Thursday, 20 December 2012

Chocolate Chip Cookies Cake

                      Chocolate Chip Cookies Cake

Ingredients

Eggs 2

Chocolate chip 1 cup

Flour 2 cup

Brown sugar ½ cup

White sugar ½ cup

Butter 100 gm

Dairy Cream for garnish

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Baking powder ½ tsp

Castor sugar 2 tbsp

Cocoa powder 2 tbsp

Method

Beat 100 gm and sugar. add in 2 cup Flour, 2 Eggs, 2 tbsp Cocoa powder, ½ tsp Vanilla essence and 1 cup Chocolate chip. Mix well and freeze for 30 minutes. Now pour this mixture in a greased tray, bake in pre heated oven of 180 degrees for 20 minutes. Beat dairy cream with 8 tbsp castor sugar. fill this cream in piping bag, garnish the cake and serve.

Pine Apple ka Halwa by rida

                                           Pine Apple ka Halwa

Ingredients

Pine Apple 1 tin

Edible Silver Foil 1

Sugar 1 cup

Desiccated Coconut 2 cup

Pistachio Chopped 50 gm

Butter 50 gm

Method

chop ½ cup pine apple pieces. Grind the remaining ½ cup pine apple with syrup. Now heat 50 gm butter in pan, add ground pine apple with 1 cup sugar. Cook over high flame till mixture thickens. Now add 2 cups desiccated coconut and cook for 5 minutes. Turn the flame off. Now add chopped pine apple and mix well. Put the mixture in a serving dish, garnish with chopped pistachio and edible silver foil.

Quick Jelly Cake by rida

                                         Quick Jelly Cake

Ingredients

Cake Sponge 1

Pine apple 1 tin

Condensed milk 1 tin

Pine apple juice 1 cup

Cream 2 packets

Red jelly 2 packets

Walnut 50 gm

Almond 50 gm

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Method

In a bowl put together 1 tin Condensed milk, 1 cup Pine apple juice, 2 packets Cream and ½ tsp Vanilla essence. Beat well. Cut 1 sponge cake into thin slices. Separately cook 2 packets red jelly and leave it to cool. Now put one piece of cake in a serving dish. Pour beaten cream on top. Spread ½ tin of pine apple chunks, jelly pieces, chopped almond and pistachio mixture and cover with the other piece of cake. Again top with remaining pine apple chunks, jelly pieces, chopped almond and pistachio mixture. Serve chilled.

Gur Papadi by shireen

                                                    Gur Papadi

Ingredients:

Wheat flour 200 grams

Poppy seeds 50 grams...

Gum 50 grams

Cardamom powder 1 tsp

Fennel seeds 1 tsp

Ghee 200 grams

Gur 200 grams

Coconut (sliced) 2 tbsp

Almond (sliced) 2 tbsp

Pistachio (sliced) 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Heat 100 grams ghee and fry gum

2. When it swells remove from fire

3. Add remaining 100 grams ghee and fry wheat flour

4. Add poppy seeds, cardamom powder, almonds, pistachio, and fennel seed powder and crushed gum mix all well

5. Add gur and cook again for 5 minutes

6. Remove spread evenly in a greased tray cut into square
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Gur Papri
Ingredients
Wheat flour 375 gm
Semolina125 gm
Coconut grated 50 gm
Fennel seeds 25 gm
Edible gum 125 gm
Green cardamom35
Jiggery 750 gm
Pure ghee ½ kg

Method
Mix together 375 gm flour and 125 gm semolina, keep aside. Grind together 25 gm fennel seed and 35 green cardamoms coarsely, heat 250gm ghee and fry edible gum till puffy, remove and crush coarsely, keep aside, in the left over ghee add the wheat flour and semolina mixture, fry for 10 minutes over low flame. In another pan heat remaining 250 ghee, add 750 gm crushed jaggery to it, stirring continuously on low heat till jiggery completely melts, when tiny bubble start coming on surface, remove from fire and add the wheat flour and semolina mixture. Also add in crushed gum, 25 gm grated coconut and half quantity of ground green cardamom-fennel seed mixture, mix well, put in a greased tray, level well, cut into pieces, sprinkle remaining fennel seeds-green cardamom mixture and grated coconut on top.
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home made chocolates

                                        Coconut balls

1/2 cup castor sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 egg white - beaten

100 gms dark or milk cooking chocolate

2 cups dessicated coconut

2 Tbsp icing sugar - sifted

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Add milk and castor sugar in a pan. Heat till sugar dissolves. Remove to a bowl and allow to cool.

In a double boiler ( a small saucepan with boiling water in it, ...place a heatproof bowl ontop of pan and add chocolate in pan. Do not all water to get into the chocolate or it will be ruined.

Once chocolate is melted remove from heat and set aside.

Once milk/sugar mix has cooled, add coconut, egg white, icing sugar and vanilla. Mix well and put in fridge to get cold. Once cool, roll into balls and dip into chocolate using 2 forks.

Place on a tray lined with greaseproof paper, sprinkle with coconut and put in fridge till set.

Enjoy!
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                         crunchies

Ingredients:

Plain Cornflakes (Crushed) 1 cup

Almond/walnuts (toasted and chopped) 3 tbsp

Chocolate (melted) 125gm... See More

Glace Cherries to decorate

Method:

Mix 3 tbsp nuts and 1 cup cornflakes well. Stir in the 125gm chocolate. Put teaspoonful of crunchies in pastry cases. Decorate with a cherry. Refrigerate.

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 Chocolate fudge

500 gms cooking chocolate - cut in pieces

75gms unsalted butter

14oz condensed milk tin

(almonds and walnuts - whole to top fudge is optional)... See More

1/2 tsp vanilla essence.

