Kheer

How about using leftover rice to prepare ..a yummy kheer for ur hungry kids,when thy arrive from school @ 4pm...

Rice kheer

Rice(leftover) - 1 cup
Milk - 1.5 to 2 cups
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Illachi - 1 tsp(freshly powdered)
Nuts - a few (if ur kids like nuts)
Sugar - 1/2 cup (or according to taste)

Method : -

1. In a mixer blend rice and little milk,just enough to make a  rice paste.
2. Heat a pan and add ghee.Pour rice paste and stir for a few seconds.
3. Add illachi powder and milk.Cook for 2 - 3 min.
4. Now add sugar .let it boil.
5. Remove from flame and pour into serving bowls.
6. Decorate with crushed nuts of your choice.

Serve it chilled or hot...my family prefer Chilled..Njoy !!

Kerala Style - Fish Curry

Chef Noushad's recipe - as seen on TV.

Fish(i used Kingfish) - 1/2kg (thick pieces)
Ginger - 1"pc (curshed)
Garlic cloves - 12 (crushed)
Shallots/Onion - 4 shallots/ 2 onions
Kokum - 10gm (soaked in water for 10 min)
Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
RCP - 2 tsp
Fish Masala - 3 tbsp
Oil
Salt

Method :-

• Heat oil,saute onions-garlic-ginger.
• In a small bowl mix rcp and fish masala and pour little water to combine them properly.
• When onion turns slightly brown ,pour the masala mix in it.Cook for 5- 10 min.
• Put fish pcs and cook for 2-3 min.
• Now add kokum and  water(as required for curry,just enough to cover the fish).
• Add salt and curry leaves.
• Cook till fish is done.

Njoy with rice....

Note- Kokum could be replaced with 2 tomatoes.

Strawberry/Raspberry Upside-Down Cake with Cardamom

The other day my hubby brought home 2 packets full of Raspberries..one packet i finished making raspberry shake..then i was wondering wat to do with the rest ..??? While watching  a cookery show on TV,saw the chef making two cakes-Pineapple Upside-Down and Apple upside -down cake...so i wondered-"Whether Strawberry/Raspberry Upside-Down Cake"is possible or nt..??I started browsing and landed on this site..aah !!For those who luv "Baking"...its a "must visit"page.

Raspberry Cake

Adapted from - Joy The Baker

For Topping:

2 tbsp unsalted butter(i used melted ghee)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup sliced Strawberries/Raspberries

For Cake:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened( i used melted ghee)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract(i ran out of stock so i repalced it with Rose ess.)
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cardamom(could be replaced with Cinnamon too)
2/3 cup sour cream(i replaced it with plain yogurt)

Method:-

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180-190 degree C.
• Place butter in the cake pan and place in the oven.  When butter is melted, remove pan from the oven.  Using two pot holders(gloves), tilt the pan around and around, coating the sides of the pan with butter.  Once sides are coated, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom.  Set aside.
• In  a bowl using an electric mixer, cream butter and brown sugar on medium speed, until slightly pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.  Stop mixer, scrape down the bowl with a spatula, and add egg and vanilla extract.  Beat for 1 minute.
• Turn the mixer off, add the dry ingredients.  Beat on low speed while adding the sour cream.  Beat until the batter just comes together.  Batter will be pretty thick.  Atlast -finish incorporating ingredients with a spatula.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar into the melted butter in the cake pan.  Sprinkle strawberry/Raspberry slices over the butter and sugar in a single layer.  Spoon batter over the strawberries and spread evenly with a spatula. 
•  Bake for about 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cake rest for 10 minutes before running a knife around the edge of the cake and inverting the cake onto a cake plate. 

Makes  8 inch thin cake .

   Serve warm with sweetened sour or whipped cream.Njoy!!!

No Bake Cake...

Yes u heard it right No Bake Cake and i would luv to name it The Biscuit Log ..i bet ur kids r gonna tell u mums- to prepare it every week...wen i was in my teens,one of my family frnd(Mathews Aunty) taught this cake to my mom(secretly i too learned it..but never tried)..Now almost 14yrs later..i tried it for the 1st time on dis vacation wen i was @ my home(Pilani,Rajasthan).Am glad my son luved it so much that he told me to prepare it every day..huh! son tht's nt possible but i did promise him that i'l prepare it atleast once every week :D :) ;) 

Biscuit Cake

                                                The Biscuit Log

Marie Biscuits – 1 pkt

Instant Coffee Powder – 2 tsp

Sugar – 1tsp

Water – ¼ cup   to ½ cup

Aluminium Foil – just enough to wrap a full packet of Marie Biscuit

For chocolate frosting   

Butter – 1/4cup

Cocoa Power – 1/3 cup

Milk – 1/6cup

Powdered Sugar -1.5cups

Vanilla ess.- 1/2tsp

Method:-

1  

•    In a pan warm water, add coffee powder and sugar. Remove from flame and pour it in a medium serving bowl. 
•    Spread the aluminum foil on a kitchen platform. 
•     Take biscuit and dip it full in the coffee water and take out immediately. Place it on the foil. 
•      Apply little frosting on this biscuit. Take another biscuit and dip it in coffee water and repeat the whole process till the whole packet of biscuit is finished and arranged into a Log. 
•   Now apply the remaining chocolate frosting over the biscuit log, cover it fully. 
•  Wrap  the prepared biscuit cake with foil tightly – in toffee shape. 
•   Freeze it for 2 – 3 hrs. 
•      Once its set take out from freezer, open it carefully and cut in lengthwise with a sharp kitchen Knife.(as shown in the last image below)

Frosting – Melt butter in a pan on low flame and add cocoa powder, mix well. Add powdered sugar, milk and vanilla ess and stir well to get a spreading consistency frosting.

Note:- For this particular cake I didn’t use chocolate frosting.I used 1/2cup fresh cream(malai),2 tbsp-cocoa powder and about 3tbsp-powdered sugar.Mixed it and applied on the Log.  

Its ur wish ,u can use any of the above coating for the cake.

Cut lengthwise

After 2 hrs of freezing

Serve chilled  !!!!

Hey frnds..am back after a 3 month long refreshing and fun-filled vacation with my luvly family..had a GALA time with both my families..plus enjoyed  a unexpected and unplanned trip to Dubai woopie!!! though it was a short visit but really had awesome time thr....So now here i am back to Tanzania and my blog :) with sum new and mouthwatering dishes..NJOY!!!!!!