Announcing Cooking Concepts # 7 – Dish For Loved Ones

As Valentine Day is around the corner I want to make it extra special by announcing this month’s concept as “Dish For Loved Ones”.

Cook your valentine’s favorite dish..(Exception you can also cook for dear ones).  I will be accommodating only fresh entries no archived entries. You can send both Veg and Non Veg entries from Sweets, Desserts, Meals, Tiffins, Snacks, Cakes, Cookies…. so on what ever you cook much loved for your dear ones ( ur mom, kids, dad, friends….).  

So why waiting friends, link as many entries as possible.

Here are some guidelines

• Make recipes which fit this month’s concept
• Please link back to this page.
• No archived entries, only fresh entries.
• Both Veg and Non Veg recipes are allowed, but No pork and beef.
• Use of logo is mandatory which helps to spread the word.
• Non bloggers or friends who have problem with linky tool can send me the recipes along with the picture to sravscc@gmail.com.

Hope to See you all participating !!!!!!!!

Chocolate Cookies

Two weeks back I bought Wilton Cookie Presser and I loved there pretty shapes so cute ones.. I prepared cookies of all shapes and they were lovely. I followed the same recipe which was provided on that kit.

This weekend I was planning to prepare something with chocolate and decided to bake these cookies with full of chocolate.

Chocolate Cookies were crispy, moist and chewy. These cookies were fabulous and delicious to eat.

Cauliflower Rice/Gobi Rice

Cauliflower Rice is a delicious, tasty and nutrition’s one pot meal which has a rich flavor.  This is a different kind of regular rice recipes. Cauliflower has lot of victims and good for health but I and my hubby neglect this veggie as we are not a big fan of cauliflower so to make it tasty I deep fried cauliflower pieces by mixing it with corn flour and rice flour.

This rice has a true flavor of cauliflower in each bite, little spicy due to pepper, masala and nice crunchiness with these cauliflower fritters. I added few drops of lemon juice which made this rice more delicious. I loved its taste and also the gorgeous texture of rice. 

Chole Puffs/ Channa Puffs

When I was working in Hyderabad, I used to have veggie puffs at a regular basis in my office cafeteria. I love puffs!!! Some days back I had Channa Puffs in Hot Breads, I did not like the taste. From then I want to prepare them myself at home, last weekend made these channa puffs and I & my hubby enjoyed them to the full. What a yummy snack  :)

Puffs are snack items and they can be filled with a variety of ingredients like vegetables, keema, eggs, potato or paneer. I used frozen puff pastry sheets. These Chole Puffs are simple and easy evening time snack.

Hyderabadi Shrimp Dum Ka Biryani/Prawns Dum Ka Biryani

Dum Biryani is a special dish prepared with meat/shrimp/fish/chicken marinated with spices and yogurt and is layered with this marinated at the bottom of the cooking pot and a layer of half cooked basmati rice places over it. And the vessel is sealed tightly to allow cooking in its own steam (i.e. dum). Once the biryani is done when you open the seal, a delicious fragrance comes all over.

Preparing this dum biryani is a laborious process, it requires attention time to time to avoid over cooking of rice, but the output pays off.