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I got to taste these chickenfries at Burger king and felt it can be recreated at home so I did get large batch of chicken and tried it ultimately. Everyone at home liked the fries its economical and hygienic to prepare such snacks at home the entire family gets to enjoy such snacks.
If I have to change anything in this recipe I would suggest adding basil and thyme instead of garam masala and will season the bread crumbs with garlic powder.
2 Cup Bread Crumbs = 1 Cup Panko and 1 Cup Regular Bread Crumbs
Salt as per taste
Oil for frying
Method: Start cutting the chicken breast into finger length strips. Once the chicken is cut wash thoroughly allow the excess moisture to drain using a colander and reserve in a mixing bowl. Start marinating the chicken add lime juice, garam masala, chilly powder, pepper powder and salt massage the chicken in this masala cover and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Spread the breadcrumbs to a plate add 1/2 tbsp chilly powder and salt mix well and reserve. Add the beaten egg to the marinated chicken and mix well taste test the marination if salt is needed add salt mix once more and start crumb coating the chicken add one strip of chicken at a time on the bread crumbs and roll the strips till all sides are coated with crumbs shake off excess crumbs and reserve on a plate (we can also crumb the chicken and store it in a airtight container refrigerated until use).
Heat oil in a wok on medium flame gently drop the chicken strips one at a time and start frying until golden brown in colore the chicken will cook under 5 minutes once the coating turn light brown in color the fries are done gently shake out the excess oil and reserve the chicken on chicken towel serve hot with a mayo dip or ranch...Enjoy...:)
Lemongrass is a natural wonder drug during summer. This lemongrass tea helps relieve severe heart burns, indigestion and headaches during summer. Lemongrass is available at all super markets now a days its also available in dried format which is easy to store. My parents found instant relief from heart burns and breathlessness.
Method: Chop the lemongrass into 3 inch pieces wash thoroughly and reserve. Bring 6 cup water to a boil on medium flame add the lemongrass and sugar allow the lemongrass to infuse in the water for 10 minutes.
Add tea bags to the lemongrass infused water and steep the tea in 5 minutes the tea would've reduced remove from flame cover and allow to cool in room temperature.
Once the tea has cooled strain and add the lime juice stir chill the tea before serving add some ice cubes and serve chilled...Enjoy...:)
Tips: People who do not prefer adding refined white sugar to the tea they may substitute with palm sugar or honey. We can also add ginger to while steeping the tea ginger helps build appetite.
I have no complains when healthy snacks are delivered right to my doorstep. Snalthy is an all Indian Brand on a mission to provide its consumers with high fiber and rich in protein snacks. I very rarely come across a product which says no chemical, no refined ingredients and no oil. Since snalthy snacks are all natural product one can snack between meals with out guilt since snalthy already portions your serving and helps you consume the required amount.
Snalthy.com has a wide range of healthy snacking options listed on their site. Chips, bars, sticks and cookies are all made with millets, raw sugar, whole wheat, rice, sea salt and butter. They do not use any flavors to enhance the taste of the snack its all natural ingredients like nuts, tomatoes, fenugreek and oranges.
Since Snalthy is a all natural heart friendly product which contains millets and rice its a safe option for people who are suffering from gluten allergy however many people who are allergic to nuts or seeds please read the ingredients listed on the products carefully and proceed with your order. They ship through out India on the same day.
All of us are used to eating snacks in large portions between 150 to 250 grams and we have no clue what goes into the making of such puffy crispy stuff. normally when we consume huge amounts of fried stuff at home my parents and I end up suffering with heart burns.
These burns are so bad it simply continues the entire night and we are so full with snacking which causes us to skip our lunch or dinner this happens in many homes across India and abroad. Hard reality in todays lifestyle changes snacking has becomes a meal for many adults and kids which is causing obesity...we need to control the urge for such snacking and lifestyle changes and start to rethink before ever snack we consume.
I appreciate the efforts Snalthy conveniently portions the snacks between 25 to 38 grams per serving this is perfect portion to solve your cravings for the hour. We were totally impressed with the packaging none of these snacks were damaged during the shipment. These bubble packs are convenient to carry in your lunch bag or handbag and store upto 45 days after packaging.
