Pasta Fruit Salad Recipe

Pasta Fruit Salad is delicious mix of Pasta and Fruits. Learn how to make/prepare Pasta Fruit Salad by following this easy recipe.


Pasta Fruit Salad Recipe
Difficulty     Average
Recipe Type     Veg.




Ingredients:
• 1 Pound rotini pasta
• 1 (15 ounce) Can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (20 ounce) Can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1/4 Cup chopped green onions
• 1/2 Cup creamy salad dressing
   
 

How to make Pasta Fruit Salad:
•    In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta, rinse under cold water and drain.
•    In a salad bowl, combine the pasta, oranges, pineapple, green onions, and creamy salad dressing.
•    Mix well and chill before serving.
•    Pasta Fruit Salad is ready.
   

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Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe

Fresh Fruit Salad is a Dutch delicacy that is delicious, nutritious, sugar-free, and low in fat and calories. Learn how to make/prepare Fresh Fruit Salad by following this easy recipe.

Fresh Fruit Salad Recipe
Difficulty     Easy
Serves     Serves 10
Calories Per Serving     105 



Ingredients:
• 3 cups Mixed Berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)
• 2 cups Seedless Grapes (red or green)
• 2 crisp Sweet Apples
• 3 Peaches or 6 Apricots
• 2 Bananas (sliced thin)
• 1 cup Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice (3 Valencia oranges)
• Nutmeg (optional)
   
 

How to make Fresh Fruit Salad:
•    Chop blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, grapes, apples, peaches and bananas.
•    Place them in a large bowl and mix gently.
•    Empty fresh orange juice over the fruit and stir.
•    Refrigerate until chilled.
•    Remove and serve with a dash of nutmeg.

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Creamy Fruit Salad Recipe

Creamy Fruit Salad makes a delicious and wholesome dessert. Learn how to make/prepare Creamy Fruit Salad by following this easy recipe.



Creamy Fruit Salad Recipe
Preparation Time     10 Minutes
Cooking Time     5 Minutes
Difficulty     Easy
Recipe Type     Veg.
Serves     Serves 5 



Ingredients:
• 1 Apple (peeled & chopped)
• Few Grapes (sliced)
• Few Cherries
• 1 Banana (chopped)
• 170 g Cream
• 397 gm Condensed Milk
• Ice Cream (as desired)
   
 

How to make Creamy Fruit Salad:
•    Mix all the ingredients, except ice cream in a bowl, and mix well.
•    Refrigerate until chilled.
•    Scoop into serving bowls and top up with ice cream.
•    Serve cold.

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Ambrosia Yogurt Fruit Salad Recipe

Ambrosia Yogurt Fruit Salad is a yummy recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Ambrosia Yogurt Fruit Salad by following this easy recipe.


Ambrosia Yogurt Fruit Salad Recipe
Preparation Time     20 Minutes
Cooking Time     120 Minutes
Difficulty     Easy
Recipe Type     Veg.
Serves     Serves 2




Ingredients:
• 1 cup Oranges (drained)
• 1 cup mixed fruit Cocktail (drained)
• 1 cup Marshmallows (small)
• 1 cup Coconut (flaked)
• 1 cup Yogurt
   
 

How to make Ambrosia Yogurt Fruit Salad:
•    Gently mix oranges, marshmallows, cocktail, and coconut flakes together.
•    Add chilled yoghurt. Refrigerate yoghurt for a couple of hours before mixing it.
   

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Banana Brownie Cake Recipe

Banana Brownie Cake is a haelthy variant of the brownie cake. Learn how to make/prepare Banana Brownie Cake by following this easy recipe. 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients of Banana Brownie Cake:
    3 Extra ripe Bananas
    1 cup flour
    2 egg Whites
    1 cup Sugar
    2 tsp Vanilla Extract
    1/4 cup Buttermilk
    1/2 cup Cocoa
    1/4 tsp Baking Soda
    1/4 cup dry milk powder
    1/4 tsp salt
    Banana Topping

 

 

How to make Banana Brownie Cake:

    Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
    Grease a 9 inch fluted tube pan with cooking spray and dust it with flour.
    In a large bowl, combine flour, unsweetened cocoa, dry milk powder, baking soda and salt.
    In a food processor, add bananas, sugar,vanilla extract, egg whites and buttermilk.
    Process until smooth.
    Add dry mixture into the banana puree.
    Whip just until blended.
    Pour batter into the prepared pan.
    Bake for 50 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
    Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack or tray.
    Place on Serving plate.
    Pour Banana topping over the cake.
    Banana Brownie Cake is ready to serve.
    Enjoy!
 

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Almond Brownie Pudding Recipe

Almond Brownie Pudding is an excellent way to finish the leftover brownie cake. Learn how to make/prepare Almond Brownie Pudding by following this easy recipe.



