Chicken Stew

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken cubes-4 cups
Olive oil-2 tbs
Salt-As required
Pepper-As required
Chicken stock-6 cups
Chicken bouillon cubes-2 nos
Butter-1 stick
Chopped onions-1 cup
All purpose flour-3/4 cup
Heavy cream-1/2 cup
Diced carrots-2 cups
Peas-1/2cup
Chopped coriander leaves(optional)-few

Method:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.  Place the chicken cubes on a sheet pan and drizzle some olive oil on top of it. Season it with some salt and pepper. Roast the chicken for almost 20 minutes or until its cooked thoroughly. Heat the chicken stock in a sauce pan and throw in the bouillon cubes into the stock. Melt the butter in an another pan and saute the onions for few minutes until it shrinks and turns translucent. Now add the flour and cook over low heat, stir it for a couple of minutes. Pour the chicken stock into the pan. Stir it once again and add required amount of  salt and pepper along with the heavy cream. Then it's quite appropriate to throw in the roasted chicken, carrots, peas, onions and some coriander leaves. Let it boil for few minutes say for about 5 to 10 minutes. Stir it gently and serve it hot. Perfect stew to tackle the winter.

Nutella Cupcakes

Would you like to bake a rich, light and succulent cupcakes? Then you must go for this cupcake. For those who are not aware of nutella, it is a spread combined with hazelnut and chocolate. A tsp of nutella is pure heaven. 

 

I indulge in it when i get cravings for chocolate. I have baked it many times and shared it with friends but only now i got this chance of sharing the recipe. Verdict has always been "sinfully delectable". No frosting is required and how cool is that.

Ingredients:

Room temperature butter-1/2 stick
All purpose flour-2 cups
Powdered sugar-3/4 cup
Eggs-3 nos
Room temperature nutella-4 tbs
Vanilla essence-1 tsp
Salt-1/4 tsp
Baking powder-1/2 tsp

Method:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line the muffin tin with paper liners. Cream together the butter and sugar for a couple of minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, stir in the vanilla essence followed by flour, baking powder and salt  is thoroughly mixed. Now scoop the batter into liners until it is three fourths full. With the help of a knife or a spoon take a tsp of nutella and swirl it around. Bake for about 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool the cupcakes on a wire rack and then serve it after some time.