Cold Coffee

Serves 4
4 cups milk (800ml)
3 tbsp sugar
2 level tbsp instant coffee powder (adjust to taste)
1 tsp cocoa powder
4 tbsp evaporated milk

Boil all the above ingredients. Let everything cool, then freeze for about 2-3 hours until well-chilled. When ready to serve, pour the milk in a blender, add 1 generous scoop of ice-cream (vanilla or coffee flavoured) and 10 ice-cubes. Blend until frothy.

Serve in tall glasses. You can add a bit of whipped cream on top, and a drizzle of either caramel or chocolate sauce, or a light dusting of cocoa or coffee powder. Or even chocolate shavings! :)

Banana Papaw Shake

Ingre:
2 large ripe bananas (peeled, sliced)
Medium size papaw piece
1 1/2 cup chilled milk
ice cubes 5-6
2tsp sugar (or according to ur taste)
Vanilla ice cream(optional)

Method:
Blend banana, papaw, milk, sugar and ice cubes in blender until smooth.
Pour it in a glass and put ice cream and some banana pieces on top and Serve chilled...:)

Passion Fruit Drink

Ingredients :

4 Passion Fruit
1/2 cup white sugar
3 cups water
1 1/2 Tsp salt
Ice cubes

Method :

Place the Passion Fruit into a blender, and add ice cubes and blend it and then add sugar,salt,water and blend little more and refrigerator it.
Serve Chilled :-)

Papaya Smoothie

Ingredients :
1 Fresh papaya
6 Tbsp Sugar
2 1/2 Cups Water
Crushed Ice
Vanilla Ice cream
A pinch of Nescafé Gold

Method :
Papaya, water, sugar and blend well. add Ice and dont over blend it. pour on to a glass add 1 scoop vanilla ice cream and Sprinkle Nescafé Gold on top.

Serve Chilled :))

Papaya shake

Ing:
3 cups papaya (fresh cut into small pieces)
1 cup sugar or according to ur taste
1 teaspoon vanilla essen
2 1/2 cups milk(u can adjust ur choice)
ice cubes
1tsp lime juice (optional)

Preparation:
Add papaya, sugar, milk,vanilla essen into a blender and process until smooth.
After add ice cubes on high speed until the ice is crushed and ingredients are evenly distributed.
If u like finally add lime juice and enjoy........

water melon shake

Medium size water melon-1/2
Condensed milk-1/2 cup
Ice cubes-12-14
Water-2 cups
sugar-to your taste
Vanila essence-1/2 tsp.

Method-
Cut the melon into piecs and remove the seeds.
Blend all the ingrediends except ice cubes.
Then add ice cubes little by little and blend continously untill the cubes dissolve.
Finally u'll have a nice colourful shake...Enjoy!!

Beli fruit juice

Beli juice is very easy to make and tasty too.......

Ingre:
Bel fruit 2
water 3 1/2 glass
sugar according to your taste
If u like can add milk(that time u can less 1 1/2 glass water and add milk)

Method:
First take out the pulp from the beli fruit and add water in the pulp and mix. you can use your hand so that pulp get squeeze out thoroughly.
After add sugar and take a filter and filter out the seeds of the fruit from the juice.
If u like add pinch of salt and mix well serve chilled...


You like little thick u can add more of the fruit.
you can add milk too. Its depend on your choice.....enjoyed......

BANOFFEE CHILL

perfect drink for hot sunny days

1 ripe banana
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1 cup of milk
sugar
butterscotch/toffee sauce or honey


blend everything together except the sauce
drizzle sauce on top
serve cold

custard-apple juice....

Ingredients...

...Custard-apple - 1 ripe (clean that without seed)
Milk- 750 ml or can use 1/2 cup condensed milk (if u use condensed milk then add 2 cup water)
Sugar- as ur taste
Ice cubes- lots and lots....

Method...

In a blender, add all of the above and blend it well until becomes smooth...Serve it chilled......

Tips:
custard apple has to be very ripe otherwise, it would turn bitter...
Adjust the sweetness according to your taste...
if u like add one scoop of icecream on top and serve...........

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
6 large strawberries
1 banana
...1 cup of whole milk
2 tb spoon suger

Directions:
Just blend all ingredients till smoothy texture is formed and all fruits well blended. See how easy a mix that was, no need to add any extra flavoring because the fruits provide all the great taste in this smoothie.

