Instant Chocolate Shake

 I don't wanna waste time in briefing about chocolate shake. Because my taste buds always crave for chocolate. Ok, If you wanna make a magic with just milk, chocolate ice cream and chocolate syrup....Come with me!! This takes just 5 mins of your time and the outcome is super delicious. 

You can actually make this if you have a sudden guests at home.

Ingredients:

• 3 scoops of Chocolate Ice cream 
• (My choice is Denali Extreme maximum fudge moose tracks -- refer the pic below or bryers also)
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 spoons of Sugar
• Whip cream
• chocolate syrup
• Hershey chocolate nuts (Optional)

Procedure:

1. Put icecream and sugar in a blender with 1/2 to 1 cup milk (Add the greater amount of milk for a thinner consistency as per your wish) . Blend until smooth. 
2. Now Pour into glass, Toss it with some whip cream (I usually add a lot). On top of it, sprinkle some chocolate nuts and Chocolate syrup.

That's it :) :) Hope you will love it !

Pav Bhaji

Pav bhaji is the best chat foods after Gol gappe (Pani poori). This is actually very popular among Mumbai street foods. Pav bhaji consists of the bhaji (a potato-based curry) and the pav, garnished with coriander and chopped onions. It is normally served with heavy dose of butter, so this is not gonna be a healthy dish. Having this dish during winter/rainy days is just amazing. 

Ingredients Required:

• 1 Potato
• 1/2 cup cauliflower florets
• 1/2 cup carrots and frozen peas
• 1 small white onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste
• 2 Tomatoes, chopped finely
• 2 green chillies, chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 2 tablespoon pav bhaji masala
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• a small pinch of asafoetida (heeng)
• 2 Lemons sliced
• 1 teaspoon of dry mango powder (Amchur powder)
• Oil
• Butter
• salt to taste
• fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• Pav/buns for serving

Steps to Prepare:

• Boil cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, french beans, green peas. Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet, add chopped onions, ginger garlic paste and green chillies and cook for 2-3 minutes. (you can add capsicum too if you wish, But I don't like capsicum in pav bhaji)
• Now add finely chopped tomatoes, pav bhaji masala, chilli powder,coriander powder,gram masala, and little salt.
• Simmer for 5-6 mins . Now add all the veggies and cover the pan and cook until the veggies are tender.
• Mash all the veggies with potatoes masher as fine as you can and add some water and cover the pan, simmer and cook for 4-5 minutes more. 
• Again mash the veggie and add 1 tablespoon of butter to it and simmer the gas and cook until the oil separates from the masala.
• You need a thick, mashed gravy with the veggies. So, you have to mash it at least 3-4 times and cook covering it with water. In the end add few drops of lemon juice.
• Once the Bhaji is done, heat another pan with big dollop of butter, slit the pav horizontally and toast slightly brown.
• Sprinkle fresh coriander leaves into the masala.
• Serve with some chopped red onion, green chillies, lemon wedges on side and top the masala with butter and serve hot.

Avocado Sandwich

 For the first time, I attempted to make a healthy dish. Avocados have a long list of potential health benefits. They are good at reducing the intake of cholesterol, calories and saturated fats. Besides this, they add a great flavor to the sandwich.

Here are the ingredients required:

1 fresh ripe Avocado
1 Tomato
2 Green chillies
1/2 Onion
Mayonnaise (Optional)
Cheese slices (Optional)
Lemon
Salt
Butter
Bread slices

Procedure:

1. Take a ripe avocado and mash it up. Make sure you remove the skin, and of course remove the seed before mashing.
2. Chop onions,tomato and green chillies into very fine pieces. Add these along with salt,lemon and mayonnaise to the above mashed mixture.
3. Now Toast the bread slices using butter.
4. Apply a thick coat of the avocado mixture on top of the bread, spread a cheese slice And it is ready to eat!

Sprinkle little pepper powder also for more enticing look and yummy taste :)

Razma masala recipe

Razma curry is one of the popular dishes in North India. Almost on every special occasion, this dish is being served. Though I belong to South, I cook this curry for my husband. Though this is the first time I tried, it has turned delicious and yummy. Let's get started with the ingredients that are required to prepare this Razma masala.

Ingredients:

Razma-- 1 and 1/2 Cups
Tomatoes- 2
Onion - 1
Ginger - 3 or 4
Green chillies
Asafoetida (a pinch)
Salt
Red chilli powder
Garam masala - 1/2 spoon
Milk cream
Oil,ghee
Mustard
Cuminseeds
Cilantro



Process:

1. Wash and soak Razma in 4-5 cups of water whole night. And pressure cook the razma along with the same water for 3 whistles on the next day. Let it cool for sometime and don't throw the water away.
2. Chop ginger,onions,tomatoes and green chillies into fine pieces.
3.  Take a pan. Put some spoons of Oil and Ghee in the pan. (I prefer ghee or butter along with oil while making tadka as it smells best while cooking). Add mustard,cumin seeds and allow them to splutter. Now add green chillies, ginger, onions and let them cook for some time.
4. Now add salt,red chilli powder.
5. After few mins, add tomatoes. Stir it for some time until the oil gets separated from the curry. Now add razma along with water. Wait for 8-10 mins. Once the excess water evaporates and when the gravy consistency seems fine, add 2 spoons of milk cream, a lil of garam masala and blend the curry.
Turn off the stove and sprinkle some cilantro on the top. and it's ready to have :)

It goes well either with rice or roti.

Aloo Sandwich

Though we all know that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, we are lazy to prepare it.
Even after marriage I get up late but at the same time I want to cook something yummy for my hubby. I have tried this new item Aloo Sandwich today. It does not take much time and it easily fills our tummy too!.


Ingredients needed:

1 Aloo boiled and mashed
4 bread slices
1 green chilli
Sesame seeds
Cilantro
Salt
Chilli powder
Amchur powder
Tomato Sauce (Optional)
Butter (Optional)
Cheese (Optional)

Procedure:

1. Boil the potato and mash it well. Chop the green chillies and few cilantro. Take a bowl, mix the mashed aloo,green chillies,cilantro,little chilli powder,ginger garlic paste,salt and amchur powder. (Add more things if you wish)

2. Take the bread slices and spread a layer of tomato sauce on a single side of bread slice. And apply a thick coat of the mix that is kept separate. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top it.

3. Take a small amount of butter and keep it on the Pan. Now start Toasting the bread slices for few mins. That's it.

4. Have the sandwich with some cheese if you are a cheese lover.

As I said, it is absolutely simple right?? :)