Monday, 18 February 2013

Chocolate Creme Pie
Ingredients:

  • 1 condensed milk
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 tbspn cornstarch
  • 5 tbspn cocoa
  • 1 2/3 cups water
  • 1 tspn vanilla extract
  • 2 tbspn butter
  • 1 baked pastry shell(9 inches)


Method:

  • Take water,cocoa,cornstarch and mix well.
  • Beat the egg yolks and stir in this with cornstarch.Add milkmaid.
  • Cook this mixture in saucepan till thick.
  • Add butter,vanilla extract.
  • Let it cool down and pour into the shells and chill until set.
  • Top with whipped creme,melted chocolate  and grated chocolate.



Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 75 gms caster sugar
  • 75 gms plain flour
  • 2 tbspns cocoa powder
  • 2 tbspn icing sugar
  • 100 gms softened butter
  • 1/2 tspn vanilla essence


 Method:

  • Grease the swiss roll tin and preheat the oven to 200C.
  • Whisk and beat the eggs together with an electric beater till thick.
  • Sift the cocoa powder and flour two times to prevent lumps. Mix this with whisked eggs and 1tbspn warm water smoothly.
  • Spread on tin and bake it for 10-15 minutes.
  • Take a tea towel,cover with baking paper and dust with caster sugar.
  • Take the cake and roll it with the paper inside the cake.
  • Cool it on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
  • Now beat the icing sugar,butter and vanilla essence.One can beat in melted chocolate as well.
  • Unroll the sponge cake and spread the above paste leaving a half inch border all around.
  • Re roll the cake,refrigerate,cut in slices and serve.








Chicken Mazedar
Ingredients:

  • 500 gms chicken
  • 2 chopped onions
  • 2 chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2' ginger
  • 4-5 green chillies
  • chilly garlic sauce
  • 4 tbspn lemon juice
  • 1 tspn black pepper powder
  • salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves to garnish


Method:

  • Boil onions,tomatoes,green chillies,ginger and grind it into a paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces. Then add the grinded paste and stir fry till it starts leaving oil.
  • Then add chilly garlic sauce,lemon juice,salt,black pepper powder.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.
Ingredients:
Chicken Changezi
  • 500 gms chicken chopped in pieces
  • 50 gms cashews
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 1 cup ghee
  • 200 ml milk
  • 1 chopped tomato
  • 2 tbspn garlic-ginger paste
  • 1 tspn garam masala powder
  • 1 tspn coriander powder
  • 1/2 tbspn chilly powder
  • 1 tspn chaat masala
  • 1 cup or 100 gms fresh cream
  • 2 tbspn methi leaves
  • 10-15 fried lotus seeds(makhane)
  • 2 lemon juice
  • 1 boiled egg cut in halves
  • 1'' ginger(sliced in thin strips)
  • 2-3 large green chillies cut
  • salt to taste

Method:
  • Heat the ghee in a pan and saute the chicken pieces for 5-7 minutes on medium flame.
  • In another pan,heat 2 tbspn ghee and stir fry onions till translucent and brown. Add cashews and fry for 2-3 minutes.Strain this onion and cashews and when it cools down,grind it into a paste.
  • In the left over ghee,add garlic ginger paste,tomatoes,red chilly powder,chaat masla,garam masala and coriander powder,salt and cook for 5 minutes
  • Gradually add milk,keep stirring. Then add chicken pieces and cook for another 6-7 minutes on low heat.
  • Add the grinded paste of cashews and onions into the mixture and cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
  • Then add fried makhane,fresh cream,methi leaves,lemon juice and stir well.
  • Garnish with boiled egg,strips of ginger and green chilly.


Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Ingredients:

Baked Macroni And Cheese
  • Macroni(elbow shaped)
  • Vegetable oil
  • A quart milk
  • 7 tbspn unsalted butter
  • 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 4 cups grated gruyere cheese
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 tspn black pepper
  • 1/2 tspn nutmeg powder
  • 2-3 small tomatoes slices
  • 1 cup bread crumbs


Method:


  • Boil the macroni for10-12 minutes in a pan full of water with a drop of oil so that macroni does not stick to the bottom.Drain the water and sieve it.
  • Prepare the white sauce by heating butter in a saucepan, and adding the flour gradually by continuous stirring.Make sure no lumps are formed.
  • Now add the warm milk gradually into the pan till a smooth thick paste is formed.
  • Then add cheddar,gruyere cheese,salt,nutmeg and pepper.Also add the boiled macroni and mix well.
  • Preheat the oven to 385F.
  • Take a baking tray and pour the macroni mixture. Then put tomato slices and bread crumbs(breadcrumbs are combined with 2 tbspn melted butter).Bake this for 30-35 minutes till cooked and browned.