Almond Brownie Pudding Recipe
Preparation Time     15 Minutes
Cooking Time     45 Minutes
Difficulty     Easy
Serves 6














Ingredients:
• 100 g Cooking Chocolate, chopped
• 4 cups prepared Brownie, cubed
• 3½ cups Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 5 tbsp Dark Brown Soft Sugar
• 5 tbsp Castor Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 100 g Almonds, chopped
• 6 tbsp Chocolate Syrup
   
 

How to make Almond Brownie Pudding:
•    Preheat an oven to 170 degrees C. Apply a light coat of butter to o ne baking dish with a capacity of two litres.
•    Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl and allow it to melt inside the microwave, stirring after every half a minute interval; this might require you to stop the microwave and start it again at least three to six times. Take care not to overheat or chocolate will begin to scorch.
•    In another large baking dish, that has been greased and dusted with flour, place the pieces of prepared brownie. In another large bowl, beat the eggs. Slowly add the melted chocolate, milk, brown sugar, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla essence and half the portion of almonds, whisking all the while.
•    Take out the brownies when done, pour the milk and chocolate mixture over them and sprinkle with the remaining almonds. Bake until it passes the toothpick test, which will take about forty five minutes.
 
Suggestions:
While serving, spoon out a helping into a dessert bowl and drizzle chocolate syrup over it.

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Jelly Cookies Recipe

Jelly Cookies Recipe
Preparation Time     10 Minutes
Cooking Time     15 Minutes
Difficulty     Easy

Serves 36, 21 cal per serving



 

Ingredients:
• 4 cup All-purpose flour
• 1 cup Butter (2 sticks)
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
• 2½ cup Jelly (such as seedless raspberry or cherry)
   
 

How to make Jelly Cookies:
•    Combine flour, butter, eggs and sugar; beat until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
•    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
•    Roll out chilled dough on a lightly floured surface, until about 1/4-inch thick.
•    Cut with a round cookie cutter; transfer cookies to an ungreased cookie sheet.
•    Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until very lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.
•    When cool, spread jelly between 2 cookies to make a sandwich.
•    Coat each cookie with powdered sugar.
•    Cookies taste better after a few days, because the jelly absorbs into the cookie and makes them softer.

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Iced Christmas Pudding Recipe

Iced Christmas Pudding is a very delicious recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Iced Christmas Pudding by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:
• 8 oz Condensed Milk
• 1/2 pint Whipping Cream
• 1 tsp Mixed Spice
• 4 tsp Instant Coffee
• ½ tsp Nutmeg
• ½ tsp Vanilla Essence
• 2 oz Walnuts
• 4 tsp Orange Peel
• ½ tsp Vanilla
• 1 oz Citron (chopped)
• 2 oz Candied (chopped)
• 3 oz Raisins, Sultanas and Glace Cherries
   
 

How to make Iced Christmas Pudding:
•    Beat the cream with condensed milk, ground nutmeg, mixed spice and coffee.
•    Spoon the mixture into the refrigerator tray and freeze it.
•    Whisk the rest of the cream until stiff.
•    Top it with chopped fruit and nuts
•    Add flavors of vanilla and orange juice.
•    Transfer into pudding mould and refrigerate it again. 

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Chocolate Doughnuts Recipe

 

Ingredients:
• 2½ cup All-Purpose Flour (Maida)
• 2/3 cup Sugar
• 4 tbsp Milk Powder
• ½ cup Cocoa Powder
• 1½ tbsp Instant Yeast
• 1 Egg (beaten)
• 4 tbsp Butter (melted)
• 4 tbsp Icing Sugar
   
 

How to make Chocolate Doughnuts:
•    Combine all ingredients except icing sugar in a large bowl and knead adding warm water, until soft dough is formed.
•    Place the dough into a buttered bowl and let it rise to double in size.
•    Knead again and roll-out to desired thickness (1 cm thick) and cut through a doughnut cutter.
•    Bake in a preheated oven to 425 degrees F for 10 minutes.
•    Remove and roll over icing sugar.
•    Let cool then serve.

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Chewy Brownie Cookies Recipe

Chewy Brownie Cookies is an ambrosian recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Chewy Brownie Cookies by following this easy recipe.




 
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cups packed Brown Sugar
• 1 tbsp Water
• 2/3 cup Shortening
• 2 Eggs
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/3 cup Baking Cocoa
• ½ cup Walnuts or Pecans (Chopped)
• 2 cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 ½ cups All- Purpose Flour
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda
   
 

How to make Chewy Brownie Cookies:
•    Take a large bowl with cream, shortening, sugar, water and vanilla in it. Add beaten eggs as well.
•    Add flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda to creamed mixture and beat until blended.
•    Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if desired.
•    Drop the blended mixture over ungreased baking sheets with a 2 inch rounded tbsp.
•    Bake at 375 F for 7-9 min. Cool it for 2 minutes before removing wire racks. 

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Banana Cookies Recipe

 

 

Banana Cookies is the easiest way to put over-ripe bananas to use. Learn how to make/prepare Banana Cookies by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, (room temperature)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg, (room temperature)
• 1 cup Mashed Bananas (about 2 ½ large bananas)
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 cups Flour
• A pinch Salt
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground Mace or Nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1 cup Pecans (or walnuts/ chocolate chips)
   
 

How to make Banana Cookies:
•    Preheat the oven to 350°F.
•    Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
•    Add the egg and continue to beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
•    In a bowl, mix the mashed bananas and baking soda. Let it sit for 2 minutes. The baking soda will react with the acid in the bananas, which in turn will give the cookies their lift and rise.
•    Mix the banana mixture into the butter mixture.
•    Mix together the flour, salt, and spices and sift into the butter and banana mixture. Mix until just combined.
•    Fold the pecans or walnuts or chocolate chips into the batter.
•    Drop in dollops onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
•    Bake for 11-13 minutes or until nicely golden brown.
•    Let cool on wire racks. Serve.

