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Ingredients   Prawns- 250 grams 1 tablespoon kashmiri chilli powder or paprika Salt to taste 2 tablespoon oil olive, vegetable, coconut, any oil of your choice 1 Onion 1 Tomato  Method Clean the prawns and devein them. (I used frozen peeled raw king prawns) Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt in a bowl and mix well with some water to make a paste  Add prawns and coat them in this marinade Cover and let it sit for 5 minutes Heat oil in a pan Fry the prawns on a medium flame turning them over frequently Transfer the fried prawns to a plate. In the same pan saute onions in medium heat until golden brown. To this, add tomatoes a little bit of chilli powder(adjust the level of spices to suit your taste) and turmeric powder and stir occasionally in a medium heat, until the tomatoes cooked well. Add prawns and combine well. Cook in a low heat for 3 minutes Serve hot with rice or chapatis

Saturday night in front of the television. Let someone else do the cooking.

Hello again to everyone! After a very long break from blogging I am now back. All these years I was pretty busy with work and young family growing. My oldest one has already flown the nest and the younger one is about to leave home birds nest. I miss those days and my kids energy. They always brough life and action into my house. But life has to move on. Rather than getting caught up in the gloom of empty nest syndrome, I have decided to come back to homebirds little place. I will be updating some of the pictures and recipes. Here is a glass of Sangria from one of our Spanish holiday. Cheers 🥂

Ingredients Grated Carrot 3 cups Double cream 1 and a half cup Sugar 1 cup Cardamom 1 pod crushed Butter or Ghee 3 Tablespoon Grate carrots. Heat ghee or butter in a pan. Now add grated carrots and saute it for about 5-10 minutes. Once the carrots are soft add double cream, sugar and crushed cardamom. Mix well and cook on a low flame (stirring occasionally to prevent sticking) until the cream is completely absorbed Now remove the carrot halwa from heat and serve with a dollop of whipped cream.

As it was healthy eating week at my daughter's school last week, all the pupils were asked to take part in a healthy sandwich recipe competition and guess what? My daughter won the competition and she got a box full of vegetables...... you can see the picture below. She is so excited so i just thought to share the recipe with you folks. Just half an avocado will provide one of your recommended five-a-day portions,but did you know avocados are as good for your outside as your insides; sliced into quarter-inch crescents and left on the tender skin under the eyes for 20 minutes they act as a natural face-pack, with fantastic results.

Ingredients Pasta 350g Mixed vegetables 1/2 cup Ham cut in cubes 1/4 cup Basil leaves 4-6 Garlic 1 clove Bread crumbs 1/4 cup Butter 2 tbsp Flour 2tbsp Milk 1 cup A pinch of nutmeg Pepper 1 teaspoon Extra vergin olive oil Freshly grated parmesan cheese Method Blanch the vegetables. In a medium pan warm butter. Add flour,milk, pepper and salt and simmer until the sauce thickens. Remove from the heat and add vegetables, ham and a pich of nutmeg. Mix well and keep it aside. Grind garlic and thyme in 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add breadcrumbs and mix well. Put some olive oil in a pan and fry this mixture until the breadcrumbs turns crisp and golden brown. keep it aside. Meanwhile, heat a large pot of salted water and cook pasta until al dente. When ready, drain the pasta. Serve the creamy vegetable sauce spooned over the drained pasta,sprinkle toasted bread crumbs and parmesan cheese and serve hot.

Ingredients Chicken breast 500g Meat masala 1 tablespoon Chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Ginger small piece chopped Garlic 2 cloves chopped Onion 1 Tomato 1 Juice of half lemon Soy sauce 3 tablespoon Tomato ketchup 2 tablespoon Green chillies 2 Bell pepper medium size 1 Oil to fry Salt to taste Method Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. Marinate it with lemon juice, meat masala and salt for 1 hour. Fry the chicken pieces until it is done. In a pan pour 3 tablespoon of oil and add corriander powder, chilli powder and turmeric and saute until brown. Add onion, ginger and garlic and fry until onion turn soft. Now add tomato, soya sauce and tomato ketchup and fry until soft. Now add the chicken pieces along with green chillies and bell pepper. Mix well and remove from the fire once the pepper begin to soften.