Donuts

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.Donuts are most popular & mostly eaten breakfast food in America. Homemade donuts taste equally good & opt for weekend breakfast & kids will love this. Chocolate topping will makes yummy & look good tooo :)

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Ingredients :

1. 1/4 cup of warm water
2. 1/4 oz of dry yeast
3. 3/4 cup warm milk
4. 1/4 stick of butter
5. 2 tbsp of sugar
6. 1/4 tsp of salt
7. 1 egg
8. 2 cups of flour plus 1 tbsp for dusting
9. Oil for frying plus 2 tbsp
10. Milk chocolate - 1 bar
11. Chocolate chips (optional)

Directions to fry :

# Mix and stir 1/4 cup of warm water, dry yeast & warm milk. Let stand for about 5 min.

# In a bowl combine flour,salt & sugar.

# Mix the flour with the milk mixture by adding 2 tbsp of oil and knead them by spreading a few tbsp of flour on a smooth surface.

# Cover the dough with a cloth for 1 hr.

# Roll the dough about 1/2 inch thick & cut out the donuts, using donut cutter or even with a cup.

# Make a hole in the middle.

# Place the donuts on a floured plate for 30 min.

# Heat the oil on a medium heat, cook the donuts till golden brown on either sides.

# Meanwhile, melt the chocolate & keep aside.

# Once the donuts are ready, dip them in the melted chocolate & sprinkle the tiny chocolate pieces on them.

Serves 14 donuts.

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Mini chicken pizza

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Pizza is the mouth watering & mostly eaten dish which is readily availabe at any time with free home delivery & in many flavours. Because of which, I don't cook them often at home. I used the store bought mini pizza dough & layered it with the homemade chicken and tomato sauce.

Ingredients :

1. Mini pizza dough base - 2 nos

For tomato sauce :

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Finely chopped garlic - 1 no
3. Tomato - 3 nos
4. Salt to taste
5. Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
6. Pepper - 1 tsp

For chicken topping :

1. Shredded chicken - 1 cup
2. Chilly powder - 2 tsp
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Oil - 1 tsp
7. Thinly sliced onion - 2 nos
8. Capsicum - 1 nos (thinly sliced)
9. Zucchini - 1 (thinly sliced, optinal)
10. Pizza seasoning
11. shredded cheese for topping

Directions to cook :

For Tomato sauce :

# Heat oil in the pan, add the chopped garlic & saute them for a min.

# Add the finely chopped tomatos & salt. cook them for 5 min till tender.

# Add tomato ketchup & pepper. Saute them for 2 min. Switch off the flame.

For the chicken topping :

# Heat oil in the pan, add the shredded chicken, chilly powder, turmeric powder & salt. cook till tender.

# Finally add garam masala. Keep aside.

Assembling :

# Heat oil in the pan, toss the thinly sliced onions and capsicum for 2 mins. Keep aside.

# spread the tomato sauce over the pizza dough.

# Spread the chicken masala as the second layer.

# Sprinkle the onions, capsicum, zucchini & pizza sesonings & finally the shredded cheese.

# Bake them as per the instructions given. I baked it for 10 min at 200 C.

Serve them hot.

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Peacock napkin folding

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Napkin folding is a fun. It takes us little back to our childhood ages. I like to do window shopping, where I come across such a wonderful creation of napkin folding. This peacock napkin folding looks pretty & cute.

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STEP 5 :

Have fun :)

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