Million Dollar Meatballs

I clipped this recipe from the Chicago Tribunemany years ago. It's a nice comfort dishthat's a change-up from my usual tomatosauced Italian meatballs. I think it got it'sname because of the green spinach, or because it was the winning recipe.Either way these are a winner.I like to serve the meatballs and gravyover flat noodles or mashed potatoes.This uses an envelope of brown gravy mixand lemon juice for great flavor. Combine; ground beef, breadcrumbs, parmesancheese, spinach, onion, seasonings, and eggs.I use my hands to mix.Roll into about 1-1/2" meatballs.Heat...

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Mushroom Asparagus Egg Drop Soup | Low Calorie Soup Recipes

Want to eat healthy but don't have enough time? I have been there some days. Answer: a healthy but simple soup to the rescue. This soup is loaded with all the goodness of the veggies with the protein from the egg whites and protein and calcium from the tofu. What else does one need in a filling meal? Yes, this soup is a one pot meal and is very filling.Ingredients:Serves - 2-3; Preparation time - 15 mins; Cooking time - 20 minsAdapted from Cooking light - way to cook vegetarian cookbookVegetable Stock - 2 cupsWater - 1-1/2 cupsGinger - 1 tsp mincedGarlic - 1 tsp mincedWhite Mushroom - sliced thin - 1 cup (about 5-6)Asparagus - sliced on a bias...

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Vegetable Cutlets / Potato Spaghetti Squash Cutlets | Snacks Recipes

It was one fine weekday evening and I wanted to munch on something crispy. I was in the mood for the vegetable cutlets we get in the bakeries in India, to be exact. Unlike India, in US it is not easy to walk down the road and buy those cutlets in the corner bakery the moment you think if it. But luckily I had all the vegetables and set out to make the cutlets in the late afternoon by myself.Psst! I sneaked in half of the spaghetti squash I baked the previous day to the potato mixture. I had made spaghetti squash (semiya) upma with the other half. Ingredients:Potato - 2Spaghetti squash - 1/2 (see notes below)Carrot - 1 Coriander leaves...

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Hot Party Chicken

Hot Party Chicken Ingredients Chicken 1 kg cut into 16 pieces Yogurt 1 cup whipped Ginger garlic 1 tbsp Cream 4 tbsp Cashew nuts grinded 10 Green cardamom grinded ½ tsp Chopped coriander and mint 1 tbsp each Brown onion grinded 3 tbsp Crushed red pepper 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp heaped Allspice ½ tsp Green chilies chopped 2 Lemon juice 1 tbsp Kewra few drops Oil ½ cup Method Marinate chicken with all the given ingredients except oil for 30 minutes, heat oil put marinated chicken and cover and cook for 20 minutes on low flame, add ½ cup water, cover and cook till do...

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Chicken Chatni

Chicken Chatni Ingredients Chciken1 kg 16 pieces boiled in 1 cup water Oil ¼ cup Cloves 4 to 6 Onion 1 cup chopped Ginger garlic 1 tbsp Salt 1 tsp heaped Crushed red pepper 1 tsp heaped Tomatoes 3 finely chopped Turmeric ½ tsp Allspice ½ tsp Sugar 1 tsp heaped Tamarind pulp ¼ cup Coriander leaves 2 tbsp Green chilies 2 chopped Method Heat oil add chopped onions and cloves, when light golden add ginger garlic paste, salt, crushed red pepper, add finely chopped tomatoes and fry well till tomatoes tender and oil comes on top, add boiled chicken with left over stock, also add in sugar, pinch of orange color, lastly add tamarind pulp, cover and...

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Dhaba Daal

Dhaba Daal Ingredients Moong ki daal 200 gm Spinach 1 cup finely chopped heaped Soya 2 tbsp finely chopped Green chilies 4 chopped Onion 1 small chopped Turmeric ½ tsp Salt 1 tsp Ghee ¼ cup Whole red chilies 6 White cumin whole 1 tsp Method Wash and soak daal for 30 minutes, put 4 cups water in apian with soaked daal, turmeric, cook for 15 minutes till daal nearly done, put spinach, soya and green chilies, cover and cook till done, now add salt and give baghar with ghee and chopped onion, and whole red chili...