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Over all we loved the product and will make more purchases. After consuming the snacks we were not overly full and did not get any heart burns.
Since all products now a days are kid centered products there are less options for adults and senior citizens snalthy is focused to provide #snacksmadehealthy for all ages.
Here is what I got to taste
Mixed Seed Rusk: A bread slice with inter fusion of pumpkin,flax and watermelon seeds that are baked until dry, crisp and golden brown to give a break time rusky feast. Watermelon seeds supports normal heart function.
Cocoa Almond Cookies:Fusion of cocoa with watermelon seed makes a rich and real taste of cookies. Cocoa used in cookies are good in reducing risk of heart disease.
SALTED BAKED POTATO CHIPS: Mashed potatoes piped, deeply baked and seasoned with sea salt that you cant stop eating it.
CRISPY MEXICAN CHIPS: A special mix of powdered tomato with potato chips are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or appetizer. Potato is rich source of potassium.
SPINACH CRACKERS: Spinach is rich in iron and minerals these spinach crackers are made with ragi. Yummy snack on hectic days when you feel peckish.
SALTED APPLE STICKS: Perfectly ripen apples are blended and made into sticks which gives a sweet taste.Apples are good source of antioxidants, and rich source of vitamin C.
CRISPY METHI CRACKERS: Frenugreek is a natural source of protein and fiber the seeds and leaves are used in Indian cooking. now in snacking with spell-binding flavor of most sensational snack .
GARLIC STICKS: These garlic flavored sticks are prefect to dip with hummus or served with tomato soup. Garlic helps to reduce excess fat content in our body and also helps in digestion.
ALMOND COOKIES: These Almond cookies are made with whole wheat and crushed almonds. Almonds are rich in antioxidants and helps in stress reduction.
ORANGE BANANA STICKS: Freshly Reaped Bananas are made into paste to form a fruitful stick.
SESAME RAISINS BAR: This Trio combo of dates,raisins and shower of sesame will make you to bite and enjoy every bit of the Bar. Dates are rich in minerals prevents anemia.
CARAMEL TOFFEE: Start craving a small bite and melt in every chew with caramel toffee in sweet way. Palm sugar used is low in GI.
Luxury Swiss Ice cream Mövenpick- Bengaluru hosted us for new summer menu tasting session.The world famous super-premium exquisite brand is know for their swiss style range of ice creams, sorbets, waffles and shakes, and additionally for their all-natural process, including the flavors and colors.
Mövenpick ice cream owes its inspiration to a revolutionary vision of culinary excellence that swept through Swiss restaurants in the 1960s. The man behind Mövenpick ice cream was Ueli Prager, the son of a Swiss hotelier, whose life-long obsession with fine food.
Founded in 1961, the Mövenpick brand which has delighted Swiss consumers for more than 40 years and offered pleasure to ice cream lovers around the world is now in Bangalore!
All Mövenpick products are processed in a natural manner and made without artificial additives, flavorings or artificial colors. The reward is a subtlety that no ordinary ingredients can match. Right from the dedication of the skill and creativity in developing the ice cream flavours, to the precise care and attention to detail applied in the ice cream production and the ultimate placement of the perfect ice cream scoop on the plate, all are exemplified and driven by Swiss perfection. To maintain this high standard of quality, all Mövenpick products are made only from their factories in Switzerland.
It takes special care to bring forth the subtle delicacy in a Mövenpick recipe – more time in the making and extra attention to detail. Mövenpick ice creams are a tribute to the loving carefulness for which the Swiss are famous. Each flavour at Mövenpick is a masterpiece of culinary inspiration, a work of gastronomic art, sure to delight any discerning gourmet and the most demanding chefs.
