Cherry

21 May 2012 Anu 0 Comments

Cherry

By the time we woke up today the Sun was already blazing over head. It was the Champions League Finals of Chelsea Vs Bayern Munich that went on till about 4 am as per IST last night, so we practically slept at morning and woke up by afternoon. It kind of felt like a hangover morning, err afternoon and I knew it is going to be a lazy Sunday.

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Dark Red- Sweet Cherry

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Healthy Cherry and Spinach Salad Recipe

20 May 2012 Anu 0 Comments

Healthy Cherry and Spinach Salad Recipe:

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Healthy Cherry and Spinach salad

What would you do if you were gifted a basket full of farm fresh Sweet Cherries?  If you are a foodie like me you would perhaps first pop in a mouthful of those beautiful red Cherries, and then smile with satisfaction at its sweet juicy freshness. So that’s exactly what I did and at the lapse of another moment I was lost in a parallel universe, thinking about the immense possibilities that the fresh, juicy ‘Sweet Cherries' had brought along with it. It’s not that I shall turn all of it into my recipe roll, I’d rather set aside at least one half of it to be enjoyed in its own natural form. The other half of course would be well consumed as salads, jellies, caramels or toppings to many a sweet and savory dishes.

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Veg Pizza Bites Recipe

19 May 2012 Anu 2 Comments

Veg Pizza Bites Recipe:

I woke up this morning to a realization that it has been only about Chicken in my kitchen for a lot many days now. My head, tongue and tummy in chorus reminded me of my step-motherly treatment towards my veggie-taste buds. So with due respect to their desire, I’ve decided to do some justice to my vegan palate and enjoy some of my favorite homemade vegetarian delights. As a matter of fact I quite equally ardently love all vegetarian food or “Ghans Phuns” as my brother would call it.

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Veg Pizza Bites

So, here I  present to you my Microwave Pizza Bites Recipe which was an easy choice given that I already had a supply of Cheddar and Mozzarella left from the Mexican Chicken Enchiladas and the Tomato Salsa(Mexican Style) stored in the fridge. Baking a delicious hot cheese loaded pizza with the favorite toppings is really no rocket science, in fact we just need to get our basics right and believe you me I finally learned my basics of baking the right pizza base in a microwave only after several  failed attempts. Indeed I could have used a readymade pizza base but remember I try and keep it fresh as far as I can.

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Chicken Chili Recipe

18 May 2012 Anu 0 Comments

Chicken Chili Recipe:

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Chicken Chili

This is one of those recipes I can say I grew up eating. My first exposure to International Cuisine I am sure must have been Chinese, and I can bet I am not alone when I say that. The Fast Food Caravans serving Chinese were such a trend during my growing years and their Hakka noodles and Chicken Chili were my favorite treats.

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Thick Tomato Salsa (Mexican style) Recipe

17 May 2012 Anu 0 Comments

Thick Tomato Salsa (Mexican style) Recipe:

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Thick Tomato Salsa (Mexican Style)

Ingredients (Makes a medium size bowl full):

  • 5 large Tomatoes – medium ripe, chopped
  • 1 medium size Charred Onion, chopped
  • 2-3 cloves Charred Garlic, chopped
  • 2-3 green chilies, chopped
  • Juice of ½ a lemon
  • 6-7 springs of chopped  green coriander
  • Salt & black pepper powder
  • A teaspoon of olive oil

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Mexican Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

17 May 2012 Anu 0 Comments

Mexican Chicken Enchiladas Recipe:

The other evening I got a call from my young cousin, she was home for her semester break and would visit me over the next day. I got really excited for she’s one of my favorite cousins, calm, quite, smiling and charming.  Already in the college now but she’s still the same cute and adorable little Tanya to me that she was as a child. I wanted to cook her some nice yummy food, especially because I know how bad one craves for good food after having lived a nightmare in offensive hostel food. Well, with Mexican already there in my mind for I while, the decision was an easy one to make. The only change was that while i'd have done a Burrito or Fajita for myself (for their low on cheese reasons) I instead made her the Mexican Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas.

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Mexican Chicken Enchiladas

Enchiladas are absolutely delicious as a snack or for a good lunch. I've always loved the mouthful of cheese & chicken in every bite  of it, still never really tried making one myself before. The recipe was not a difficult one but it did require  a bit of extra work around preparing the spread, the filling and the Salsa, but all of it was certainly worth the effort. For all I know that the compliments I received for my Enchiladas, sure meant that my Mexican tryst was a success.

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