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Peshawari Ice Cream

Peshawari Ice Cream Ingredients Basic icing mixture Milk 1 ¼ kg Sugar 200 gm Fresh cream 12 ounces Method Cook milk till 1 boils come add in fresh cream stirring all the time till once again boil comes, close fire immediately, add in sugar, stir till fully dissolves, strain the cook mixture through a fine sieve and cool completely, add in it vanilla essence 1 tsp, put the mixture in the icing machine and run for at least 35 to 40 minutes till mixture sets, serve with rooh afza. Pista ice cream Method To the basic mixture add 1 tsp vanilla essence, few drops of green food color and 1.2 cup coarsely grinded pistachio nuts and set...

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Baked KitKat Fingers

Baked KitKat Fingers Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp instant yeast 2 levelled tsp sugar 1 tbsp milk powder 1 tbsp oil 1/4 cup water to knead soft dough 4 to 5 bars kitkat chocolate (4 bars size) 1tsp coco powder 1 cup fine or cater sugar Method: Mix all the ingredients and knead a soft dough and keep it aside for 30 min.when rise a bit, keep it on a flour dusted surface and punch it down then roll a large round disc and put kitkat fingers and seal them each in roll shapes keep them on tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden from outside . when baked take them out and roll it in sugar cinnamon mixture and enj...

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No Bake Peanut Butter Twix Pie

No Bake Peanut Butter Twix Pie  Ingredients 2 cups of cookie crumbs. 6 tablespoons butter, melted 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (or you can use regular) 1 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate 1 1/2 containers (8 ounces each) Cool Whipped cream Instructions Stir cookie crumbs and melted butter with a fork. Press into a 9” pie plate. Chill until ready to fill.Beat cream cheese until smooth with a hand mixer. Mix in peanut butter, sugar, and vanilla extract. Fold in Cool Whipped cream. It will require some stirring, but stir carefully. Some lumps will remain....

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Strawberry shortcake doughnut muffin

Strawberry shortcake doughnut muffin Ingredients: 12 tablespoons (1.5 sticks) butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 3 cups (13.5 oz) all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup milk 2 tbsp strawberry milk mix Method Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.prepare a muffin tin. Beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until soft, fluffy and lighter in color. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until just mixed in. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir a fourth of the dry ingredients into the batter. Then stir in a third of the milk mixture. Continue mixing in the remaining dry and wet ingredients alternately,...

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Shahi Tukray

Shahi Tukray Ingredients: Milk 1 kg Bread 4 Slices Sugar 2 tbsp Oil for frying Saffron ¼ tsp Boiled, Peeled, chopped Almonds and Pistachio for garnishing Cardamom for garnishing Rabri as required Method: First of all on low flame heat milk and cook until thicken.After this add 2 tbsp sugar, ¼ tsp saffron and cool milk.Now cut bread slices into 2 inch broad pieces. Also cut every slice into long strips first and then make a half shape.Repeat the procedure till it gives you 16 pieces.Now in one frying pan heat oil as required, cook until it turns brown. Decorate in plate and pour rabri with the help of spoon.Dip or soak every piece into rabri...

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Spicy Bread Disc

Spicy Bread Disc Ingredients Bread slices 8 to 10 Green chilies 4 chopped Coriander leaves 2 to 3 tbsp Semolina 2 tbsp heaped Crushed red pepper 2 tsp Lemon juice 2 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Garlic paste ½ tsp Allspice 1 tsp Method Soak the bread slices in water for 1 minute and squeeze out the water between the palms of your hand, mix all ingredients in the bread and form into dough, divide the dough into 1 tbsp equal parts, flatten and fry, serve hot with chatni or ketch...