Mango Lassi

Ingredients :

3 cups curd
2 cups mango ( chopped)
2 cup water
1 cup or more u want sugar
Mint leaf

Method :

In a blender add curd water n blend for 2 mins and then add sugar,mango and blend more for 2 mins and then refrigerator it and serve chilled with a mint leaf on top ♥

Butter Chicken..

Ingredients

Chicken 1000 gm
Chilly pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric pwdr – 1/2
Salt to taste
Lime (optional)

Mix all the above ingredients with chicken keep fr few min & deep fry it in hot oil till cooked.Remove from oil & keep it aside.
Now Butter chicken paste..
Onion –1
Tomato - 2
Chilly powder -2
Ginger - a small piece
Garlic - 5-6
Cashew nuts -10-12 (optional)
Tomato ketchup -1 tbsp
Yogurt -1/2 cup

2 step :-.Grind all the above ingredients well.

ready to Cook :-.
Mustard seeds
curry leaves 6-7
Butter - 3 tsp
Double Cream - 1/2 cup

In a pan add butter,Mustard seeds , curry leaves & ground ingredients(step 2) & saute well.
(For perfect Colour :- in a pan heat oil and add 1 1/2tbsp Chilly powder..wait till it get redish in colour than add to cook pan than add fried chicken pieces &cook till done finely Add double cream and Enjoy..:)

Chicken & Potato Curry

Ing:
1 chicken, cut into 8-10 pieces.

Marinate the chicken in:
4 tbsp yoghurt
half tsp ginger paste
half tsp garlic paste
quarter tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin/coriander powder
pinch of red chilli powder
1 tsp lemon juice
quarter tsp salt

Set aside for at least 2 hours if possible.

Other ingredients

3-4 grated or chopped onions
4 tomatoes, chopped roughly then blended into a puree with quarter cup milk
1 level tbsp tomato paste
3-4 green chillis, or to taste
1 tsp coriander powder
half tsp cumin powder
quarter tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
3-4 potatoes, quartered
half tsp ginger/garlic pastes
3 tbsp cream
salt to taste
4-5 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1-2 sticks cinnamon
1 tsp fenugreek leaves
2-3 tbsp coriander leaves

I prefer making this in the pressure cooker, it gives a better results and the chicken turns out very tender, but if you don't have a pressure cooker you can make it in a regular pan.

Heat the oil, add fenugreek leaves, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds and 1 slit green chilli, followed by the onions. Fry until onions are golden brown. Add the ginger/garlic pastes. Fry for a few seconds then add the chicken pieces. With the heat on high, cook them for about 3-5 minutes, turning them over to seal the other side. Once the colour of the chicken turns pale/white, add the tomato paste and the cumin, coriander and turmeric powders. Mix and cook for a minute or two, then add the blended tomatoes and a tsp of salt. Cook until the tomatoes thicken, add some water if necessary, then close the pressure cooker and cook for 8 minutes. Remove the steam and open the pressure cooker, add the potato quarters and the remaining green chillis, close the pressure cooker again and cook for 2 whistles or about 5 minutes, just to cook the potatoes. Open the pressure cooker again, if you need to add some water go ahead, and then add the cream. Adjust salt if needed. Cook for 5 minutes on very low heat, sprinkle garam masala and coriander leaves. Turn off the heat and serve!

NILGIRI CHICKEN QORMA

THE AROMA OF THIS DISH IS JUST UNBEATABLE!!!

Ingredients:
1 kg chicken pieces, washed
2 large onions, finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsps ginger garlic paste
1 large tomato, chopped
1 tsp red chilli pwd
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
salt to taste
2-3 tbsps oil
chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Dry roast:
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp khus khus
1″ cinnamon
2 cardamoms
5 tbsp grated fresh coconut
8 cashew nuts
Roast: (in 2 tsps oil for 5 mts)
6-8 curry leaves
8-10 shallots
4 green chillis
3 tbsps chopped coriander leaves
15 mint leaves

METHOD

1. Make a paste of ingredients under ‘dry roast’ and ‘roast’ by adding a few tbsps of water and keep aside.

2.Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add curry leaves and saute for few secs. Add the chopped onions and fry till transparent. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for 3 mts. Add red chilli pwd, turmeric pwd and salt and combine. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry for 4-5 mts.

3. Add the ground paste and cook over medium heat for 7-8 mts.

4.Add lemon juice and the chicken pieces and combine. Cook without lid for 5-6 mts. Add 3 cups of water and cook with lid on simmer till the chicken is tender and the gravy thickens or leave on if you want it dry. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Turn off heat.

