Cheese, as we know is loved and relished by many. So, how could we miss out on an easy-peasy recipe which contains cheeeeeeeese 🙂
For the Ramadan Special segment, glittercut.com brings to you the easiest recipe of mini processed crafted cheese rolls, adding to your balanced diet with the essential supply of vitamins and minerals. Most of all, this dish is a sure shot hit among the kids.
I have used Kiri cheese cubes, as it is easily available here in the markets and in the lock down, you want to get a pack of your own, click here.
So, let’s get cookin’
Ingredients: serves 3
Kiri Cheese Cubes 3 cubes cut into half
ready – to – use Samosa pattis / Switz Samosa Leaves 3 pattis / leaves
Wheat flour 1 Tbsp dissolved in 1/4th cup of water (this will act as a glue to stick the corners of the pattis / leaves.)
Garnishing:
Sugar 1 cup
Water 150 ml
Cardamom 2 pcs
Method:
Take one patti / leaf at a time and cut it into equal half from the short edge.
In each half, place one half of the Kiri Cheese cube and fold the patti neatly. Make sure to glue the edges of the patti well using the wheat flour mix.
Once all the rolls are ready, in a deep pan, heat oil. In the oil add the rolls one by one and fry until delicious golden brown.
Kiri rolls drenched in sugar syrup
For Garnishing:
In a pan, add water and sugar along with cardamom. While on heat, mix well until the sugar dissolves completely and forms a rich sweet liquid.
Empty the syrup in a deep bowl.
Serving:
Dip the rolls in the sugar syrup bowl and serve on a plate.
Treat your taste buds with the most astonishing taste with such an easy-peasy recipe.
Tips:
You can seal the edges of the patti, dipping your finger in the paste and spreading it on edges.
The servings are 2 rolls for each person, you can add and serve as you like.
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RoohAfza is a thirst quencher and a great addition for mocktails and desserts. Apart from cooling, it possesses many health benefits. There are no artificial elements used in this syrup. Made with all natural ingredients like flower, roots, herbs, fruits, veggies, RoohAfza have a very energetic and refreshing effect in hot summer.
So, today in our Ramadan Special segment, glittercut.com brings to you a very commonly consumed drink, especially in Ramadan. RoohAfza.
Yes, you read it right. glittercut.com, in its Ramadan Special segment, brings to you your very own recipe of ice cream which is fried: fried ice cream :-p
This enticing recipe, I had first tried it at a sea side restaurant in the city of Athens, Greece. The hot and cold jolt of the dish was as hypnotizing as I found its name to be attractive on the menu card. And, the dish was beyond our intrigue and expectations, it was just outstanding.
However, over the years after the trip, I have now mastered the knack of fried ice cream.
In a blender, blend cornflakes and bread crumbs or any cookie of your choice until a fine powder is formed.
In a plate, empty the cornflakes / cookie powder mix. In another dish, take a well beaten egg.
Take a scoop of ice cream at a time, roll it in the cornflakes plate, then roll it in egg and then again roll it in the cornflakes mix plate.
Place the coated scoops on a tray and place the tray in the freezer for overnight.
“Ready-to-eat” day, In a deep frying pan, heat oil until more than ready for deep frying.
Take one coated scoop at a time from the freezer and place it the heating oil for a few seconds, or until the coating becomes golden brown. Remove promptly.
Place it on the serving dish drizzle it with chocolate sauce or whipped cream or both and serve immediately.
Tips:
Fried ice Cream is best served immediately.
Ice cream needs to be well frozen.
If you want to make it egg free, then the egg can be replaced by the ‘cornflour-milk’ mix.
For cornflour milk mix, add 2-3 Tbsp of cornflour to 1 cup of milk and mix well until no lumps appear.
This special recipe is to mark the celebration of the 50th post on glittercut.com.. Cheers!!
Mint as we all know is a great source of refreshment and hence is used in various ways and products as a refreshing coolant, along with its many health benefits.
