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Experimenting with different types of pastas is a lot of fun, I have tried assorted, spaghetti, penne,vermicelli, rotini and farfalle till date. The picture above is rotini pasta, these are spiral ones and coloured-red,white and green. these pasta spirals are perfect for a tomato based sauce as they encompass the chunky sauce in the cavity surrounding them, so whenever you take a bite, you get some sauce with it, I cooked it without cheese, cz it tastes perfect without cheese.  INGREDIENTS - garlic cloves 4-5 olive oil 1tbsp tomatoes chopped finely 2 raddish leaves a handful salt pepper boiled riotini(spiral) pasta STEPS TO MAKE PASTA ROTINI - throw the crushed garlic cloves in sizzling oil, let it cook till you can smell the garlic strongly. throw the finely chopped tomatos in it with the salt and pepper as per taste. put chopped raddish leaves in it, keep the leaves, Al dante, I love the crunch in vegetables. At last, throw the boiled riotini in the pan, ...

Looks can be deceiving........!! Looks are enchanting..........! Have you ever thought ,that the beauty of a person might not be just about looks. The person you are from within is what matters the most. But in reality, people emphasis on the exterior perfection of a being ,rather the interior. Beauty standards are high in the 21 st century..! You can buy beauty now, go through cosmetic surgery, Botox treatments, silicon implants, for the all perfection....... of being an epitome of human race! Is that all we got, to offer to the world, our appearance....! Isn't this existence more, than just being an eye candy...! Some people envy beauty, some people suffer in beauty .......... perplexed! An average looking friend Lisa is jealous of a good looking friend of hers Abel , because she is attractive,she has the a lovely face and hour-glass figure. Lisa always prods her, about how she dresses up, why she wears tight clothes, does she want to be an eye candy, is...

Just look at the image , those caramalised onions, the green coriander complementing the red glossy  sauce..lovely this is , beautimous ..#toothsome. This is magic sauce I use to improve the flavour of foods that taste average, on potatoes, chicken and kinda meats................... B-)..................... This inventor in improing day by day I must say.......... :p (rhyme). so, this magic sauce is actually a gift by ching's company.......(no, I don't advertise ching's... :p.....just a big and loyal fan of theirs........... ching's you should be thankfull dt I advertise your products for free.... XD B-)..........:p.) apparently, I don't know how to cook properly, so, this self claimed inventor...:p.......i.e; me.... experiments with things that are there..... I have never made anything from scratch, I don't even know how to cook rice........... one day I'll learn.. :p but this is my passion for the  need of life "food" that i try to cook an...

Ostensible, it is that I am a mushroom fanatic. I breathe mushrooms, mushrooms run in my blood The have captured my head totally. These fungus babies are like sponge and absorb flavours totally. They play an integral part of my life.  I always have them in my fridge.  Companion in hunger and loneliness, during experiments. They work for me, all the time.... :-) So, I want to share one my my mushrooms experiments with my growing reader's.... I hope y'all like it ........ INGREDIENTS - 1.100gms mushrooms 2.2tbsp chings schewan chutney 3. 2tbsp chings schezwan sauce 4. 2tbsp tomato ketchup 5.salt 6.pepper 7. Handful of garlic 8.ginger(excatly half quantity of garlic) 9.olive oil 1tbsp HOW TO COOK MUSHROOMS - Heat the oil well, throw all the crushed ginger in it ,let it burn a bit after that, throw all the crushed galic gloves, cook for a while. add all the sauces into the pan, with some water, boil add salt ,pepper and the diced mushrooms. cook for  4...

This dish is a true life saver, and mid night snack as well. Whenever I go out, n don't get satisfying food I come home and cook this . Chicken is high in protein and is loaded with flavour as well. This one evening I went to my relatives house to have dinner. And I didn't like anything there so I came home,  threw some chicken pieces into a pan with some salt pepper and lime juice in it..... And wallah I was contented. This dish is really simple, but healthy, warm and satisfying at the same time, and close to my heart because this is the first ever recipe I learnt in my life, and I will cling it till my last breath......#profound And this is the only article in my whole blog, which comprises of 4 pics of just one recipe, cz I make it again and again and won't stop...! Try this recipe, n let me know readers how was it?! I cook it in three types- 1.chicken drum+salt+pepper+lime juice 2.chicken mix pieces+salt+pepper+lime cooked with it. 3.chicken breast cube...