Mövenpick Ice cream offers a true tantalizing experience to all its ice cream lovers all over the world. It truly believes in delighting its customers with mouth-watering
The Mövenpick Ice Cream Boutique at Lavelle Heights in Bangalore, is an addition to the established retail presence of the brand in Chennai and New Delhi. Owned by franchisee AG Speciality Retail LLP, the ice cream boutique at Lavelle Road features a range of 18 ice cream & sorbet flavours, ice cream dessert creations, gourmet coffee & tea, sundaes, shakes, fat free refreshments and much more, all served in its super premium dessert boutique. More info Visit: www.moevenpick-icecream.com
Here is what we tasted from the new menu
Chocolate fondant with raspberry sorbet: This was one unusual combo. I've tasted fondant cake many times before with vanilla icecream but never with sorbet the fruity flavor and sharp taste from the sorbet was surprisingly a perfect match with the fondant thumbs up from me for the mix and match of flavors.
Walnut brownie with Hazelnut icecream: The brownie was filled with walnuts it was crunchy and fudgee served with a perfect scoop of icecream made my day.
Light and fluffy pancakes drizzled with golden maple syrup and served with two scoops of caramel ice cream.
Crispy Almond Macaroons centered with scoops of mint, swiss chocolate and caramel icecream...
Fluffy Pancakes drizzled with chocolate syrup and served with two scoops of hazelnut and swiss chocolate ice creams.
Crispy waffles drizzled with chocolate syrup and served with two scoops of vanilla and swiss chocolate icecream.
Cripsy waffles drizzled with butter scotch syrup and served with vanilla and coconut icecream.
Cold Coffee shot...:)
Cold frothy Cappuccino
The pancakes and waffles are a complete meal on its own wonderful to treat a person or your self for breakfast or a late lunch.
Over all I loved the fondant cake and the brownie combo...thoroughly enjoyed the tasting session worth a visit.This is pure indulgencetotally recommend the combos and icecreams .
Melon Gazpacho is a healthy summer soup we can prepare these soups using water melon or musk melon. Serve chilled makes a refreshing starter. we can also add feta cheese, mint or basil to alter the taste as per preference.
1 Cup Peeled, Deseeded and Cubed Honey Dew or Musk Melon
1/4 +1/4 Tsp Pepper Powder
4 Pods Garlic
1 + 1 Onion Peeled and Chopped
2 Tomatoes Cubed
Juice of 1 Lime or 2 Tbsp Lime Juice
Salt as per taste
Mint and Basil optional
Chopped Bell Peppers and tomatoes for garnish...
Method: To prepare musk melon soup add 1 onion, chopped melon, 2 pods garlic, 1 tbsp lime juice, 1/4 tsp pepper powder, and salt to a mixer jar and grind to a smooth puree. Transfer to soup to a bowl cover and place in the refrigerator for half hour before serving. To prepare water melon soup add 1 onion, 2 tomatoes, 2 pods garlic, 1/4 tsp pepper powder, 1 tbsp lime juice and water melon to a mixer jar grind to form a smooth smoothie transfer to a bowl place a cover and chill the soup for half hour in the refrigerator...serve chilled garnish the soups with chopped capsicum...Enjoy
To all you party animals out there, Did you drink just a Little to much last night...left with a hangover and cannot reach office in time??? Don't get stressed. You can party hard and still feel fresh the next morning. Here is all natural product called Morning fresh your hangover remedy that helps to eliminate the alcohol content in your blood which helps you to start morning fresh.
Mitali Tandon Co-Founder and Head Marketing of Morning fresh.
Mitali's passion and love for innovation has been instrumental in ensuring that Morning Fresh becomes a name to reckon with in Bangalore. This 25 year old is driven, always on the go and is ready to explore new avenues. Mitali, the young entrepreneur has always had an eye for detail. She has been able to understand the lifestyle of her target audience and thus come up with Morning Fresh.
Mitali, along with a skilled team of experts has been constantly
exploring ways to satisfy her customers with the product. This is a unique formulation which has active ingredients derived from Silk protein that naturally breaks down the alcohol content in the human body.
Mitali Tandon along with a skilled team of experts has been constantly exploring ways to satisfy her customers with the product. This is a unique formulation which has active ingredients derived from Silk protein that naturally breaks down the alcohol content in the human body.
Born and brought up in Bangalore, Mitali finished her schooling from the city, post which she moved to the University of Kent, UK to study Criminology and Social Policy for 3 years. Coming back she worked with a non-government organization and helped them fundraise for two years. She also spent a year with the PWC in the Forensics Department before she decided to come up with the enterprise.
