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Lasagna(Mince Beef)

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Classic Italian Lasagna A rich and comforting Italian dish made with layers of pasta, hearty meat sauce, creamy béchamel, and lots of cheese. Perfect for meal prep and family dinners! Components Meat Sauce Béchamel Sauce Lasagna Sheets Layering & Baking 1. Meat Sauce Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 450g minced beef 3–4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 medium onions, chopped 5–6 tomatoes, pureed 1 tsp lime juice 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 tbsp jaggery / sugar / ketchup (optional, for sweetness) 1 bay leaf 1 small cinnamon stick 2–3 cloves Spices & Seasonings Salt, to taste Black pepper, to taste ½ tsp cumin powder ½ tsp garam masala 1 tsp meat masala ½ tsp onion powder ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp taco seasoning (optional) Herbs Fresh : Parsley, basil, rosemary (chopped) Dried : Oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil Instructions Heat olive oil in a pan. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, and cloves. Add garlic and o...

Chicken Machbous

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CHICKEN MACHBOOS (MACHBOOS DIJAJ) Machboos     makbūs/machbūs  ( مكبوس/مچبوس   Gulf pron.:   [mɑtʃˈbuːs] )  is a     dish  made with  rice  and meat. It can often be found served in countries such as  Saudi Arabia ,  Kuwait ,  Bahrain ,  Qatar , the  United Arab Emirates ,  Oman ,  Yemen , southern  Iraq ,  Ahwaz  ( Iran ) and the  Negev  desert in  Israel . Rice is cooked in Chicken stock and flavoured with saffron, rose water and orange blossom water. Ingredients For Chicken 800-900g Chicken cut in half or into 4 pieces (With or without skin) Ginger garlic paste Salt  Pepper Garam Masala Turmeric powder Dried lime powder Chilli powder Cumin(optional) Olive oil(or any flavourless oil) Tomato paste(optional) Marinate the chicken with ginger, garlic, salt, pepper garam masala, turmeric, lime powder, chilli powder and cumin. In a pan add olive oil and...

Chocolate Cake Pudding

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  Chocolate Cake Pudding RECIPE: Moist Chocolate Cake Ingredients 2     Cup raw sugar 1 3/4   Cup All purpose flour( I used whole wheat all    purpose flour ) 3/4   Cup Coco powder( Cadbury orange color ) 1 ½  Teaspoon Baking Powder 1 ½   Teaspoon Baking Soda 1       Teaspoon Salt 2       Eggs 1       Cup Milk (buttermilk-add 1tspn lime or vinegar to milk stir well n keep it for 5-10min .) ½      Cup oil 2       Teaspoon Vanilla Essence 1       Cup Boiling Water Directions  Preheat the oven at 200°C, grease two 9-inch baking pans. Stir in sugar flour Coco baking powder baking soda and salt (all dry ingredients) and mix well. Add egg milk vanilla and oil and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes or untill mixed well. Add boiling water and mix well (ba tter will be thin). Pour into baking pans an bake for 30-40mins Or untill toothpick inserted comes ...

Aysee Chicken

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AYSEE CHICKEN A great side dish for chappathi, Naan, Paratha, Appam, Pathiris etc. Goes well with rice also This was one of my favourites while growing up. Now much requested dish by my kids. Recipe: Ingredients To marinate and fry chicken 800g Chicken cut into small pieces 1 - 1.5 Tbspn Soy sauce 1-2 Tspn Kashmiri Chilli Powder Salt as needed Oil for frying(I prefer coconut oil) Few Curry leaves For Masala 3-4 Onions (sliced) 3 Cloves Garlic (crushed) 1-2 Tspn Ginger paste 2-3 green chillies(just slit n add) (As I am not a fan of spicy food I used Capsicum instead of chillies) Parsley/Coriander leaves for garnish 1-2 Tspn Soy sauce 3-4 Tbspn Tomato Ketchup Directions Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, chilli powder and salt and let it rest for at least 15 min. In a heated pan add in oil. Flavour it with curry leaves, add the chicken and fry till done. Keep the chicken aside. In same pan add oil(if needed), add ginger, garlic,onion and green chillies and cook till onion is caramelise...

