Angelina's Kiss-cocktail

A delicious cocktail for kids and adults. Suits any occasion

Serves Four to Six

Ingredients

8 table spoon Vanilla ice cream
1 cup Fresh Cream
1 1/2 cup Fresh passion fruit juice( you can also use ready made one)
2 cups Peach juice
1 cup Crushed ice
2 table spoon Vanilla essence

Methods

Pour all ingredients in a blender
Blend until everything is well mixed
The ice should be well crushed

Then pour in a cocktail glass
Decorate with a fruit brochette of your choice

Serving suggestion: Serves immediately after blended
 serves chill

Hard boil egg in tomato-Rougaille

Serving four

 

Ingredients

4 hard boil eggs( boil eggs and remove shell. Then fry it lightly, till golden)

1 cup tomato purée

2 fresh tomato

1  medium  onion chopped

1 table spoon ginger and garlic

Oil to cook

Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing

 4-5 curry leaves

Salt to taste 

Methods

Heat a frying or cooking pan
Add oil and let heat for 2-4 minutes on medium flame
Then add chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste,cut fresh tomato
Stir and mix ingredients well
Add tomato purée and let cook with little salt for 5-9 minutes on low flame
Add chili cut and boiled egg
Let cook for 8 minutes on low flame and garnish with corriander leaves

Serving  suggestion
Serves hot with plain rice, salad, bread ............

Stuff farata with potato

Ingredients -
Potato mash
 

3 to 4 medium potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 onion very finely chopped, to amalgamate well with potato mash

1 or 2 green chilies, chopped finely

1 tea spoon cumin powder

1 tea spoon whole cumin

2 to 3 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves (optional)

salt to taste

Butter (melted) required for roasting farata

for the dough:

• 2 cups  flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 to 2 tsp melted butter
• water as required for kneading

serving suggestions:

• white butter
• Any curry of your choice

 

preparing the aloo stuffing:

1. first boil the potatoes and peel them. you can boil or steam the potatoes in a pressure cooker, steamer or electric cooker.
2. chop and then mash the potatoes with a potato masher or a fork.
3. the potatoes should be mashed very well, to avoid lumps.
4. now add the chopped green chilies, cumin powder, cumin seeds and salt.
5. mix the spice powders and green chilies with the mashed potatoes very well.
6. Add chopped coriander leaves a variation is to add finely chopped onions.

preparing dough:

1. in another bowl or pan, take flour and make a well in the center.
2. Add salt, melted butter and about half of the water.
3. Bring the mixture together and knead into a smooth soft dough.
4. Cover and keep the dough aside for 20 to 30 minutes.

Assembling and rolling farata and potato

1. Pinch two small balls from the dough, flatten them and dust with flour.
2. With a rolling pin, roll them into about 4 to 5 inches diameter rounds and try making both the rounds of the same size.
3. On of the rolled circle, place the potato stuffing( make small balls with the potato mixture) in the center.
4. Place the second circle of farata on top.
5. Press the edges to seal the farata and potato
6. Then spread flour on a flat surface and roll the stuff farata gently to thinner one

Cooking of the farata

Heat a pan and add melted butter on it

Place the farata in the middle and let roast until it change colour lightly

Then turn it to the other side for cooking

Spread a little melted butter

Once you see both side ready

Remove from heat

 

Serving suggestion: serves hot with chutneys, curry or any spread of your choice

 

 

Marbling muffin- chocolate and vanilla

 

Ingredients

200 gram of self raising flour

1 table spoon cocoa powder

1 table spoon vanilla essence

110 gram unsalted butter

125 gram of sugar

4 eggs

5 g salt

120 ml milk

 

Method

 

In a bowl mix butter and sugar until you obtain a creamy paste

Add eggs and beat on medium speed

Then add milk and flour and salt little by little while beating

until all ingredients are well mixed and it becomes homogeneous

Add vanilla essence

 

Separate the batter into two half in a bowl

Leave one half with vanilla essence aside

The other half  add cocoa powder and beat until all ingredients are well mix

 

Preheat oven at 180 degree

Grease the mold before you place the cup

 ( first in paper cups)

Use a spoon and pour one vanilla muffin mixture, the add another spoon in the middle of your first layer

Repeat this action (you can put around 2 vanilla layer and two chocolate batter layer) until you reach 3/4 of your mold or cup cake limit.( Else the muffin will overload while cooking)

 

With the help of a tooth pick you can make a swirl from the center which will help the marbling effect to be more beautiful.

