Thursday, October 11, 2012

Egg-less Chocolate Almond Brownie


Ingredients:
For Brownie-

  • 1&1/4 cup All purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Dark Chocolate (Melted)
  • 1 Can Condensed Milk ( 1 can equal to 400 grams)
  • 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
  • 2 tablespoon Chopped almond
  • 2 tablespoon Chocolate Chips (optional)
  • 1/2 cup Milk
For Chocolate syrup-

  • 1/4 cup coco powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions for Brownie:

  1. Take a bowl, sieve all purpose flour,baking powder and baking soda. Mix it well.
  2. Take a another bowl mix the butter and condensed milk with hand blender at low speed until its creamy.
  3. After that add chocolate, vanilla extract  in creamy batter and mix it well.
  4. After that add small-small amount of dry ingredients in creamy batter. 
  5. Also add small amt of milk with dry ingredients to mix it well.
  6. Add chocolate chips and almonds.
  7. Grease the 8 inch square baking pan.
  8. Pour the batter in baking pan.
  9. Bake it 350 f for 30-35 mts or until toothpick test is pass.
  10. Garnish with chocolate syrup.

Directions for Chocolate syrup:

  1. Mix coco powder, water and boil it till coco powder completely dissolves
  2. Add sugar, vanilla extract into this mixture and boil it for 3-4 more minutes.



Enjoy !! Comments n feedback r most welcome :)



Chili Chana Rice (ideal for Snacks)


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Basmati  Rice
  • 1/2 cup Kala chana
  • 1 tbsp Chili flakes
  • 2 Green Chilies cut in long size
  • 1&1/2 tbsp ginger shredded
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 2 Green cardamoms
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1&1/2 tbsps Cumin seeds
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • salt to taste
  • Lemon juice as per taste
  • Cilantro chopped for garnish

Directions:

  1. Soak kala chana for at-least 10-12 hours.
  2. Soak rice for at-least 1/2 hour. 
  3. Boil rice in another heavy pan. 
  4. Take a sauce pan heat oil when oil is ready add cumin seeds, green cardamoms, cloves, bay leaves. 
  5. When they change there color add green chilies,  ginger, chili flakes and fry for 2-3 minute. 
  6. After that add kala chana and fry for 5-7 minute and then add boiled rice , salt, lemon juice and mix slowly.
  7. Garnish with cilantro
  8. Served Hot !!

Enjoy !! Looking forward for ur comments n feedback !

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cool Cool Mango Cream

Ingredients:
  • 4 Ripe mangoes
  • 3 cup Fresh cream
  • Sugar as per taste
  • Pistachios and Saffron for garnishing
Method:
  • Slice mango in medium pieces.
  • Mix it well with fresh cream. If cream is very thick we can also add small amount of milk to dilute it.
  • Add sugar as per taste.
  • Garnish it with pistachio and saffron
  • Serve chilled
Enjoy !! Looking forward for ur comments n feedback !







Recipe for Indo-Chinese Vegetable Manchurian


Ingredients:

  • 2 cup Grated cabbage
  • 1 cup Grated carrot
  • 1 cup Chopped spring onion
  • 3 tbsp ginger paste
  • 3 tbsp green chili paste
  • 4 tbsp corn starch
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp red chili sauce
  • 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1/2 tsp pepper powder
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Salt to taste
Direction:
  1. Mix grated cabbage and carrots and squeeze the water out from them.
  2. Mix cabbage, carrot, spring onion, 2 tbsp ginger paste, 1&1/2 tbsp green chili paste, 3 tbsp corn starch, all purpose flour and salt.
  3. Make small balls.
  4. Heat the oil and deep fry the balls till golden brown.
  5. Now in a separate pan heat 2 tbsp oil.
  6. Fry ginger, green chilies for 2 mts after that add salt, pepper powder and soya sauce, tomato ketchup, chili Sauce and boil it.
  7. Mix 1 tbsp corn starch with half of a cup of water and mix in the sauce.
  8. Put the fried balls in sauce and serve hot.

Enjoy !! Looking forward for ur comments n feedback !

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Meethi Mathri ( मीठी मठरी )


Ingredients:
  • 2 cup All Purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1&1/2 cup Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Ghee
  • 1 cup water for sugar syrup
  • 2-3 drops rose water
  • Luke Warm water for making smooth dough
Directions for Mathri
  1. Mix all purpose flour and ghee, rub it for 4-5 mts.
  2. After that add water in small small amount to make smooth dough.
  3. Make small balls out of this dough .
  4. Flatten these small balls into diameter of 2 inch.
  5. Heat the oil on medium heat.
  6. Deep fry the mathris until they turn light golden brown.

