Food Craze - Born in Imphal

19/05/2019

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Paneer cooked with cream.

16/04/2016

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08/12/2015

Cheese sticks - Great appetizer for party

Ingredients -

For wontons wrapper:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp refine oil or melted butter
Pinch of salt

For filling:

8 sticks of cheese
Oil for frying

To prepare:

Add all the wrapper ingredients and knead it well into a dough. Take the dough and roll it out into thin sheet of large rectangle and then cut into small rectangles. The dough will lead to about 7 to 8 sticks depending on the size of the sheets you roll out. Now take one cheese sticks and lay it in one of the small rectangle sheet. Manage the size of the cheese smaller than the sheets by few inches near the edges (this is to prevent the cheese filling from seeping out during frying). Fold in the two sides and roll up the wrapper tightly to form a roll. Seal it with some water on the side and deep dry them over medium heat until golden brown. Drain the rolls on paper towels and serve.

Enjoy!!

07/12/2015

Jam filled bread roll

Ingredients-

6 slices white bread
Jam (any fruit) or nutella)
2 eggs
3 tablespoons milk
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
butter
Honey for serving

INSTRUCTIONS:

First trim the edges of the bread and flatten it with the help of a rolling pin. Beat the eggs in a bowl with the milk and keep side. Now spread some jam or nutella on the rolled out bread and gently roll up. Heat a pan and spread a bit of butter. Take the rolled up bread and dunk into the egg mixture coating evenly. Cook for few seconds in the pan turning it till all sides are cooked and turns brown.

On a plate lay some sugar and cinnamon and mix together. Add the hot rolls into the mixture till completely covered.

Later serve with honey or fruits of your choice. It is a perfect morning breakfast and very easy to make.

Enjoy!

06/12/2015

05/12/2015

Did you enjoyed your wholesome and delicious meal of Bamboo shoots and Fermented soybean but now wondering how to make these lingering smell go away???
No worries!
Here I have one fruit to an easy solutions to get rid of that uninviting after smell........ Orange!! :)
To create a pleasant smell to overtake you simply have to simmer some orange peels and cinnamon in water for few minutes till the kitchen fills with this fruity citrus smell. Turn off the burner after few minutes and leave the pot all day or overnight before you went to sleep never to worry for that relative coming over tomorrow morning and going into that fresh smelling kitchen to prepare a fresh meal........................

:)
Hope you will try!!
Photo courtesy : nezzanaturals.com

05/12/2015

5 minutes one mug chocolate cake!

Ingredients:

1 and half tablespoons of all purpose flour (Maida)
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, plus extra to dust
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Add milk, butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl and stir till the sugar dissolved completely.
Now sift in the flour, cocoa powder,baking powder and eggs and stir nicely till no lumps and the consistency becomes not so thick nor runny. You can put more milk as per the requirement.
In a mug slowly pour in the mixture leaving about 1 and half inch space for the cake to rise and microwave on high about 90 seconds, or until it has risen and top is just set. Do not overcook. To check you can push in a tooth pick and if it comes out clear with no runny batter it is ready.

Dust with extra cocoa powder or sugar.

Serve immediately.

Enjoy!

04/12/2015

Chocolate coated strawberries - so easy to make and so beautiful + delicious treats!

Ingredients:

20 - 25 fresh strawberries
2 cups dark chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (use original without any nuts or raisins)
1/2 cup white chocolate (for drizzling)
chocolate sprinklers

** white chocolate and sprinklers are optional as you preferred.

To prepare:

First wash the strawberry to get rid of any dust or mud and pat dry gently. Let it be with the stems for easy handling. Now plu the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. The chocolate will start to melt from the heat. Stir occasionally. When all the chocolates are fully melted carefully remove from the heat and stir until very smooth.

Now take the strawberries and holding at the bottom dip the bottom half of each strawberry one by one and place it on a tray cover with wax paper or covered with butter evenly so it won't be hard to remove later. Refrigerate until the chocolate become very firm.

Be patience and wait till it completely hardens :)!!

This is a perfect treat to gift to a friend or share with your loved ones. Just put in a fancy box and you are good to go!!

Enjoy and Happy Friday!!

04/12/2015

Coming up soon with exciting homemade cookies recipes for xmas............. ho ho ho!!

03/12/2015

Wonderful soothing and refreshing drink -

"Virgin Mohito"

Ingredients: Per serving

9 mint leaves
1 teaspoon fine sugar
2 medium size fresh lime (into juice)
1⁄2 ounce simple syrup
ice
4 ounces chilled ginger ale or 4 ounces club soda or sprite
1 glass or mason jar glass as preferred

To prepare:

In a glass, muddle/crush the mint, sugar, lime juice and Simple Syrup (could be made by boiling sugar in water reducing it till consistency of a syrup. Be careful of the heat).
Add ice.
Top with the ginger ale/club soda/sprite.
For the sugar conscious, you can exchange the sugar for Splenda (2tsp granulated Splenda) and omit the simple syrup.

Enjoy!

03/12/2015

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03/12/2015

Japanes Chicken Karage -

Ingredients:

2 Chicken thighs (boneless)
2 1/2 tbsp ✿Soy sauce
1 tbsp ✿Sake(optional)
1 tbsp ✿Sesame oil
1 tsp ✿ Sugar
1 ✿Garlic
1 ✿ Ginger juice or grated ginger
2 tablespoon Corn flour (enough to coat the chicken)

Remove the extra fat off the chicken, and cut into a bite size pieces.
Combine the ingredients marked ✿ in a plastic bag or bowl and mix well and marinade for about 4 hrs and refrigerate.
Remove from the refrigerator and let it sit for 15 minutes. After that, coat it with the corn flour evenly.

Heat oil in a wok or pan and Deep fry. Be careful of the splatter.
Take them out of the oil before they’re cooked through, and leave them for 5 minutes. And deep fry them again for 2 minutes. While you leave them for 5 minutes, they’re cooked with the residual heat, so it should be fine to fry them for a short time the 2nd time.

After the second time it will become more crispy.

Serve with lemon wedges or soy sauce.

A great sides to enjoy with drinks or tea!!

Enjoy!