Here's a simple chocolate recipe with biscuits added... a biscuit chocolate recipe. Ingredients 1.Warm Milk 1/2 cup(1/4 + 1/4) 2.Cocoa powder 3 tbsp 3.Condensed milk 1/2 tin(I used Milkmaid) 4.Sugar 4 tbsp 5.Biscuits(Arrowroot)11/2 cup(powdered) 6.Butter 50 gm 7.White Chocolate for garnishing
Method -In a small bowl add 1/4 cup milk and cocoa powder,mix well to form a paste* without any lumps. -Coarsely powder the biscuits using your hand. -Now in a nonstick pan combine rest of the milk,cocoa paste*,condensed milk,sugar and butter.Heat this on medium flame with constant stirring. -When the mixture starts boiling reduce the flame and cook for 5 to 7 minutes(till the mixture becomes a little thick) -Now add the biscuits and mix for another 4-5 minutes and remove from fire. -Spread this mixture onto a pan greased with butter. -Garnish with grated white chocolate. -Serve when cooled.
Ingredients 1.Chick Peas/Garbanzo Beans/ Kabuli Channa 1 cup(soak overnight) Kashmiri red chilly powder 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Water 3 1/2 to 4 cups 2.Onion 2 medium(sliced) 3.Ginger chopped 1 1/2 tbsp 4.Garlic chopped 1 tbsp 5.Green chilly 2 slit 6.Tomato 2 medium Kashmirichilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 3/4 tsp 7.Cinnamon 2 " piece 8.Cloves 5 9.Cardamom 2 10.Peppercorns 5-6 11.Dry red chilli 1 12.Pepper powder 3/4 tsp 13.Roastedcumin powder 1tsp 14.Garam masala 3/4 tsp 15.Salt as needed 16.Oil 2 tbsp 17.Curry leaves few
Method -In a pressure cooker add Chick peas,chilli-turmeric (powder) and water(the first ingredients).Cook till soft & done.Keep aside (don't discard the water) -In a blender add the tomatoes,Chilli & Coriander powder(6th ingredients).Blend into a smooth paste* without adding water.Keep aside. -Heat oil in a pan and add the spices -cinnamon, cloves ,cardamom,pepper corns and the dry red chilli.Then add the chopped ginger and garlic. -Saute till this turns slightly brown in colour now add the slit green chillies and curry leaves.Saute for a minute. -Add the sliced onion and saute till transparent. -Now add the tomato paste*,mix well and wait till the oil separates. -Add the cooked chick peas along with the water ,mix well. -Add salt,pepper powder,cumin powder and garam masala powder. -Let it boil for sometime till the gravy reduces and coats the peas well. -Off the flame and serve with rotis or batura.
Whenever my children ask for a payasam ,usually I go & check my kitchen shelves for vermicelli...that is one of the easiest payasam I could think of...Though I am not a big fan of this,my children they just can have it at any time...breakfast..lunch..dinner or any time...
Batura is a North Indian fried bread.It is a puffed bread prepared adding yeast,milk,yoghurt etc,kept sometime for fermenting and then deep fried.My family love eating these while frying itself.Kids will love this,so do try and let me know :) Ingredients Milk(warm) 1 cup Egg 1 Yogurt 1/4 cup Yeast 1/2 tsp Sugar 1/2 tsp Ghee 1/2 tsp All purpose flour/Maida 31/4cup (or as needed to make a dough) Salt 1/2 tsp Oil For deep frying
Method -In a large bowl pour the warm milk ,add yeast & sugar.Mix well till yeast and sugar dissolves.Now add ghee,egg,yoghurt& salt.Again mix all these well using your hand. -Now add the flour and knead well to make a smooth non sticky dough. -Cover this and keep aside for 21/2 to 3 hrs (till double in size). -Now make balls (little bigger than lemon size) & roll each ball dusting a little flour on a rolling board(little bigger and thicker than puri) then cut into four equal pieces(see image below).
-Heat oil in a kadayi and deep fry till done(flip once or twice)
-Your puffed baturas are ready to be served with Chicken/Mutton curry or Chole masala.
Today's recipe is Prawns/Chemeen curry with (green) raw mango(Pacha maanga)added.The Mango added in the curry gives apiquant,tangy taste to the curry. Toeat the mango slices from the curry itself is....This curry goes well with both rice and rotis.
Ingredients Prawns 400 g (cleaned) Raw Mango 1 medium(sliced) Onion 1 big (chopped) Tomato 1 med.( " ) Chilly powder 2 tsp Coriander powder 11/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Water 11/2 cups Salt as per taste Thick coconut milk 1 cup Curry leaves few Coconut oil 1 tbsp
Method -Heat oil in a wok,add the chopped onion and saute till translucent. -Now add the curry leaves and mango slices,saute for sometime. -Add all the three powders and saute for a minute(till the raw smell goes) -Now add in the tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft and the oil separates. -Add water and salt.Let it boil for sometime. -Now add the cleaned prawns and cook for 7-10 minutes. -Lastly add the coconut milk and when it starts to boil, remove from fire. -Serve hot with rice or rotis.
This is an easy stir-fry which you can have with rice or kanji . Ingredients Coconut (grated) 3/4 cup Onion 1 medium(finely chopped) Eggs 2 Red chilly powder 3/4 tsp Salt as needed Coconut oil 1 tbsp
Method -Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onion.Saute till the onion turns transparent. -Now add the grated coconut ,chilli powder and salt, saute till the coconut changes in colour and gives out a nice smell. -Immediately add in the eggs and scramble. -When everything combines well,remove from fire and transfer into the serving plate.
