Yummy Sizzling Recipes

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

One of the delicious south Indian chutney to have with dosa Ingredients : Grated coconut -1 cup Green Chillis - 1-2 Curry leaves - few Shallot -1-2 Ginger- 1/2 inch Roasted chana dal- 1 tbs water - 1/2 cup For Seasoning Coconut Oil - 1 tbs Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - few Directions: In a mixy grinder jar, add the grated coconut, green chili, curry leaves, shallot, ginger, roasted chana dal and water to paste. Pour it to a serving bowl In a seasoning pan or tadka, pour coconut oil, add mustard seeds, when you hear the splutter, add curry leaves, then pour this over the coconut mix and serve with hot dosas.

Dosa is basically pancakes made of rice and lentils. It is sometimes made in crepe appearance also. It is a typical south Indian breakfast, traditionally served with coconut chutney and sambar. With this easy homemade batter, you can make different dishes like plain dosa, set dosa, masala dosa, uthappams, and paniyarams. Ingredients: Dosa rice - 4 Cups Urad Dal(split,skinless black gram) - 1 Cup Fenugreek Seeds(methi) - 1 tsp Cooked Rice/ Poha - 1-2 tbs Salt - to taste Water - As needed Ghee/oil - As needed Directions: Wash and soak, rice and urad dal in two separate vessels for 6 hrs. Add fenugreek seeds to the urad dal. Before grinding, drain the water in which the rice is soaked. Grind the cooked rice, soaked rice, and urad dal along with the water in which it was soaked in a Blender/mixy/grinder. Add little more water if needed till you get a smooth batter. The consistency should be such that the batter should be thinly coated on a spoon when dipped. Keep the bat

A great dish to have with rice or chapati. Ingredients: Grated Carrot - 2 Cups Egg - 1-2 Shallots(red onion) - 3 Green chilies - 2 Curry leaves - few Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Oil - 1 tbs Directions: In a Kadai, pour oil, then add mustard seeds, when you hear it splutter, add red onions, green chilies, curry leaves and saute for a few seconds. Add the grated carrots, cover with a lid, and cook, till the raw taste of the carrot is gone. Open the lid, make a well in the center, break open an egg, and scramble it in the middle.  Mix all together and cook for few more seconds and serve. Tips: You can make thoran with the same version by replacing the egg with grated coconut. 

I am a big fan of cheesecakes. I have tried different versions, until I came across this cheat recipe, through one of my friends. I must tell you I have never gone back to the original recipe ever since. This is so easy, and you can whip this up in just 5 mins. So if you are here for the original recipe, sorry this post is not for you.😁 Ingredients: Yogurt - 400gms Sweet Condensed Milk - 400gms Biscuits - 1-2 packets Butter - 1-2 tbs Topping- 1/2 cup (Optional) Directions: Crumble the biscuits in a food processor or by hand and transfer to a bowl. Melt the butter and pour on the biscuit crumbs and mix till texture is like wet sand In another bowl, pour the yogurt and condensed milk and mix together. Take a microwave-safe dish, pour the biscuit mix and layer evenly with a spoon or underside of a glass. Carefully pour the yogurt mix over the biscuit base. Microwave it for 2-5 mins, till it sets. Refrigerate for 2-3 hrs and serve. Tips: You can increase or decrease the quanti

One of the easiest, and my go-to breakfast, on lazy Saturday mornings. I am not gonna lie, I sometimes even crave for this dish.🤗 Ingredients: Bread - few slices Eggs- 2 Milk - 1cup Vanilla Essence Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp Powdered Sugar - 1 tbs ( optional) Directions: In a bowl, add the milk, eggs, cinnamon powder, vanilla essence, and sugar. Whisk all together well.  In a frying pan, add butter. Take a bread piece and soak a little in the mix prepared above, transfer it to the pan and fry with medium heat, till you see light brown color on both sides.  Serve with maple syrup, honey, or chocolate syrup. Tips: Do not soak the bread in the mix for too long, it will be very soggy and difficult to transfer it to the frying pan or Tawa.

During school days in the gulf, we used to get this side dish with KFC and Pizza a lot. Could successfully recreate this wonderful dish from memory, and here is the recipe for that 😋 Ingredients: White Cabbage- 2 Cups Red cabbage- 1/4 cup  Carrot -1/2 cup Onion - small Mayonaise- 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 tsp Vinegar- 1/2 tsp Lemon juice- 1 tsp Salt - to taste Pepper powder - 1 tsp Directions: Shred the onion, cabbage, and carrots. Add a bowl, along with the other ingredients.  Mix all together and keep in the refrigerator for half an hour and serve. Tips: Adding the red cabbage is optional, but it adds some color to the dish. You can decrease or increase the mayonnaise, according to how you like it. Alternatively, you can add half of the mayo and half yogurt or more of mayo and little of yogurt, if you're health-conscious. You can either add vinegar or lime juice, no need to add both.

