Khajoor Ka Halwa.. Dates Halwa.

Khajoor Ka Halwa is an a very yummy sweet dish, which can be made easily at home and relish with vanilla ice cream. The combination of dates and dry fruits are to die for and can be stored in the fridge for a week or 2. All you need is just a handful of ingredients to make this delicious halwa. Do try and let me know.

Ingredient's.

1/2kg dates (dry one's)

1+1/2 cup of sugar

1 cup dry fruits (almond,cashew,raisin)

1/2 ghee.

Cooking Method.

Soak the dates over night. Then de seed them and grind to a course paste.

In a deep frying pan add the ghee, when the ghee is hot, fry all the dry fruits to golden brown and set it aside.

Now in the same deep frying pan add the ground dates paste and fry till it becomes dry, then add sugar and dry fruits, again fry the halwa till it becomes completely dry and ghee starts floating on top..

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Doughnuts.

Finally, I'm posting one of my favourite recipe after waiting for like ages. Doughnuts are my most favourite and I love to have them anytime of the day. This is a very simple and easy recipe which can be made easily by the beginners also. I have tried this recipe like a hundred times and everytime I got the best doughnuts...

Ingredient's.

1+1/4 cup of all purpose flour, plus a bit more for dough

1/2tsp yeast

1/8cup sugar

1/4+1/8cup Luke warm water or milk (115c)

1/4cup melted butter

1tsp vanilla essence

1 egg

Oil for deep frying.

Ingredient's For The Glaze.

1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Milk, as needed (about a 2tsp of milk)

Cooking Method.

In a small bowl, combine the warm milk and 1tsp sugar, sprinkle the yeast over the top and let it sit for about 5 minutes.

In the bowl mix the egg, milk, sugar, vanilla, melted butter and sugar. Mix till the sugar is dissolve. Then add flour, yeast water and mix. Knead the dough for 5 to 7 minutes or until you have a smooth dough. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in a warm spot to rise for about 2 hours.

When the dough is doubled in size, punch the dough down and roll it out onto a floured surface into 1/2 inch thickness. Using a doughnut cutter, cut out the doughnuts and place them on a counter top and cover them with a kitchen towel and allow them to raise for another 15 to 20 minutes. In a mean time heat a oil in a deep frying pan, once the oil is hot lower the heat.

Now fry the doughnuts to golden brown on a medium flame. Then allow the doughnuts to cool completely before icing.

In a large mixing bowl, mix the icing sugar, vanilla essence and milk. mix everything until you get a consistency runny enough to dip the doughnut in.

Take the completely cooled doughnuts and dip into a glaze and place them on the cooling rack to set. 

You can glaze as you like and decorate the doughnuts as your wish.

Cranberry And Chocolate Cake Loaf!!

Cranberry And Chocolate Cake Loaf!! This is one my best cake, which I can make even closing my eyes and eat even in the mid night without think about the calories. This taste awesome with vanilla ice cream topped with some chopped salted peanuts..

Ingredient's.

1+1/2 cup all purpose flour

1+1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tbsp baking soda

3/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup butter milk

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup dried or fresh cranberry. (Buy Here -> Cranberry Whole 250g)

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the baking pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the oil and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl for few minutes. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg and blend for another minute or 2, add the vanilla essence and warm water and give a quick mix.

Now add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together and slowly add the butter milk and just mix everything to combine, making sure not to over mix. Then add the cranberry and mix everything well.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and bake for 30 to 35minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan. Then sprinkle the icing sugar on top and Then cut them into slices and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. 

Serve with Tea or Coffee.

Choco Walnut Cake!!

Choco Walnut Cake and Happy New Year 2017. Let's welcome the new year with a sweet note and put the past behind and look forward for the new beginning.. New year always brings the new thoughts and new things into our life, which gives a chance for everyone to make a new mistakes and wait for the next year to make a new resolution and break it again. hehehe😂. Anyways these things happens in life and I think everyday is a new year if you live your life to the fullest..

Ingredient's.

1+1/2 cup all purpose flour

1+1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tbsp baking soda

3/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup butter milk

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup chopped walnuts.

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the baking pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the oil and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl for few minutes. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg and blend for another minute or 2, add the vanilla essence and warm water and give a quick mix.