 

Let cook for 15 to 20 minutes

Remove from oven and leave to cool

Then you can remove the paper cup

 

Chocolate almond cake

Ingredients

2 1/2 cup of flour

1 cup sugar

1 cup almond chopped

2 table spoon baking powder

1 table spoon almond essence

3 table spoon cocoa powder

7 eggs

400 gram unsalted butter-margarine(soften) 

Methods 

In a large bowl add sugar and butter and mix with an electric mixer until you have a creamy paste

Then add eggs and beat on high speed for 5-8 minutes until well mixed

Then add cocoa powder and mix little by little 

After that add flour little by little while beating in high speed

Add almond and almond essence and mix well 

Continue on beating and add baking powder

Beat on high speed until you have a nice ribbon batter

 Preheat even at 180 degree 

Grease a mold which can contain the cake mix at half or three quarter of its level 

Then leave the cake to cook for 35 to 45 minutes

After 25 minute use a fork or a bamboo toothpick to check the center of you cake 

You will know if it is nearly ready

Then lower the flame to have of it's capacity and allow to cook 

Note; arriving at 30-35 minutes if cooking check it again to be sure if it is ready and not burning 

Remove from oven once ready and serve 

Home made plain biscuit

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 spoon unsalted butter- margarine
2 table spoon vanilla essence
1/4 cup water
1 pinch of salt

Methods
In a bowl add all dry ingredients and add butter
Mix with the tips if you fingers and start to make a dough
If you see the mixture is falling apart then add water little by little until you have a nice dough
With the help of a rolling pin flatten the dough thick enough, let's say make it around 1 cm thickness
Use cutting molds and cut to your preferred shape.
Mean while heat oven at 180 degree
Place the little biscuit in a tray on baking paper
Let cook for around 15-25 minutes
After 10 minutes check if the biscuit have change into golden colour, if yes turn them and let cook on the other side.
Then remove from oven and leave aside for 5-10 minutes.
 Ready to serve

Served with tea if juice for kids
.
Can be eaten hot or cold

chocolate pancake

Ingredients

2 cup self raising flour

1 1/2 cup water

1/2 cup grated chocolate

 

2 eggs

1 cup sugar 

Oil to cook

Methods

In a mixing bowl pour flour and add all dry ingredients
Add grated chocolate
Start mixing and add water little by little until you a thick nice ribbon batter
Heat a pan cake pan and grease with oil
Pour batter with the help if a spoon and spread in a circular form
Let cook on one side only.

Remove it slowly by passing the spatula under the pan cake once. and then you remove it from the pan

Almond Barfi

 

30-40 Barfi

Ingredients

1 kg milk powder
1 table spoon powdered cardamom
1 big tin Nestle Cream
1 cup Blended Almonds
1 drop food colour of your choice

Syrup
2  1/2 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
1 table spoon cardamom powder


Methods 1

For the syrup
In a pan pour all ingredients and leave to boil until it thickens.
Let say boiling for around  30 minutes on medium flame

Methods 2

In a bowl add nestle cream to milk powder
Rub the ingredient well. till well mixed
Leave to dry for 15 minutes
Blend the milk powder mixture in a mixer( blend little by little)
Put it in a bowl and add blended almonds
Divide mixture into two half

Take 1 half add of milk mixture and add syrup (about half of the syrup)
Mix well
It will become kind of a paste
Place it in grease mold/Plate (preferable a square one or a glass greased bowl) with little ghee
Scatter it evenly and set aside

Take the 2 half of milk mixture, and add syrup (about half of the syrup with a drop of food colour of your choice)
Mix well
It will become kind of a paste and pour the mixture on the one half that you have put aside.
Again scatter well and smoothen the top side
You may sprinkle almond cuts or grated on it

Leave it for 4-6 hours to set ( some people leave it overnight which is best)
Cut it into squares, diagonal or rectangle
Its ready to eat

 

Garlic Comfit

Ingredients

250 gram garlic flakes without skin
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 pinch of salt

Methods

1. Cut garlic into small pieces
2. Heat a pan on low flame and pour olive oil
3. Once hot add garlic and salt and let cook on low flame for around 30-40 minutes.
4. Stir continually to avoid burning and change of colour
5. Remove from heat and let completely cool down
6. Put in a pot or recipient which have a lid 
7. Then add vinegar
8. See to it that the garlic is covered well with vinegar and oil
9. If it is not well covered add olive oil as much as needed.

