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Authentic Chicken Ghee Roast

Chicken ghee roast is a famous chicken dish originated in a small town of kundapura in Karnataka state. The signature red color of the dish comes from the local Bedgi chili which is less spicy , sweet and gives an amazing red color to the dish. Here is the very simple recipe.

INGREDIENS:

Chicken (curry cut) – 250 gm.

Dried Bedgi chili- 12-15 no.

Garlic cloves- 7-8

Ghee(clarifi…

Crispy Chicken Bao / Steamed Buns

Crispy Chicken Bao with pickled onions and sriracha mayonnaise

Ingredients:

For Bao Buns-

Refined flour- 200 gm.

Powdered Sugar- 15 gm.

Baking powder- 6 gm.

Salt- a pinch

Yeast- 3 gm..

Milk- 25 gm

Water- 100 gm.

For Pickled Onions –

Vinegar- 100 gm.

Sugar- 60 gm.

Salt- 30 gm

Red food color- few drops (can be avoided by using beetroot juice)

Sliced onions –…

The best chocolate mousse cake

INGREDIENTS:

FOR MOUSSE:

Heavy Cream-360 ml.

Egg yolks- 4

Grain Sugar- 25 gm.

Semi Sweet chocolate- 263 gm.

Powdered sugar- 45 gm.

Cream of tartar- 3 gm (optional)

FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE:

Refined flour- 60 gm.

Cocoa powder- 16 gm.

Grain sugar- 75 gm.

Baking powder- 11 gm.

Salt- 3 gm.

Vegetable Oil- 30 ml.

Egg- 1.

Butter milk- 30 ml

Vanilla…

The best Chocolate chip cookies

INGREDIENTS:

Refined flour: 505 gm.

Unsalted Butter: 280 gm.

Dark chocolate: 450 gm.

Salt: 5 gm.

Corn flour: 8 gm.

Baking Soda: 6 gm.

Brown Sugar: 285 gm.

White Sugar: 115 gm.

Eggs: 2

Egg yolks 3

Method:

1.Combine flour, salt, corn flour, baking soda together and whisk it to mix.

2.Mix both the sugars together and add melted butter to it.

3. Whisk it…

Best Banana Walnut Bread

INGREDIENTS: (for 2 loafs of 25x 13 cm)

Flour: 500 gm.

Salt: 3 gm.

Baking powder: 20 gm.

Baking Soda: 10 gm.

Powdered Sugar: 400 gm.

Over ripe bananas: 6 large

Vanilla: 10 ml.

Eggs: 6

Melted butter: 200 gm.

Butter milk: 160 ml.

Toasted walnuts: 50-100 gm

Method:

Mix together the dry ingredients : Flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda , powdered sugar.

Combi…

One of the best breakfast/ brunch dish which is easy to make and will definitely impress your loved ones. It’s healthy, tasty and it’s name is fun to speak. what else do you need? follow the simple steps to make this dish. (This recipe was inspired by the book “just  a french guy cooking- by Alexis Gabriel Ainouz , find its video on youtube and buy his book it’s amazing)

Shakshouka (Arabic: شكشوك…

Bebinca, also known as bibik or bebinka, is a type of pudding and a traditional Indo-Portuguese dessert. Traditional Bebinca has seven layers. The ingredients include plain flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), egg yolk, and coconut milk.It is also a traditional sweet in Goa during Christmas. It is also easily available to carry and preserve for a long time or eaten fresh. (wikipedia)

Just…

Coconut Flan with Sable Breton and Strawberry coulis

INGREDIENTS AND METHOD:

For coconut Flan:

Sweetened Condensed milk:70ml

Evaporated milk:60 ml

Coconut milk:80 ml

Eggs:1 no.

Whole milk: 60 ml

Vanilla essence: 1/2 tsp

Sugar:32 gm

Make caramel by melting 4 tsp. of sugar with few drops of water and gently heating till brown.

Pour it in the ramekin in which flan is to baked and let it cool down.

Meanwhile Combine all the milks and heat till steaming.

According to the letters of the Marquise de Sévigné, the cookie was created for the first time in Sablé-sur-Sarthe in 1670.

The French word sable means “sand” which is the French term that takes the place of the English “breadcrumbs” in the context of baking: at the beginning of the recipe, the baker rubs cold butter into flour and sugar to form particles of dough resembling breadcrumbs or sand.

IL TIMPANO or Timballo- it’s an Italian pasta dish made famous by the movie Big Night (the best food movie ever). The dish is traditionally prepared in a Dutch oven to get a dome shape but I didn’t have a Dutch oven so replaced it with a loaf tin .The recipe includes some basic components but a lot of care is required to make sure that it does not collapse and is cooked completely.

INGREDIENTS:

C…