Easy To Cook Food Recipes!

2011-03-26T05:24:00.000-07:00

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Potatoes In A Jacket

2010-04-23T12:10:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
4 boiled potatoes
butter- 2 tbsp
curd
cheese spread: 2 tbsp
spring onions: 2-3
tobasco sauce
salt
pepper

Method:
Boil the potatoes
Heat the pan
Coat each potato with butter and fry with the skin
Add pepper and salt
keep aside once done
Wrap with foil

For filling:
Mix together curd, cheese spread, tobasco sauce, salt, pepper and butter.
Squash potatoes a little
Fill in the mixture and serve!
Yummy evening snack.

White Bean Sandwich

2009-09-18T05:57:00.001-07:00

White Bean Sandwich

Ingredients

White beans: 1 cup
2 tbsp olive oil
Lemon juice
Ground cumin ½ teaspoons
Salt and black pepper
4 slices of bread
1 cucumber sliced
1 tomato sliced
Butter

Method

Soak white beans overnight
Take a mixer grinder and grind the soaked white beans to paste
Add oil, lemon juice cumin seeds and salt and pepper
Keep the paste aside
Take the bread slices
Spread butter in the slices
Spread the pureed mixture
Top the mixture with cucumber and tomato slices
Serve for breakfast or pack for lunch1 Yummm!

Yummy Chicken Wrap

2009-09-18T05:56:00.000-07:00

Yummy Chicken Wrap

Ingredients

Mayonese
Chopped red chilly flakes
Tortilla wraps ( wraps are made with flour)
Spinach chopped
Shredded chicken
Cheese spread and sliced cheese
Red/ green capsicum
Salt
Pepper

Method

1) Take a bowl and mix together 1 cup of mayonnaise, chopped dry red chilies or chilly flakes and a little salt. Add boiled shredded chicken and pepper
2) Take your wraps and spread a layer of semi boiled spinach on it.
3) Spread the mayonnaise mixture
4) Top with bell peppers a little salt and pepper
5) Add cheese spread on top
6) Roll the wraps
7) Serve or pack for lunch!

Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple Soup

2009-09-18T02:29:00.000-07:00

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes: 6-7
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
1 chopped onion
1 sliced celery
1 apple sliced
Black pepper
Salt

Method:

Take the potatoes and prick them
Place in oven and bake potatoes for 45 minutes
Heat olive oil in pan
Fry sliced onion, celery and apple for 10 minutes or till soft
Take out baked potatoes
Scoop out potatoes from flesh and add to pan
Add 4 cups water
Add salt and pepper according to taste
Cook mixture till thick and smooth for approximately 10 minutes
Take out the mixture and puree it in a mixer and strain
You can add water to improve consistency
Serve hot with garlic bread

Menu Planning For Monday

2009-02-19T04:41:00.000-08:00

Monday... The first day of the week! Keep it light yet interesting :

MONDAY’S MENU: NON VEGETARIAN

Breakfast:

Muffins
Orange Juice
Boiled Egg Sandwich with mayonnaise and cheese
Banana
Tea

Lunch:

Rice
Drumstick Curry
Chilly Soya Bean
Pickle
Aloo Posto
Musoor Dal
Curd

Tea

Croissant
Tea

Dinner

Baked Potato
Mixed Vegetables
Roti/ Puri
Paneer Tikka
Jaljeera
Tomato Chutney

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Muffin Recipe:
Corn Muffins
Ingredients:

1 ½ cups of flour.

1 cup of cornmeal.

1 cup of water.

¼ cup of shortening.¼ cup of sugar.

2 tablespoons of cornstarch.

2 tablespoons of vinegar.

1 teaspoon of salt.

Method:
1) Mix the shortening and sugar;

2) Add the cornstarch, vinegar and salt.

3) Beat in all of the remaining ingredients.

4) Spoon into a greased muffin tin.

5) Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean

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Drumstick Curry

Ingredients:

Drumsticks : 10
Potato: 2-3
Onion: 2-3
Tomato: 2-3
Peas: 100gms
Dhania Powder: 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds: 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
Red chilly powder: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Curry Leaves: 5
Corriander leaves
Grated Coconut
Green Chillies:2-3
Corriander powder
Ginger garlic paste

Method:

Cut drumstick, potato and onions
Blend onion
Grate coconut
Make a paste of onion and cocomut
Make a puree of tomatoes
Heat oil
Fry mustard seeds and curry leaves
Add the coconut onion paste
Add green chillies, ginger garlic and corriander paste
Add corriander powder, turmeric, red chilly and cumin powder
Add drumstick amd potatoes
Add water and cover and cook
Add salt, peas and tomato puree
Boil on low flame for 10 mins
Top with corriander leaves and serve hot

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Daily Menu Planning For All

2009-02-19T03:53:00.000-08:00

Hi!