Saturday, 9 February 2013


Ingredients:
Paneer Jalfrazie

  • 250 gms paneer cubes
  • 2-3 onions chopped in cubes
  • 2 tomatoes sliced in cubes
  • 2 capsicum cut in slices
  • 5-6 cloves chopped garlic
  • 1" ginger chopped
  • 2 tbspn tomato ketchup
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 tspn garam masala
  • Oil for frying
  • 1/2 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tspn saunf powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves to garnish


Method:


  • Deep fry the paneer cubes and keep it seperate in a bowl.
  • Heat 2 tbspn oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds,then add ginger,garlic and green chillies.After a minute add onions and stir fry till onions are soft.
  • Then add turmeric powder,red chilly powder,garam masala,saunf power.After half a minute add tomato puree,ketchup and salt.Cook for 8-10 minutes on medium flame till oil starts to seperate.
  • Add 1/2 cup water and cook till gravy is thick.
  • Add paneer cubes and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Garnish with coriander,onion rings or cream as you like.




Ingredients:

  • 8 bread slices
  • Bread crumbs(optional)
  • 1 cup crushed paneer
  • 1 capsicum chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 green chillies chopped
  • 1 tspn garlic-ginger paste
  • 1/2 tspn garam masala powder
  • 1/2 tspn chaat masala powder
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil


Method:
  • Heat oil in a pan, stir fry onions till translucent.
  • Then add garlic-ginger paste,green chillies,capsicum and cook for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add paneer,salt,garam masala powder,chaat masala powder.Cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Turn off the gas.
  • Take bread slices,dip in milk and squeeze the milk by pressing bread using both hands.
  • Stuff the paneer filling and close the ends. Roll in the bread crumbs to make it more crispy.
  • Deep fry these rolls till golden brown.
  • Soak in absorbent paper.

Shahi Panner
Ingredients:
  • 250 gms cottage cheese/paneer cubes
  • 2-3 onions chopped
  • Paste of 1'' ginger,3 green chillies,5 cloves
  • 3-4 tomatoes pureed
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 tspn garam  masala powder
  • 15 gms cashews,soaked in milk for 1/2 hour
  • 3 tbspn oil
  • 1 tbspn fresh cream
  • salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves to garnish


Method:
  • Take the paneer cubes and fry it till golden brown,keep it in warm water to turn soft.
  • Heat oil in a pan,add cumin seeds, then add ginger-garlic-chilly paste. Stir fry for 30 seconds and add onions. Continue frying till translucent.
  • Add tomato puree,salt,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,garam masala powder and cook till the paste starts leaving oil.
  • Then make a smooth paste of the soaked cashews and add to the tomato mixture.
  • Add half cups of water and let it boil till it forms a thick paste.
  • Add the paneer cubes,cream and mix well,Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Garnish with cream and coriander leaves.




Ingredients:
Scrambled Egg with Cheese

  •  4 eggs
  • 4 bread slices
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 2 tbspn cheddar cheese
  • 1 tbspn unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 tspn black pepper
  • salt to taste


Method:


  • Crack and whisk the eggs,milk,salt and pepper in a bowl.
  • Heat butter in a frying pan. Add onions and saute.
  • Pour the egg mixture and stir the mixture,cooking on both sides
  • Spread the grated cheese,mix well and turn off the gas.
  • Serve with toast.

Cheese Tomato Egg Pie
Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs partially beaten
  • 3 eggs hard boiled and cooked
  • 2 thin bread slices
  • 250 ml milk
  • 1 tomato chopped in slices
  • 1 tspn chopped parsley
  • 1/4 tspn pepper
  • 1 tspn chives or onions finely chopped
  • 1 tbspn melted butter
  • 1 tbspn flour
  • salt to taste
  • shredded parmesan cheese


Method:

  • Grease the plates with butter.
  • Put the bread slice,tomato slice over it,chives,parsley,and pepper.
  • Then put a layer of chopped hard cooked eggs.
  • Beat the eggs,salt.flour,milk together and pour this mixture over the egg layer.
  • Sprinkle the shredded cheese.
  • Bake at 330F for 30-35 minutes.





