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Sour Cream Fruit Dip Recipe – Ready in 5 minutes and Kids Love it

8. December 2011

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Sour Cream Fruit Dip Recipe – Ready in 5 minutes and Kids Love it

Kids and even adults love fruits served with a gooey, sweetened cream. It’s called a Fruit Dip and it can be made very easily. Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups sour cream 1 cup whipped topping 3 1/2 (3.5) tablespoon sugar (I prefer brown sugar) 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg. You can even use 1/2 [...]

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Fruit Custard

24. February 2011

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Fruit Custard

Fruit Custard is a version of fruit salad. Well you can call this recipe a fruit salad too. I have added fruits to the custard and garnished with dry fruits and cream. It can be served as a dessert as well as a good way to make your kids eat fruits. I would not say [...]

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Banana Strawberry Jam Muffins – A Christmas Treat

23. December 2010

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Banana Strawberry Jam Muffins – A Christmas Treat

Christmas is almost here and that is why I baked these delicious little bundles of joy. Banana Strawberry Jam Muffins are flavorful banana muffins filled with liquid strawberry jam. And as you bite into the muffin, luscious melted strawberry jam oozes out…hmm…yum. Prepare them for Christmas breakfast or give them as Christmas gifts. Ingredients: (Makes [...]

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Peach Crumble

17. March 2010

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Peach Crumble

Ingredients: 1 can of sliced peaches, 150gms brown sugar, 50gms flour, 115gms butter; softened, A pinch of ground cinnamon. Method: Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C. In a mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, flour and butter and beat until smooth. Arrange the sliced peaches in a baking dish. Spread the sugar, flour and butter [...]

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Strawberry Soup

10. August 2009

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Strawberry Soup

Have you tried this recipe earlier? Well I had never heard of a strawberry soup, until I just came across one over the internet and I was quite amused. I decided to prepare it myself and I must tell you that it was so irresistible that I forgot to click a photograph to show it [...]

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Peaches and Berry Salad

9. August 2009

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Peaches and Berry Salad

Ingredients: 2 peaches, 1 pint blackberries, 1/2 pint strawberries, 1/2 tsp ground cardamom, 5 cups of water. Method: Bring the water to boil in a pot. Drop the peaches and blanch them for half a minute. Drain and put them into cold water. Keep them in it for a minute and drain. Peel off their [...]

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Pomegranate Raita (Salad)

23. July 2009

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Pomegranate Raita (Salad)

An unusual recipe of ‘raita’ made with pomegranate. The raita is made up of creamy yogurt, with red crystals of pomegranate that gives a blushing pink color to it, makes it more attractive. The best part of this raita is that you need not have it with your food, but eat it as a filler [...]

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Banana Pancakes

7. July 2009

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Banana Pancakes

Ingredients: 2 bananas; mashed, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 1/2 cups flour (whole wheat flour is best), 1/2 tsp fennel seeds, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 large egg; beaten, Milk as required (to thin the batter), Butter, Maple syrup to serve with. Method: Mix together all the ingredients except butter and [...]

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Strawberry with Cream and Ice Cream

8. June 2009

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Strawberry with Cream and Ice Cream

Last week we went on a vacation to this hill station in Maharashtra (India) called ‘Mahabaleshwar’. It is a native place for strawberries and though summer is not the best season to grow them, we were tempted to have them anyway. ‘Strawberry with cream and ice cream’ is the most famous strawberry preparation found all [...]

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Dry Fruits in Yogurt – A healthy dessert

28. May 2009

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Dry Fruits in Yogurt – A healthy dessert

We all crave for delicious dessert. But the thought of the amount calories they have makes us feel guilty after we have them (Coz it is almost impossible to control this sin). My recipe today will bring a relief to you. This is a dessert made out of yogurt and honey. Dry fruits like apricots, [...]

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Pineapple Dessert

22. May 2009

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Pineapple Dessert

Ingredients: 2 cups pineapple juice, 1 tbsp butter, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp sugar, Few leaves of basil. Method: In a saucepan, add pineapple juice, butter and sugar and put on a medium flame. After few minutes add basil and then cook the mixture stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Separate egg yolks from whites. Beat the [...]

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Cloud on Squash

11. May 2009

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Cloud on Squash

This summer, beat the heat with this chilled squash with a cloud of whipped cream on top. What a way to satisfy your thirst in this scorching summer! Ingredients: 30 ml Lemon squash, 30 ml Orange squash, 30 ml fresh whipped cream, Ice cubes, Cherries to garnish. Method: Add lemon and orange squash to a [...]

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Peach Coffee

17. April 2009

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Peach Coffee

Ingredients: (Serves 2) 4 big peaches; cut into pieces, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1 1/2 glass milk, 1/2 tsp cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp coffee powder. Method: Place the peaches, sugar in a pan, add water to it and cook till peaches are soft. Then remove from flame and let it cool for few mintues. Then transfer [...]

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Apple Tea Cooler

21. March 2009

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Apple Tea Cooler

Ingredients: (Serves 2) 1 cup cold tea, 2 tbsp sugar, 1/2 cup apple juice, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 3-4 ice cubes, Few thin slices of apple. Method: Mix together lemon juice and apple juice. Transfer to the blender with ice cubes, sugar and tea and blend well. Chill before you serve and garnish with apple [...]

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Fruit Salad Ideas

18. March 2009

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Fruit Salad Ideas

Doctors and diet experts suggest that you must have at least one fruit everyday. But sometimes eating a whole fruit become boring, especially for kids. So once in a while why not prepare fruit salad? Here are some fruit salad ideas. 1. Fruit Custard – Get custard mix of your favorite flavor. Usually kids like [...]

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Basic French Crepe

14. November 2008

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A Crepe is a popular French pancake, which is thin and made out of flour, eggs and milk. It is served with a variety of fillings that are suggested below in the recipe. Here is the recipe of a basic crepe. Ingredients: 100 gms all purpose flour, 200 gms milk, A pinch of salt, 1/2 [...]

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