Vanilla Chocochip Ice cream

Today I am happy to have Beulah from FullScoops, a blogger friend of mine. I am in love with her blog, she has a wonderful & vast collection of recipes. I love the way she posts step by step pics of recipes. I am so glad to have her at my place today :) Do visit her blog for some lovely recipes. I was so excited & was waiting deliberately that with which recipe she will come up with, And here is a mouth watering ice cream recipe. I never tried making an ice cream cox I thought it will be really hard & time taking recipe.. but seeing the way Beulah has given the details, I am thinking to try it soon :) Let's see what Beulah has to say!

A big hello to all the readers of Haffa's Kitchen! I'm Beulah and I blog at FullScoops. I am a dentist by profession and now my time is spent taking care of home, kids and the blog!

When Haffa asked me to do a guest post, I was thinking what I can do for her. I finally decided on ice cream since this is one of my favorite recipes and you cannot fail in this recipe.

I was making this ice cream for one of my aunt's and this is a recipe that I trust and often make for others. This is the easiest, creamiest and most yummiest ice creams ever!

Ingredients:

• Non dairy heavy Whipping Cream - 1 cup (I used 'Rich' brand)
• Fresh Cream -  2oo ml (I used amul fresh cream)
• Condensed milk - 200 gms (1/2 tin)
• Chocolate chips - 3/4th cup
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Take 1 cup of non dairy heavy whipping cream. Add the vanilla extract and whip till soft peaks.

2. Add the fresh cream and whip again. Now add the condensed milk and mix.

3. Add the chocolate chips and mix in.

4. Pour into containers and cover with a tight lid. Refrigerate for 8-10 hours or until set.

Enjoy!

Notes:

1. You can add nuts also in place of chocolate chips.

Thank you Haffa for giving me this opportunity to write!

Thanku so much for such a wonderful & yummy recipe Beulah! =) Hope my readers will love it. 

Linking to Beulah's Event

Back To School Event Roundup & Winners

First of all, I would like to thank all the participants to make my 1st event "Back to School Lunch Ideas" a BIGG success, Masha Allah! I got 130 sweet entries =)

With 130 entries it was really difficult for us to decide 3 winners! Me & my hubby has tried our best not to do injustice! And select the 3 best, attractive & healthy recipes for kids lunch box :)

Flag Butter Cookies - Defence Day Special

Today is the day when soldiers of Pakistan laid down their lives to save the frontiers of this country. This day is celebrated across the country to pay a tribute to the brave men of this nation who sacrifice their today for tomorrow of the nation. I dedicate today's recipe to celebrate defence day of Pakistan.

I took out some time for baking and planned to make simple butter cookies in shape of flag of Pakistan yesss!! Lets move on to the recipe :)

Pasta Pineapple Salad

Pasta Pineapple salad is just easy to make & n healthy lunch box recipe too:

Vanilla Shake

For Vanilla lovers - :)

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Chilled Milk                                         1 cup

Ice cubes                                             1/4 cup 

Sugar                                                   1 tsp
Vanilla Ice cream                                 2 scoop
Nuts                                                    Few (Crushed)
Chocolate Syrup                                  For garnishing

Procedure:

Add all the above ingredients in a blender and blend. Pour in glasses, drizzle some chocolate syrup on top and Enjoy!! 

Linking this to -  Celebration of freedom

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Creamy Fruit Mix - Chaat

This is an extremely yummacious Fruit Chaat which is rich in creammm :)

Ingredients:

Sugar                                                               5 tbsp.
Salt                                                                  Pinch
Chaat Masala                                                   1 tsp. (Acc to taste)
Mayonnaise                                                      5 tbsp.
Cream                                                              5 tbsp.
Banana                                                             2 cut into small pieces
Apple                                                               1 Peeled, Chopped
Grapes                                                             Few Chopped
Mango                                                             1 peeled, Chopped
Apricot                                                            2 peeled, chopped
Peach                                                              1 peeled, chopped

Procedure:

           Mix all the above mentioned ingredients and enjoy this yummy creamy fruit chaat.. slurppp :) 

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Vermicilli Pudding (Kheer)

Before I have told u some varieties of vermicelli like;

Sweet Colored Vermicelli
Vermicelli Pudding
Sheer khurma

Fruit Mix - Chaat

Ingredients:

Sugar                                                               2 tbsp.
Chaat Masala                                                   1 tsp. (Acc to taste)
Banana                                                             2 cut into small pieces
Apple                                                               1 Peeled, Chopped
Pomegranate                                                    1, Deseeded
Guava                                                              1 Chopped
Mango                                                              1 peeled, Chopped

Procedure:

           Mix all the above mentioned ingredients and enjoy! 

