2 minute cheese dip - restaurant style!

So, I am a fan of quick recipes. Anything that takes time and effort is not my forte. So there is this party going on in our house and we ran out of appetizers. I had to make a quick dip for nachos, I found this brilliant recipe on the net and here it goes.

Ingredients

Butter - 4 table spoon
All purpose flour - 4 table spoon
1 cup of whole milk
A block of mozzarella cheese

Method

In a flat bottom pan, melt the butter and add the same amount of flour and mix it well. The flour will show some foams and at that time add milk. Once the flour gets fully absorbed in the milk, grate the cheese block over this. Keep stirring till the whole mixture thickens to the desired consistency. Enjoy with a veggie platter OR chips.

Crispy and easy waffle recipe!

To make waffles the way the actual American grand mothers make, I had to pick up the recipe NOT from famous food blogs, but from personal blogs created by foodie lovers who actually live there and make it every weekend. Authentic recipes are passed along generations and no five star hotel can match this taste.

Recipes are as much about procedure as much about the ingredients and the portions.I picked up this recipe from a very good blog in Pinterest and tried it, sharing the same here.

Ingredients

All purpose flour - 2 cups

Milk - 1 and 3/4 cup

Eggs - 2

Baking Powder - 1 tablespoon

Sugar - 2 tablespoons

Butter - 2 tablespoons

Salt - A pinch

Procedure

Beat the 2 eggs separately until really fluffy and light.

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg, whisking continuously, followed by the milk and finally, the butter. Mix till all ingredients come together forming a thick batter. Let this rest for 5 minutes.  At the same time, heat the waffle iron coating with a spray of butter or cooking oil. Let the iron heat up for 5 minutes.

Pour the waffle batter onto the iron, spreading it evenly. Follow the instructions as per the manufacturer. The waffle should look crispy golden brown and it is ready to eat.

I found this to be as good as the one with yeast as well. But this one turned out to be just perfect.

Hawaiian style piña colada smoothie!

hey peeps! I am back with a recipe post today after a long time. I just hit upon this really kick-ass Piña colada smoothie! I love pineapples in all forms and it is one of favourite tropical fruits. And this smoothie simply kick started my Sunday on a good high on pineapples.

For this recipe, you can just use pineapples with coconut milk OR add a dash of banana to this mixture if you would prefer. I added bananas and it kind of evened out the strong tangy taste of pineapple, but you could totally do this without the bananas as well.

For this recipe, I made fresh coconut milk and used it with chilling or storing because I feel that refrigerating spoils the taste.

Now here goes the recipe:

IngredientS

- 2 cups of pineapple chunks
- 1 cup of coconut milk
- 1/2 to 1 cup of diced banana
- 2 table spoons of honey OR sugar as needed

Blend all the ingredients together along with ice and serve chilled.

Mud Cake in A Mug!

Well it has been a long time since I posted a recipe. In some random search for easy recipes I hit up on this yummy Mud cake recipe that could be made in a mug.

Recipe:
Approx. Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons of All purpose flour
2 tablespoons of cocoa-powder
6 tablespoons of granulated Sugar
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/2 tea spoon of salt
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon of vinegar
4 tablespoons of water


Pick a microwave safe mug and grease the sides with enough oil. Put the first 5 ingredients into the mug and mix really well. Make 2 depressions and pour in the vinegar and oil into each of these depressions. Mix thoroughly. Cover the top with water.

Pre-heat Microwave oven and bake for about 15 minutes. Once the corners start to give away from the sides of the cup, remove it and invert the cup upside down onto a plate. The center of the cake remains molten and wet. Delicious and quick mud cake is now ready.