Strawberry Lassi

Ingredients:
5-6 Strawberry's
1 Cup Yogurt
2 Tbsp Butterscotch chips
1 Tbsp Sugar
1/2 Cup Ice cold water

Lets Prepare:

• In a mixer jar add the strawberry's, sugar and water blend well.
• Add the yogurt and butter scotch chips along with bit more water and blend well.
• Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes before serving mix well and serve chilled in a strawberry decorated tumbler...Enjoy...:)

My video demo in detail for the recipe do watch...Enjoy...:)

Cucumber Cold Soup Recipe

Updating this recipe with new video and photos on this blog :) 

Cucumber Lassi or Cucumber Cold Soup Recipe Video on Vidyascooking 😉

Ingredients:
1 Medium Cucumber
1 Small Carrot
5 Sprig Mint Leaves
Fist Full Coriander Leaves
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2 Tsp Pepper Powder
1 1/2 Cup Yogurt
1/3 Cup Water
Salt to taste.

 Lets Prepare:

• Peel the cucumber and cut into half with a help of a spoon remove the seeds and chop into chunks wash thoroughly drain and reserve.
• Peel the carrot cut into chunks wash drain and reserve.
• clean the mint and coriander leafs wash thoroughly pat dry set aside.
• In a blender add the cucumber, carrots, mint, coriander, cumin and  pepper grind to a fine puree.
• Add the yogurt to the ground puree add salt as per taste and blend once more if needed add water blend well. serve chilled...Enjoy....:)

Macaroni Kichadi Recipe

I totally came up with this recipe one day we had lot of boiled veggies and cooked leftover dhal combined all the ingredients to create a yummy macaroni kichadi. Out come was superb everyone enjoyed and appriciated my efforts.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Elbow Macaroni
1/2 Cup Pigeon Peas / Toovar Dal
1 Medium Onion (finely chopped)
1 Large Tomato (finely chopped)
2 Cups Mixed Vegetables (Cauliflower, Green peas, Green Beans, Carrots)
1 Tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste
3 Green Chillies
2 Sprig Curry leafs
Fist Full Coriander leafs
1 Tsp Chilly Powder
1 Tsp Coriander Powder
1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
3 Pods Cardamom
4 Cloves
1 Inch Cinnamon
1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (Shredded)
Asafoetida a pinch
3 Tsp Clarified Butter
Few Drops Lime Juice
1 Tbsp Oil
Salt to taste.

Lets Prepare:

1. Cook the macaroni al-dente drain and reserve in a bowl.
2. Steam or boil the mixed vegetables and reserve in a bowl.
3. Wash the dal add 1 1/2 cups of water and cook the dal in a pressure cooker till well done.
4. Heat a heavy bottom Wok or a Pan use nonstick if possible add oil and clarified butter add the cumin and spices  allow to splutter a bit  add the ginger garlic paste along with the curry leafs stir and fry a bit add the onion, tomato and chillies  add a pinch of asafoetida stir and fry till the onion and tomato sofens a bit add the chilly powder, coriander powder and the turmeric powder to the tomato stir and fry a bit add the dal stir well add the vegetables and salt stir well check and if needed add 1 cup water cover allow to boil.
5. Add the coriander to the boiling veges stir add the cooked macaroni stir check for salt add if needed sprinkle the shredded cheese on top cover for few minutes serve hot once the cheese melts....serve hot with raita...Enjoy...:)

Prawn Vadai / Iraal Vadai

Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Roasted Bengal Gram/Pottu kadalai
250 Grams Prawns(shelled and deveined)
1/2 Medium Onion( Finely Chopped)
Fist Full Coriander and Mint (Finely Chopped)
5 Green Chillies
1/2 Inch Ginger Piece
1 Tsp Fennel Seeds
1 Tsp Chilly Powder
1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1 Tsp Coriander Powder
1 Tsp Ginger & Garlic Paste
1/2 Cup Water
Oil for frying
Salt to Taste.

Lets Prepare:

• Heat  a heavy bottom small pan or wok add 1/2 cup water add the prawns, chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder, salt, ginger and garlic paste stir and cover cook the prawns for 10 minutes it should be half done and the water should evaporate completely. remove from flame set aside.
• In a coffee grinder/small mixer jar add the roasted gram dhal and grind to fine powder reserve.
• Using same mixer jar add the prawns and coarse grind and reserve in a bowl.
• Using the same mixer jar prepare the chilly masala add the 1/2 inch ginger, fennel seeds and green chillies coarse grind the masala you may add salt while grinding the masala.
• To the reserved prawns add the powdered dhal chopped mint and coriander, onion,chilly masala mix well without adding water cover and allow to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before preparing vadai.
• Heat oil in a wok.
• Take lime size dough flatten into round vadai  using the center of your palm slowly slide the flatten vadai into the hot oil fry till golden brown and drain the oil...serve hot for any south Indian meal or as a snack with mint chutney...Enjoy...:)

Mint Chutney: In a mixer grinder add fist full of mint and coriander, 1/2 onion, 1/2 tsp cumin, 2 green chillies ,2 cloves garlic along with some salt add little bit of water and grind to a smooth paste add few drops of lime before serving mint chutney.