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Layered Sandwich Pakora

Layered Sandwich Pakora Ingredients Bread slices 6 Green chatni ½ cup Ketchup ½ cup Cheese slices 4 to 6 Oregano 1 tsp Ingredients for batter Gram flour 1 ½ cup Chili powder ½ tsp Cumin powder ½ tsp Salt ½ tsp Water to make batter Method Trim the edges of bread slices, spread 1 slice with green chatni, spread cheese slice, 2nd slice of bread top with tomato ketchup, sprinkle oregano, again put slice of cheddar cheese over it, put 3rd slice of bread, press each sandwich tightly and cut into 4 quarters, dip in batter and deep fry, serve with ketch...

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Papri Chaat

Papri Chaat Ingredients: Strained Fine Flour ½ cup Strained Flour ½ cup Whipped Yogurt 1 big cup Boiled Potato (small square shape) 1 Bondi 2 tbsp Sonth Powder 4 tbsp Boiled Kabli Chanein 2 tbsp Pomegranate Seeds 1 tbsp Salt as required Red Chili Powder as required Chaat Masala as required Oil as required Method: In one dish add ½ cup strained fine flour, ½ cup strained flour along with 2 tbsp oil. Knead properly.After this in frying pan heat oil as required.Now knead flour with the help of rolling pin, cut into round shape. And fry in oil.Cook until golden brown.After this dip into whipped yogurt. Turn upside down and put it aside. Also...

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Qeema Hari Mirch Ka

Qeema Hari Mirch Ka Ingredients Coarsely crushed mince ½ kg Yogurt ½ cup Salt 1 tsp Turmeric ¼ tsp White cumin whole ½ tsp Oil ½ cup Onion thinly sliced 2 large Green chilies 6 to 8 chopped Onion 1 cut into 1 inch pieces Garlic crushed 1 tsp Lemon juice ¼ tsp Coriander leaves chopped 3 tbsp Method Mix yogurt, salt, turmeric and cumin seeds into the mince, heat oil, fry sliced onion into golden brown add mince and fry for 5 minutes, add 2 cups water, cook covered, when mince half done add green chilies, onion pieces, crushed garlic, cover and cook again when water dries and mince tender, all lemon juice and coriander leav...

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Handi Dum Pukht Pulao

Handi Dum Pukht Pulao Ingredients Rice 300 gm soaked for 30 minutes Chicken ½ kg 10 pieces Onion 1 chopped Ginger garlic 1 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Cummins seeds 1 tsp Allspice 2 tsp Red chili whole 6 pieces Oil ½ cup Method Add 2 cups water in a pan with chicken, chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, salt, red chilies add 1 tsp allspice, let it cook until chicken is tender and 1 cup stock is left, take out chicken and measure stock. Method for rice Heat oil in a handi, fry 1 chopped onion, add cumin seeds, fry till onion light golden, add ½ tsp ginger garlic, boiled chicken, fry for 5 minutes, add 4 cups of water or stock, cook till boiling, add...

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Handi Palak Methi Gosht

Handi Palak Methi Gosht Ingredients Mutton cut into small pieces ½ kg Spinach 1 small bunch chopped Fenugreek leaves dried 1 tbsp Onion chopped 1 cup Garlic paste 1 tbsp Chili powder 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Oil ½ cup Yogurt ½ cup Cream 4 tbsp Method Mix mutton, onion, garlic, chili powder, salt, 1 cup of water in a handi, let it cook until tender, ad oil and fry till oil comes on top, add in finely chopped spinach, cook until well mixed, add fenugreek leaves, lastly add your and cream, cook till mixtures smooth and thi...

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Spicy Fried Chicken

Spicy Fried Chicken Ingredients Chicken breast boneless cut in 1 inch cubes ½ kg Vinegar 1 tbsp Ginger garlic 1 tsp Egg 1 Bread crumbs 1 cup Sesame seeds 1 tbsp Crushed red pepper 1 tsp Crushed coriander 1 tsp Chili powder ¼ tsp Roasted and crushed cumin ½ tsp Turmeric ¼ tsp Chat masala ¼ tsp Gram flour 3 tbsp heaped Hoisen Sauce 1 tbsp Method Mix all above together in paste of coating consistency, marinate your chicken in this for 30 minutes, then spread in bread crumbs, mixed with sesame seeds, deep fry, serve with tamarind chat...

