Wednesday 30 September 2020

Mexican Nachos With Cheese Dip || Nachos With Cheese Sauce || Homemade Nachos With Cheese Dip

 Todays recipe is Mexican  Nachos with cheese dip, nachos are one of the favorite snack to almost everyone now a day's.  We can have it as snack or appetizer and also perfect party time snack. I just love to have it with lots of cheese dip. Please d't think much about calories while having these nacho's with cheese dip 😄, try it once surely you will feel the same 😍.Yes yes we have to do more workouts to burn calories after having it, but trust me surely you will love to have these nachos with cheese dip & no need to tell about kids. I made simple cajun spice powder with less ingredients, which adds good aroma and taste to nachos.


Some information about Nachos

Nachos are popular Mexican food, "Nacho" Anaya created nachos at the Victory Club in 1940. When a regular customer Mamie Finan asked Anaya to bring a different snack  than a usual for her and 3 other women. Anaya went to kitchen and spotted some freshly fried pieces of  corn tortillas, cut it into triangles and fried them. He added shredded  cheddar cheese and sliced pickled jalapeno strips, pepper and served them. After tasting the snack when Finan asked what it was called,  Anaya told, "Well we can just call them Nacho's Special". Which later became popular as Nacho's. Gathered information from here.   We can prepare many recipes using nachos, one of my favorite recipe is chilli cheese nachos with refried beans and salsa, will share that recipe soon.



Event : Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge

Taking this yummy and cheesy Nachos to "Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge" fb group started by Priya, and taken further till date by Mayuri di, I bookmarked her Chocolate truffles to try soon. Do check her space for wonderful recipes. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it.

This month them #MexicanCusine is suggested by Narmadha who blogs at NamsCorner, she is one of my blogger friend who is very talented. I love her baking recipes a lot, I bookmarked her homemade hide and seek biscuitswhole wheat beetroot swril buns to try soon. My partner for this Mexican theme is Archana di, who blogs at themadscientistskitchen, she is very talented chef, I love reading her recipes. I like her many recipes in which  Kubani Ka Meetha , Ice Cream Loaf Cake are my favorite, bookmarked to try soon.  

    For theme Archana gave me maize flour and cheese as 2 secret ingredients, in turn I gave kidney beans and tomatoes as secret ingredients. Using these ingredients she prepared The Ultimate Dinner Vegan Fajita, do check out recipe.


                                   Nachos with cheese dip

Preparation time  - 15 minutes
cook Time : 35 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Mexican 
Main ingredients : Maize flour, cheese
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

To prepare Nachos:

Maize flour - 1 cup
wheat flour - 1/2 cup
pepper powder - 1 tsp
salt - as per taste
oil - to deep fry

To prepare cajun spice:(we prepare it in many ways, I used these simple spices)

coriander seeds - 1 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
oregano - 1 tsp
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
salt - as per taste

To prepare cheese sauce / Cheese dip 

Butter - 2 tsp
wheat flour - 2 tsp
milk - 300 ml
processed cheese cubes - 2 (you can also use cheddar cheese too)
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp(optional)
salt - as per taste

Instructions 

1) Heat wide pan, dry fry coriander seeds and cumin seeds on low flames till you get nice aroma, then switch off flames.


2) Switch off the flames add salt, red chilli powder, oregano. Grind it to fine powder, if you feel it very coarse strain it.





3) Lets prepare flour, take maize flour, wheat flour, pepper powder , salt in a wide pan. Heat oil to deep fry in a pan.


4) Prepare smooth and stiff dough by water little by little, prepare small dough balls by pinching some dough.


5) Dust some wheat flour on dough and roll slightly thick and give it round shape. Prick it with fork in order to prevent it puffing while frying and cut into triangle pieces as shown.



6) Checking oil heat by drooping some dough, if it comes up  easily then drop above triangle shaped chips and fry it on low to medium flames till it becomes crisp and changes golden brown color. 



7) Repeat the same process for remaining, then sprinkle prepared cujin spice powder on it and shake well. That's it our Nachos are ready, you can serve as it is or can serve it with salsa or cheese sauce/dip.


