Friday, November 23, 2007

Chicken Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients:-

:: 1 can sweet corn (cream style)
:: 1 cup water
:: 3 cup chicken stock
:: 1/2 cup shredded chicken
:: 2 tbsp cornflour (mix in 1/2 cup water)
:: salt & pepper (to taste)

Method:-
1. In a microwave safe bowl add chicken stock and shredded chicken
and cicrowave at 100% for 5-6 min. Keep it aside.

2. In another microwave safe dish add sweet corn and 1 cup water.
Microwave (covered) at 100% power for 5-6 min.

3. Mix together microwaved chicken and sweet corn with stock. Add
salt, pepper to taste.

4. Mix cornflour with 1/2 cup cold water and add to the chicken and
corn and cicrowave (covered) at 80% for 5-6 min. Stir in between.
Stand for 2 min. Serve hot.

Creamy Mushroom Soup


Ingredients:-

:: 100 gm mushrooms (sliced)
:: 1 cup toned milk
:: 4 cups water/stock
:: 2 tbsp cornflour (in 1/2 cup of water)
:: 1 tbsp chopped onion
:: 1 tsp chopped garlic
:: 1 bay leaf
:: 4 pepper corns
:: 2 tbsp butter
:: 1 tsp chopped coriander
:: salt, pepper (to taste)

Method:-
1. In a microwave safe bowl add butter, chopped onion, garlic, bay
leaf, pepper corn, salt, pepper and microwave at 100% for 2-3 min.

2. Add water, cornflour to it and microwave at 100% for 7-8 min.
Stirring in between.

3. Strain it and add milk, sliced mushrooms, salt, pepper and
microwave covered for 3-4 min. at 100% power.

4. Dot with fresh cream before serving. Garnish with chopped
coriander.

Punjabi Dal Tadka


Ingredients:-

:: 1 cup split black gram dal (urad dal)
:: 1 large onion (chopped)
:: 1 small ginger (chopped)
:: 3-4 garlic flakes (chopped)
:: 2-3 green chillies (chopped)
:: 1 tsp ghee
:: 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
:: 1/2 tsp coriander pd (dhania pd)
:: 1/4 tsp garam masala pd
:: 1 tsp turmeric pd (haldi)
:: 1 tbsp lemon juice
:: 2 tbsp lemon juice
:: 2 cups water
:: salt, pepper, red chilli pd (to taste)

Method:-
1. Wash and soak dal for 10 min in water and then drain water.

2. In a microwave safe bowl (glass bowl) add ghee and all the spices
and microwave for 2 min. at 100% power.

3. Add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, chillies and microwave for 3-4
min. at 100% power.

4. Add soaked dal and 2 cups water to it. Microwave (covered) for 10-
12 min. at 100% power and then at 60% power for 8-10 min. Stir in
between.

5. Allow to stand for 5 min. with green coriander and lemon juice.
Serve hot with roti/parantha.

ENJOY!!!!!!!

Microwave Chocolate Cake


Ingredients:-
:: 1 cup flour
:: 3/4 cup sugar
:: 1/2 cup curd
:: 1/2 cup butter/malai
:: 1 tsp baking pd
:: 1/4tsp soda-bi-carbonate
:: 4-5 tbsp milk
:: 3 tbsp coco pd

Method:-
1. Grease a microwave safe round cake dish.

2. Sieve flour, coco powder, soda-bi-carbonate and baking powder in a
bowl.

3. Beat curd, butter and sugar, till fluffy and creamy. Mix sieved
flour mixture with the beaten sugar mixture. Add milk and mix it
gradually.

4. Pour cake batter in the greased microwave safe cake dish.
Microwave for 7-8 min. at 60% power. Then microwave at 100% for 1 min.

5. Cool for 10 min. Garnish with your favourite icing.

Tips:-
1. Do not cover while microwaving a cake.

2. Always fill the cake dish to 3/4 to allow space for cake to rise.

3. The microwaved cake may appear wet and undone when removed from
the microwave. Allow to stand for 5 min. It will turn dry on
standing.

Mexican Hot Chocolate


Calories: 135 per serving
Serves: 3 cups
Time: 10 min

Ingredients:-

:: 1/2 cup chocolate pieces
:: 1/2 cup water
:: 1 tbsp instant coffee
:: 1/2 tsp vanilla flavour
:: 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
:: 2/12 cups milk
:: sugar (optional)

Method:-

1. In a big microwave safe deep dish, add chocolate, coffee, 1/2 cup
water and microwae at 100% power for 4-5 min. Stir in between.

2. Add rest of the ingredients. Stir it throughly. Microwave at 80%
power for 6-7 min. Stir in between.

3. Add sugar as desired.

4. Serve hot.

Spicy Apple Nog


Ingredients:-
:: 2 eggs (separated white and yellow)
:: 1/4 cup sugar
:: a pinch of ground nutmeg
:: a pinch of ground cinnamon
:: 3/4 cup of apple juice
:: 3 cups toned milk
:: 1/2 cups beaten cream

Method:-

1. Separate egg whites and yellow.

2. Place egg yellows in a microwave safe bowl and beat it.

3. Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and apple juice to it and mix it. Also
stir in milk and microwave at 50% power for 5-6 min. Stir in between.

4. Beat egg whites separately. Add these beaten egg whites to the
microwaved milk egg mixtgure. Stir it with the beater.

5. Top each serving with whipped cream & ground nutmeg and cinnamon.

Japanese Punch


Calories: 40 per serving
Serves: 4 glasees
Time: 5 min

Ingredients:-

:: 2 cups water
:: 1 tsp tea leaves
:: 4 cloves
:: 1 cinnamon stick
:: 1'' ginger piece
:: 1 tsp green mint (chopped)
:: 4 cups lemonade (squash)

Method:-

1. In big microwave safe bowl add all ingredients (except lemonade)
and microwave for 5-6 min. at 100% power level.

2. When cool, strain the tea and add lemonade to it.

3. Serve chilled.