We Indians do everything in our own way, we have a version of the scrambled egg of ours as well. whether you be a Maharashtrian, Gujarati, South Indian, Bengali, Punjabi, Bihari whatever, everybody in India knows what Egg Bhurji is. this version of ours is totally mouth-watering and inviting. Normally, Indians have Anda Bhurji with parathas, mango pickle and hot ginger tea (Adrak Vali Chai). this smells good and tastes really good. let's check it out- INGREDIENTS - two eggs one onion julienne slice one green chilly half tbsp dried red chilly powder one tbsp turmeric powder one small tomato chopped finely oil one handful of coriander finely chopped salt PROCEDURE TO MAKE EGG BHURJI - throw the julienne sliced onion in sizzling oil. let the onions caramelized a bit, not totally, throw green chopped fresh chilly in it. unlike all the Indians, I like a little crunch in the vegetables, eating soft vegetables is no fun.  add salt, turmeric, red chilly po...

I am after this since morning. Science proves that how the universe came into existence. As I know, the big bang theory! But scientists can't prove y! Why is the universe all perfect. The planets are at the perfect distance from each other. The molecular combination. The existence of organism. The evolution of Man from apes. And the existence of the earth for human beings to live in. Every action has a reaction,  what you do so shall you reap. Is it just pure coincidence,  or does God do all the things. Or is it plain science. I believe in God, as I am a Christian,  I am not an atheist, but I ponder on the subject,  is God really there, so where is the proof, because science can't proof why, the universe came into existence,  why are there galaxies,  why we human are at the apex, of the pyramid of living organisms. Why! My research is incomplete because I can't come to a definite conclusion,  because I haven't experienced the supernatur...

Chilly chicken an amalgamation of India and China........as everybody knows its an Indo-Chinese dish. The flavor, and a punch of heat with the diced capsicum and onion everybody loves it. Well, I prefer chilly mushrooms than chilly chicken, but this tastes really good........!! Every Indian enjoys this dish at restaurants or hawker store with some noodles..... INGREDIENTS- 250 gms boneless chicken breast (cut into 1-inch cubes) 1 egg white 1 tsp salt 4 tsp red chilly sauce 2 -3 tsp cornflour 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp tomato ketchup 1 tsp white vinegar 2 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp garlic paste 1 big onion sliced long 1/2 cup capsicum (cut into big cubes) 1 -2 green chilies Green coriander and green onion for garnish Oil for frying PROCEDURE- Marinate the chicken pieces in egg white, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp red chilly sauce and 2 -3 tsp cornflour. Mix well and keep for 10 - 15 minutes. In a bowl mix 2 tsp red chilly sauce, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, and w...

Today, i was going to order pizza from domino's, than i thought naaaaah... :p m gaining weight :D ....... So i experimented with something which is always in my fridge that is chicken and sauce. You reader might have realized, that unlike other india fella's :p i. Love saucy food ...... Don't know where that came from...... I might have been a foreigner in past life..... B-) XD lol....! Jokes apart, but i love anything ang everything with sauce in it, and i devour it like a dog :p........ (Jungali) Apparently i fried some chicken pieces i.e my ever favorite pepper chicken recipe and made a sauce with tomato ketchup/schezwan sauce , salt, pepper, garlic, coriander anf wallah....,. That tasted so good.... o.O unexpectedly......... When i was eating that beautilious perfection i felt like a true chef😎 Which i am not. But you can try this effortless dish and feel the same. Ciao ABHILASHA.FRANCIS

I live in Maharashtra, nagpur so I can't get authentic dosa's here....:/ boo hoo!! I had authentic dosa's in hyderabad, chennai but its been quite a while. The dosa served there is contrary to what its served here..... :|..... In south viz; andra pradesh, tamil nadu, kerala, Kannada.... The dosa's may vary from state to state, but the flavour what you get there , I never found that here, or in any other place except south. I love south Indian food and culture a lot,I feel a connection cz my mother is telugu...... :-* According to my perception, south indians are conservative, well cultured, educated and dedicated , humble people....... :) Oh I ward off from the main topic here, "dosa". My mother always keeps the batter ready in the fridge for me, as I am quite fussy..!(maybe that's why I am getting fat XD..) Jokes apart, I let the batter stay in the fridge for 4-5 days for fermentation till it gets a hint of sourness to it, I kn...

