A Salad Recipe - Blue Cheese Salad Dressing

Blue Cheese Salad Dressing 




1Carbs Per Serving : 1g total
Effort : Easy


Ingredients :


1 tablespoon sour cream 
2 teaspoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon blue cheese 
1 teaspoon powdered ranch dressing mix.


Method : 


Mix all together and chill before serving.


NOTES : Counts for ranch dressing mix not included in totals.

Indian Breakfast Recipe - Sweet Dosa

Sweet Dosa


Ingredients :


Raw rice - 1 cup
Rice flakes - 1 tbsp
Methi seeds - 1 small spoon
Jaggery - half cup
Coconut - 1/4 cup
(If you want you can add little elaichi)


Method :


Soak raw rice, rice flakes and methi seeds together in water for one hour.


Grind them nicely with coconut and jaggery.


Put the tava on the gas and prepare dosa by adding little oil. (The gas should be in sim).


The dosa could be served with ghee or butter.

Indian Non-Veg Recipe - Chicken Kurma ( Andhra Style )

Chicken Kurma


Ingredients :


chicken - 1 kg
coconut* - 1
poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
chilli powder - 2 tsp or to taste
salt - to taste
turmeric powder - ½ tsp
tomato - 1, chopped
onion - 1, chopped finely

cloves - 2

cardamoms - 2

cinnamon - 2 pieces

oil - 2 tbsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

ginger - 2.5 cm

garlic - 8-10 flakes

coriander leaves - ½ cup
curry leaves - few


Method :


Clean and joint the chicken. 
Extract 1 cup of thick coconut milk and 2 cups of thin coconut milk.
Grind poppy seeds to a paste. 
Grind ginger, garlic and coriander leaves together.
Cook chicken with thin coconut milk, salt, turmeric, chilli powder, and green paste.
When ½ done, add poppy seed paste, dhania powder and tomato.
Simmer till chicken is cooked. 
Heat oil in another pan, add clove, cardamom, cinnamon, onion and curry leaves.
When onion is light brown add the cooked chicken. 
Simmer for a few minutes.
Add the thick coconut milk. 
Just as it begins to boil, remove from fire.
* Packaged coconut milk can be used. 
Mix 1 cup of it with 1 cup of water and use to cook the chicken.
Add 1 cup undiluted at the end. 
1 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste can be used instead of garlic and ginger.

Sandwich Recipe - Vietnamese Sandwich

Vietnamese Sandwich


Ingredients :


1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup carrot, peeled and grated
1/3 cup thinly sliced white onion
1 to 2 tablespoons jalapeno chile, finely chopped
1 − 16" long baguette
4 teaspoons low−fat mayonnaise
3/4 pound cooked chicken breast or pork tenderloin, sliced
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon five−spice powder
1/2 cup fresh cilantro


Method :


With chef's knife, mash garlic and salt into a paste. 


Transfer to a mixing bowl and add vinegar and sugar, stirring to dissolve. 


Add carrots, onions and chilies. Toss to coat. Set aside. 


Slice baguette into 4 equal lengths. 


Split each piece horizontally. 


Spread cut sides with mayonnaise. 


Arrange the meat on the 4 bottom halves. sprinkle with lime juice and 5−spice powder. 


Top with the carrot salad and a shower of cilantro leaves. 


Cover with bread tops and serve.