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S hakarpar is a delicious Indian bite-sized cookies that's a Must during festive time. This is usually deep fried in oil but as I wanted a healthier version, I made them in whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour and baked them till crisp. This is one of my favorite snacks, which were so good to eat with evening tea. I see this always in Indian stores here but didn't want to buy because of the fried version, and so one day I couldn't resist and I thought of trying them and so I baked them and they turned out perfect. These are crunchy from outside and tender inside. this is a very easy recipe which can be made in a very less time. These will be liked by all. Ingredients: Whole Wheat Flour- 2 Cups Melted Butter- 2 tbsp Salt- a pinch Jaggery- 1/4 Cup (powdered) Milk- 1/2 Cup Method: Add the butter, jaggery, and milk in a sauce and heat on a low flame. Stir occasionally till the jaggery melts. Let it cool. (If you want, you can first melt the jagger

S crub 4 small, waxy potatoes and bring to the boil in deep, salted water. Simmer for 15 minutes or so, until tender to the point of a knife.  Remove the skin from a whole smoked mackerel and ease the flesh from the bones. Make a dressing by putting 2 tbsp each of red wine vinegar and olive oil in a mixing bowl, then stir in 1 tsp of smooth Dijon mustard , 100ml of crème fraîche and 100ml of natural yogurt. Season with salt and pepper, 8 sliced cornichons and 2 tsp of drained capers. Finely chop 4 spring onions,  4 sprigs of dill and pick  some  parsley leaves . Drain the potatoes and cut in half, add to the dressing, tossing them gently so they are evenly covered. Peel, seed and roughly chop 1 small cucumber. Wash 2 large handfuls of crisp, cos-type lettuce leaves , cut them into manageable pieces. Start plating with 3 spoonfuls of the dressing. Then the salad leaves. Place the potatoes and chunks of mackerel, finish with the herbs, cornichons and capers  Handle the

Whisk 4 tbsp olive oil with the juice of 1,5 lemons, season with black pepper. Cut 10 black olives finely. Mix the lot with 250 courgetti.   Hack 2 handfuls of fresh herbs (parsley, coriander, chives, basil, dill, chervil ) Mix a heaped tbsp Dyon mustard with 1 tbsp sugar. Coat 2 fillets of salmon with the mustard mix, then dip into the herbs. Fry the fish 2 mins on each side in olive oil, serve as shown. The courgetti wil be 'cooked' by the lemon juice. (Here the original recipe in Dutch by Jeroen de Pauw) from simple food, looking good Herb crusted salmon, courgetti Recipe from Sweet Cake Herb crusted salmon, courgetti Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/10/herb-crusted-salmon-courgetti-recipe.html

Preheat the oven to 200°C Use a fork to pierce a small aubergine all over, lightly oil the surface and sprinkle sea salt over it before baking in the oven for 30 mins. In the meantime slice an onion  finely, sweat in olive oil after adding 1 tbsp sugar to caramelise. Marinate 6 filets of sardines in 2 tbsp  olive oil and the juice of 1/2 lime, season with pepper and salt. Take out the aubergine and lower the temperature of the oven to 180° Slice 1/4 green paprika into julienne, sprinkle with 1 tbsp olive oil , 1 tsp thyme leaves, pepper and salt. Add 1 clove of garlic and put in the oven for 10 mins Scoop out the flesh of the aubergine and use the blender to mix with 1/2 tbsp balsamico vinegar, 1/2 tbsp honey and 1 tbsp olive oil to make the caviar. Turn up the heat under the onions, add 1/2 tbsp sugar and a bit of salt and keep stirring to caramelise the onions for a couple of minutes. Use a serving ring to cut out 2 rounds of puff pastry,  brush with egg yolk an

Pre heat the oven to 130°C Sprinkle 2 filets of salmon (200 g) with a mix of black pepper, nigella seeds and mustard seeds. Halve 8  mushrooms (and I did the same with 2 leftover king boletus) and dice 60 g bacon (or pancetta) Bring 2 l water to the boil Warm 100 g creme fraiche Start boiling 100 g  spaghetti  Fry the fish lightly with the seasoned side down in a dry non-stick pan. Add salt and transfer to a baking tray lined with buttered parchment paper. Bake in the oven for 10 mins In the meantime fry the bacon and mushrooms until nicely browned, add some garlic if you like. Mix the pasta with the cream, bacon and mushrooms, serve with the salmon on top Some green (dill) would have been nice, but I didn't have any (Here the original recipe from seafoodfromnorway)   from simple food, looking good Peppered salmon with pasta and mushrooms Recipe from Sweet Cake Peppered salmon with pasta and mushrooms Recipe https://sweetteabiscuits.blogspot.com/2020/1

Mix a finely sliced shallot with 200 ml white wine and 50 ml white wine vinegar. Bring to the boil and reduce to 2/3 Pre heat the oven to 260°C Remove the rind and pith of an  orange   then take out the segments by carefully cutting along the membranes   (pelé a vif). Add the escaping juice to the wine sauce. Then whisk 50 g small cubes of  cold butter to finish the sauce. Use a mandolin to shave a fennel bulb very thinly. Mix the fennel with 3 tbsp chopped basil leaves , a glug of olive oil and season with pepper and salt. Cut 200 g filet of salmon into thin slices. Halve a burrata and put the cheese on 2 plates, cover with the salmon slices and put the plates in the hot oven for 2 mins. Take them out again, season the salmon with pepper and salt Put the  fennel salad and orange segments on top, finish with the sauce (which I forgot and did when the photo was made :)) (Here the original recipe from Bart Desmidt in Dutch) from simple food, looking good S

I'd never seen them: watermelon radishes *, so had to read them up.  One website mentioned that chef  François Geurds from restaurant Ivy FG  cuts them in small cubes to make a 'steak' tartare for vegetarians. But no recipe was mentioned. So as an experiment I cooked 3 of them for 20 minutes, peeled them and sliced them in small cubes. Then added: 1/2 tbsp  shallo t, finely chopped, 1/2  tbsp   capers, 1/2  tbsp   gherkins , finely chopped,  1 tbsp finely chopped parsley, 1/2 tbsp   Dyon mustard, 1  tbsp  ketchup,  1 tbsp   olive oil,  1/4 tsp  Tabasco and   1  tsp     Worcestershire sauce After tasting I added a bit of  salt and pepper. Used a serving ring to plate and finished with  egg yolks  (from very fresh eggs) (For a vegan version replace the egg by mixing 1 tbsp mayonaise with 1 tsp curcuma and 1/2 tsp yellow curry powder. Then use 2 spoons to imitate the yolk) *  Also known as   Chinese radish, watermelon radish, watermelon daikon, Asian red meat