5.Serve with pulao, biryani, coconut rice or rotis

Chicken curry

Ingredients

1 kg chicken cleaned & cut in to pcs
2 medium sized onions sliced
3 tomatoes chopped
3 nos green chillies
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
curry leaves
mint leaves
1/2 cup curd/plain yoghert
2 tsp chillie powder
1/4 tsp tumeric powder
4 tbsp corriander powder
2 nos cloves
2 nos cardomom
1/4 tsp garam massala
salt to taste
4-5 tbsp oil
corriader chopped

method
heat the oil add cloves , cardomom & fry then add the ginger garlic paste & let it fry awhile ..then add the onions..& fry it for few minuites then add the curry leaves ,tomatoes,green chillies & the mint leaves..& fry for few more minuites,then add in the chicken & leave it a few minuites ,& add salt,turmeric powder,chillie powder,garam massala & corriander powder mix well & add the lightly beated curd & mix well & add enough water for the gravy..& let it boil then put on the lid & leave it to simmer for about 10-15 minuites, till the oil starts to separate from the sides..finally garnish with chopped corriander

Grilled Chicken

Ingredients

boneless chicken 500gs
tomatoes 1 big
onions 2
capsicums 3
tomato sauce
corn flour pwdr
soya sauce
chillie pwdr
cumin pwdr
olive oil
pepper seeds (CRUSHED)

METHOD

Take 500g of boneless chicken marinade with 2 tbs chilli powder,
1tbs tomato sauce, 1tbs cumin powder, half a big lime and salt to taste and keep over night or at least 3 hours.
grill, bake or pan fry and keep them aside.

in a pan add a bit of olive oil, crushed ginger garlic,4 small quartered bombay onions,one big cubed tomato,3 capsicums cut in an angle and stir fry a few minutes.

in a cup add 1tbs of corn flour, 2tbs of light soya sauce and 3tbs of water and mix well.

once the vegetable are slightly done add the cornflour mixture and fold. then taste and add salt as well as crushed pepper seeds.

try and let me know :-)

Stir Fried Vegi's with Beef!

Ingredients
boneless beef very finely sliced
crushed garlic pods
ginger juliennes
quartered shallots
spring onions
peppers
spring greens roughly sliced
soy sauce
oyster sauce
tomato ketchup
sugar
salt
chilli flakes
cornflour
sesame oil
water

have everything prepared as this is a wok job.
marinate the thinly sliced beef with chilli powder,salt,soy sauce n pepper for a couple of minutes

heat the wok.
add sesame oil.increase heat till oil smokes.
add in marinated beef.stir till separated.cook on high heat for a 3-4minutes.
drain off from wok.keep aside.
now add in garlic n shallots to the already used oil and stir fry for a minute.in goes ur diagonally sliced peppers,the spring greens and white bits off the spring onions for another minute.now tip in ur sauces according to ur taste n season well.add in fried beef.

make a paste of cornflour+water.swirl in this paste into the stir fry.add in spring onions n parsley n ur done!!!!!delicious with a serving of plain boiled rice!! ♥

veges can be replaced with whatever's found in ur refrigerator.
the best options would be;mushrooms,babycorn,spin​ach,chinese cabbage,beansprouts,bamboo​ shoots etc

Beef Curry!

Ingredients:

Beef (cut in to small peices)
Chilli Powder
Curry Powder/Masala Powder
Tomato Paste
Yogurt
Curry Leaves
Onion
Tomato
Ginger and Garlic Paste
Salt
Green Chilli
Oil/Ghee

MethOd:

Stir fry Onions and Curry Leaves together in some Oil
In another cup wash up the beef and MIX with Chilli powder, Curry Powder, Tomato Paste, Yogurt, Ginger Garlic Paste, TOmato and Salt, Mix it well and set aside while the Onions are being fried, (if you want you can marinate the beef with all these ingredients maybe half hour ahead of time) and add it to the Onions , add some Water and let it cook for about 20mins or til' beef is well cooked=)

Enjoy ♥

Mutton and Potato Curry!

Ingredients:

Mutton
Potato (Cut in half)
Chilli Powder
Masala Powder/Curry Powder
Tomato
Onions
Ginger & Garlic Paste
Tomato Paste
Yogurt
Curry Leaves
Salt
Coriander Leaves (to garnish)
cinnamon & cardomom


MethOd:

Stir fry Onions , Tomato and Curry leaves
cinnamon & cardomon

In a separate cup mix Mutton, Chilli Powder, Masala Powder , Tomato Paste, Yogurt, Salt and Ginger/Garlic Paste add to the Onions mix that is being stir fried and let it cook, add potatos and leave it til' beef is tender/well cooked!

