WHITE SAUCE WITH VEGGIES AND PASTA

Guys, so my third recipe is going to be about the famous ''White Sauce''. Now speaking of white sauce, it’s very easy to make and it’s also the base for lot of things like macaroni, Cheese for an example. 

INGREDIENTS

• Butter                                                  4 table spoons
• Flour                                                    3 table spoons
• Milk                                                     4 cups
• Salt & Pepper (to you taste)
• Boiled pasta & Veggies

METHOD 

1. First take a pan and heat it.
2. Add 4 table spoons of butter and let it melt.
3. When the butter melts (reduce your heat to medium), add 3 table spoons of flour.(remember to whisk it as you add the flour in according to avoid getting lumpy)
4. Just keep whisking and cook it a little bit (4mins), so that you don’t get a raw flavour of the flour you added.
5. Then add your 4 cups of milk slowly while whisking (don’t worry about the lumps, they will just disappear)
6. Do not stop whisking until you see all lumps gone.
7. Keep whisking constantly & boil the sauce, you will see it getting thickened (make sure it’s not too thick or watery either).
8. At this point, you could add salt and pepper to your taste and finish up cooking.
9. Now, take a plate, add your boiled pasta and veggies and you could just pour some of the white sauce on it or mix all of them together and serve however you like.

Bon Appetit

:)

salmon & egg rice

Time :20 minutes 
Serves 4                                                                                                                                          

Rice is a traditional dish in Sri Lanka.This is a simple recipe you can try when you don't have time to make extra curries.


Ingredients:
3tsp butter/oil
2 onions diced
3 ribs celery finely diced
3 cups cooked rice
3-4 curry powder 
1/2 tsp pepper
salt to taste
200g can salmon
4 hard boil eggs




Method:

Heat oil or  butter in a large frying pan. Add onion and celery. Cover and cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until soft but not browned.Now add rice,salt, curry powder and salmon. Then add pepper, stir well and remove from the heat.

Decorate with with eggs before serving.

Note: If you don't have salmon at home you can use some tuna or chicken.But make sure either you boil them separately or add to the mixture before add rice and fry till golden brown. 

EASY CHICKEN BIRIYANI

Firstly, I want to thank all my viewers, my friends and of course my loved ones for the positive feed back :D

Now, my second recipe is going to be about an easy peasy CHICKEN BRIYANI rice. I know that whenever us girls here about these types of recipes we get scared. But I'm a biriyani fan myself. I love having biriyani for lunch. Biriyani’s are very versatile and delicious dishes. Today I'm going to teach you how to make an easy chicken biriyani. So let's get started....

INGREDIENTS 

• Rice (any kind)                                          2 cups
• Chicken                                                   300 g
• Half boiled veggies (of your preference)                  
• Tomatoes                                                 1 large
• Green chillies                                           3
• Cumin seeds                                             1 teaspoon
• Salt (to your taste)
• Cardamom (black/green)                            2
• Ginger / garlic paste                                 1 tea spoon each
• Onions                                                    1 large
• Coriander (fresh/ powder)                         2 table spoons
• Paprika (to your taste)
• Yoghurt/ curd                                          200ml
• Herbs (any kind you have)                          2 table spoons
• Butter                                                     1 ½ table spoons
• Saffron                                                    tea spoon

METHOD

1. Put your chicken in to a bowl add some salt, 100ml of yoghurt, half a tea spoon of saffron, paprika and 1 table spoon of coriander powder and let it marinate for 15mins or so.
2. Meanwhile you can cook your rice as usual by adding the cardamom, salt and the other half a tea spoon of saffron.
3. Heat a pan, add butter and let it heat for 2mins, add cumin and let it splatter.
4. So when you hear the splattering sound, add ginger & garlic paste and sauté it for 3mins.
5. Add your onion & cook them until they turn golden brown (make sure you don’t burn them).
6. At this point you could add your veggies & tomatoes & cook them along with the onions for another 6mins.
7. After 6mins add your marinated chicken mixture to your onion and veggie mixture, stir them well.
8. Add the herbs, paprika, saffron, salt, green chillies & coriander powder (cook them in a medium heat)
9. Keep checking your rice time to time.
10. Make sure that chicken curry has enough gravy; add rest of the 100ml of yoghurt
11. Let it simmer for 20mins to cook the chicken mixture.
12. So, after your chicken curry’s done, take another pan/bowl and start layering.
13. Firstly, add a nice bed of rice to the bottom of the pan and then add all half of your chicken curry, again add all half of the remaining rice and then of course the remaining chicken mixture and last of the rice.
14. Keep this mixture aside covered with a lid for 5mins.
15. And finally mix them all gently and nicely before serving.

Bon Appetit

:)

Cantaloupe Juice

Time: 5 mins
For :  2 glasses  


Ingredients:
2 cups cubed cantaloupes 
1 cup ice cubes
1 cup water
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste 


Instructions:
Blend all the ingredients.


Nutrition Facts
Vitamin C
Vitamin A (beta-carotene)
Myo-inositol
Potassium
Fibre (when eaten)
Niacin
Folate Acid
Vitamin B6


Do you wanna know about Cantaloupes ? 

EASY MAYO PASTA SALAD

So, guys my first recipe is going be about a quick and easy pasta salad. To prepare this you will need only few ingredients. It’s going to be delicious, very easy to make and you could store this as well. I can guarantee it will disappear from the table the moment you put it.

INGREDIENTS

• Boiled pasta (whatever kind you like)            3 cups
• Mayonnaise                                               4 table spoons
• Boiled veggies (of your preference)
• Tuna                                                         1 can
• Salt & pepper (to taste)
• Lime                                                         1 ½ tea spoon
• Mustard paste                                           1 tea spoon

METHOD

1. Boil both pasta and veggies separately. Drain them and keep them a side.
2. Then combine all your boiled pasta and the veggies in to another bowl.
3. Drain the water/oil from the tuna can and smash it in to the pasta and veggie bowl.
4. Then you can add all the Mayo, salt, pepper, lime and mustard paste.
5. Make sure that you mix/toss the salad well and keep it in the fridge for like 15mins or so.

 NOTE. Instead of using tuna you could add boiled eggs, fried eggs or any leftover meat you have at home. But make sure you cut them in to bite size pieces. 

Enjoy the salad as a brunch or with your meals.

Bon Appetit

:)

MY DREAM OF COOKING IS THE WISH WHICH MY HEART MAKES

Hi, my name is Annie Ferdo. And I’m nervous :) since this is my first blog ever. Please excuse me if I'm posting anything wrong.

Well, this is just an introduction of my blog which I'm going to start from tomorrow onwards. So before anything, I want to thank my dearest friend Nadee Kaduruwana for encouraging me to start this blog. So thanks Nadee :) xoxo

Actually, to be honest I hated cooking until I came across with a movie called JULIE & JULIA. After the movie, i started loving the legendary JULIA CHILD who was a chef, author and a famous television personality back then.

I found so many interesting things about the story behind this movie and I was surprised. I’d say this movie literally got me in to cooking. I was so inspired by this movie and I actually have started trying out new recipes ever since. And now whenever I try a new dish I take few pictures as memories of those wonderful times I spent while my cooking adventure.

Below, there are few links and pictures of the movie and the real life Julie & Julia child's if you guys are interested. I'm sure you guys will, once you check the movie out :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child

http://www.biography.com/people/julia-child-9246767

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/mastering-art-french-cooking-cookbook/julia-child.shtml

So then I will see you guys soon with my easy peasy recipes and the pictures I took of them. I’m pretty sure you guys will like them, since they are super easy to make :)

See you guys soon.

Bon Appetit :D