Friday, 21 December 2012

Chocolate Mint Cream Cake by shireen

                                   Chocolate Mint Cream Cake

            Ingredients for Chocolate Sponge

            Egg 4

            Cocoa powder 1 ounce

            Flour 3 ounce

            ...Caster sugar 4 ounce

            Vanilla essence ½ tsp

            Ingredients for Icing

            Icing sugar 2 ounces

            Fresh cream chilled 12 ounces

            Green color few drops

            After eight chocolate for decoration

            Pepper mint essence ½ tsp

            Method for Cake

            Beat 4 eggs and 4 ounce sugar till light and fluffy, add ½ tsp vanilla essence and beat well, sieve together 3 ounce flour and 1 ounce cocoa powder and fold in the beaten egg-sugar mixture lightly, pour mixture in two well greased 8 inches pan and bake on 180 degree for 25 minutes, remove and cool.

            Method for Icing

            Beat chilled 12 ounces cream with 2 ounce icing sugar, ½ tsp essence and few drops of color, top icing in centre of cake sides and top, decorate with swirls of cream and after eight chocolate. Serve chilled.

Jumbo Chocolate Cup Cakes by shireen

                                       Jumbo Chocolate Cup Cakes

              Ingredients

            Butter 8 ounces

            Sugar 8 ounces

            Flour 6 ounces

            Cocoa powder 2 ounce

            Eggs 4

            Milk ¼ cup

            Vanilla essence 1 tsp heaped

            Baking powder 2 ½ tsp

            Ingredients for Butter Cream Icing

            Butter 4 ounces

            Icing sugar 8 ounces

            Coffee 1 tsp

            Water 1 tbsp

            Cocoa powder 3 tbsp

            Chocolate grated for decoration

            Method

            Beat 8 ounces butter and 8 ounces caster sugar till light and creamy, sieve together 6 ounces flour, 2 ounces coco powder and 2 ½ tsp baking powder, keep aside. In beaten butter and sugar mixture, start adding in eggs one at a time alternating with sieved flour and cocoa powder mixture, lastly fold in left over flour mixture. Fold in ¼ cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence mix slightly, pour this mixture in to well greased jumbo muffin pan, bake in a pre heated oven on 180 degrees for 25 minutes, remove cool and spread with butter cream icing. Decorate with grated chocolate.

            Method for Butter Cream Icing

            Beat 4 ounces butter and 8 ounces sugar till light and fluffy, add in 3 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tsp coffee mixed with water, beat well, and apply on cup cakes, topped with grated chocolate.

Dry Fruit Tart by shireen

                                             Dry Fruit Tart

Ingredients

for Short Crust Base

            Egg 1 yolk

            Butter 4 ounces

            Flour 6 ounces

            ...Caster sugar 2 ounces

            Vanilla essence few drops

            Ingredients for Filling

            Egg 2

            Pistachio chopped 1 tbsp

            Walnuts chopped 1 tbsp

            Cinnamon ¼ tsp

            Raisin 2 tbsp

            Orange peeled 2 tbsp

            Almonds chopped 2 tbsp

            Red Glazed cherries (chopped) 2 tbsp

            Green Glazed cherries (chopped) 2 tbsp

            Currents 2 tbsp

            Jam 3 tbsp

            Method for Base

            Beat 4 ounce butter with 2 ounce sugar and few drops of vanilla essence till fluffy, add 1 egg yolk, fold in the 6 ounce sieved flour, put mixture on the table and knead with a soft hand to form into dough, sprinkle flour on table and roll the dough, cut with round cutter and spread into tart trays.

            Method for Filling

            In a bowl, mix together, 2 tbsp raisins, 2 tbsp orange peel, 2 tbsp chopped almonds, 2 tbsp each green and red glazed cherries, 2 tbsp currents, 1 tbsp pistachio and 1 tbsp chopped walnuts, ¼ tsp cinnamon powder and 2 eggs, mix well, put about 1 tbsp full of mixture in the empty tarts, bake on 180 degree for 20 minutes. After it is bake, dip the edges in jam. Garnish with chopped pistachio.

Tandoori Club Sandwich

                             Tandoori Club Sandwich


Ingredients

Bread slices 8

Tomato (cut into slices) 1

Cucumber (cut into slices) 1

Roasted chicken 2 cups

Omelets made with 2 eggs

Mayonnaise ½ cup

Salad leaves as required

Salt ¼ tsp

Black pepper ¾ tsp

Mustard powder ¾ tsp

Ketchup 2 tbsp

Ingredients for Roast Chicken

Chicken breast 2

Ginger garlic paste ½ tsp

National Tandoori Masala 2 tbsp

Yogurt 2 tbsp

Lemon juice 2 tbsp

Method

Chop the 2 cup roasted chicken, slightly mix with ¼ tsp salt, ¾ tsp pepper, ¾ tsp mustard powder, ½ cup mayonnaise and 2 tbsp ketchup, slightly toast 8 bread slices, apply mayonnaise, put prepared chicken mixture, cover with second slice of bread, now put one salad leaves, cucumber slices, tomato slices and a piece of omelets, cover with last 3rd slice of bread. Cut into 4 triangular pieces, fix with tooth picks and serve with fires and Coleslaw salad.