Garnish with Coriander Leaves and Serve=)

Ras Malai soaked in condensed milk

Milk balls soaked in condensed milk delicately flavored with nuts and sugar
INGREDIENTS

1 cup fullcream milk powder
1 egg
Milk 1 liter (liqued)
sugar according to your taste
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee
1 tsp baking powder
8 to 10 pistachioss

METHODS

In a vessel mix milk and sugar and boil it for 10 min.
Add elaichi powder, let it boil on a slow flame.
Mix milk powder& baking powder well.
Add one lightly beaten egg and ghee, knead it into a dough.
Make 20-22 small balls of it.
Put these balls into the boiling milk.
Cook for 10-12 mins.
Remove from heat.
Garnish it with finely chopped pistachios. Serve it cool.

Pineapple Pudding

INGREDIENTS

540 ml pineapple tin,
1 egg,
1 1/2 cup milk,
2 tbsp custard pwd
sugar as u desired,
full cream 10 oz,
5 almonds,
5 pictachio

methods

Grind pineapple in semi paste with the same water and cooked for 10 min on a low flame.
In a bowl beat egg, milk,custard powder and sugar for 1 to 2 min.
Pour this in pineapple and stir till it becomes thick.
Take it off the flame and let it cool then put the whip cream on it and decorate it with almonds and pictachio flakes.
Refrigerate it before serving. Enjoy!!!!

Ras Malai

Dry milk dumplings simmered in sugary milk and garnished with mixed nuts.

1 cup full cream milk powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon maida
2 teaspoon oil
1 egg
6-8 tablespoon sugar
1 litre milk
5-8 Pistachio and Almonds
2-3 GREEN cardomom

METHODS
Put cardomom and pista, badam in liquid milk and heat at low burner for sometime until it gets a little thick.
Then put sugar in it and let it boil.
In the meanwhile mix full cream milk powder, baking powder and maida and shake well.
Then add oil and egg and make a dough by mixing well with hands.
Make small balls and put in boiling milk while on burner.
Let the balls boil till they become big and move the pot so that milk is well over all the balls.
Do not stir with spoon.
Let it cool for sometime and then put it in fridge.
Serve after it gets chilled.

Coloured Barfi

Simple and easy recipe of burfi which is prepared from milk, sugar and served cut into diamond

INGREDIENTS
A Pack of powdered milk
2-3 cups of sugar
Few table spoons of ghee
2-3 table spoon blended (green cardamons)
Few cups of water
Coloured m&ms or smarties to decorate the top of barfi

METHODS

Sift the powdered milk.
Boil some water then add sugar and let that boil and get into a browny texture.
While your syrup is being cooked mix few table spoons of ghee in the powdered milk and use both hands to mash it to make the ghee dissolve in the powdered milk to give it a pure colour.
Mix some ilachi into the powdered milk and ghee.
Meanwhile keep stirring the sugar syrup and see if the water dries up a little and its turning into a texture of honey.
It has to be slightly like a honey not so sticky as it will be still runny type of syrup.
Now turn off the stove. Use a large wide spoon and stir in the syrup mixing your barfi.
Grab a big tray and spread the barfii all over tray while pressing down then sprinkle some rainbow coloured smarties to give it a festive colour or some nuts of your choice.
Set it in the fridge for hour or so, when its ready cut into small pieces.

Choco Chip Cake

INGREDIENTS

200 grams of self raising flour (all purpose flour)
200 grams of sugar
150 grams of butter
3-4 eggs
Pinch of baking powder
100 grams choco chips
Drop of vanila assence(opional)
3-4 tblsp of any jam of choice.

METHODS

Put the oven on gas mark 9 or 200c.
Put flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder and vanilla assence into a bowl.
Mix the mixture with a electric wisk for about 45 minutes.
Then add the choco chips and mix them together.
Pour the mixture into a 21" cake tin.
The mixture will fit in two of those tin. Put the mixture in the oven.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until light.
Cool the cake on a cool rack
When the cake is cool spread the jam on top of both cakes and put them on top of each other.

Sheer Khurma

Sheer korma or Sheer Khurma is a festival vermicelli pudding prepared in sweetened milk and dried dates.