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Spaghetti Pizzailo

Spaghetti Pizzailo Ingredients Boiled spaghetti 3 cups Oil ¼ cup Mince 250 gm Canned tomato 1 Tomato puree 1 tbsp Mixed herbs 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Crushed red pepper 1 tsp Black pepper crushed ½ tsp Garlic crushed 1 tsp Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp Parsley chopped 1 tbsp Capsicum chopped in tiny cubes 1 cup Mushrooms 2 to 3 sliced Chopped onion 1 cup Hoisen Sauce 1 tbsp Chili Garlic Sauce 1 tbsp Green Chili Sauce 1 tbsp - optional Method Heat oil in a wok, add garlic and onion, fry till light golden, add mince, fry well, and add to it all the dry seasonings, tomatoes, tomato puree, cover and cook till mince tender and sauce thick. Fold in boiled spaghetti,...

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Banana Spilt Desert Pizza

Banana Spilt Desert Pizza Ingredients Condensed milk 1 tin Spur cream ½ cup Lemon juice 4 tbsp + 2 tbsp Butter 4 ounces + 1 tbsp Flour 1 cup Caster sugar ¼ cup Vanilla essence 1 tsp Gelatin 1 tbsp dissolved in ¼ cup water Walnuts chopped ¾ cup Banana sliced 3 Pineapples slices cut in half 1 tin Chocolate 1 ounce Cherries and walnuts for decoration Method In a bowl mix condensed milk, sour cream, lemon juice and vanilla, dissolve gelatin and mix in this, pre heat oven to 180 degrees, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add flour with chopped walnuts, mix well, put on a lightly greased pizza pan, prick with fork, bake blind for 20 minutes until...

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Malai Seekh Kabab

Malai Seekh Kabab  Ingredients Mince ½ kg Mint 2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbsp Cashew nut grinded 8 Poppy seeds grinded 2 tbsp Sesame seeds grinded 1 tbsp Onion 1 chopped Egg yolk 1 Salt 1 tsp Oil 2 to 3 tbsp Malai 2 tbsp Green chilies 4 Ginger garlic 1 tbsp Coriander roasted and crushed 1 ½ tsp Cumin roasted and crushed 1 ½ tsp Allspice 1 tsp Black pepper ½ tsp Chili powder 1 tsp Method Grind together mint, coriander, cashew, onion, green chilies, ginger garlic, poppy seeds and sesame seeds to a smooth paste, chopperize mince with the grinded ingredients, also add in it salt, coriander, cumin, chili powder, egg yolk and Malai,...

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Asparagus Lentils Salad | Salad Recipes

This is a warm and comforting salad for a cozy meal. I just love my meals simple and nutritious. But with a picky eater (well I am not talking about my son) and a toddler it is almost difficult to make something which is one dish for all. But whenever I can (read as whenever I find some extra time in the kitchen) I sneak in these dishes as a part of my regular lunch menu. This is a perfect dish for side or if you are thinking of eating light, just top it with a little yogurt and you are all set for a yummy lunch.Ingredients:Serves - 2Asparagus - 1/2 a bundle - choppedDry Brown Lentils - 1/2 cupOil - 1 tspCurry powder - 1/2 tspPepper - to tasteSalt...

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Corn Pudding

This recipe is just a tiny bit different from my corn souffle casserole.Mixed up and ready for the oven. We're having BBQ chicken for dinner tonight andI think corn pudding/souffle/casseroleis the perfect side dish for BBQ. It mixes up in minutes and is agreat pot luck dish too.It's from Susan Branch. Love reading her blog and books. I am a fan.Her recipes are beautifully illustrated. Now I've discovered it's also great for brunch, orjust heat up the leftovers with maple syrupthe next day. Corn Pudding1~14oz can corn, drained1~14oz can creamed corn1 C sour cream1/2 C butter, melted1 egg, beaten1 box Jiffy...

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pakistani home cooking: Kari Pakora

pakistani home cooking: Kari Pakora: .    Kari Pakora Kari pakora is a beautiful dumplings in a creamy yogurt sauce. Which have a beautiful combination of creamy...

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Kari Pakora

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