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Vegetable Pulao Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups of basmati rice
  • oil
  • jeera
  • bay leaf
  • star anise
  • 10-15 pods of black pepper
  • cardamom
  • cinnamon
  • cloves
  • ginger
  • 2- 3 green chillies
  • 3 chopped onions
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • potato
  • french beans
  • cauliflower
  • red chilli powder
  • turmeric
  • 1 cup of green peas
  • 4 cups of water
  • 2 carrots
  • Capsicum
  • Coriander leaves

Instructions

  1. Soak 2 cups of basmati rice into water for 20 minutes.
  2. In a pan add some oil, cumin seeds, bay leaf,star anise, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, 2- 3 green chillies, onions and salt and mix well.
  3. Let the onions cook properly.
  4. Add potato, french beans,cauliflower, red chilli powder, turmeric, green peas and little water and let it cook for sometime on a low flame.
  5. Drain the water from the rice.
  6. Add the rice to the mixed vegetables and add 4 cups of water and let it cook for 10 minutes.
  7. Add carrots, capsicum to the pulao and let it cook for 5 minutes.
  8. Garnish the vegetable pulao with coriander leaves.
  9. Vegetable Pulao is ready to be served!

 

Oreo Parfait Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 10 Oreo biscuits
  • 400 Gms whipped cream
  • 2-4 Cherries for garnishing

Instruction

1) Take a bowl of whipped cream & add icing sugar to it
2) Keep whipping till both are mixed nicely
3) Add some crushed oreo biscuits to the above mix & mix well
4) In a jar, spoon 1 tbsp of crushed oreo biscuits
5) On top of this, spoon in another tbsp of the cream mix
6) Like this keep layering till your jar is full
7) Top with some cherries & dig in right away!

 

Chicken Parmesan

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup all-natural tomato sauce
  • ¼ tsp. dried oregano leaves
  • ¼ tsp. garlic powder
  • 6 oz. raw chicken breast, boneless, skinless
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • ¼ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (1 oz.)
  • 2 Tbsp. grated parmesan cheese
  • 3 cups spinach, fresh, steamed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400° F.
2. Combine tomato sauce, oregano, and garlic powder in a small bowl.
3. Place chicken breast in baking pan lightly coated with spray; top with tomato sauce mixture, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in the middle and cheese is bubbly.
5. Serve with spinach.

Nutritional

Calories: 393
Total Fat: 14 g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Cholesterol: 135 mg
Sodium: 658 mg
Carbohydrate: 14 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 6 g
Protein: 53 g

Japanese Purin Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 250ml milk
  • 3 tbsp. sugar

If you need caramel, mix 2 tbsp. sugar and 2 tbsp. water in a saucepan by tilting the pan. Simmer until the sauce is browned. (Do not mix with a spoon or the sugar will recrystallize.) Add 1 tbsp. water to stop hardening.

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients in a spouted measuring cup or a bowl. Add vanilla extract if you prefer.
2. Strain through a strainer into the cups.
3. Cover with aluminum foil (or plastic wrap is ok).
4. Add water in the pan (just about a half-inch across the bottom of the cups).
5. Cover the pan and bring to a boil. When it becomes to a boil, turn down to low and cook for 10 minutes. Stop the heat (do not open the lid) and steam for 10 minutes with the remaining heat.
6. If you need caramel, you can put it on top then put in the fridge until cold.

 

Chana Chaat Recipe

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Ingredients

  • Boiled and pressure cooked kala chana/chickpeas
  • 2 boiled potatoes
  • 2 finely chopped onions
  • 2 finely chopped tomatoes
  • sliced ginger
  • 1 slit green chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp chaat masala
  • Cumin powder
  • Coriander powder
  • Red chilli powder
  • Mint/pudina leaves
  • 2-3 tbsp of tamarind chutney
  • coriander leaves

Instructions

  1. Pressure cook the chickpeas and add salt to it.
  2. Drain out the excess water.
  3. In a bowl add chickpeas, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, ginger, green chilli, salt, chaat masala, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, mint/pudina leaves,tamarind chutney and coriander leaves.
  4. Chana Chaat is ready to be served.