INGREDIENTS
Milk - 1L
Dates - 8 pcs., Dried
Pistachios - 15 pcs.
Cloves - 2 pcs.
ghee - 2 tbsp
Vermicelli - 1 cup
Almonds - 12 pcs.
Green Cardamoms - 6 pcs.
Sugar - 2 cups

METHODS
Crush the vermicelli.
Cut almonds and pistachios in thin slices and crush green cardamoms.
De-seed dried dates and cut into 4 pieces each.
Heat GHEE in a pot and fry cloves and cardamoms.
Now add vermicelli and fry for few minutes.
Add dry fruits and fry for few seconds and remove from heat.
Cook milk and sugar in a pot.
Add fried vermicelli when the sugar is completely dissolved.
Remove from flame after cooking for a few minutes.

ENJOY :)!!!!

Your Roti/Paratha is not soft? Some Tips to follow

1.Knead your dough soft with warm water and add a little oil/ghee while kneading. It will make your roti/paratha softer.

2. After kneading, cover it with a wet cloth or put in airtight container and let it rest at room temperature for 10-15 minutes and then you can refrigerate it. If you want to use it straight away then let it rest for another 10-15 minutes. Insha Allah your roti/paratha will not be hard.

3. When you put roti on to the tawa for cooking, cook for just a few seconds until you can see the roti becoming a little kind of transparent ( it gets half cooked and half is still uncooked) and turn it to cook the other side. keep turning and cooking on the both sides till done. Cooking the first side for too long also causes the roti to become hard.

KITCHEN TIPS

Pink Marble Cake

Ingredient:

1 cup room temperature unsalted butter (225gm)
1 and three-quarter cups sugar (350gm)
5 room temperature eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour (360gm)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or essence
1 tsp strawberry essence or red food flavouring
1 1/4 cup non-fat buttermilk (250ml)

TIP: You can make buttermilk at home. Take 1 cup room temperature milk and add 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice. Let this stand for 5-10 minutes and then use accordingly. :)


Preheat oven to 180C.

Grease and put some parchment in your pan. Then grease the parchments as well and dust with a bit of flour.

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Scrape sides of bowl every few minutes using the whisk attachment or a rubber spatula. This is crucial. Otherwise you're going to be left with chunks of butter in your finished batter. So make sure you cream it well and don't rush! :)

Add eggs one at a time. Making sure each egg is perfectly incorporated before you add another. If you skip too quickly past this stage, you will have a cake that smells of eggs because the bits of egg that aren't fully beaten in will bake separately in the cake and it will be like having scrambled eggs cooking in your cake, eww! So incorporate the eggs whenever you reach this stage for any cake recipe!! Remember to scrape down the sides of the bowl after every few eggs. Add vanilla.

Add flour and buttermilk in three alternative pours, starting and ending with flour. Mix on slow speed and scrape the bowl during the process. I know, it's a pain in the butt. It's worth it. At this stage do NOT overmix, just combine until the batter is incorporated. Overmixing can ruin your cake.

Once everything is well incorporated, use a plastic spatula to fold the batter a few more times to make perfectly sure you've got everything will mixed.

Remove about a third of the batter into a separate bowl, then add the strawberry flavouring or red food colouring and mix until the colour is a vivid pink. Remember, the colour you mix the batter to will be the same colour once the cake is baked, so try and get it to the shade that you want.

Divide the white batter between your cake pans. Then add blobs of the pink batter, making sure to distribute them evenly. Use the edge of a knife and swirl the colours together so that the pink is incorporated with the white. Do not over-mix, you want the colours to be vivid and clearly visible.

Bake in preheated oven for twenty-five (for 2 pans) to forty minutes (for a 9x13 big pan). Check for doneness by pressing gently on the cake. If you leave an indent, not done. If it bounces back gently without leaving a mark, done. You can use a toothpick to check also. Don't over bake the cake! :)

Let the cake cool in the pan for a few minutes then turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling completely.

Enjoy!!

MOIST VANILLA CAKE

This cake is perfect for birthdays and wedding cakes..
so for all you home bakers - this is the one for you :)

Ingredients:
250g pack unsalted butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
250g caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
5 large eggs , cracked into a jug
85g plain flour
100g full-fat Yogurt
250g self-raising flour
3 tbsp low fat milk

FOR THE SYRUP
50g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
50 ML water

DIRECTIONS:
1.Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a round, deep 20cm tin, then line the base and sides with non-stick baking paper.

2. Using electric beaters or a tabletop mixer, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and ¼ tsp salt together until pale and fluffy, then pour in the eggs, one at a time, giving the mix a really good beating before adding the next. Add 1 tbsp of the plain flour if the mix starts to look slimy rather than fluffy. Beat in the yogurt.

