smooth paste.
• Now, take a saucepan and heat oil in it. Put chopped onions in it and fry it till it turns golden brown.
• Add ground paste to this mixture and fry till the oil leaves the sides. Put carrots, beans, peas, potatoes and brinjal pulp and fry it for 6- 7 minutes.
• Now, put turmeric, coriander powder, cumin powder and garam masala with salt in it and fry well.
• Put lemon juice in it and remove from the flame.
• Now, use it as filling in each brinjal shell and roast in a grill. Serve hot.
   

French Chocolate Cake

 French Chocolate Cake is a very tasty Birthday occasional recipe. Learn how to make/prepare French Chocolate Cake by following this easy recipe. 

Ingredients:

• 150 g Black Chocolate Bar
• 125 g Unsalted Butter
• 3 Eggs
• 125 g Sugar
• 60 g Flour
• 100 ml Milk
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
   
How to make French Chocolate Cake:

• Mix chocolate with 2 tsp water in a glass bowl and heat in the oven for 2 minutes on high temperature.
• Stir in butter and heat for another 1 minute.
• Sift flour with baking powder in a large bowl.
• Beat eggs with sugar in a separate bowl and whip until light and creamy.
• Stir in cold milk and let cool to room temperature.
• Mix in chocolate mixture.
• Add into flour and whisk until well blended and smooth.
• Grease a baking pan and pour in the batter.
• Set the oven to 190 °C and bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Cabbage Paratha

Cabbage Paratha is a whole wheat bread made with cabbage and ginger. Learn how to make/prepare Cabbage Paratha by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups Wheat Flour
• 1 cup Cabbage (finely grated)
• 1'' Ginger (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp Green Chillies (chopped)
• 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)
• ½ tsp Garam Masala
• Butter/Oil (for frying)
• Salt to taste
   
How to make Cabbage Paratha:

• Mix the wheat flour and salt properly in a bowl.
• Then add 1 teaspoon oil, grated cabbage, coriander, ginger and green chillies and again mix well.
• Now knead this into soft dough by mixing enough water.
• Take little portion of the dough and make a round ball.
• Roll this ball into the shape of a round paratha.
• Heat the tawa (griddle) and cook the paratha with butter or oil as per your choice.
• Cook till both the sides of paratha turn golden brown.
• Serve hot parathas with curd or pickle.
   

Aloo Anardana Chaat

Aloo Anardana Chaat is a delicious fast food recipe. Learn how to prepare Aloo Anardana Chaat by following this easy recipe.

 

Ingredients:

• 2 Large Potatoes (boiled and cubed)
• 1 cup Pomegranate Seeds
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp Peanuts (roasted)
• 1 tbsp Mint Leaves (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Chaat Masala
• ½ cup Sev
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 2 Green Chilies (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp Green Coriander (finely chopped)
• Salt
   
How to make Aloo Anardana Chaat:

• Take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients well.
• Sprinkle lemon juice on the top.
• Serve immediately.

Reshmi Kebab

 Reshmi Kebab is a Muglai recipe in which prawns or scallops can also be used instead of chicken. Learn how to make/prepare Reshmi Kabab by following this easy recipe. 

Ingredients:

• 2 Pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
• 6 Almonds
• 8 Cloves garlic
• 6 Jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
• 1 Inch piece fresh ginger root, peeled
• 1 Lemon, juiced
• 1/2 Cup heavy cream
• 1 Cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 tbsp Butter
• Salt to taste
   
How to make Reshmi Kebab:

• Soak almonds in water for about 15 to 20 minutes, drain.
• Put the almonds, peppers, garlic, ginger, and cilantro into the bowl of a food processor and blend it till smooth.
• Add salt to it and blend in lemon juice and cream.
• Place the mixture to a big, non metallic bowl.
• Place the chicken into the bowl and turn it to coat.
• Cover and marinate into the refrigerator for about 24 hours.
• Preheat the grill for high heat and lightly oil grate.
• Remove the meat from the marinade and thread onto the skewers.
• Brush chicken with butter and arrange the skewers on hot grate and cook it till cooked through.
• Silken Kebabs are ready to serve.

Baked Potato Casserole

Baked Potato Casserole is a very popular recipe for special occasions like Easter and Christmas . Learn how to make/prepare Baked Potato Casserole by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 4 medium Potatoes (cut into cubes)
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp Pepper
• ¾ lb cooked and drained Bacon
• 2 cups Sour Cream
• 1½ cups shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 Green Onion (chopped)
   
How to make Baked Potato Casserole:

• Place the potatoes on a buttered baking pan.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper.
• Layer bacon over the potatoes.
• Combine mozarella cheese, cheddar cheese, and sour cream together. Spread all over the pan mixture.
• Top with onion and bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees F.
• Serve hot.