Mitali aims at making Morning Fresh an integral part of people’s life . She is also looking to partner with major players in the industry like restaurants, retail outlets and thus become the best in the business. Built with heart and soul, Morning Fresh is Mitali's baby, which aims to give the party goer a unique experience with a product that is natural, safe & healthy. She also believes that while passion is the driving force behind achieving one’s dreams, it is imperative
that we focus on the sustainability and feasibility of an idea as well.
Then rope in the drive, the physical presence and you have, what you call, a completely explosive scenario that is poised for success. With this venture, Mitali strives to be the best in the industry and keep setting new benchmarks with each experience. Friendly, humorous, immaculately dressed and articulate, she makes you feel at ease. Her optimism and go-getter attitude is contagious. A self-confessed travel freak, swimmer, foodie, adventure junkie she constantly innovates in her professional and personal life to gain more out of life.
After a cycle of scientific backing, approvals, certification from FSSAI and trials Morning Fresh was ready to hit the market and thus bring about a refreshing change. Headquartered in Bangalore, Morning Fresh currently wants to find and establish its footing in Bangalore with an experience and product like never before. Post that the enterprise is looking at expanding Pan India.
Morning Fresh is a unique formulation created by Sericare; A Division of Healthline Pvt Ltd; an established company that are pioneers in the field of sericulture and have successfully used silk as a bio material in several applications.
Sericare has been working with silk proteins for over six years and they are now particularly excited by its non-textile applications in the form of Morning Fresh. Silk is one of the most eco-friendly materials that can be used for both internal and external consumption. It has been proven many times over that this material is naturally biocompatible, non-allergenic, non-toxic and has potential implications in therapeutic and nutritional fields.
It was important to find an application that was natural, safe and aided in detoxification, so a formulation was derived using that specific fraction of silk protein, along with other natural antioxidants like mulberry leaf extract and vitamins to help safely and rapidly detoxify the effects of alcohol and reduce hangover effects.
Just drink a 60 ML shot of morning fresh after party just before going to bed. Morning Fresh contains key amino acids from silk protein that help reactivate ADH. Reactivation of ADH means faster elimination of alcohol from the blood stream.
Increase in metabolism of alcohol also means the generation of free radicals. These free radicals effectively gets scavenged by antioxidant amino acids, and natural antioxidants present in Morning Fresh resulting in detoxification of the system. This antioxidant action along with liver damage repairing amino acids present in Morning Fresh also helps in rejuvenation of liver.
The net result is a minimization of the ‘hangover effect’ caused by toxic metabolites and free radicals. Morning Fresh aims at becoming a healthy and natural option for your lifestyle. "The most important component; contains certain peptide fragments of silk protein, which naturally breaks down the alcohol content thus helps overcoming hangovers. Morning Fresh currently competes with the home remedies to do away with hangovers."
Morning Fresh should be the last drink of the night and the next morning would be fresh and spirited. Available in three flavors; Cola, Strawberry and Mint, this drink is here to revolutionize the party scene. Morning Fresh is priced at Rupees 100/- per bottle available on Amazon.
I love coconut based desserts some how its so soothing and satisfying. I wanted to prepare this coconut pudding with the tender coconut jelly this was my own idea I wanted to give this recipe my twist last week I prepared a test batch my family and neighbors tasted the pudding and loved it...finally found some time this week and prepared it again for my viewers. People who love coconut based desserts will love this dessert for sure...:)
Method: In a mixerjar add coconut and coconut water grind to form a smooth paste. Transfer the coconut pulp to microwave safe dish along with condensed milk and coconut milk stir or whisk to combine all the ingredients. Place the mixture in microwave and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from microwave stir and allow to cool in room temperature place a cover and refrigerate the pudding over night. Using the coconut water I prepared jelly please click here for the recipe. Once the jelly was set I cut it into equal bite size cubes and chilled. Once the pudding is set add the jelly to the pudding mix and serve chilled if needed we can add toasted and chopped cashews, almonds and pistachios. If you find the pudding is to thick we can thin it down with a splash of milk serve chilled...Enjoy...:)