I saw the advertisement my name is Ranveer chingaaaa........ :D XD :P.............. and was quite fascinated by the ad , as I like Ranveer Singh's physique.......:P #blush ^_^ lmfao......... jokes apart........ I thought of giving a try to Ching's noodles , I am quite bored of eating Maggie :/.......... Ching's noodles are quite pricey if compared to maggie one's and the packing is of good quality and the noodles are wheat flour based......!! that's all I can say, cause the noodles tasted pathetic..... :@ I usually use Ching's products in a number of my recipe's coz they taste soo good, but these noodles and the singaporian one's........... #gross as hell!!! After taking a of slurp, I was stunned, that what the hell did I just put in my mouth . For a change you can have it but not always, its that bad....... and the noodles which you can see in the picture above, is not exactly the Ching's Machurian noodles coz I added tomato ketchup,sa...

Contemporarily , human beings think life's a game.......life constitute of many components; grief, bliss,love,hatred,birth,death is an essential part of it....!!! There is a huge difference in the thinking of people of modern generation and the people who belong to the old generation...!! I ponder on this subject , many a times, and I am writing this article , because I want you to contemplate; on this as well. Don't you think, in olden days, the resources were scarce, but they were contented in what they had, and they found happiness and pleasure in things around them, but on the contrary, we who belong to the present generation are never contented of what we have. We have many resources , we have the money, we have the medium, but still we feel that something is incomplete  . According to my knowledge, people now-a-days suffer from depression more, as compared to the old generation, have you thought why is it so...?! The thing is , in olden times, the people where true ,...

I don't eat mutton -_-...,... :D Still i am writing about it, weird?! .... But i do eat mutton samosa's XD .....bizzare me! I like these fried stuffed minced mutton triangles. They look scrumptious and tastes finger licking good. I don't exactly know the recipe of this dish cz my father got it made by a man, who is an expert in making non-veg samosa's. For vegetarians , there is prototype of samosa's, i.e; triangles made of refined flour stuffed with mashed potatoes, peas,chilly mixture. Contrary, to this, for us non-vegetarians (i might sound discriminating :p ) samosa's has a diversity, sometimes stuffed with potatoes, sometimes with minced chicken,beef or mutton. And that is delectable.  I know, i know..... -_- that they are high in calories , but remember that good things in life are either illegal, costly or fattening...... XD ...:p.....!! Do try these.... ABHILASHA.FRANCIS

Sometimes, I get totally bored by eating chicken thighs, breasts and fillets...... So I tried something ingenious with chicken, I got chicken mince instead of the pieces. Threw some ingredients to it and that tasted like chicken heaven. I had these cutlets with bun, like an Indian burger. Everybody in my house loves it, we have this normally on Sunday mornings.............as its a lethargic rest day for us, so the dish should be heavy and comforting as well. My mother guided me during this experiment, otherwise, I would have made a blunder...!! Because of the supervision, this dish came out perfectly........... with no cutlets left in the plate. Here's the recipe- MIXTURE- half kg chicken minced one onion green chilly 2 chopped coriander a handful chopped finely salt red chilly powder turmeric eggs 2 gram flour(if the mixture doesn't hold in) oil PROCEDURE- heat some oil in a big flat pan mix all the ingredients as mentioned above and make small pat...

Apparently , this is a desi red pasta dish my version, totally for the indian pallet. Sometimes, you feel like eating something different with an indian touch to it, so i came up with this recipe. You can use the leftover different pastas and boil them together, i got these assorted one's from the store, looks really good. For indans pasta is not a meal, and they don't really accept the term "AL DANTE" cz we indians like food thats totally cooked, we even prefer meat thats about to fall off from the bone. But trust me boil, till the pasta is "AL DANTE" tastes perfect. Al dante means  cooked so as to be still firm when bitten , and i think vegetables should also be cooked in this way , for the nice crunch you get when bite into it. try it...... INGREDIENTS- boiled assorted pasta 100gms olive oil one tbsp mushrooms a handful one onions julliene cut coriander fresh red chillies salt tomato ketchup pepper chesse(optional) HOW TO COOK ASSOR...