I've done a detail demo video for the recipe do watch and Enjoy...:)

Chilly Chicken Recipe Restaurant Style

Recreated Nagarjuna style chilly chicken recipe. Nagarjuna is an iconic andhra style restaurant in Bangalore. The menu features this chilly chicken dish, locals visiting this place for biryani will always order chilli chicken and mutton biryani here. 

Aslo best side dish for fried rice and chapati...Thank you so much for visiting my blog try this recipe and share with friends and family. Please do not copy any content and pics from this blog if any material needed contact me vidyascooking@gmail.com 

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Ingredients:

500 Grams Chicken
I used boneless chicken thigh thats all I had stored in the freezer. please use with bones its tasty...:) 

1/2 Cup Green Chilly Sauce (you can add more)

4 Tbsp Soy Sauce

2 to 3 Eggs

1 Pinch Ajinomoto/MSG

200 Grams Chilies slit and de-seeded 

3 Tbsp Clarified Butter

2 Tbsp Oil

Salt as per taste.

Let's Prepare:

• In a bowl add the chicken tip in the soy and chilly sauce add the egg mix well and allow to marinate in room temp for 30 minutes if your in a hurry you can allow to marinate for 15 minute.
• Heat a wok on medium flame add  the butter add the slit green chillies to the hot butter and fry for a minute drain and reserve to the let over butter add oil tip in the  marinated chicken fry a bit cover and allow to cook on a low flame keep stirring once in 2 minutes.
• once its half way done check for salt and add salt and slit green chillies fry uncovered if you like to serve with little bit of sauce it will take 15 minutes of cooking time but i like it a bit dry for rice it takes 20 minutes for me add the msg/ajinomoto stir well and serve hot excellent side dish for south indian meals or best served with biryani we love it. try it your self....Enjoy...:)

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Corn Flakes Chicken / Party Chicken / KFC Party Chicken Recipe

Corn Flakes Chicken is referred as party chicken and is prepared during large functions and birthday parties. This dish is served as a starter in many restaurants. 

Ingredients:

500 Grams Chicken Breast (Cut into medium pieces)  

2 Cups Corn Flakes

1 Egg

1/2 Cup Yogurt

1 Tbsp Chilly Powder

1/2 Tsp Black Pepper Crushed

1/4 Tsp Chat Masala

1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1 Tbsp Tandoori Chicken Masala

1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste

2 Tbsp Corn Flour/Starch

Oil for frying

Salt as per taste.

Let's Prepare:

•  To the chicken add the yogurt, turmeric powder, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, tandoori masala and salt as per taste mix well cover and marinate.We need to marinate the chicken for 4 hours in the refrigerator.

• After 4 hours remove the chicken from fridge and get it to room temperature.
• Add the cornflakes to a plastic bag and crush it using a rolling pin. add the crushed corn flakes to a plate and set aside.
• Beat the egg with a pinch of salt and set aside.
• Now add the cornstarch to the chicken and mix well.
• Dip the chicken in egg and roll it out in the corn flakes.
• Heat oil in a wok and start frying the chicken till all sides turn golden brown serve  hot...Enjoy...:)

Nutri Roti (My Way)

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Aashirvaad Multigrain Atta or Regular Wheat Flour.
1/2 All Purpose Flour/Maida.
2 Medium Carrots (Grated) 
1/2 Bunch Spinach Finely Chopped
1 Tbsp Jeera/Cumin seeds
1 Tbsp Ginger (Grated)
4 - 5 Chillies Finely Chopped
1 Medium Onion Finely Chopped
1  Pinch Asafoetida
Oil 
Salt to taste.


Lets Prepare:

• In a hot wok add 2 tbsp oil add jeera allow to splutter well tip in the ginger fry a bit add the onion and chillies add the asafoetida fry till the onions turn transparent.

• Tip In the grated carrots add salt as per taste fry for a minute tip in the spinach fry all the ingredients till well done.

• Remove the mixture from flame and allow to cool before kneading the dough.

• Combine both the flour add to the carrot masala mixture check for salt sprinkle very little water and knead the dough. please note the masala already has moisture make sure you just sprinkle little water as you knead the dough.

• Allow the dough  to rest for 15 minutes.

• Make roundels out of the dough dip in flour and roll out.

