Archive for April, 2009
Maintaining A Healthy Marriage
Maintaining A Healthy Marriage Marriage is a long lasting and holy bond between two people. It is not an easy task to maintain a healthy marital relationship. It is very important to keep all kinds of relationships healthy and cheerful and a marital relationship being no exception. A marriage is a valuable and essential commitment. [...]
Strawberry Jam
Strawberry Jam Ingredients: Fresh strawberries – 500g Sugar – 1 ¾ cup Lemon – 1 Method: Take a pan and put strawberries (chopped) and cook them in their own juice on low heat until soft, then mash them and put sugar in and let them cook for at least 20 min still on low heat [...]
Naan
Naan Ingredients: 2 cups plain white refined flour (Maida) 2 tsp. dry yeast 1 tbsp. sugar 3 tbsp. butter 1/2 cup warm milk 2 tbsp. yoghurt 2 tbsp. milk 1 tbsp. poppy seeds 1/4 tsp. saffron strands Instructions: 1. Warm the milk . 2. Add yeast and sugar in the milk. 3. Leave it undisturbed [...]
Chocolate Chip Muffins
Chocolate Muffins Ingredients: 150g Plain Chocolate 2 Eggs 250ml Milk 125ml Vegetable Oil 100g Granulated Sugar 100g Brown Sugar 400g Flour (plain) 4 teaspoons Baking Powder 1 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (gas mk 6, 400°F). Place the eggs, oil, vanilla extract, sugars and milk in a [...]
How to make Khoya ( Mawa)
How to make Khoya ( Mawa) Ingredients: For Method 1 Evaporated Milk 1 Tin ( Nestle Coronation or any such ) Milk Powder 2 cups Preparation for Method 1 Take a mixing bowl and put the milk powder in it. Now add the Evaporated milk in it slowly. Knead it into a dough (hard dough) [...]
Eggs Related Tips
1 To check the freshness of eggs, dissolve 30ml (2 tablespoons of salt in about 1 pint of water. Place the eggs in the water. If the egg sinks then it is fresh, if it floats then it is stale. 2 Store eggs in a carton in the refrigerator to prevent them from losing moisture, [...]
FALOODA
FALOODA Ingredients 1. Spaghetti ( use the thinnest variety available) 2. Vanilla Icecream 4 scoops 3. Cold Milk 1/2 cup 4. Rose Syrup 5. Crushed Ice 6. Chopped Almonds and pistachios Instructions: 1. Take the spagheti and cook in a deep sauce pan in plenty of water. 2. Once the spagheti is cooked, discard all [...]
How to Cook Dhaba Style Daal, English/Urdu Recipe
Dhaba Style Daal Ingredients: 200 gm split urad dal 75 gm channa dal 2 tbsp chopped ginger 2 tbsp chopped garlic 4 tbsp ghee/ oil 3 chopped onions 6 chopped green chillies 2 chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp mint leaves chopped 1 tbsp chopped coriander 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp Butter 2 tablespoon Garam [...]
Lahmacun Turkish Pizza
Lahmacun Turkish Pizza Times: Prep 2 hr 0 min Cook 30 min Total: 2 hr 30 min Ingredients DOUGH: • 3/4 teaspoon dried yeast • 1/2 teaspoon sugar • 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water • 2 1/4 cups flour • 1/2 teaspoon salt • Olive oil for bowl & brushing dough FILLING: • 1 tablespoon [...]
How to Make Perfect Gulab Jamun, English / Urdu Recipe
Gulab Jamun Ingredients: Dry Milk Powder – 3 cups ( do not use any low fat options) Self Raising Flour – 1 cup Baking Soda – 3 pinches ( Only if you are using plain flour or Maida instead of the Self Raising Flour) Milk – ½ cup Thickened Cream - 200gm Oil - for [...]