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Lemon Coffee Cake Recipe

 
Ingredients:

• 1¼ cups Sugar
• ¾ cup Canola Oil
• 4 Eggs
• 2 cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• Salt to taste
• 473 gm Lemon Pie Filling
• 1½ tsp Cinnamon (ground)
   
 

How to make Lemon Coffee Cake:

•    Take 1 cup sugar with oil in a bowl and mix it well.
•    Beat in eggs until it is light and lemon colored.
•    Mix flour with baking powder, salt in a bowl.
•    Blend in egg mixture and transfer the half mixture to the baking pan.
•    Spread over the pie filling and add on remaining sugar with cinnamon.
•    Bake it at 350°F for 30 min or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Peach Apple Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Crust for a One-Crust Pie
• 2 cup Peaches (sliced)
• 2 cup Apples (sliced)
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• ½ tsp Cinnamon
• ½ cup Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice

 
For the Streusel Topping:

• 1 cup Flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• ½ cup Quick Oats
• ¼ cup Butter (cut into pieces)
   
 
How to make Peach Apple Pie:
 
•    Preheat the oven at 425°F.
•    Take apples, peaches, cinnamon and sugar in a bowl and mix it well.
•    Place pie pastry in a pie plate and crumble the side ends.
•    Pile up the fruits on a pie crust evenly.
•    Put flour with sugar and oats in a bowl and mix it well.
•    Mix in butter pieces well and spread it over the fruits.
•    Bake it for 10 min. Then reduce the heat and bake it further for 45 min at 375°F.
•    Next cool it and serve it.
   

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Fruit Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 (18 oz) Sugar Cookie Dough (package refrigerated)
• 1 (8 oz) package Cream Cheese (softened)
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
• 4 cups fresh Fruits (sliced)
• ¼ cup Orange Marmalade
• 1 tbsp Orange Juice
   


How to make Fruit Pizza:

•    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
•    Slice the dough into 1/8-inch slices; line a (14-inch) pizza pan with slices and press to shape into a crust.
•    Bake for 12 minutes until light brown. Let cool.
•    Mix together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla and spread over cookie crust. Arrange fruits over cream cheese mixture.
•    Mix orange marmalade with orange juice and drizzle over fruits. Chill for 1 hour.

Serve cool.

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Indian Sweet Bread Recipe

Indian Sweet Bread is a less sweet and crispy recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Indian Sweet Bread by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Refined Flour (Maida)
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 2/3 cup Water
• ¼ cup White Sugar
• 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
   




 
How to make Indian Sweet Bread:

•    Make soft dough of Maida, water and salt.
•    Make small size balls out of the dough and cover with a damp neat cotton cloth.
•    Now make roll out the dough balls till it is thin and sprinkle it with sugar evenly.
•    Fold the dough now into a small square and roll again in a thin layer.
•    Take a flat pan and oil it lightly. Now, fry the squares on it until golden.
•    Serve immediately.

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Gujia Recipe

Gujia is a popular sweet dish of north India. Gujia recipe is associated with the festival of Holi. Learn how to make/prepare Gujjia by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 1 kg Khoya
• 500 gms Sugar
• 500 gms Maida
• 200 gms Almonds, chopped
• 6 tbsp Cooking oil
• 3 tbsp Raisins
• 200 ml Water
   
 
How to make Gujia:

•    Combine maida with 6 tbsp of oil using your fingers.
•    Make soft dough and knead it lightly. Add water if needed.
•    Cover with a wet cloth and leave aside.
•    In a frying pan, deep-fry the khoya till light brown in color.
•    Add chopped almonds, sugar and raisins and mix well.
•    Fry again for few minutes. Allow the mixture to cool.
•    Prepare a small and thick chapati from the kneaded dough.
•    Stuff half of the chapati with the khoya mixture.
•    Fold and draw the edges of chapati inwards to close.
•    On slow fire, deep-fry the gujia till golden brown.
•    Take out using a sieve and drain the oil properly.
•    Store them in an airtight container.
•    Repeat the procedure with remaining dough.

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DAHI VADA RECIPE

Ingredients: :

For Wada:
1 Cup Urad daal
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
For Dahi :
1 kg Dahi (yogurt)
1/2 tsp grated Ginger
Finely chopped coriander leaves
1-2 green chilies chopped
Salt to taste
2 tsp Roasted cumin(jeera)powder
Red chili powder to taste



 
Preparation:

    For Wada - Clean, wash and soak the daal overnight.
    Grind it into smooth paste.
    Add salt to taste.
    Heat oil in a pan and drop a spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden brown.
    Take the hot vadas and put in cold water for 2-3 minutes.
    Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.
    For Dahi - Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
    Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.
    Add salt, red chili powder and cumin powder.
    Serving - In a deep dish arrange wada and pour dahi over them.
    Now add imli (tamarind) chutney and green chutney.
    Garnish with coriander.
    Serve the dahi vadas chilled.

