Cadbury Silk India - Orange Peel

After the success of the soft and creamy Cadbury Dairy Milk SILK, they bring to us this premium chocolate with a fresh new twist.

Introducing the new Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk- Orange Peel. The classic delicious smooth and creamy SILK is now available with a Kiss of Orange. It just makes us melt even before it reaches our mouth ;)

The sweetness of a premium chocolate with the fruity punch of orange - life does not get much better.

At Cadbury India they focus on creating moments of pleasure with every tasty bite, no matter the reason or the season. Throughout the day.At work or play. All year round..Check out the new Tv commercial here

How we liked it : Trust me I am not a big fan of choco orange combination but silk orange peel changed my opinion as the orange flavour is mild giving it a unique taste, the crunch in every bite with the addition of nuts is just awesome. Do try it and am sure you will love it too.

Thanks to Cadbury for sending me the sample, we enjoyed having it!

Disclaimer: This is an unpaid review and my review totally depends on my taste and preferences.

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Chocolatey Biscuit Milkshake

Mittu used to lick the cream and keep back the biscuits alone... I've seen this with many kids. One fine day I tried this milkshake with all the leftover biscuits without cream and it tasted awesome, she too enjoyed it. So thought of making it as a post. I had some leftover icing I made for my cake pops the same day so used it up for this milkshake :)

Biscuit Milkshake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Chilled Milk - 2 cups
• Bourbon Biscuit(with cream) - 1
• Bourbon Biscuit(without cream) - 1
• Chocolate sauce / syrup - 2 tsp
• Sugar - a pinch (only if needed)

Method:

1. Add the biscuits without cream to milk and blend using the whip option in mixie. Then add the cream biscuit and blend again until its smooth and creamy.
2. Add the chocolate sauce, sugar and mix well.
3. Pour into individual serving glasses and add any topping of your choice.

My Notes:

• You can use any chocolate cream biscuit of your choice.
• You can even skip chocolate sauce and add one more cream biscuit.
• I just piped the left over butter icing as a topping, you can use whipped cream as topping too.

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Dahi Puri Recipe

Dahi Puri is my all time favourite chat. Whenever we go for chats, its either Pav Bhaji or Dahi Puri, its my staple order in chat shops :) I have used all my color ramkeins for this post, now you know how crazy I am when it comes to ramekins ;)

Here is my version of homemade dahi puri for you all....Enjoy your fav chat at home.

Dahi Puri Recipe - Ingredients

Makes 1 plate

• Puri - 6 puris
• Curd - 1/2 cup
• Sev - a handful
• Boiled Green Gram Dhal - 1/4 cup (You can use sprouted too)
• Boiled potatoes - 1/4 cup
• Green Chutney - 2 tbsp
• Dates Chutney - 2 tbsp
• Onion - 1 medium sized chopped
• Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp chopped finely
• Chat masala powder - 1 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Mash the potatoes, add cumin powder, turmeric and mix well. Keep aside. Mix curd with sugar, salt and a pinch of red chilli powder. Keep aside.
2. Arrange 6 puris in a plate. Crack a hole carefully in the center of each puri. Add mashed potatoes, green gram dhal, onion, green chutney and dates chutney in each puri.
3. Then pour 1/2 cup of curd over the puris. Sprinkle red chilli powder, chat masala powder on top, then add the sev. Serve with coriander leaves garnished.

You can make the puris and chutneys the before day . Once that is ready all others can be done a while before assembling. Enjoy this easy and yummy chat at home.

My Notes:

• Use thick chilled curd, adding sugar to curd is optional.
• If you make the chutneys ready then assembling and serving dahi puri is easy.
• You can either sprout green gram or pressure cook and use it if needed instantly which is what I did.

I take the short route of buying the dates chutney ready made these days ;) It is called bhel puri chutneys and stays well for long when refrigerated. I use even for sandiwiches - its tangy, sweet, spicy with all the flavours bursting out....hmmm yummmy!

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Fish Fry (Meen Varuval) | Indian Fish Recipes

As I had mentioned in my early posts, mittu loves fish fry and its the only nonveg item she eats. Hubby is totally opposite as he doesnt like fish, but eats once in a while.

Fish Fry Recipe - Ingredients

• Fish - 5 to 6 pieces (I used Vanjiram variety)
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Lime juice - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - to toast / deep fry

Method:

1. Clean fish and wash it twice to thrice. Set aside.

2. In a wide mixing bowl, add red chilli, turmeric,coriander powder, lime juice and required salt. Sprinkle little water to make it to a paste consistency.

3. Then add the fish to it and mix well. Coat the masala on all sides of the fish and marinate for atleast 30mins. Set aside.

4. Heat oil in a pan or dosa tawa and toast the fish until the fish turns dark brown color. You can alternatively deep fry too.

My Notes :

• You can serve fish with raw onions. I love it with tomato sauce :)
• Squeeze lime while serving if you like the tanginess.
• You can even add ginger garlic paste as a add on to the marinade.
• We like fish fries toasted in tawa than the deep fry.

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Filter Kaapi (South Indian Filter Coffee)

Making filter coffee isnt a big deal but to get the perfection sure comes only practise. I am totally an instant coffee lover but can have filter coffee once in a while. Filter coffee is always ammas department as she loves it and she says she cant proceed her daily chores without her morning dose :)

Filter Kaapi(Coffee) Recipe - Ingredients
For the decotion:

• Coffee Powder - 2 heaped tsp
• Water - 1 cup

For the coffee:

• Strong decotion - 1/4 cup(adjust according to the strongness you want)
• Milk - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 tsp

This decotion can make around 2-3 cups of coffee depending on the strongness.

The below pic shows a south indian coffee filter. It has a lower container that collects the filtered coffee and upper container where the coffee powder and water is added to form the decotion.

Now lets get on to see how we prepare filter coffee:

Method:

1. First add 2 tsps of filter coffee powder. Add the top chamber of the filter filter. Allow water to boil.

2.Add the boiled water. As you see(okay this doesnt justify but still think of the decotion being dropped ;)) the decotion drops and gets collected in the lower part of the filter as shown in the 3rd pic. After adding water close and keep it undisturbed for 10mins until all the decotion drops down.

3.Add sugar in the serving tumbler. Then add decotion filling upto 1/4 cup(depends on how strong you need your coffee to be). Boil milk and then add it.

4. If its too hot then pour from the tawara to the tumbler for once or twice.

Filter coffee is ready serve it hot and frothy.We always serve filter coffee in a set of tawara tumbler as shown in the pics.

My Notes:

• Once the decotion is added to the milk, do not overheat. If you want to heat then place the coffee tumbler inside a container which has boiling water.
• You can refrigerate the decotion for a day.
• We can take even 2 decotion by adding in little more water once the 1 st decotion is taken and used. The 2nd decotion is not very strong.
• If you use decotion stored in fridge, heat the decotion separately by placing it inside a container which has boiling water.

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