If you are worried about what to cook everyday, this is the right place you've come too. Here's an elaborate Menu Plan for breakfast, lunch and dinner only for you. New menu's every week with recipes! What more! So juts log on the day before take your daily menu print out and get cooking. Innovative recipes to make your tongue tingle everyday! After all isn't variety the spice of life! Variety of recipes for everyday cooking Monday to Sunday!

Spinach Corn

2008-12-16T05:30:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

Corn kernels- boiled- 1 cup
Spinach- 2 cups
Garlic cloves-5-6
Ginger garlic paste
Corriander powder
Red chilly powder
Corriander leaves
Green chillies - 2-3
Butter- 2 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Method:

1) Boil corn kernels and put aside
2) Heat oil
3) Fry ginger garlic paste
4) In a mixie mince spinach leaves with 3 garlic cloves, 2 green chillies and corriander leaves.
5) Add boiled corn kernels to the oil.
6) Add corriander and red chilly powder
7) Add spinach paste
8) Let boil for 10 mins till oil separates
9) Top with butter and pepper powder
10) Serve hot!

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Fried Potatoes

2008-08-12T06:31:00.000-07:00

Fried Potatoes

Ingredients:

Potatoes

Onion

Ginger

Garlic

Capsicum

chillies

ketchup

Veg seasoning cubes

Cornflour

Method:

1) Cut the potatoes in french fry fashion

2) Boil capsicum and potatoes

3) Deep fry the potatoes after coating with cornflour

4) Heat oil

5) Add onion and ginger garlic chopped

6) Add green chillies chopped

7) Add ketchup and fried potatoes- mix together

8) Add capsicum, vinegar and veg seasoning

9) Serve hot

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Fish N' Curd

2008-08-07T06:40:00.000-07:00

Fish N' Curd

Ingredients:

Fish

WholeCurd: 500 gms

Onion paste

Ginger paste

Butter

Sugar

Salt

Cardamom- 2-3

Cloves -3-4

Cinnamon -2-3

Mustard oil

Bay leaf-1

Method:

1) Take fresh fish fillets

2) Mix curd, ginger garlic paste and onion paste to it

3) Add salt and sugar

4) Marinate fish for 1 hour

5) Heat buttter

6) Add cardamom, cinnamon and cloves ground

7) Add bay leaf

8) Now add the marinated fish and let it cook

9) Cover and cook till done for 15 mins.

10) Serve hot

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Sweet And Sour Brinjals

2008-08-05T06:10:00.000-07:00

Sweet And Sour Brinjals:

Ingredients:
Brinjals -4-5

Mustard

Oil

Tamarind paste

Turmeric powder

Sugar

Salt

Mustard seeds

Dry red chillies

Crushed cumin seeds

Method:
1) Deep fry the brinjals in mustard oil

2) Heat oil again

3) Fry dry red chillies, after breaking them into 2

4) Add mustard seeds and turneric powder

5) Add tamarind paste and boil

6) Add fried brinjals to the gravy

7) Add salt and sugar - 1 tsp

8) Cover and cook for 5-10 mins in the gravy

9) Top with powdered cumin seeds

10) Serve hot with bread roll

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Vegetable Corn And Grapes

2008-08-02T01:05:00.001-07:00

Vegetable Corn And Grapes:

Ingredients:

Corn : 1 can

Grapes

Apple-1

Ginger

Green chilly paste

Onion

Tomato

Cream

Oil

Salt

Lemon Juice

Turmeric Powder

Red chilly powder

Powdered Cinnamon and cloves

Method:

1) Heat oil

2) Fry onions

3) Add green chilly paste

4) Add ginger paste

5) Add chopped tomatoes

6) Add turmeric powder

7) Add apple, corn and grapes sliced

8) Add water and lemon juice

9) Add salt and a pinch of red chilly powder

10) After 10 minutes of cover and cook add the grapes

11) Add powdered Cinnamon and cloves

12) Add cream or milk on low flame and mix

13) Top with grapes

14) Serve

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Green Chilly Chicken!

