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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Dahi Vada(Perugu Vadalu)

March 01, 2018
Dahi Vada(Perugu Vadalu)
Ingredients:
1.urad dal 1 cup
2.Green chillies 2
3.onion 1
4. Ginger cut into small pieces.
5.  Oil for deep fry.
6. Curd( preferably home made
7. For seasoning(mustard, curry leaves,red chillies,jeera powder ,little oil)
8.salt to taste.
Procedure:To prepare dahi vada or peruguvada we have to prepare vada first.I prefer grinding urad dal in a food processor as it gives soft and crispy texture to the vada.After I get ready my vada batter I add green chillies,cut onion ,ginger pieces and I mix well.when my batter is almost ready I deep fry in oil until it cooks well.Take out in a tissue paper and soak just 2 mins in cold water, in this way Vada absorbs curd perfectly.Mean while get ready dahi mix,for this I take a small deep vessel and I mix 2 cups of curd till it is soft.Then add tadka(talimpu) to it.When my vada is almost done I take out and put it In a tissue for few secs then I slowly transfer to the dahi mix.Lastly I just sprinkle jeera powder on top of it.I refrigerate few hrs for getting very good taste.

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Vankai( Brinjal) Mutton Curry

March 01, 2018
Vankai( Brinjal) Mutton Curry
Ingredients:
1.Mutton 1lb(less than 1/2 kg around400gms)
2. Brinjal 4 to 5 count
3.Ginger& Garlic paste.
5. Chilli powder
6. Onion1 count,green chillies2to3
7.Garam masala 1 Tspn
8.oil and salt .
Preparation: we first marinate mutton with 1/2 spoon  of ginger garlic paste ,chilli powder,turmeric powder salt and add 1 spoon of oil.keep aside for half an hr then  transfer the mutton in a cooker just stir fry for 5 mins then add water to it.cook in a pressure cooker until 3 whistles( it depends upon the quality of mutton)some times it takes more time to cook the mutton.Make sure the mutton 80% cooked.
PROCEDURE:
1.Cut brinjal into big pieces and cut onions and green chilli.
2. Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds, green chillies and onions
3.when onions almost turn brown add ginger garlic paste.Fry for few mins then add brinjal pieces.
4.FRy few mins around 5 to 10 mins until brinjal is little soft.Then add cooked mutton to the pan.
5. Cook both brinjal and mutton and cover the lid for 10 mins until we see water oozes out frm curry.
6. Now add little chilli powder and fry well then we can add 1 to 2 glasses of water to the curry.I prefer adding the water which I used to cook mutton in the cooker this gives more tasty to the curry.
7. Cover with lid and cook for 10 to 15 mins.
8.Lastly I add 1 spoon of garam masala and cook for another 3 to 4 mins.Sprinkle some Coriander leaves on top of it.Serve hot with rice or roti.

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Parval Aloo Curry( Potols Potato Curry)

March 01, 2018
Parval Aloo Curry( Potols Potato Curry)
Parwal or potols is pretty famous vegetable in eastern part of India.This vegetable looks like Tindora but very different in taste.It can be prepared in many ways.My mom cooks parwal fry and parwal curry in a very easy methods.This is pretty common vegetable in orissa and bengal states of India.During my childhood days when were visiting grand parents home ( Bubaneswar)we used to eat this vegetable a lot.Coming to this today's recipe is little different version compared to what my mom used to cook.This is my husband's recipe which he learnt from my mother in law.Here goes enak and tasty parwal curry.





Ingredients:

  • paraval 1lb( nearly 1/2 kg)
  •  Aloo(potato) 3 to 4 count
  •  One big onion
  • Tomato 1 big
  • Ginger garlic paste 1 tspn
  • Jeera 1/2 tspn
  • chilli powder 1 tspn
  • Turmeric powder 1/4 tspn
  • Garam masala 1/4 tspn
  • coriander powder 1/2 tspn
  • cumin powder 1/4 tspn
  • Poppy seeds 1/2 tspn
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Mustard oil or vegetable oil 3 to 4 tbspns
  • Grated coconut 2 tbspn
  • salt to taste


Preparation
Make a paste of  one onion and  Blend tomato separately into fine paste.Get ready the paste with grated coconut,poppyseeds and keep aside.



Procedure:



  • Cut Paraval and  potato into big pieces and marinate with salt and turmeric powder just 2 to 3 mins. keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan just 2 to 3 tb spn of oil,when splutters  fry potato and parval pieces.This takes around 5 to 8 mins keep aside.
  • In the same pan,add little oil, bay leaf, jeera( 1/4 tspn) a pinch of sugar  then add onion paste.Fry few mins until the raw smell goes off.
  • Now add tomato paste,chilli powder,turmeric powder, coriander powder,cumin powder.Fry well until oil oozes out of the  masala.
  • Add fried potato and Parval pieces to this masala paste.Fry few mins then add 1 to 2 cups of water depends upon how much thick gravy we prefer.Finally add coconut poppyseeds paste.Then cover it until it is well cooked.
  • This takes around 15 to 20 mins.Now the curry is almost ready.Add very little garam  masala. cook few more mins. Enjoy  with rice or roti.




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Maida Butter Biscuits

March 01, 2018
Maida Butter Biscuits
Ingredients:
1.Maida 1 cup
2. Butter 1/3 cup ( less than 1/2 cup)
3.sugar1/2 cup
4.Vineela essence. 1 Tspn
5.Baking powder 1 Tspn and little bit baking soda( less than 1/2 Tspn )
Before baking 

Procedure:
After baking

1.Take a bowl mix maida baking powder and baking soda to it.
2.In another bowl cream the sugar and butter.
3.By adding sugar and butter cream to the bowl prepare a tight dough as we do for chapathis.
4.we can add more butter if the consistency of dough is too hard.
5.Make small round balls and press each one into flat circles with less pressure.
6.Arrange it in a baking tray with aluminum foil on it and grease it  with oil.
7. Pre heat the panggangan to 325 Fand bake it around 25 to 30 mins.
8.we can observe the cookies almost changing the color.
9. When they are done.Take out from the panggangan and cool it of.Enjoy the taste of lezat butter cookies.

