1.Table Decoration Ideas for Mother’s Day :- Have a very appealing table cloth of any vibrant color with a floral or abstract design with matching colored glassware to serve the food and drinks. The center piece could either be a floral bouquet of your mom’s favorite colored flowers or a cookie or cupcake bouquet with special dedication to your mom or a card . Keep the table simple but elegant that’s the key to success this Mother’s Day!

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2.Meal for Mom:-Why not let the kids have fun in the kitchen!  And for Mom, there’s something very special ,a dish of any kind that’s prepared by her own kids! A  four course meal is the best idea for this Mother’s Day which will include a drink, an appetizer, a main dish and a dessert.. Here are the recipes for a four course meal which are of various different cuisines that will spice up the Mother’s Day Celebration !!!

Drink : Orange Basil Lemonade

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Appetizer : Batata Harra

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Main Dish : Burmese Khowsuey

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Dessert : Dark Chocolate Panna Cota

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Recipemobile hopes every viewer enjoys and relishes the recipes and have a fun-filled Mother’s Day Celebration !!!

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Preparation time: 30 – 45minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 2 pizza bases or pizza dough
2. 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
3. 8-10 tomato slices
4. 10 – 12 basil leaves finely chopped
5. 4 tomatoes, boiled and chopped finely
6. 1 onion finely chopped
7. 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
8. 1 tbsp olive oil
9. 1 tsp butter
10. 1 tsp oregano
11. 1 tbsp tomato puree
12. salt and pepper to taste
13. pinch of sugar

Directions:

Lets start with the pizza sauce. Heat a saucepan, add olive oil and butter. Next add onion and garlic and fry them until the onions are transparent. Once done add the tomatoes, tomato puree, oregano, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook the sauce until it comes to a boil. Once done cover and cook on low flame for about 15 – 20 minutes. Let cool before you use.

If you are using pizza dough flour the surface you are going to roll it out and start rolling it into your desired size. Homemade pizza dough or pizza made from store bought pizza dough definitely tastes better but i use store bought pizza base when i don’t feel like making it from scratch. Once your base is ready spread a generous amount of the pizza sauce. Sprinkle grated cheese and basil leaves. Top it with the tomato slices and bake at 180 degrees C for 15 minutes. Make sure you keep checking it as the base might burn. Once done serve hot!

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Preparation time 5 minutes

Cooking time 30-45 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 4 potatoes, diced into big pieces with skin
2. 2 onions, cut into thin strips
3. 1 tbsp olive oil
4. 1 tbsp butter
5. 1 tsp rosemary
6. 1 tsp coarse black pepper
7. 4 cloves of garlic, minced
8. salt to taste

Directions:

In a bowl add all the ingredients and mix well. Arrange in a baking tray and bake at 180 degrees C for 30 -45 minutes or until golden. Keep stirring every 15 minutes. Once done serve hot with omelets, sandwiches or  as an appetizer  by itself.

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Preparation time 2 minutes

Cooking time 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 2 tbsp corn kernels
2. 1 tbsp oil
3. 1/2 tbsp butter
4. 1 tsp chilly powder
5. 1 tsp parmesan cheese
6. 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
7. Salt to taste

Directions:

In a wok add oil and add the corn kernels. Place a heavy lid on the wok and set the wok on high flame. In a minute or two you will hear popping noise. When you hear one pop in 2 -3 seconds turn the heat off. Your popcorn is ready. If you have  a popcorn maker omit the 1 tbsp oil. Just make the popcorn as you usually do and then follow the rest of the procedure. While the corn is popping heat butter and add the remaining ingredients to it. As soon as  you turn the heat off add the butter mixture, close the lid and toss the popcorn well. Make sure you don’t burn your hands.  Serve hot!

Preparation time 5 minutes

Cooking time 40 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup raw peanuts
2. 1 tbsp honey
3. 1 tbsp butter
4. 2 tbsp powdered sugar
5. 1 tsp chilly powder
6. 1 tsp chipotle chilly powder
7. 1 clove of garlic, minced
8. salt to taste

Directions:

In a pan heat butter, honey, garlic and a pinch of salt. Heat until the mixture is well blended and bubbling. Keep stirring while heating the mixture. Once the mixture starts bubbling get it off the heat and add the peanuts. Mix the peanuts until well coated.

Next take a baking pan and add the peanut mixture. Bake on 170 degrees C for30 minutes stirring in between. In a bowl mix saugar, chilly powder, chipotle chilly powder and a pinch of salt. Once the peanuts are baked remove them in a bowl and add the prepared powdered mixture and toss. Cool and store in a dry air tight container.