2008-08-01T06:01:00.000-07:00

Green Chilly Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken : 500 gms
Salt, Vinegar, Ginger garlic paste
Curry leaves
Mustard Seeds
Chopped Onions
Tomatoes
Green chilly paste
Corriander pwd
Pasted corriander leaves
Cardamon
Cloves
Cinnamon

Method:

1) Marinate the chicken in ginger garlic paste, salt and vinegar
2) Heat oil
3) Add chopped tomatoes and onion
4) Add green chilly and corriander leaves paste
5) Add corriander powder
6) Add ground Cardamon,Cloves,Cinnamon
7) Add the marinated chicken and cook
8) Top with fried curry leaves
9) Serve hot
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Chicken Hot Dog

2008-07-31T04:38:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Chicken boiled and shredded

Carrots, capsicum, cabbage

Mayonese

Cream

Milk

Honey

Salt

Butter

Pepper

Hot dog buns

Method:

1) In a bowl mix together mayonese, milk/ cream, honey, salt and pepper

2) In a pan fry butter

3) Fry the boiled chicken in butter

4) Mix boiled vegetables: cabbage, carrots, capsicum to mayonese.

5) Spread mix on buns with lettuce leaves

6) Place boiled chicken in between

7) Serve hot with ketchup

Easy Veg Soup

2008-07-26T01:08:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Ginger

Chilly

Carrots

Cucumber

Salt

Ajinomoto

Spring Onions

Cornflour

Lemon Juice

Oil

Method:

1) Boil ginger, chilly and all vegetables: shredded

2) Add salt and ajinomoto

3) Add cornflour disolved

4) Garnish with spring onions

5) Serve hot

Spicy Chicken

2008-07-23T02:34:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1) 500 gm chicken

2) Ginger garlic paste

3) Onion paste

4) green chillies

5) Tomato ketchup

6) Dry red chillies

7) Salt- a pinch

8) Sugar a pinch

9) Pepper: ground

10) Corriander leaves

11) Mustard Oil

Method:

1) Heat mustard oil

2) Fry dry red chillies

3) Add onion paste and let it brown

4) Add ginger garlic paste and saute

5) Add the chicken pieces and fry

6) Add tomati ketchup, sugar, salt and pepper

7) Keep sauting till chicken is tender

8) Cover and cook but do not add water

9) After a while when chicken is completely tender add corriander leaves

10) Serve hot with rice.

Brinjal Curry

2008-06-22T23:13:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Brinjal-2

Oil

Sugar

Red chilly powder

Salt

Curd=50 gms

Curry leaves

Mustard seeds

Dried red chilly

Method:

Heat oil

Slice and fry the brinjals and keep aside

Now fry mustard seeds and dry red chilly

add curry leaves

In a bowl mix curd, salt, sugar and red chilly powder

Add the curd mixture to the oil

Add fried brinjals and cook over low flame fpr 10 mins

Serve hot with bread or rice.

Chilly Soya Bean

2008-05-31T00:28:00.000-07:00

Chilly Soya Bean

Ingredients
Gram flour
Curd
Ginger garlic paste
Red chilly powder

Cinnamon powder
Soya beans
Tomatoes
Soya sauce
Capsicum

Method:
Boil soya beans for ½ hour in pressure cooker
Heat oil
Fry the boiled soya bean balls
Heat oil again
Add salt
Heat oil
Fry onions, tomatoes and capsicum
Add water
Add fried soya bean balls
Add then to the mix
Add cinnamon powder
Add red chilly powder
Serve hot

Corn Rice

2008-05-30T00:30:00.000-07:00

Corn Rice

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup
Butter/ oil - 4 tbsp
Onion - 1
Mint leaves - a bunch
Cinnamon - ground
Pepper - ground
Sweet corn- 1 cup boiled
Salt

Ingredients

Soak rice for 1/2 hour
Slice onions
Wash mint leaves
Heat butter/ oil
Fry pepper and cinnamon
Add onions sliced
Add sweet corn
Add rice and fry for a minute
Add water - 2 cups
Add salt and mix
Cover and cook rice till water dissapears
Serve hot.