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Tutti Frutti Cake

March 01, 2018
Tutti Frutti Cake
Tutti frutti cake is one of the delicious cake I have ever made.I still remember eating this cake in my childhood. In India tutti-frutti refers to candied raw papaya.Tutti frutti is available in red green and nice colors. These are also used in cookies ,ice creams and lot of desserts.Actually I always bake this cake during Christmas time.we all love the flavour of tutti frutti in the cake.Coming to the recipe it is easily made with all purpose flour,sugar,eggs ,tuttifrutti  vanilla essence. Here is the recipe below.





Ingredients :

  •  Maida(all purpose flour)2cups
  •  Sugar 11/2 cup( one cup + half cup) you may reduce to 1 1/4 cup )
  • Tutti frutti 1/2cup
  •  Eggs 2
  •  Butter 1/2cup
  •  Baking powder 2Tspns and baking soda 1/2tspn
  •  Fruit essence or vanilla essence 2tspn
  • milk  1/2 cup(low fat milk)


Procedure:

  • Pre heat the panggangan 350 F(175C)
  •  Grease the baking tray with oil or butter.
  •  Take a large bowl mix maida butter,baking soda and baking powder
  •  In another bowl cream the butter and sugar till smooth.
  •  Beat a egg in a bowl add essence and mix it well.
  • slowly add butter and sugar cream, egg mix to the bowl
  •  Mix it well unti it is smooth.
  • Take tutti frutti in a plate coat with all purpose flour.(1/4 tspn),add to the cake batter.( Leave few tutti frutti to sprinkle on top)
  • Pour the batter in the baking container.
  •  Lastly we can add remaining tutti frutti on top.
  •  When panggangan reaches the temperature keep the container inside.Bake it at 350F.
  •  It takes around 45 to 50 mins for complete baking.you can check with tooth pick inserted in it.when it comes out clean then it is almost done.  when it cools down,you can cut into pieces.Yummy cake is ready.


NOTE: Some times time varies with  different panggangan capacities.It may take 5 to 10 mins more or less time.Check out with tooth pick,the best way I follow.








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Mutter(Peas) Paneer

March 01, 2018
Mutter(Peas) Paneer
Ingredients:
1.paneer1lb(220 g)
2.green peas 1cup
3.one large onion
4. Ginger&garlic paste 1tspn
5.chilli powder 1tspn
6.Daniya powder1 tspn, jeera powder 1/2 tspn
7.one tomato make it into fine paste
8.whole garam masala (lavang,dalchin,cardamom each 3 count)
9. One Tspn of fresh cream.(optional)
Preparation:Grind onion into fine paste. Then grind tomato into fine paste.
Procedure:

1.Heat oil in a pan.Stir fry frozen fried paneer for 2 to 3 mins.
2.Remove the paneer from the pan then add whole garam masala to the oil.
3.Now add onion paste to the pan fry fry until oil oozes out from the pan.
4.Add ginger garlic paste fry few more mins,then add tomato paste or store bought tomato purée to the pan.
5.Fry until raw tomato smell disappears.
6.We now add Daniya,jeera,chilli powder,little bit garam masala to the pan.Fry few mins..This takes around 4to 5 mins.
7.Its now time to add green peas to the pan, mix it well then Add 1 or 2 cups of water to the pan.
8. I usually add frozen peas, so I prefer adding after the gravy cooks well.
9.When the gravy is almost boiling add fried paneer cook for 5 to 10 mins.Now we can add fresh cream to the curry(optional)
10.Curry is ready now. Sprinkle some coriander leaves on top of it.serve with rice or roti. 
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Dahi (Curd)Bendi

February 28, 2018
Dahi (Curd)Bendi
Ingredients:
1.Bendi or okra 1 lb ( 200g)
2. Curd 1 cup
3. One big onion
4. Chilli powder 1 spn
5.Daniya powder 1 tspn, jeera powder 1/2 Tspn.
6.Jeera 1 Tspn.
8. Tomato 1 count
9.Salt to taste.
Procedure:

1.Heat oil in a pan.Add jeera,when it splutters add cut onions.
2. I prefer adding 1/2 spn of grated or ginger cut into very small pieces to the pan.(optional)Stir fry onions till golden brown.Then add jeera,Daniya,chilli,turmeric powders .
3.Now add Bendi (I remove top and tail to the bendi).Mix and fry well for 3 to 5 mins.
4.Add tomato pieces and curd to the masala.cover with lid and cook well until Bendi is soft.
5.cook around 10 to 15 mins then our curry almost ready. Garnish with coriander leaves.Serve hot with chapathi or rice.

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Dalma( Orissa Special)

February 28, 2018
Dalma( Orissa Special)
Ingredients:
1.Toor dal 3/4 cup
2.chana dal 1/4cup
3.brinjal 2 count
3. One plaintain(raw banana or aaratikai)
4. Two potatoes 
5. Drumsticks 6 count( finger size length )
6. Paraval 6 count
For seasoning:fenugreek seeds, jeera,sahjeera,mustard seeds,oil,




For garnish:dry roast jeera,red chillies and make it fine powder.