8) Let's prepare cheese sauce/ cheese dip for Nachos. Heat wide pan, add 2 tsp of butter and let it melt.


9) Add 2 tsp of wheat flour to the above fry till you get nice aroma.


10) Now add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder mix well. (If you are using cheddar cheese you will get yellow color to sauce, as I am using processed cheese I used turmeric powder, you can skip it). Later add milk mix everything well and boil till  it becomes thick.



 11) Now add processed or cheddar cheese as per availability mix well, till it dissolves in milk. 



12) Cook the above till it becomes thick like sauce. 


That's it our Cheese dip is ready to serve with our Nachos.



Tips

* Roll nachos carefully as dough is sensitive, it breaks easily. 

* You can skip adding turmeric powder in cheese sauce/ dip. 

* Use cheddar or processed cheese as per availability or you can use both.

* Fry nachos in low to medium flames without burning.

* We can add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, pepper powder and other ingredients to prepare cajun spice powder. You can skip sprinkling cajun spice powder too.

Hope you liked this Mexican Nachos with cheese dip/ cheese sauce. I will share nachos video in my youtube channel soon, do not forgot to subscribe our channel.  

Also check other related recipes from my blog and channel, by just clicking the link below pic..

                                   
                                           Potato Lollipops

                                   
                                    corn cheese balls

                        

                                  Baby corn manchurian


                              Baby corn fritters


          Dry cabbage manchurian

                          Paneer Tikka


           Rava / Semolina Pizza



          Veg chow mein noodles

 


                                     Paneer pinwheels

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Monday 28 September 2020

Kesar Badam Milk || Saffron Almond milk || Badam Milk

 Kesar Badam Milk is Indian delicious, energetic and super yummy drink which we can serve hot or cold. I just love to have it cold with extra chopped almonds in it. Saffron added in it makes this drink very aromatic and delectable. This kesar badam milk is good for this winter season.

You can also check this recipe in our youtube channel..

https://youtu.be/znxDeNx-d-g

 Kesar is known as saffron, we have many health benefits of saffron, having saffron milk regularly cures insomnia, it improves digestion, reduces anxiety and acts as good antioxidant. Do check Saffron lassi, surely you will love it.  I am big fan of almonds, I just love to adding almond in my daily routine food like dates & nuts ragi maltoats & nuts ladooPoha badam ladoosabudana coconut ladoo using almonds powderalmond mango sandeshdates & dry fruits barfi,dates & banana smoothie . Having almonds regularly will gives good strength to our bones, it is good for growing kids. It prevents heart diseases and it also prevents hair loss. I also prepare kesar badam mix I will share that recipe soon. 



 Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this utterly delicious kesar badam milk recipe to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #266ExoticSaffron theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week theme is suggested by Mayuri di, she is very talented chef I love reading her detailed recipes with lovely presentation. I bookmarked many of her recipes like chilli avocado cakeRam LadooMethi muthia  and her latest Saffron Tapioca pudding to try soon.

                                 

                                          Kesar Badam Milk 


Preparation time  - 10 minutes
Soak time : 4 hours or overnight
cook Time : 15 to 20 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Beverages
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Almonds, saffron 
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


Ingredients  

Almonds - 20+5

Milk - 400ml 

Saffron strands - 20 strands +5 strands 

sugar - 3 to 4 tsp(adjust)

green cardamom powder - 1 tsp


Instructions

1) Soak almonds 4 hours or overnight or in hot water till you can peel its skin. Also soak saffron in 2 tsp of hot milk for 30 min.

2)Peel almonds skins, grind it to fine paste by adding some water or milk.

3) Heat 400ml of milk in a pan, boil it on low to medium flames, till it becomes bit thick. 

4) Now add sugar mix everything well and cook till sugar dissolves.

5) Now add saffron which is soaked in milk and elachi/ green cardamom powder and mix well. 

6) Later add prepared almonds paste, mix everything well and cook it in low flames for 7 to 10 min or till milk becomes thick. 

7) Mean while finely chop almonds for garnishing and keep it aside. When milk becomes thick, switch off the flames.

