It’s that time of the year again! The festive season is here, marking the beginning of all things auspicious. As we get into the festive mode, how can the celebrations be complete without some mithai?

Delectable to the core, Indian desserts always add that perfect touch to any celebration. A tradition that has been passed on to generations, home-made sweets are also a way of ushering in prosperity and good health in the family.

So, this Friday, we bring you a recipe for the classic Indian favourite Besan Laddoos. Easy to make with your Samsung microwave, this is sure to tingle your sweet tooth!

Check out the recipe:

Cooking Time: 12 mins | Serving: 300-350g

Ingredients

Besan (Bengal Gram Flour)  2 cups
Ghee     100 g
Powdered sugar   75 g
Cardamom powder   1 tablespoon
Almonds (Chopped)   ¼ cup

Cooking method

1. In a microwave safe glass bowl, add besan and ghee. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
2. After the beep, stir well and put the mixture inside the microwave again. Press start.
3. Stir the mixture in every 5 minutes.
4. Once besan is fully cooked, cool it down and mix cardamom powder, sugar powder and almonds. Mix well.
5. Shape the laddoos in desired size.

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A burst of umami flavors. This is how we like to describe this week’s dish. Tangy and spicy, the dish we are talking about takes your tastebuds for a spin. A dish from the Sichuan cuisine, this dish is a popular appetizer. It is Pepper Chicken—an absolutely cracker of a dish.

Sprinkle some spiciness and add some love and let your Samsung Microwave do the rest!

Check out the recipe

Cooking Time: 14 minutes | Serving: 400-450 grams

Ingredients

Boneless Chicken: 300 grams
Salt: as required
Lemon juice: As required
Pepper powder: As required
Oil: 3 tablespoon
Chopped onion: 4 tablespoon
Chopped tomato: 3 tablespoon
Chopped garlic: 2 teaspoon
Water: As required
Coriander leaves: 1 tablespoon

Cooking Method

1. Take chicken, marinate with salt, lemon juice and pepper powder for one hour
2. In a microwave safe bowl, put oil, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped garlic. Press START.
3. Once the microwave beeps, add the marinated chicken, salt to taste. Mix well.
4. Now add ¼ cup of water and press START
5. Once the microwave beeps, transfer the dish on a clean plate
6. Garnish and serve hot

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There are some days when you just want to pamper yourself with some comfort food. We know that feeling too! So this Friday, we bring to you a classic Italian dish that is loved by all and an absolute cracker of a dish— pasta.

So throw in a few veggies and get the most delicious pasta  with just a tiny amount of help from your Samsung Smart Oven.

Check out the recipe:

Cooking Time: 20 minutes | Serving: 400-450 grams

Pasta: 200 grams
Chopped onions: 2 tabespoon
Chopped garlic:2 teaspoon
Chopped spinach: 75 grams
Cream: 1 cup
Grated cheese: 3 tablespoon
Butter: 2 tablespoon
Nutmeg powder: 1 pinch
Oregano: ½ teaspoon
Oil: 1 tablespoon
Water: 3 cups
Salt: As required
Ground pepper: As required

Cooking Method

1. In a microwave safe glass bowl, take pasta, water, oil and put it in the microwave.
2. Turn on the microwave and let the pasta boil.
3. Once the microwave beeps, drain out the water and keep the pasta aside.
4. In another bowl, add butter, chopped onion, chopped garlic, spinach, cream, nutmeg powder, salt, ground pepper and oregano.
5. Mix all the ingredients well and press START
6. After the microwave beeps, add the boiled pasta and the grated cheese. Mix them well.
7. Garnish and serve hot

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The weekend is here again and its time to cook up a storm in your kitchen with a little help from your Samsung Smart Oven. This Friday, we share the recipe of an eastern India dish, Chicken Jalfrezi, that was originally invented by chefs to use leftover vegetables. Over the years, this dish has become one of the most popular Indian dishes in the United Kingdom.

So chop off some vegetables and enjoy the tangy taste of this eastern classic dish with your family and friends.