Procedure:

1. Soak toor dal and chana dal for half an hr in water.
2. Add all the above vegetables mentioned above.
3.Now add turmeric powder and cook in a cooker for 2 whistles .(You may use5 cups of water for cooking)
4.Now season with above ingredients.You can use ghee for tadka for more tasty instead of oil.
5. Garnish with above mentioned ingredients.Dalma is ready now.You can have it with rice or chapathi .
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Bengali Goat Curry

February 28, 2018
Bengali Goat Curry
Ingredients:
1.Mutton 2lbs(nearly 1kg)
2.Potato medium size 4 to 5 count
3. Onion 1 big size
4.Ginger garlic paste 2 tspns
5.Tomatos medium size 2 count
6. Cinnamon,cardamom,lavang(each 3 count)
7.oil and salt to taste
8.pinch of sugar.
Preparation:
                 Marinate mutton with turmeric,chilli powder ,ginger garlic paste1tspn , one Tspn of mustard oil(optional) for at least half an hr.Prepare onion and tomato paste separately in a blender.
Garnish:dry roast cardamom,cinnamon and make it into fine powder.
Procedure:

1.Heat 3tbspn of oil and fry potatos until golden brow.Now remove from the pan and keep aside.
2.In another pan stir fry mutton until water evaporates for about 10 to 15 mins(this is because to get rid of the raw mutton smell,we are not using any oil)
3.Take pressure cooker add oil(we can use the left over oil which we used to fry potatos) you may add more oil if you think it is dry.Add whole spices cinnamon,dalchin,lavang.Fry few seconds.I add pinch of sugar in the oil for color.
4.Add onion paste and fry well until oil comes out from the paste.Now add 1tspn of ginger garlic paste and fry well.After few mins add tomato puree and fry until masala is well cooked(the oil oozes out from the masala)
5.We can add a bit of store bought kadai mutton masala for color.I add 1spn of kadai mutton masala.
6.Now it's time to add mutton and potatos to the masala and fry few mins.
7.It will take 3to 4 whistles to cook mutton.After one whistle we can take out potatos.
8. Now remove the cooker lid after 4 whistles. Now add potatos and check out the gravy if you want thick gravy you can just boil few more mins.
9.Garnish with cardomom,cinnamon powder(sprinkle 1/2spn top of it)

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Batani (Vatana) Curry(White Dried Peas)

February 28, 2018
Batani (Vatana) Curry(White Dried Peas)
Whole yellow peas are part of the legume family.Yellow  vatana are dried light colored whole peas.These small round dried peas are hard and need to be soaked for few hours to reduce the cooking time.Here iam going to share my mom recipe which is very easy and tasty.It is very tasty recipe can be cooked with few ingredients.

Ingredients:
  1. Batani or vatana 2 cups
  2. Onion 1 big
  3. green chilli 3 
  4. ginger& garlic crushed 2tbspn(or) 1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
  5. chilli powder 1 tspn
  6. turmeric powder 1/4 tspn
  7. mustard 1/4 tspn
  8. jeera 1/4 tspn
  9. garam masala 1 tspn
  10. chat masala 1/4 tspn optional






Preparation
Soak batani whole night or atleast 5 to 6 hrs.You can cook in a pressure cooker for atleast 1 whistle.I usually cook in a open pan.Some times it will be mashy if we cook in a cooker.If Iam in rush, will cook batani in a cooker.Usually I switch of the cooker before it blows the whistle.( when it just gives beep sound)

procedure:

  1. Heat oil in a pan.Add mustard,jeera followed by chopped onions,green chilli.Fry few secs then add crushed ginger&garlic, fry until onions turn golden brown.
  2. Add  batani directly to the pan( if you soak it overnight,drain  it and keep water aside )Add chilli powder ,turmeric,salt fry few more mins.
  3. Add enough soaked water for the gravy and cover the lid,you can add chat masala if u want  nice flavor.
  4. cover with a lid until batani is well cooked.This takes around 30 mins.
  5. Remember if you cook batani in a cooker it takes around 10 to 15 mins to prepare the whole curry.
  6. Now  when the curry is almost ready add 1 tspn of garam masala.( key ingredient) 
  7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathi,roti,Nan. simply it goes well with rice too.You can sprinkle very finely chopped onions on top of it.


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Aratikai (Raw Banana Or Plantain)Cutlet

February 28, 2018
Aratikai (Raw Banana Or Plantain)Cutlet
Ingredients:
1.Aratikaya 2 count
2.onion 1 small one
3.green chillies 3 count finely chopped
4.Ginger finely chopped 
5. Cumin powder 1 Tspn 
6.Aamchur powder 1/2 Tspn
7. Lemon juice 1 Tspn 
8.Coriander leaves finely chopped

Preparation:

       Cook Aratikai till it is  little bit soft.I cook in a pressure ,I usually off the cooker when it is about to give a whistle.Cut aratikai into big pieces.

Procedure

1.Take raw banana pieces in a bowl and add above mentioned ingredients,mix well.
2.Make small round balls( lemon size) and flatten the dough by gently pressing in your palm.
3. Now heat  a wide pan drizzle little bit of oil.
4.when the pan is almost hot arrange  it and  fry slowly until  it is well cooked .
5. Turn other side and fry few more minutes until it is golden brown.It is almost done now we  can have simply the cutlets or we can have with tomato sauce. 