Now add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together and slowly add the butter milk and just mix everything to combine, making sure not to over mix. Then add the 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and mix everything well.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and sprinkle the left over chopped walnuts and bake for 30 to 35minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan. You can ice the cake with whipped cream or chocolate ganache. or as you like. 

Serve with Tea or Coffee.

CornFlakes Mixture.

CornFlakes Mixture. Dilwali is around the corner and in every house the Diwali preparation is on full swing. I can see on my FB page only different types snacks, sweets and this will go for another few days till the Diwali is over.. This is a so easy recipe and in no time you'll have hot hot snack ready. I'm a very big snacks eating person and I love munching something in my free time. I keep trying many types of snacks and I make sure that I have lots and lots of snacks in my pantry.. This is one of my all time favourite mixture and it solves all the purpose of not having anything as a side dish for your lunch, dinner or even for the drinks too.. Do try and let me know.

Ingredient's.

2 cups of Raw Corn Flakes

1/2 cup Peanuts

1/4 cup Roasted gram

Handful of Curry leaves

1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/2 tsp garam masla

1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder

1 tbsp powdered sugar (optional)

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying.

Cooking Method.

In a small mixing bowl, add red chilli powder, turmeric, garam masal, cumin powder, coriander powder, sugar and salt, mix them altogether and keep it aside.

In a deep frying pan (Kadai) heat enough oil for deep frying, once the oil hot, fry the peanuts and roasted gram till the turn crispy. Take them out on to a kitchen towel and set it aside.

Now in the same oil, add the raw corn flakes and fry to golden brown, (fry little by little) remove them to the same plate which you have fried peanuts and roasted gram, once all the corn flakes are fried, then turn off the flame and fry the curry leaves till they turn crisp.

Then in large mixing bowl, add all the fried ingredients and sprinkle the masala powder which you have prepared earlier, while the other ingredients are still hot. Mix everything together well, allow the mixture to cool, once its completely cooled. Store them into a Airtight container.

Serve as and when needed.

Dry Fruits And Coconut Kulfi.

Dry Fruits And Coconut Kulfi. Today I'm here with another delicious yet easy kulfi recipe which will leave you speechless after eating this kulfi.. As I have mentioned in my last post that its getting hot in Bangalore and to beat the heat, I just feel like eating kulfi everytime, be it a lunch or dinner. So I'm stocking up my refrigerator with lots and lots of kulfi for upcoming days too.. Since this recipe takes less time and even less ingredients, so why not make and stock up.. Do try and let me know!!

Ingredient's.

1/2 Litre milk

2 pods cardamom

2 tbsp finely chopped almonds, cashews, pista

2 tbsp desicated coconut

2 tbsp fresh cream/malai

1/4 cup sugar.

Cooking Method.

Heat a milk in pan, allow it to boil. Add the cream to the boiling milk. Boil the milk on a medium flame until it reduce to half. keep stirring in between. Once the milk is reduce to half. Now add the chopped dry fruits, sugar and cardamom and allow it to boil for another 5 to 7 minutes.

Then switch off the flame and let the kulfi mixture comes to a room temperature.

Now pour the kulfi mixture into kulfi moulds and cover the top and freeze them for at least 6 to 7 hours or overnight is the best.

Take the kulfi out and by dipping into the water demould the kulfi.

Serve and enjoy.

Besan Ke Laddoo!! (Gram Flour Laddoo)

Besan Ke Laddoo (Gram Flour Laddoo) is made mostly in Maharashtra.. There are many version are there to these laddoo, but this recipe is very basic and easy to make. Me and my hubby happen to be a big fan of laddoo's, They are very useful when you are hungry and you need something soon and you don't have to juggle in the kitchen.. That's why I make very few of them so that it get over soon. Making a less quantity gives me a chance to try different laddoo's too... You can make in a big batches and store them in a airtight container and keep serving for a 2 to 3 weeks.. Do try this recipe and let me know.

Ingredient's.

2 cup besan (gram flour)

1 cup ghee (clarified butter)

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp green cardamom powder

1/2 cup chopped dry fruits (almonds, cashew, raisin and pistachio).

Cooking Method.

In a deep non-stick kadai. dry roast all the dry fruits and set it aside. In a same kadai add ghee, besan and cardamom powder and roast on a low flame till it gives a nice aroma and become golden brown. by stiring continuously.

Then take the besan out in a large plate and allow it to cool a bit. Now add the powdered sugar and dry fruits and make a even size laddoo's while the mixture is still warm. If you feel the mixture is little dry, feel free to add a little milk to make a smooth laddoo's.