Preparation tme 1 hour

Cooking time 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup mushrooms
2. 1 cup babycorn
3. 1 cup yoghurt
4. 1 tsp green chilly paste
5. 1 tsp garlic paste
6. 1/2 tsp ginger paste
7. 1 tsp chilly powder
8. 1 tsp turmeric powder
9. 1 tsp chaat powder
10. salt to taste
11. 4 roomali rotis
12. mint and corriander chutney
13. 1 onion, thinly sliced
14. 1 tbsp chaat masala

Method:

In a bowl add the first 10 ingredients and marinate for an hour. Once done pre heat your oven to 180 degrees C / heat griddle and roast the mushrooms and babycorn with the marinate. Once slightly dry and golden remove from the oven/griddle. On a pan heat the roomali roti and generously apply the chutney, place the mushrooms and baby corn in the centre, top with onions. Sprnkle with chaat masla and roll. Serve hot with chutney.

Preparation time 15 minutes

Cooking time 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups whole black olives, drained
2. 1 red or yellow bell pepper
3. 2 cloves of garlic
4. 1 tsp coriander powder
5. 1 tsp cumin powder
6. 2 dried red chilies
7. 1 tbsp olive oil
8. salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In a blender blend all the ingredients except olives until smooth. In a bowl add  the olives and add the mixture on it. Mix well. Chill for 4 -6 hours. Serve at room temperature.

Preparation time 15 minutes

Cooking time 40 minutes

Ingredients:

For flour:

1. 1 cup rice, uncooked
2. 1/4 cup split white lentil (urad dal), uncooked
3. 2 tbsp split bengal gram (channa dal), uncooked
4. 2 tbsp curd/yogurt
5. 2 cups warm water

For cake:

1. 1 cup finely chopped vegetables like carrots, french beans, green peas
2. 1/2 cup grated bottle gourd (optional)
3. 1  tsp ginger paste
4. 1 tsp green chilly pate
5. 1 tsp turmeric powder
6. 1 tsp red chilly powder
7. 1/2 tsp soda bi crab
8. 1/2 tsp sugar
9. 2 tbsp warm oil
10. salt to taste

For tempering:

1. 1 tsp mustard seeds
2. 1 tsp cumin seeds
3. 1 tsp sesame seeds
4. 2 kashmiri chilies
5. 1 tsp asafoetida
6. 4-5 curry leaves
7. 2 tsp oil

For garnish:

1. 1 tsp finely chopped fresh corriander

Directions:

For flour grind the 2 lentils and rice coarsely. Add the curd and warm water and let stand for fermentation in a warm place for 4 hours. Once done add all the cake ingredients and whisk well with a spoon. Next grease a baking pan and add the mixture. Next temper the mixture. For tempering heat oil and add all the tempering ingredients to it. Make sure nothing burns or your tempering will taste bitter. After the tempering mixture is heated add it on the cake batter. Now bake this tempered cake mixture in an 180 degrees C  for about 40 minutes or until the top turns golden. Cut into slices like cake garnish with corriander and  serve hot with mint corriander chutney.

Preparation time 5 minutes

Cooking time 40 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1 and 1/3 cup all purpose flour
2. 2 tbsp olive oil
3. 2 tsp dry yest
4. 1 tbsp oil
5. 1/2 cup water
6. 1 tsp thyme
7. 1 tsp rosemary
8. 1 tsp oregano
9. 1 tsp pepper
10. 2 cloves of garlic, minced
11. 5-6 sum dried tomatoes
12. 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
13. salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and knead into a soft dough. Put this dough in a greased bowl and let rise for half an hour. Transfer in a baking tray and bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown at 230degrees C. Serve warm with dips.

Preparation time 10 minutes

Cooking time 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup mushrooms, finely chopped
2. 1/2 cup broccoli, finely chopped
3. 1 onion, finely chopped
4. 4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
5. salt and pepper to taste
6. 1 tsp butter
7. 1tbsp cheese
8. french baguette, cut into thick slice
9. olive oil

Directions:

In a wok heat butter and saute onions in it. Add minced garlic and saute. Next add mushrooms and broccoli. Season with salt and pepper and saute until the mixture is dry. Next add cheese and mix well and set aside. Apply some olive oil in slices of french baguette. Spoon the mushroom broccoli mixture and bake the crostinis for 5 minutes or until golden brown at 180 degrees C. Serve hot.