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

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 Gayathri Cook Spot's WTML Event

Rice Dessert - Firni

This is a really simple recipe made from grinded rice :) Lets see how it goes on:

Fruit Mix - Diet Dessert

8th recipe of diet week is Fruit mix or fruit chaat!! 

Extremely healthy n yummacious!!

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week.

Diet Tea

Half Fry without Oil

Chicken and Lentils soup - Diet Haleem

Strawberry Smoothie
Baked Fish
Baked Drumsticks

Chickpea salad

Chickpea Chaat

Iceberg Salad

Ingredients:

Honey                                                              2 tbsp.
Melon                                                              3-4 slices chopped
Banana                                                             2 cut into small pieces
Apple                                                               1 Chopped, not peeled. Guys u r on diet! So please get                                                                                    some energy
Watermelon                                                      8-10 small pc
Chaat Masala                                                   1 tsp

Procedure:

           Mix all the above mentioned ingredients and enjoy! 

P.S. Guys no sugar please.. u r on diet :) And every processed food is bad for u :) Honey tastes much much better. Just close ur eyes and mix :) Believe me it tastes sooo great! My family is like, u r enjoying even when u r on diet lol!!

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Onion & Potato fritters (Pakoray)

Gram flour recipes are very popular in Asian countries. Yet the origin is Utar pardesh. I have noticed people from some countries don't know about what a gram flour is. My dear sweeties, It is a flour which is made from ground chick peas :) 

Pakora is basically a mixture of some vegetables mixed in gram flour (Baysin in urdu) and deeply fried. Mostly I love to have it on a rainy day with hot tea/coffee <3 Sorry diet watcherss... :P They are crispy yet softt... I know u ppl are drooling out there :P  No one can say NO to them..

Before I have introduced u to simple Pakoras and Veggie Pakoras. Here is another variety I have discussed :) Hope u will love them. <3 They are just sooo simple. Hope u will enjoy!! Here is the recipe:

 Ingredients:

Onion                                                 3-4 sliced finely
Potatoes                                             3-4 (peeled, sliced)
Black pepper                                      1/2 tsp.
Salt                                                     1 tsp.
Red chili powder                                2 tsp.
Green Chili                                         5-6 whole
Garlic Paste                                         1/2 tsp.
Cumin powder                                    2 tsp.

Coriander seeds (dhanyia)                   2 tsp.
Pomegranate seeds (Anaar Dana)        1 tsp.
Red chili flakes                                    1/2 tsp.
Gram flour (Baysan)                             8-9 tbsp.
Water                                                  1/2 cup

Oil                                                       For frying 

Procedure:

First of all, Cut thin slices of onion & potatoes.

Mix all of the above ingredients and add water gradually to make a semi thick paste. Maker sure it should not be too thin or too thick. Next add onion, potato slices and green chilies.

Heat oil on medium heat and pour slices of onions, potatoes and green chilies into the oil with hand or a tablespoon. Let them turn into golden brown.

Stir & turn them around gradually and take them out when they turn golden brown.

Make sure oil is not too hot, otherwise potatoes will remain raw and all efforts in vain.

Drain on tissue or a paper and serve hot with any chutney/ ketchup <3 :)

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Egg in the basket

Eggs are those meals that one can have in any possible way, it may be sweet or savory. And there is no certain time or occasion to have it, whether it be breakfast; (Omelettes, half fry, hosh posh, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs etc). Or lunch, supper, or dinner like Egg curry, Egg Fried rice, different variety of salads or in desserts like cakes, cookies etc. They are one of the commonly eaten food groups in this huge world. Eggs are truly rich in protein & calcium. Hence way healthy, delicious & nutritious than anything else especially for breakfast.

Today I am going to discuss with u how to half fry an egg in a hole of a bread! Egg in a basket - Egg in a hole - and also known by many other names is actually an egg half fried in a hole of a slice of bread. Some other names are:

Toad in the hole (eee)
Egg basket
Bird's nest egg
Pop eyes
Egg toast
Chicken in a basket etc etc :P

The dish is typically to crack an egg in the center of the bread and then fry it in butter or oil. Kids will certainly loveee it :)

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Bread slice                                          1

Eggs                                                    1

Oil                                                        2 tsp
Salt                                                      To taste
Ground pepper                                    To taste

Procedure:

Cut about 2 inch hole in the center of the bread piece with the help of a glass or a cookie cutter and set aside.

Take a small skillet and heat it. Remember not to heat it tooo much or it will burn the bread before the egg is done :)

Next put the bread piece in the pan/skillet and toast it from one side. Next add the oil in the center of the bread and heat it for few seconds. Next crack an egg carefully in the center of the bread. And don't move the bread for at least 30 seconds. (Adding oil in the center will prevent the bread from absorbing too much oil, although for toasting u can spread a tsp of oil before).