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Crullers Recipe

Crullers can be made on occasions as a special sweet. Learn how to make/prepare Crullers by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Milk (Condensed)
• 1 tbsp Sugar (Powdered)
• 2 cups Refined Flour
• 2 Eggs
• 2 cups Oil
• 1 tbsp Milk
• ½ tbsp Cinnamon (Powdered)
• Pinch of Nutmeg (Jaiphal)
• Pinch of Baking Powder
• 3 tbsp Butter
   

How to make Crullers:

•    Mix butter and sugar thoroughly and top it over a bowl.
•    Add beaten eggs to the same bowl and beat for 5 minutes.
•    Mix the flour and baking powder into the bowl. Add milk slowly with cinnamon and nutmeg.
•    Make a dough now using little water. It should be less wet.
•    After 20 minutes, make small balls of the dough as much as you can.
•    Roll the balls out, not making it thin. Make a hole in it, so that it resembles a doughnut.
•    Fry till golden brown and sprinkle powdered sugar over it.

Suggestions:
Serve hot.
   
 

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Cham-Cham Recipe

Cham-Cham is a very delicious sweet made of cheese. Learn how to make/prepare Cham Cham by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:

• 450 gms Paneer
• 4 cups Water
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2-3 tbsp Rose Water
• A few strands of Saffron
• 200gms Fresh Thickened/ Double Cream
   

How to make Cham-Cham:

•    Put the paneer in a bowl and knead it. Knead till all the lumps are removed and the paneer/cheese is absolutely smooth.
•    Prepare sugar syrup by adding sugar and water in a pressure cooker and bring the mixture to a boil (without covering the pressure cooker).
•    While the sugar syrup boils, divide the paneer dough into small oblong shaped balls and roll between your palms till smooth.
•    Gently dip the balls to the sugar syrup and cover the pressure cooker. After the first whistle, wait for 8-10 minutes and then turn off the flame.
•    Release the steam from the pressure cooker and allow the Cham-Chams to cool completely before touching them.
•    When cool, pour the rose water and saffron strands on the Cham-Chams and chill for a few hours.
•    When chilled, remove the Cham-Chams from the syrup and arrange in a platter.
•    Whisk the fresh cream till thick and fluffy. Fill into an icing bag and pipe a swirl out (with a thick nozzle) onto each Cham-Cham.
•    Garnish with slivers of your favorite dried fruit and serve.

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Cashew Burfi Recipe

Cashew Burfi is a very popular North Indian sweet. Learn how to make/prepare Cashew Burfi by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 100 gm (3.5 oz) Cashew Nuts
• 250 gm (9 oz) Sugar
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) Ghee
• 1/2 cup (118 ml) Milk
• 1/4 tsp Saffron
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
   
How to make Cashew Burfi:

•    Soak cashew in milk for an hour & grind finely along with saffron.
•    In a casserole mix sugar with 1/2 cup of water & stir well.
•    Microwave it on high for 4 minutes to dissolve the sugar, and stirring once in between.
•    Microwave high ghee in a cup for 1 minute.
•    To sugar syrup, add cashew paste & hot ghee. Microwave high for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring thoroughly twice in between.
•    Test for soft ball stage (a drop of mixture when put into cold water should form a soft but firm ball). If not done microwave high again for about 1 or 2 minutes.
•    Add cardamom powder, mix well, and pour onto a greased plate.
•    Cut when slightly cool.
 
Suggestions:
Serve cold

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Broken Wheat Kheer Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup broken wheat
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 tsp Cardamoms powder
• 1 cup jaggery
• 2 tsp Corn flour
• 2 1/2 cup water
   
How to make Broken Wheat Kheer:

•    Grind the wheat in a dry grinder.
•    Heat ghee in a pan kept on flame.
•    Add the grounded wheat and saute till it turns pink in color.
•    Now take it out and transfer it into a pressure cooker.
•    Add water to the wheat and cook till it becomes very soft. It takes approximately 7-8 minutes.
•    Now add jaggery to the cooked wheat and simmer for one minute. Stir occasionally.
•    Remove from the flame.
•    Mix corn flour with coconut milk and add it to the porridge.
•    Add cardamom powder.
•    Broken wheat kheer is ready to serve.

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Bhang Lassi Recipe

Bhang Lassi is usually prepared on some special occasions such as Holi, Mahashivaratri. Learn how to make/prepare Bang Lassi by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Ounce cannabis
• 2 Cups warm whole milk
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 tbsp Coconut milk
• 1 tbsp Almonds, chopped
• 1/8 tsp Ginger, powdered
• 1 Pinch garam masala
• 1/2 tsp Grenadine
• 1 Cup water
   
How to make Bhang Lassi:

•    Bring water to a boil in a teapot and add cannabis to it.
•    Brew for about 7 to 10 minutes, then strain.
•    Gradually grind the strained cannabis along with 2 tbsp of milk, repeat this process several times.
•    Strain the milk into another bowl and keep aside.
•    Add a little more milk to the cannabis and grind it along with the almonds, repeat this several times.
•    Remove the cannabis and pour the milk, coconut milk, grenadine and boiled water into a container.
•    Combine ginger, sugar, and garam masala with it, keep stirring.
•    Bhang Lassi is ready to serve.

