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Tasty Chocochips cookies (Eggless)

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Finally, my search for the best choco-chip cookie recipe is over! If you've ever been to the Arabian Gulf region and tasted the classic Danish butter cookies, you're in for a delightful surprise with this one! Ingredients: Butter : 1 cup (at room temperature) Brown Sugar : 1/2 cup Caster Sugar (powdered): 1/2 cup Vanilla Essence : 1/2 tsp All-Purpose Flour (Maida) : 2 1/4 cups Cornflour : 1 tbsp Baking Soda : 1 tsp Milk : 3-4 tbsp Choco Chips (or chopped chocolate chunks): 1 cup (or more, as desired) Directions: Prepare the Dough: In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter, vanilla essence, and both sugars until soft and fluffy. Add the all-purpose flour, cornflour, and baking soda. Mix well until everything is combined. Gradually add milk and mix until a dough forms. Stir in the choco chips or chocolate chunks. Baking: Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Line a baking tray with parchment paper and drop spoonfuls of dough onto the tray. Bake for 12-15 minutes, dep...

Best Homemade Pizza from scratch

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Ok, I have been making this pizza for a few years now, and finally have perfected a Pizza Hut's Pizza, well at least I think I did. My family loves them and claims it as the best pizza in the world. And now it's a dedicated pizza night here on almost all Fridays. Ingredients: (Serves 3 thin crust large pizzas) Maida (All purpose flour)- 4 cups Salt- 1 tsp Active dried yeast - 1 tbs Sugar - 1 tsp Water - 1-2 cups Oil - 1 tbs Toppings : Veggies (according to your likes and choice)- sliced onions, sliced capsicum, sliced tomato, sweet corn, sliced olives Non-veg- (according to your likes and choice) - chicken salami, sausages, chopped ham, nuggets, pepperoni Mozerella cheese (grated) - 500 gms Pizza sauce-1 tbs Oregano/pizza seasoning - 1 tbs Directions: In a cup or small bowl add lukewarm water, sugar, yeast, and stir. Wait for the yeast to ferment. In another big bowl, add the flour, salt, and slowly add water little by little mix till it forms a dough. Add 1tsp oil...

Homemade Grape Wine

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When you think of wine 🍷, you may picture vineyards, wineries, and complex processes. Well, here's some good news—no huge investments or expensive tools are required! You can make delicious wine right at home. 🥳 Ingredients: Black Grapes : 2 kg Sugar : 2 kg Yeast : 10 g Whole Wheat Grains : 50 g Water : 3 liters Earthen Pot/Bharani/Jar Wooden Spoon (optional, for stirring) Directions: Part 1: Preparation (Day 1 to Day 21) Boil 3 liters of water and let it cool completely. Thoroughly wash and clean the grapes, remove the stems, drain the water, and dry them with a clean cloth. Place the grapes in the jar and smash them with a wooden spoon until the skins are ruptured. Pour the cooled boiled water into the jar. To activate the yeast: Add 100 ml of lukewarm water to a bowl. Mix in 2 tsp of sugar and 10 g of yeast. Once mixed, pour this yeast mixture into the jar. Add half of the sugar (1 kg). Stir everything together. Seal the jar tightly using cling wrap/plastic wrap t...

Spicy Okra Stir-Fry (Vendekkai) with a twist..!!

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Ingredients: Okra (Vendakkai) : 500 g Tomato : 1 (chopped) Onion : 1 (chopped) Sambar Powder : 1-2 tsp Besan (Chickpea) Flour : 1-2 tsp Dried Red Chilies : 1-2 Mustard Seeds : 1/2 tsp Oil : for sautéing Directions: Prepare the Okra: Wash and chop the okra. Ensure it's completely dry before cooking for a crisp texture. Sautéing: Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and dried red chilies. Let them splutter. Add the chopped onions and sauté for a few seconds until they turn soft and translucent. Stir in the chopped tomato and sauté for another minute. Spice and Okra: Add sambar powder and stir to combine. Add the chopped okra and sauté well, stirring occasionally. When the okra starts to stick together, sprinkle besan flour and stir well. Cook Until Done: Keep stir-frying until the raw taste of besan disappears and the okra is fully cooked. Serve hot with rice or chapati. Tips: Make sure the okra is dry after washing to ensure a crisp texture during cooking. The addition o...

Cheese Veg Sandwich

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An easy delicious vegetarian sandwich. Soothing to the tastebuds of cheese and veg lovers. Ingredients: Bread slices Capsicum- 1 (finely chopped) Onion - 1 (finely chopped) Cheddar Cheese - 100gms (Grated) Mozzarella Cheese - 100gms (Grated) Salt - pinch Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Chaat masala powder - 2 tsp Green chutney Directions: In a bowl, add onion, capsicum, both the cheese, salt, pepper, chaat masala powder. Mix altogether.  Take a slice of bread and spread the Green chutney, then spread the cheese mix. Top it with another slice. Spread butter on top of both sides. Toast it in a sandwich maker or toast it in a pan on both sides. Serve hot.

Liver Pepper Masala

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One of my favs.... this is a must-have for the liver lovers 😋😻  Ingredients: Liver - 500 gms Shallots/Sambar onion - 10 Garlic - 5 cloves Ginger- 1 inch Green chillis- 1-2 Curry leaves - 1 stem Black pepper - 1 tsp Turmeric - half tsp Red chili powder - half tsp Salt - to taste Seasoning:- Onion- 1 medium Chopped Ginger- half tbs Chopped Garlic - half tbs Black pepper powder - 1 tsp Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp Fennel seed powder- 1/3 tsp Directions:- Wash and drain the Liver very well. Grind the shallots, garlic, ginger green chilies to a coarse paste. In a Kadai add the liver, oil, coarse paste, curry leaves, black pepper, turmeric, red chili powder, salt, half cup water to the liver. Cook till the water almost evaporates stirring occasionally. Keep aside. For seasoning, take another pan, add the chopped onions and saute. Add the chopped ginger and garlic, black pepper powder, fennel seed powder, and garam masala powder. Saute all together Add the cooked liver and sa...

Beetroot Thoran (Coconut Beetroot Fry)

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Well, we've all heard of the number of benefits in beetroot. Now, this one version of beetroot I like to eat with rice. Ingredients: Beetroot - 1 cup  Oil - 1 tbs Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Shallots - 2-3 Green chilies -2 Curry leaves - few Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Water- 2 tbs Directions: Wash peel and grate beetroot. In Pan, heat oil, add Mustard, and wait for it to splutter. Then add the shallots, green chilies, curry leaves grated beetroot, and water. Mix all together and close the lid and cook for 2-3 mins.  Open and add the grated coconut, mix and cook for 1 more minute and switch off the flame. Serve hot.