Thursday, May 3, 2012

Chewy Brownies...



This is one of the best and simple recipes I found after a long time for a brownie. I decided to bake some brownies as I had some left over cocoa powder from baking a cake on Easter. I then realized I had lost all my recipes while moving,  not that I missed my brownie recipe, my brownies were more like brownie-cakes,  they were soft, not dense nor chewy, but it did taste good. So I started searching the internet for an easy brownie recipe within minimum ingredients and steps and luckily my search was just 2 clicks away. The Chewiest Brownies from allrecipes.com. The secret to Chewy brownies - no baking powder or soda, why didn't I think of that! They only ingredient I added were some chopped walnuts.



Meat Ball Wrap/ Roll


Every one loves a good wrap, and I'm one of them. I've made quite a few variety of them for one day trips that's we've been on. They are easy and relatively healthy. I usually make chicken wraps with Tortillas or left over Chapathis (rotis), cooked chicken or rotisserie chicken bought from the store and any veggies in my fridge. I'm all about  improvising and using things at hand and now you know the reason behind my 'Meat ball wrap' :) I didn't have any chicken left. We bought some Swedish meat balls the other day from Ikea and its been sitting in the freezer for quite sometime, so I decided to use it to make the wrap. 



Here's what you need.

  • Tortillas or Chapathis [You can use ready made Chapathis too]
  • Meat balls / Chicken
  • Mayonnaise - as required
  • Capsicum - Chopped (Julienne)
  • Cabbage -  Chopped (Julienne)
  • Mushrooms (optional) 
  • Chili garlic sauce/ hot sauce  
  • Cheese
  • Oil - 2 -Teaspoon 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1 garlic clove chapped - If using plain hot sauce.
Steps

1. Saute the chopped cabbage, capsicum and/or mushrooms in the oil with the Chili garlic sauce.
2. Add a splash of water to the above, close and cook for a few mins
3. Cook the meat balls according to package instructions and chop them.
4. Assemble : Spread mayo on the wrap, place the cooked veggies on it, then the chopped meat balls, shed some cheese on them. Squirt some ketchup on it. Done!

Use a parchment paper/ plastic wrap/ or clean newspaper or magazine page and wrap the rolls. It will keep everything in place and make it easy to eat too.

Here is a picture of a Chicken wrap that I made in 2009 for a one day trip we went on. This one has lots of fresh uncooked veggies, I tried to remake a shawarma.