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Dhaba Style Chicken

February 28, 2018
Dhaba Style Chicken
Ingredients:
1.chicken 1 lb(less than 1/2kg)
2.tomatos 2
3. One big onion
4.ginger garlic paste 2tspns
5.whole garam masala (lavang, cinnamon,cardamom each 2 count)
6.Kadai chicken masala powder(store bought I prefer MDH) 1 Tspn
7.Daniya and jeera powder each 1/2 tspns
8.chilli powder 1 Tspn
9.Turmeric powder 1/2 Tspn 
10.salt and oil.
Preparation: Grind separately onion into fine paste.Then  get ready separately tomato purée.
Chicken marination: add chilli powder,turmeric powder,1spn of ginger garlic paste,salt marinate at least half an hr.
Garnish:dry roast cinnamon and cardamom powder.
Procedure:

1. Take a wide pan and heat it .Add some oil when it is almost hot and then add whole garam masalas.You can add pinch of sugar to get nice color.
2.now add onion paste fry well few mins (4 to 5).Then add ginger garlic paste.After few mins when the oil oozes out from the masala add tomato purée and fry well until raw tomato smell disappears.
3.Now add Daniya and jeera powder,turmeric.
4. It's time to add chicken now.Fry chicken well in the masala .After few mins cover the pan with a lid and let it cook until oil comes out of the chicken.This takes around 15 mins.( it entirely depends upon the quality of chicken,if it's dry you can add water earlier)
5.Now we can add  enough water to the chicken.Let it cook for10 to 15 mins.Its almost ready now.
6.You can garnish with cardamom and cinnamon powder on top of it.
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Fish Curry In Mustard Gravy(Orissa Style)

February 28, 2018
Fish Curry In Mustard Gravy(Orissa Style)
Ingredients:
1.Fish fillets 4to 5 (king fish or vanjaram )
2.chilli powder1tspn
3.turmeric powder1/2tspn
4.garlic pods 5to 6
5.Poppy seeds(gasgasalu)
6.Daniya 1 Tspn
7.mustard 2tspns
8.jeera 1/2 Tspn 
9.green chillies3 count
10.Ginger garlic paste 1 Tspn ( optional)
11.salt to taste.
11.tomatos 2
Preparation:
I usually wash fish pieces and marinate with chilli powder,turmeric,salt and 1tspn of mustard oil at least half an hr.
Masala paste: soak mustard,garlic,jeera,Daniya ,gasgas at least 15 mins in waterand add green chillies,grind into fine paste.Take 2 Tomatos and make it into fine paste.
For tadka: chopped onions,jeera,mustard,oil
Procedure:
1. First fry fish fillets in mustard oil  in a wide pan.Fry until both sides fried well.It takes around 15 to 20 mins

2.Take out the fish fillets from the pan and keep aside.
3.Now take deep wide pan for the curry,add some oil and fry onions, little bit of jeera,mustard until onion turns brown.
4. Now add Tomato purée and fry well until oil oozes out from the curry.This takes around 5to 10 mins 
5.Its time to add wet masala paste and fry well until oil comes out from the masala.
6.Add some water around 2 to 3 cups to the masala and boil for few mins around 5to 10 mins.(you may add Aamchur pieces if you prefer more sore)
7.when the water is boiling ,drop fish fillets slowly in the water and cook for10 mins. Observe the gravy when the gravy is little watery you can cook few more mins.

8. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
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Egg Fried Rice

February 28, 2018
Egg Fried Rice
Ingredients:
1.rice  1 cup
2. Eggs 3 count
3. Beans,carrots each 1/4cup
4. Green peas less than 1/4 cup
5.green onions 1/4 cup
6.Azanamoto 2 pinch
7. Vinegar 1/4 Tspn
8. Soya sauce 1 Tspn
9.pepper 1/4 Tspn
9. Oil 2 tbsp
10.onion 1 count(medium size)
11. One spn of garlic and ginger finely chopped.
12 salt to taste.
Preparation:
Cook rice separately in a rice cooker and cool down.Cut all above mentioned vegetables.put these vegetables in a microwave for about 5 to 6 mins.
Procedure:

1. Take a deep wide pan and add oil heat it up.
2. Now add ginger and garlic finely chopped, add onions to the pan.
3. When onions are almost frying add little bit of pepper,salt.Its time to add eggs to the pan
4. Break the shells of 4 eggs and mix in the pan.Fry well  about 2 to 3 mins.
5. Now add Aznamoto ,venegar,soya sauce,Mix it well
6.next add all vegetables to mixture and fry well.
7. It's time to add cooked rice to the pan.mix well
8. Lastly add chilli garlic sauce to the pan.mix well
9. Garnish with fresh green onions.

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Pocket Sandwich

February 28, 2018
Pocket Sandwich
INGREDIENTS:
1.pocket sandwiches (we can get it in any stores where we get bakery items)
2.Capsicum chopped(1/2 cup)
3.Mushroom chopped(1/2 cup)

4.Eggs 2 count
5.Small onion finely chopped(preferebly red onion)
6.Olive oil
7.Crushed pepper
8.pinch of ginger garlic chopped very finely
9.Mayonnaise
10.Tomato 1 count(optional)
11.Salt to taste
Procedure:

1.Heat a wide pan.Add 1or 2 tspn of olive oil then drop finely chopped ginger&garlic.
2.Then, soon add chopped onions,capsicum,mushroom,tomatos and suate few mins.
3.Now crack the eggs in a bowl and pour it in the pan and fry well for 2 to 3 mins
4.Add pepper and salt ,mix it well for few mins.
5.Take out the mixture from the pan and stuff inside pocket sandiwiches.You can spread mayonnaise on top of it.Yummy sandwich is ready for breakfast.

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Prawns(Shrimp)Capsicum Fry

February 28, 2018
Prawns(Shrimp)Capsicum Fry
Ingredients:
1.Shrimp or prawns 1 lb
2.Capsicum1/2 
3.ginger garlic paste1 Tspn
4.Daniya powder1/2
 5.Jeera powder1/2 Tspn 
6.Garam masala1/2 Tspn 
7.Onion 1 big size
8. Green chillies 2
9.chilli powder1 Tspn
10.turmeric powder 1/2 Tspn
11. Oil 3 tbspns
12. Salt to taste

Marination: 

Marinate prawns with chilli powder,turmeric,salt,1/2 Tspn of ginger garlic paste1/2tspn,1 spn of mustard oil(optional).

