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Lemon Cake

 Hi friends today I will share with you one of my favourite sweet indulgence ie lemon cake . It is very simple and easy to make. Ingredients:- Flour -200gms Sugar-200gms Oil-100ml Eggs-4nos Lemon juice-2tbsp Lemon zest-1tbsp Milk 50 ml Vinegar -2tbsp Baking powder -2 tsp Vanilla essence-1/2tsp Icing sugar -2tbsp Procedure:- First mix the flour with baking powder and keep it aside. Grind the sugar in your mixer. Mix the vinegar with the milk and keep it aside. Now take a bowl and whip the egg so that it becomes three times in volume . Now add the sugar and oil one by one and whip sugar it gradually. Add the milk mixture and lemon juice. Add the flour gently and give it a mix with your blender. Add the lemon zest and vanilla essence and gently fold it to the mixture with a spatula. Either take a well oiled and floured baking tin or line it with butter paper whatever suits you and put the batter in it. Put it in a preheated oven and bake it for 35 mins in 170 degree. After the cake is...

Rock Toast

Hello friends, during this time of lockdown we are often short of ideas regarding snacks during evening time . It is really difficult for mothers to make tasty snacks for her growing child everyday when you want to avoid all the outside foods to which your kids are used to. So for those people I want to share this simple recipe which is both tasty and easy to make . Ingredients:- Slice bread -2 Semolina -1/2 cup Yogurt -3 tbsp Onion -1 small finely chopped Carrots - finely chopped Beans - finely chopped Tomato - finely chopped Salt Oil Procedure:- First of all mix the semolina and yogurt together and keep it aside for 10 mins. Then gather your rest of the ingredients and mix it with the semolina mixture. It would be a thick mixture. Then take a slide bread and spread the mixture on top of it . Take a fry pan. Put 2 tbsp of oil and put the bread on it with the mixture side facing the pan. Let that side get cooked well and press the bread from time to time . Af...

Baursaki Kazakh Bread

Hello friends you must be familiar with doughnuts . In Kazakhstan similar kind of bread is found but in different shape and is called Baursaki . Let me share with you the recipe with you . Ingredients:- Flour - 1 cup Dry yeast - 1 1/2 tsp Sugar -2 tsp Salt a pinch Yoghurt - 2 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Water - 100ml Oil to fry Procedure:- First mix the sugar in sugar the lukewarm water and add the yeast to it . Let it rest for 10 mins so that the yeast gets activated . Then add the yoghurt and 2 tbsp of oil to it . Then start adding flour to the mixture . Here I want to add that although I have written 1 cup of flour you might require more than that . Just remember you have to make a soft tight dough just like bread . Knead it and keep it in a bowl covered with a clean wrap for 2 hrs so that the dough increase to its double size . After that flatten the dough and knead on a flat surface and roll it out . Then take a cutter and cut it in whatever shape you like. Then...

Lucknowi Chicken Kachhi Biryani

Hello friends today being Sunday I thought of doing less work ie put less effort in preparing lunch . That means to me preparing kachhi biryani . Well don’t get flustered . Making biryani not always require too much preparation. You just must have all the ingredients in your home and rest is easy . So let’s start with the recipe without wasting any time. Ingredients:- Rice - 700gms Chicken -500 gms Curd -300gms Onion - 200 GMs Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp Ghee - 4 tbsp Mustard oil -4 tbsp Turmeric -2tsp Chilli powder-2tsp Milk -4tbsp Kesar Kewra is water Bay leaves Biryani spices -4 tbsp This spices include - Green cardamom Cinnamon Cloves Nutmeg Shah jeera Shah morich Jayitri Salt Sugar Lemon juice -2tbsp Procedure:- First  cut the onion into small pieces and fry it till golden brown. Then start marinating the chicken with curd , turmeric powder, chilli powder, half of biryani masala , ginger garlic paste ,4 tbsp of mustard oil, salt and f...

Afghani Omlette

Hello friends today I want to share with you a delicious breakfast dish called Afghani omelette. It is very easy to make and requires only some basic ingredients. Ingredients:- Egg -4 nod Potato -2 medium size Onion -1 medium size Tomato -2 medium size Grated coriander leaves Green chillies Black pepper Salt Sugar Oil-4 tbsp Procedure:- Cut the potatoes into small cubes . Then the onion and the tomatoes . Take care that all are cut in same size . Take a fry pan and put the oil . First add the potatoes to the hot oil and fry it for sometime. Then start adding the onions and later the tomatoes . Add salt and give it a toss for two minutes. Add crushed black pepper . Add half cup of water and cover it with a lid . Let it simmer for 5 minutes . Then open the lid add a tsp of sugar . Then break the eggs one at a time in a bowl and slide it slowly on the bed of cooked potatoes. Cover it again with a lid and let it simmer for another 5 mins . Then remove the lid and g...

Fajita Chicken Wrap

Hello friends I hope all of you are safe and healthy. In time like this when we are spending most of our time at home it is necessary that you should have some hobby to keep you occupied . My hobby as you all know is cooking and I am doing just that . But I am trying out many dishes from other countries which are easy to cook and requires not many ingredients. Today I will share with you the recipe of fajita wraps. In order to make these wraps you can use readymade tortilla wraps or you might make your own wraps . I am going to share with you the recipe for tortillas as well. Ingredients for tortillas:- Flour -2 cups Baking powder -1 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Salt 1/2 tsp Water as required Procedure:- Mix all the above ingredients and make a soft tight dough. Knead it for 5 mins then cover it with a wet cloth and keep it aside for 15 mins . After 15 mins divide the dough into small balls . Roll it into 8 -10” circle as you wish . In medium heat make the tortillas and take ca...

Chocolate Walnut Brownie

Hi friends it is really a bad situation everywhere . We all are confining ourselves in our respective homes to save ourselves from this virus . It is a very stressful situation everywhere and to me the best stress buster is cooking  and now writing food blogs has been also added to my itenary . Today I will share with you a very common dish which is very popular among children. It is walnut choclate brownie.                   Ingredients:- Plain flour ( maida) - 100 gms Coco powder - 70 gms Dark choclate - 80 gms Egg -2 Oil - 50 ml Sugar - 100 gms Yogurt - 3 tbsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Walnut - 50 gms Vanilla essence -  1 tsp Pinch of salt Procedure:- First mix the dry ingredients and pass it through a sieve . In another mixing bowl first first whip the egg , then add the grinded sugar, oil and yogurt one by one and give it a turn with your blender . Then add the dry ingredients to the mixture. . In a double c...