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Bhang ke Pakore Recipe

Bhang ke Pakore is an intergral part of Holi celebrations. Learn how to make/prepare Bhang ke Pakode by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:

• 250 gms Besan (gram flour)
• 200 gms Potatoes
• 200 gms Cauliflower
• 150 gms Onions
• 100 gms Spinach
• 200 gms Brinjal
• 10 gms Bhang seed powder
• 2 gms Soda-bicarb
• 5 gms Ajwain
• 5 gms Pomegranate seed powder
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep-frying
   
How to make Bhang ke Pakore:

•    Wash and peel all the vegetables.
•    Sieve besan, soda-bicarb and salt together.
•    Add bhang seed powder, ajwain, red chili powder, and pomegranate seed powder.
•    Add water according to requirement and make thick batter.
•    Heat oil in a deep-frying pan.
•    Dip the peeled vegetables in the batter.
•    Deep-fry on medium fire till golden brown.
•    Pakoras are ready to serve.

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Bedmi Puri Recipe (Rajasthani Recipe)

Bedmi Puri is a popular Rajasthani recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Bedmi Poori by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 500 gms Maida
• 100 gms Moong Dal
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp Ground coriander
• 1 tsp Garam masala
• 4 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
  
How to make Bedmi Puri:

•    Mix moong dal, red chili powder,ground coriander, garam masala and grind it.
•    Make a paste of grinded mixture.
•    Add oil and paste in maida
•    Add water and make dough out of it.
•    Make small balls out of the dough and roll out it to make puris.
•    Deep fry it till the blow up.
•    Bedmi Puri is ready.

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Badam Puri Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cup Maida
• 1/2 cup Badam (paste)
• 3-1/2 cup Sugar
• 1-1/4 cup Rice Flour
• 100 ml Milk
• 1 gm Saffron
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 25 ml Ghee
• 1 cup Oil
• 1 cup Water
   
How to make Badam Puri:

•    Knead dough with rice flour, maida, milk and alomond paste.
•    Heat water in a pan and add saffron and cardamom to it. Stir it to make sugar syrup.
•    Make small balls of the dough and roll each ball into a small round puri.
•    Apply ghee on the puri and stack one on the top of other with three puries in each stack.
•    Roll and cut each stack into small pieces. Again, roll the pieces into a round shape and deep fry until golden brown.
•    Now put all the puris in the sugar syrup. Leave it for 10 minutes and take them out of it.
•    Badam Puri is ready to serve.

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Apple Milk Drink Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 Apples (Peel & cubed)
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tbsp Rosewater
• 2 cups Cold Milk
• Shaved Ice
   
How to make Apple Milk Drink:

•    Take all the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend it for 15 sec at high speed, until mixed well.
•    Pour the drink into glasses and add shaved ice.
•    Apple Milk Drink is ready to serve.

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Apple Banana Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe Bananas (peeled)
• 1 cup Orange Juice
• 1 large Apple (peeled, cored and chopped)
• ½ cup Milk
   
How to make Apple Banana Smoothie:

•    Place banana, orange juice, apple and milk in a blender.
•    Blend until smooth.
•    Pour into glasses and serve.

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Aloo Kachori Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg Potatoes
• 100 grams Arrowroot
• 1 Coconut (grated)
• 2-3 Green Chilies
• 1 tsp Cardamom Seeds
• 1-2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1-2 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste
   
How to make Aloo Kachori:

•    To make covering, first boil and mash the potatoes. Mix it with 50 grams arrowroot, salt and knead it into stiff dough.
•    To make filling, mix the grated coconut with crushed green chilies, sugar, lemon, cardamom and salt.
•    To make kachori, take a small portion of the dough and pat between palms to make a small puri.
•    Now stuff this puri with coconut mixture and form into a ball. Repeat the process to make rest of the kachoris.
•    Douse the balls in the remaining arrowroot and deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
•    Aloo Kachori is ready to eat. Serve hot with chutney.

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Raspberry Ice Cream Recipe

Enjoy this creamy and mouth-watering Raspberry Ice Cream. Learn how to make/prepare Raspberry Ice Cream by following this easy recipe.




Ingredients:

• 1½ cups fresh Raspberry Puree
• 2 tbsp chopped Raspberries
• 3 tbsp Sugar
• A generous pinch of Salt
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 1 cup Sweet Condensed Milk
   
How to make Raspberry Ice Cream:

•    Beat raspberry puree, salt, and sugar together in a larg bol, until sugar dissolves completely.
•    Add cream and condensed milk. Whisk until well combined.
•    Pour into ice cream bowls and garnish with chopped raspberries.
•    Place into the ice cream chamber of the freezer for 3-4 hours.
•    Serve ice cold.

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Pastry Apple Bars Recipe

Ingredients:
• 10 Apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
• 2-1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 cup Butter
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 2/3 cup Cold Water
• 1 cup Cornflakes Cereal
• 3/4 cup White Sugar
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 cup Confectioners' Sugar
   
How to make Pastry Apple Bars:
•    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
•    In a large bowl, combine flour and salt.
•    Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
•    In a cup, beat egg yolk, stir the cold water into the yolk.
•    Gradually stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until dough can be packed into a ball.
•    On a clean dry surface, roll out 1/2 of the dough large enough to cover the bottom and sides of a 9x13 inch pan.
•    Lay the dough in the pan and place the cornflakes over the dough in the pan.
•    Arrange apple slices over the top of the corn flake layer.
•    Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon over the apples.
•    Roll out the second half of the dough to cover the entire pan.
•    Lay over the filling and pinch the edges of the two crusts together.
•    Beat the egg white until foamy, and brush onto the top crust.
•    Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.

