World Chocolate Day with a Fun Twist to Traditional Recipes

It’s always a good time to have chocolates and World Chocolate Day is yet another excuse to indulge in different ways it can be consumed. While a bar of chocolate is always available at your hand’s reach, this year let’s try something fun and unique with Voltas Beko. Here are some unique recipes that you can try making with simple steps along with your loved ones. So don’t let anything come between you and this cherished indulgence day! 

Recipe 1 - Chocolate Panini
Ingredients:
1.    Thick slices of Hawaiian sweet bread
2.    2 tablespoons butter, melted
3.    4-6 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
4.    Powdered sugar

Recipe:
    Brush one side of each bread with melted butter and place the slices on a grill pan in a microwave, buttered side down. 
    Sprinkle it with chocolate and add a slice of bread to it. 
    Grill the sandwiches in your Voltas Beko microwave well until the chocolate melts and the bread is golden brown. 
    Turn it once. 
    Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm. 

Recipe 2 - Dark Chocolate Sweet Potato Chips
Ingredients:
1.    2 large sweet potatoes
2.    1 tablespoon olive oil or coconut oil
3.    ½ tablespoon sea salt
4.    ¼ tablespoon ground cinnamon
5.    ¾ cup chopped dairy-free dark chocolate
Recipe:
    Pre-heat your Voltas Beko microwave to 375 F
    Thinly slice the sweet potatoes.
    In a large bowl, toss the sweet potatoes in oil. Then add sea salt and cinnamon. 
    Arrange the sweet potatoes in a single layer on baking sheets and cook in your Voltas Beko microwave for 30-45 minutes. Flip once or twice. You can cook all of them at the same time as it has a large turntable with ample room for large size containers.
    Melt chocolate for about 20 seconds in the Voltas Beko microwave. Re-microwave later to liquidify it if required. 
    Once the chips are cooked, immediately dip into the melted chocolate and serve. 

Recipe 3 - Chocolate Pani Puri
Ingredients:
1.    12 puris
2.    1 cup roughly chopped dark chocolate
3.    2 tablespoons colourful sprinkles
4.    ¼ cup chopped walnuts
5.    ¾ cup chilled milk
6.    2 ½ tablespoons chocolate ice-cream
7.    1 tablespoon sugar
8.    2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Recipe:
    First make a chocolate milkshake:
o    Add ¼ cup roughly chopped dark chocolate and 2 tablespoons milk, mix together, and microwave for about half a minute. 
o    Once out of the microwave, keep mixing gently till there are no lumps.
o    Add the melted chocolate, sugar, cocoa powder, and chocolate ice cream to a mixer and blend. 
    Add ½ cup roughly chopped dark chocolate and microwave for about a minute, and mix to ensure there are no lumps. 
    Dip all puris in the chocolate one by one, cover them well, and place them on a foil.
    Sprinkle the sprinklers on it and refrigerate them in your Voltas Beko refrigerator for over half an hour till properly set. Voltas Beko refrigerators’ Fresh Guard™ technology reduces bad odour in the refrigerator keeping it free from any odour, so your dessert will continue to smell truly appetising. 
    Once set, break each puri from the center, and add walnuts.
    Serve by adding a milkshake in it or serving it on the side. 

Recipe 4 - Rabdi with chocolate 
Ingredients:
1.    1 litre Milk
2.    4 to 5 tablespoons Sugar
3.    ¼ teaspoon Cardamom Powder
4.    5 to 6 Bourbon Biscuits 
•    Chopped Pistachios 
Recipe:
    Boil milk on a high flame. 
    Once boiled, reduce the flame.
    Keep stirring the milk so it doesn’t stick to the bottom surface of the container.
    When milk reduces to half the quantity, add sugar. 
    Let it heat till it reduces to ¼ of its quantity. 
    Then let the milk cool to normal room temperature. Once cold, add cardamom powder and mix well. 
    Keep the milk in your Voltas Beko refrigerator to chill. Its NeoFrost™ dual cooling enables twice the cooling and freshness. It also ensures the no mixing of odours between components.
    While you wait for the milk, grind the biscuits coarsely.
    Garnish with the coarse biscuits and pistachios while serving.