Food Corner: 07/10/11

Sunday, 10 July 2011

Chocolate Cookie Crust

We use Chocolate cookie crust for many dessarts.So I thought of sharing the crust recipe first.

Ingredients:

About 6 nos chocolate cookies

6tspn melted butter

Method:

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Meanwhile crush the cookies into coarse pieces.

In this pictures,I did it into the bottom only. However depend on your recipe press it into bottom & also to the sides.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Now the cookie crust is ready

Combine this crumbs & butter in a bowl & mix well to a paste.

Firmly press this mixture in a pie plate (oven proof)

This Chickpea Salad is easy to prepare.Good as an appetizer,also good as breakfast.This Sri Lankan Chickpea salad is bit spicy.But the quantity of chili flakes can be adjusted as per taste.

Ingredients: (for 2 portions)

1 cup Chick Pea
1 tbs chilly pieces
2 sticks Curry leaves
half onion choped
1 tbs ginger,garlic paste
1 inch cinnomon stick
1 tspn mustard seeds
1-2 tbs oil to fry
salt to taste
(Pinch of baking soda-optional)

Method

Soak Chick pea in water over night or about 6 hours.
Hint: Add a pinch of baking soda when soaking.This soften chick pea.

When you are ready to prepare the salad,
First boil soaked chick pea.
Drain the water.

Heat 1-2 tbsp oil in a pan.
Add mustard seed when oil is heated.
Then add ginger,garlic paste.
When you get the fragrance,add onion & curry leaf,also cinnomon stick.
Mix well.
Then add chilly pieces & mix.
Now it is time to add boiled chick peas.
Mix well & add salt to taste.

Then remove from heat & Chick pea salad is ready to serve...

Chick Pea Salad

Watermelon Milkshake

This is a good drink for the summer.Anyway watermelon is my favourite,so I always have it either as fruit itself or as a drink.
Here is the easy watermelon milkshake recipe.

Ingredients: (for 2 portions)

4 cups of watermelon,cut into pieces
1 cup of vanila ice cream