If you love munching popcorn, I promise, you're going to love this version. Ingredients: Corn kernels - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Butter - 1 tbs Soda bicarbonate(baking soda) - 1/2 tsp Butter/oil - 2-3 tbs Directions: In a medium-size pressure cooker, heat oil, add the corn kernels Keep stirring on medium heat, till it turns light in color. Close the lid and turn to high heat, wait for the popcorn to start popping and take off the lid till you stop hearing the sound. Transfer to a bowl and let it cool. In a large Kadai or pan, spread the sugar evenly, and turn the heat to medium. When you start seeing the sugar melting, start mixing till it turns to light golden in color, lower the heat.  Add butter, and mix, you start seeing bubbles start to form. Immediately take off the stove, add the baking soda and keep stirring, you see the caramel starts foaming, add the popcorn and mix from underneath, till all the popcorn is coated. Transfer to a

This is traditionally a Mexican cooked and mashed beans. I started making this, when I made loaded nachos. This recipe is used as an ingredient as well as a side dish or dips for many Mexican dishes. Ingredients: Dry Red Beans - 1 cup Olive Oil- 1 tbs Onion- 1 Garlic- 4-5 cloves Chipotle adobo sauce or powder- 1/2 tbs Water/veg stock - 1 cup Directions: Soak the beans overnight. Drain and pressure cook them for 4-5 whistles or till they become soft and mushy. In Pan, add some oil, Garlic, and Onions. Saute for some while. Add chipotle sauce or powder and the beans. Saute for some time and mash the beans to your desired consistency. Add water and salt. Keep stirring till it becomes semi gravy consistency. Tips: For cutting short cooking time, you can get the store-bought canned baked/ cooked beans. But I prefer to make from scratch, dry beans. If you don't have the chipotle sauce or powder, you can use the paprika or red chili powder. You can

Here is one of my go-to snacks along with tea, where the ingredients are simple and always available in your kitchen. Ingredients: Onion - 1-2 (thinly sliced) Ginger - small piece (finely chopped) Bengal Gram powder - 1/2 cup Maida(All purpose flour) - 1 tbs Red chili powder - 1 tsp Hing - a pinch Curry leaves - Few (roughly chopped) Soda bicarbonate - a pinch (optional) Water - 2-3 tbs Directions: In a bowl, mix the onion, ginger, Bengal gram powder, maida, red chili powder, hing, beaten egg, water and curry leaves to form a not so watery batter. In a Kadai, heat oil, take some batter in your hand and slowly drop small dollop sized batter into the oil.  Fry in medium heat till you see the pakodas light brown color. Strain the pakodas into an absorbant towel or strainer. Serve hot. Tips: The water and the flours in the batter should be in the consistency just enough to coat the onions, to get the onions evenly cooked and crisp.  Keep in mind, that onions also release moistu

This is one snack I love which has zero calories. Who knew you could make popcorn at home and that too without a popcorn machine. It's that simple and easy. You can have it for teatime, movie nights, and sleepovers. You can make this in different variations, salted, caramel, or Piri Piri. Ingredients: Corn kernels - 1/2 Cup Butter/Oil - 2 tbs Salt - to taste Directions: In a pressure cooker, heat oil, add the corn kernels, mix them on medium heat, till you start seeing the corn turning light in color. Close the lid, turn the heat on high. You will start hearing the sound of the corn popping.  Turn off the stove when you stop hearing the popping sound.  Transfer to a bowl sprinkle some salt and serve. Tips: The pressure cooker should be big enough to hold the popped corn inside.  Alternatively you can use a heavy-bottomed large Kadai with a tightly closed lid. For making the Piri Piri version, just sprinkle the Piri powder over the popcorn

During my school days, I had once stumbled upon this cuisine, in a restaurant, and its taste lingered in my head. Years later after I got married, with the recipes out there on the internet, I decided to try making it at home. I have to admit, it felt like a brain drain at first, the lasagna sheets and the cheese were not only easily available here in India, it was expensive too. But with years of experimenting, I found out that you can make this dish with other alternatives and it tastes just the same and great too 😄👍 INGREDIENTS: Lasagne sheets/pasta For White sauce (béchamel sauce) Butter- 1 tbsp. Flour - 1 tbsp. Milk- 500ml Pepper powder - 2tsp Parsley- 1tsp Nutmeg powder - pinch Crushed Garlic - 1 clove Mozzarella/ Cheddar cheese(grated) - 200gms or 100gms of both Salt - to taste For Meat sauce Meat(minced) - 1/2 kg Onion - 1 med size (chopped) Garlic - 4 cloves (chopped) Basil (dried or fresh) - 1tsp Oregano (dried or fresh) - 1 tsp