PanCake

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  Pancake RECIPE: INGREDIENTS: 2 cup flour🍚 1/2 tsp baking powder🥄 1/4 tspn baking soda🥄 1/2 tspn salt🧂 2 eggs separated🥚 1 1/2 cup buttermilk🥛 (Add 1tspn lime🍋 or vinegar to milk and let it sit for 10min.) 3tbspn honey 🍯or sugar 1 tspn vanilla essence🥄 1 tbspn melted butter🧈 DIRECTIONS: Sift in all the dry ingredients Whip the egg whites Mix egg yolks buttermilk, honey, vanilla essence. Pour it to the flour and mix well Add melted butter/oil and mix Fold in the whipped egg whites Batter ready Cook them on a preheated pan.  Serve with honey or jam or whipping cream or honey cream or fruits... Video👇 Youtube link : https://youtu.be/LoS3zG-0Zzg

Chicken Strips

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Ingredients Boneless Chicken Breast cut in strips Marinade Laban(yoghurt + milk or water) Egg Salt Pepper Garlic Paprika Meat masala Marinate chicken an keep refrigerated Coating Flour Corn flour Bread crumbs Salt  Pepper Garam masala  Paprika Chilli flakes Dip the marinate chicken in coating, dip in marinade again dip in coating (double coating) Deep fry in oil Airfry/ place in oven for 10 min before serving(optional) Sauce 2 Tbspn Mayonnaise 1 Tbspn Ketchup Garlic powder Pepper powder A drop of worcestire sauce

Kanafeh/kunafa

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                          Arabic sweet dish filled with cheese                         Kanafeh (Arabic: كُنافة ‎, [kʊˈnaːfa]) is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded filo pastry. soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream or nuts, depending on the region.In Arabic, kunāfa may refer to the string pastry itself, or to the entire dessert dish. In Turkish, the string pastry is known as tel kadayıf , and the cheese-based dessert that uses it as künefe . In the Balkans, the shredded dough is similarly known as kadaif , and in Greece as kataifi , and is the basis of various dishes rolled or layered with it, including dessert pastries with nuts and sweet syrups.(Source: Wikipedia ) RECIPE   Ingredients 2.5 cup Kataifi (kanafa dough)   20g softened butter/ghee(at r...

Falafel

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  Ingredients 2 cups chickpeas soaked overnight or 18-24 hrs and drained 1 cup parsley 1/2 cup dill leaves 3-4 cloves garlic 1 onion Salt Pepper Coriander powder Cumin powder  Chilli powder  Oil for deep frying Blend everything(except oil) in a blender. Refrigerate for an hour. Make balls and deep fry in oil

Guacamole

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Recipe: Ingredients 🥑2 ripe avocados 🍋1 lime 🧅1 small onion finely chopped 🍅1 tomato finely chopped 🍀Parsley finely chopped 🌶️Jalapenos(pickled) finely chopped 🧂Salt & pepper ♨️Chilli powder and coriander powder (optional) Directions 🧉Mash the avocados add lime juice n mix ,add other ingredients and mix well. Bread Recipe: https://youtu.be/9ZhhoNI4RyU

Chicken Broast

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  ChickenBroast RECIPE: INGREDIENTS: Chicken cut into 6 pieces(800g) For marinade: 1 cup buttermilk Or (Yoghurt +Milk) Hot sauce Ginger garlic paste Salt pepper For Coating: 1 cup Flour 2 tbsp Gramflour Salt Pepper Garlic powder Paprika Cayenne pepper Cinnamon powder Meat Masala powder DIRECTIONS: Marinate the chicken n keep refrigerated overnight or at least 4-6 hrs. Coat chicken with flour mixture dip in the marinade and coat again. Fry in the hot oil on medium flame atleast for 10 minutes. Air fry for 5-10 minutes (optional)