• Heat a skillet/tava and start frying out the roti's add very little oil while frying out the roti serve hot with butter, ketchup or pickle...Enjoy...:)

We have never used multigrain atta before this is the first time i prepared multigrain atta roti the texture was a bit rough and dry not soft as expected and the taste is different compare to regular whole wheat roti. i prefer not to use multigrain atta for roti anymore i tried out couple of other recipes with the same flour it was a hit i will feature in my future episodes. you can try the same recipe using whole wheat flour its sure to be a hit normally i prepare the masala ahead of time and store it in the fridge and knead the dough just before preparing roti's.

I've done detail recipe video demo in English...Enjoy...:)

Chocolate Rum Balls

I  gave this recipe a new name Pure Indulgence...

Ingredients:

1 Heaping Cup Cubed Cooking Chocolate (I used 60% sweet chocolate for this recipe)

1/4 Cup Heavy Cream

3 Tsp Powdered Sugar

1 Tbsp Coco Powder

2 1/2 Tsp Butter

3 Tbsp Rum

1/4 Tsp Vanilla & Chocolate Flavor (optional)

Chocolate rice or sprinkles to roll the rum balls.

Lets Prepare: 

• Add all the ingredients in a bowl mix well.
• Heat  2 cups of water in a pot and allow the water to boil on low flame.
• Place the bowl on top of the boiling water make sure the steam from the boiling water is melting the chocolate and other ingredients together keep on stirring well till the ingredients combine this process will take 10 minutes.
• By placing the chocolate on double boiler your chocolate wont burn.
• Once the ingredients melt remove from flame and allow the mixture to set in room temperature cover and place the chocolate in fridge to set over night.
• Remove the chocolate from fridge try to use a mini scoop to form even size rum ball if not the scoop the chocolate with a regular spoon and roll out into bite size balls using your palm as shown in the video.
• Roll out with chocolate balls in chocolate rice or sprinkles serve chill...your special one will love it..Enjoy...:) 

This recipe was sent to me by a you tuber and good friend Malinda who stays in Vegas i tried the recipe out it was too good rum flavor was intense and nice my friend and dad enjoyed the chocolate thanks for the recipe Malinda. how ever i did my own chances to the recipe Malinda asked me to form the chocolate balls and dip in melted chocolate i tried out one it was too sweet you can do it that way if you want i rolled out the chocolate in chocolate rice it was so nice and decorative this recipe is a good birthday gift option for some one special who loves rum. I've planned to prepare  these again and gift to a friend....:)

P.S My timing to prepare this recipe was super it was super...humid and the spot lights used for filming started to melt the chocolate i had to place it back in the fridge for some time till i made a new batch....and best part i forgot to add butter for some reason i had to refer the recipe again and guess what i left out the butter i had to rush asap and add the butter to the melting chocolate if you add cold butter to the meted chocolate your melted chocolate will curdle make sure to add butter to chocolate while melting...

recipe video demo in english done by me watch and enjoy...:)

Tropical Iceberg Coffee (cafe coffee day inspired)

I'm a huge cafe coffee day fan, and always order for tropical ice berg with extra chocolate and cream. It seemed easy to re-create at home so i did experiment and it turned out really good.

Ingredients: 
1/2 Cup Filter Coffee ( Homemade )
1 1/2 Cup Milk
3 Tsp Powdered Sugar
1 Scoop Vanilla Ice cream
1 Tbsp Chocolate Syrup

Lets Prepare:

• In a bowl add coffee, 1 cup milk, sugar, chocolate syrup, ice cream and mix well. cover the bowl and place it in the freezer for 3 to 4 hours all the ingredients must be frozen.

• Remove the bowl from fridge and break the ice coffee into chunks using knife.
• Add the coffee to the blender and blend well.
• If you find the coffee really thick add 1/2 cup of milk and blend again. serve in tall tumbler...Enjoy...:)

Paneer Mattar Kadai

Ingredients:

200 Grams Packet Paneer/ Cottage Cheese ( cut into small cubes)

1 Cup Peas (precooked in salt)

1/2 Cup Tomato Puree 

1 Tbsp Chilly Powder

1 Tbsp Coriander Powder

1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1 Tbsp Ginger&Garlic Paste

1/2 Tsp Garam Masala

1 Pinch Asafoetida

10 Cashew nuts (soaked in warm water ground to paste) 

1/4 Cup Fresh Cream

1 Tsp Kasuri Methi 

2 Tbsp Butter

1 Tbsp Oil

Lime few drops

Salt to taste.

First Step:

• Soak the cashew nuts in warm water for 1/2 hour and grind to a smooth paste with out adding water i however added cream while grinding. set aside.

Second Step:

• Heat a wok / kadai add butter start frying the paneer cubes in the butter till the cubes turn a bit golden brown all sides drain and reserve in a plate.