Check out the recipe

Cooking Time: 18 minutes | Serving: 500 grams- 600 grams

Ingredients

Chicken: 500 grams (medium size pieces)
Onion: 1 chopped
Garlic: 4-5 flakes
Tomato puree: 4
Grated ginger: 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala: 1 teaspoon
Cumin Powder: 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice: ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
Oil: 3 tablespoon
Capsicum: 1
Cream: 1 cup

Cooking Method

1. In a microwave safe glass bowl, add onion, oil, ginger, garlic, haldi, chicken and press START button
2. When the microwave beeps add capsicum, tomato puree, garam masala, cumin powder, red chilli powder, lemon juice and mix well.
3. Now press START/+30s and let everything cook well
4. After the microwave beeps, add cream to the curry
5. Mix well and serve hot

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The festive season is about to start and it’s the time binge on sweet somethings. This Friday, we thought why not get something that’s a dessert and comes under both sweet and savoury. Put your hands together for Almond cookies with pistachios.

Simple yet delicious, these cookies are the perfect choice to enjoy with your family or satiating midnight hunger pangs. Just  With a little help from your Samsung Smart Oven,  making these cookies is an easy-peasy affair.

Check out the recipe

Cooking Time: 24 minutes | Serving: 250-300 grams

Ingredients

Refined flour: 115 grams
Margarine or butter: 50 grams
Powder sugar: 50 grams
Cardamom powder: ¼ teaspoon
Nutmeg powder: ¼ teaspoon
Chopped almond: 1 tablespoon
Chopped pistachio: 1 tablespoon
Saffron: As required
Milk: As required

Cooking Method

1. Sieve the flour
2. Cream the margarine and sugar very well until light and creamy
3. Add the saffron, cardamom and nutmeg powder and mix very well
4. Add the sieved flour and make dough
5. Roll out the dough using a little flour
6. Sprinkle a few nuts and give a light final roll
7. Cut into desired shape
8. Select an autocook program and put the crusty plate on the high rack in the microwave oven
9. Press a START/+30s button. Display should show ‘preheat’.
10. When the microwave beeps, take out the crusty plate
11. Put cookies on the crusty plate on the low rack
12. Put them in the microwave oven and press a START/+30s button again
13. After cooking, cool the cookies and serve them

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With a weekend to look forward to, cooking up delicacies for your family can become a daunting task.

Churning out master chef recipes one after the other, this week too won’t be an exception. In fact, this weekend, we are suggesting a super simple but delicious dish that is both wholesome and teases your taste buds with different flavours.

So chop off some fresh veggies and keep aside some rice because this weekend we are cooking Vegetable Fried Rice in Samsung Smart Oven.

Check out the recipe:

Cooking Time : 21 minutes | Serving: 1 plate     

Ingredients:

Onions (chopped finely): 1 large

Tomato (chopped finely): 1 large

Mixed vegetables: 4 cups

(carrots, beans, corns,

mushrooms or any other

vegetables of your choice)

Salt: As required

Milk: ½ teaspoon

Oil: 1 tablespoon

Water: 1 cup

Garlic cloves (chopped): 2 to 3

Red Chillies (chopped): 1

Baby corn (chopped): 3 to 4

Diced cabbage: 4 to 5 tablespoon

Sesame oil: ½ tablespoon

Green beans (Chopped): 4 to 5

Soy sauce: 1 teaspoon

Cooking Method

1. In a microwave safe bowl, add rice and water
2. For gravy, take another microwave safe bowl, add onions, tomato, mixed vegetables, salt, soya sauce, chilli, water and tomato sauce
3. Put them in a microwave oven and press START/+30s button. In the third microwave safe bowl, add sesame oil, onion, tomatoes, garlic cloves, black pepper, mixed vegetables, salt , chilli powder, soya sauce, tomato sauce and keep aside.
4. When the first beep happens, take the rice bowl out and keep the vegetable bowl in microwave
5. Press START/+30s button again.
6. Drain the water from rice.
7. When the second beep happens, take out the vegetable bowl and stir the curry in the bowl
8. Mix the vegetables with the rice and keep the bowl in microwave
9. Press START/+30s button
10. After cooking, take out and serve hot

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Flavourful Fridays are back. And like very Friday, this week’s recipe is a tantalizing Mughal dish that everyone loves to dig in. Well, it’s Chicken Korma! A scintillating combination of braised vegetables and meat, this spicy dish is the perfect way to start your weekend with your loved ones.

Served best with flatbread or rice, complimented by mint chutney and a little help from your Samsung Smart Oven, the dish makes your meal a wholesome flavour bomb.

