01 June 2012

Mango Cheesecake...


 
A cheesecake with the rich flavour of mango....
 
Cooking Time: 2-4 hours
Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes
Servings: 4 
Category: Veg

Ingredients
 
Crust, !/2 centimeter cubes
Digestive Biscuits  8-10
Butter  2 tablespoon
Filling
Skimmed milk  1 cup
Condensed milk 1/2 cup
Corn flour/ corn starch 1 tablespoon
Carrageenaan (vegetarian gelatin) 1 tablespoon
Cottage cheese (paneer) 2 cups
Skimmed milk yogurt 1 1/2 cups
Mango pulp 2 cups
Mango essence 1 teaspoon
Sugar powdered 1/2 cup
Topping
Mango jelly 1 tablespoon
Mango, sliced 1
 
Method
Crush biscuits to a coarse powder and put it into a bowl. Add butter and mix. Put this mixture at the base of a spring form pan (loose bottom pan) lined with greaseproof paper. Press the mixture lightly and place it in the refrigerator to set. Heat milk in a pan. Add condensed milk and mix. Dissolve cornflour in a little milk and add it to the hot milk. Cook stirring continuously till the mixture thickens. Set aside. Mix carrageenan or gelatin in a little water and heat in the microwave for one minute. Remove from the microwave and set aside. Take hung yogurt in a bowl. Add paneer and mix with a whisk. Add mango pulp and mix again. Add mango essence and the milk mixture. Mix again. Add powdered sugar and blend with a hand blender. Add the dissolved carrageenan or gelatin and blend again. Pour this mixture into the prepared tin over the biscuit layer. Refrigerate for two to three hours. Dissolve mango jelly in a quarter cup of water, bring it to a boil and cool. Put a layer of mango jelly on the set cheesecake. Chill until the jelly is set. Remove from the spring form pan and cut into eight wedges with a sharp knife dipped in hot water. Serve chilled with sliced mango fan.

Enjoy your yummy cheesecake...
 

 































































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05 January 2012

Choco- float..

Ingredients:
1 dark chocolate slab
Choco-chip or chocolate ice-cream
1 or 1 1/2  cup milk
2-3 tbs sugar
Chocolate pieces (finely chopped)
Chocolate syrup (optional)
5-6 biscuits (any normal buscuit)
Butter


Method:
Take mixture and pour milk into its vessel.
Also add sugar, 2-3 scoops of ice-cream to it.
Grind it in mixture.
Keep this liquid mixture aside
Take a deep vessel and add water in it, place it on gas on high flame
Now take a small vessel and put chocolate slab in it in two pieces.
Place this small vessel in the deep vessel on flame and melt the chocolate.
Keep stiring it while its melting.
Also crush the biscuits finely and add butter to it and mix it well.
Meanwhile take a glass or any transperent cup of tour choice
Put the buscuit mixture on the base of the glass/cup like a layer
After the chocolate is melt take a spoon full of melted chocolate and pour it
in glass frm side-wards to make it look decorative.
Add some melted chocolate on top of the biscuit layer too.
Now place the glass/cup in deep freezer for 15-20 min.
After that take it out and pour the liquid mixture into it.

Now its ready to Serve yummy and cold...


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11 December 2011

Chocolate Mud Cake... (Veg)

This yummy delicious cake is so moist that it melts in your mouth and tastes amazing...


Ingredients:
200g wholemeal flour
200g plain flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
60g cocoa powder
coffee powder (optional)
chocolate chips (optional)
350g castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
250ml vegetable oil
350ml water

Method:
Preheat oven to 160 degrees C
Take a deep bowl and mix all the DRY ingredients in it
Now add all the WET ingredients and mix it well with a mixer on high
for few minutes
Pour the entire mixture in to the baking tray,tin or a bowl
(you can take any mold as per your choice)
Bake for approx 30 to 40 minutes
Allow it to cool down on room temperature and then ice it with the choc-icing or
dust with icing sugar.

Ready to serve..

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06 December 2011

Vegetable Mayonnaise Sandwich....

Sandwiches are the easiest snack to make and also less time consuming....

Ingredients:
Mayonnaise (veg)
Butter
Onion (chopped long)
Capsicum (cut long)
Boiled carrot (optional)
Boiled potato
Green chilli's finely chopped (optional)
Black pepper
Cabbage
Corns (optional)
Cheese (optional)
Brown breads slices

Method:
Take a deep vessel and mix all the veggies in it, then put the mayonnaise in it and mix it well and make it creamy.
Then put the black pepper and green chillies(optional) and mix it.
Once you feel that the mixture is creamy enough, take a bread slice and apply a layer of butter and then mixture on it to make the sandwich.
After you apply it close the slice with another bread slice like we usually do while making a sandwiches.
You can either roast it in oven or grill it in the grill machine. After that your sandwich is ready to eat with yummy ketchup or your any favorite chutney. 





















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02 December 2011

Kheer (rice pudding)

Lets us make something really tasty and yummy this time. From mummy's kitchen everyone's favorite "Kheer" also known as "Rice pudding".

Ingredients:
1/4 cup rice (washed & drained)
4-5 cups milk
2-3 cardamom seeds (crushed)
2tbs almonds (blanched silvered)
A pinch of saffron, soaked in a little hot milk
1 tbs skinned pistachios nuts (chopped)
1 tbs raisins (optional)
2-3 tbs sugar or as desired

 Mehthod:
Put the rice,milk and cardamom in a pan, bring to boil and
simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains are starting to break up.

Add almonds, pistachios, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 minutes

Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved (on high flame)

Remove the kheer from the gas and serve it hot or either cold. 


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01 December 2011

Red Pasta...

Ingredients:
boiled pasta (bow-tie or macaroni)
cheese
oil
tomato puree
tomato ketchup
schezwan  sauce
onions
capsicum (green)
chilli flakes (optional)

Method:
Take a deep vessel and pour water into that with 3-4 drops of oil and little salt and put it on gas and switch on the gas. Add pasta to that vessel and allow it to boil nicely on high flame, meanwhile make the tomato puree and keep it aside. Cut the onions, and also look after the pastas keep stiring it. Take a vessel put about 2 or 2 and a half tbs oil in it and put onions and saute for 2-3 mins after that add capsicum. Then add the tomato puree and let it boil little bit on high flame, then put the tomato ans shezwan sauce for better taste. After that add the boiled pastas to it and mix it well. Add just about 5-6 spoons of water and let it be cooked for about 10mins on high flame. Grate some cheese on it and stir it well add salt for taste.

Transfer it in a plate and garnish with more grated cheese if you want. Your yummy pasta is ready to serve hot!















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10 November 2011

Garlic bread with cheese...

Garlic bread with cheese , a yummy starter, which are crunchy and cheesy. This is our favourite evening snack at home. This garlic bread is quick and very easy to make. Here is the recipe.




Ingredients
  • French Bread/normal bread slices - 1 loaf
  • Butter - 1/4 cup
  • Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
  • Cheese - as much as you would like
  • Parsley leaves - 1 tbsp, chopped


Method
  • Cut the bread into diagonal slices with 1 inch thick.
  • Combine butter and minced garlic and mix well.
  • Spread this mixture on each slice of the bread.
  • Sprinkle the cheese evenly on all the slices.
  • Then sprinkle parsley leaves over it.
  • Preheat the oven.
  • Arrange it in the oven tray.
  • Remove it once u feel the cheese is melt ans is ready to serve
  • Serve with tomato ketchup.

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