10 Viral Recipes That Everyone's Making In The Lockdown!

Recipes so easy that they went viral in the lockdown

1. Oreo Cake In A Mug Recipe

• 4-5 Oreos
• 2 tbsp milk

• Take some Oreos in a mug and mash them until they turn into crumbles
• Add milk and mix again until you get a cake batter kind of consistency
• Bake it in the microwave for 1 min
• Remove and enjoy with a dollop of ice cream! (optional)

2. Pizza In A Mug Recipe

• 4 tbpn flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp pizza sauce or marinara sauce
• 1+1/2 tbsp grated cheese
• 5 olives (for topping)

• In a mug, add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix all the dry ingredients.
• Pour in milk and oil, and mix everything together until it forms a smooth dough.
• Then, flatten the top of the dough and add in the pizza sauce. Spread the sauce with a spoon.
• To this, add grated cheese and on olives or any toppings you prefer. 
• Microwave the pizza for about 1 to 1.30 minutes. You'll need to microwave until the cheese starts to bubble on the top. 

3. Dalgona Coffee Recipe

Photo Credit: @aizanaziz31 on Instagram

• 2 tbsp instant coffee powder
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• 2 tbsp hot water
• Milk 
• Ice

• Combine instant coffee, sugar, and hot water and whisk until light and fluffy
• Pour the mixture into a glass of milk and ice
• Enjoy your Dalgona Coffee! 

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4. Eggless Mini Pancake Cereal Recipe

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp oil
• maple syrup (or honey) and butter for topping

• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl
• To it, add vanilla extract, oil and milk, and stir again until it turns into a batter
• Put the mixture into piping bag (or use a ziplock if you don’t have one and snip off the corner)
• Set a pan on low heat
• Squeeze batter onto pan in small circles
• Toss a little to cook each side
• Add the pancake cereal in a bowl, drizzle some maple syrup (or honey) and butter

5. Eggless Mango Ice Cream Recipe

• 1 large mango
• 1 cup chilled whipping cream (preferably Amul cream)
• 1/3 cup condensed milk or milkmaid
• Vanilla essence (optional)

• Whisk the chilled cream along with some ice cubes using an electronic whisk.
• Add in the condensed milk (and vanilla extract) and continue whisking until it turns fluffy.
• Now refrigerate the cream while you prep the rest.
• In a blender, add mangoes and make it into a puree.
• Once the creamed is chilled, add the mango puree to it and whisk again until combined well.
• Finally, transfer it in an airtight container, and keep it in the freezer for about 5 hours.

6. No Bake Mango Cake Recipe

• 2-3 large mangoes
• 20 pieces of digestive biscuit
• 1 cup chilled whipping cream (preferably Amul cream)
• sugar and vanilla essence (optional)

• In a rectangular dish, arrange 8 to 10 pieces of biscuits. Set aside.
• In a bowl, whisk the cream (with sugar and vanilla essence).
• On the layered biscuits, add the cream and spread evenly.
• Then spread out thinly sliced mangoes on the cream.
• Make another layer of biscuits, spread the cream and mango slices. Continue until you’ve reached the top of the dish.
• Garnish the top layer with the remaining mangoes.
• Finally, put it in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours before serving.

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7. Cookie Cereal TikTok Recipe

• 160 gram butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp milk
• 2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• chocolate chips

• Preheat oven in 160C
• In a bowl, melt butter, vanilla extract and add both sugars.
• Add egg, all purpose flour, milk, salt and mix until it becomes a dough
• Add chocolate chips
• Transfer the dough in a piping bag
• In a baking sheet, lay out a butter paper and pipe out little balls of the dough on it
• Wet your fingers, and lightly press the cookies down to flatten them
• Bake the cookies for 5-8 mins
• Finally, add them in a bowl and pour over some milk

8. Eggless Banana Bread Recipe

• 2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder (dalchini)
• ½ teaspoon ginger powder
• ¼ teaspoon coffee powder
• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup castor sugar (How to make castor sugar at home?)
• 1+1/2 cup mashed bananas
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup crushed walnuts (if available)

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Line a 9X4 loaf pan with parchment paper. (Personally, we swipe it down with oil using a tissue).  
• In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, coffee powder and ginger
• In a separate bowl beat butter and sugar, until the mixture is fluffy
• Mix in the bananas and use a fork to make sure it is well incorporated
• Combine dry ingredients with the wet ingredients but do not over mix
• Beat in the milk
• Fold in the crushed walnuts. The batter will be thick
• Transfer the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake at 180C for 40-50 minutes
• Ta-da! Your eggless banana bread recipe is ready!

9. Banana Cake Recipe Without Egg, Without Oven

• 4 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon Powder (dalchini)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup yogurt (or dahi)

• Grease the cake pan (or the containers you use to make rice and daal in the pressure cooker) with oil and dust in some flour. Keep aside
• In a mixing bowl, add the over ripe bananas and mash them using the potato masher.
• Once mashed, add the sugar, oil, vanilla extract, milk and curd
• Stir well to combine all the wet ingredient
• Into the same bowl, add the cinnamon powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well and beat until fluffy
• Finally, add the maida (all purpose flour) and beat well to combine the eggless banana cake batter
• Once done, pour the eggless banana cake batter into a greased cake pan
• Place the trivet at the bottom of the pressure cooker. Fill the pressure cooker with 2 inches of water
• Cover the pressure cooker without the weight and bake your eggless banana cake recipe for 40 minutes on high heat
• After 40 minutes, insert a knife to check if your cake is baked. Although remember, there may be some crumbs stuck, and that's completely okay!
• If the crumbs are cooked and not raw, you have mastered how to make eggless banana cake at home in a pressure cooker!
• Last step - Remove the cake from the pressure cooker immediately and allow it to cook completely, before you dig in.  

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10. Kurkure Bhel TikTok Recipe

• 1 packet Kurkure
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tbsp chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp chopped onions
• 1 tsp chopped coriander (dhaniya)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp lemon
• 1 tbsp sev
• 1 tbsp imli chutney or chilli sauce (as per preference)

• Mix all the ingredients and voilà! It's ready!