Method for Roast Chicken

Marinate 2 chicken breasts with 2 tbsp national Tandori Masala, ½ tsp ginger garlic paste, 2 tbsp lemon juice, cook marinated chicken in pan with 2 tbsp oil and ½ cup of water till tender, remove cool and shred.

Chicken Shashlik with Gravy

                             Chicken Shashlik with Gravy


Ingredients

Chicken boneless ½ kg cut in cubes

Capsicum 2 cut in square pieces

Tomatoes 2 cut in square pieces

Spring onion bulbs 8

Oil ¼ cup

Chili powder 1 tsp

Garlic paste 1 tsp

Mustard powder 1 tsp

Salt 1 tsp

Wooster sauce 1 tbsp

Soya sauce 1 tbsp

Chili sauce 1 tbsp

Ketchup 4 tbsp

Boiled rice to serve

Ingredients for Chicken Gravy

Chicken breast 3 cut into tiny cubes

Capsicum 1 cut in tiny cubes

Wooster sauce 1 tsp

Soya sauce 1 tsp

Tomato paste 1 tbsp

Chili sauce 1 tbsp

Garlic paste ½ tsp

Mustard powder ½ tsp

Salt ½ tsp

All spice ¼ tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Ketchup 4 tbsp

Ingredients for BBQ Sauce

Apple grated half

Banana half

White vinegar ½ cup

Ketchup ¼ cup

Salt ½ tsp

Chili sauce 2 tbsp

Sugar 2 tbsp

Method

Marinate ½ kg chicken cubes with 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp mustard powder, 1 tbsp Wooster sauce and 1 tbsp soya sauce for 30 minutes, heat 2 tbsp oil, add marinated chicken cubes, cook for 5 minutes, add 1 tbsp chili sauce and 4 tbsp ketchup, cook for another 5 minutes and remove, cool chicken, put on wooden skewers, starting and ending with spring onion bulbs, grill shashlik stick in frying pan for 5 minutes adding Bar B Q sauce while grilling. Remove and keep aside.

Method for Chicken Gravy

Heat 2 tbsp oil, add ½ tsp garlic paste with 3 finely chopped chicken breast cut into cubes, cook for 2 minutes, add in ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp Wooster sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce, ½ tsp mustard powder, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tbsp chili sauce, 4 tbsp ketchup, ¼ tsp all spice and ¼ cup water, cook till chicken tender and thick gravy is left. Lastly add in finely chopped 1 capsicum.

To Serve

Spread boiled rice in a plate, pour chicken gravy on top with shashlik stick, and serve with fries.

Fish Tempura

                                Fish Tempura


Ingredients

Beckti fish (cut into fingers) ½ kg

Salt ½ tsp

White pepper ½ tsp

Ingredients for Batter

Egg 1

Oil ¼ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp heaped

Corn flour 2 tbsp heaped

Flour 3 tbsp heaped

Chilled water to make batter

Method

Marinate ½ kg fish fingers with ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp white pepper, make a medium consistency batter with 3 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp corn flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 1 egg, ¼ cup oil and chilled water as required, dip the marinated fish in batter, deep fry for 5 minutes till light golden, remove and re fry once again before serving.

Habshi Halwa

                                                   Habshi Halwa

Ingredients

Fresh milk (without boiling) 1 Liter

Samnak 2 tbsp

Flour 4 tbsp slightly heaped

Citric acid ¼ tsp heaped

Alum ground ¼ tsp

Sugar ½ cup

Ghee 2 tbsp

Brown color a pinch

Liquid glucose 1 tbsp

Nutmeg ground ¼ tsp

Mace ground ¼ tsp

Method

Put 3 cups of milk in pan, in reaming 1 cup milk add 2 tbsp samnak and 4 tbsp flour, mix well with whisk so no lumps remain, add this mixture to the milk in the pan and keep stirring well continuously with whisk, put this to cook on fire, stirring continuously till it starts boiling on the corners of the pan, in a small bowl mix together ¼ cup water, ¼ tsp citric acid and ¼ tsp alum, mix well, when milk slightly boiling remove pan from flame and add the dissolved mixture of citric acid little by little, wait till it curdles, do not stir if it does not curdled well and water does not comes on surface, in this situation add 1 more pinch of each citric acid and alum mixed in little water, now leave this mixture for 4 hours, add to it 1 tbsp ghee and 2 tbsp sugar, leave it for 4 hours, again put the pan to cook until ½ cup water left and remaining water dries, then add 3 tbsp of more sugar with pinch of brown color and left over 1 tbsp ghee, cook till mixture nearly dry, add ground nutmeg and mace. Also add 1 tbsp liquid glucose, mix well till glucose dissolves, remove in a greased 7 by 7 inches square pan, sprinkle almonds and pistachio on top, leave to set and cut into pieces.