3. Mix the flours; then, using a large metal spoon, fold them into the batter, followed by the milk. Spoon the mix into the tin and bake for 1 hr 20 mins or until well risen and golden - a skewer inserted into the middle should come out clean. (took me exactly 1 HOUR)

4. Meanwhile, make the syrup by gently heating 50ml water with the sugar and vanilla in a pan until the sugar dissolves.
Set aside.

Once the cake is out of the oven, leave to cool for 30 mins in the tin, then use a skewer to poke holes all over the cake, going right to the bottom. Pour the syrup over, letting it completely soak in after each addition. Leave to cool completely, then either wrap the cake well or fill and ice it.

If you wrap it with baking parchment and cling film, the unfilled cake will keep well for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to a month

NOTE: I USED A SIMPLE VANILLA GLAZE :)

BASIC BUTTERCREAM:
A good, basic vanilla buttercream

Put 175g soft unsalted butter into a large bowl. Beat with electric beaters for a few secs until pale. Gradually add 300g sifted icing sugar, a spoonful at a time. Keep beating until mixture is pale and creamy. BEAT IN 1 TSP VANILLA. Makes enough to cover a 20cm cake. Will keep in fridge for 1 week. Bring back to room temperature and beat well before using.

Measurements

* Weights and Measures

3 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon
2 tablespoons equal 1/8 cup
4 tablespoons equal 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons equal 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons equal 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons equal 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons equal 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons equal 7/8 cup
16 tablespoons equal 1 cup
1 cup equals 8 fluid ounces

*Since cup measurements differ from country to country, here are my personal measurements:

1 cup flour = 120gm
1 cup milk = 200ml
1 cup butter/margarine = 225gm
1 cup sugar = 200gm
1 cup rice = 185gm
1 tbsp butter = 15gm
1 tbsp baking powder = 15gm
1 tsp baking powder = 5gm
1 tsp yeast = 3gm
1 tbsp yeast = 10gm

Practical Tips To Avoids Split Ends

I have often thought about the hair and everything we do to stay healthy and strong. However, sometimes we neglect either because of time or not having the right ingredients to prepare our homemade hair masks.

The split ends are a problem that affects almost all women around the world. However, we should not sit on the problem, but we must find solutions or better still, find how to prevent and avoid problems.

If you are constantly suffering from split ends or forks, you’d better read this article well, since you’ll be amazed. Today I’ll let some of the best tips so that the tips of your hair strands have nothing more than health.

•A haircut every 2 to 3 months is ideal for our hair tips do not suffer. When your hair cut ask your hairdresser to cut you no knife or any method other than the odd conventional scissors. The classic cut with scissors is best for your hair.
•The periodic overhaul your hair will be nourished enough to avoid those forks. This process can do it in a beauty salon or your home with a home treatment.

•Do not use much hair dryer. If it is urgent that you have to use it do not forget putting on the diffuser to your dryer. Nor good dry hair closely when wet; bends your head and check air away with the same dryer until almost dry.

•The hair irons are also highly recommended, but there are products that take good care your hair when you use it. These products can be found in creams or gels.
•When your hair is wet do not brush or comb comb bristle very thin, on the contrary must comb with wide and utensils spaced bristles.
•Do not wash your hair with water too hot or too cold. You must have the habit of wash your hair with warm water to avoid drying out and burning.

The Benefits Of Brushing Daily

Most of the people we care every day for the care of our hair , try to use the right products for the type of hair we have, with the advantage that there are now several lines on the market that offer full ranges starting with the shampoo to styling cream and moisturizer that we should apply weekly or biweekly in order to wear a hair healthy.

One of the steps we take to the care of our hair is brushed. Brushing stimulates circulation and protects the hair fiber wear that is constantly subject due to fatigue, stress, climate change, food inadequate, to name a few.

To maintain the vitality of our hair , we must make brushing a daily prácica. The proper thing is to do with a good quality brush with natural fiber bristles and rounded ends .

The correct way is to start from the neck to the front , then side to the top and finally from the forehead to the neck in a smooth manner. Use the brush serves not only for the hair, but also to remove residual gel, spray and dust that have accumulated in our hair.

Stylists recommend performing the brushing action before shampoo to remove dead skin and scalp.

The main benefit of brushing is to take the fat of the scalp and spread evenly from root to tip and fat that serves as natural protection to our hair.

In addition to giving vitality to your hair and protect it from wear to which it is exposed, brushing is essential to keep your cuticles healthy by stimulating blood flow . Of course, we must remember not to do so aggressively to avoid damaging it, or grease the hair.