Directions for Sugar Syrup

  1. Take a pan, mix sugar, water and rose water.
  2. Boil it for 8-10 mts or until it reaches to 2 thread consistency.
  3. After that add 4-5 mathris in this, dip for atleast for 10-15 mts.

Enjoy !! Looking forward for ur comments n feedback !

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Egg-less Lemon Cake


Ingredients:-

For Cake:

  • 3&1/2 cup All purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter
  • 2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 4 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract 
  • 6 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoon grated Lemon skin 
  • 2&1/2 cup curd
  • 1&1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

For Sugar Icing:

  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup sugar

These ingredients are good for 10 inch Bundt pan cake tray.


Directions:-

Directions for baking the cake:

  • Take a bowl and sieve all purpose flour,baking soda and baking powder.
  • Take a another bowl mix the butter,sugar and curd, blend it with the help of blender at low speed till it turns creamy.
  • After that add small-small amount of dry ingredients and blend them at low speed.
  • When the mixture have no lump add lemon juice,grated lemon and vanilla extract and mix it well.
  • Grease the baking pan with the help of butter.
  • Pour the mixture in the baking pan.
  • Bake it at 350.F for 25-30 mts or until toothpick test is passed.

Directions for Icing:

  • Mix lemon juice and sugar
  • Fill it in a zip-lock bag and make a cone.
  • Cut the end of the cone to drizzle the icing over cake


Happy Baking !! Doubts, Questions, Comments, Feedback are most welcome :)

Monday, October 1, 2012

Egg-less Plain Cake





Ingredients:

  • 1&1/4 cup All purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup Orange juice
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Pinch of Salt

These ingredients are good for a 8 inch baking tray.

Method:
  • Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit just 2-3 minute before the batter is ready. To make batter see below steps.
  • Take a bowl and sieve all purpose flour,baking powder,baking soda and salt.
  • Take a another bowl beat the condensed milk and butter with hand blender at low speed
  • After that add all the dry ingredients and orange juice in above butter mixture.
  • Mix it well with the help of blender.
  • Put vanilla extract and mix it.
  • Grease the baking tray with butter.
  • Pour the mixture in the baking tray and bake it for 25-30 mts or until toothpick test is pass.


Happy Baking!! If you have any doubts feel free to ask !! 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Methi Masala Mathri


Ingredients:

  • 2 cup All purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Ghee
  • 1 cup Methi
  • Salt as per taste
  • Lukewarm water as needed
  • Oil to fry



Method:

  • Mix all purpose flour,ghee,methi and salt rub it for 4-5 mts.
  • After that use water to make smooth dough.
  • Make small balls out of this dough .
  • Flatten these small balls into diameter of 2 inch.
  • Heat the oil on medium heat.
  • Deep fry the mathris until they turn golden brown.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Coconut Cookies with chocolate drizzle !!


Ingredients:
  • 1&1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 3/4 cup  coconut flakes
  • 1/2 cup Melted Chocolate (optional)
  • Milk as needed to smooth-en dough
Method:
  • Preheat the oven to 250°F for 2-3 mts
  • Beat sugar and butter together until it turns creamy
  • In another bowl sift  the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 
  • Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture mix it well. 
  • After that add coconut flakes and make a smooth dough with the help of milk. 
  • Grease the baking tray and bake it for 8-10 mts until it turns light golden brown. 
  • Once cookies have cooled completely, drizzle with the melted dark chocolate.


Saturday, September 22, 2012

Eggless Carrot Cake !!


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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Wheat flour
  • 1&1/2 cup grated Carrot
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup curd
  • 1/2 cup Oil
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp almonds chopped
  • 2-3 tablespoon milk


Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 350F just 2-3 minute before your batter is ready.
  • Mix the wheat flour, baking powder, soda , cinnamon and salt. Add grated carrots and almonds to this. Mix well.
  • Whisk curd, sugar, oil and vanilla extract together.
  • Combine the mixture made in step 2 &3. If you feel the batter is too dry, add small amount of milk.
  • Grease the 9 inch baking tray with oil.
  • Pour this in the pan. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until toothpick test is pass.

Enjoy !! Do share your experiences n feedbacks !

Monday, September 17, 2012

Parwal ki Mithai


Ingredients:


  • 11 Parwals (Snake Gourd) 
  • 1 cup mawa (Making mawa at home is a good option)
  • 1&1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Cardamom powder
  • 3 tablespoon almonds chopped
  • 3 tablespoon Pistachios chopped
  • 2 tablespoon Shredded coconut
  • Few drops of rose water


Method for making Mawa
  • Take 4 cups milk and boil.  
  • Boil the milk till it reaches to a semi-solid state.  