Note: always use a clean spoon to remove garlic comfit
You can use it for more than a month without putting it in fridge

Drain from liquid and serves
 I love it with pasta or pizza

Fried egg

Funny recipe :)

2 large eggs
1 pinch of salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method

1. Beat eggs and salt until it becomes completely yellow
2. That is well beaten. You can beat it for 5 minutes quickly to have a nice egg fry
3. Heat a frying pan and add oil, on medium flame
4. Once you see the oil is hot, pour the egg and let fry on low flame.
5. When you see the colour changing or you see its getting ready ; turn the egg with the help of an spatula
6.  Let fry the other side
7. Its ready when both sides are golden

Note: fry egg can be used fried noodles or fried rice as topping
But yet can be eaten with bread but hot

Orange muffin

 

Ingredients

200 gram of self raising flour

1/2 cup orange juice

25 gram grated orange peel

110 gram unsalted butter

125 gram of sugar

4 eggs

5 g salt

120 ml milk

 

 

Method

 

In a bowl mix butter and sugar until you obtain a creamy paste

Add eggs and beat on medium speed

Add grated orange peel and beat until all ingredients are well mix

Then add milk and flour and salt little by little while beating

until all ingredients are well mixed and it becomes homogeneous

Add orange juice at last

 

Preheat oven at 180 degree

Grease the mold before you place the cup

 ( first in paper cups)

Pour the muffin mixture in a muffin mold

Let cook for 15 to 20 minutes

Remove from oven and leave to cool

Then you can remove the paper cup

 

Serving suggestion:

Place it in a muffin mold or cup cake paper

In a separate bold mix little plain yogurt and small orange cuts

Pour on top of your muffin

and here you go

That's really delicious

 

 

Note: When you eat you will surely have the citrus taste of orange peel but that's what is great about it..................

Almond Muffin

Ingredients

200 gram of self raising flour

100 gram almond powder

25 gram crushed almond

110 gram unsalted butter

125 gram of sugar

4 eggs

5 g salt

120 ml milk

12 to 15 almond unpeeled for Topping as decoration

 

Method

 

In a bowl mix butter and sugar until you obtain a creamy paste

Add eggs and beat on medium speed

Add almond powder and beat until all ingredients are well mix

Then add milk and flour and salt little by little while beating

until all ingredients are well mixed and it becomes homogeneous

Add crushed almond at last

 

Preheat oven at 180 degree

Grease the mold before you place the cup

 ( first in paper cups)

Pour the muffin mixture in a muffin mold

Add 1 or 2 whole almond on top

Let cook for 15 to 20 minutes

Remove from oven and leave to cool

Then you can remove the paper cup

 

 

Mango Lassi

 

Ingredients

 for 3 to 4 person

 

1 1/2  cup pure mango ice cream/sorbet

2 cup plain yoghurt

1/2 cup water

2 cardamom pod

sugar to taste

Methods
Put all ingredients in a blender mixer apart from sugar
Blend it until everything is well mixed

Taste to check sweetness, if not sweetened enough add sugar to your taste
Note: If cardamom pod is not well crushed, you can strain it before you serve or if you like the taste you serve as it is.

Serve chill

Rougaille Ourite-octopus with tomato

Ingredients

2 cup  boil octopus( boil octopus in pressure cooker , cover and let boil for 10 minutes on low flame)

1 cup tomato purée

2 fresh tomato

1  medium  onion chopped

1 table spoon ginger and garlic

Oil to cook

Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing

 4-5 curry leaves

Salt to taste 

Ingredients

Methods
Heat a frying or cooking pan
Add oil and let heat for 2-4 minutes on medium flame
Then add chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste,cut fresh tomato
Stir and mix ingredients well
Add tomato purée and let cook with little salt for 5-9 minutes on low flame
Add chili cut and boiled octopus
Let cook for 8 minutes on low flame and garnish with corriander leaves
 
Serving  suggestion
Serves hot with plain rice, salad, bread or as it is!!'n

Fish curry with bringal

Serves 4 person

Ingredients

1 medium onion chopped

3-4 curry leaves

1 tomato cut

1 table spoon garlic and ginger

1  1/2 table spoon  curry powder

1 large spoon corriander leaves chopped

2 table spoon  oil for cooking 

2 cups of water

Salt to taste

4 piece fried fish

2 bringals cut 

Bringals cut into two and then cut into long strip, do not cut the end edge to leave it as a flower.