Finally, it is important to keep our brush always optimal cleaning conditions , so it is advisable to wash it every week, with water and soap. We must also eliminate all impurities and residue left in it every time we use it, using a comb or other brush for that purpose only.

Home treatments For Hair Problems

On many occasions, despite the care we put into keeping our healthy hair and healthy we have the unpleasant surprise that it has oily, damaged, dry or dandruff.

It is true that all known-brand specific treatments or we can go to the salon looking for solution to our problemHowever, we also have home treatmentscheaper and made from natural products.

Web of Beauty wants to share with you these treatments provided by a renowned stylist to help you solve your hair problem:

•Treatment for damaged hair: Prepare Mash 1 banana and 1/2 cup olive oil and immediately proceeds to applying it through massage, starting with the hair root to tip. Then cover your hair with a plastic cap and let stand the mask for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on length and volume. He then proceeds to wash it with shampoo and conditioner. This treatment is recommended every 15 days until your hair look healthy.
•Treatment for oily hair: Mix 1/2 cup of pisco (grape or other agardiente), 1 egg yolk and Ph neutral shampoo or baby. Apply massaging with the fingertips, first in the root for 5 minutes and then the mixture leads to tip, leaving acting, hair uncovered, 10 to 15 minutes and then proceed to rinse and apply conditioner or moisturizer, as this mask is both shampoo. Treatment repeated 1 time per week or every 15 days, depending on the need to regulate the production of excess fat in your hair.

•Treatment hair with dandruff: Mix the juice of 1 lemon, apple juice and 1/2 cup olive oil. Make massage with the fingertips, for a minimum time of 5 minutes starting at the root, then take it to the ends of hair and without cover, the mixture let stand for 15 minutes. He then proceeds to wash it with shampoo and conditioner specific. Repeat the treatment every six days.

What Foods To Eat For A Healthy Hair

Before any shampoo, conditioner or hair product, the best we can do for the health and beauty of our hair is adequately feedSo that better assimilate nutrients provided by complementary therapies.

As the scalp and nails are made of keratin -Protein that strengthens their coats-we need to eat a diet containing the substance at high levels and others that will make our hair healthy, a symbol of beauty.

• Zinc: Promotes the volume and size of hair strands. It is present in nuts, eggs, cheese, beans and tuna, to name just a few rich sources of this mineral.

• Vitamin B6: In addition to the growth of the strands, give them a proper metabolism through oily fish, nuts, cereals (especially wheat germ), banana and spinach.

• Iron and iodine: Both minerals provide strength to the scalp making it more resistant. We can find in meat, green leafy vegetables and legumes (iron). They are also found in fish, seafood, garlic, onions and broccoli (iodine).

• Calcium: Makes the enjoyment of a good hair texture, thanks to the consumption of dairy products, nuts and vegetables, primarily.

• Animal protein and vegetableWe may look shiny hair, strong and uniform in color by eating a good amount of meat, poultry and fish as well as milk and cereals.

Hair Styling Tips

5 Hair Styling Tips
to Increase Your Hair's Volume & Bounce

Most women would love to have more volume in their hair. In fact, women spend thousands of dollars each year on product after product, with the hopes they increase the volume of their hair. With brands like Loreal and Paul Mitchell selling shampoos, mousse, conditioners and more, for ladies to use if they want more hair volume, there are many tools out there you can turn to. If you want to know how to get more body to your hair, use these five beauty tips!


1. Don’t Wash Hair Everyday!
While it may sound disgusting for you not to wash your hair everyday, celebrity stylists recommend you not wash your hair on days you want mega volume. Hair that’s freshly washed often falls limp, especially if its medium to long. If you have no choice but to wash your hair, at least use volume-specific shampoo and conditioner.

2. Use The Right Hair Care Products!
If you need more volume in a pinch, you can get what you want with volumizing mousse or spray. Just add it to damp hair and work the product throughout your hair with your fingers, before combing. This works with hair of all lengths, from short to long, from thin to thick!


3. Blow Dry Hair Upside Down!
Although this is an old trick, it’s a good one. To get the most volume out of your blow drying session, flip your head upside down and blow dry your hair. While you’re drying, use your fingers to massage your scalp, lifting your roots as you dry it. If your hair is curly, simply scrunch your hair while you’re drying it. If your hair is short, work some gel in before doing this. If you want to wear your hair straight, finish the drying process by flipping your head back up and using a large round brush.