Next after a minute or two flip the bread piece and cook for only 30 seconds.

Season with salt and pepper.

A delicious "Egg in the basket" is readyyyy..

Note: U can use different cookie cutters with shapes other than round.

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Nutella Vanilla Shake

Many people agree that milkshakes are one of the most delicious beverages found in this world. A milkshake is a sweet cold drink which is generally made from milk blended with fruits. It can also be made with milk blended with ice cream & flavoring agents such as fruit syrup or chocolate sauce. Milkshakes have been enjoyed by people all over the world since the advent of the blender in the early 1900's. Today there are many varieties of milkshakes, which have different ingredients. 

Nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread, originally from Italy! And can be used at different places. I mostly use it in different drinks & shakes. It tastes extra delicious.You must give it a try. In this shake, I have mixed vanilla ice cream & coffee with it in blender until foamy.. yumm! The rich & bold taste of coffee combine with the creamy vanilla ice cream and chocolaty bits of nutella is a winning combination. Kids will love it! Here are step - by- step instructions to create ur own!

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Chilled Milk                                         1 cup

Nutella                                                 2 tbsp.

Ice cubes                                             1/4 cup 

Sugar                                                   1/4 tsp
Instant Coffee Powder                         1 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Ice cream                                 1 scoop
Chocolate Syrup                                  For garnishing

Procedure:

Add all the above ingredients in a blender and blend. Pour in glasses, top with vanilla ice cream  chocolate syrup and drizzle some coffee powder on top and Enjoy!! 

Delicious Coffee Custard

Custard is one of the simple, quick, mouth watering, luscious, healthy & easy desserts to make.

A recipe loaded with flavors of fruits, mixed and nicely combined with milk, custard powder, coffee, chocolate syrup, cream and nuts to give a flavorful and attractive texture is a perfect colorful dessert to attract kids. Esp, for naughty kids who don't drink milk or eat fruits. It is a wonderful dish for vegetarians too, because I prepare it without the egg factor :) There are many different ways to make the custard, and ingredients can be changed, acc to one's taste. Some of the combinations can include, cake, jelly, fruits, nuts, cake rusks, coffee, milk cream etc. 

Another variety of custard which I have discussed is,

Fruit Custard (Trifle)
Lab -e- Sheeren

For weight conscious friends, this sweet also turns out to be a perfect dessert if they use no fat milk and those zero-calorie sugars :)  It turns out to be a cool refreshing lip smacking summer dessert with fresh fruits and coffee tinge. 

This dish is sooo yummy & really simple to try!! I bet u will love ds.. Don't hesitate to try!! :) Here goes the recipe:

Yogurt and Dumplings (Boondi Raita/ Dahi Phulkiyan)

Gram flour dumplings/ Boondi is a Rajhistani food snack made from fried chickpea flour. In Pakistan or North India boondi is used to prepare yogurt dip/raita. Boondi raita typically contains beaten curd (plain yogurt), boondi (which has been soaked in water to make it soft and then sieved) and of course the seasoning of salt, chili and other spices. It can even be eaten as a side dish with rice, palao or other dishes like chick peasss.. =) 

It is said that Punjabi cuisine includes a major part of milk products.. and it is sooo true, as m punjabi too :P Usually Punjabi's serve this with their everyday meal. Cool boondi raita gives such a soothing effect in hot scotching summer. 

Boondi / Dumplings are actually tiny cute balls made of gram flour/ besan. These boondi/phulkia/dumplings are easily available in market, n u just have to soak them before using. But I prefer making them on my own. 

Lets move on to the recipe :)

Ingredients for Phulkia/ dumplings:

Black pepper                                      1/4 tsp.
Salt                                                     1/2 tsp.
Cumin seeds                                        1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder                                 1/4 tsp.
Gram flour (Baysan)                             1 cup
Water                                                  1/2 cup
Baking powder                                    1/4 tsp.

Oil                                                       For frying 

Procedure:

Mix all of the above ingredients and add water gradually to make a semi thick paste. Maker sure it should not be too thin or too thick. Next, heat oil on medium heat and once hot, hold perforated spoon (a big round spoon with multiple smalll holes in it) a little above the pan & pour a small scoop of batter on it. Spread the batter on spoon so that small droplets of it fall into the oil and get fried into boondi :) Repeat the process with rest of the batter. Stir them around gradually and take them out when they turn bright yellow color. Pour them directly into cold water and drain.