Check out the recipe:

Cooking Time: 18 mins | Serving: 500-550 grams

Ingredients:

Chicken: 450 grams
Cashew nut powder: 2 tablespoons
Ginger, garlic and green chilli paste: 2 tablespoons
Yogurt: ½ cup
Red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder: 2 teaspoons
Oil: 3 tablespoons
Fresh cream: 1/2 cup
Garam Masala powder: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
Salt: As required
Chopped Coriander leaves

Cooking Method:

1. Beat yogurt, ginger-garlic, green chilli paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt
2. Marinate chicken in this mixture for an hour
3. Keep the marinated chicken in the refrigerator
4. In a microwave safe bowl, mix the marinated chicken, oil and cook
5. When the microwave beeps, add cashew nut powder and garam masala. Press start
6. Once the microwave beeps again, mix the curry well and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves
7. Serve hot

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If you are wondering what special to cook for the weekend, you have come to the right place. Because every Friday, we bring to you one special dish and its recipe that helps you and your loved ones come closer.

This Friday is no exception! We are back again with an all-time favourite recipe—Chilli chicken. Spicy, tangy that tantalizes your taste buds, this appetizer is easy to cook in your Samsung Smart Oven.

Check out the recipe

Cooking Time: 18 mins | Serving: 300-350 grams

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken: 250 grams
Chopped ginger: ½ teaspoon
Chopped garlic: ½ teaspoon
Vinegar: 1 tablespoon
Soya sauce: 2 tablespoon
Green chilli: 4-5 (Slit length-wise)
Small onion: 1 (cut into ½ thin strips)
Onion leaves: 2-3 (cut into long strips)
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Salt: As required
Sherry: 2 teaspoon
Corn flour: 2 teaspoon (dissolved in ½ tablespoon of water)
Oil: 2 tablespoon

Cooking Method

1. In a microwave safe bowl, mix oil, ginger, garlic, chilli, soya sauce, chicken and cook.
2. When the microwave beeps, add green chilllis, chopped onions, sugar, sherry, corn flour.
3. Mix well and press start
4. Garnish with onion leaves and serve hot

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After tingling your taste buds with some spicy Chicken Pulao, we thought of bringing to you a sweet dish that melts in your mouth—the Melting Moments cookies. A little something to satiate your sweet cravings after a meal, these cookies are velvety buttery that makes them deliciously soft.

Best enjoyed with a cup of fresh coffee and lots of laughter and love, bake these deliciously soft cookies that will surely melt your heart away.

Check out the recipe here: 

Cooking Time: 24 minutes | Serving: 200 -250 grams

Ingredients:

Refined flour: 85 grams
Margarine or butter:  85 grams
Powdered sugar: 100 grams
Vanilla Essence: ½ teaspoon
Corn flour
Milk: As required

Cooking Method

1. Sieve the flour and corn flour together
2. Cream the margarine and sugar very well until they become light and creamy
3. Add the flour to the mix.
4. If required, add a few drops of milk
5. Mix very well
6. Shape the biscuits they way you want them to be
7. Select the autocook program and put the crusty plate on the high rack in the microwave oven
8. Press START/+30s button. Display should show ‘preheat’ at this step
9. When the microwave beeps, take out the crusty plate
10. Gently place the cookies on the crusty plate on the low rack
11. Put the plate in the microwave oven and press START/+30s button again
12. Once cooked, let the biscuits cool
13. Serve them

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Another Friday is here and we are back with yet another interesting recipe for you to cook this weekend. Last week, we shared the recipe of a classic dish and this week too, we will share the recipe of yet another  classic  which is a satiating blend of chicken, whole spices and aromatic basmati rice that you can cook in your Samsung Smart Oven — Chicken Pulao.

You can certainly savour the umami taste of this dish in the comforts of your home. Best enjoyed with yogurt and the love of your family, this recipe is a super-duper hit. Check out the recipe:

Cooking Time: 26 minutes | Serving: 600-700 grams

Ingredients:

Basmati rice: 1 ½ cup

Boneless chicken: 4 pieces (2 legs, 2 thighs or 2 legs and 2 breasts)

Onions: 2 (medium size, sliced thinly)

Cloves: 4

Cinnamon: 1 inch

Black cardamom: 2

Pure ghee: 3 tablespoon

Chopped tomatoes: 2

Salt: 2 teaspoon

Garam Masala: 1 teaspoon

Red Chilli powder: 1 teaspoon

Garlic paste: 1 teaspoon

Ginger paste: 1 teaspoon

Water: 2 ½ cups

Cooking Method:

• In microwave safe glass bowl, add ghee, onion, black cardamom and cook
• When the microwave beeps, add rice, chicken, tomatoes, salt, garam masala, red chillies, garlic paste, ginger paste and water
• Mix well and press start
• Serve hot

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