I learned something new today

George Foreman's grill

My wife and I - love the taste of grilled food. As we dont have that kind of backyard space for a real grill, we tried to grill using the oven, but this never tasted that good.

Once my friend suggested George foreman's grill. I have never heard that name before. We found a small version of this for about $25. This small version could grill 4 servings at once. This was enough for the two of us.

This is an electric grill with a little tilt so that any extra oil flows off of the fish/meat. The grilling can be done completely indoors.

We started with Salmon and it came out very well. Almost like the taste of a regular outdoor grill. It removes lot of oil/fat from any meat that we grill because of the tilted design. In the last few weeks of using it, we have grilled salmon, chicken. Yet to try steak.

But for those of you who love the taste of grilled food and start off with a small one, this is ideal.

Boli (my wife's favorite snack)

I got this recipe from my wife's sister. This is a tasty Indian snack (for those who dont know).

Ingredients:
Bengalgram dal -2 cups
Sugar - 2 cups
Maida -1 1/2 cups
vege Oil -1/2 cup
cadamom powder -1/2-1 tsp
kesari powder{I added turmeric powder1sp} - a few pinch( for yellow colour)
Rice flour for spreading on board
Ghee for frying

Preparation Method:
1. Boil the gram with plenty of water. When nicely cooked strain.
Again add water, boil & drain.
2. Add sugar & cardamom powder to the cooked gram & keep on low heat
till the mixture becomes semi solid. Stir constantly.
3. Remove from fire & grind to a fine paste.
4. Add kesari powder to the maida flour and with a little water, make
into a dough.
5. Pour oil into the dough & knead until it becomes very soft.Keep it
aside for 2 or more hours .
6. Make equal number of balls with the dough & the gram mixture.
7. Take a ball of gram, cover it with maida ball & turn on to a
floured board (rice flour to be used on the board) & roll out as
thinly as possible.
8. Apply a little ghee on griddle & fry (like we do for chappatis) the
boli on it.

Enjoy!

Caramel pudding

Ingredients:
Milk- 1/2 liter
sugar-1 1/2 cups
eggs-3
vanilla essence- 1/2 teaspoon.

Method:

Beat eggs and sugar (1 1/2 cups) till creamy. Add milk and stir till the sugar dissolves completely. Add essence.

Ingredients for caramel: Sugar 1/2 cup, water 3 tablespoons

Method: In a hard bottomed pan heat sugar without adding water till sugar melts into a thick golden brown liquid. Remove from fire and immediately add the water. Return to fire and stir till it becomes a golden brown syrup. Pour this into a baking tray so as to coat the base of the tray. Cool for sometime and pour the prepared milk mixture carefully. Bake till set. Serve hot or cold.

Important: Be careful while preparing the caramel as sugar melts at a very high temperature.