Method for stuffing
  •  Roast the mawa on medium heat for 1 minute. Add half cup sugar and roast for 1 more minute.
  •  Add cardamom, almonds, pistachioes and coconut and mix them well


Finally making the Mithai

  • In another pan boil the remaining sugar with half cup water to make a  sugar syrup. 
  • Peel all the Parwals, and make a vertical cut to take out all the seeds.
  • Boil the parwal for 2-3 mts.
  • After that drain the water out and put all the Parwals into the sugar syrup.
  • Boil this sugar syrup with Parwal on medium heat for 10-15 mts
  • Close down the heat and keep the Parwal in sugar syrup for 1 hour
  • Take out the Parwal from sugar syrup fill the mawa mixture in it.
  • Served Chilled.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Mango Flavoured Milk Cake


***Recipe of Mango Flavoured Milk Cake***


Ingredients:

5 cups of Milk
1 cup Mango pulp
Sugar as per taste
2 Table spoon Milk powder
1/4 teaspoon Cardamom powder
3-4 tablespoon Lemon juice

Sliced pistachios and almonds for garnishing
Saffron


Method:


  1. Boil 5 cups of milk in a heavy bottomed pan.
  2. Add the lemon juice gradually and stir the milk gently. 
  3. Take out paneer with the help of cloth.
  4. Rinse under cold water to take out the sour of lemon.
  5. Take out the excess water.
  6. Take pan add sugar, paneer, mango pulp, milk powder and to cook while it become a soft lump.
  7. Pour it over greased plate.
  8. Freeze it for some time.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Eggless Chocolate Marble Cake




Ingredients: 


1&1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup butter

1 cup milk

3/4 cup powder sugar

3-4 tablespoon condensed milk

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoon coco powder

2 tablespoon hot water


Method:
  •  Mix all purpose flour,baking powder and baking soda.
  •  Take another bowl to mix butter and sugar. Stir till it becomes creamy. After that add condensed milk and vanilla extract.
  •  In the mixture add small-small amount of dry ingredients and small amount of milk.
  •  After that take 1/4 cup of mixture add coco powder and water make a batter.
  • Grease the 8 inch baking tray with butter.
  •  In baking tray first add white mixture after that add chocolate mixture repeat 
  • this 2 times.
  •  Bake the mixture at 330 degree f.

Coconut burfi ( नारियल चक्की)




Ingredients:

  • 2 cup shredded Coconut
  • 1 cup Sugar 
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
  • Almonds for garnishing





Method:
  •  Heat a pan, add the coconut shreds and fry for 2-3 mts.
  •  Now in a separate bowl, boil water.
  •  When the water boils, add the sugar .
  •  Add the milk to the boiling sugar syrup.
  •  Boil sugar till it turns to a 2 thread syrup.
  • Add the fried coconut shreds to it.
  •  Mix it well.
  •  Now add the ghee and cardamom powder.
  •  Spread it in a flat try, and cut into small square pieces
  •  Garnish with almonds.

Balushahi (बालूशाही)


Balushahi (बालूशाही)

Ingredients:
All purpose flour (maida) 1 1/2 cups
Baking soda 1/4 teaspoon

Pure ghee 1/4 cup ghee
Curd 1/4 cup
Sugar 1 cup
Pistachios & alomonds for garnishing

Method:
1 Mix the flour and baking soda. Add ghee and mix it.After that add curd to make a soft dough.
2 Cover the dough and sit for atleast 30-35 mts.
3 Make the sugar syrup with 1/2 cup of water till it reaches to one thread consistency.
4 Make a small small balls of the dough.
5 Deep fry in ghee at medium heat for 10-15 mts.
6 Put the balushahi in the sugar syrup for 1 hour.
7 Garnish with pistachios and almond.

Besan Burfi


*****Besan Burfi*****

Ingredients:

2 cup Besan

1 cup Ghee

2 Cup Powdered Sugar

1 Tablespoon Cardamom Powder

Sliced Pistachios & Almonds


Method:

1 Heat ghee in pan add besan and fry until it turns golden brown and give sweet smell.

2 After that when besan cools down add sugar and cardamom powder.

3 Grease a tray and pour the mixture.

4 After an hour when chikki is tight, cut into desired shapes and garnish with pistachios and almonds.

Eggless Bread Pancake


*****Recipe for Eggless Bread Pancake*****

Ingredients:

15 Bread slices

1/2 cup Sooji

1&1/2 cup chopped Onion

2-3 Tablespoon shredded Ginger

2-3 Green chillies chopped

1 teaspoon Mustard seeds

2 Tablespoon Curd

2 Teaspoon Rice flour

Salt as per taste

Oil for fry

Cilantro chopped

Method

1 Trim the edges of the bread slices. Soak the slices in water.
2 Take sooji, rice flour, salt and add sufficient water to make a thin batter.
3 After that add bread into the batter along with curd.
4 Put the batter in a mixer and blend.
5 Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan.After that add mustard seeds, ginger, green chillies, onion and fry until light golden brown.Transfer this into batter and add cilantro.
6 Heat Dosa pan. Put some oil. Pour a big spoon of the batter on the pan and spread.
7 Pour a little oil on top and sides and cook for two to three minutes.
8 Turn and cook the other side similarly.
9 Serve hot with Coconut green chutney.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

दिलवाली छोला टिक्की


दिलवाली छोला टिक्की .....:)


Ingredients:For Tikki

2 Big Boiled Potato


2 Tablespoon Sooji

5 Breads 

Salt as per taste

Ingredients:For Stuffing

1 cup Peas Boiled and lightly mashed

1 teaspoon Garam Masala

1 teaspoon Red chilli powder

1 tablespoon Ginger Paste

1 tablespoon Green Chilli paste

Ingredients:For Chhola

1 cup Chola

3 tablespoon ginger

3 Green Chilli

2 Tomato chopped

2 tablespoon Red chilli powder

2-3 tablespoon Coriander Powder

1 teaspoon Turmeric powder

2-3 tablespoon chhola masala

1 tablespoon Garam masala

1/2 cup Tamarind juice

3 tablespoon Oil

1 tablespoon Cumin seeds

Pinch of Hing

Salt as per taste

cliantro chopped


Method:For chhola

1 Heat the oil add cumin seeds and hing. When seeds crack add ginger,green chilli. Saute for 2 mts after that add tomato. Fry for 3-4 mts.

2 After that add chhola and add all dry ingredients and tamarind and boil 4-5 mts. Garnish with cilantro.


Method:For Stuffing

1 Mix the peas with all the ingredients.


Method:For Tikki

1 Mash the potato add salt,bread and sooji.

2 Divide the mash potato in equal sized round balls and then flat these balls with your palm.

3 Put some stuffing in mid of these flat doughs, and again make a round ball out of it so that stuffing is closed inside

4 Again flat these round balls, and cut into desierd shape

5 Fry on a non stick pan with some ghee/oil till its golden brown

6 Served Hot!!


Cumin Cookies


*****Quick Cumin Cookies:*****
Ingredients:

1 cup All Purpose Flour

1 tablespoon cumin seeds

3 tablespoon oil

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 cup milk as needed to make smooth dough

salt to taste

Method:

1 Mix all the dry ingredients and make smooth dough.

2 Grease the baking tray and bake at 250F till it turns golden brown.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

eggless black forest chocolate cherry cake

Ingredients

  • 1&1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Coke
  • 1/2 can condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup butter

  • Preheat the oven for 2-3 minute before your batter is ready at 350 degree Fahrenheit.
  • Take a bowl beat butter and condensed milk with the help of blender at low speed,till its creamy.
  • In another bowl sift  flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa powder mix it.
  • Add vanilla extract in butter mixture and mix well.
  • Take small quantity of flour mixture, coke and mix it in butter mixture. 
  • Don't mix all the dry mixture in one go, it might cause lumps in the mixture.
  •  Pour the mixture in  8 inch  grease baking tray.
  •  Bake for 25-30 mts or until the toothpick test is pass
Note: Grease the baking tray with butter or oil.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Crispy Rawa Dosa

Crispy Rawa Dosa !!

Ingredients:
  1. Suji 1 cup
  2. Rice flour 1/2 cup
  3. Salt to taste
  4. Ginger chopped 1 inch piece
  5. Green chillies 2
  6. coconut grated 2 tablespoon
  7. Cashew-nuts crushed
  8. Cilantro chopped
  9. Oil 
Method

  1. 1 Mix suji, rice flour,salt, ginger, green chillies, coconut, cashew-nuts and cilantro. 
  2. 2 Take 2 cups of water and make a thin mixture.
  3. 3 Grease a non-stick tawa.
  4. 4 Evenly sprinkle a ladle full of batter on tawa.
  5. 5 Fry it from both sides.
  6. 6 Serve hot with Green chutney and Coconut chutney.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Kesar Pista Badam Ice-Cream

Ingredients:

  • 8 cups Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Cardamom powder
  • sugar as per taste
  • sliced Almonds and Pistachios
  • Few strands of Saffron
  • Few drops of Rose water

Direction:

  1. Boil milk in the heavy bottom pan till it reduces to just 3 cup.
  2. Add sugar, saffron and rose water, and boil it for 2 more minutes.
  3. Put some sliced almonds and pistachios.
  4. Freeze it in air tight container for 8-10 hours.