Banana-Chocolate Milkshake

Chocolate-Banana Milk Shake

Ingredients

·       Bananas               – 2

·       Chilled Milk           – 2 glasses

·       Honey                  – 5 tsp

·       Chocolate Powder – 3 to 4 tsp

Method

1.    Slice bananas and put them into the mixer jar.

2.    Now add half cup of milk, chocolate powder, and honey into the jar.

3.    Churn in, to make a thick paste.

4.    Now add the remaining milk and churn it on high speed for a minute. Make sure the shake is thick and creamy, hence accordingly you can adjust the amount of milk.

5.    Now transfer the mixture into the whipping jar of the mixer.

6.    Whip it for a minute.

7.    Transfer thick chocolate banana milkshake into glasses. Add in few ice-cubes if you wish.

8.    This makes 2 glasses of thick chocolate-banana milkshake.

Serving

Serve chilled with few ice-cubes. Top the milk shake with few pieces of banana and sprinkle some chocolate powder for extra chocolaty taste. 

Crispy Vegetables (Indo-Chinese Snack)

Crispy Fried Vegetables

This is a very popular Chinese starter. Many variations are derived from the basic recipe to suit our Indian palate. It’s very simple to make. Go ahead and make the Indo-Chinese starter and enjoy its crispiness with a hot cup of tea.

Ingredients

§  Assorted veggies – 2 cups (cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, capsicum, onion, babycorn)

§  Rice flour           – 5 tsp

§  Cornflour           – 5 tsp

§  All-purpose flour (Maida) – 2 tsp

§  Soy sauce          – 3 tsp

§  Vinegar              – 2 tsp (or lemon juice)

§  Black pepper powder – ¼ tsp

§  Green chili sauce  – 3 tsp (can vary the proportion as per your taste)

§  Red chili sauce     – 2 tsp (can vary the proportion as per your taste)

§  Ginger paste        – 1 tsp

§  Oil for batter       – 1 tbsp

§  Salt to taste

§  Water for batter

§  Oil for deep frying

Method

1.    Cut the vegetables into even size. You can choose the vegetables of your choice. I have used the above mentioned veggies.

2.    Parboil cauliflower and broccoli so they are cooked properly when deep fried.

3.    For the batter, mix together rice flour, Maida, Cornflour, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper powder, green and red chili sauce, ginger paste and 1 tbsp of oil. Pour in water just enough to make a thick batter.

4.    Heat oil in a wok over medium-high flame.

5.    Dip in the veggies into the batter and deep fry them.

6.    Remove the fried veggies on tissue towel to absorb excess oil.

7.    Wait for few minutes and re-heat the oil and deep fry the veggies again into batches for the extra crunchiness.

8.    Serve hot.

Serving

Serve hot. It’s a tasty snack enjoyed best with a hot cup of tea.