This Rakhi, don the chef’s hat to surprise your sibling

Are you bored of following the same ritual every Raksha Bandhan? Or tired of your sibling teasing you about your non-existent or disastrous cooking streak? Worry no more

Are you bored of following the same ritual every Raksha Bandhan? Or tired of your sibling teasing you about your non-existent or disastrous cooking streak? Worry no more. We bring you some creative recipes to follow and impress them with your newfound skills:

This Raksha Bandhan, impress your siblings with your culinary skills (Photos: HT/Instagram/Shutterstock)

CHEESE GARLIC BREAD

Ingredients:

1 long bread roll; 3 garlic bulbs; 100g butter, softened; Handful of parsley, finely chopped; Parmigiano reggiano, grated; Salt and pepper, to taste

Method:

- Put the garlic in the air fryer or bake it in the oven at 190°C for 40-45 minutes or until the bulbs are golden brown and soft.

- Squeeze out the garlic and mix it with butter, parsley, Parmigiano reggiano, salt and pepper.

- Spread the mix on the bread and bake for 10-20 minutes at 190°C or until golden brown and serve hot with your choice of dip.

- By Sameer Khosla, Pizza Point

Cheese Garlic Bread

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup castor sugar; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup icing sugar; 1 egg + 2 egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 + 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 200gm chocolate chips

Method:

- In a bowl mix the butter, castor sugar, brown sugar and icing sugar.

- Add in the eggs and egg yolks, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mix it.

- Add chocolate chips into the dough.

- Make small balls and bake at 180°C for about 12-15 minutes and enjoy.

- By Niloufer S, food blogger

Chocolate chip cookies

RED PEPPER PASTA WITH GARLIC BUTTER MUSHROOMS

Ingredients:

2 portions spaghetti, boiled; 4 mushrooms; 2 tbsp butter mixed with 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley, 1 clove minced garlic, handful of cheese; Salt and pepper, to taste

For sauce: 2 roasted red peppers; Handful of cashews; 25gm fresh basil or parsley; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 heaped tbsp nutritional yeast; 1 tbsp smoked paprika; Large pinch salt and pepper

Method:

- Stuff the butter mix inside the mushrooms and bake at 200°C for around 20 minutes.

- Mix the sauce ingredients in a blender.

- Mix the sauce with the pasta on low heat.

- Season generously, add roasted mushrooms on top and enjoy.

- By chef Gurnam Singh, Pasta La Vista

Red Pepper Pasta with Garlic Butter Mushrooms

PRAWN MALAI CURRY

Ingredients:

5-6 peeled prawns

For marinating: 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp green chilli; 1/2 tsp ginger paste

For curry: 2 tbsp mustard oil; Bay leaves; Green cardamom; 3-4 tbsp onion paste; 1 tbsp coconut paste; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 2 cups coconut milk; 1 tsp garam masala

Method:

- Coat the peeled prawns with a mix of the marinating ingredients and keep aside for 20 minutes.

- Sauté the prawns in mustard oil for 2-3 minutes.

- Heat mustard oil in a pan. Add bay leaves, cardamoms, onion paste, coconut paste and the tomato paste. Let the ingredients roast.

- When it changes colour, add some water. Add in the prawns.

- Add coconut milk and finish it off with garam masala.

- By chef Harman Singh Sawhney, Oh! Culcutta

Prawn Malai Curry

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Ingredients:

3 slices bread; 1 tbsp ghee

For rabri: 0.5 litre whole milk; 1 to 1.25 tbsp sugar; 1.5 tbsp milk powder; 0.13 tsp cardamom powder; 0.5 tbsp masala milk powder; 1 tsp rose water; 6 to 7 saffron strands

For Sugar Syrup: 1/4 cup sugar; 1/3 cup water; 1/3 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tsp rose water

For garnish: 6-7 almonds, blanched and sliced; 6-7 saffron strands; 5-6 pistachios, blanched and sliced

Method:

- Slice off the crusts of bread and cut into any shape of choice.

- Fry the bread slices on medium-low flame in ghee. Brown both sides and drain the slices on paper towels.

- Sugar Syrup: Mix sugar and water in a pan. Keep the sugar solution on low heat.

- Cook it to one-thread consistency. Switch off the heat and add cardamom powder.

- Rabri: In a sauce pan, boil the milk. Add milk powder and masala milk powder.

- Keep scraping the dried milk from the sides and add them back to the milk.

- Switch off when the milk reduces to one-third of its volume. Add sugar and stir well. Add crushed saffron and rose water.

- Dip the bread slices in the sugar syrup.

- Arrange the soaked bread slices neatly in a serving tray.

- Pour the rabri on top and garnish with sliced almonds and pistachios.

- Shaheen, food vlogger

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