Friday, 8 February 2013

Floating Yolk Cupcake
Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • Bread slices-6
  • Prosciutto-1 slice
  • 2 tbspns butter salted
  • Bacon,green onions(optional)
  • 2 tbspn cheese grated
  • Pepper
  • Salt to taste



Hard Boiled Yolk Cake
Method:

  • Grease the muffin cups and preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Now, shape and cut the bread slices in round and strips to cover up the muffin cups. Sprinkle salt and pepper.
  • Take the eggs and crack it on each muffin cups smoothly.
  • Place the slices of prosciutto,the shredded cheese and the optional items if you want to.
  • Bake this for 15-19 minutes as u like.(floating yolks or hard yolks respectively).
  • Gently scoop the muffins out of the cups and garnish with some extra cheese.


Crispy Baked Chicken
Ingredients:

  • 3 pounds cut chicken minces
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • salt to taste
  • 2-3 tbspn butter
  • 1/4 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 cup grated cheese
  • pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 onions sliced into rings
  • oil to fry 


Method:

  • First for the french fried onions, soak the onions in milk, coat it with flour and fry it in deep fryer.
  • Now, beat the egg and 1 tbspn milk,keep it aside.
  • In an another container, mix red chilly powder,salt,bread crumbs,cheese,dash pepper and the french fried onions.
  • Then take the chicken pieces,roll over the egg mix and then on the onion mix.
  • Set it on a greased plate,spread butter and bake at350F for approx an hour.

Fried Chicken Momos
Ingredients:

  • 250 gm flour
  • 1/4 tspn baking powder
  • 1 cup chicken pieces
  • 1/2 tspn chopped garlic
  • 1/2 cup chopped onions
  • oil to fry
  • black pepper
  • 1 tspn soya sauce
  • 1/4 tspn vinegar
  • salt to taste


Method:

  • Knead the flour,salt and baking powder with water into a hard dough.
  • Take 1 tbspn oil in a frying pan, stir fry garlic and onion till translucent.
  • After that add the chicken piece and saute it.
  • Add sauce,black pepper,vinegar,salt and turn off the gas
  • Now take small balls of dough, flatten it into small rounds,put some filling in between and seal folding the edges.
  • Steam these for 10 minutes.
  • Then deep fry these when its ready to serve
  • Serve hot with sauces


Paneer Pakodas
Ingredients:

  • 250 gms paneer
  • 1 cup Besan
  • 1 tsspn garlic paste
  • 1 tbspn ginger paste
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • 1/4 tspn baking soda
  • salt to taste
  • Chaat masala
  • oil for frying
  • finely chopped coriander leaves


Method:


  • Cut the paneer into half by half inch cube.
  • In a bowl, mix all the ingredients with sufficient amount of water and form a batter.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan.
  • Dip the paneer into the batter and fry till golden brown
  • Soak in an absorbent paper,sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot with green chutney.
Egg Biryani

Preparation Time:30 minutes
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Total Time:1 hour
Serves:4

Ingredients:

  • 6 eggs halved after boiled
  • 3 tbspn Ghee
  • 2 cups long grained rice soaked
  • 1" cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 cardamoms
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 1 tbspn ginger-garlic-green chilly paste
  • 2 tomatoes chopped
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • 1/4 tspn turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tspn garam masala
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbspn lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup coconut milk
  • 2 and half cup water
  • 1/2 cup mint leaves

Method:

  • Heat two tbspn ghee and stir fry cardamom,cloves and cinamon. Add onions and continue frying till translucent.
  • Then mix the ginger-garlic-green chilly paste and fry for a minute.
  • Add tomatoes and cook for 5-6 minutes, then add mint leaves and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
  • Add turmeric,chilly powder,garam masala powder.
  • After sometime,add coconut milk, water, salt. Let it boil.
  • Then add the soaked rice,1 tbspn ghee and cook for 10-15 minutes till rice is cooked and water absorbed.
  • Serve the rice on platter with halved boiled eggs,onions,lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Cheese Omlette
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 6 minutes
Total Time: 11 minutes

Ingredients:


  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbspn melted butter 
  • Pinch of white pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese


Method:

  • Beat the eggs,salt using a knife.
  • Heat a frying pan and melt butter. Pour the whisked egg and spread it over the pan moving the pan in all directions.
  • Cook it for 5 minutes,both sides till they are golden browned.
  • Spread the cheese and sprinkle pepper.

