Hummus & Garlic Dip

Hi friends! I know I suddenly vanished from the blogging world, my laptop was not working n had no way to post all the delicasies I made last week, borrowed my friends laptop, so would be posting recipes in clusters. This post was to be posted on Friday were I made a full fledged Arabic Dinner last thursday. With no further delay Iam going to the post, Hummus n Garlic dip. Regarding hummus I know

Kataif- Cheese/ Arabic Pancakes with Cheese

Kataif is a type of Arabic Pancake which is cooked on one side stuffed with cheese or nuts, deep fried n soaked in sugar syrup n served. They can also be stuffed with cream n served with sugar syrup, known as Kataif bil Kashta. These pancakes can be made at home and as told cooked only on one side so that they can be stuffed n pinch them well to keep the stuff intact. Since living in Gulf Kataif

MW Zebra Cake

Made this cake for a special celebration last week, was down with cold n fever n didnt make anuthing elaborate. Then thought why not make a cake in MW. Went through lots of recipes n didnt settle down for anything. Then suddenly an idea stuck me,. why not make Zebra Cake n MW. Took a recipe for cake from one of my cookbook made a few alterations n made this cake, Voila! In 10minutes I made the

Coconut Barfi/ Thengai Barfi

Thengai or Coconut Barfi is a sure hit sweet in our home but Ive never succeeded in making a perfect one. Then one day I looked into this recipe in Kamala Boopathy's blog http://www.cookatease.com/. She gave picture by picture instructions which made me easy to do. Today I not only got  perfect barfi's but also a tasty one.
Usually I donot like sweets with coconut, but this is the only exception.

Chicken Masala Indianised Spring Roll- Global Kadai

This is the Indianised version of the Spring Rolls. I used Chicken mince n made a spicy masala, n used them as filling for Spring Rolls. I usually make this filling for making Murtaba or Stuffed Parotta but omitted the egg here. You can use this filling to make samosas n sandwhiches too. Didnt have enough time to decorate them, too the photograph in a hurry.
Sending them to Global Kadai hosted

Mixed Beans Curry

Got a packet of Mixed beans from the Indian Grocery, n thought why not make a simple curry for chappati. Didnt go for any elaborate masala, just added some aromatic spices, indeed it was a semi dry gravy.
Was delicious n went along with Beets Chappati.
Sending them to CWS- Nigella Seeds guest hosted by Umm Mymoonah event by Priya and to Visual Treat
event by Sanyukta and to ONLY- Low Oil/ Low

Nigella Flavored Beet Chappati

 Again server down n wasnt able to blog for two days! thank god the problem is over, Today is a special chappati made for my junior who always makes a big fuss when it comes to eating vegetables. Always have to try to new ways to make him eat veggies, Bought some beets this week n was thinking as what to do, then thought why not try making Chappati. Grated beet, added flour spiced with nigella n