Third step:

• In the same kadai add the oil to the reserved butter tip in the ginger and garlic paste and fry a bit tip in the tomato puree and fry tip in the masala chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and the garam masala and fry a bit till the oil separates to the sides add the dry kasurimethi and fry tip in the peas add water and salt stir cover and bring to a boil tip in the fried paneer and stir add the cashew paste bring to a boil add few drops of lime juice and garnish with fresh coriander leafs...serve hot with roti...Enjoy...:)

I  saw the recipe printed on frozen peas packet (safal) and tried it was too good i prepared this recipe last year was not sure weather to post the recipe on blog  since everyone would have seen the recipe and tried the recipe we liked it and I would try this recipe again probably for my dads birthday...it was rich and tasty..:)

I've done detail video demo for this recipe in English do watch and Enjoy...:)

Chocolate Mousse

 

Ingredients:

3 Eggs

2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream (Chilled)

150 Grams Milk Chocolate 

3 Tbsp Butter

3 Tsp Powdered Sugar

1/4 Tsp Vanilla essence
1/4 Tsp Chocolate milk flavor

1 Step:

• Separate the egg yolks and white in different bowls.
• Using a electric beater whip the egg yolks first add vanilla essence, chocolate essence and sugar beat well and set aside.
• Whip the egg white till stiff peaks and set aside.
• Whip the heavy cream till soft peaks are formed set aside.

2 Step:

• On a double boiler add the chocolate and allow to melt in 10 minutes chocolate will melt add the butter mix well allow the butter to melt mix well.
• Remove the chocolate from flame and allow to cool for few minutes.

3 Step:

•  Add the egg yolks mixture to the chocolate mix and combine with gentle hands.
• Add half the chocolate mixture to the whipped cream and fold the chocolate in the cream add the rest of the chocolate and fold well in the cream.
• Add one part of the whipped egg white to the chocolate cream mixture and gently fold the mixture add all the whipped egg white and very gently fold all the ingredients till well combined.
• Transfer the mixture into serving bowl top with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate sauce chill for 4 to 5 hours before serving...serve chilled and impress your loved ones...Enjoy...:)

You can use dark chocolate for the recipe. today i was totally not in mood did not want to go out just to buy dark chocolate for the recipe i had milk chocolate which was just chilling in my fridge for days had to use it up other than me mom and dad nobody visited us today we had to enjoy the mousse all by ourself. i was really picky about things today not to sure why but after all the work and chatting with friends i just relaxed with my parents and enjoyed the mousse watching HBO all things special come in small packages very true...:)

 

I've done detail recipe demo video in english do watch enjoy...:)

Pattani Sadam (Peas Bhath)

Ingredients:

3 Cups Basmati Rice

1 1/2  Large Onion ( Cut into chunks)

1 Large Tomato

Fist Full Mint Leafs

Fist Full Coriander Leafs

1 Inch Ginger

10-13 Garlic Pods 

8 Green Chillies

1/2 Tsp Fennel Seeds

1 Sprig Curry Leafs

1 Cup Green Peas

1 Tsp Red Chilly Powder

1 Tsp Coriander Powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1 Bayleaf

3 Cloves 

1 Inch Cinnamon

1 StarAnies 

2 Cardamom

1 Sachet Coconut Milk

5 1/2 Cups Water

3 Tbsp Clarified Butter 

2 Tbsp Oil

Salt to taste. 

First Step:

• Heat a wok add 2 Tsp oil tip in the fennel seeds, onion (reserve 1/2 onion to fry later) tip in tomato, chillies, ginger , garlic, mint and coriander fry everything for 10 minutes on medium flame add to a blender and grind to a paste add 1/2 cup water to grind if needed.

Second Step:

• Wash the rice and soak in water for 10 minutes.
• Boil 3 cups water add the coconut milk powder mix well and reserve.

Lets Prepare:

• Heat a pressure cooker add clarified butter and rest on the oil tip in the whole spices cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bayleaf and star anies fry a bit tip in the curry leafs and the onion fry for 2 minutes add the prepared masala paste fry for 2 minutes tip in the green peas add 2 1/2 cups of water boil for 2 more minutes drain and add the rice add the prepared coconut milk add salt as per taste cover once the presure starts to build place a whistle and cook for 4 minutes. once the rice is done add lime juice mix well and serve hot with boiled eggs and salad...Enjoy...:)

I prepared this rice for my aunty and nephew who were visiting us after a long time they really like it...but i was not satisfied the rice quality was not upto the mark it was a bit lumpy...we can fry and add few cashew-nuts i did not have any at home...the masala paste can be used for frying potatoes or mutton/chicken it will taste nice... you can serve this rice with french fries or mutton fry nice brunch recipe very easy to prepare...try it your self and let me know...:)

Demo Video In English