Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake

I made this using a vanilla cake mix because there are days when you want to eat something fancy but do not feel like measuring and sifting, and it was exactly a day like that ;) . So I thought I'd share this with you guys.

Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 vanilla cake mix (plus eggs and oil as per the box)

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

1 can pineapple slices drained (keep the syrup aside to use instead of water for the cake mix)

cherries (if you dont have thats fine coz it just gives a bit of color and a fancy touch)

How to:

Preheat oven and grease pan as per instructions on cake mix

Mix the cake better substituting water with the sugar syrup from the pineapple

Heat sugar and water in cake pan over the stove just like how you make the caramel for puddings.

When sugar syrup is a bit browned take off stove and arrange pineapple slices on it. If you have cherries insert them in the middle of the pinepple slices.

Bake as per cake mix and cool.

Flip the cake on the serving plate and voila! A fancy dessert for a lazy day.

Happy tea time guys :)

Nutella Brownies

I was browsing for some easy nutella brownies and a super easy recipe popped up which I just had to try. The only ingredients needed were eggs and nutella! How easy could this get.

It came out all chocolaty and delicious. If you have a jar of nutella and some eggs try this immediately :)

2 Ingredient Nutella Brownies Recipe

Ingredients

4 large eggs
1 cup nutella


How to:

Line a small cake tray (small because if you use a large tray the brownies will end up too thin) with baking paper and preheat your oven to 150 degrees Celsius.

Crack eggs into a bowl and mix with an electric mixer (easier but if you dont have you can always use hand power ;) ) until eggs become frothy and fluff upto almost double the size.

Warm nutella in microwave or double boil method (put the nutella in a small metal bowl and heat in a saucepan with hot water on the stove).

Pour warm nutella into the egg mixture and mix well until thoroughly combined.

Pour batter onto tray and bake for about 30 minutes or until when toothpick comes clean when inserted into brownies.

Take out from oven and let it cool. Cut into bars and start eating

You can eat it straightaway, sprinkle powdered sugar on top or top with icecream. The possibilities are endless :)

Kan Kun Beef Stir Fry

Green leafy vegetables can only get as good as Kan Kun and this recipe is pretty easy and tastes great :)

Kan Kun Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients:

 

1 cup beef cut into long thin strips (about 1 1/2 inch long)

2 handfuls of kan kun leaves washed 

2 cloves garlic chopped fine

1 medium onion chopped fine

2 tablespoon soya sauce

1 tbsp chilli garlic sauce

2 green chillies sliced in half

1/2 cup chicken stock

oil

salt n pepper to taste

How to:

1. Pour about a tablespoon of oil on hot pan and fry the beef slices until browned well. Remove from pan and keep aside
2. Fry onion and garlic in the pan. Mix soya sauce, chilli garlic sauce in the chicken stock and add to the pan
3. Add chillies and season well with salt and pepper
4. Add beef and coat the sauce well.
5. Add the kan kun leaves and turn off the heat and put the lid on the pan. 
6. Serve quickly because kan kun leaves tend to wilt really soon in the heat and turns brown when left too long

Mashed potatoes

Simple Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

6 medium sized potatoes quartered

1/2 tsp salt

6 tbsp milk

2 tbsp butter

salt and pepper for seasoning

How to:

1. Put potatoes into a pot and add 1/2 tsp salt. 
2. Add water until potatoes are covered and bring to a boil
3. Reduce heat and cook covered until done (Check by pricking with a fork - it should be soft enough to easily poke the fork through.
4. Heat milk and butter until melted and warm
5. Drain water from potatoes and put in a bowl
6. Add the milk and butter mixture and mash well with a fork and mix well
7. Do not over mix and season well with salt n pepper

:)

Spaghetti - Pesto

Its been ages since I had wanted to make pasta with pesto sauce. When I came across fresh basil leaf packs at Seagull Foods I just couldn't wait to try it. The recipes  I checked online usually call for pine nuts in the pesto. But I substituted it with peanuts and it tasted pretty to good to me and the family.

Spaghetti - Pesto Style

Ingredients:

Leaves from 2 bunches of fresh basil
2 tbsp peanuts unsalted
1 garlic clove
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup grated cheese (cheddar)
Salt and pepper
1 packet spaghetti cooked and drained

How to:

1. Combine basil, peanuts, garlic and olive oil into a blender/food processor and blend till it becomes a puree and add cheese, salt and pepper and blend again till well combined..
2. Add the pesto sauce to the spaghetti and mix well. 

Mmmmmmm!

My Pan-fried Spicy Chicken

It takes just a few measly items to make this scrumptious chicken recipe which is great with rice, pasta or with some fries

My Pan-fried Spicy Chicken recipe

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken breast sliced into any size u want.
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp chilli powder (lonumirus havadh)
salt & pepper to taste
dash of lime juice
olive oil


How to:

1. Heat about 3 tbsp oil onto frying pan
2. When pan is hot lay the chicken pieces to cook until cooked halfway through and then flip
3. When both sides are nicely browned turn off heat and serve :)

Your family is gonna love it :)

Cold cucumber salad

I found this salad to be an excellent side dish either with curry or any stir fry dish. Its super easy and packed with lots of flavor.

Cold Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

1 medium sized cucumber
2 tbsp vinegar
salt and pepper
1 small onion sliced thinly horizontally (it will be in rings)

How to:

1. Slice cucumber into really really thin slices.
2. In a bowl mix vinegar, salt and pepper.
3. Add onions and cucumber and combine well
4. For more flavor u can also add about a handful of coriander chopped finely or a pinch of dried red chillies coarsely grounded (raalhu muguri mirus).

Serve chilled!