Adding mint to our lemonade doubles up the refreshing gush of the drink, is a great way to beat the scorching sun and the heat on a summer day.
Glittercut.com, in its Ramadan special segment brings to you the easy-peasy recipe of a mint lemonade..
Ingredients (serves 2)
Freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 cup
Mint leaves 2 cups (leave aside 3-4 leaves aside for garnish)
Ice cubes 1 cup
Water 1 cup
honey (as per your taste)
Cumin powder a pinch
Equipments
Blender
Strainer
Method
Add all the above ingredients to the blender and blend until all the ingredients blend together really well.
Strain the drink into the serving glass or jug using a strainer.
Rich in nutrients, yogurt is a dairy product which has ‘n’ number of benefits. Be it weight management to protection against osteoporosis, yogurt does it all as it improves the immunity system of the body.
Yogurt intake combined with fruits, is a bonus. It becomes the source of high quality protein and has a synergistic effect on health as it combines various vitamins and minerals.
(Lassi, a sweet or savory Indian drink made from a yogurt or buttermilk base with water.)
Today, on glittercut.com, for our Ramadan Special segment, we have the easiest recipe for mango lassi.
Ingredients: serves 3
Yogurt 2 cups
Milk 1 cup
Mango 1 (peeled and cut)
Honey 1 Tbsp
Sugar 3 Tbsp
Vanilla essence 1 Tsp
Cardamom powder 1/2 Tsp
Ice cubes 4 – 5
For garnishing
Dry fruits chopped
Cardamom powder
Equipment
Blender
Method:
In a blender, add mango, milk, yogurt, vanilla essence, sugar, honey, cardamom powder and ice cubes and blend till the ingredients turn into a thick smooth liquid.
Your lassi is ready.
Serve it in a glass and garnish it with dry fruits and sprinkle a pinch of cardamom powder at the top.
All over the world regardless of the ongoing season or the weather conditions, our desires, our wants and needs pay no heed. Rising with passing time, quenching the craves becomes a task. Feasible at a click of the button for some, while, regulating for the vital supply itself gets crippling for some.
The ratio of the crippling is way more than the haves.
Instances of both classes are spotted in our vicinity. At times, the contrast is distinct, but, many times to differentiate the indigent is confusing.
Shielded amour-propre refrains the impoverished from imploring, while expectations soaring their speculation of acquiring aid.
While the secret desire of the deprived remains cloaked, the glare of the leisure blocks the effluent from spotting the needful.
On the contrary, the benevolent irrespective of their financial holding selflessly reach out to the needy with available means, winning the ‘philanthropist’ title.
Helping comes with the pleasure of its own, the realization of the wonders every good deed can do.
Various channels of approaching the unfortunate are accessible. Charitable organizations or charitable events, they all aim to provide for the needy and deal with poverty one man at a time.
However, we don’t need to bank on such events or organizations entirely for helping the deprived.
Apart from dropping a dime in the charity box at the mall, or spending on a charity coupon, ways like feeding the poor, giving old clothes, distributing blankets or other essentials, setting up a water cooler in the neighborhood add to the list of admired charitable ways.
At times, the deserving may be contiguous to us in relation or distance. Mindfulness to their needs is what it requires to make the first step forward to provide support.
Upon giving alms, the giver is not helping the needy, but, instead is helping himself to become a better person, to be more empathetic, and helps himself to be more generous while expecting null in return. However, the sanctification of giving charity and the elation of easing the misery of a soul is indescribable. Yet, some boastful individuals brag about their blessed cause and let the value of the deed go in vain.
Negligent of the scar left on the hearts of the receiver by their hurtful act.
The mortified receiver strained by the circumspect acceptance of funds, already burdened by the affliction and compromising their dignity, generally, expect the giver to be attentive of their emotions.
All form of charity is a component of many religions and culture. Hence, being taught and inculcated in the young minds from an early age, building a sense of service to humanity.
