FEBI'S COOK BOOK

Are you looking for something to pack of to your loved ones? Well this is one of the best options for edible gifts for someone close to your heart.. Easy to make and ready to serve in no time...  Ingredients: Pakistani vermicelli- 2 packets condensed milk- 1 tin butter- 1/3 stick For garnishing: dark chocolate- 1/2 cup butter- 25 gms chopped nuts Note: I used only 1/4th of the quantity as mentioned above except for the garnishing part as too less of chocolate melting doesn't work properly. Preparation. Heat butter in a non stick pan on low medium heat and add broken vermicellis and fry till light brown. Off the flame and add condensed milk and mix well until well combined. Grease a square tin (or you can use any favorite mold of yours) and spread the vermicelli evenly. Let cool till it becomes hard. Cut into 1x 1" rectangle shapes. For chocolate garnishing: Add chocolate chips or dark chocolate bars into a dry non stick pan and add butter. Put the pan on...

The very thought of mozzarella and olives laid beautifully on top of pizzas make me drool. After all there is something fascinating about the elastic cheese that just knows to melt and highlight the tastes of the vegetables over the pizza. I initially used to use only normal tomato sauce over pizza whenever I make one at home. The relative sweetness of the sauce brought a dislike in me towards Pizza. I then discovered to bring out the flavors of pizzas it has to have oreganos and needs some spice for the Indian in me.  Last time when I decided to make Pizza, I cooked everything that has to be topped on a Pizza, as I don't like any raw tastes. I cooked the pizza sauce on stove, the vegetables and fried the chicken required for topping. I totally loved it and I couldn't believe when my hubby and mum-in-law finished one whole  large pizza, for some one who are not the kind of pizza loving people. For now, I am just posting the recipe of pizza sauce alone. This can be m...

\ What more is lovable to Indians more than Lassi. And specially if its of Mango, then the Indian inside you comes out.  Lassi is an Indian flavoured yoghurt, originally from Punjab, and usually spiced with cumin or other spices and mixed with fruits or lime juice. Some of the Lassi's also use rosewater. There are many types of Lassi- traditional, sweet lassi and so on... Traditional Lassi however is savory drink with yoghurt, water, salt and ground cumin blended together. While sweet lassi uses fruits instead of spices... Lately, my hubby and me have been trying with the Mango Lassi often at home, now for me its something I always want to have a go at. Its a refreshment to beat the heat. I love mangoes but yoghurts are something I keep aloof from, as  I don't much like its taste. But last Ramdan when my hubby prepared mango Lassi for me after dinner, I dint know that you can give yoghurt such a beautiful version. ...

Paneer in creamy gravy, is a vegetarian dish, as you all know, my point here being, this  is one of the rare vegetarian dishes I try at home. My hubby is a bit reluctant in eating veggies, veg curries and legumes. So I wanted to try something with paneer with its gravy tasting similar to chicken gravies... And hence this dish. I used some of the similar steps that I used to prepare my admirable kind of chicken curries, giving it the rich creaminess using cashew milk and my favorite seasoning with kasoori methi. Also instead of using whole tomatoes, I used tomato ketchup to impart thickness to the gravy...Here goes the recipe... Ingredients: Panner - 200 gms ghee- 3 tbsp. to fry paneer+ 3 tbsp. for the gravy onion- 1 medium ginger garlic paste- 11/2 tsp tomato ketchup-2 tbsp. tomato paste-1  tsp chilli- 1 or 2 Kashmiri chilli powder- 1 tsp turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp kasoori methi- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder- 1/2 tsp pepper powder- 1/...

If you wake me from mid sleep and ask me , What is the one thing in the world that you like to have for breakfast, my answer would be a sandwich. I love sandwiches and I like to just assemble some available stuffs at home and wrap them all inside a pita bread or any other breads. And for me, anything would be exciting if served with a mayo spread. I love mayo spread and sometimes I just love to have simple egg and bread sandwich with mayo spread. Lately I have been coming across recipes with guacamole spread, which is new to me, but sounds healthy and have been tempted to try at home... But to my surprise, my hubby don't enjoy much of sandwiches... I think he is the one and only thing in the world God created from exactly opposite of myself... well opposites attract... If he would enjoy sandwiches, my daily breakfast menu would've been different varieties of sandwiches and by now I would've been a sandwich expert. I think I should try to transform my kids' taste...

Even though I love cooking, in a way its passion and hobby for me I must admit that, daily cooking routine and same repated menu is something which   I really don't enjoy and tiring at times, the worst part being cleaning the post-cooking kitchen mess. Once a while, to add twist to my normal boring routine,I make excuses, and pamper my hubby to agree to enjoy restaurant meals, the best part being not having to wash plates and wipe messy table. We have this weird habit of visiting every new restaurant that we come to hear and experimenting typical malabari dishes... Though I do not recommend having restaurant food on daily basis, due to the unhealthy food style and hygienic issues, once a while it is ok to forget about all the demerits involved. And lately, we discovered a restaurant in our neighborhood, actually quite far, but we don't mind in taking the trouble to drive to our favourite restaurant, which restaurant I think serves th...