Zara's kitchen

Orange is one of a favorite fruit of everyone. It’s a good vitamin c source & a refreshing fruit. You can just eat it, make a delicious juice & not only that, still, you can make your own jelly & puddings with the fresh orange juice. Here we have made a orange pudding & orange jelly & combined them together in one glass as a layered pudding. Such an amazing dessert for this summer .. We need 2 oranges, one for the pudding & one for the jelly,  First we’ll make the pudding & set in the refrigerator, Then we’ll make the jelly & pour over the pudding as a layer & set in the refrigerator again. So let’s see the recipe,  Pudding ingredients  1 envelope gelatin  100ml cream ( any creams) 120ml evaporated milk or milk - ( 1/2 cup)  4tbsp sugar or to your taste Extract of a whole orange  & if you have condensed milk, use it instead of milk & add sugar according to your taste   Mixture: ...

Full chicken fry is the main dish of a special day meal, specially on weddings the people eagerly wait for this main VIP to their tables, so what if you can make this popular dish at home?? It sounds good right? Here you go... follow the recipe & make it now,  It’s very easy, you have to go with very simple steps,  Clean a skinless whole chicken,  Place it on a deep cooking pot.  Mix chilly powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt & lemon juice in it, coat the chicken with this mixture very well.  Add 1 -1/2 cup of water , cook covered over medium flame. Turn the chicken upside down on a halfway of cooking.  Cook until the gravy dissolves completely.  You will see a thicken paste like spices are left in the pot.  Now fry the chicken, remember the chicken is already cooked. So don’t over fry it. Just fry until you get a nice brown top, that’s enough.  Once you fried the chicken put it into the cooking pot agai...

It’s a delicious arabic dessert which is known as semolina cake too. It’s very popular in arabs , they make this cake for every special days & moment. A cup of gahwa served with this lovely dessert is always amazing. I learned this recipe from one of my arabic friend & it’s turned super yummy. Do you wanna try it??  Then follow the recipe,  INGREDIENTS   FOR CAKE  1 cup semolina 1 cup Yogurt  1 cup Coconut  3/4 cup Sugar  1 1/2  tsp baking powder  1/2 cup oil 2 tsp vanilla extract or cardamom powder  A pinch of salt GARNISH & POURS Almonds or nuts for garnish Sugar syrup or condensed milk/milk maid for pouring on top.  Mix all CAKE ingredients in a bawl,  spread on a greased baking pan . Draw the lines of desire shapes & place an almond on each piece. Press a little.  Bake it on 200degrees for about 30-40 minutes or till you get the golden top.  ...

No matter which nationality you are, a plate of biriyani makes you hungry. You can’t ignore it, you can’t refuse to smell it, you can’t turn your face away from it 😂   It’s An incredible food which was introduced by Indians & became famous on all over the world. The rice is mixed with many spices , beef , curd & more ingredients.a heavy flavored rice but you won’t feel full until you finish the whole pot. That’s the special part of this. It could be a breakfast, lunch or dinner. Time doesn’t matter. Taste matters. So making a tasty biriyani is a big dream of biriyani lovers. “How to make it perfectly?” It’s a big question most people have. So let’s see the recipe which is going to help you to make it . .................................................................... Marinating time : 1hr Cooking time : 1- 1-1/2hr Serving size : 3 people  First marinating the beef / chicken  250-300 g beef/ chicken ( cut into large pieces) 3-4 ...

Watlappam is a famous srilankan dessert, no festival without watlappam for srilankan muslims. It’s a tasty dessert made with eggs & jaggery ,adding lots of cardamoms to the flavor. Out put of Combination of these 3 ingredients is incredible. I just love it. INGREDIENTS 10 large eggs 360g good quality jaggery  A pinch of salt Palm full if cardamom  1/2 cup if thick coconut milk ( optional) Step :1 Crush the cardamoms & Break the jaggery to small pieces, Add this two ingredients to a large pan & heat it. Heat until well melts,  add some water & stir well to make the caramel, leave it to cool. ( after cooled if it turns hard again , just add some warm water & stir well , or heat a little to melt it . Don’t heat too much, it must be light warm or cool down before adding to the egg. ) Step :2 Beat the eggs very well using a blender or a beater for about 4 minutes .  Add the caramel to the beaten eggs , ...

