Foodie's Paradise

We all do crave for something delicious because we have earned it, right? Everyone has been busy with their jobs/ internships or schools/ colleges, so let’s give ourselves and our loved ones a super cheesy treat to relieve their stress and put a smile on their faces. But first here is the reason why I made it.😁

On a fine Saturday afternoon, I was watching mukbangs 🤤 as usual while eating my lunch. Suddenly I started craving something cheesy and fancy. Mom suggested me Pizza and Bruschetta but I wanted something different and then I thought why not make Fettuccine Alfredo but since I could not find them anywhere, so I ended up using Instant Hakka Noodles 🍝😜 and thus this dish.

Ingredients Required ( for a serving)

• Spaghetti Pasta/ Instant Hakka Noodles
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 3 cloves of Garlic (chopped)
• 1 tbsp of All Purpose flour/ Wheat Flour
• 1.5 cups of Milk
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Broccoli
• Baby corn
• Olives(Optional)
• 1 cube of Processed Cheese
• a pinch of Black Pepper Powder
• Salt as per required
• Oregano and Paprika(Optional)

Procedure

• Put the butter into a pan and add the chopped garlic and wait until it turns golden-brown. Side by side start boiling the water for your noodles/spaghetti as well as broccoli and baby-corn.
• Add flour to the butter and continuously stir it until it roasts and then add the milk. Make sure to stir it well to avoid the lumps. In case lumps are formed, just strain the mixture and start heating it again. Then add the grated cheese and let it come to a boil.
• Pour in the noodles/spaghetti and add 2 tbsp oil and salt as per required. Boil it until they are soft but still requires to be chewed, i.e. Al Dente. Let it cool in cold water for 5-10 minutes. Also, put your veggies in the other vessel for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Once, the white sauce has come to a boil, add veggies, salt and black pepper and stir it until it becomes thick enough for the pasta to absorb the sauce.
• Now add the pasta into the sauce and stir it for a minute or so. VOILA! The Creamy Spaghetti Pasta is ready.

You can plate your pasta by grating cheese 🧀 and sprinkling oregano and paprika. Serve it with Garlic Bread or plain Butter toast🍞🧈

“Eat what you like! “. This is my motto and you can make it yours as well if you live to eat just like me😎. So try this recipe and do let me know if you relished each and every bite of it.

Chocolate is not just any flavor to me, it is the flavor I think of when I want to have western desserts. It is so maybe because I am a picky eater or could be because we( born in early 2000’s) had been exposed to mainly two flavors, i.e. vanilla and chocolate for cakes, ice-creams, etc. I tried developing my palette for fruit-based desserts as well as other flavors like peanut-butter, red-velvet, etc. But the result remained the same and here I am to share with you, my Chocolate Mania story🤤

So, like most Indian kids my introduction to chocolate was through ‘chocolates’, ice-cream and cakes. But as I grew, there were so many things using chocolate: waffles, brownies, pancakes, hot chocolate, shakes, cheesecakes, fudge, macaroons and so much more, being no end to this list. I , first started baking in my 10th standard where my friend and I baked Oreo based Choco-lava cake. Then we tried cookies 🍪 and oh boy, that was a disaster as it was nothing but a rock full of butter.

But, then I slowly again started baking cookies and brownies. In lockdown, my cravings for chocolate could not be satisfied, since restaurants were shut. So I began making chocolate ice-cream, hot chocolate, Choco-lava cake, brownies, Nutella cookies, Churros with Nutella and I also devoured pancakes and chocolate cakes 🎂 that my Bhabhi used to make. So this International Chocolate Day, I would like to share my most favourite hot beverage recipe, ‘HOT CHOCOLATE’.

Hot Chocolate is that drink for me that warms my heart and soul. It was my New Year Celebration Buddy, the sweet elf to my Santa, umbrella in the rains☔ and elixir of success. So this drink holds a very important place in my Maniac story💖. So below is the recipe of a perfect Hot Chocolate.

Ingredients required (for 1 serving)

• a glass of milk
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2-3 tbsp sugar
• 75-100 gm of chopped dark compound chocolate

Procedure

• Boil the milk.
• In a bowl mix corn flour and cocoa powder and make a paste or slurry like consistency by adding 3-4 tbsp of boiled milk.
• Pour the mixture back into the milk and stir it continuously so that no lumps are formed.
• When, the milk begins to thicken due to corn flour, add in the chopped chocolate pieces into the milk.
• Stir it continuously on a low flame so that the chocolate does not sticks to the bottom of the vessel and melts properly.
• Add in the sugar depending upon your sweet tooth. When you feel the hot chocolate is thick enough, switch off the stove and pour it in a cup, mug or glass whatever you prefer.
• You may serve it with marshmallows on the top or could even top it up with some whipped cream. If you like a slight bitter taste you can even top it with a pinch of cocoa powder.

I hope you too find solace as well as happiness😇 while holding your cup of hot chocolate. Also please do share your chocolate mania this International Chocolate Day.

On 25th June,2020, we were ready to celebrate my brother’s 22^nd birthday .He wished it to be an exciting one as Unlock 1.0 was already announced but rather it was a dull start. I was lazy, rather than being excited for his birthday, because I knew nothing could be done due to water scarcity in our building.

He went out to meet his friends to get a small dose of happiness and came back with a molten chocolate cake after 2 hours 😍🤤After eating the cake, I decided to surprise him with a delicious dinner. So my mom and I started the preparation for MEXICAN RICE AND CHEESY GRAVY WITH FRIES AND STIR FRIED VEGETABLES. Indeed it is a big name for a single dish!!!!!!! and so was its preparation😂

We started the preparation at 1:30pm after having our lunch and finally made the dish along with some chocolatyyyyyyy brownies🤤.

After completing our dinner and the cleaning, my brother smiled at me 😭and said ,”Thank you for making my birthday a special one”.It was the first time ever I made my brother’s birthday special. So indeed it was a special one😎!!!

And for you all who took out time to read my story behind the birthday dish, I would like to express my gratitude . Love you!!!!

Happy Diwali !!!! .Diwali is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate this Diwali with our favourite sweet dish ‘Jalebi’. Diwali signifies victory of good over evil and we Indians celebrate it every year by doing Laxmi Puja and lighting up Diyas.

This year let’s take a pledge of celebrating Diwali without burning firecrackers safely at your homes. But what can you do while staying at your at that time when you want to go out the most?

It’s simple😉 indulge yourselves in some quick deliciousness😋 Make Instant Jalebis in just 10 minutes. So here I bring to you my secret recipe for making mouth-watering🤤🤤Jalebiisssssss.

Ingredients Required

For Jalebi’s batter

• 1 cup refined flour
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Eno
• 1 cup water

For sugar syrup/Chaashni

• 1.5 cups sugar
• 3/4th cup water
• a pinch of cardamom powder
• as per required food color

Procedure

• Firstly prepare the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar into the water and adding all other ingredients and let it come to a boil.
• Simultaneously make the batter for the jalebis by slowly adding water and making a lump-free batter
• Put ghee/oil on high flame to fry our jalebis
• Using a piping bag/sauce bottle pour the jalebi batter into the ghee/oil and look if the jalebi is rising by its own
• Let it fry for 10 sec on each side on high flame until slightly golden and then take it and dip it in the sugar syrup by pressing the jalebis down so that it soaks all the syrups
• After pressing them for about 30 seconds take them out and serve it.
• To finish it off , sprinkle some sliced almonds and pistachios over it or you could even pair it with chilled Rabdi.

Hope your Jalebis turn out super crispy and super delicious just like mine. Have a safe and happy Diwali😍💜💜