Sneha's Recipe

Mahalabia#SundayFunday

In: Corn Flour, Egypt, Fresh Cream

Mahalabia, also known as Mahalabi or Muhellabia , is a Middle Eastern dessert / pudding / custard made with milk, sweetened and flavored with rose or orange blossom water. Delcious and you will love it and takes just 10 minutes from start to finish. So easy and quick. While the dessert is called Muhallebi in Turkey and Iraq, the Egyptian variant is called Mahalabia.

Serves Two
Ingredients
250 ML Full Cream Milk
50 Grams Sugar
2 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Level Corn Flour
100 ML Fresh Cream
1 Tablespoon Level Rose Water
Pistachios for garnishing as required

Method

Combine milk and sugar together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, let it boil till sugar dissolves.
Mix water and corn flour together in a bowl until smooth; stir into boiling milk. Cook milk mixture over medium heat until thickened to the consistency of a thick pudding, for 2 -3 minutes, add the rose water and give it a quick stir.. Remove saucepan from heat and add the fresh cream mix it well and keep stirring it till it cools / comes to room temperature or else a scum will form on the top. Pour into into two pudding glasses garnish with silvered pistachios. Refrigerate the pudding to chill.

Serve this pudding chilled. Yum and delicious.
Labels: Sweets & Desserts, Pudding, No Bake Desserts, Milk, Corn Flour, Fresh Cream, Middle Eastern, Glass Verrines, Vegetarian, Egypt

We are sharing Egyptian recipes for this week's Sunday Funday.

Culinary Cam: Hawawshi and Other Egyptian-Inspired Dishes
Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Egyptian Borek (Cheese Filled Hand Pies)
Palatable Pastime: Baked Chicken with Baharat
A Day in the Life on the Farm: Salata Baladi
Sneha’s Recipe: Mahalabia
Karen's Kitchen Stories: Egyptian Sweet Rolls
Pandemonium Noshery: Molokhia
Mayuri's Jikoni: Egyptian Cookies

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Halloween Chicken Worms Nuggets#SundayFunday

In: Chicken, Deep Fried, Halloween

A crisp, crunchy Halloween Chicken Worms Nuggets are kids staple. They will love these and make perfect fun Halloween party snacks.

Ingredients
For The Chicken Marination
250 Grams Chicken - cut into cubes
½ Teaspoon Level Tandoori Masala
½ Teaspoon Level Red chilly powder
½ Tablespoon Lemon Juice
½ Teaspoon Level Salt or to taste
1 Egg
2 Tablespoons Heaped Corn Flour
For The Coating
2 Packets Instant Noodles Oil for frying

Method

Boil the noodles along with masala packet that's inside and cook them just 50% or take just one boil. Immediately drain the noodles. Keep aside to cool.

Add the corn flour and mix well so that the noodles are coated.
Cut chicken into cubes. Add all ingredients in a bowl. Marinate this for 30 minutes.

Take a piece of chicken and roll in noodles. Then press nicely with hands. Refrigerate them till ready to fry. Heat oil in deep frying pan. Fry them in hot oil till golden.

Halloween Chicken Worm Nuggets a are ready.

Labels: Halloween, Chicken, Nuggets, Instant Noodles, Party pleasers, Deep Fried, Kids delight, Sunday Funday

Black Widow Cookies from Amy's Cooking Adventures
Ghoulishly Good Halloween Care Packages from Culinary Cam
Green-Eyed Monster Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
Halloween Chicken Worm Nuggets from Sneha's Recipe
Magically Easy Pumpkin Spice Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm

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Date & Walnut Rolls#SundayFunday

In: Baked, Christmas Sweet, Cookies

Dates are sweet, dried fruit. Soft buttery rolls stuffed with dates and nuts make a wonderful sweet. This recipe for date roll cookies are quick and easy to make and they have good flavor and texture.
These are actually eggless cookies except for the egg wash which can be avoided if you don't want to use eggs.

Ingredients
200 Grams All Purpose Flour
75 Grams Clarified Butter
60 Grams Powdered Sugar
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
3 -4 Tablespoons Chilled Water or as required
For The Filling
200 Grams Seedless Dates _ minced
50 Grams Walnuts - finely chopped

Method

For The Filling

Mix the dates and walnuts together and make a nice roll keep aside.

For The Dough

Rub clarified butter into flour till it resembles bread crumbs. Add the powdered sugar and essence mix it well into the flour. Now add chilled water just enough bring it into a dough. Do not knead the dough. The dough will be soft and crumbly. Cling wrap it and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Then take the dough and lightly knead it and roll out into ¼ inch thick chapatti.

Put one strip of walnut and date in and roll (only once or else the covering will get to thick and it will not cook).

Apply water to seal the edge.

Cut the roll and press the edges lightly to seal it. Like wise make the other roll also.

Cut into 2 inch squares.