Yummy Cheese Omlette

2008-05-28T04:15:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

Eggs - 2
Cheese - 15 gms
Butter - 5 gms
Pepper - 1/2 gms
Salt
Green chillies - 2-3
Onion- 1 sliced

Method:

Beat together the eggs
Heat butter
Fy onions and green chillies
Add in the beaten eggs
Add salt
Put grated cheese in the middle and fold
Keep on low heat till cheese melts
Add pepper on top
Serve with toast!

Learn Cooking

2008-05-27T04:42:00.001-07:00

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Mushroom Sandwich

2008-05-27T04:26:00.000-07:00

Mushroom Sandwich

Ingredients

Mushroom - 2 cups
Butter- 2 tbsp
Potatoes- boiled and mashed
Pepper powder
Salt - according to taste
Sugar - according to taste
Brown Bread - 1 pack
Green chillies- 5-6 chopped
Lemon juice - 4 tbsp
Tomato ketchup
Oil- 2 tbsp

Method:

Boil the mushrooms and keep aside
Heat butter
Saute the mushrooms
Add chillies, potatoes and pepper
Add sugar and fry
Add tomato ketchup
Add lemon juice and cook for 2 mins
Take out and put the mix between 2 brown bread slices
Top with tomato sauce and serve

Poppy Seeds With Potato Curry

2008-05-23T23:24:00.000-07:00

Poppy Seeds With Potato Curry
Ingredients

Poppy seeds - 1 cup -
PastePotatoes - small diced
Milk - 1/2 cup
Mustard Seeds - 50 gms (about 1/4th cup)
Onions - sliced - 2-3Green chilies - 2-3
Dry red chillies - 2Oil

Method:

Heat oil
Fry dried red chilly
Add mustard seeds and let them crackle
Add onions and saute
Add potatoes and fry till golden brown
Add poppy seed pasteAdd green chillies
Add milk
Cover and cook -10 -15 mins
Serve hot with rice

Easy Chicken Stake

2008-05-23T02:38:00.000-07:00

Easy Chicken Stake:
Ingredients

Chicken breasts - 2 pound
Garlic chopped- 5-6 cloves
Pepper - 2-3 ground
green chilly- 2-3 chopped
Brandy / cherry - 1/2 cup
Butter - 500 gms
Alumunium foil for wrappingChicken cubes : 1 crushed

Method

Make deep slits in the chicken.
Marinate in a bowl the chicken with garlic, green chillies, brandy/cherry, butter, pepper and crushed chicken cube.
Put the marination in an aluminium foil and refridgerate overnight.
Heat microwave oven to 250 degrees.
Put the marinated chicken in taking it out of the foil.
Bake for 20 mins.
Serve with garlic bread and top it with parsley leaves.

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2008-05-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

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Sweet Prawn Rice

2008-05-22T03:06:00.001-07:00

Lets get started with Sweet Prawn Rice!

Ingredients:

Rice- 1 cup
Water- 2/3 cup
Milk- 1/3 cup
Cashew nuts - 10-15
Currents - 10-15
Nutmeg-2-3 - crushed
Mace -2-3 - crushed
Cardomon-2-3 - crushed
Cinnamon-2-3 - crushed
Cloves -2-3 - crushed
Pepper- 6-10 ground -crushed
Clarified butter- 3-4 spoons
Turmeric powder- 2-3 spoons
Small prawns- 100-200 gms
Rose water
Sugar - 1/2 cup or according to your taste

Method:

Wash the rice and spread on a white sheet of paper - let it dry for half an hour
Heat clarified butter in a high pan
Fry the crushed spices in it
Add cashew nuts and currents
Add turmeric powder
Add rice and fry
Add prawns and fry till prawns change color
Now add the water and milk
Add rosewater and sugar
Cover and cook for 15 mins
Take out and serve with a spoon full of clarified butter spread over it.

Ideal accompaniment: chicken roast!

Welcome To Fun 2 Cook Recipes!

2008-05-22T02:56:00.000-07:00

Love eating and cooking just like me? Then you've hit the right spot! Before I go any furthur... A little something bout myself...I love creating innovative and easy recipes during my free time and then trying them out! There are hits and misses but I never give up! 'Coz I beleive there's no looking back in life! In this blog I'll give you the best innovative recipes from around the world created by me from my experiences with food at the many places I've travelled across the globe!

I hail from India! So all you NRI's out there...if you want to try out some interesting recipes I've got a whole lot of sessions coming up for you! Do respond to my blog so that I know how many of you out there need some brushing up on culinary skills! There's something for everyone! So let's get cooking!