Russian Salad

Ingredients:

• Boiled Macaroni - 500gms
• Fresh cream - 350ml
• Mayonnaise - 1 cup
• Finely chopped onion - 1 (small)
• Boiled corn - 1 small cup
• Fruit Cocktail - 1 Tin
• Diced apple - 1
• Mixed herbs - 1tbsp
• Salt - Half tsp
• Sugar - Half tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Red chilli flakes - Half tsp
• Lettuce - 300gms

Mix all the above ingredients in a large bowl. Refrigerate for minimum an hour before serving.

Lettuce is optional - you can skip it, if its not available.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Ingredients:

• All purpose flour - 120g
• White granulated sugar - 65g
• Light brown sugar - 140g
• Egg - 1 (room temperature)
• Unsated butter - 60g (room temperature)
• Rolled oats - 135g
• Baking soda - 3g
• Chocolate chips - 150g  
• Vanilla extract - 10ml
• Salt - half tsp
• Cinnamon powder - half tsp

Method:

1. In a bowl sieve the flour and baking soda, mix it with a spoon and keep it aside.
2. In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar using a hand mixer, add rest of the ingredients one after the another and mix it with a hand mixer until well combined.
3. At this point the dough will be sticky, use clean hands to form a dough.
4. Refrigerate the cookie dough for minimum an hour before baking.
5. Scoop out the cookie dough and shape them in balls, in a baking tray line the parchment paper and place the cookie balls leaving about 2 inches space between them.
6. In a pre heated oven bake them at 190 degree Celsius for 8 - 10 minutes.
7. After taking the cookie tray out of the oven, let it rest for 10 - 15 minutes before serving.

Chicken Wrap

Lets unwrap a wrap!!

Take boneless chicken and cook it with the following ingredients, 
Ginger garlic paste
Salt 
Red chili powder
Paprika powder
lemon juice 

Once cooked, saute it with little oil for 5 minutes

Take a tortilla wrap / roti , spread some cheese , arrange the chicken pieces and layer the below ingredients one by one.

Lettuce - roughly chopped
Tomato - de seeded and cut length wise
Onion  Sliced
Jalapenos
Tomato ketchup
Chili sauce (optional)
Mayonnaise
Bell pepper - cut lengthwise

Pepper powder

Roll the wrap firmly and its ready to relish!

Instant coconut ladoos

This is my quick version of our very own desi coconut ladoos.

 

Ingredients:

• Desiccated coconut - 3 cups
• sweetened condensed milk - 1 cup
• Cardamom powder - half tsp
• Almonds and cashews - 1 cup
• Raisins -  2 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Chop and roast the nuts in medium to low flame for 5 minutes.
2. In a heavy bottom pan add ghee and 2 n half cups of desiccated coconut and saute this on low flame for 5 minutes.
3. Add milkmaid,cardamom powder, roasted nuts, raisins and fold this mixture well using a spatula.
4. Keep stirring this on low flame until the mixture leaves the side of the pan.
5. Turn off the flame n keep stirring for another 2 minutes.
6. Once the mixture cools down, apply ghee on your hands scoop out the mixture with a spoon and give a nice round shape to it.
7. Roll these ladoos in the remaining desiccated coconut and serve.    

Note:

The sweetness a be adjusted by adding more or less condensed milk.

Chicken Quesadilla

Quesadilla is  basically a Mexican dish  to which i gave a little desi touch to suit our taste buds.
 

Ingredients:

• Tortilla wraps / Rotis
• Boneless chicken - 500gms (finely chopped or shredded)
• Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Papkrika powder - 1 tsp
• Red chili pwdr - 1 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Oregano - 1 tbsp
• Toamto paste - 1 tsp
• Tomato ketchup - 2tbsp
• Onions - finely chopped
• Capsicum - finely chopped
• Corn - half a cup
• Cheddar/ Mozerella cheese
• Mayonese - optional
• Salt
• Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. In a cooking pot heat oil, add chicken and salt,mix well.Cover and cook this for 5 minutes on medium flame.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and the powders mentioned above, mix well.
3. After 5 minutes add oregano, tomato paste and ketchup. Cook this on high flame until the water has almost evaporated.
4. By now the chicken must be cooked, if not continue cooking until its done.
5. Lower the flame and add onion, capsicum, corn and cheese , give it a good mix.
6. Cover the pot and cook on simmer for 2 - 3 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
7. Heat tawa and just warm up the ready made wraps for a minute.
8. If you are using rotis , after rolling the rotis just half cook them on the tawa and keep it aside.
9. Lay the wrap on a flat surface, fill half the wrap/roti with the chicken filling and spread some mayonese on top of it and fold the wrap/roti.
10. On a hot tawa add butter and place the quesadilla and cook this on medium flame until you see the nice golden color.
11. while coking the quesadilla press the top with a spatula. Flip it carefully and repeat the same.

Cheesy hot quesadilla's are ready.

You can also toast the tortillas in a sandwich maker.

Quick Salad

Just tossed some lettuce, tomatoes,red pepper,olives, salt and pepper powder . My quick salad is ready to go.

Green Salad

A healthy and filling green salad.

 

Ingredients:

Lettuce
Baby spinach
Green olives
Avacado
Cucumber
Onion
Salt
Pepper powder
Olive oil

In a mixing bowl toss all the above ingredients, give it a good mix and enjoy!