Similarly, in Islam, charity throughout the year is instigated while in the holy month of Ramadan, charity by the name of Zakat has been made obligatory. Zakat, the third out of five pillars of Islam, is a term used for the 2.5% of the wealth, investment or savings to be paid to the poor and needy. (to know more about the Zakat and its terms and rulings, click here). Economists have confirmed the fact that if each believer makes the due payment of zakat and does not withhold it, poverty will surely be eradicated from the face of the Earth. Sadly, that is not the case yet.
There are various types of people in need depending on their situation, hence, broadening our opportunities for charity.
Generosity could be in the form of giving wealth, clothing, essentials, groceries and many other desired objects which eases the gainers’ situation to some extent.
A man helping a dog.
However, it does not remain restricted to the same. If you possess knowledge of any kind, sharing it is charity. Helping any seeker in any manner without expecting any returns while not boasting is also a form of charity. To smile at someone is charity. Clearing the pathway of any obstacle to ease the passage for others is charity. Charity is also when you help a blind man cross the road. Showing directions to the lost is as well a form of charity. Helping out animals is also charity. planting trees as well is charity and the list goes on.
So, for reaching out and helping, you need not be rich or have a huge bank balance. Without these also you can be charitable and earn the rewards and be blessed.
Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah said :
“Your smiling in the face of your brother is a charity, commanding good and forbidding evil is a charity, your giving directions to a man lost in the land is a charity for you. Your seeing for a man with bad sight is a charity for you, your removal of a rock, a thorn or a bone from the road is a charity for you. Your pouring what remains from your bucket into the bucket of your brother is a charity for you.” Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1956, In-book reference: Book 27, Hadith 62, English translation: Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1956
No good deed is small. A deed which may be minuscule for us might make an enormous difference in the life of the beneficiary. So, never belittle any act of help and seize every opportunity which comes your way, doing your part in making a life lead to a better future.
What are your thoughts on charity, and is there anything you would want to add to our post, let us know in the comments below?
‘An apple a day, keeps the doctor away’ – a quote we have been well versed with since decades.
As apples are extremely beneficial to us, being rich in fiber, minerals, vitamin C, antioxidants and potassium, it is most affiliated to cancer cures, cutting down on diabetes, helping with digestion and many more.
Keeping the same in mind, today, on glittercut.com we have prepared a light, flavorful apple milk for our Ramadan Special segment.
Apple milk
Ingredients (serves 3)
Apples 1 (cut into cubes)
Almonds 7-8
Vanilla ice cream 2 scoops
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Sugar 2 Tbsp
Milk 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
Rooh afzah (a concentrated fruit squash) 1 Tbsp (optional)
Rose water 1 Tbsp (optional)
Equipment
Blender
Method
In the blender, ad the cut apples, almonds, milk, sugar, Rooh Afza, cardamom powder, vanilla essence, and rose water. Blend all the ingredients really well till the fruit and the almonds are completely mixed with the ingredients without leaving any lumps in the drink.
Your drink is ready to serve.
Tips:
If you do not have rooh afza, add sugar as per your taste. The rooh afza just adds the light pink tinge to your drink along with sweetening it.
You can peel the apples and almonds if your like it that way, however, I did not peel any of them and yet, the drink turned out to be delightful.
Do let us know in the comments below, if you have a new recipe to share with us.
Bananas when combined with milk is loaded with amazing nutrients, minerals, fiber and basic sugar. As bananas are a rich wellspring of nutrient B6, folate, nutrient C, magnesium, potassium and sugars. A glass of banana shake is sufficient to keep the stomach full for quite a while. Moreover, it comes with additional beauty enhancing benefits for our skin and hair.
We add chocolate to our banana shake as it makes it more delightful and is a treat for our taste buds.
So, today glittercut.com brings to you a very tempting, yet an easy recipe for Banana Shake.