Procedure:

1.Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions,when onions almost turn golden brown add ginger garlic paste.Fry well until the raw smell goes off.
2.In another pan ,add 1 Tspn of oil just stir fry marinated prawns  for 5mins,and keep aside.
3.When onion,ginger garlic paste almost fry well,add Daniya powder,jeera powder a bit of chilli powder.Fry few mins,then add marinated prawns to the masala mix.
4.keep frying prawns until u can see the masala well coated with prawns.
5.Add 1/2 cup of water and cover with lid just few mins around 10 mins until prawns well cooked.
6.Remove the lid and fry well until the water evaporates.
7. Now it's time to add chopped capsicum to the pan.
8.Fry few mins around5 to 8 mins until we can see capsicum well coated with masala.Now the fry is ready .It goes well with rice and roti.

                 
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls

February 03, 2018
No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon buns convey NO yeast inwards them, but they certain gustatory modality similar they do. I convey to acknowledge that when I kickoff saw this was a baking pulverization dough, my kickoff idea was, "uh oh, a heavy biscuit texture", but I was wrong; these are FAR from the criterion biscuit taste. The dough has cottage cheese in addition to buttermilk inwards it in addition to it is super flaky, light, sugariness in addition to tender. I convey tried a lot of cinnamon whorl recipes over the years in addition to I tin honestly say y'all that this recipe was a amount surprise. It is SO tasty, SO slow in addition to SO fast.

Don't freak out almost the cottage cheese inwards the batter. You won't gustatory modality it, but it is totally essential produce NOT move out it out. If y'all don't desire to SEE the cottage cheese, pulse it inwards the blender a fourth dimension or two.


MAKE THE FILLING FIRST1½ tablespoons melted butter
2/3 loving cup brownish saccharide (packed)
1½ teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice (I left out)
¼ teaspoon position down cloves (I left out)
1 loving cup chopped pecans
Mix good in addition to laid aside
DOUGH¾ loving cup cottage cheese(4% milk fat)do non move out out1/3 loving cup buttermilk (do non move out out)
¼ loving cup white sugar
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all role flour
1 TABLESPOON baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda

Preheat the oven to 400 in addition to grease the sides in addition to bottom of a 9" or 10" saltation shape pan alongside cooking spray. In a nutrient processor, combine the cottage cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter in addition to vanilla; procedure until shine (10 seconds). Add the flour, baking pulverization & baking soda in addition to pulse inwards brusque bursts only until the dough clumps together inwards a ball (don't over-process). The dough volition hold upwards soft in addition to moist. Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured counter in addition to knead it iv or 5 times alongside floured hands (this is a beautiful dough, real slow to move with). Roll dough out to a 12" x 15" rectangle.

Brush the rectangle alongside a real low-cal coating of melted butter (be skimpy & move out a one-half inch border unbuttered approximately the edges. Sprinkle the filling over the buttered expanse in addition to pat lightly.

Starting alongside the long side, whorl upwards the dough into a jelly whorl shape in addition to pinch the long seam to seal (leave the ends open). Cut into twelve equal pieces alongside a abrupt knife (a abrupt serrated knife industrial plant well). Set the rolls inwards the prepared pan, cutting side up. The rolls should touching on slightly, but its OK if at that spot are modest gaps. Bake at 400 for xx to 28 minutes (mine took the amount 28 minutes) or until golden brown.
Set the pan on a cooling rack for 5 minutes. Remove the saltation shape telephone in addition to drizzle the glaze over the rolls. Yum!!!

GLAZE2/3 loving cup powdered sugar
2 to iii tablespoons of mutual depression temperature milk (I used whipping cream)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon of maple extract (not necessary but YUMMY)

Whisk all ingredients together. If it seems also thick to pour, add together a niggling fight to a greater extent than milk (or cream).
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Sturdy Butter Cream Frosting

February 03, 2018
Sturdy Butter Cream Frosting
Traditionally, butter cream frosting is made amongst butter, powdered saccharide too flavorings, however, I abide by the recipes that purpose all butter, tend to move heavy tasting, difficult to move amongst (it melts too sags equally good easy) too non the low-cal fluffy frosting people expect.
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I've decorated cakes for years too I perish on coming dorsum to this easy, user friendly too fluffy frosting recipe, made amongst one-half butter too one-half white Crisco. Don't freak out almost using Crisco inward your frosting, you won't move able to say it is there (100% shortening is what most commercial bakeries purpose to brand that fluffy frosting nosotros all love) and, equally y'all tin see, it pipes nicely.
.1 loving cup white Crisco shortening
1 loving cup butter (room temperature)
6 to 6½ cups of powdered sugar
½ loving cup whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract (important)

In the large bowl of a stand upward mixer, whip the shortening too butter together for almost iii minutes on high. Add vi cups of powdered sugar, the extracts too whipping cream to the butter mixture too whip ON HIGH for almost 8 to 10 minutes.

After that amount of time, cheque the frosting for consistency. Usually, the frosting is perfect, but if your climate is dissimilar from my climate, y'all may desire to add together an additional ½ loving cup of powdered sugar.

Once y'all frost your cake, position it inward the refrigerator to allow everything "set". Remove your cake from the refrigerator almost an lx minutes earlier serving.

NOTE: This frosting plant best inward a stand upward mixer, although y'all tin arrive amongst a manus held mixer (it volition only accept a piffling extra time).
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Oatmeal Cranberry Walnut Cookies

February 03, 2018
Oatmeal Cranberry Walnut Cookies
If you lot are looking for 1 to a greater extent than slowly cookie to circular out your vacation baking, drive these delicious cookies. They are light, crispy in addition to buttery tasting (not the measure heavy oatmeal cookie).