Fried fish in hot oil

Methods

Heat a frying pan and oil to fry the bringals till golden

Leave aside after frying

Marinate fish in some salt for few minutes and fry till golden and cooked.

For the gravy

Heat cooking pan

Add 2 table spoon of oil

Then once heated add onion,ginger and garlic paste, curry leaves and chopped tomato

Stir and let fry until golden

Add curry powder and mix well with other ingredients 

Pour 2 glass of water and salt.

Let the gravy for 5-8 minutes and cover the pan

At this moment the gravy will be at boiling point 

Then add fried fish and bringals

Cover it again and let cook for another 8-10 minutes in low flame

Once you see the water level have lowered turn off the flame

Garnish with corriander leaves

Serving suggestion: 

Serves with salad, rice or farata

Enjoy.....,,,,

Lamb and cauliflower with soy sauce

Serving 2-3 persons

Ingredients

500 gram lamb meat
200 gram cauliflower( blanched in hot water)
1 onion cut  into four
6-8 table spoon soy sauce
2 table spoon oyster sauce
1/2 cup coriander leaves chopped
1 table spoon garlic paste
Oil to cook
Salt to taste
1/4 cup water

 Methods
Marinate lamb for around 30 minutes in soy sauce and garlic paste
Then heat a pan and add oil and let heat
Pour marinated meat and cook for 8-10 minutes with 1/4 cup of water
While stirring constantly add cauliflower (blanched in hot water for ten minutes)
After 5 minutes add onions cut and oyster sauce
Stir and turn down heat, add corriander leaves and serves hot
Add salt if needed

Serving suggestion: serves hot with plain rice or bread
With salads, and chili sauce

Fruity tamarind sauce

Ingredients 

Pure Tamarind paste

Ingredients

300 gram pure tamarind paste

1 1/2 cup of sugar

4 cup of water

1 cup grated apple 

1 cup grated pear

1 small red chili( for chili lovers you can add more)

 Methods

In a bowl mix pure tamarin paste with one cup of water

Mix well until you can a nice thick paste

Cut the chili into small poser and keep aside

Heat a cooking pot- non stick

Add 3 cups of water and sugar

Let heat for 5-6 minutes

Then add  grated fruits and tamarind paste

Add chili

Let cook for 15 minutes on medium flame

Turn off the heat when you see water level have reduced 

Specially when grated fruits are cooked 

Leave to cool and put in a glass jar and you can use it for more than a week

If you put it in the refrigerator then for months :)

Serving suggestion; with biryani, farata, fries or just as it is

Cheesy potato Fries

Ingredients

2 Handful Frozen potato chips
2 slice of cheese ( cheddar)-cut into small pieces
Pinch of salt to taste
Oil to fry

Methods
Heat oil in a pan
Fry potato chips
Once ready, remove from heat add salt a mix well
Place in a serving dish add slice of cheese cut roughly into smaller pieces
Cover for a minute or so
Cheese will be melt and ready to serve

Serving suggestion

Eat very hot
Serve with chili sauce

Vegetarian Biryani-easy

Serving 4-5 persons

Ingredients
2 table spoon biryani spice
1  1/2 table spoon ginger garlic paste
2-3 cardamom
2 cloves
1 little piece cinnamon
2 cup of rice( 3&1/2 cup of water for cooking)
500 gram potato cut into large wedges or 1 potato cut into 4 pieces
1 can green peas
250 gram carrots, cut into long strips
150 gram soya bean , soak in hot water
150 gram fried onions
1 tomato finely chopped
1 small chili
3 table spoon ghee
chopped coriander and mint leaves( a handful)
Salt to taste
Yellow food colour (dissolve in 1/4 cup of water)

Method
In a rice cooker marinate all ingredients together apart from ( rice, ghee, food colour, and water)
Keep little fried onion, green peas(1/4 can) and chopped mint and coriander leaves apart- for topping
Marinate for about 30-45 minutes
Place uncooked rice on top
Then add 3 1/2 glass of water and ghee
Allow to cook
After 10 minutes cooking, check water level.
If it have reached approximately half of the ingredient add dissolve food colour
Allow to cook( it will be ready when water dries) use a long spoon to check water level
Top with fried onion, peas and mint, coriander leaves

Ready to serve
Serving suggestion: with salad, tamarind sauce and pickles

Sauteed Lamb

Serving 4-5 persons

Ingredients

750 gram lamb meat
1 large onion cut quarterly
1 table spoon garlic paste
Chinese green leaves (optional-bockchoy)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 table spoon oyster sauce
1 table spoon oil