Ingredients for yoghurt:

Onion                                                 3-4 chopped finely
Yoghurt                                              1/2 kg whipped
Sugar                                                  2 tbsp
Salt                                                     1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder                                1/2 tsp.
Chaat Masala                                      1/2 tsp.
Green Chilli                                         1 chopped finely
Coriander Leaves                                A bunch, Chopped
Tomato                                               1 cubed
Cumin powder                                     1 tsp.
Ketchup                                              1 tbsp.

Procedure:

Mix all of the above ingredients in yoghurt  add gram flour dumplings, garnish with ketchup & coriander leaves & serve cold :) yummyyyy!

Fruit Custard (Trifle)

Custard is one of the simple, delicious, luscious, nutritious & easy desserts to make. I have added some fruit & cake in custard & hence named Trifle! Do try it guys! It turns out yummalicious!

A recipe loaded with flavors of fruits, mixed and nicely combined with milk, custard powder and nuts to give a smooth and attractive texture is a perfect dessert to attract kids. Esp, for naughty kids who don't drink milk or eat fruits. It is a perfect dish for vegetarian too, cox I prepare it without using eggs :) There are various ways to make the custard, and ingredients can be changed. Some of the combinations may include, cake, jelly, fruits, nuts, cake rusks, coffee, milk cream etc. 

Another variety which I have discussed is,

Delicious Coffee Custard

Lab -e- Sheeren

On diet, this also turns out to be a perfect dessert if we use no fat milk and those zero- calorie sugars :)  It turns out to be a cool refreshing lip smacking summer dessert with fresh fruits. Lets move on to the recipe:

Ingredients:

Custard powder                                               2 tbsp.
Sugar                                                               4 tbsp.
Milk                                                                 2 and 1/2 cups
Banana                                                             2 cut into small pieces
Apple                                                               2 Chopped
Plain cake                                                         8-10 pc
Crushed nuts                                                     Few

Procedure:

           Add 2 tbsp of custard powder in half cup milk and make a paste. Then add 4 tbsp of sugar in 2 cups of milk and bring to boil. Add custard paste to boiling milk and cook while stirring until texture is thick and smooth. Let it cool. (you can add cream for more taste & fat lol).

         Then place layers of cake, banana and apple one by one and pour custard in it.

         Refrigerate, garnish with crushed nuts and serve chilled :) you can garnish it with jelly too if u want :) Enjoy!!

Other varieties which I have discussed of custard are,

Delicious Coffee Custard

Lab -e- Sheeren

Linking to

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 Gayathri Cook Spot's WTML Event

Swathi's announcement page &  Glorias Event: Daily Recipes

No Bake Bread Pizza

These mini pizzas are extremely delicious n really easy to make in very little time and without the oven. You don't need to wait for hours for the dough to rise, which most ppl find difficult. It is one of the easy, quick, delicious, kids friendly snack recipe. It is one of the best ways to use leftover bread. Others are breadcrumbs, fried bread fritters etc. These bread pizzas can also be made as a filling breakfast for kids or as snacks or appetizers. All it needs is a few bread slices, pizza sauce or ketchup, some sliced vegetables and sliced/shredded chicken & cheese. That's all. I usually toast the bread before applying sauce and remaining ingredients. This makes the bread crispy & more tasty, and prevents the soggy texture. Now off to the recipe. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Topping:

Boneless Chicken                             8-10 pc. (cut into small cubes)

Capsicum                                          1 small, red and green (chopped)

Green Chilies                                    1-2 (chopped)

Black Pepper                                     1/2 tsp.
Red chili powder                                1/2 tsp.

Salt                                                     1/4 tsp.

Onion                                                  1 (chopped)

Garlic Ginger paste                             1/2 tsp.

Soya and Chili sauce                          Optional

Oil                                                        2-3 tbsp.

Chopped coriander                              2-3 tsp.

Cumin Powder                                     1/2 tsp.

Lemon                                                  1

Tandoori masala                                   Pinch (optional)

For bread Pizza:

Bread                                                  

Mozzarella cheese

Procedure:

Heat oil in a non stick pan, add the onions and fry until they lose their strength. Mae sure don't turn them brown. Add capsicum, green chili and stir until they soften. Add the raw chicken and stir until they turn brown and are cooked. Add all the spices and ginger garlic paste and fry more. Add soya sauce, lemon juice and coriander and stir. Make sure the mixture is dry. Topping is ready :)

Take a slice of bread, and apply a layer of ketchup on it. Then sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on the base so that when it melts it has a nice grip of topping. Then put a layer of above mentioned spicy chicken and sprinkle some rings of sliced onions, tomato and capsicum. Then sprinkle some more cheese and drizzle some ketchup on it. Like this make rest of the mini bread pizzas.

Heat a pan and place them in it and cover the lid. Let them on  low flame until the cheese is melted. It will take about 10 minutes.

Delicious mini pizzas are readddyy!! Enjoy :)