Friday, 18 May 2018

HIBISCUS TEA

May 18, 2018 Saffron Flavours No comments

Learn how to make hibiscus tea which has some amazing benefits. Make this with either fresh or dried flowers and choose to have it as a hot cup of tea or as hibiscus iced tea because either way it’s delicious and really good for you!

Hibiscus tea has a fruity taste and slightly tart in taste, so in case you are not a fan of tart taste you can always add some honey or sweetener of your choice.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups water
6-8 dried hibiscus flowers or 2-3 fresh hibiscus flowers
1 tbspn lemon juice
Sweetener of your choice

METHOD

Heat up the water to a boil.
Switch off the heat, add in hibiscus flower (remove the stamens first), and allow the flower to steep for 5-6 minutes. Strain and add honey or your preferred sweetener.Add lemon juice and the colour of the tea turns into bright red. Serve hot or chilled.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF HIBISCUS TEA

Steeped floral tea recipes are current favorites for health conscious people these days. Hibiscus tea not only tastes good but it is good for the health. Hibiscus flower is rich in antioxidants and Vitamins like VitaminA, Vitamin C and Vitamin B1 and Iron. Rich in flavonoid glycosides which gives it a deep ruby red color. It helps in lowering of blood pressure and and hibiscus is a great remedy for menstrual cramps. It is also help in people with Metabolic syndrome.

PLEASE NOTE:

Just as with any other medicinal plant, overdosing on hibiscus tea can have some side effects too. It affects oestrogen levels and potentially lower the blood pressure. SO people who already have low blood pressure or are on blood sugar lowering medication should avoid the hibiscus tea.

CHICKEN FRIED RICE

May 16, 2018 Saffron Flavours No comments

INGREDIENTS

Boneless Chicken Breast cut into thin strips 100 grams
Rice soaked 1 cup
Oil 4 tablespoons
Spring onions finely chopped 2
Garlic finely chopped 3-4 cloves
Eggs whisked lightly 2
Salt to taste
Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
White pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
Vinegar 1/2 teaspoon

METHOD

Step 1

Cook rice in three cups of water until just cooked. Drain well and cool. Heat oil in a wok, add spring onions and garlic and stir-fry for a minute. Add chicken pieces and stir-fry for two minutes.

Step 2

Add eggs and cook for half a minute, stirring continuously. Add rice and salt and cook for a minute, stirring and tossing continuously.

Step 3

Add soy sauce,white pepper powder and mix thoroughly. Add vinegar, mix well and serve hot

MANGO PANNA COTTA

May 13, 2018 Saffron Flavours No comments

This dessert is easy to make and has a light, velvety texture. Mango adds a stunning colour and its exotic flavour.Panna cotta is a famous dessert hailing from Italy and translates as cooked cream. It’s a softly set pudding that is firm, but velvety smooth. It’s made in many flavors including vanilla, strawberry, lemon and espresso.

INGREDIENTS

Alphonso mangoes puree -1 cup
Fresh cream -1.25 cup
full fat milk -1cup
chopped agar agar strands-4 tspn
water for soaking the agar agar strands
sugar - add as per taste
vanilla extract or essence-1/2 tspn

Direction

first chop the agar agar strands in small pieces and soak them in warm water for 10 mins.
rinse, peel and chop the mangoes. add the chopped mangoes in a blender and make a smooth puree. keep the mango puree aside.
mix cream, milk and sugar in a pan or sauce pan and keep it on the stove top. stir with a wired whisk. keep on stirring at intervals while the cream mixture comes to a gentle boil. the sugar should also dissolve completely.
Also at the same time, keep the agar agar and water solution on the stove top. keep on stirring the agar agar solution and let it cook till the agar agar strands are dissolved completely.
the cream+milk+sugar mixture should just gently come to a boil. switch off the flame.
mix the hot agar agar solution into the hot cream+milk+sugar mixture and stir very well with a wired whisk.
wait for about 5 mins till the panna cotta mixture becomes less hot. then add the mango puree and vanilla extract. mix very well with the wired whisk.
pour the mango panna cotta in serving bowls. cover the serving bowls with a lid or aluminium foil/plastic wrap. let the panna cotta become warm. then place the bowls in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours till the panna cotta is set.
while serving, top with some chopped mango pieces or garnish with mint leaves and serve mango panna cotta chilled.

BROCOLI SALAD

May 12, 2018 Saffron Flavours No comments

There are so many incredible vegetables that need to be enjoyed, but sometimes making everything come together to actually form a meal can be a little hard. I want to help make things a bit easier for you.Just look at how many delicious things are in this salad! It's an easy way to pack all your favorite summer vegetables into one gorgeous lunch.If you're the kind of salad-lover who craves all the green things, this recipe is for you.

Ingredients

Brocoli florets - 1 cup
Yellow bell peppers- 1/2 cup
Lettuce leaves-100gms

Dressing

Vinegar- 1tspn
Olive oil-3tspn
Honey-1 tspn
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

Directions

Blanch the broccoli in a saucepan of boiling water, then rinse under a cold tap. Dry with a paper towel.
Remove the seeds from the pepper and cut into small chunks.
Cut the lettuce and add it to a salad bowl.
Add the broccoli and yellow bell pepper.
Mix the dressing ingredients together.
Pour over broccoli and yellow bell pepper and lettuce leaves, toss gently.
Serve immediately.

Interesting Facts About Broccoli

Broccoli gets its name from the Italian word “broccalo”, which means “cabbage sprout”.
The most common type of broccoli is Calabrese broccoli – named after Calabria (Italy), its place of origin.
If you want to eliminate the smell of broccoli, you can add a slice of bread to the pot.
California produces almost all of the broccoli consumed in the United States.
And though available all year round, the vegetable is most nutritious from October to May.
The American sign language has no sign for broccoli. You only have to spell it out.
Broccoli was brought to America by Thomas Jefferson. In fact, in 1767, he imported the seeds from Italy and planted them in his own garden.

Health benefits of Broccoli

Helps prevent cancer.
Detoxify your body.
Improves bone and teeth health .
Promotes heart health.

CHICKEN TAWA FRY

May 03, 2018 Saffron Flavours No comments

Pan frying is a form of frying by using of minimal cooking oil or fat, compared to deep frying. In this chicken fry recipe, I am just using little butter to lubricate the pan, no more oil or other fats may be needed. As a form of frying, pan frying relies on oil as the heat transfer medium on correct temperature and time to retain the moisture in the chicken. Because of the partial coverage, the chicken must be flipped at least twice or thrice to cook all sides evenly

Prep time: 1hr with marination time

Cook time: 25- 30 mins

INGREDIENTS

Chicken -600gms

Curd- 1/2 cup

Lemon juice -2 tbspn

Turmeric powder-1/4 tbspn

Kashmiri chilly powder- 2 tbspn

Garam masala- 1/2 tspn

Ginger garlic paste-1 tbspn

Salt to taste

Butter - 1 tbspn

Curry leaves- 10 leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Marinate chicken with curd ,salt ,lemon juice and ginger garlic paste .Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes before second marination drain out any excess water released from chicken and curd.

Add turmeric powder, kashmiri chilly powder and garam masala , combine well and keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Heat butter in a iron pan. Add curry leaves and lay marinated chicken pieces n cook on low flame. Serve hot with rice or rotis.

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