Sunday, 23 December 2012

Mexican Chocolate Pudding by shireen

                                         Mexican Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients

Cooking chocolate chopped 4 ounces

Milk 3 cups

Sugar ½ cup

Cream ½ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Corn flour 4 tbsp

Method

Mix together 4 tbsp corn flour, ½ cup sugar, 3 cups milk and cook on low flame till thick, add 4 ounces chopped chocolate. Whisk well till chocolate melts, remove, add 1 tsp vanilla essence and ½ cup cream, pour into individual serving dishes, decorate with cream and chocolate. Serve chilled.

Drumstick Masala by shireen

                                                  Drumstick Masala

Ingredients

Chicken drumsticks ½ kg

Tomatoes chopped 2

Green chilies 3

Green cardamom 4

Yogurt ½ cup

Onion fried & grinded ½ cup

Oil ¼ cup

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp heaped

White cumin crushed 1 tsp

Salt 1 tsp

Ginger juliennes 1 tbsp

Chili powder 2 tsp

Turmeric ¼ tsp

All spice ½ tsp

Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbsp

Method

Give cuts on each drumstick, heat ¼ cup oil in pan, add 1 tsp heaped ginger garlic with 2 tsp chili powder, ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp crushed white cumin, 1 tsp salt, 4 green cardamom, 2 chopped tomatoes and ½ cup yogurt, fry well, add drumsticks and fry well, add ½ cup ground brown onion. Also add 1 cup of water, cover and cook till drum sticks tender. Lastly add ½ tsp all spice, garnish with 2 tbsp chopped coriander, 3 green chilies and ginger juliennes.

Mal pura by shireen

                                                     Mal pura

      Ingredients

      Flour 2 cups

      Semolina ½ cup

      Eggs 3 to 4

      Yellow color ½ tsp

      Cardamom powder 1 tsp

      Baking soda ½ tsp

      Sugar ½ cup

      Ghee for frying

      Method

      In a bowl mix together 2 cups flour, ½ cup

      semolina, 3 to 4 eggs, ½ tsp yellow color,

      ½ cup sugar and make into a medium thick

      batter with water, keep aside for 4 to 5

      hours just before frying add ½ tsp soda,

      heat ghee in a frying and pour 1 cooking

      spoon full of mixture for each mal pura fry

      for 2 to 3 minutes, turn and fry for another

      few minutes till golden and crisp, serve

      with malai.

Hareesa by shireen

                                                      Hareesa

      Ingredients

      Dalia 250 gm soaked for 6 hour

      White pepper ½ tsp

      All spice powder 1 tsp

      Salt 1 ½ tsp

      Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp heaped

      Onion 1 large sliced

      Cream ½ cup

      Chicken boneless 2 cups cut into tiny cubes

      Finely chopped parsley ½ bunch

      Green chilies chopped 6

      Oil ¼ cup

      Ingredients for baghar

      Ghee 4 tbsp

      Brown onion 2 tbsp

      Ginger chopped 1 ½ tsp

      Method

      Heat oil add 1 sliced onion fry till light

      golden, add 2 tsp ginger garlic paste with

      chicken and fry for 5 minutes then add 250

      gm soaked Dalia with 6 cups of water, cover

      and cook on slow flame for 1 hour, then

      blend mixture add 1 ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp

      white pepper, black pepper, 1 tsp all spice,

      and ½ cup cream, before serving give baghar,

      garnish with chopped parsley and coriander

      leaves.

Papa’s sinna pie by shireen

                                                  Papa’s sinna pie

      Ingredients for dough

      Egg 1

      Wheat flour ½ cup

      Oil ¼ cup

      Flour 1 ½ cup heaped

      Luke warm water to knead

      Sugar 2 tbsp heaped

      Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp

      Ingredients for filling

      Butter 1 ounce

      Brown sugar 2 ounce + 2 ounce

      Cinnamon powder 1 tsp + 1 tsp

      Ingredients for frosting

      Icing sugar 2 ounce

      Hot water 1 tsp

      Method

      Knead together 1 ½ cup flour, ½ cup wheat

      flour, 1 ½ tsp yeast, 1 egg with Luke warm

      water into a medium soft dough, leave to

      rise for 1 hour. Roll to 1/8 inch thin and

      line a 5 inch round plate, brush base with

      1 ounce butter, 2 ounce sprinkle brown sugar

      mix with 1 tsp cinnamon lavishly, cover and

      leave to rise for half hour, bake on 200

      degree for 20 minutes, remove drizzle with

      froasting, cut into wedges, serve hot with

      scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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