7) Take kesar badam milk in a serving cups/glasses garnish it chopped almonds and saffron.

That's it our Kesar Badam Milk is ready to serve. You can serve hot or cold. If you want to serve it cool, keep this in refrigerator for minimum 2 hours and enjoy your drink. 

Tips

* Use full fat milk to get creamy texture.

*Soaking almonds is must, soak overnight or 4 hours or soak in hot water for 2 hours, so that you can remove almonds skin easily.

* Adjust sugar quantity as per your taste.

* You can also garnish it with pistachios and cashew nuts too.

Hope you liked this healthy and tasty drink,  Also check other healthy beverage from my Youtube Channel  and blog by just clicking the link below pic. 


                                      

                           Butterfly Pea flower herbal tea    
                                           
                               Ginger & lemon green tea(youtube link)

                              
                                Dates & nuts Ragi Malt (video)
                                
                           cold cofee with coffee jelly (youtube link)
                                          Cold coffee with coffee jelly (blog link)



                   
                         sapota milkshake/ chikoo milkshake



                                Dry fruit lassi - 3 varieties


                            Dates and Banana Smoothie


                          Musk melon milk shake


                                        Mango mastani



                                     Mango falooda 




                        Sabja buttermilk



                    Mango lassi 


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Monday 21 September 2020

Batheeth - Emirati Dates crumble Batheeth

 Today's recipe Batheeth - Dates crumble from Emirati cuisine. This is very easy delicious recipe with zero added sugar. This recipe is prepared using wheat flour, dates paste as main ingredients with the flavors of cardamom and ginger powder added in it. Almonds and sesame seeds added in this gives good nutty taste. We can serve this as dates crumble or as balls or cookies that is rolled in sesame or almonds or pistachios(chopped). Today I am sharing the crumbled version, we can also mold it as balls too. Wheat flour is fried till it changes color which gives good nutty flavors to this Batheeth. I just like recipes that are prepared using dates, my daily routine drink dates and nuts ragi malt  is my all time favorite. As dates boots our energy, good for bone health, it promotes heart health and many more. The modern diet of the UAE is multi cultural,  it shares similarities from neighboring countries like Oman, Saudi, also Middle Eastern and Asian cuisines(info from wiki). 


I have to explore more UAE recipes, bookmarked some of my blogger friends UAE recipes to try soon


Emirati Spice blends by Preethi 

  Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this Batheeth recipe to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #265EmiratiEats theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This month theme suggested by Kalyani Sri, who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds, do check her space for wonderful recipes, bookmarked her latest vegetarian machboos - Arabic meal & sugar free lemon iced tea to try soon. I checked this recipe here with some changes in ingredients. 

                                 




Preparation time  - 15 minutes
cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4
Category : International
Recipe Cuisine: UAE
Main ingredients : wheat flour, dates
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


Ingredients  

Wheat flour - 1cup
Dates paste - 1 cup(adjust as per your taste)
Butter - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder/ elachi powder - 1 tsp
Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
Almonds - 10
sesame seeds - 2 tsp

Instructions

1) Deseed dates and soak it in very little hot water for 15 min. Later mash it or grind it fine paste.


2) Dry fry wheat flour in a wide pan/ kadai on low flames till it changes color and you get nice aroma .



3) Now add dates paste in it mix everything well, you will get nice crumble texture. 



4) Add cardamom powder, ginger powder butter and mix everything well.



Finally add finely chopped almonds and sesame seeds, that's it our Emirati Batheeth is ready to serve.


Tips

* You can also add rose water and saffron in this.
* You can also prepare dates balls and roll it in almonds or pistachios or in sesame seeds. In order to prepare balls the dates & flour texture should be like dough. For this take 1 cup of dates paste and 1/2 cup of flour, adjust quantity accordingly. 

Also check some other recipes..

                                    
                             pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies

                         
                               Dates and nuts ragi malt

Hope you liked this healthy and tasty Batheeth - Emirati dates crumble. Give it a try and drop your comments in inbox. Do not forgot to subscribe my  youtube channel Vasus vegkitchen

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