Methods
Cut lamb into long strips
Marinate lamb with garlic and soy and oyster sauce for 30 minutes
In frying pan add marinated lamb and steer fry for 5 to 8 minutes on high flame
Then cut onions and green leafy vegetable of your choice let cook for another 5 minutes

Ready to serve  hot

Serving suggestion: bread, plain rice or as it is with some sauce of your choice

Yoghurt Muffin

Ingredients

200 gram of self raising flour

4 cup yogurt sugarless  (it can be homemade or from market) 

110 gram unsalted butter

125 gram of sugar

4 eggs

5 g salt

50 ml milk

Methods

In a bowl mix butter and sugar until you obtain a creamy paste

Add eggs and beat on medium speed

Add yogurt and beat until all ingredients are well mix

Then add milk and flour and salt little by little while beating

until all ingredients are well mixed and it becomes homogeneous

Preheat oven at 180 degree

Grease your silicone mold or muffin mold 

Pour the muffin mixture in a muffin mold

Let cook for 10 to 20 minutes

Until golden- verify the middle of the one muffin with fork or knife to check if it is cooked

If the knife or fork comes out neat, means it ready

Remove from oven and leave to cool

Then you can serve hot or cold

Whisking the muffin ingredients

 Silicone mould

Home made yoghurt

Ingredients

1 little full cream milk

1 pot ( from the shop) yogurt without sugar

3 table spoon milk powder

Methods

Bring to boil liquid milk in a cooking pot which have a lid, on medium flame 

When you see it at boiling point add powdered milk and whisk slowly until it's well mixed

Once it is boiled turn off the heat and let it cool down-in the same cooking pot.

When it it cooled add the yogurt and whisk for 5-8 minutes with hand whisk.

Cover the milk with a lid and a dry cloth. 

Leave it over night and it will be ready in the morning. 

Then you put the yogurt int refrigerator.

When you will serve it add sugar or fruits if your choice.

Serve chilled 

Steps in pictures

Cover and let set till morning

Notice: it is best when you do it at around 18 hrs and leave it over night

It will become as smooth as the one you usually buy

You can serve it around a week or so

Serving suggestion: Add any fruit of your choice- fresh or canned and little sugar

Pad Thai Devin's style

Ingredients

1 packet   rice noodles

1 tablespoon tamarind paste

1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce

1 ½ tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 carrot, thinly sliced

½ cup oil

2 teaspoons garlic paste

1 teaspoon ginger paste

16 -18 large shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup bean sprouts

⅓ cup chopped salted peanuts

1 lime, cut into wedges

Sesame seed

1/4 cup water

Salt and pepper to taste

Methods

Place the noodles in a bowl and cover with cold water. Let sit for 1 hour. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the tamarind paste, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice and 1/4 cup water; set aside. Lightly steam carrot; set aside.

Drain the noodles. 
Set a wok over high heat for 1 minute, then add the oil and heat until almost smoking. 
Add the garlic and ginger; sauté for 30 seconds. Add the shrimp and sauté until almost cooked through, few minutes (4-5 minutes). 
Transfer the shrimp to a plate, leaving the oil in the pan.

Add the noodles and stir-fry for 2 minute. Pour in three-quarters of the tamarind sauce and toss to coat the noodles. Add more sauce if needed. 
Cook until the noodles are smoothen, then push them to one side of the wok and scramble the eggs in the remaining space. 
Add the shrimp,  carrot, bean sprouts and half the peanuts. Toss to mix. Divide among 4 to 5 plates and garnish with the remaining peanuts, the cilantro, lime wedges, sesame seeds and (for brave children) red pepper flakes.

Boiled noodles with chicken and mushroom

Ingredients

1 packet fresh noodle
250 gram chicken
1 small canned mushroom cut
1 medium onion chopped
1 teaspoon garlic paste
2 table spoon oyster sauce
Handful chopped spring onion
Soy sauce
Pepper and salt to taste
Oil to cook

1/4 cup of water

Methods  

For chicken 

Heat a pan and add a little oil

Pour onion, garlic paste and let fry until light golden

Add chicken, oyster sauce 1/4 cup of water and let cook for 8 minutes approximately

Add mushroom and stir for another five minutes. 

Turn down flame and add spring onion

For the noodles

Boil noodle in hot water for 5 minutes only with a little salt

 Remove from heat

Dress in a plate- noodle first and then chicken on top with little soy sauce and pepper 

Serves hot with garlic sauce and chili paste