Banana shake
Ingredients (Serves 1)
Bananas 1
Milk 1/2 glass
Vanilla ice cream 3 scoops
Ice cubes 3 cubes
Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp
Rose water 1 tsp (optional)
Date honey / Honey 1 Tbsp (optional)
For garnishing (any one of these would do)
Dry fruits (chopped)
Chocolate syrup / chocolate sauce
Chocolate (of your choice)
Equipment
Blender
Method
To the blender, add milk, banana, ice cream, ice cubes, vanilla extract, rose water and date honey, and blend it all until the banana and all other ingredients form a tempting smooth drink.
For garnishing
In the empty serving glass / jar / mug, drizzle the chocolate sauce to the sides of the jar from inside and then pour the drink in it. Top it off with dry fruits, and finish the look by fixing a chocolate bar / piece into the shake sticking out a shown in the image above.
Is this the way you have your banana shake? let us know in the comments below.
As we all are well aware of the benefits and nutritional value of various fruits, we are also aware of the fact that many of our kids detest the same.
In order to let our little ones enjoy the fruits and making it more interesting for ourselves the fruit salad is best way for the required nutritional intake.
For Ramadan, the best way to open our fasts is the fruit salad as it boosts our energy while leveling the body temperature.
Here is the easy-peasy recipe for the tempting fruit salad only on glittercut.com.
In a bowl add all the chopped fruits, mix well while making sure you do not smash the fruits in the process. (you wouldn’t want to end up making a fruits puree out of all the vigorous mixing :p)
Once the fruits are mixed well, add the half cup of milk along with the cream or condensed milk. Dry fruits can also be added to the dish as per your preference.
Your fruit salad is ready.
For serving
Serve the fruit salad in the serving bowls or dishes, then top it off with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream, drizzle 1 tspn of Rooh Afzah syrup and on top of it all drop the pomegranate arils (seeds) and dry fruits. This makes the fruit salad look tempting, colorful and irresistible.
Tips:
In your fruit salad, you can add any fruits, but, you can avoid watermelon, as it will make the fruit salad very watery and loose its authentic taste. Also, avoid guava as its seeds can be an impediment in relishing the dish.
Adding milk to the fruit salad keeps the apples and the bananas from turning black.
You can add condense milk or sweet cream depending how much more flavor you prefer to add.
Ice cream need not necessarily be vanilla, it can be any ice cream of your choice, but, it goes best with vanilla ice cream.
Fruits salad is best enjoy when had immediately, it can however refrigerated for a day or two.
Do let us know if you are a fan of fruits and how do you like to have your fruits, in the comments below.
Tang, a citric juice powder available at all times and all round the globe.
Today, for Ramadan Special, on glittercut.com, we chose Tang juice as the sweet-tangy taste is a treat to the taste buds, while being great refresher during the summer heat. So, here we go…
Ingredients
Tang Drink mix (flavor of your choice)
Chilled water
Sugar
For Garnishing
Sugar
Liquid food color
Lemon juice
Sweet lime (Round sliced)
Method
In a vessel, add water and add desired number of spoons of Tang Drink Mix as per your taste, then add sugar depending on how sweet you like your drink to be. stir it really well, till the sugar and the drink mix is completely dissolved in the water.
Your drink is ready.
For serving
Take little sugar in a bowl, add 1-2 drops of food color of your choice and mix well till no clumps remain and sugar is all colored. Spread the sugar in a wide plate. In a separate wide plate, take some lemon syrup.
Take the empty juice glass, immerse its brim into the lemon plate and then placing the inverted glass in the sugar plate. (the result will come out as shown in the image)
Once the brim of the glass are decorated, add juice and then leave slice of sweet lemon in it.
Tips:
You can replace swet lime slices with any citric fruit slices of your choice.
For the colored sugar, you can choose any color which compliments your juice or any random color will make drink more exotic.
Enjoy the chilled drink and comment below how did you like the drink..?
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