Preparation Time:15 minutes
Cooking Time:15 minutes
Egg Roll
Total Time:30 minutes
Serves:2

Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 green chillies chopped
  • finely grated capsicum,carrot,cucumber(as liked)
  • 4 tbspn oil
  • 1 tspn red chilly powder
  • Tomato and chilly sauces
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tspn lemon juice
  • coriander leaves
  • 2 cups of flour/maida for the chapattis


Method:

  • Mix maida,salt and water and knead into a dough. Divide into four balls and make chapattis,roast it using some oil on the tawa and keep it separate.
  • Beat an egg and salt.
  • Heat a frying pan and put some oil.Pour the beated egg and spread it on pan to make an omlette of the size of the chapatti.Before the omlette is ready,put the chapati onto it and press it swiftly.Cook on both sides.
  • Now, on a serving plate, take the chapati with the omlette side up, spread the sauces,grated vegetables,lime juice,salt,coriander leaves and roll it into cylinder shapes with a grease proof paper on the outer side.


Preparation time:10 minutes
Cooking time:20 minutes
Total time:30 minutes
Egg Curry

Ingredients:

  • 4-5 nos of boiled eggs
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 2-3 tomatoes pureed
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • 1/2 tspn ginger paste
  • 1 green chilly
  • 1 tbspn coriander powder
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1/4 tspn black pepper
  • 1/2 tspn red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • coriander leaves for garnishing


Method:

  • Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Add garlic-ginger-chilly paste and  onions and stir fry till translucent.
  • Add the dry spices and mix the tomato puree. Cook for 7-10 minutes.
  • Add 1 to 1 and half cups of water and let it boil.
  • Now, slice the eggs into halves and add it to the puree.
  • Cook for 5-7 minutes and serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.



Black Forest Cake
Ingredients 
  • 2 nos. eggs
  • 40 gm flour 
  • 15 gm cocoa powder 
  • 85 gm sugar 
  • 2 tbspn powdered sugar
  • 1 tspn vanilla essence 
  • 3 tbspn melted butter 
  • 2 tbspn water

(For Frosting)
  • Heavy Whipping Cream 
  • Sugar as needed
  • 1 tspn Vanilla Essence
  • 1 can Cherries 
  • Grated Chocolate
(For syrup)
  • 1 cup Water/ Cherry  Syrup 
  • 1/2 cup Sugar 
  • 1 tspn Vanilla Essence

Method:

  • Take sieved cocoa powder,flour and combine it with melted butter,water and the essence.
  • Beat sugar and eggs and add to the above mixture to form a batter.
  • Pour the above mixture onto a 7" pan and bake it for 20-25 minutes at 350F till the cake is done.
  • For the syrup take cherry syrup/plain water and sugar, bring it to a boil.
  • (One can add rum to this for better results)
  • For the frosting whip the creme,sugar and vanilla essence.
  • Now cut the cake into two halves and pour the syrup and allow the cake to become moist while absorbing.
  • Spread the frosting,grated chocolate,chopped cherries and put the second layer of cake upon it and repeat the process.
  • Apply this on sides using spatula and refrigerate.
  • Top with some more cherries and its ready to eat.


Mousse Cake
Ingredients:

(For the cake)
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
A pinch of salt
1 tspn crown flax seed powder
2 tbsps  Water
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Chocolate Mousse)
125 gms chocolate block
125 gms Butter
100 ml Whip cream
1/4 cup Icing Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Icing)
1 cup Dark Chocolate
1/4 cup butter
2 tbspn cherry/ Corn syrup
1 tspn Vanilla extract


Method:

(Base Cake)
Sieve flour.baking powder,baking soda,salt,cocoa powder and  add sugar.
Mix the flax seed powder with 1/2 cup semi warm water and add vanilla essence.
Mix the water and oil and then add this mixture with the flax seed mixture.
Then mix the dry ingredients with the wet ones and form a batter.
Pour this batter onto the 6' round pan and bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes.
Set aside to cool.

(Chocolate mousse)
Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
Whip the icing sugar and whipping creme and keep it aside.
When the chocolate-butter mixture cools down, add the whipped creme mixture and fold it well.

(Icing)
Melt the chocolate,butter and cherry/corn syrup.
Add vanilla and mix well.

Now,

Take the base cake and make some random holes in it
Pour the prepared chocolate mousse onto it and level it with a spatula.Refrigerate.
Then take the cake out when it sets and spread the icing over the cake making it drizzle down in random fashion.
The yumm cake is ready to eat.




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