If you lot are looking for 1 to a greater extent than slowly cookie to circular out your vacation baking OATMEAL CRANBERRY WALNUT COOKIES 1 loving cup butter (room temperature)
1 loving cup packed brownish sugar
1 loving cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups quick cooking oats
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups Craisens (sweetened dried cranberries)
1 loving cup chopped walnuts
Beat butter, sugars, eggs in addition to extracts for FIVE MINUTES (important to the calorie-free crispy nature of this cookie).
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In around other bowl, mix the flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon in addition to salt. Add this dry out mixture to the butter mixture (1 loving cup at a time) beating good later each addition.
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Stir inward the dried cranberries in addition to walnuts. Let this finished cookie dough sit down for virtually v minutes.
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Roll the dough into 1" balls (dough volition last a petty sticky). Place the dough balls on lightly greased cookie sheet, virtually 2" apart. Bake inward 350 preheated oven for 12-14 minutes (my oven took thirteen minutes).

If you lot are looking for 1 to a greater extent than slowly cookie to circular out your vacation baking OATMEAL CRANBERRY WALNUT COOKIES NOTE: Before you lot seat the cookie dough balls on the baking sheet, hold off for the side that shows the most cranberries in addition to seat that side upwards (the prettiest side).

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NOTE: These freeze really well. I drizzled a vanilla glaze on my cookies (for the holidays) simply that is non necessary. Makes virtually four dozen?
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Green Edible Bean Casserole Alongside Mushrooms, Cheese Together With Bacon

February 03, 2018
Green Edible Bean Casserole Alongside Mushrooms, Cheese Together With Bacon
The traditional "green edible bean casserole" has ever intrigued me. I run across it generally during the holidays too I want to relish it, although I'm non also fond of the mushroom soup sauce it commonly has. This year, I laid out to re-invent this vacation casserole too I absolutely honey the lastly results.
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I used fresh dark-green beans, sauteed sugariness onions, portabello mushrooms, crisp bacon, a niggling cheddar cheese too my ain white sauce. The resulting "green edible bean casserole" was delicious too nosotros ate a ton of it.

 I run across it generally during the holidays too I  GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE amongst MUSHROOMS, CHEESE AND BACON 1 pound of fresh dark-green beans cutting into 2" pieces
1/2 loving cup chopped sugariness onion
1/2 pound of infant portobello mushrooms sliced
5 slices of bacon fried crisp (drained good & crumbled)
1 loving cup shredded cheddar cheese (loosely packed)
1 clove garlic minced finely
3 tablespoons white flour
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
scant 1/2 teaspoon dark pepper
2 1/2 cups milk


In a large frying pan, saute the chopped onions until they odor sweet; add together the garlic too saute until it barely turns golden. 

Add the dark-green beans too mushrooms (mixing well) too saute for a few minutes until they showtime to wilt but a niggling (don't ready them all the agency through). Remove pan from estrus too laid aside.
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In a sauce pan, melt three tablespoons butter; add together the flour, tabular array salt too pepper, stirring quickly. Cook on medium for most a infinitesimal (to take whatever flour taste). 

Slowly add together the milk piece y'all are whisking similar a mad woman piece (this volition eliminate lumps inward the sauce). Once the milk too butter-flour mixture are mixed well, ready on medium estrus (stirring every 1 time inward a while) until it gets squeamish too thick.

Remove from estrus too stir inward the cheese too crisp (crumbled) bacon. Add this mixture to the vegetables too stir good (but gently). Place inward an lightly greased casserole dish too bake at 350 for most xxx minutes or until really hot.
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It was actually tasty too the leftovers made a oral fissure watering tiffin the side past times side day.
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Microwave Rice

February 03, 2018
Microwave Rice
This is a handy piddling recipe for rice cooked inwards the microwave oven. It is easy, requires no "pot watching" as well as produces perfect rice.

This is a handy piddling recipe for rice cooked inwards the microwave oven MICROWAVE RICE 2 cups boiling water
1 loving cup long grain white rice (not instant)

Mix everything inwards a rut rubber drinking glass or ceramic bowl as well as gear upwards on high (uncovered) inwards your microwave for x minutes. Remove as well as fluff amongst a fork. Return to microwave as well as gear upwards at 50% ability for but about other five minutes. Fluff over again amongst the fork. That's it!!

NOTE: All microwaves gear upwards differently. If yous convey an underpowered microwave, yous may convey to gear upwards it an extra infinitesimal on 50% power. If yous convey a super powerful microwave...maybe subtract a infinitesimal during the 50% stage.

NOTE: Add butter as well as favorite seasonings to rice AFTER it is cooked.

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Taco Bell Ruby-Red Sauce Clone Recipe

February 03, 2018
Taco Bell Ruby-Red Sauce Clone Recipe
I acknowledge it, at that spot are for certain items that I actually savor at Taco Bell. Yes, I know it's non authentic Mexican food, but when yous similar something, well, yous overlook things similar that. One matter I savor at TB is a warm condiment called cherry sauce. It is not the hot sauce that comes inwards a packet; it is the steaming hot cherry sauce that is served on their tostados together with their Mexican pizza. This recipe is close equally to a greater extent than or less the master sense of savour equally yous tin get!!!


 1 (8 ounce) tin of love apple tree sauce
1/3 loving cup water
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1  1/2 teaspoon soil cumin
1  1/2 teaspoons dry out onion flakes
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon white sugar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper  (we role alone 1/8 teaspoon)

Mix everything together with simmer (on rattling low) for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot. The "spice level" is rattling moderate if yous role it right away. It is spicier if yous allow it sit down inwards the refrigerator overnight.
Serve (as a hot condiment) alongside whatever Mexican food.


 at that spot are for certain items that I actually savor at Taco Bell TACO BELL RED SAUCE CLONE RECIPENOTE: I was surprised to come across that at that spot is vinegar inwards this sauce (you can't sense of savour it inwards the finally product).
NOTE: I don't unremarkably purchase garlic salt. I simply mix it upwardly alongside iii parts common salt to 1 business office garlic powder, stir well.


