Turkish Delicacies

It's been quiet some time since a new post went up here. Anyway, in the beginning of the year I decided to write for a teen magazine called "Muslimah Girls Magazine". I took up the job of contributing recipes to the mag, hoping that atleast this way I will try out new recipes and learn to cook! :P

It so happened that the first edition I was supposed to contribute to, the mag started a world tour theme, where each edition will be based on a country. So the first country we started with was Turkey, and since I took the responsibility of giving in recipes, I was expected to contribute Turkish recipe. Now, I being an extremely amateur cook, it's more than sufficient if I learn to cook "ghar-ka-khana" but now I was in this place where I had  to submit "Turkish" recipe. After much thought, I then realised that this would be a good way to learn some foreign cuisine right.. so I should go for it! ;) well atleast I would learn a dish or two?

Chocolate-chip muffins

Chocolate-chip muffins: (Makes 12)

Pre-heat oven to 180 C (375 F)

Muffin tray

Muffin liners(12 cups)

2 bowls (for wet and dry ingredients)

Measuring cup

Dry ingredients:

1 3/4 cups (230 g) - All purpose (white) flour

1 1/4 cups (265 g) - Brown sugar

2/3 cup (60 g) - Cocoa powder(Unsweetened)

1 tsp - Baking powder

1 tsp - Baking soda

1/2 tsp - Salt

1 cup - Choc-chips(Add them in a little flour.. this helps the choco-chips to spread evenly in the batter)

Add everything in a bowl in the same order and whisk together or mix with your hands.There should be no lumps formed.

Wet ingredients:

A Random Sundae!

Weekends are a bliss aren't they? Come friday, just the thought of a weekend is a bliss! But by Sunday evening, boredom and the pre monday blues can get so depressing!

Oct 30 2011, was one such boring sunday. Net was disconnected, I was absolutely not in any mood to study, and I had absolutely nothing to do, except listen to my nieces crib and irritate me the entire day! :D
So, to kill boredom we decide to do something. We began searching for recipes in magazine which we had decided to prepare a loonngg time ago! But, well nothing suited us best. And then, Alhumdulillah, a random idea strikes and my brain was left working again! With all the random items I could think of we ended up making this ---->