Thursday, May 21, 2015

3 Ingredient Icecream



This is best recepi of Ice cream I tried. Thanks to my sister, it's her recepi she use to make kulfi with this method. I experimented with fruits and yeah it's great. Recepi is full proof and there is no chance of going wrong. Now you can get rich and creamy icecream with no fuss and hardwork at home with fresh ingredients and without preservatives.

Ingredients:
1 cup cream( heavy or thickened cream)
1 can of 395 gm condensed milk (milkmaid)
1/2 cup to 1 cup fruit puree of desired flavor.
(You can use fruit chunks as well. If you dont want fruit flavor you can make with 2 ingredients only or can use cocoa powder, choco chips, vanilla flavor or cardmom, pistacheo as per you taste :))
Method:

Take cream in a bowl and beat for some time until smooth..there is no need to creat soft peak but should be smooth and little bit thick.
Add condensed milk and mix well for 3-4 minutes until well combined.
now gently mix the fruit puree.
freeze in a plastic, glass container or kulfi moulds overnight.
you yummy creamy icecream is ready to dig in :)
serve with roasted cashew or pistacheo(optional)



Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Gulab Jamun



Ingredients
  • 1 cup milk powder
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup cream
  •  2 cup sugar
  • 2 cup water
  • oil for frying

Method

In a pan add water and sugar, bring it to boil, keep stirring until all sugar dissolve. Turn off the heat. your sugar syrup is ready. You can add cadimom or rose water in your sugar syrup. I did not add so did not mention in ingredients.  Keep aside

Now In a bowl, mix milk powder, plain flour and baking soda, add cream and mix it well. Dough should be very soft and sticky. If you feel dough is bit dry add little bit milk. Cover and set aside for about 15 minutes. Dough will be easy to handle now. Knead the dough with greased hands. Now pinch the dough equal the amount of a cherry and roll in round ball. Ball should be really smooth with no cracks.


You'll get almost 20 Gulab jamun. Now heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat and fry all balls golden brown. 


Oil should not be too hot, balls should rise to surface slowly. Gulab jamuns will be bit softer after taking out from oil. Let them cool down for about 5-7 minutes.


Now immerse fried balls in hot sugar syrup. 


Serve after half an hour.


Thursday, May 7, 2015

Basic Vanilla Cupcakes



Contents:
200g unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
21/2 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

Procedure

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line muffin or mini-muffin pans with paper cases.
Sift flour baking powder and baking soda together.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat. Mixture will seprate at this stage. Stir in milk followed by flour, baking powder and baking soda mixture.
Mix well until well combined. 
use 2 level tablespoons of mixture for larger cupcakes and 1 for mini cupcakes.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until toothpick comes out clear

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Shortcrust pastry for pies and tarts





  • 2 cups plainflour 
  • 160 butter chilled and chopped
  • 2–3 tablespoons iced water 

Friday, April 3, 2015

Aata/wholewheat flour cookies

Aata cookies
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
½ cup ghee at room temperature
1 to 2 tsp milk if required


cream the ghee and powdered sugar with a hand held blender or in a food processor.the mixture should become smooth, light and creamy.add wholewheat flour, salt, and baking soda.mix well, gently knead to a smooth dough.add water or milk only if required or dough looks dry.
pinch medium sized balls from the dough.roll them evenly in your palms.slightly flatten them and arrange in a baking tray. leave some space between cookies as they expand while baking.bake the cookies in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees C for 10-12 mins till light golden.remove and place them on wire racks.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Brownies



Ingredients 
1/2 cup butter
11/2 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp vanila extract
2 eggs
3/4 cup White flour
pinch baking soda(optional)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup finely chopped cooking choclate



Procedure
  1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
  2. Prepare the pan by greasing. I got 18 brownies with medium thickness
  3. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda then sift the flour
  4. Melt butter and add sugar. Mix well and add vanilla extract. Once combined add the eggs and mix well.
  5. Add the flour mixture to this and mix really well. Mix the chopped chocolate into the batter.
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Eggless version:

Instead of eggs add 3/4 cups of yogurt and 2 tsp of baking powder

Happy Baking :)
 

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Eggless Dark chocolate Blackberry cupcakes

It's summers here in Melbourne so berries are in season. Time to experiment on berilicious desserts. These cupcakes have a burst of berry and choclate flavor. Being eggless and butterless can be enjoyed by vegetarians and vegan. I generally do not do much eggless baking but this one is a hit. Very easy to make and believe me you'll enjoy every bite of it, specially its frosting. 


Ingredients:
250 gm fresh blackberries
1 1/2 cups plain flour  
1/4+1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant coffee powder 
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
180 gm dark chocolate finely chopped
Fresh blackberries for garnishing


Method:In a deep pan combine the blackberries with 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for about 10 minuted until the berries are completely mashes. turn off the heat.

Strain the mixture, you will get about 1/2 cup of juice. save the solid part.


Preheat oven to 180C and prepare a 12 cup baking tray.

In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, coffee and salt. Add the vanilla extract, oil, blackberry solid and milk. Using a wooden spoon mix the batter well and keep mixing until you get a smooth batter.


Divide batter between 12 baking cups . Bake for 18-20 or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature.


Chocolate Ganache:

Mix chopped chocolate and blackberry juice and heat in a microwave safe bowl for 1 minute. leave for a minute and whisk well until smooth. let it completely cool for about an hour. beat ganache for 2 minutes. now using piping beg or pastry beg pipe on cooled cupcakes. garnish with fresh blackberry.