4. Add Bounce with Velcro Curlers!
Directly after you’ve dried your hair, brush it out and use jumbo Velcro curlers as part of your styling technique. You can find these at any beauty store and many general merchandise stores. You simply roll large sections of hair onto the rollers and their soft Velcro allows them to stay in your hair. This works best if you have straight hair but it can also be wonderful for wavy hair. Give your hair a quick burst of warm air with your hair dryer and then let them cool while you do your makeup or get dressed. When you take them out, you’ll love the extra bounce! Just be careful if your hair is super long, as the curlers can get stuck in your long locks quite easily.


5. Pick Your Part Right!
If you want to give your hair a full look, be sure you style your hair against your natural part. If your hair is thin, this can be an easy way to always ensure your hair looks full and flirty. This will create an instant thick look!
Having high volume hair is extremely sexy, which is why most women crave it. To get full locks, Hollywood beauties often turn to hair extensions. However, everyday gals can’t afford expensive extensions or carve out the needed time to maintain them. They can be beautiful, but they are for high maintenance chicks only. Instead, you can use these five beauty tips to help you get more volume to your hair, everyday!

Croissants

Homemade croissants - Perfect for breakfast.

This is goin to be a very lengthy process. so stay calm:P

Croissant Dough

3 1/2 cups flour
...1 cup barely warm water
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups cold unsalted butter

Method:
In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup of the flour with the water and yeast just until the lumps of flour are broken up. Set the bowl aside and let rise for 1 hour.

Add the remaining flour, salt and knead the mixture for 1 minute. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes.

Knead the mixture by hand for 10 minutes. The dough should be smooth and elastic by the time you finish kneading.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Remove the dough from the refrigerator and on a lightly floured surface, roll it into a 9 x 17-inch rectangle. Place the square of butter on the bottom half of the rectangle. You can use your hands to align the dough and the sides of the butter square.

Fold the top half of the rectangle of dough down over the bottom half so the square of butter is now enclosed. Press together the edges of the square to seal in the butter. Use your hands to even out the square.

Gently pound the square with a rolling pin to stretch the dough and the butter in it. Roll the dough into a 9 x 18-inch rectangle.

Repeat the process of rolling the dough into a 9 x 18-inch rectangle, then folding the rectangle into thirds by bringing the bottom up and the top down over it. Use your fingers to make two imprints on the dough to keep track of the fact that you've completed two turns.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

On a lightly floured surface, roll each half of the dough into a 6 1/2 x 20-inch rectangle.

Transfer each large rectangle onto one of the prepared baking sheets and refrigerate for about 20 minutes. You want the dough firm, but not brittle.

The next step is to cut the triangles from the dough that will be formed into individual croissants.(Please look at the picture in the blog.)

Begin to roll the triangles to form the croissants by curling the two sides of the triangle on each side of the slit away from each other.

Arrange the croissants on a sheet pan and cover them with plastic wrap to proof.

Preheat the oven to 375 F.

Bake for about 35 minutes, or until the croissants are puffed and golden brown

Potato Naan

POtatO Naan.... sooooooooooooooooooooo Soft ,,, Airy n wht not :)

Ingredients:
150 g Potatoes (about 3 medium)
1+3/4th tsp Instant Dried Yeast
1 tsp Sugar
3/4th warm water ( more or less to knead a very soft dough)
1/3rd cup warm water ( extra for yeast)
3+1/3 cups All Purpose Flour
2 tsp Salt
2+1/2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp yogurt mixed with 2 tsp (more or less) sesame seeds For naan topping.

Method:

Cook the potatoes in a small pot, boiling water for 10 minutes.
Drain and mash until pureed.

Combine yeast and sugar in small bowl with 1/3rd cup of water. Set aside for 10 minutes or until frothy.

Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Use a Wooden spoon to gradually stir in yeast mixture, mashed potatoes and oil. And enough of the remaining water to make a fairly soft dough (it will b sticky but should b soft.. u can dip ur hands in flour n can handle it)

Transfer to a lightly floured work surface and knead by hand until very smooth n elastic, about 10 minutes, or beat with a dough hook until smooth and elastic, 5 minutes. (I used machine)
Shape into a ball and place in an oiled bowl.

Cover with a clean kitchen towel and place it in a warm place to rise for 1 hour or until doubled bulk.

Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and knead for another 3 minutes. Divide the dough into medium to large equal size balls. Cover and let them rest for another 50 mints. Give naan Shape wid help of rolling pin. Make dent wid finger tips... Brush with yogurt and sesame seed mixture.

Preheat Oven to (400 F, 200 C/ Gas 6) for 3 minutes before placing them in oven. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.