Savory Crock Pot Roast

Pot Roast is always a favorite Sunday dinner at our house. I have several crock pot roast recipes.This one is so easy and delicious.Just 3 ingredients along with the pot roast.It  makes a well seasoned, tender roast. It makes lots of flavorful brown gravy.It makes everybody happy!Rub the mixes on each side of the meat. Add  water to about halfway around roast. Cover and cook on low about 8 hours.That's it! Now wait for your house to smell wonderful! We like it with mashed potatoes and a vegetable. It's a lick your plate clean dinner!You could also add cut-up potatoes, carrots and onions to...

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Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Boiled

This month's theme for Serve It series is Serve It - Boiled. We just had to reserve this theme for October. With the onset of monsoons we all would like something steaming hot for a meal. Starting with your morning cup of joe, followed by an awesome curry with rice/roti and ending the day with a warm bowl of soup for dinner would be so comforting and satisfying. That is the reason for this theme being featured this month. Check out the rules below and let your entries flow..Here are the guidelines for the event:1. You may send in any entry that is boiled in a stove-top. 2. You may use other appliances like mixie/blender/grinder for the preparation...

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Cake Pops

Cake Pops:IngredientsCake Crumbs 4 cupsFrosting, Icing or Jam 1½ cups Compound Chocolate 500 gmDust Colors As per required (optional)Oil ¼ CupSticks 20-25Clear Plastic Pouch 20-25Ribbon As Per requiredMethodIn a large bowl, crumble the cake with the hands (use gloves ifYou can't stand mess) until no large chunks remain.Add icing and mix with fingers until well combined.Taking equal portions, roll between the hands until round and smooth.Place on parchment-lined sheet pan and freeze until no longer sticky, but not rock hard, about 1 hour.Melt the chocolate. Dip lollipop stick ends into melted chocolate and insert into cake pops.Mix...

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Bread Sticks by Chef shireen anwer

Bread Sticks:Ingredients:250 g flour1 tbsp yeast½ tsp salt2 tbsp oilWater to kneadMethod:1. Combine the flour, yeast, salt and oil in a bowl and knead the dough properly.2. Now leave aside until its volume doubles.3. Make bread sticks and bake it a preheated oven at 180C for 10 minut...

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Vegetable Kurma / Chapathi Kuruma / Korma for Pulao in Pressure Cooker | Indian Curry Recipes

My idea of kuruma is that it is a rich coconut or cashew based gravy. But I was proven wrong when MIL made this delicious kurma with very little of those two rich ingredients. The main player here is yogurt, the healthier sibling of cream. Though coconut and cashew is present here, very little amount of these are added here at the end just for the touch. This goes well with steamed rice, Pulao, Rotis, Idli and Dosa. You could make this once and serve for all the meals in a day! ;)Ingredients:Mixed vegetables - 3 cups (I used a mixture of Carrot, Potato, Cauliflower & Peas)Onion - 1/2 cup - sliced thinTomato - 1/2 - chopped fineGinger paste...

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Spinach Cheese Quiche

Another favorite quiche, Spinach!It's another easy mix and pour filling.Micro the spinach for about 4 minutes in acovered casserole. Break up with a fork and whenit's cool enough to handle, squeeze out the liquid. Scatter onto the bottom of an unbaked pie shell. Combine the seasonings and sprinkle half on top.Top with the shredded cheese. I used all cheddarthis time, but you can use any combination of cheddar, Swiss and a little Muenster is good too. Whisk the eggs with the half&half and theremaining seasonings and carefullypour over the cheese.alternately...You can also just combine everything is a large...

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Chocolate Twix cake by Chef Shireen anwer

Chocolate Twix cake:Ingredients for chocolate spongeEggs 4Sugar 4 ounceFlour 3 ounceCoco 1 ounceBaking powder ½ tspIngredients for ceramalSugar 1 cupWater ¼ cupCream 1 cupMarie biscuits crushed 2 cupsIngredients for butter icingButter 3 ounceCoco 1 tbspIcing sugar 1 cup heapedHot water 1 tbspIngredients for chocolate sauceChocolate 2 ounceCream 2 tbspButter 1 tspMethodMake sponge cake bake in a 9 inch pan, cut cake into 3 parts, spread butter icing on 1 part, sprinkle with crushed biscuits, pour ceramal sauce, cover with second layer of cake, repeat layer, spread with 3rd layer of cake, cover cake with butter icing then melted chocolate.Method...

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Babycorn Satay with Peanut Sauce - Guest Post by Prathima of Prat's Corner

Prathima from Prats Corner is this month's guest host in my kitchen. Prats and I are real "virtual" friends. Though it may sound oxymoronic, it is a true statement. We got to know each other through the blogging world and Facebook and became good friends. Emails and chats kept us connected. I love her elegant blogspace and unique dishes. My favorite is the authentic Davanagare Benne Dosa. I completely adore her style of writing which makes her posts enduringly interesting. She recently celebrated 1,00,000 hits in her space. Prats Corner is not just recipes but also about her other interests. Her charcoal painting of her grandpa is just...

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Sheermal by Chef Shireen anwer

SheermalIngredientsFlour 2 ½ cupsSalt ¾ tspCaster sugar 1 tbsp heapedKhoya ½ cupSaf instant yeast 2 ½ tspKewra water 1 tspGhee 3 tbsp heapedCream 3 tbspEgg 1Full cream milk powder 4 tbsp heapedLuke warm water to make doughMethodPut all the ingredients in a bowl Flour 2 ½ cups, Salt ¾ tsp, Caster sugar 1 tbsp heaped, Khoya ½ cup, Saf instant yeast 2 ½ tsp, Kewra water 1 tsp, Ghee 3 tbsp heaped, Cream 3 tbsp, Egg 1, Full cream milk powder 4 tbsp heaped mix well and knead into a soft dough with Luke warm water, bang the dough well and kenad the dough very well leave to rise in an oil bowl till double, cover, punch down the dough make into 3 or 4...

