Friday, February 13, 2015

Cook thy love story- Valentine's day cook up for HIM

Love is in the air! While the world and its cousins..err partners is going to be at various party and food haunts, you may choose to make your partner feel really special by cooking something romantically wonderful for him & her.

Menu for your man:
Men love junk..absolutely...truly..madly! And what do you do the whole year? stop him from eating it. So, this valentine's day show some love. Make him some lovely belgian fries doused with cheese sauce for starters and a bacon wrapped chicken for the mains and let the magic unveil.

Fat Potato Fries
Aloo kisse nahi pasand! but when fried its lethal in calories and of course in TASTE. Here's how you are going to make it.
Thick potato fries with cheesy dip
Take the best quality potatoes and cut them into a centimeter thick pieces.  now simply take a ziplock pouch and shove the potatoes along with a spoonful of all purpose flour, salt, pepper and dried herbs. now shuffle the fries around so that they get coated nice and good. you can throw in a bit of garlic powder & chilli flakes as well.
Now deep fry the fries in vegetable oil for 3-4 minutes until they become golden brown.

Cheesy dip
Now there are n number of cheeses you can choose from to make the cheese sauce. if you like it sharp then use a sharp cheddar and then you can use a soft brie to make a more silky sauce.
In a saucepan put together 1/4 cup milk and 4 tsp of flour; bring it to a boil on medium heat while stirring constantly with a whisk. Now let it simmer for a couple of minutes until it thickens. Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in 1/3rd cup of grated cheddar. At this point removing from heat bit is very important otherwise the sauce may curdle. Lastly, season with pepper.

For the action!!
Make the dip before hand so u can drizzle it all over the fries when they come fresh out of the oil. serve in a basket lined with colorful hearts printed paper tissues!!! ooooo... cheesy!

Bacon wrapped chicken
Now what better love pairing than that of bacon and chicken. Imagine the look on his face when you loveingly present it on a plate...err..or.. get imaginative!! hahah!
Bacon wrapped chicken!


Take 4 chicken breasts and flatten them with a rolling pin to 1/2 inch thickness. To a 250 gms tub of cream cheese add chives or any seasoning of your choice and spread the same on each of the chicken breasts. Dot with a bit of butter and seasoning and roll up. now wrap each of the chicken roll with bacon strips. 
Now on a medium heat skillet put the chicken rolls seam side down and shallow fry until the bacon is crisp and the chicken is cooked. It should not take more than 2-3 minutes one side.

Serve with mustard mayo- to a jar of mayo add 3 tbsps of english mustard and a pinch of sugar and pepper. it serves as a brilliant combo with bacon and chicken!!

Now, for the boys there is another edition of the menu specially designed for the ladies. After all a good impression always lasts much more than just a day or a NIGHT :-))

Have a rocking Valentine's day!


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