Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Birthday cake

Recipe Adapted from Puddings & Desserts by Bhanu R 
 For the Icing:  I am baker  blog's work was  inspired



Ingredients:
  • 150 gms flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 150 grams unsalted butter
  • 150 grams powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3 eggs, separated
Ingredients for the Butter Cream Icing:
  • 4 cups of icing sugar
  • 1/2 cup of shortening (Crisco)
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2  tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp Wilton Meringue Powder
Method:
  1. Preheat the oven 350F, 180C. 
  2. Grease and flour the round pan.
  3. Sieve the flour and baking powder twice.
  4. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
  5. Add egg yolks and vanilla essence and beat until thick.
  6. Sift the flour on to the egg mixture and mix carefully.
  7. Whisk the egg whites  lightly stiff. Gently  fold in the remaining  egg whites into the mixture.
  8. Pour this batter and smooth the surface.
  9. Bake for 50 minutes, until light brown or  a skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
  10. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then on on a wire.

Method For Icing:
  • Cream shortening with vanilla essence and water.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until all ingredients have been mixed together.
  • Blend an additional  minute until Creamy.
Icing the Cake:

  •  Cut the cake into 2 horizontally layers.
  • Cover the with a good crumb coat.
  • Using wilton Tip 16  or star tip with medium consistency of icing  decorate.

Hope u enjoy making...it as much as I enjoyed..!!



Sunday, February 26, 2012

Prawns Fry

( Mom's recipe)


Ingredients for the paste:
  • 2 cup dry red chili
  • 50 grams ginger
  • 50 grams garlic
  • 1 lime size tamarind
 Method for the paste: 

Boil all the ingredients in 1 cup of water.
Grind with salt to a fine paste.
One can preserve this paste for few days in the refrigerator.





For the fry:


  1. 2 tbsp of chili paste
  2. 250 grams of prawns de veined and cleaned
  3. a spring of curry leaves
Method:

Marinate the prawns with chili paste and refrigerate for one hour.
In a kadai heat oil , add curry leaves and 1/2 tsp of crushed garlic.
Then add prawns , cook n fry till it becomes dry.

Mango Chutney

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Mango
  • 1 green chili
  • 1 cup grated coconut
  • curry leave 3-4
  • salt to taste



Method:

Chop the mango without the skin.
Add all the ingredients to the mixer.
Grind to a coarse paste.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Heart cakes....

 
As for the cake I used the recipe of chocolate cake in one bowl. Here's the link Recipe.









For the icing :



  • 150 ml whipping cream pack
  • 100 grams of chocolate chips.    
Method:
  1. Just boil the cream. Do not over boil it.
  2. Pour over the chocolate chips.
  3. Mix well until all the chips are melted and mixed.
Pour over the cake , when the cake is warm.



Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Caramel Pudding....


Recipe source:Mom's recipe

I could say one of the first puddings  I tasted or remembers or the one which I tried is "Condensed milk pudding " this is what I  call it ....:) Each one of us have different ways of making it. The best part is the tin of nestle condensed milk  still remains the same shape , may be even the design ...only that  changes are the photos's  .....as for the taste it still is one of best pudding....!!



Ingredients:






  • 1 tin condensed milk
  • 1 tin water
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp sugar + 3 tbsp for  caramelizing










Method :

Mix condensed milk tin ,water eggs and 2 tbsp sugar .
Beat with a hand beater for 5 minutes.
Caramelize the sugar till golden brown ,in a deep round pan.
Pour the mixture into the pan. ( or small moulds )
Steam in a steamer until it is cooked or when a knife come out clean.
Let it cool.
Invert onto a serving platter.




One can serve warm or chilled. I would prefer chilled...!!


Monday, February 13, 2012

Green Beans and Sprouted lentils Thoran


Ingredients:

  • 250grams Green beans (Green beans is also know as french beans.)
  • 250 grams sprouted lentils
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 tbsp tomtoe chopped
  • 1 tbsp sambar powder
  • salt to taste
  • curry leaves
  • mustard seeds
  • oil
Method:


Clean the beans and cut them to 1 inch long.
Wash spouted lentils well in water and drain it.
Heat oil in wok and add mustard seeds.
When they pop add onion and tomatoe and fry for 2 minutes.
Add samabar powder and fry for few minutes.
Add green beans,sprouted lentils, salt and mix well.
Add 1/2 cup water.
Cook it covered until it is dry and beans are cooked.
Serve warm with rice.




Recipe source: My recipe.


Sunday, February 12, 2012

Easy chicken fry


from : own recipe


Ingredients:
  • 1/2 chicken
  • 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp crushed coriander
  • 3 tbsp curd
  • 2 to 3 tbsp chilly powder
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • salt
  • Oil for frying
Method:

Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients.
Cover and let it marinate in the fridge overnight or 6 hours.
Heat oil and deep fry the chicken .


Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Cabbage Thoran

Hope u are all doing fine...!!

I was lost in my own world.... not willing to come back to my routine... and the weather makes you more lazy...!!

Cabbage thoran is something u can hav with rice and curry.

Ingredients :



  • 1/2 cabbage of small one  
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 green chillie
  • 2 tbsp coconut  
  • Mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • salt
Method:

Clean and slice the cabbage.
Chop the onions and green chillies.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot.
When they pop up add curry leaves and onion. 
Saute for a minute.
Add cabbage, coconut and salt and mix well.
Add 1/2 cup of water , mix and cook till the water is absorbed.
Serve warm with rice.

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