Thursday, 20 December 2012

brownie cupcakes by shireen

                                             brownie cupcakes

butter 4 oz

cooking chocolate 4 oz

3 eggs

brown sugar 1/2 cup

sugar 1/2 cup

cocoa powder 1 tbsp

vanilla essence 1 tsp

flour 1/2 cup

bi carb of soda 1/2 tsp

salt 1/4 tsp

melt butter and cooking chocolate over a water bath until smooth. Add the brown and white sugar mix well and leave aside to cool.

in a bowl beat the eggs along with the vanilla essence, now pour in the chocolate mixture and mix well to combine. then add the flour, cocoa powder and bi carb of soda, mixing well to combine. pour mixture into paper cups and bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 10 minutes. cool in the tray for 10 minutes and then cool completely on a wire rack.



The Sauce prepared for the cupcakes is a Ginache. And here the recipe
Ginache:

1/2 cup cream

1/2 cup of chopped chocolate semi sweet

...1 tbsp butter

Warm cream in a saucepan and into it add chopped chocolate and butter and keep whisking and turn off the flame and keep whisking it till chocolate melts. Keep aside and top on the baked and cooled cupcakes.

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          Brownie Cup Cakes

Ingredients

Eggs 2

Plain flour 2 ounce

Walnut chopped ½ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Plain chocolate 3 ½ ounce

Butter 4 ½ ounce

Brown sugar 5 ½ ounce

Ingredients for topping

Whipped cream 4 ounces

Chocolate chopped 4 ounces

Liquid glucose 1 tbsp

White chocolate grated for decoration

Method

Pre heat oven to 190 degree C, melt 3 ½ ounce chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water, add the 4 ½ ounce butter into the chocolate and mix well till chocolate melted, in another bowl beat 2 eggs and 5 ½ ounces sugar till foamy, fold the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture then fold in the 2 ounce flour with chopped ½ cup walnuts, divide mixture between the paper cases, bake for 20 minutes on 180 degree C, remove and cool, spread the topping over the cup cake, decorate with walnuts halves and dust with icing sugar.

Method for topping

Bring the 4 ounces cream to boil in a sauce pan, remove the pan from heat, stir in 1 tbsp liquid glucose, also add 4 ounces chopped chocolate, mix until the chocolate melts, and allow it to cool enough to coat the cup cakes.

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chocolate loaf cake

                                                      chocolate loaf cake

225 gm butter

275 gm dark brown sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

125 g 70% cocoa dark chocolate, melted

250 gm plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Preheat the oven to 190C. Grease and line a loaf tin. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla, beating in well.Next fold in the melted and cooled chocolate, taking care to blend well but do not overbeat.Gently add the flour, to which you've added the bicarb, alternately spoon by spoon, with 120 ml of boiling water until you have a smooth and fairly liquid batter.

Pour into the lined loaf tin and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven down to 170C/gas mark 3 and cook for another 15 minutes. The cake will still be a bit squidgy inside, so an inserted cake tester or skewer won't come out completely clean.Place the loaf tin on a rack and leave to get completely cold before turning it out

Kheer by shireen

                                        Special Kheer

Ingredients

Milk 10 cups

Condense milk 1 tin

Sugar ½ cup...

Khoya ½ cup

Rice ¾ cup (coarsely grinded)

Almonds 4 tbsp (coarsely chopped)

Saffron ½ tsp

Rose water 2 tbsp

Method:

Cook milk and rice together for 20 minutes till rice tender add in sugar and khoya cook till thick add almonds. Remove and add saffron mix with rose water also add in condense milk cool kheer remove in a bowl and garnish with sliced pistachios

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              Special kheer

21/2 kg (10 cups) milk

3/4 cup treated rice *see below

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup Koya...

**1 tin condensed milk

4 Tsp almonds (boiled, skins removed and after cooling crush to coarse crumbs)

2 Tsp rosewater

1/2 tsp saffron (optional) if you don't have saffron use 1/2 tsp crushed cardamom include skins when crushing.