Wondering, what's the mystery in this simple looking bread dish. "The Eggs" in it. but you can't see it right...?! thats's the mystery, this dish plays with your senses, as visible it looks like bread slices with coriander in it, but according to the taste buds you can taste the eggs as well....... #ambiguous This is a humble snack dish, which my pa (Ashok.Francis) enjoys with a cup of hot hot ginger tea. I always make these 10 minutes prior, when he gets back home tired from office. and this dish definitely gives him energy....and makes him happy. #bliss INGREDIENTS - bread slices 2 one egg a pinch salt a pinch turmeric a pinch dried red chilly powder coriander chopped oil                                                                                     ...

Some days, I crave for food all the time , whatever it may be, whether vegetarian or non-vegetarian, I just want to eat ,eat and eat all the time....! As I feel cooking is therapeutic , eating does the same job...! According to me, food brings happiness to me. A feeling of totally contentment . When you are hungry you obviously eat...... when you are sad you eat, when you are anxious you eat, when you are bored you eat, when you are fed up of life you eat..... I think food is the ultimate destination for most of us!                                                                                                                            Food brings a smile to your face, ...

I eat chicken in every 2-3 days, so I love chicken actually you can say I am a chickenitarian (is that even a word ) ........:P I like simple recipes coz its easy to learn lol and cooks easily with no efforts. I am not a vegetable fan, alright alright I am quite fussy :P , so I eat chicken all the time.... hahahhhaa! I threw chicken in a pan with hot hot oil, added garlic,coriander, red chilly, salt pepper and before hogging into this yummy mummy I squeezed half a lime onto it......... on my god , while writing this post , my mouth is watering......... -_-..!!! I am obesesed about food and some food ghost has surely possessed me...!! XD and thank god for it, otherwise I would not have been a crazy food blogger ...rofl...!! do keep liking my page, your views have crossed 100,000.... and I am very thankful I happy ........ God bless!! ABHILASHA.FRANCIS

I am not sure if it's a Maharashtrian dish or not. I learned it from my maid. Sometimes, cooking makes me feel so good, I don't have to think about the things happening around me. Cooking takes me to another world, where I don't have to bother about anything. Sometimes, being careless is what you need, in life. Sometimes, being alone, helps you discover the real you. And cooking really helps you to go on this amazing journey of discovering oneself, what you really are, what you really need, and what you want from life. I seldom cook, it's the best way to run away from all the problems, calm myself and avoid people.... lol...! And that really works for me................ :D Cooking is therapeutic.....!! And that's the ultimate truth.....! This is a very simple recipe.......... You just need to soothe some chopped onions in oil throw some chopped tomatoes and coriander, sprinkle red chilly powder and turmeric powder and salt off course! and add hand torn...

Soya chops are soya bean paste moulded in shape of chops on ice- cream sticks. Soya bean has a quite similar texture like meat, and it absorbs the flavours of all the ingredients added to it well. Cooking these is not at all an ardious task. I cook these in two different ways, one in which i add cream and grill it and the other is which i am going to tell you about, which constitutes of just salt ,pepper and oregano. Soya chops are healthy and tastes good as well. Non veg for the vegetarians....:p...........................and a change for the meat eaters ...! INGREDIENTS - Soya chops tomato ketchup(optional) oregano salt pepper  olive oil                                    PROCEDURE - Heat one tbsp olive oil in a pan add soya chops(whole/diced) into the sizzling oil let the chops be in the pan for a while, till it gets a brown crust. sprinkle a pinch of salt ,pepper an...

Egg noodles are full on nutrition and calories as well. But these are filling, I always have them in my kitchen. It's way much healthier than Maggi. I have read about Maggi that, its wax coated for the perfect cube shape and its takes 3 days for the acid in the human stomach to digest....... horrible indeed...!! I ain't a hypocrite. If I have a craving for noodles,  i eat the egg ones...... rather than the waxed ones.... This is a simple recipe with some vegetables thrown in the pan with egg noodles.................and wallah , a filling dish ..!!! For this dish, you'll need - 1.boiled egg noodles 2.onion chopped 3.garlic 4.coriander 5.tomato ketchup 6.salt 7.pepper 8.sprouts(for garnishing) 9.chilly powder(optional-the indian touch) This is so quick, just caramalise the chopped onion and garlic into a pan, add ketchup salt and pepper to it. Cook. add coriander and egg noodles.........There you go, ready to eat..........             ...