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Lemon - Butter Cookies

February 03, 2018
Lemon - Butter Cookies
I dearest it when you lot detect a recipe that you lot know you lot already cause got all of the ingredients, fifty-fifty if you lot are snowed in, or haven't gone shopping inward a while. That describes this super quick, super easy, super tasty lemon butter cookie.

I dearest it when you lot detect a recipe that you lot  LEMON - BUTTER COOKIES¾ loving cup butter (room temperature)
1 loving cup white sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons corn syrup
2 teaspoons lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all endure flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
a piddling extra carbohydrate to gyre cookies in

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter in addition to carbohydrate until it is rattling low-cal in addition to fluffy (this takes a few minutes at high speed). Beat inward egg, corn syrup in addition to extracts. Add the flour, baking soda & baking pulverisation in addition to mix well.

Roll dough into 1" balls thus gyre the balls inward granulated sugar. Place them on a parchment lined cookie sail virtually ii or iii inches a part. Bake inward preheated 325 bird oven for 12 minutes or until they are merely golden roughly the edges.

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Homemade Fresh Noodles

February 03, 2018
Homemade Fresh Noodles
The championship of this post service is my "gentle protest" inwards the noodle vs. pasta debate. I grew upwardly calling them noodles, but all of the cooking shows telephone outcry upwardly it pasta. Is at that spot a difference? Perhaps the discussion pasta makes it audio fancier? Oh well, telephone outcry upwardly me sometime fashioned I guess.

I've been playing or therefore alongside homemade noodle recipes since I got a petty mitt crank noodle roller for Christmas. This latest recipe uses all semolina flour as well as it was SO much easier to operate than recipes that usage all usage flour. The dorsum of the semolina flour purse suggested using the total sheets of this dough (uncut) for lasagna (without boiling) which I am looking frontward to trying.


 Homemade noodles inwards cheesy
fettuccine Alfredo sauce

1½ cups semolina flour
½ teaspoon tabular array salt (optional)
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons olive fossil oil (I used canola oil)



Combine the semolina flour as well as salt; add together the beaten eggs, H2O as well as oil. Mix to brand a real rigid dough. Knead for 10 minutes or until dough is elastic (I did this alongside my stand upwardly mixer). Cover alongside plastic as well as allow the dough residuum for xxx minutes (important)..
After xxx minutes of resting, plow the dough out onto a real lightly floured counter. Don't usage also much flour on the dough earlier y'all set it through the machine, simply plenty to arrive non sticky.


Start alongside pieces of dough almost the size of a golf game ball, mayhap slightly larger. Flatten it out alongside your mitt as well as taper i destination of the dough therefore the auto volition live able to "catch" the dough easily. Roll the dough through your auto on the lowest publish 2 or 3 times (it volition larn longer each time).
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Set your dial to the adjacent lower publish as well as run the dough through again. Do this a dyad times. My in conclusion auto setting was #3 as well as it was simply right for fettuccine noodles.
. You tin air dry out these noodles at this betoken or y'all tin boil it similar whatever other noodle; it takes a lot less fourth dimension to fix if y'all don't dry out it. Drain as well as usage similar y'all would whatever other noodle.


NOTE: You sure enough exercise non HAVE to stimulate got a auto to curl out this dough. I stimulate got made many noodles past times rolling out pocket-size balls of dough on a floured counter alongside my rolling pin. Just brand sure y'all curl them out overnice as well as sparse as well as therefore cutting alongside a pizza cutter.
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Subway Sugariness Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sandwich

February 03, 2018
Subway Sugariness Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sandwich
This is a "knock off" recipe for Subway's sugariness onion chicken teriyaki sandwich. It is delicious, alone most 370 calories together with really quick to ready (as long equally you lot brand the sugariness onion sauce a twenty-four hours ahead).

 

 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins
.¼ loving cup soy sauce
¾ loving cup pineapple juice
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon dry reason ginger
½ teaspoon dry out mustard
¼ teaspoon white pepper
¼ loving cup chocolate-brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
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Bring everything but the chicken to a boil together with simmer for most five minutes or until it starts to reduce. Cool completely together with pour over the chicken, embrace together with refrigerate the chicken for most 30-60 minutes.
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When it's fourth dimension to eat, accept the chicken out of the marinade (throw marinade away) together with grill or broil the chicken until done (don't over cook).
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Place chicken pieces inward grilled bun and add together favorite toppings. Drizzle alongside sugariness onion sauce. Mmmmmmmmmmm!!! Makes most half dozen sandwiches.


SUBWAY SWEET ONION SAUCE
 This is SO tasty together with I honour all sorts of uses for it. It is non overly onion-y together with non overly sweet. Make it a twenty-four hours ahead of fourth dimension to permit the flavors blend together with mellow.

½ loving cup low-cal corn syrup
1 tablespoon finely minced Vidalia onion
1 tablespoon carmine vino vinegar
2 teaspoons white distilled vinegar
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon chocolate-brown sugar
1 teaspoon buttermilk powder
¼ teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon poppy seeds
1/8 teaspoon salt
pinch cracked dark pepper
pinch garlic powder
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Combine all ingredients together with convey to a boil for most xxx seconds. Whisk good together with embrace together with chill overnight.

NOTE: If you lot don't guide maintain Vidalia onion, a white onion volition work, simply mince it VERY finely. I've fifty-fifty used re-hydrated onion flakes successfully, although the vidalia onion is best.
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Sweet Dinner Rolls

February 03, 2018
Sweet Dinner Rolls
This is an "oldie, but a goodie" recipe for a sweet, buttery, dinner gyre for your Easter holiday. This recipe tin live made ahead of the holidays, partially baked together with hence simply tossed inward the oven, to destination baking, simply earlier the large dinner. They are delicious, slow to brand together with freeze beautifully.