Place milk in pan and heat. Once the milk has come to the boil once, add the *treated rice slowly - continue to stir as adding rice. Continue cooking on low heat until rice is cooked - stirring every now and then. Once rice is soft ie cooked, add sugar and koya and mix well. Change to a whisk and whisk milk mix to ensure there is no lumps, add crushed almonds, and continue to whisk. When kheer has large bubbles on the surface it is done. Add rosewater and turn off heat. Sprinkle with saffron or cardamom. Stir well, add condensed milk and stir again. Allow to cool slightly and place in serving bowl.

Garnish y slivered almonds, chopped postachios and silver warq.

*to treat rice - soak rice for between 3-4 hours. Drain and spread in a clean cloth to dry for about 3-4hrs. Once dry grin rice into coarse crumbs (not into powder or you will be making Firni)

**if you would prefer not to use condensed milk, add 11/4cup

***be sure rice is fully cooked before adding sugar or rice will remain hard.
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                              Special delhi ki kheer


Ingredients
Fresh milk 2 kg
Rice 6 tbsp heaped soaked overnight
Sugar 1 cup
Powder milk 1 cup
Almonds, pistachio sliced 4 tbsp
Saffron ½ tsp
Kewra water 1 tsp


Method
Soak rice overnight, crush with hands, boiled milk, put crushed rice and cook on medium flame till rice tender and soft, then add sugar, cook for 10 to 15 minutes, add powdered milk and whisk till smooth, remove from fire add saffron and kewra, take out in a earthen pot, garnish with waraq, almonds and pistachio sliced.
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Pickled Koftay

                                               Pickled Koftay

Ingredients

Chicken mince ½ kg

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp

Salt 1 tsp...

Chili powder 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1 tsp

All spice powder... 1 tsp

Gram flour 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbsp

Yogurt 2 tbsp

Iraj Abidi

Ingredients for Achari Masala

Coriander seeds 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Fennel seeds 1 tsp

Cumin seeds 1 tsp... See More

Onion seeds 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp

Red chilies whole 6

Curry leaves 10

Ingredients for gravy

Oil ½ cup

Brown onion grinded 4 tbsp

Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

Yogurt ½ cup

Salt 1 tsp

Chili powder 1 tsp

Coriander powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder ½ tsp4 hours

raj Abidi

Method for Kofta

Mix together mince, ginger garlic paste, salt, chili powder, cumin powder; all spice powder, gram flour, coriander leaves chopped and yogurt. Mix well, shape into round balls and keep aside.

Method for AchariGrind together coriander seeds, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, onion seeds, and fenugr...eek seeds coarsely. Mix wel....

Method for CurryHeat oil. Add curry leaves, ½ tsp onion seeds, and whole red chilies. Add ginger garlic paste, yogurt, grinded Achari Masala, 6 green chilies; also add garlic paste yogurt salt, chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and brown onion. Fry well. Add 1 cup water. Cook till boiling. Add koftas. Cook for 10 minutes. Serve with chopped coriander leaves and Nan.

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Hot and spicy fried chicken

                                   Hot and spicy fried chicken


Ingredients list A

Chicken (cut into 8 pieces) 1 kg with skin

Garlic paste 1 tsp

Ketchup ... 1 tbsp

Chili sauce 2 tbsp

Salt 1 tsp

Pepper 1 tsp

Meat tenderizer 1 tsp

Ingredients list B

Self raising flour ½ cup

Corn flour 2 tbsp

Baking powder ½ tsp

Salt 1 tsp

White pepper ½ tsp

Paprika ½ tsp

Chilled milk to make batter

Hot and spicy fried chicken

Hot and spicy fried chicken Ingredients list AChicken (cut into 8 pieces) 1 kg with skin Garlic paste 1 tsp Ketchup ... 1 tbsp Chili sauce 2 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Pepper 1 tsp Meat tenderizer 1 tsp

 Ingredients list B Self raising flour ½ cup Corn flour 2 tbsp Baking powder ½ tsp Salt 1 tsp White pepper ½ tsp Paprika ½ tsp Chilled milk to make batter Method Marinate chicken with salt, pepper, garlic paste, meat tenderizer, ketchup, chili sauce for 1 hour. Make batter with all the ingredients under list B. Dip chicken pieces in batter, roll in self raising flour. Deep fry for 20 minutes.


diet Chicken on toast - open sandwiches

Chicken on toast - open sandwiches

6 slices brown bread cut into circles

(can cut into different shapes and/or white bread if not dieting)

3 boneless chicken breast

1 capsicum - diced & seeds removed...

