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This website is for all those who love to cook, and may even be into tinkering with a recipe to get it just right.
The general idea is this, we post a recipe , you take that recipe and make it. Tell us in the comments how it turned out for you, what you changed in the recipe, even drop in a photo of it! Its always great to compare the difference in how each oven, kitchen, person creates the same things, and its even better when somebody who had a lot of problems can see how somebody else changed it to work for them.
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All and any recipes will follow, not just the ones you see.
This website is for all those who love to cook, and may even be into tinkering with a recipe to get it just right.
The general idea is this, we post a recipe , you take that recipe and make it. Tell us in the comments how it turned out for you, what you changed in the recipe, even drop in a photo of it! Its always great to compare the difference in how each oven, kitchen, person creates the same things, and its even better when somebody who had a lot of problems can see how somebody else changed it to work for them.
If you have your own recipe website, by all means link in, you can never have to many recipes! If you want to be notified of the new recipe for this week, then sign up on the right hand column.
If you have any recipes you have created yourself and want others to try, by all means email them to me ( liz at velofille.com), ill credit you and post it and we'll all give it a go.
All and any recipes will follow, not just the ones you see.
Kettle Corn – Salty Sweet Popcorn
June 6, 2010 at 9:27 pm , by admin
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup oil (vegetable works)
- 1/4 cup White sugar
- 1/2 cup corn kernels
- 1/4t Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a good sized pot with a lid until hot.
- Stir in sugar and popcorn kernels
- Keep the pot moving back and forth as the kernels pop. It may even help to take it off the stove and give it a few good shakes to make sure the sugar is not burning.
- When the kernel popping slows to every 2-3 seconds take it off the heat
- Pour the popcorn into a bowl.
- Wait for popcorn to cool stirring occasionally.
- Once cold break up any lumps, and salt to taste
Variations
Brown sugar makes a more caramel type corn
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Loading ...Butter Chicken
April 23, 2010 at 7:22 pm , by admin
This one is from a friend of mine who has worked at several Indian restaurants
Step One
- 3 TSP Oil
- 2kgs Tomatoes
- 1 TSP Garlic
- 1 TSP Ginger
Instructions
- Place tomatoes, garlic, ginger, water into a pan
- simmer for an hour or until the skin falls off the tomatoes.
- Puree the mixture in a blender,
- strain into a bowl
Step Two
- 500gms Chicken
- 1 tsp Garham Masala
- 11⁄2 tsp Ginger
- 11⁄2 tsp Garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 TSP Kasori methi Red Colour
- 3 TSP Unsweetened Yogurt
Instructions
Tandori Chicken:
- Put everything but the chicken in a bowl,
- mix together until mixed together nicely,
- add chicken to the mix, making sure to cover the chicken well with the mixture.
- Once chicken is covered with the mixture, place in an over tray and bake in the oven until cooked
Step Three
- 1⁄2 TSP Garham Masala
- 50gms Butter
- 1 Pinch of Mace
- 11⁄2 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 11⁄2 tsp Coriander Power
- Chili Powder to taste
- 500mls Cream
Instructions
- Place everything but, butter and cream into a pot
- simmer and reduce till nice and thick
- add cream, butter and chicken and simmer until chicken is cooked.
- Serve
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Quick easy Pesto Pasta with or without chicken
March 21, 2010 at 7:58 pm , by admin
Ingredients
- Chicken Breasts (optional)
- 1500gm packet pasta
- 2T Finely chopped basil
- 1 Cup blueberries
- Any vegetables, eggplant, beans, etc you want
- 2 T crushed/chopped fine Garlic oil Sprinkle of cheese (parmesan works best)
Instructions
- Cook pasta
- Mix Equal amounts of basil and garlic with oil. I find food processor is great here!
- Put mixture with the pasta, feel free to add more/less depending on taste.
- Add any vegetables into it here if you have any. Sliced eggplant is great, as is carrot, zucchini, mushrooms etc
- Sprinkle cheese over the top
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes whilst you brown/cook the chicken.
- Brown/cook Chicken in a frying pan. You can slice it or leave it whole.
- Stir the Blueberries into the pasta
- Serve with chicken on the side, or mixed in if you sliced it (up to you!)
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(4.50 out of 5)