½ loving cup warm water
1/3 loving cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ loving cup warm milk
1/3 loving cup soft butter
1 packet of dry out yeast (see note)
1 egg (room temperature if possible)
3¾ cups all purpose flour

Heat the H2O together with milk until warm (I utilization the microwave). Put it into the large bowl of a stand upwards mixer together with stir inward the carbohydrate together with yeast. Let it sit down for almost 10 minutes (it should teach foamy). After 10 minutes, add together the salt, butter, egg together with 1 loving cup of flour, mix well.

Continue adding the balance of the flour, ½ loving cup at a time. Stop your stand upwards mixer every in 1 lawsuit inward a acre together with scrape downward the within of your bowl together with plough the entire dough mixture over (this insures that all of the flour gets mixed inward completely and evenly).

Remove the dough from the bowl together with spray the bowl amongst cooking spray. Return the dough to the bowl together with spritz the top of the dough (a little) amongst to a greater extent than cooking spray (so the plastic roll doesn't stick to the dough). Cover the bowl amongst plastic roll together with house inward the warmest utilization of your kitchen for an sixty minutes to raise. Keep inward heed that marble counters are non the warmest house to proceed your bowl of dough.

After an hour, or afterward the dough has doubled inward size (whichever comes first), force the air out of the dough amongst your hands. Roll out 12" "ropes" of dough together with necktie a knot inward the middle, similar this:
 This recipe tin live made ahead of the holidays SWEET DINNER ROLLS To consummate the "knot", tuck 1 loose halt nether the gyre together with convey the other loose halt over the top together with tuck it within of the master copy knot, house inward greased muffin tins. They volition hold back similar this:
 This recipe tin live made ahead of the holidays SWEET DINNER ROLLS Spritz the top of the rolls amongst (just a little) cooking spray together with encompass amongst plastic roll again. Let them heighten until they are double inward size (35-45 minutes).

If y'all desire to partially bake them (they volition live similar brownish & serve rolls), bake inward a preheated 325 oven for 10 minutes. Remove from pans together with cool completely (then freeze). When it is fourth dimension to utilization them, defrost them for almost xv minutes, hence bake inward a preheated 375 oven for almost 8-10 minutes.

If desire to bake them correct away (after they accept risen inward the pans), bake inward preheated 350 oven for 12-15 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs, simply proceed an oculus on them afterward 12 minutes).


NOTE: I purchase volume yeast, so, when a recipe calls for a packet of yeast, I simply utilization a tablespoon (that is a piddling extra, but industrial plant well).
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting For My Birthday

February 03, 2018
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting For My Birthday
 They look to come upwards every 6 months lately CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING FOR MY BIRTHDAY
Can it endure my birthday again, already? They look to come upwards every 6 months lately. I normally process myself to a baked goody on my birthday; come upwards to intend of it, it virtually ever involves chocolate, big surprise!! This is my favorite chocolate frosting, it is quick, easy, deliciously smoothen on the natural language in addition to it pipes beautifully!!!


¼ loving cup butter (warm precisely non melted)
½ loving cup baking cocoa
8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Mix the cocoa in addition to vanilla into the warm (but non melted) butter, shell until smooth, laid aside. Beat the cream cheese until smoothen (scrape the sides of the bowl hence that you lot instruct it all mixed), in addition to then add together the butter-chocolate mixture in addition to shell until it is all smooth.

Beat inwards the powdered sugar, i loving cup at a time, beating good afterward each loving cup until smoothen in addition to enjoy.

NOTE: If I'm feeling adventurous, I add together a piffling orangish zest to this frosting.
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Friday, February 2, 2018

Bisquick Clone Recipe

February 02, 2018
Bisquick Clone Recipe
I constitute a recipe, recently, that I actually wanted to try, however, it called for 1 loving cup of commercial Bisquick, an special I don't commonly stock inward my pantry.  I wasn't likewise keen on buying a whole box of Bisquick (when I alone needed a loving cup of it) therefore I went Internet surfing for a Bisquick clone recipe.

I constitute several but they all called for shortening (not precisely what I was looking for). Then I constitute the next recipe, which uses Canola petroleum (on http://www.food.com/ )  I used it to brand biscuits for dinner this evening together with nosotros were VERY pleased amongst the light, flaky results. They were real similar to commercial Bisquick biscuits (picky-picky hubby said the were much ameliorate than Bisquick) together with you lot tin NOT crunch the convenience!! I holler back to guide house a canister of this mix inward my pantry from forthwith on.

This recipe tin easily move doubled or tripled together with I dearest that the ingredients are e'er on hand.

BISQUICK CLONE MIX

4½ cups all role flour
iv tablespoons baking powder
two tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons Canola oil

Whisk everything together (I used my stand upwards mixer amongst the whisk attachment) but a manus whisk would operate only every bit well, it volition hold back similar this.

Store this mixture inward a container amongst a tight plumbing equipment lid (at room temperature) for upwards to half dozen weeks. Use it precisely similar you lot would for ANY recipe that calls for Bisquick (biscuits, muffins, pancakes, pot pie crusts, etc.). It non alone saves a lot of money, but it tastes neat too!!
BISCUITS (makes 6)

2¼ cups Bisquick Clone Mix
2/3 loving cup milk

Mix amongst a spoon until it comes together, together with then plough out onto your counter that has been dusted amongst a petty to a greater extent than of the dry out mix (don't utilisation flour). Knead lightly 10 times, together with then pat to 1/2" thick. Cut amongst 2½" biscuit cutter. Place on greased cookie sail (I utilisation parchment) together with brush amongst melted butter. The melted butter is optional, but nosotros similar them that way.

Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes (my electrical oven took 12 minutes).
I constitute a neat Bisquick recipe site that has lots of interesting recipes: CLICK HERE
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