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Lamingtons by Chef Shireen anwer

Lamingtons by Chef Shireen anwerLamingtons:IngredientsFlour 2 cupsBaking powder 2 tspSalt ¼ tspEgg 2 largeSoftened butter ½ cupFine sugar ¾ cupVanilla 1 tspMilk ½ cupIngredients for icingIcing sugar 2 cupsCoco powder 3 tbspButter 3 tbspMilk or cream ½ cupDesiccated coconut as requiredMethodPreheat oven to 180 degree C, grease your 8*8 inch square tin, sieve together flour, baking powder and salt, keep aside. Beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, add the eggs 1 at a time beat well after adding each egg, add vanilla, use a spatula to alternating add the flour mixture and milk in 3 additions, starting and finishing with the flour spread...

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Deghi korma by chef shireen anwer

Deghi korma by chef shireen anwerDeghi korma:IngredientsMutton 1 kgGhee 1 cupChili powder 3 tspOnion brown coarsely crushed 6 tbspGinger garlic paste 2 tbspYogurt 1 ½ cup whippedCoriander powder 2 tsp heapedSalt 2 tsp leveledGreen cardamom 4Ginger Julian 2 tbspKewra water 1 tbspCloves 4Mace 1 bladeBlack pepper 8 Black cardamom 2Green cardamom 8MethodHeat ghee in a pan, add 2 green cardamom, cloves, mace, black pepper, beaten yogurt, ginger garlic paste salt, chili powder, coriander powder and mutton fry for 10 minutes add 2 cups of water, cover and cook till mutton nearly done, add crushed brown onion with ½ cup water again cover and cook for...

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Nalli gosht by Chef shireen anwer

Nalli gosht by Chef shireen anwerNalli gosht:IngredientsMutton (raan ka) ½ kg with nalliGhee ½ cupOnion 1 choppedOnion 1 slicedCloves 2Cinnamon 1 stickBay leaf 2Black cardamom grinded 1 tspCoriander powder 2 tsp heapedChili powder 2 tspTurmeric ½ tspSalt 2 tspGinger garlic paste 2 tbspYogurt 1 cupFlour 1 tspGram flour 2 tspAll spice 1 tspGhee 1 tbspSaffron ¼ tspKewra water 1 tspLemon juice 1 tbspCoriander leaves chopped 2 tbspCrushed togetherSeeds of 3 green cardamom, mace 1 blade, and fennel seeds 1 tspMethodHeat ghee in a pressure cooker add sliced onion, cinnamon sticks and bay leaf, fry over medium heat until onion light golden add mutton...

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Monthal By chef Shireen anwer

Monthal:IngredientsSugar 2 ½ cupsWater 4 cupsGram flour ½ kg Almonds and pistachio sliced 2 tbspYellow color pinchGreen cardamom 1tsp heapedHot Ghee 2 ½ tbspMilk 2 ½ tbspExtra ghee as required to fry gram flourMethod for monthalSieve gram flour, make a hollow in centre add hot melted ghee mix with a wooden spoon, add 1 tbsp milk then rub with your palms, till mixture resembles bread crumbs. Heat 1 cup ghee and fry above mixture of gram flour very well for about 10 minutes, keep stirring till aroma arises, starts coming, then add 1 tbsp more milk and fry for another 5-7 minutes till light golden, keep stirring, continously.Method for...

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Tandoori chops by chef Shireen anwer

 Tandoori chops by chef Shireen anwerTandoori chops:IngredientsMutton chops ½ kg flattenGinger garlic paste 1 tbspYogurt ½ cupChili powder 1 tsp heapedRoasted cumin crushed 1 tspAll spice ½ tspLemon juice 2 tbspOrange color pinchOnion 2 tbsp groundRaw papaya ground 1 tbspOil 2 tbspShaan BBQ masala 2 tbspMethodMarinate chops with Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp, Yogurt ½ cupChili powder 1 tsp heaped, Roasted cumin crushed 1 tsp, All spice ½ tsp, Lemon juice 2 tbsp, Orange color pinch, Onion 2 tbsp , Raw papaya ground 1 tbsp, Oil 2 tbsp for 2 hours, bake in a preheated oven on 180 degree C for 35 to 40 minutes, give dum of coal, serve with fresh...

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Mutton paye by Chef Shireen anwer

Mutton payeMutton paye:IngredientsMutton trotters 6 Brown onion ½ cupGinger garlic paste 1 tbsp heapedSalt 2 tspTurmeric ½ tspGinger sliced 2 tbspTomatoes 2 blended and sievedCoriander powder 3 tspChili powder 2 tsp heapedAll spice ½ tspYogurt ½ cupWhole spices 1 tbspOil ½ cupCoriander leaves chopped 2 tbspGreen chilies chopped 2Lemon juice as requiredMethodHeat oil put ginger garlic, salt, chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, whole spices, fry masala well by adding little-little water add in the beaten yogurt, blended tomatoes mixture, grinded brown onion and mutton trotters, fry well add 5 cups of water in pressure cooker and cook...

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Garlic Shrimp and Cheese Grits

Shrimp and grits is a classic southern dish. There are many variations and I probably would love them all! This one is a favorite because the shrimp are baked on top of the grits. No separate sauteing. It's a one pot dish.  Peel the shrimp and remove the tails too.I used 20 L shrimp for two generous servings.Toss the shrimp with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and cayenne. Cover and refrigerate while you prepare the grits. Chop the onion and thinly slice the scallion for the garnish. Ingredients: grits, chopped onion, butter, water, cream, Franks hot sauce, salt,...

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