1 onion chopped

1 tomato seeds removed and diced

1 tsp Ginger - chopped finely

1 tsp garlic - chopped finely

1/2 tsp heaped salt

1/2 tsp Shan Teekhi black pepper

1 Tbsp oil

2 Tbsp ketchup

3 Tbsp sweet corn (optional)

Chutney

15-20 mint leaves

2 green chillies

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp white cumin seeds

1 small green mango (peeled, chopped and seed removed)

1 clove garlic

Water to blend

Place all ingredients in the blender and mix with just enough water to make a fine paste.

Boil chicken in plain water. Once cooked, remove from water and cut chicken into small cubes.

Mix all ingrdients except for chutney.

On a grill pan or fry pan, grill one side of bread only.

Spread chutney onto the soft side of bread. Top with 1Tbsp of filling on each sandwich.

* serve with extra ketchup for childrens parties.

Grilled Pepper Chicken

2 Tsp olive oil

1 kg chicken (can be cut into either 8 or 16 pieces)

1-1/2 tsp crushed black pepper

1-1/2 tsp salt

1 Tsp soy sauce

1 Tsp while vinegar OR lemon juice

1 Tsp wostershire sauce

2 tsp Ginger/garlic paste

1 cup water

Place oil in pan, add Ginger/garlic paste and chicken pieces. Sauté chicken in paste. Once water has dried, put in remainder of ingredients (except water) and stir well. Cook for approx 5 minutes then add water. Continue to cook on medium high for about 20mins.

***for a tasty low fat chicken sandwich, marinate chicken with all the above ingredients (except water).

Cook celery on grill pan for approx 10mins.

Place in brown bread, low fat mayonnaise, and salad leaves. Toast bread on grill pan till crisp and you will have a tasty, healthy and low fat sandwich/burger
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Low calorie chicken club sandwiches

                                           Low calorie chicken club sandwiches:

Ingredients:

Chicken (boiled & shredded) 2 cups

Curd cheese 1 cup

Mustard paste 1 tsp...

Chili garlic sauce 1 tbsp

Salt ½ tsp

Black pepper ½ tsp

Brown bread 6 (slices)

Cucumber 1

Tomato 1

Salad leaves as required

Eggs 2 (boiled)

Method:

1. Mix together boiled shredded chicken with curd cheese, salt , pepper , mustard, chili garlic sauce.

2. toast bread slices and spread filling on them. keep salad leaves on top. Arrange tomato slices on top of the salad. Cover with another toast. Place boiled egg slices , cucumber slices sprinkle with dash of salt and pepper another salad leave place last toast on top press firmly and cut into pieces .Serve.

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Strawberry Minty Dip

1 cup low fat curd cheese*

(you can make Zanak's cottage cheese and beat it)

1/2 cup or 10 strawberries blended

1 Tbsp artificial sweetner (or castor sugar).

1/2 tsp salt

1 Tbsp mint

1/2 tsp finely chopped garlc (optional)

Beat curd cheese, strawberries, sweetner and salt together. Tear mint into little pieces and add to dip. Mix well.

Serve with carrot sticks, radish sticks, cucumber sticks, slices of capsicum and trimmed green onions.

Enjoy.

*to make low fat curd cheese, take 2 cups low fat yogurt (see recipe for unfried dhai balay for recipe to make low fat yogurt) put in a mulmul cloth and hang with bowl underneath overnight. (try hanging cloth from shelf in fridge with bowl below to catch water) this will make 1 cup low fat curd cheese
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 low calory drink

      ice cubes..................8

      orange juice...............half cup

      low calory youghart......1 cup

      banana....................1

      straw baerries/apple cubes...some of

      artificial sweetner........1tbsp

      method:

      put all ingrediants in blender n blend it until it looks creamy .enjoy ur drink