Peanut butter double chocolate bites –Fast, Easy, No bake dessert (Summer Special)

Hello again! It’s so nice to be back with another kid friendly recipe for all you dear readers. I have been away from all the yumminess & blogging for a while now but now that I have got a slight chance at it..here I am with a super summer dessert recipe.

Why is this recipe something you & your kid will love in the season of sun?

Well, good news for you. This is a no-bake recipe which is so apt for the coming summers when gas-top & oven kills. Kills hard!

Secondly, this is a fun do for your kids. This has steps in which you can involve your little ones. No fire, no super hot stuff, minimalistic ingredients list – you can barely find an excuse to keep them away from your kitchen.

The list of ingredients is not very big on the pocket & mostly includes items you already have in your kitchen cupboard.

Ingredients : to make 20-25 small pieces

• Butter (preferably white unsalted cooking butter, but you may use regular ones too) – 4+half dollops/tablespoon
• Digestive biscuits (preferably thick ones) –200g
• Peanut butter (crunchy or creamy) –4 big tablespoon
• Brown sugar /castor sugar – 3-4 big tablespoon (or to taste)
• Dark or milk chocolate – I used about 4 34gms dairy milk for the first coat & some drinking chocolate/chocolate sprinkles as topping. Feel free to either skip or adjust the topping.
• Milk – 3 tablespoon
• Tray/baking tin (preferable square) – to make 20-25 bite size pieces.
• vanilla extract – 1.5 teaspoon
• Aluminum foil of any quality/baking sheet – a little bigger than the tray

You will also need the following –

Chingri Maachher Kalia (Prawn/fish kalia – an authentic Bengali recipe)

Hello & am back! After a few days of being MIA (missing in action, silly!) I decided to do a special recipe today. That too for the coming puja/festival season.

There’s Ganesh Chathurti round the corner and this long span pujas are just perfect for trying out new recipes or elaborate meals ideas.
Also,not to forget the Durga Puja craze is already on..In Bengal, this is like the biggest gala that goes on for several days but the preparation is no less extravagant.
Be it Pandal-making, Shopping for the festival days or planning trips in & outside Hometown..its a fun riot!

So, I thought why not go with the Bengal -Bengali theme & opt for a quick,delicious authentic recipe of machher Kalia.
Now, Kalia is most commonly made with big varieties of fishes/Carps etc. but Prawn/Chingri Kalia is just as drool worthy!
I cant explain how much I love this particular dish.

 

The colour is fetching & the flavours so balanced. You dont get a strong hit of any spice in particular…the fish/Prawn & the bite size potatoes if well cooked, tastes like heaven in mouth!

If you have guests coming , be it sudden or pre-planned, make this as a Durga Puja special dish or festival themed authentic Bengali cuisine. It will be a hit!
You may also try Prawn Butter masala,

Prawn Butter Masala~ spoil yourself with this recipe!

any chicken dish or a Vegetarian option like Soya, may be?! 
The best part being, going wrong with this dish is very unlikely.
Its so safe & simple but the look or taste contradicts the fact!

Dont forget to check out other vegetarian & non-vegetarian options to try this Puja season for dinner/Lunch, snacks/starter!

Vegetable Stir-fry with a twist~Leftover mashed potato crispy balls

I am quite excited about this post. The sole reason being, this is my first ever stir fry post + a twist to go with it.
I dedicate this to all those passionate wok(kadai) lovers and lovely cooks. This new group I am member of on facebook is super cool.
There’s so much I learn everyday, so much inspiration,the passion & practice is unbelievably great!
I would take this chance to thank them all – Audrey, Bob, Grace, David, kevin and everyone else there! A big big thank you guys!!

Now to food, the main love. Stir fry is much loved in my family, especially my parents. They enjoy a good seasoned stir fry with almost every dish.
But that’s not it.

What do you do when you have leftover mashed potatoes?
Do you have them bland just like that??

I make a family favourite stir fry! With crispy balls of mashed potato. Its simple, quick, fresh, healthier (especially if you own an air-frier or oven), tasty & flavourful! What more do you need, eh?

Please note, Mashed potato in my world is not the one with butter, milk/milk solids or extra starch.
We call it aloo bhaaté and is boiled potatoes,peeled and mashed with little oil,salt & green chillies to taste.
Both kinds of mashed potato work fine for my recipe.

Here,take a look at what you are in for ~

The colourful riot of flavours awaits you..let’s get started !

Shahi Soya Chunks(My family’s gravy based meal maker recipe)

In a comtemplating mood, I was going through the older posts I have done so far and I realised that I mostly have non-vegetarian protein meals. I was surprised how I dint include my family’s loved gravy based nutrella soya chunks recipe!
So the first thing I did was ask my mother if we have the needed ingredients handy & got started..sounds quick right?

Soya nuggets or chunks also known as meal maker or nutrella noodles to many are great source of protein for vegetarians..its very versatile too. I do a lot of dishes with it.. be it cutlets, side dishes, curries or even marinated fried ones tastes great! 🙂

I made my family’s Shahi soya chunks as a side dish with shahi pulao ( a rice dish that is very versatile).
Isnt the flavourful gravy based soya chunks tempting??
Its soft and the gravy is thick & delicious..
The best part is the flavours are so balanced..not once does any ingredient overpower other..its perfectly synchronised!

Healthy Granola on gas top/Skillet Recipe/Pan/Wok- No Oven/No Sugar/GlutenFree

Have you ever googled some recipe or ingredients and felt disappointment rushing through you?

I just had. This afternoon.
I googled “Granola on gas top skillet”
And there came just about one proper method but even that was unhealthy. With golden syrup and butter and sugary..
Try it for yourself.Google now!

So, I went ahead and gave my own recipe a try. I made two test batches to find out the proper measurements of ingredients.And they both came out great to my taste. This is what it looked like by the end of it all.

Best part – its not just crispy and yummy. Its as fast as a 5 minutes affair, including the preparation.
Here’s my double tested & tasted recipe.

“Eat it”~Wordless Wednesday : Healthy Brunch

My healthy brunch ~ whole wheat sandwich with cucumber, tomato, onion & egg plus mango with flax seeds and Cinnamon green tea

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Love & Luck,
Roy ❤ ❤

Vegetable & cheese sandwich recipe – a vegetarian snack/treat

“Sandwich” -this to me means an evening treat or something that I would make to please my mother & sister. So, last weekend I took out the manual sandwich maker that my father had bought ages ago. Back then it must have been used a few times (by few I mean not enough to make it worth buying!) but I was firm about utilising such an easy appliance now. So i googled some sandwich recipes but dint quite find any that would suit my conditions of being healthy, tasty & easy to make. So,it was time for some innovation & here is what I made:

( you may or may not use all of these. Change or swap any of the ingredients listed below with anything you have or like).