Thursday 6 September 2012

Master Chef Australia - 2012

Master Chef Australia is the Australian reality cooking show. The master chef Australia 2012 broke all the previous records of popularity and millions of users are watching this series
These are some of the chefs who are participating in the master chef Australia 2012


Julie Goodwin
Justine Schofield
Poh Yeow
Chris Badenoch
Callum Hann
Marion Grasby
Jonathan Daddia
Aaron Harvie
Kate Bracks
Kumar Pereira
Hayden Quinn
Dani Venn

With their amazing and delicious recipes they are competing hard the battle to become the master chef of Australia.

Cooking Games


The trend of playing cooking games have recently increased in Pakistan with the expanded internet outreach to the households and female members of the house. Girls are taking special interest in these type of games and spending more internet hours on on-line cooking games. Icook-food is also considering to develop a cooking game for girls according to their taste and trend. If you type cooking in the Google search bar the first suggestion is the cooking games which is the proof of this fact.

List of Famous Pakistani Chefs


1. Chef Mehboob Khan
2. Chef Sara Riaz
3. Chef Zakir Qureshi
4. Chef Maida Rahat Ali
5. Chef Saadat Siddiqi
6. Chef Samina Jaleel
7. Chef Tahira Mateen
8. Chef Rahat Ali
9. Chef Gulzar Hussain
10. Chef Shireen Anwar
11. Chef Farah Jahanzaib
12. Chef Rida Aftab
13. Chef Zubaida Tariq
14. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor
15. Chef Ambreen Khan
16. Chef Shai Qazi
17. Chef Tahir Chaudhary
18. Chef Asad Latif
19. Chef Hussain Tariq
20. Chef Nadeem
21. Chef Amina Mujeeb
22. Chef Mehdi
23. Chef Naheed Ansari
24. Chef Sharmeen Syed
25. Chef Adeel Khan
26. Chef Kausar Ahmed
27. Chef Afzal Nizami
28. Chef Bashir khan
29. Chef Fazila Qazi
30. Chef Lubna Shareef
31. Chef Anika Atif
32. Chef Azra Syed
33. Chef Kokab Khawaja
34. Chef Yasha Siddiqi
35. Chef Arif Shahab
36. Chef Rukaiya Abbas
37. Chef Ayesha Omar
38. Chef Marvi Sarfaraz
39. Chef Munawer Latif
40. Chef Yasser Iftikhar
41. Chef Yashar Mallick
42. Chef Maha Javed


Sunday 2 September 2012

Icook Spicy Chicken soup


Ingredients

  • 2 quarts water
  • 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons dried parsley
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 5 cubes chicken bouillon
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar chunky salsa
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans peeled and diced tomatoes
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
  • 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
  • 3 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
  • 2 (16 ounce) cans chili beans, undrained
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
  • Directions

    1. In a large pot over medium heat, combine water, chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, onion powder and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 1 hour, or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken, reserve broth. Shred chicken.
    2. In a large pot over medium heat, cook onion and garlic in olive oil until slightly browned. Stir in salsa, diced tomatoes, whole tomatoes, tomato soup, chili powder, corn, chili beans, sour cream, shredded chicken and 5 cups broth. Simmer 30 minutes.

Classic Italian Pasta Salad



Ingredients

  • 8 ounces rotelle or spiral pasta, cooked and drained
  • 2 1/2 cups assorted cut-up vegetables (broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers, cauliflower, onions and mushrooms)
  • 1/2 cup cubed Cheddar or mozzarella cheese
  • 1/3 cup sliced pitted ripe olives (optional)
  • 1 cup  Italian Dressing


Directions:
Combine all ingredients except Italian Dressing in large bowl. Add Dressing; toss well. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

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Tuesday 28 August 2012

Red Velvet Cake




  • Ingredients:
    • 1/2 cup shortening
    • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 tablespoons cocoa
    • 4 tablespoons red food coloring
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
    • 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    • 1 cup milk
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 1 cup butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Grease two 9 inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Cream shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar WELL. Add eggs and beat well.
  3. Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring. Add to creamed mixture. Mix salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla and buttermilk together. Add alternately the flour with the milk mixture to the creamed mixture. Mix soda and vinegar and FOLD INTO CAKE BATTER. DON'T BEAT OR STIR NOW.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes.
  5. To Make Icing: Cook 5 Tablespoons flour and milk over low heat till thick, stirring constantly. LET COOL THOROUGHLY! While cooling, cream 1 cups sugar, butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat this well till light and fluffy. Add to flour mixture and beat until of a good spreading consistency. DON'T ICE CAKE TILL COOL.

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