Saturday, 22 December 2012

Pizza wheels BY SHIREEN

                                               Pizza wheels

      Ingredients for dough

      Flour 2 ½ cup

      Instant yeast 1 tbsp heaped

      Salt ½ tsp

      Sugar 1 tsp

      Egg 1

      Oil 4 tbsp

     EVERYDAY OR NIDO  Dry milk powder 2 tbsp

      Ingredients for topping

      Onion chopped ½ cup

      Capsicum finely chopped 1

      Hard boiled eggs chopped 2

      Chili garlic sauce as required

      Oregano leaves 1 ½ tsp

      Grated cheddar cheese 1 ½ cup

      Method

      In a bowl mix together 2 ½ cup flour, 1 tbsp instant yeast, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 egg, 4 tbsp oil and 2 tbsp dry milk, knead with Luke warm water as required, leave to rise, cover for 1 hour until double, now roll the dough to a rectangular spread with chili garlic sauce, sprinkle with ½ cup chopped onion, 1 chopped capsicum and 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 ½ tsp oregano leaves and 1 ½ cup cheddar cheese. Roll tightly from long side, cut into slices, bake in a pre heated oven on 200 degree C for 15 minutes 

PURPLE VAVET TARTS BY SHIREEN

                                               Purple velvet tarts

      Ingredients for pastry

      Egg yolk 1

      Flour 8 ounces

      Butter 5 ounces

      Cold water to knead as required

      Caster sugar 5 tbsp

      Ingredients for custard

      Milk 2 cups

      Blue berry pie filling ½ tin

      Vanilla essence ½ tsp

      Sugar 6 tbsp

      Corn flour 2 tbsp heaped

      Method for pastry

      Beat 5 ounce butter and 5 tbsp sugar add in 1 egg yolk, fold in 8 ounce flour and mix slightly into a dough, leave to rest in fridge for half hour, roll dough cut with tart cutter into small rounds, put into tart tray, bake for 20 minutes on 180 degree, remove and cool, fill with prepared custard cream, topped with tbsp of berries in centre, decorate with whipped cream if needed.

      Method for custard

      In a sauce pan add 2 cups milk, 6 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp corn flour and ½ tsp vanilla essence, cook stirring till thick

Baked Khopra Pak

                                 Baked Khopra Pak

Ingredients

Eggs 4

Fresh coconut grated 1 cup

Khoya crumbled 1 cup

Sugar 1 cup

Cardamom powder 1 tsp

Semolina 4 tbsp

Almonds grinded 4 tbsp

Baking powder ¼ tsp

Method

Beat 4 eggs and 1 cup sugar till creamy add 4 tbsp semolina with 1 cup khoya, 1 cup coconut, 1 tsp cardamom powder, 4 tbsp almond powder, ¼ tsp baking powder and mix everything lightly, grease a deep square pan with 1 ounce butter, pour the mixture in this pan and bake for 30 minutes on 180 degree C till set, remove cool and cut into squares.

CUSTARD TART BY SHIREEN

                                           CUSTARD TART


Ingredients for base

      Flour 8 ounces

      Butter 4 ounces

      Caster sugar 2 ounces

      Egg yolk 1

      Chilled water 2 to 3 tbsp as required

      Ingredients for custard filling

      Eggs 4

      Condensed milk 1 tin

      Milk 1 ½ cup

      Vanilla essence 1 tsp

      Pinch of nutmeg

      Almonds flaked 2 tbsp

      Method for base

      In a bowl sieve 8 ounce flour, rub in 4 ounce butter lightly with finger tips till mixture resembles bread crumbs, add in 2 ounce sugar and 1 egg yolk, mix slightly, knead into a dough with chilled water, rest dough for 30 minutes covered, grease 9 inches pie plate, roll out the dough and spread it in the plate, bake blind for 10 minutes, remove, pour prepared filling and baked in a pre heated oven on 180 degree for 45 minutes till custard set, serve cold.

      Method for filling

      Beat 4 egg add 1 tin condensed milk, 1 tsp vanilla essence and 1 ½ cup milk, pour filling on pie crust, sprinkle with pinch of nut meg, bake till pudding top is set.




     NOTE  BAKE BLIND means that you prepare the base put it in the mold put butter paper in it and put red beans,or chickpeas in it n bake you can reuse the beans for blind baking.we have to bake the base first.

       blind baking is done to bake base so that base bakes evenly n smooth. you are suppose to cover the base with butter paper then put beans in it n bake when its baked remove the beans n butter paper pour filling n bake again.hope it helps

VERMICELLI CUPS BYSHIREEN

                                               VERMICELLI CUPS


 Ingredients

      Butter 7 ounces

      National Vermicelli 1 packet 200 gm

      Condensed milk 1 tin

      Green rose essence ¼ tsp

      Cardamom powder ½ tsp

      Almonds and pistachio chopped 4 tbsp

      Method

      Heat 7 ounce butter in a frying pan and fry the 200 gm broken vermicelli on low flame till golden and crisp, remove from fire add 1 tin condensed milk and mix very well stirring, again put to cook for 5 minutes, add ¼ tsp essence, ½ tsp cardamom powder, remove fill 1 tbsp into each paper cups, decorate with 4 tbsp each almonds and pistachio chopped.
,put it in fridge for  seetting chiill it then  setting  serve it

Bohri Fry Chicken by shireen

                           Bohri Fry Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken 1 kg cut into 12 pieces

Tomato 1 blended

Eggs 2 beaten

Green chilies 6

Water 1 cup

Bread crumbs as required

Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

Turmeric ½ tsp

Coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Water 2 tbsp

Salt 1 ½ tsp

Oil to fry

Method

In a pan put 1 kg chicken with 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 6 green chilies and 2 tbsp coriander grinded, ½ tsp turmeric powder, 1 ½ tsp salt and 1 blended tomato, cover and cook till chicken tender and water dries. Remove, spread in bread crumbs, beat 2 eggs with 2 tbsp water, dip chicken pieces in egg mixture and deep fry in oil till light golden.

Coconut balls by shireen

                                                                                    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.
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COCONUT BALLS

½ cup caster sugar
1 egg white, beaten
¼ cup milk
2 tbsp icing sugar, sifted
½ tsp vanilla essence
2 cups dessicated coconut
Melted dark or milk chocolate, to dip chocos

Combine milk and caster sugar in a pan and heat through, without boiling, till sugar dissolves. Remove and cool. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in coconut, egg white and icing sugar. Add essence. Refrigerate. Form small balls.. Dip them in melted chocolate and put them on a tray lined with greaseproof paper. Sprinkle little coconut on top. Refrigerate.
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