Tutti Frutti cake |
Ingredients
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Butter - 1 cup
Eggs - 4
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Tutti frutti - 1/8 cup
Tutti Frutti cake |
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Butter - 1 cup
Eggs - 4
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Tutti frutti - 1/8 cup
How to make curd at home |
Whole milk - 2 cups
Curd - 1 to 2 tsp ( beaten)
( curd must be in room temperature)
Pour milk in a pan and boil, simmer it for 2 to 3 minutes. Switch off the stove and let it cool down.
When milk is luke warm transfer to the bowl in which you are going to set the curd..
Add the beaten curd / culture and mix evenly.
Cover and set it in room temperature for 8 hours or overnight.
Next day your curd is ready to serve,
Keep it in fridge and enjoy cold!
Homemade Curd |
a) Thickness of the curd depends upon the quality of the milk. So use whole milk if possible.
b) Make sure the culture is fresh and good quality.
c) Mix the culture evenly into the luke warm milk to get get good result.
d) Keep the milk in warm place to set curd, warm environment helps for best result.
e) Do not mix the culture in hot milk.
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Pan fried vegetable noodles |
Cooked any kind thin noodles - 2 cups
( drizzle some oil gently mix and keep it aside)
Finely chopped vegetables of your choice - 2 cups
( I used spinach, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, bell peppers I balanced the cauliflower, carrot and broccoli)
Chopped ginger and garlic - together 2 tsp
Chopped spring onion - a handful
Chopped onion - a handful
Chopped green chilly - 1
Salt and pepper powder to taste
White vinegar - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Corn flour - 2 tsp
( diluted in water)
Soy sauce - 2 tsp
Vegetarian oyster sauce - 2 tbsp
Vegetable broth - 1 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
( Add all sauces according to your taste)
Pan fried noodles |
Heat a heavy pan or non stick pan spread the oiled noodles and in low flame cook till crisp and light brown. Gently flip the other side and cook till crisp. Switch off the stove.
Heat oil in a pan fry green chilly, ginger, garlic, onion and spring onions fry till transparent.
Now add the vegetables and sauté in high heat for few minutes.
Reduce flame and add the seasonings and sauces sauté for a minute and pour the stock.
When it starts to boil pour the diluted corn flour cook till thick and switch off the stove.
Garnish with spring onions , pour this mixture on top of the pan fried noodles and enjoy hot.
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Coconut Spaghetti |
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dal and Channa Dal - 1 tsp each
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Chopped cashew nuts - 10
Chopped green chilliest - 2
Hing - 1/8 tsp
Cooked Edamame spaghetti - 2 cups
( cook according to the direction on the pack)
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Chopped Curry and Coriander leaves - few
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.
Add the grated coconut and fry for a minute, add pepper powder and salt mix well.
Reduce flame add the cooked edamame spaghetti and toss well till well combined.
Garnish with curry and coriander leaves and serve hot!
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Brinjal Poli |
Cashew nut - 1/4 cup
Almond - 1/4 cup
Peanuts - 1/4 cup
Sesame seeds - 1/4 cup
Fresh coconut - 1/4 cup
Powdered jaggery - 1 & 1/4 cup
( If your jaggery is too sweet then reduce)
Cardamom -10
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Eggplant - 1 big
( Cut the eggplant into half cover and microwave it for 2 minutes or till soft. Cool and grind to a smooth paste along with the skin. You can steam them too)
Wheat flour - 1 cup heaped
Maida / All purpose flour - 1 cup heaped
Salt a pinch
Turmeric powder - 2 generous pinches
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water as needed
Ghee as needed to cook the poli
Take a bowl add maida, wheat flour, oil, salt mix to resemble bread crumbs.
Now slowly add water little by little till you form a soft dough.
Cover & rest it for 10 minutes. Divide the dough to equal size balls.
Grease a plastic sheet place the covering ball on top flatten it slightly place a filling ball on top & cover it. Make sure its sealed well.
Apply oil to your fingers and evenly flatten it to a thin disc. You can also use a rolling pin to roll. Make sure the stuffing doesn't come out.
Heat a tawa cook the poli with ghee till slight brown on both sides.
Serve them warm.
Kaipola |
Ethapazham / Ripe Kerala plantains / Nendrapazham - 1 large chopped
Eggs - 2
Sugar - 1/8 cup
( add more if needed)
Milk powder - 1 tbsp
( dilute it in some milk)
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt a pinch
Cashew nuts - a handful
Raisins - a handful
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Heat ghee in a pan and sauté the plantain for few minutes remove to a plate. In the same pan add some ghee and sauté cashew nuts and raisins till color changes. Let everything cool.
Take a blender add eggs, cardamom powder, salt, milk powder and sugar bend till smooth.
Transfer to a bowl add the fried nuts and banana mix till combined , sprinkle some on top.
Grease a non stick pan pour the mixture cover it with a tight lid and in low flame cook till cooked, switch off the stove.
Cool completely flip it on to a plate , cut and enjoy with tea !
a) If using a cake pan pour the mixture inside the pan take a vessel keep a metal trivet inside.
Place the cake pan on top of the trivet and cover it with a tight lid and in low flame cook till done. This way the base of the cake will not burn.
b) If you don't have milk powder replace it with just milk.
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Bread Pizza |
Bread slices - 2
Pizza sauce - 4tsp
Salt to taste
Italian seasoning a pinch
Finely chopped vegetables of your choice -2tsp
(I used yellow bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and olives)
Mozzarella cheese to sprinkle on top as needed
Take a heart shaped cookie cutter and cut the bread.
On top spread the pizza sauce and sprinkle all the chopped vegetables.
Sprinkle the seasonings and top it with cheese.
Bake it in oven till crisp or bake in airfryer at 375. deg for 2 minutes.
Enjoy hot!
If you don't have a cookie cutter then using a rolling pin gently roll the bread to make it flat. Then cut diagonal to get 2 triangles. Bend 2 ends of the bread to form a heart shape and use a tooth pick to secure the fold. This way you can eat the bread along with the crust instead of discarding them.
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No Filling Baklava |
Phyllo Dough 16 oz/ 2 rolls - 1 used only 1 roll
Chopped pistachios - 15
Melted butter - 1 cup
Sugar -1 &1/4 cups
Water - 3/4 cup
Rose essence a tiny drop
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
All spice powder - a generous pinch
(or add Cinnamon powder)
Dry rose petals for garnish
( Take a pan add all spice powder , water and sugar , cook till the sugar has dissolved and slightly sticky. Do not cook till string consistency. Switch off the stove add the lemon juice and rose essence mix and keep it aside)
Quick Baklava |
This is a quick version of making baklava , for regular baklava recipe click HERE
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Kavuni Arisi Dosa |
Kavuni arisi / Black Rice- 2 cups
( You can add 1 cup idli ice and i cup kavuni arisi for a variation)
Urad dal with skin - 1/2 cup
( You can add urad dal without skin too)
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Add salt mix and leave it to ferment for 8 hours.
Next day add water if needed to get the right consistency, heat a dosa pan when hot pour a ladle of batter and spread it.
Pour few drops of oil around the dosa once brown on one side flip the other side to cook.
Remove it on a plate and serve with any chutney you like.
For more Dosa recipes click HERE
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