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Lychee Ice-Cream Recipe

Lychee Ice-Cream is every kid’s delight and is an ideal dessert for summers. Learn how to make/prepare Lychee Ice-Cream by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:
• 2½ cups Milk
• 1 cup Milk Powder
• ½ cup Sugar
• 1 tbsp Corn Flour
• ½ cup Lychee Pulp
• ½ cup Fresh Cream
• ¼ cup Lychees, chopped
• 7- 8 drops Ice-Cream Essence
   
How to make Lychee Ice-Cream:
•    Take a bowl and mix a cup of milk, milk powder and corn flour in it, to make a smooth paste.
•    Now, combine milk and sugar in a pan and bring it to boil.
•    Add milk, milk powder and corn flour to this mixture and cook for 5-7 minutes, on a simmer flame.
•    When the mixture starts to coat at the back of the spoon, remove from heat and let it cool.
•    Put lychee pulp, ice-cream essence and cream in it and blend well.
•    Now, pour this mixture in a shallow container, cover it and let it freeze till it is almost set.
•    When it is set, divide the mixture into 2 batches and churn in the blender, till it is smooth.
•    Now, put this mixture back in the shallow container and add the lychee pieces. Mix lightly.
•    Freeze again, till it is firm.
•    Scoop it out and serve chilled.

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Lemon Pudding Recipe

Ingredients:
• 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
• ½ tsp Lemon Rind (ground)
• 2 Eggs (beaten)
• 1 cup Milk
• 1½ tbsp Maida (All-Purpose Flour)
• 6 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Butter

For Caramel Syrup:
• 1 cup Sugar
• ½ cup Hot Water
   
How to make Lemon Pudding:
•    Butter a round shaped bowl.
•    Combine lemon juice, lemon rind, egg, milk, maida, and sugar in a large bowl and mix well into a fine batter. Transfer into the greased bowl.
•    Pour lots of cold water in a big pan and place the bowl into it.
•    Cover the pan and steam for ½ hour. Remove from the heat.
•    Heat sugar in a separate pan and keep stirring frequently until turns brown.
•    Pour in hot water and simmer until it turns thick.
•    Spread the caramel syrup on the pudding.
•    Serve warm or refrigerate to cool.
   

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Heart Shaped Cookies 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.

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Heart Shaped Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
• For Cake
18.25 ounces White Cake Mix
• 3 ounces Red Jell-O Powder (Strawberry, Raspberry, or Cherry flavor)
• 1 cup Milk
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 cup Butter (melted)
• 3 cups Buttercream Frosting

For Buttercream Frosting
• 1/2 cup Butter (softened)
• 4 tbsp Milk
• 3 - 3/4 cup Confectioner's Sugar (sifted)
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• Liquid Food Coloring (optional)
   
How to make Heart Shaped Cake:
•    For Buttercream Frosting
•    Take a big bowl and beat butter in it with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Keep the speed low.
•    Combine sugar, milk, and vanilla with it and now beat for one minute on low speed.
•    Now raise the speed of the mixer to medium and keep beating for another one minute till frosting is fluffy.
•    Now add food color to it. Just put few drops at a time.
•    Keep beating till the desired shade is reached.
•    If frosting is thin, add more confectioners' sugar and if it is thick, add milk.

For Cake
•    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
•    Grease a 9 inches round cake pan and one 9 inches square cake pan properly. Dust uniformly with flour, keep it aside.
•    Take a big mixing bowl and add cake mix, Jell-O powder, milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla.
•    Now beat for one minute with an electric mixer, keeping the speed low.
•    Raise the speed of the mixer to medium and keep on beating for about two minutes, till the batter is soft and properly blended.
•    Now place the batter evenly in the two prepared pans.
•    Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, till the light brown color is reached as well as a toothpick placed in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool on wire racks for about 10 minutes.
•    To make a heart shaped cake, rotate the square cake so that it seems to be a diamond.
•    Now make two semi-circles from the circle cake.
•    Set the semi-circles on the top two sides of the diamond to create a heart shape.
•    Use buttercream frosting and decorate the cake.

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French Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter, softened
    2 cups packed brown sugar
    2 egg yolks
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
    1 cup cold strong brewed coffee
    3 cups all-purpose flour
    1-1/2 teaspoons salt
    1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1 cup buttermilk

    RUM GLAZE:
    2/3 cup sugar
    1/2 cup milk
    1/4 cup butter, cubed
    1 teaspoon rum extract

    FILLING:
    1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
    1/4 cup milk
    1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
    Chocolate curls
 
Directions

•    Line two greased 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper and grease the paper; set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until crumbly. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Stir in chocolate and coffee. Combine flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to chocolate mixture alternately with buttermilk (batter will be thick).
•     Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes.
•     Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring sugar, milk and butter to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in extract.
•     Invert cakes onto wire racks; drizzle with glaze. Cool completely. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and milk; stir until smooth. Refrigerate until spreadable, stirring occasionally.
•     Place one cake on a serving plate; spread with filling. Top with remaining cake. Spread whipped topping over top and sides of cake. Store in the refrigerator. Garnish with chocolate curls. Yield: 12 servings.

