Top 5 Popular Foods The Internet Was Fascinated With In 2020

You have heard that cooking is relaxing, but perhaps 2020 was a year that almost all of us try it out at home! You had very little opportunity to really go outside because of the lockdown, so here I have listed some recipes that retreated to the kitchen for all of our cravings and, more often than not, to simply experiment. And it was a succession of food trends that went viral and flooded the Internet that inspired these attempts! Some became popular for a variety of reasons, whereas others hit the internet for a variety of reasons.

1. Banana Bread :

The easy banana bread recipe is known to become extremely popular during the lockdown period. It’s a delightful snack that could be enjoyed at any time of day. The recipe’s ingredients are readily available in the kitchen, making it ideal for cooking throughout lockdown. The best part of the banana bread is its sweet, crumbly texture, which melts in your mouth in a second. It fills our sweet tooth while also allowing us to use up any leftover or rotten bananas at home.

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How To Prepare :

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cups mashed bananas
• 2 Eggs
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation Method:

· For around 10 minutes, preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.

· Set aside two 8x4 inch loaf pans that have been greased and floured.

· Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a sifter.

· Combine the nuts, eggs, bananas, oil, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl.

· Bake for 45 to 60 minutes after pouring the batter into the prepared pans.

· Before removing from pan, cool about 10–15 minutes on a cooling rack.

2. Rava Toast :

Rava Toast is a simple and easy toast, especially for vegetarians, and can be eaten mainly for breakfast. As it packs in a punch of nutrition and taste, the recipe is an Indian household favorite. The preparation is somewhat different from others; the batter is prepared and spread over the bread with semolina, yogurt, and vegetables. In a hot skillet, it is then toasted, making it very light and full of flavor.

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How To Prepare :

• Take half a cup of Rava in a bowl,
• Add finely chopped 1 small onion, half capsicum, 1 tomato, grated carrot (optional),
• 1 chopped green chili.(You can add the number of vegetables as per your choice)
• Add 2–3 tablespoons plain yogurt/ Fresh cream (Malai), salt to taste, and black pepper pinch.
• Mix all the ingredients nicely using a spoon. Now add just a little water because we want thick batter. *
• Now Take bread slices and spread the Rava mixture thinly and evenly on each piece.
• Don’t spread it too thick, else the toast will not turn crispy.
• Grease a non-stick pan with oil on medium flame, sprinkle some mustard seeds all over the pan (optional)
• Place the bread slices on tava, keeping Rava mixture side down.
• Cook on low flame until the bottom surface turns golden brown.
• Flip bread slices and cook another side on low flame until it turns crispy and golden brown color.

3. Dalgona Coffee:

One of the most raging, arm-encasing food recipes that got everyone caught up like a storm was making Dalgona coffee. Everyone has tried it and is still trying to build it in various versions. While sitting at home and probably wanting a cup of good coffee, brewing up a coffee from Dalgona seems like a good idea. Even though it’s one of those wrist recipes that gives the muscles a good workout (so it’s okay, right?), patience for shaping the silky foam is a memo you don’t have yet! This one is for all those who had struggled or gave up attempts just before the foam began to shape! It takes a while, so be patient & hang on to it.

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How to Prepare:

Ingredients for 2 coffee cups:

• 4 tbsp Instant Powder Coffee
• Sugar 4 tbsp (caster or granulated)
• Hot water 4 tbsp

The method:

• Mix all three of the ingredients above, And whisk away until the silky foam shapes a thought.
• Take a glass or mug with 5–6 ice cubes.
• Add cold milk and 3/4 of the glass filled.
• The coffee foam is spooned out and put on the milk.
• Stir it well and mix it with your milk.
• Sip & enjoy

4. Chocolate Samosa Pav

Chocolate is a taste people can’t seem to get enough of. The simple ingredient rapidly boosts the taste of any dessert, making it twice as tasty as before. Chocolate comes in a great variety of shapes and sizes, and a new chocolate dish is created almost every day. Even the most passionate chocolate fans, however, would draw the line at some recipes. Here is a most viral published video on Instagram that showed a unique mixed dish prepared with chocolate.

The viral dish had Pav buns stuffed with a samosa and topped off with melted cheese and some more chocolate sauce.

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It included two Pav buns that were sliced and gently coated with chocolate sauce. The two were then sandwiched together with a chocolate-filled samosa, which was topped with melted cheese and extra chocolate sauce.

5. Onion Pakoda

Super crispy street style Onion Pakodas is one of the most tried and best in all the food stories. We all love pakodas crisp, and I will tell you two important details that I pay attention to while making kanda bhajiya or Kanda bhaji. These are the ones that will make them super crispy and crunchy, just like you get at the street vendor down the street also food-related short stories.

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How to Prepare:

Ingredients

• 3 Onions thinly sliced (approx 1/8 inch) and1 cup Besan or Gram flour
• 3 tablespoon Rice Flour and 2 teaspoon Chilli Powder or Paprika
• A pinch Hing or Asafoetida and ¼ teaspoon Ajwain
• 2 teaspoon Salt and ½ tbsp Ginger Garlic paste and a pinch of Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 cups Oil for deep frying

Instructions

• Thinly slice onions and soak them in water by setting them aside.
• Drain the onions and place them into a bowl by adding gram flour, rice flour, chilli powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste, hing, ajwain, and baking soda. Toss the onions in the dry mixture and smash them with your hands gently.
• Heat oil in a deep pan or Kadai over medium to high flame. Checks if the Oil is hot enough, then drop a thin slice of onion, and it will quickly float to the top.
• Gently drop lime sized battered onions into the hot cooking oil. Fry on a medium flame to ensure the pakodas are cooked well from inside. It will take about 3–5 minutes.
• Using a skimmer, remove the fried pakoda and drain the excess oil. Place a paper towel and let the remaining Oil soak onto the paper towel. Sprinkle some chaat masala over the Pakoda and serve hot.

Did you try any of these recipes at home? Let me know in the comments below!