Deepsrecipes- food blog from Dubai

Scones Scones hail from Scotland.This is a quick breakfast bread recipe.Add 1/4 cup wheat flout to 1 cup Plain flour to make this recipe healthy.You can substitute wheat flour with oatmeal/flax meal or whole meal. Adding buttermilk also makes it rich in nutrients.Quick and yummy breakfast in 20 minutes. Ingredients Flour-1 cup Wheat flour-1/4-1/2 cup Powdered sugar-4 tbsp(Only lightly sweetened) Cold unsalted Butter-25 g Buttermilk-3-4 tbsp Baking powder-1/4 tsp Method of preparation Mix flour,wheat flour and baking powder well.Now mince cold unsalted butter to the dry ingredients and mix it well with fingers;Now the flour will resemble breadcrumbs. Now add in sugar and mix once again.Slowly add buttermilk and mix everything into a ball. Flatten the dough (in to 1 inch thick) and cut round or triangle shaped scones using a cookie cutter/scone cutter. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Ser...

This is again a kid's favorite. Buttery rice with vermicelli .This can be a great and easy Party item too.So here's the recipe. Ingredients Long grain (Basmati) Rice-2 cups Vermicelli-3/4 cup Butter-1 tbsp Salt-to taste Method  Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.Fry it in 2tsp butter ,add 31/2 cups of water and then cook on medium fire. Fry the Vermicelli in another spoon of butter.When it's brown,add very little water and let it cook well.Now add the cooked rice little at a time and mix well with the rice.Add salt to taste. You can add some more butter on top.Mix well and serve hot. Our special,delicious,buttery rice is ready !!!!

Classic Short Bread Fingers This is the simplest cookie recipe .Rich,buttery,a bit crumbly and very tasty.I always wanted to try this recipe and finally  made it. Ingredients Flour-2 cups Butter-125g Powdered Sugar-1/4 cup Vanilla essence-1 tsp That's it..simple isn't it? Method of Preparation 1.Beat butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy.Add in vanilla essence and mix well. 2.Add flour little at a time and mix a soft dough.  Arrange a parchment paper in a baking tray.Spread the dough evenly on it. 3.Now with a knife make short bread fingers on the dough as you can see in the picture below. 4.  Prick each cookie with a fork.Picture explains this step well. 4.Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top.Bake at 170 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until the top is golden.Cool well so that it gets harden a bit .As you know,this should be not at all crispy,but soft and crumbly. Serve it with Tea or a glass of Milk. ...

Brownies contain no baking powder or baking soda . So considered to be healthier than cakes. Combine different flours with all purpose flour thus making it a good wholesome meal . Kids love Brownies and it is so easy to make too. Ingredients Butter - 50 g Powdered Sugar-3/4 cup Chocolate syrup-1/4 cup Flax meal-1 tbsp ( You can use 1 egg instead of flax meal) Yogurt-1/4 cup Almonds crushed All purpose flour-1 cup Vanilla essence-1 tsp Method of preparation Melt butter and beat with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup. Add in flax meal and yogurt .Beat well . Now add in vanilla essence , finally flour . Beat well. Fold in crushed almonds. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted to the center,comes out clean. Soft and delicious Brownies are ready to serve along with some Coffee .You can serve these brownies warm even with a scoop of Ice cream. So what are you waiting for! Binge yourself on some scrumptious brownies t...

MALABAR FRIED CHICKEN  Ingredients Chicken-500 g cut into Big pieces Whole pepper corns-1/4 cup Garlic-Ginger paste-1 tbsp Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Onion-1 small Vinegar-1tsp Curry leaves- Method Of preparation Clean the chicken with salt and vinegar. Now add some salt,ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder .Cook until done. Now the marination  Make a paste with pepper,1 garlic,salt,vinegar,onion and curry leaves .Apply this to the cooked chicken and keep refrigerated for 2 hours. Make a thin batter of all purpose flour after adding a  pinch of salt and a pinch of garlic paste. Shallow fry these marinated pieces after dipping in the batter. Exotic Kerala Malabar chicken fry is ready..!!!!