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Strawberry Heart Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
• 4 Eggs
• 1/2 cup Cold Water
• 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 cup Butter (softened)
• 3 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
• 3 ounces Strawberry Gelatin
• 5 cups Confectioners' Sugar
• Red-Hot Candies (optional)
• 18.25 ounces White Cake Mix
• 10 ounces Frozen Sweetened Strawberries (thawed)
   
How to make Strawberry Heart Cake:
•    Take a mixing bowl and add cake mix, gelatin and flour to it. Add oil and eggs to it and mix properly.
•    Set aside 1/2 cup of syrup for frosting.
•    Drain strawberries; add berries and water to the egg mixture batter and mix properly.
•    Now place the batter evenly in the two waxed paper lined 8 inches baking pans, one square and one round.
•    Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes in the square shaped baking pan and for about 35 to 40 minutes in the round shaped baking pan at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
•    Allow them to cool for about 10 minutes.
•    Transfer to the wire racks and let the cakes to cool completely.
•    Take a small mixing bowl; add butter and 1/2 cup of reserved syrup to it.
•    Combine sugar with it and beat for about 2 minutes, till the mixture is light and soft.
•    Place the square cake on a 20 x 15 inches covered board and rotate the cake so that it seems to be a diamond.
•    Now make two semi-circles from the circle cake.
•    Set the semi-circles on the top two sides of the diamond to create a heart shape.
•    Decorate the cake with butter-syrup mixture as well as with red-hots candies if desired.

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Choco Roll Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1 Tin Condensed Milk
• 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
• 1-1/2 cups Grated Coconut
• 3/4 cups Crushed Nuts
• 1 cup Crushed Marie Biscuits
   
How to make Choco Roll:
•    Mix together all the ingredients in a pan.
•    Heat it on medium heat ,stirring frequently.
•    When it starts thickening and comes in a lump, turn off the heat.
•    Make cylindrical shaped rolls out of the mixture.
•    Wrap each roll carefully in cling film.
•    Keep the wrapped rolls in refrigerator for about an hour.
•    After the due time, take the rolls out of the fridge. Remove the cling film from them and cut each roll into slices.
•    Choco Roll is ready to serve.

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Cherry Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1 Cup cherry flavored chips
• 1 1/2 Cups flour
• 1/2 Cup rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1Cup butter
• 1Cup powdered sugar
   
How to make Cherry Cookies:
•    Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
•    Mix vanilla, powdered sugar and butter.
•    Beat the mixture until it turns fluffy.
•    Add baking soda, flour and oats. Mix well.
•    Add flavored chips to it.
•    Drop the mixture with a teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
•    Fatten them lightly with fingers.
•    Bake it for about 10 minutes.
•    Cool on a wire rack.
•    Cherry Cookies are ready.

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Cheese Pudding Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1 cup Cottage Cheese (grated)
• ½ cup Sugar
• ½ cup Pistachios (chopped)
• 4 tbsp Cornflour
• 2 cup Water
• 3-5 drops Vanilla Essence
   
How to make Cheese Pudding:
•    Dissolve sugar in water to make syrup.
•    Add cottage cheese (paneer) to the syrup, stirring continuosly for a few minutes.
•    Now add cornflour and cook the mixture till it becomes thick.
•    Finally add vanilla essence to it.
•    Remove from the flame.
•    Garnish the pudding with chopped pistachios.
•    Keep it for freezing.
•    Cheese Pudding is ready to serve.

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Blueberry Ice Cream Recipe

Blueberry Ice Cream is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Blueberry Ice Cream by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:
• 4 cups Blueberries
• 1½ cups Sugar
• 3 tbsp Orange Juice
• 4 cups Light Cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla
   
How to make Blueberry Ice Cream:
•    Combine blueberries, sugar, and orange juice in a saucepan. Crush the berries and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes.
•    Remove from heat and blend into a smooth puree.
•    Strain the puree and leave it to cool.
•    Mix the puree with cream and vanilla.
•    Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to the directions.
•    Serve cold.

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Caramel Cake Recipe

Caramel Cake is a perfect recipe for special occasions such as Valentine’s Day and Christmas. Learn how to make/prepare Caramel Cake by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:
• 3 Cups, sifted cake flour
• 1-3/4 Cups white sugar
• 3 tsp Baking powder
• 1/3 Cup hot water
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2/3 Cup milk
• 3/4 Cup butter
• 3 Eggs
   
How to make Caramel Cake:
•    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
•    Line two 9 inch pans with parchment paper and sift flour, baking powder and salt together 3 times, keep aside.
•    For caramel syrup heat 1/2 cup of the sugar in a heavy skillet, keep stirring.
•    Continue to cook and stir till melted sugar turn into dark brown.
•    Remove it from the fire.
•    Add hot water to it and stir till dissolved, keep aside to cool.
•    In a large bowl, cream shortening with rest of the sugar till light and fluffy.
•    Add eggs one at a time to it, beating thoroughly.
•    Combine vanilla and 3 tbsp caramel syrup.
•    Add flour mixture and milk alternately to it and beat till soft.
•    Pour the mixture into two 9 inch pans.
•    Bake it in the preheated oven for about 25 to 30 minutes till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

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Caramel Popcorn Recipe

Caramel Popcorn is a delicious and crunchy munching snack food. Learn how to make/prepare Caramel Popcorn by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:
• 5 quarts popped Corn
• 2 cups Brown Sugar
• 1 cup Butter
• ½ cup light Corn Syrup
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 tsp Salt
   
How to make Caramel Popcorn:
•    Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.
•    Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring quickly.
•    Remove from heat and stir in baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt.
•    Spread popcorn on baking sheets and pour the mixture over the popped corn. Mix well.
•    Bake at 250 degrees F for 40 minutes, stirring twice in between.
•    Serve immediately.