Place on a well greased baking tray leaving sufficient space between each.

Bake in a pre heated oven bake at 180°C, for 12 to 15 minutes.

The bottom of the roll should be light golden. Cool completely before storing in airtight containers.

Labels: Cookies, Festival Sweets, Dates, Walnuts, Eggless, Sunday Funday, Christmas Sweet, East Indian, Baked, Vegan, Healthy

Easy Rabdi with Evaporated milk from Cook with Renu
Date & Walnut Rolls from Sneha’s Recipe
Gobi Manchurian from Palatable Pastime

Kheer from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Chickpea & Sweet Potato Curry from Mayuri’s Jikoni
Baked Gobi 65 from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
Two Homemade Breads for Diwali: Pita and Naan from Culinary Cam

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Whiskey Sour Mocktail#SundayFunday

In: Egg Whites, Halloween, International Cuisine

This non-alcoholic take on a whiskey sour, made with Assam leaf tea for a bourbon-like flavor. It’s so refreshing and a perfect non-alcoholic alternative for a cocktail.

This whiskey sour mocktail has all the refreshing flavors of the traditional cocktail but without any alcohol! The combination of tart lemon has a delicious flavor profile that can be enjoyed at any time of day. Thanks to non-alcoholic whiskey, this mocktail is about as close as you can get to the real thing!

Serves One
Ingredients
25Ml Lemon Juice
½ Egg White
¾ Tablespoons sugar syrup, or to taste
Ice Cubes
1 Lemon Slice or Orange Slice to serve
For the infusion
½ Teaspoon Assam Tea Leaves
¼ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract - optional

Method

First, make the infusion. Tip the tea leaves into a heatproof teapot or jug and pour over 150ml boiled water from the kettle. Immediately strain through a fine mesh sieve into a second heatproof jug, discarding the tea leaves, so the tea doesn’t become too strong. Add the vanilla ( I did not add this) and leave to cool.

Pour 150ml of the cooled tea infusion into a cocktail shaker, then add the lemon juice, egg white, sugar syrup ( I did not add and it tasted just as good) and a handful of ice. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels very cold.

Strain the mocktail into an ice-filled tumbler, then garnish with a slice of lemon or a orange slice, to serve in the style of a classic whiskey sour.

My Notes
I did not add any sugar syrup and it tasted just as good. Loved this drink.

Labels: Mocktail, International Cuisine, Halloween, Tea, Lemon Juice, Egg Whites, Sunday Funday, Juices, Serves One

For Sunday Funday our theme is Halloween Drinks & Cocktails

Satan's Whiskers from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Whiskey Sour Mocktail from Sneha’s Recipe
Dark and Stormy Cocktail from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Reincarnation Instant Breakfast from Palatable Pastime
Jeepers Creepers Martini from Culinary Cam
DIY Starbucks Pumpkin Sauce and Pumpkin Spice Latte from Amy's Cooking Adventures

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Potato Rosti#EatTheWorld

In: Eat the World, Gluten free, Pancake

Rostis (or properly spelt rösti), has it origine from Switzerland, they are typically pan fried in a skillet then cut up to serve as a side dish for a meal.

Serves One
Ingredients
500 Grams Potatoes
¾ Teaspoon Salt
½ Teaspoon Black pepper powder
Desi Ghee or Clarified Butter as required

Method

Grate the raw potatoes using a standard box grater.
Squeeze out the excess liquid by grabbing handfuls and squeezing out as much water you can then transfer to a bowl.
Mix the potatoes with a tablespoon of melted ghee or butter or clarified butter, if that’s what you’re using), salt and pepper.

Heat a a tablespoon of ghee in a skillet lightly, and spread all the potatoes on it don’t pack it down tightly. We want FLUFFY on the inside! It will seem quite thick but once it cooks down to it will flatten.

Cook for 12 minutes on medium low to make the underside golden or till the strands to cook through until soft and bond together enough to be sliceable without falling apart. This is the reason it’s best not to rinse the grated potato – because it removes much more starch than just squeezing out excess water. This results in “slippery” potato strands, rather than bonding together.

It takes longer than you think to become golden because residual water from the potato leeches out and that needs to evaporate – which also sort of “steam-cooks” the inside – before the underside goes golden and crispy.

Flip! When the underside is golden (use a rubber spatula to peek), using a round wooden board with a handle or a plate. Slide the rosti back in, uncooked side down and cook for a further 12 minutes or until you can slide a knife through the centre easily.

Slide the rosti onto a serving platter or cutting board. Cut into (large!) wedges and serve immediately! My hubby enjoyed this as a complete meal.

My Notes

If you like your Potato Rosti crispy instead of soggy, and deep golden instead instead of burnt, don’t skimp on the fat. If you want ultimate flavor, use clarified butter/ ghee like the Swiss do instead of butter or oil.