Instantly made some crispy murukku to my eid plate. This is very special on eid & festivals, I remember the school days i use to buy a big packet of these murukku from shops & eat with my friends. Those days i had no idea how to make it, just knew to eat it😄It’s so exciting to learn to make our favorite foods.   To make this recipe you need few ingredients,  1 cup gram flour  1 cup rice flour  2 tsp chilly powder  2tsp salt 1 tsp sesame seeds  1 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp butter 1/2 tsp turmeric powder  ( spices can be adjusted to your taste) Mix all in a bawl, add water & knead into a dough, it’s soft & doesn’t stick to the hand. Now take  a part if the dough, put into the murukku maker or a piping bag . Pip it on a greased pan or try to a swirl pattern Deep fry in heated oil over medium flame until it turns golden. For extra spicy : mix salt & chilly powder in a bawl & put these...

Easy make milk barfi made with very few ingredients, super easy & super tasty. So milky.... try the recipe following the instructions. Watch video here https://youtu.be/mIXnruRDUlg INGREDIENTS   Milk powder - 1 cup Condensed mik - 50g Water - 30ml Ghee - 1 tbsp Garnish- chopped almonds  Mix the milk & condensed milk together in a bawl,  Heat the ghee in a pan over low flame,  Add all ingredients to the ghee( except almond) Stir continuously till you see the mixture leaves the sides of the pan . Continue cooking  for another 2 minutes Remove from the heat & transfer to a greased pan & spread evenly with a spatula, (if u can handle use your hands to shape it, )  Sprinkle the almonds on top & press well Leave it to cool down at least one hour, you can refrigerate too. Cut the desired shapes & place it on a serving dish. Enjoy ....

Gula jamun is a tradition indian sweet & it’s very famous in the other Asian countries, beautiful golden dumplings in sugar syrup, they are pretty in shape & yummy in taste. So to make the gulab jamuns , first we have to make the sugar syrup, Watch video recipe in YouTube https://youtu.be/38cPskepxn4 INGREDIENTS FOR SUGAR SYRUP  2-1/2 cups of sugar Few cardamoms- crushed or whole. A pinch of salt 1 -1/2 cups of water Add all in a pot, set the stove to medium flame, slowly  dissolve the sugar & bring it to boil, after 2 minutes you will see it starts building, check with your finger tips wether it sticks to your finger, that’s the point to turn of the gas, the consistency is right before it reaches the one thread consistency, we don’t wanna thick syrup, it should be light , so the jamuns will absorb it quickly. (I don’t add lemon juice in sugar syrup, I literally don’t like the taste to be honest. But still, you can add few drops, but i...

A key ingredient of pizza, we must know to make a perfect pizza sauce to enjoy the real taste of the pizza. So let’s go to the recipe Watch video https://youtu.be/mKNVH1NM1yc INGREDIENTS   2 large tomatoes - cut into 4-5  3-4 garlic pods Small quantity of chopped onion( around a table spoon)  2 tsp chilly powder  1 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp pepper Salt 2 tsp sugar  Add all ingredients to a pan, add water . Bring it to boil , cook until the ingredients get cooked well. Will take 5-7 minutes  Now allow it to cool & grind it very well . Pour the mixture to the pan again, add 2 tbsp tomato paste & some oregano, heat it again & cook until thickened, water should be completely dissolved ,  finally you will get a thick sauce . That’s it, allow it to cool & spread on your pizza .  Store : pour the sauce to a airtight container & store in the refrigerator. 

  this recipe is with very simple steps, you don’t have to wait for hours & go to freezer several times, you can make your croissant maximum within 2hrs, follow the instructions properly, watch vide recipe for more details,  Easy chicken croissant recipe | croissant | simple & fast | chicken puffs https://youtu.be/WnK3EtNopR4 INGREDIENTS   250g flour 100g butter  2-1/2 tbsp of sugar  160ml warm milk 1/2 tbsp yeast 1/2 tsp salt ( beaten egg for egg wash) Mix the milk, sugar, yeast in a mixing bawl, let it Ferm, add the flour, salt in it & kneed it into a soft dough. Cover it & leave it to firm & double in size. Divide in to 6-8 equals,  roll into thin circles, spread butter evenly in each dough & make sandwiches .  So u’l get 6-8 layered sandwich dough, cover it & freeze for about 1/2 hr. After 1/2 hr the dough is ready to use Now un wrap it, roll into a 1/4 thick sheet.  Cut ...