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Berry Sweetheart Recipe

Berry Sweetheart is also known as signature drink. Learn how to make/prepare Berry Sweetheart by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:
• 6 oz (ounce) Red Cranberry juice
• 6 oz Fresh apple juice
• 2 oz Honey
• Maraschino (Sweetened) cherry for garnishing
   
How to make Berry Sweetheart:
•    Take a highball glass and fill it with ice cubes.
•    Add the juices & honey in a mixing glass.
•    Stir the contents with a bar spoon.
•    Pour the contents of this mixing glass into the highball glass.
•    Garnish it with a sweetened cherry and serve it chilled.
   
   

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Banana Split Recipe

Banana Split is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Banana Split by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:
• ½ cup Chocolate Chips
• 2 tbsp Milk
• 2 nearly-ripe Bananas (peeled)
• 4 scoops Ice Cream
• 2 frozen Strawberries (halved)
• 2 tsp crushed Pineapple
• 1 tbsp shredded Coconut
• 2 Cherries
• 2 tbsp Whipped Cream
   
How to make Banana Split:
•    Combine milk and chocolate chips in a saucepan. Place on low heat and stir to prepare chocolate sauce.
•    Half each banana lengthwise in 2 pieces and place on an oval-shaped serving bowl.
•    Top with 2 scoops ice cream on each bowl.
•    Place strawberry halves over each scoop of ice cream.
•    Sprinkle pineapple and coconut.
•    Pour chocolate sauce all over and garnish with cherries and whipped cream.
•    Place in the fridge and chill.
•    Serve cold.

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Apple Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 Cups Apples (peeled and sliced) • 1/2 Cup flour • 1/4 Cup brown sugar • 3/4 tsp Cinnamon • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg • 1 Unbaked pie shell • 1/2 Cup pecans • 1 Cup butter • 1/2 Cup melted butter • 2/3 Cup sugar

How to make Apple Pie:

• Soak the apples in melted butter. • Mix flour, sugar and spices. • Take out apples from melted butter. • Coat soaked apples with sugar mixture and pour it into pastry shell. • Cover the top of apple filling with a layer of butter to give the filling a rich flavor. • Now bake at 400 degree F for about 45 minutes until apples are tender. • Apple Pie is ready. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

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Angel Hair Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:
• 8 Ounces angel hair pasta, cooked and drained
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 10 Ounces frozen broccoli, thawed
• 1 tsp Dried basil
• 2 Skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into one-inch pieces
• 1 Carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/4 Cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Cloves garlic, minced
• 2/3 Cup chicken broth
   
How to make Angel Hair Pasta:
•    Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a skillet.
•    Add chicken and stir until chicken is well cooked.
•    Take out the cooked chicken and drain it on paper towels.
•    Heat the remaining olive oil in same skillet.
•    Add broccoli, carrot and garlic.
•    Cook the mixture for 2 minutes. Stir occasionally.
•    Return cooked chicken to the skillet.
•    Add basil, chicken broth and Parmesan cheese.
•    Cook for about 4 minutes.
•    Place the cooked and drained pasta in a large bowl.
•    Top with the above prepared chicken mixture.
•    Serve immediately.

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Almond Butter Sticks Recipe

Ingredients:
• 2 tsp Almond Extract
• 1/3 cup Butter
• 1 Egg
• 3/4 cup White Sugar
• 3/4 cup Cream Cheese
• 2 cups Cookie Mix
• 1/4 cup Almonds (sliced)
   
How to make Almond Butter Sticks:
•    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
•    Mix almond extract and white sugar keep aside.
•    Take a bowl mix cream cheese, butter and egg yolk; stir well.
•    Make ahead cokie mix.
•    Roll it into flat surface and cut in half. Place 1 half on cookie sheet (greased).
•    Spoon on sugar mix and almond slices .
•    Place 2nd half on top. Smear with beaten egg white.
•    Now, bake it for half an hour.
•    Chill it for 30 minutes.
•    Then, cut into 1/2-inch strips.

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Sponge Rasgulla Recipe

 It is a favorite sweet among Bengali people. It is quite easy to make those soft white balls at home.

Ingredients :

1. Milk (500 ml packets)- 3
2. Lemon juice- 2 tbs
3. Sugar to taste
4. Water- 2 glass
5. All purpose flour- 1/2 cup

 

 

 Procedure :

First boil milk in a deep bottom kadhayi and add the lemon juice to it. Stir the milk occasionally until chenna is produced and collected at the top. Now drain the water and keep the chenna under running water for 10 minutes. Squeeze the chenna properly to remove water from it. Next mix flour with chenna and knead them into a smooth dough. Now make medium size balls from the dough and keep them covered with a wet cloth. Heat the water and sugar in a pressure cooker and when the water starts boiling , add the balls slowly. Cover the lid and cook it over low flame until the first whistle blows. Cool the cooker and remove the lid. Take the rasgullas out in a bowl.

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