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Tasty Chocochips cookies (Eggless)

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Finally, my hunt for the best choco-chip recipe is over. If you have ever been in the Arabian Gulf  region and tried the old original Danish butter cookies, then you are in for a surprise with this one...!!! Ingredients: Butter - 1 cup (room temperature) Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup Castor(powdered) sugar - 1/2 cup Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp All-purpose flour(maida) - 2 and 1/4 cups Cornflour - 1 tbs Baking Soda - 1 tsp Milk - 3 to 4 tbs Choco Chips - 1 cup or as much as you like Directions: Beat Butter, Vanilla essence, and Sugar till it becomes soft and fluffy. Add All-purpose flour, cornflour, and baking soda. Mix all together until all are combined well. To this add milk and mix till dough is formed.  Add choco chips and mix. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 12-15 mins. Tips: Dough formed should not be too stiff nor too loose. If you want crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside texture then bake for a lesser time than mentioned, for crunchy texture bake for more time or a
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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
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Homemade Grape Wine

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When you think 'wine'🍷, you think of the winery and all the process it involves in making of it. Well here's good news, you don't need huge investments nor costly tools but you can make wine at your own home. 🥳 Ingredients: Black grapes- 2 kgs Sugar- 2 kgs Yeast- 10gms Whole wheat grain - 50 gms Water- 3 liters Earthern pot/Bharani/Jar Clean Wooden spoon(optional) Directions: Part 1 Boil 3 liters of water and let cool down. Thoroughly wash and clean grapes and remove stems and drain the water and dry it with a clean cloth. Put the grapes in a Jar and smash with a wooden spoon, till they are ruptured. Pour the boiled and cooled down water. To prepare the yeast, add 100ml of lukewarm water in a bowl, 2 tsp sugar, 10gms of yeast. Mix and pour into the jar. Add half of the sugar content.  Mix everything together. Close the jar and make it airtight by sealing it with a cling/Sarang/plastic wrap.  Keep this for 21days giving it a stir every day. Part 2 After 21
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Lady's finger stir fry (Vendekkai/Okra stir fry) with a twist😉

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Ingredients: Ladies finger(vendekkai)- 500 gms Tomato- 1( chopped) Onion - 1 (chopped) Sambar powder - 1-2 tsp Besan flour - 1-2 tsp Dry red chillis- 1-2 Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp Directions: Wash and chop the lady's finger.  In a pan, pour oil, mustard seeds, red chillis, onion, and saute for a few seconds. Add the chopped tomato, saute again. Now add the sambar powder, saute and add the chopped lady's finger, saute for a while. When you start to see the lady's finger/okra sticking to each other, add the besan powder. Keep stir-frying it till the raw taste is gone and cooked. Serve hot with rice or chapati. Tips: After you wash the lady's finger, wait till the water on it dry completely, to get it crisp  Just so you know, the twist in this recipe is adding sambar powder, I know it sounds weird, but it brings the taste to a whole new level.  Adding the besan powder not only gives a nutty flavor, but it also avoids the stickiness too.
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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.
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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 saute
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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.
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