Monday 30 June 2014

Cream-cookies with choco chips .....just in 15 min...

For a quick treat ......they are Tender & fluffy.
Best part is Easy to make.....





Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp choco chips



In a bowl, mix dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Stir in 1/2 cup cream & mix roughly. 
Now add remaining cream & vanilla essence to the bowl,
scrape out and add to dough already on counter. 
Knead briefly until dough comes together.
Shape dough into small balls or desire shapes & put some choco chips on top.
Preheat Microwave for 5 min.
Place balls on a greased backing tray. Press a little.
Bake it on 180. C for 15 Min. or till golden brown
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Saturday 28 June 2014

Pressure cooker Cake...........with fresh fruit decoration ..........

Enjoy summer with this lovely & delicious cake.....






Ingredients 


1 cup Maida
 1 cup oil 
1/2 cup Sugar Powder 
 2 egg
4 tsp Chocolate powder 
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda 

1/4 tsp Salt 
1 tsp Vanilla


Take Maida to prepare batter. Sift it and add Salt, Baking powder to it... In a separate bowl make a mixture by whisking oil and Sugar in one direction. Also add EGG and Chocolate powder once the sugar gets dissolved into the butter.Keep on pouring the Maida mixture into the batter and whisk it for 2-3 minutes Add vanilla , remove all the lumps from the batter. Whisk the batter in one direction only.............Grease the baking dish to be used to bake the Cake. Grease it from all the corners with Butter. Now sprinkle 1 tea spoon Maida into the baking dish and spread it evenly in all the corners making a thin layer...While making Cake in the Cooker, the base of the Cooker and the baking dish should not come in contact so place a rack. Else the Cake might get burned from the base..Keep the Cooker on high flame for 2 minutes to preheat it..Pour the Cake batter into the greased baking dish and place it inside the preheated Cooker. Close the lid of the Cooker, without putting the whistle. Bake it for 40 minutes.Open the lid, and test the Cake with a knife. If the knife comes out clean, then your Cake is completely baked.........



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Aloo-gravy.....simple,quick & delicious.....

A very simple yet mind-blowing aloo-gravy recipe......
this is my mother's recipe......
Maa-memory & love in food....
Love u mam..... :-)



Recipe


2 Large chopped onion
2 green chilli
cinnamon stick
2 black cardamom
4 black pepper
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp heeng
1 tbsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric
8 medium size potato ( peeled,cut in half & pricked)
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1/2 tbsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp dry mango powder
Salt to taste




Heat oil in a cooker.Add cumin seeds & heeng stir.Now add black cardamom, black pepper & cinnamon stick.Add green chilli, onion & ginger-garlic paste.fry till golden brown.Add potato & mix well, cook it open for 5 min.In a bowl mix garam masala,turmeric, red chilli powder & salt with 2 tbsp water.Add this masala paste in & fry it till brown .Now add 1 glass water & cover the lid.Cook it for 15 min.....open the lid of presser cooker &Add dry mango powder...serve it hot with chapati or rice....



  • you can add pees too as in matar season i like it with that.....goes well with this gravy...
  • Hope you guys like it, if so please leave your comment below. :-)



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Friday 27 June 2014

Buttermilk Recipe.......for cake

Need only 1 cup buttermilk for recipe. No need to buy, prepare at home........



Ingredients
1 cup milk (on room temperature)
2 tbsp white vinegar or fresh lemon juice



Place the vinegar in a glass & add enough milk to make 1 cup liquid. Stir to combine and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes, The mixture will begin to curdle.

Use as needed in a recipe, or you can cover and refrigerate until needed.


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cream cheese recipe Homemade...

Easy  substitute for  actual cream cheese...




Ingredients

Milk - 1 litre
Amul Cream - 2 tbsp

Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp or Vinegar - 2 tbsp


Boil milk, add lemon juice or vinegar. Stir until the cheese & whey water separates, Switch off the flame.Now drain water & wash it in cold water well to get rid of the lemon flavor.
Leave it aside for 30 mins for the water to drain.
Now add cream and mix well. Transfer it to the mixer and grind this to a very smooth paste & transfer this to muslin cloth & tie a knot and hang it. 
Leave it aside for 2-3 hours till all the liquid drained completely.
Then collect cream cheese in a air tight bowl and refrigerate it overnight.



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Thursday 26 June 2014

Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting......

Blue Velvet Cake....... for my Dear Hubby's B'Day early morning surprise ........ <3 <3
I was planing for red velvet.......but as my husbands favorite color is blue so i choose to bake Blue Velvet two tier for him.........
my daughter loved it & asked me to prepare a pink cake for her b'day......




Ingredients

for cake--

2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 tbsp royal blue food color
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk ( can check homemade buttermilk recipe on my blog)
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon unsweetened coca powder
2 sticks butter on room temperature (225 gm.)

For frosting--

1 sticks butter on room temperature 
1 pack cream cheese ( you can check homemade cream cheese recipe on my blog)
1/2 cup sugar
4 tbsp heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla





In a bowl mix the butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
Add eggs & mix well. Mix food color & coca powder together 7 add
to sugar mixture. Sift.Sift flour & salt together. Add.Add half of the buttermilk & 
half flour in cream mixture mix well now add rest of buttermilk & flour,
blend in vanilla & keep mixing.At last combine soda with vinegar & mix in better well.

Preheat oven to 180.C
Grease the baking dish
pour batter in to a big & a small backing dish,
Bake it for 25-30 min or till knife into the center comes clean out.
Don't take it out from dish intently ( i always put it in refrigerator to cool fast with dish)
Cool it completely befour frosting......