This is the easiest, mind-blowing, delicious 3 ingredient dessert recipe I've ever tasted. Never thought I could make an ice-cream at my very own 'mi casa'. Ingredients : Heavy whipping cream- 500 ml Sweetened Condensed milk- 400 mg Oreo biscuits - 2 packets of vanilla flavor Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp (optional) Directions : Chill the cream and the glass bowl in which you are to whip in the freezer for 1-2 hrs. Be mindful that the cream does not freeze. Take them out right before you start the process. In a bowl add some ice and keep the chilled glass bowl over it. Pour the cream into the chilled bowl and start whipping it with an electric beater or a whisk. Keep beating till it reaches to a little thick consistency and it forms a peak when you pull out the whisk. Add in the condensed milk and vanilla essence, fold it in with whipped cream. Now crush the Oreo biscuits, add into the cream, mix them and pour into

Apparently this beverage became a viral trend during the time of social distancing of COVID- 19 pandemic 2020, where people had to stay at home and thereby got its name 'quarantine coffee' and since then it has been a challenge to make this at homes. Curious to know what is the big deal in this trend, I tried it out, usually I am not fond of cold coffee or tea, but this definitely blew my mind. So I'd definitely recommend you to try this, cause it's very easy to make. So even your kids can try. Ingredients: Coffee powder- 1 tsp Sugar- 1 tsp Hot water- 1 tsp Cold/Warm Milk-1/2 cup Directions: In a Bowl or Mug, add coffee powder, sugar, and hot water.  Whisk them to get a whipped cream consistency. In a mug add cold milk leaving space on top a little. Now add the whipped cream on top and smooth out with a spoon to get that look which I did😊 Tips: Whatever the size or the quantity, the proportion of the sugar, coffee powder, and hot w

Taco seasoning can be used as seasoning for Mexican dishes like nachos, tacos, burritos, and many more. Ingredients: Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds- 1/2 tbs Chilli flakes/paprika - 1/2 tsp Garlic powder - 1/2 tsp Onion Powder - 1/2 tsp Salt - 1 tsp. Black pepper - 1 tsp Dried oregano - 1/2 tsp Directions: Grind all the ingredients to a coarse powder in a grinder. Use it for seasoning, whenever the recipe calls for.

A very easy dish to have with rice, kanji or puttu. I could eat it simply just like that. 😋 Ingredients: Green moong dal (whole) - 1 cup Coconut Oil - 1 tbs Mustard Seeds- 1 tsp Red chilli - 2 Garlic - 4-5 (mashed) Curry Leaves - few Shallots - 6 (optional) Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp Salt- to taste Directions: Soak the Moong dal overnight. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles and Drain.  In a pan, pour oil, when it gets heated add the mustard seeds, red chillis, curry leaves, garlic, and shallots. Saute. Add the cooked moong dal, salt and fry all together for 1min. Turn off the stove and serve with rice, chapati or puttu. Tips: The dal cooked should be fully cooked but not overcooked, because when you fry it, it could get mushy. You can make this dish a curry version too, just cook a little more further in pressure cooker, add the cooked dal with its stock and let it come to a boil. This too is good to have with puttu, if you&

Loaded Chicken Nachos is one of my favorite food order whenever I go to Taco Bell. But making it at my very own kitchen is even more healthy, tastier and fuller. Usually Friday nights we used to make pizzas or burgers. Now this is added to the list, as everyone at home loves this, especially the kids. Ingredients: For preparing the Loaded nachos: Nachos- 200 gms Cheese sauce/Mayonaise- 1/2 cup Taco seasoning - 1 tsp Spring onion- 1/2 cup (chopped) Cheddar cheese - 1 cup (grated) For Meat sauce: Onion- 1 medium Garlic- 5-6 (chopped) Minced Chicken- 1 cup Refried Beans - 1 cup Taco seasoning - 1/2 tbs Salt- to taste water- 1/2 cup For Salsa: Onion - 1 Tomato - 1 Jalapeno - 1 (optional) Capsicum - 1 acocado (optional) Black olives(Sliced and pitted) - 1 Coriander Leaves - 1/4th cup Lemon Juice - 1 Tbs Salt - to taste For Cheese sauce: Butter - 1 tbs Milk - 1 cup Plain Cheese - 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese - 1/2 cup Salt- to taste Pepper - 1