SCALLOPED POTATOES !!!!!!!!!!!

I found this recipe from the blog EASY RECIPES. & i realised it is nothing but baked version of amchi batate upkari i mean konkani's potatto stir fry. Here we add cheddar cheese & white sauce, thats it. But i made little varification in original recipe & used ingredients easily available here.
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INGREDIENTS:-

Potatoes, thinly sliced - 2 cups (i removed the skin actually no need to remove the skin of potatoes)
butter - 25 gm OR 1&1/2tblsp
all purpose flour - 3 tblsp
milk - 1 cup
salt - 1/2 tsp +1/2 tsp devided
pasta mix seasoning - 2ttsp
cheddar cheese - 3/4 cup / 100gm
white pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)

METHOD:-

1. Melt the butter in a pot & whisk in the flour, cooking for 1 min over medium heat.
2. Whisk in the milk, 1/2 tsp salt , pasta mix seasoning & white pepper powder.
3. Cook till the mixture thickens up, remove from the heat & stir in the cheese.
4. Place half of the potatoes in the bottom of a lightly greased microwave dish.
5. Pour half of the cheese mixture over the potaoes & spread around.
6. Repeat the remaining potatoes & cheese mixture.
7. Sprinkle the top with a little of red chilly powder.
8. Bake in a 350 degree oven, uncovered, for 45 mins.

HAPPY COOKING :)))))).

CAULIFLOWER CHEESE !!!!!!!

Cauliflower cheese is a dish from England & i adopted this recipe from BBC GOOD FOOD.

INGREDIENTS:-

cauliflower - 1 large, broken into pieces
milk - 500 ml
butter - 50gm
cheddar cheese - 100 gm, grated
breadcrumbs - 2-3 tblsp (optional)

METHOD:-

1. Bring a large saucepan of water to boil &
then add cualiflower pieces & cook for 5 mins.t
2. Lift out a cauliflower piece to tesr, it should be cooked. Drain the cauliflower, then tip into an ovenproof dish.
3. Heat oven to 220*C/200*C.
4. Put the sauce pan back on the heat & add the milk, flour, butter.
5. Keep whisking fast as the butter melts & the mixture comes to the boil.. Flour will disappear & sauce will begin to thicken.
6. Whisk for 2 mins while the sauce bubbles & becomes nice & thick.
7. Turn off the heat , stir in the most of the cheese & pour over the cauliflower.
8. Scatter over the remaining cheese & bread crumbs.
9. Bake it for 20 mins until bubbling.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

OREO LAVA CAKE !!!!!!

I tried many recipes using oreo biscuis like oreo shake, 5 min oreo cake which tasted like brownie etc. Next in my to do listt is oreo cheeswe cake. This time i tried OREO LAVA CAKE. I adopted this recipe from the blog BETTER BUTER. If you make & store chocolae balls in freezer, then you can make it within a minute. A must try recipe, am sure kids will love it & an perfect dessert for kids parties.

INGREDIENTS:-

Oreo biscuits - 3
milk - 5 tblsp
baking powder - a pinch
dark chocolate - 100 gm
water - 30ml

METHOD:-

1. As a preparation step, heat the water and melt the dark chocolate in it.
2. Once the chocolate completely melts, turn off the flame and transfer the content to a bowl. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and allow it to cool overnight.
3. Scoop out the dark chocolate mixture and make them into balls. These can be frozen and stored for later usage.
4. In a mixer jar, add the oreos, milk and baking powder. Grind it till everything is combined well together.
5. Transfer half of the mixture into a cup cake mould. Place one of the previously prepared chocolate balls in the centre.
6. Pour the remaining oreo mixture into the mould and microwave the cake at full power for 1 minute.
7. Serve it hot with vanilla ice cream.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

And here's an tip:-

Do not over cook the chocolate mixture as it might solidify.