Garlic Bread Sticks

Garlic Bread Sticks are something which everyone likes. Especially while ordering pizzas we never forget to order Garlic Bread aside. I always wanted to try them to make at home, Today finally made them and turned out super yum!!

Ingredients

4 Cups All Purpose Flour (Maida)

1 tsp active dry yeast

Lukewarm water (1 cup for for yeast frothing + other for kneading dough as per need)

1 tsp sugar for yeast frothing + 1 tsp for kneading dough

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp Oil for + brushing

15–20 cloves of garlic — minced

Oregano  - As per taste
Chilli flakes - As per taste
Grated Cheese - Optional As per taste
Butter - 4-5 tsp
1-2 tbsp corn flour for dusting

Method

Yeast Proofing (Frothing)

• In a small sized tea mug, fill it 3/4th by water, add one spoon of sugar and stir till sugar is completely dissolved.
• Now add 1 tsp of active dry yeast and gently stir.
• Cover the mixture and keep it aside for 10-15 minutes, after that it will become frothy. 

Bread Dough:

• Take a Big bowl (used for making dough for rotis) add 4 cups of maida, 1 tsp of sugar and small spoon of salt (you can adjust salt as per taste), add some of the minced garlic cloves.
• Mix well and then add the frothy yeast mixure and knead the dough with the remaining luke warm water. Also keep the dough very soft it should not be hard. At the end complete the process with adding few drops of oil and kneading again.
• Now cover the dough with damp cotton cloth and keep it aside for 1 hour. After one hour it will almost double in size.

Garlic Filling:

• While the dough is kept aside, prepare the garlic filling, In a small bowl, take the soft butter at room temperature, add minced garlic, oregano and chilli flakes, mix well and keep aside.

Final Assembling:

• After one hour, take the dough add few drops of oils and knead again thoroughly.
• Divide it into 3-4 equal parts as per size preference, and make a big lemon size balls. Take one of the round ball and keep others again covered with damp cloth.
• On a flat counter top, sprinkle some corn flour and roll it in circular shape like pizza roti.
• Now apply the Garlic Filling prepared in previous step evenly with the help of spoon, You can add grated cheese as shown in picture below.
• Now lift one end of circle to meet the other, form a semi circle. Gently sealed the ends with your fingers.
• Grease a baking tray and gently put the semi circle on it.
• Cut the semi circle with sharp knife into sticks as shown in picture.
• Brush the  top part of semi circle with oil and sprinkle oregano and chilli flakes.
• Pre heat the oven for 6-7 minutes in convection mode (Please check and adjust the oven settings as per your brand manual).
• Bake it for 12-15 minutes till it gets the golden brown crust on top or till the aroma of baked garlic is spread around :) 
• Please keep a eye while its getting baked, If required check after 10 mins. 
• Its Ready!! Serve with Tomato Ketchup and with cheese dip!

 

Quick Microwave Mug Cake

Cakes are something which kids passionately love! My daughter also loves them! It is something even we also cant resist ;-) For those sudden cake carvings here is an simple cake recipe which tastes truly divine.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp flour (Maida)
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2.5 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 tbsp milk
• 1.5 tbsp yogurt
• 1.5 tbsp salted butter at room temp.
• A drop of vanilla extract

Method:

• Take a microwave safe mug & mix all the dry ingredients like flour, coca powder, powdered sugar, baking powder and mix well with the help of a spoon.
• Now gently add milk, yogurt, butter and vanilla extract, mix everything well with a spoon.
• Make Sure that it wont have any lumps.
• Microwave it on a high power Setting for 3 minutes.
• Make the use of toot pick to check if the cake is done, Insert a took pic inside the mug, if it comes out clean the cake is done! 
• Here the microwave time will differ on the brand of the microwave used, if you feel that the sticky or still not properly risen then you can microwave if for another minute.
• After Taking it out from the microwave give it a standing time of 15-20 minutes and then serve.
• You can add few nuts and top it with a vanilla ice-cream or can dazzle with chocolate sauce. :)

Oreo Thick Shake / Oreo Milk Shake

 I'm personally not a big fan of Oreo biscuits and so is my daughter and while shopping in supermarket  last week I got a big packet of Oreo biscuits free, I was wondering as what to make, started searching for some recipes to make something really yummy not for me but for my darling daughter, In the process I got some wonderful Ideas and combined some of mine and the result was super duper yummylicious thick shake :)

Ingredients:

• 5 Oreo biscuits (Doubled / Don't Remove Cream)
• Whole Milk : half Cup
• Ice cream : 2 Scoops (Preferably Vanilla / Chocolate )
• Sugar: As per taste
• Chocolate Sauce - 2 tbsp (Optional )

Method:

• Crush 4 Oreo Biscuits with you hand,
• In a Jug, Add Crushed Oreo biscuits,
• Add milk, Ice-cream, Sugar & Chocolate Sauce
• Use Blender and Make a Smooth, creamy and forthy shake (you can use the mixi also for the same)
• Pour Into The Serving Glass
• Garnish with the remaining one Oreo cookie or you can dazzle with more chocolate sauce or even some crushed Oreo Cookies :-)

I'm Sure Kids will love it and even Adults too! :) 

Pasta In White Sauce

'Pasta In white Sauce' is one of the all time favorite recipe of My husband as well as mine... while every one else in my family enjoys while having this pasta and to see the smiles on their faces in the only means of ultimate satisfaction!

Ingredients:

• Parboiled Pasta - 1 cup
• Mix Veggies - 1 cup (Chopped Capsicum, Chopped Onions, Chopped Carrots)
• Whole Milk - 2 Cups
• Butter : 2tbsps
• Oil : 2tbsps
• Corn Flour / Maida : 1.5  tbsps.
• Grated Cheese to Garnish:  1/4th Cup
• Garlic Paste: 3tbsps
• Salt, Pepper, Oregano & Chili flexes as per your Taste.

Method:

Lightly Toss Veggies:

In a heavy bottom pan, add 2 tbsps of oil, Add, the chopped veggies, salt & pepper, Just lightly toss veggies for 3-4 Minutes, make sure the crispiness remains ;-) switch off the flame and keep it aside.

For While Sauce:

Heat butter in the same heavy bottom pan

After butter starts melting, make the flame very slow, add the garlic paste and saute it till garlic turns pink,

Add the cornflour / maida and saute it for one more minute, be careful that flour wont burn.

Add Milk, Salt, Pepper, Oregano & Chili flexes as per your Taste, (Now You can make the flame high)

Finally Assembling! 

As milk starts boiling, add Tossed Veggies & Parboiled Pasta.

Mix every thing very lightly on a slow flame and be careful that pasta don't break.

Switch off the flame and add grated cheese.

Serve Hot!

So the Pasta in White Sauce Is Ready To Be Served!!

-Mayuri

Ice Gola Dish

Here is one of the most easy, cold & juicy treat to kick off burning Summers!

Ingredients:

• Crushed Ice - 2 Cups
• Orange Squash - half cup (Any Flavor of your choice can be used, example kala khatta, rose etc.)
• Grated Coconut - 3 tbsp
• Nuts (almonds, cashew and raisins ) -  half cup

Method:

Crush Ice Using Ice Crusher

Collect the Crushed Ice directly into serving dish.

Sprinkle Orange Squash , grated coconut and then nuts.

You can adjust the quantities of Orange Squash, coconut and nuts to suit your taste buds!

Enjoy the chilled delicacy to kick off summers!

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