Butter Chicken with Jeera(Cumin flavored) Rice. Butter chicken is one of the most popular dish from India. Silky,creamy gravy with boneless chicken pieces.What else you can ask for!This sinful curry has always been one of the kid's favorites. You can get thousand's of recipes for butter chicken on the internet with slight variations.But this recipe of mine is really simple ,developed by sheer experimenting.I can guarantee that the taste is just the same as the one you get from restaurants. So here we go.. Ingredients Boneless chicken -500g Butter-25g Onion -2 medium sized Green Chili -2 nos Ginger Garlic paste-2 tsp Cardamom powder-1tsp sugar-1tsp Tomato puree-1 cup Yogurt-1tbsp Red food color-(Optional )-2 drops Dry Fenugreek leaves-a pinch Cream-2 tbsp Red chili powder-1 -2 tsp Coriander powder-1 tsp Fresh Cilantro- bountiful Cumin powder-1 tsp Method of preparation Step1 Marinate boneless chicken with...

Bell Pepper Dip Nutritious yellow bell pepper dip and nachos..Excellent appetizer right? Easy party item especially for  kids party. You can serve this dip with baguette slices,so that this can be given as a snack in their tiff-in box even.So I hope those who are looking for kids recipes would be happy with this. For those who are really on diet can go for baked nachos  available now a days. Would you like to read the nutrition details of bell pepper?You can read it here - Egg curry in bell pepper sauce Ingredients  Bell Pepper-Red/Yellow Mayonnaise/cream cheese- Salt- Garlic-1 clove Dry Oregano-1 tsp Onion-1/2 no Paprika -2tsp Lime juice-2tsp (I am not mentioning the quantity of ingredients because in this recipe,leaving it to your taste) Method of preparation So easy to prepare. Grill the bell pepper on direct flame or in microwave until blacked on all sides. Once its roasted,remove its skin.Now grind all ingredi...

Pasta With Mixed Herbs n Cream Wish you all a wonderful New Year 2012.. Pasta with Italian herbs …in cream..Yummy, right? Yeah, a bit heavy but a sure-fire kids pleaser. And this would take hardly 5 minutes to prepare. You can use fresh Italian herbs if you have it, great way to increase the flavor. Very healthy preparation, very delicious… Let’s start.. Ingredients Wheat Pasta-1 cup Mixed Italian Fresh Herbs-I used Thyme, Rosemary and Oregano-2tsp altogether. (Try to include fresh Basil leaves, since it brings the real flavor of the cuisine.) Butter-1tsp Garlic-1 clove finely chopped Heavy Cream-2tbsp Onion-1/2 chopped Walnuts crushed-Bountiful Green Chili- 1 small   (Instead of chili,You can use white Pepper powder-) Method of preparation Cook Pasta according to packet instructions. Heat a pan, add in 1 tsp butter. Add garlic finely chopped. Add in chopped onion and green chili. Now add Salt to taste. Next is herbs, mix for a wh...

(You can follow this blog by clicking the ‘Follow’ button at the right side, or click the Face book ‘Like’ button below .Thank you for visiting my blog :-)) Hey , it’s snack  time!!!! I always ( to a certain extend) have tried to add some healthy recipes here .But snacking is real fun, and healthy snacking is good for our body also. Only thing is that, we should try to keep a time for snacking. Avocad o is Mexican in origin and packed with mono saturated fat.Avocado  speeds up metabolism and thus helps to loose weight. Monounsaturated fats help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol while also boosting HDL (good) cholesterol. This recipe is also called Guacamole. You can serve this with Nachos/Tortilla corn chips. Ingredients Avocado – 2 numbers Lime juice - 2 tsp Jalapeno - 2 numbers Salt- to taste Onion- ½ medium sized Cilantro – 1-2 tablespoon Method In a bowl, scoop out Avocado pulp; Mix lime juice and make it a smooth paste. Add in finely...