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Tuesday 24 June 2014

Allahabad ke famous Dam-Aloo.Quick,Easy & Yummy......

Allahabadi Dam-Aloo 
No jhanjhat, jhatpat - Fatafat .................
& Please don't ask me the taste ........
Khaoge to janoge .....
If someone ask me ALLAHABAD is famous for wat? for sangam ? nooo for High Court ? naaaaaa......... Its Famous for Allahabadi DAM-ALOO  
Special DAM-ALOO which u can't find anywhere else ............

u can have it with paratha-puri-kachori & best combo is khasta-damaloo........




Ingredients


4 Boiled potato  crushed 
1/2 tsp Asafoetida
1 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp dry mango powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp deshi ghi 
2 green chilli chopped 
salt as per ur taste
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.


Method ...
Heat ghee in a deep pan add cumin seeds & Asafoetida stir.Now add potato & fry well.....Add all species & salt  mix well, add sufficient water to make a thick gravy,bring it to boil. Now cook for 5 min on low flame sprinkle coriander leaves.....serve with paratha , puri, Khasta or Kachories.......



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No Yeast Pizza in MW Convection & Result is umahhhhhhhhhh........ now no need 2 buy a pizza base .

Fast and simple recipe for pizza made without yeast, delicious and easy to make.
don't have yeast don't worry ....check it out








for pizza base
1 cup maida
1 tsp bcking soda 
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste 
1 tsp olive oil or veg. oil
1/2 cup water (warm)



Mix all things together & make a dough with the help of water ( use water as needed) .Dough should be smooth very smooth...use some oil to smooth it .... take a pizza pan & grease it spread the dough with the help of yuour hand or belan ...prick it with the help of a fork .Spread pizza sauce on it & add your favorite toppings.Spread some shredded cheese, sprinkle salt.


 Preheat your MW on 200.C & bake it for 12 min on 200.c.
Bake it for 2 min more if needed.
Sprinkle some oregano in last.

Try Schezwan sauce instead of pizza sauce 
mix Schezwan sauce & tomato sauce & spread it .Its quick,easy & yummy.......



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Instant Bread Gulab Jamun..........jhat-pat ilaaj for your sweet craving

 Easy and quick gulab jamun made with bread, You can use leftover bread as i used......



Ingredients

Bread - 5 medium size slices
Milk - 4 tbsp
Milk powder - 1 tbsp
Nokul dana- 10 

For  sugar syrup

Sugar -1/2 cup
Water -1 .1/2 cup
Cardamom - 2 crushed
Rose essence - 1 tsp optional
Pistachio - 4

Boil sugar and water let the sugar dissolve, keep the flame on medium, 
add cardamom powder and boil the sugar syrup until it becomes little sticky.
touch the syrup it should be sticky.Keep the sugar syrup ready before frying the gulab jamuns.
Once it cools a little add rose essence to the sugar syrup if wanted....


Cut the brown crust of the bread. Dip both sides of the bread in milk & squeeze out the milk.Repeat same with all the bread slices.
Put the bread in a blender and blend it with milk powder for a second.Make a dough with it.


Divide the dough into equal parts and insert Nokul dana, make smooth balls with the bread dough.Don't apply much pressure otherwise
the gulab jamuns will turn hard.


Heat oil in a kadai and fry the gulab jamuns on low flame until they turn brown.If you keep the flame in high,
the  gulab jamuns will turn brown faster but the inside will remain uncooked.
Drop the fried gulab jamuns into the warm sugar syrup you prepared.
Let the gulab jamun soaked in the sugar syrup for 2 hours


Garnish it with pistachio
Yummy bread gulab jamuns are ready.You can serve it warm or chilled.


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Monday 23 June 2014

Rasmalai to share love & happiness.....

Such a simple dessert to prepare at home ........ "Ras" meaning "juice" and "Malai", meaning "cream".a rich cheesecake without a crust. so give it a try & enjoy the ultimate happiness & joy...... <3its a sweet prepared with paneer soaked in rich flavored creamy milk...







Ingredients


milk- 2 liter 

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 1/2 cups sugar
4 1/2 cups water
heavy bottom Pan
1/8 teaspoon crush cardamom
1 tablespoon sliced almonds and pistachios to garnish

Boil 1 liter milk in a heavy bottomed over medium-high heat, As the milk comes to a boil, add the lemon juice slowly and stir the milk,curd will start separating, turn off the heat.drain the whey using a strainer line with muslin cloth.Wrap the curd in a muslin cloth, rinse under cold water, and squeeze well. This process takes out the sourness from the lemon.Taking the right amount of water out of the paneer is the most important part of this recipe... place paneer on a dry, clean surface.



and knead the paneer for 3-4 minutes until the paneer is almost rolls into smooth soft dough.Divide the dough into 12 equal parts and roll them in smooth balls,when forming the balls, lightly press to make about 3/4″ patty shape.



Mix the sugar and water in a heavy bottom pan with lid on medium high heat and bring to a boil.Add the paneer balls and close the pan.turn the heat to medium and cook for about 15 minutes.Make sure the pan is large enough to accommodate the finished rasgullas patties,




as they will expand to about double in the volume while cooking.Close the heat.Take out the patties from the syrup ....Boil the rest of d milk in a frying pan on medium heat until the milk reduce to about 2 cups, frequently stir the milk as the milk burns easily in bottom . Add the sugar and the Rasmalai patties in milk. Let it cook for few minutes.Add the cardamom and mix in. Garnish with sliced almonds and pistachios.


Serve the Rasmalai chilled.



By using color u can give it a different look.





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