Place pan in medium heat, add chocolate, butter and condensed milk. Stir constantly but do not let it boil or fudge will be brittle.

Once all ingredients are melted, transfer to a glass bowl and add vanilla essence and beat with hand mixer until thick and glossy.

Put in 8 x 8 inch greased pan.

Put in fridge for at least 12 hours before cutting pieces, adding nuts (if required) and serve.

*you can add nuts or sultanas into the fudge mix before turning out into pan to set.

Enjoy

9 hours ago · ReportHana Brown Maham, with the coconut balls recipe I have made my own variation - make coconut as described in recipe above and put in fridge for 15 mins. Melt 200gms cooking chocolate then let it cool for 5 minutes, then add chocolate to coconut mix, mix well and put mix in fridge for an hour.

Then roll mix in small balls and sprinkle coconut on top. Another variation which are delicious and great if you are in a hurry. Keep Chocolates in a container in fridge until required.

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            Nut Cookie Fudge

Ingredients

Softened butter 1 ½ tsp

Chocolate chips 2 cups or 12 ounces

Condensed milk 1 cans (14 ounces)

...Crushed cream filled chocolate sandwich cookies 1 ½ cup

Chopped walnuts 1 cup

Method

Line an 8 inch square pan with foil, greased the foil with butter, keep aside. In a heavy sauce pan melt chocolate chips and milk over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat, add in cookie crumbs and walnuts, spread evenly into prepared pan, refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until firm. Using foil lift fudge out of pan, discard foil, cut fudge into 1 inch square, store in an air tight container in refrigerator

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 Cornflakes Chocolate

Ingredients

Corn flakes 1 cup

Melted chocolate 125 gm

Crushed walnuts 3 tbsp

Method

Melt 125 gm chocolate, mix 1 cup corn flakes and 3 tbsp walnuts in melted chocolate, pour with spoon on butter paper, when set put in cases.
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Dates Chocolates

Ingredients

Dates 250 gm

Toasted almonds flaked ½ cup

Melted chocolate 250gm

Method

Remove seeds from 250 gm dates, mash in chopper, shape into small balls, keep in fridge for 30 minutes, dip in melted chocolate, coat with flaked almonds.
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                                    Nutty Chocolate Clusters

            Ingredients

            Caster sugar ½ cup

            Chopped mix nuts ¼ cup

            Melted chocolate 125 gm

            ...Water ¼ cup

            Method

            Cook ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in a sauce pan, stirring constantly over low heat without boiling until sugar dissolved. Now boil without stirring until golden brown, add ¼ cup chopped mix nuts, pour onto a greased tray as thin as possible, when set crushed finely, add melted chocolate to it, drop rounded tea spoon full of mixture onto lightly greased tray or chocolate mold. Refrigerate until set.
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Pineapple Lemon Delight

                                           Pineapple Lemon delight's


Ingredients for sponge cake

Eggs 2

Caster sugar 2 ounce

Flour 2 ounce...

Vanilla essence ½ tsp...

Ingredients for filling

Fresh cream whipped 12 ounces

Eggs 3 separated

Caster sugar 5 ounces

Lemon juice 2 tbsp

Pineapple essence ½ tsp

Gelatin powder 2 tbsp dissolve in ¼ cup pineapple syrup

Pineapple slices 1 tin

Method for filling

Separate eggs, place yolks with 2 ounce sugar in a pan and cook on low flame for 2 minutes. Mix in it dissolved gelatin mixture.

Beat egg whites, stiff with 3 ounce caster sugar, also beat the cream stiff. Finely chop ½ tin of pineapple. Mix in lemon juice. Now fold all together lightly in a 9 inch lose bottom pan spread prepared sponge cake. Arrange pineapple half all round the tin. Now slowly pour the prepared filling in the tin. Chill for two hours till set. Decorate with fresh cream, pineapple cubes and cherries.

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Pineapple Lemon Delight

1 x 2 egg sponge cake*

3 eggs seperated - keep both whites and yolks

10 Tbsp castor sugar... See More

2 Tbsp heaped gelatine

1/4 cup water

150gms cream + 2 Tbsp castor sugar whipped

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp pineapple essence

1/2 cup canned pineapple - finely chopped.

Pineapple rings - cut in half as required

Red glacé cherries - as required

In a pan, add 4 Tbsp sugar with egg yolks and put over low heat, always stirring just to melt sugar.

Remove from heat and place in bowl - don't let eggs scramble.

In another small pan place gelatine and

water over heat and mix as gelatine dissolves. Once dissolved set aside.

In a clean dry bowl, beat egg whites, adding remaining 6 Tbsp sugar slowly till stiff peaks are formed and egg whites can be turned upside down.

Gently fold egg yolks, dissolved gelatine and pineapple essence into egg whites.

Add lemon juice, and gently add whipped cream (reserving a little for garnish) and pineapple pieces.

Place cooled sponge cake in a 9 inch cake tin that has a removeable bottom.

Put cake in middle and arrange pineapple halves around the edge of cake.

Add cherries into centre of each hole of the pineapple.

Gently add egg white and cream mix intop of cake andput into freezer till set (at least 1 hr).

Decorate with some pineapple pieces, cherries and reserved whipped cream.

Enjoy.

* you can use bought sponge if available.

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Diet Soup

                                                     Diet Soup

15-20 cups water

1 cabbage - sliced

Capsicum - as required - chopped

3-4 green onions chopped in 1 inch pieces...

2 medium onions chopped

Seasonings to taste

Eg green chilli sliced, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper

Place water in pan, add vegetables and cook. Add seasonings to taste and drink whenever you are hungry to fill you up.