Sunday, February 27, 2011

Chinese Noodles


Ingredients:

Bean threads - 100 gms
Mushrooms - 1/4 cup
Pokchoy - 1/4 cup
Capsicum - 1/4 cup
Bamboo shoots - 2-3 slices
Baby corn - 3 no.
Carrots - 1 small
Ginger julienne 1 tsp
Garlic - 1 tsp
Onions - 2 tbsp
Soy sauce- 1 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Chinese cooking wine - 1 tbsp
Chilli sauce - 1tsp
Sesame oil - 3 tsp
Corn starch - 2 tsp
Salt & pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cook bean threads as per instruction with salt and oil. Keep aside.
2. Heat sesame oil and when hot add garlic, onions ginger and sautetill transparent. Now add carrots, baby corn, capsicum and cook till tender but still firm.
3. Add mushrooms, pokchoy and saute for 2 -3 minutes.
4. Add chinese cooking wine, soy sauce, chilli sauce,vinegar and 1 cup water and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add 1 tsp cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Take a serving bowl, put the cooked bean threads in it and pour the sauce over it and serve hot.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Flapjacks


Ingredients
200 gms porridge oats

100 gms butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
3 tsp honey
1 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp chopped cashew nuts ( optional)

Method

1. Dry roast the oats till fragrant and keep aside.

2. Melt the butter in a pan and once melted add brown sugar, golden syrup and honey and mix till sugar is completely melted.

3. Add the cashew nuts and oats and mix well with a wooden spoon.

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes or till brown. Remove and transfer onto a wired rack to cool and then cut into desired shapes.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Dil Se..: Show Me Your Smoothie!


Dil Se..: Show Me Your Smoothie!

Coffee Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
200 ml milk
100 ml vanilla icecream
1 no. banana
1 tsp concentrated coffee decoction
2 tsp honey
choco chips for garnishing

Method:

1. Peel the banana and run it in the blender till creamy smooth.
2. Now add the milk, icecream, honey, coffee decoction and blenderize till smooth.
3. garnish with chocochips and serve.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Mrudula Loves Cooking

Hey guys!! nice to join this blog. well m more into cooking than eating. I jus love trying out new dishes ( strictly vegetarian), ranging from indian, chinese, french etc etc. i dont leave any cookery shows on travel n living especially n try to prepare them wid lot of gusto. so if any1 out thr to help me wid such time tried recipes, u ve found ur guinea pig.. byeeee