Store them in a airtight container and Serve when ever you want.

Almond Biscotti.

Almond Biscotti. I have tired baking this in India also many times but when I baked the same biscotti again here I don't know some how they taste better and they look better may be because of the different oven. My hubby surprised me by finishing it all in 2days even I ate more then 3 and it was tasting awesome. He was telling me that I have wasted so much of money buying cookies, biscuits from outside, this taste better then that and I would love to have this in my lunch box as a evening snacks... Omg I was on the could nine when he told me that because it is little hard to convince my H when it comes to food.. This yummy and crunchy biscotti which goes very well with tea or a coffee..

Ingredient's.

2 cups of plain flour

2 large eggs

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1tsp baking powder

1tsp vanilla essence

1tsp orange zest

3/4 cup roasted alomnds

1/2 cup black raisin.

Baking Method.

Pre-heat the oven 180c for 10 minutes.

In a mixing bowl add flour and baking powder and mix them nicely. roughly chop the alomonds and mix it with flour and set it aside.

In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugar beat untill light and fluffy.

Add the eggs, vanilla essence and orange zest beat for another 2 to 3minutes

Then mix in the dry ingredients and beat untill the dry ingredients are well mixed.

On a lightly floured surface roll dough into a log about 14 inches long and 3-4 inches wide. Transfer to baking tray and bake for 30-40 mins. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 mins.

Then cut into slices 1/2 inch thick diagonally and arrange evenly on baking tray. Bake for 10 mins on each side (until they are firm). Remove from oven and cool.

Store them into airtight container.

Basic Sponge Cake/ Vanilla Sponge Cake.

Happy New Year 2014 to all my readers and blogger friends.. I know i'm 1 day late to wish you all, what to do I was very lazy for 2 weeks because of my hubby's holidays and was not feeling like posting or doing anything.. Last 2 weeks it was like a honeymoon period for me, not much to cook or do household work, was just shopping, eating outside and roaming and for him also it was the best time to rest after a very hectic work schedule. This was the best new year I had after very very long time... Actually I had feeling that I would be doing this only once his holidays starts, because of that only I had baked this cake before and took the pictures, so when I bake it again on new year I don't have to take the pictures.. The cake had turnout very tasty and soft. I serve it with some whipped cream and fruits you can serve as you like..

Ingredient's.

1 cup all purpose flour

1tsp baking powder

2/3 cup melted butter

2 eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup milk

1tsp lemon zest

1tsp lemon juice.

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the round baking pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour and baking powder in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the melted butter and blend for another 1minute. Add the milk and vanilla essence in a small bowl and mix it well, then add it to the egg mixture and blend for another 30 to 40sec.

Add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together slowly by making sure not to over mix. Mix everything with a spatula from the bottom to incorporate any bit that wasn't mixed.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and bake for 30 to 31minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan, then cut and sprinkle some icing sugar on top.

Serve as you like..

Choco Walnut Tea Cake..

Choco Walnut Tea Cake...I had bought a bottle of drinking chocolate few days back and in the starting we both use to drink every second day. After a while we felt bore and stopped completely and I forgot about it.. While I was cleaning my kitchen, found that bottle and was not having idea what to do with it.. Then suddenly my mind strike, why don't I bake muffins and that's how I ended up making Tea Cake... I have used drinking chocolate instead of cocoa powder in this cake to try out different recipe and I must say this was worth of trying and it came out very well, Though it was bit dry according to me but it was going very well with whipped cream on top and cup of tea...

Then after some days I had baked this cake again by adding more milk and it turn out very soft and moist. This recipe is for the cake which I baked second time, so no need to worry if you run out of cocoa powder at home and you have drinking chocolate which is not being used for some reason this is the best recipe to use that drinking chocolate..

Ingredient's.

1/2cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup drinking chocolate powder 

1tsp baking powder 

1/2 cup milk

1tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cup white sugar

1egg, room temperature

1/4 cup chopped walnuts.

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the flat square baking pan or loaf pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, drinking chocolate powder in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg and blend for another 1minute.

Add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together and slowly add the milk and just mix everything to combine, making sure not to over mix. Then add the chopped walnuts and make sure you give everything a good stir with a spatula from the bottom to incorporate any bit that wasn't mixed.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and bake for 30 to 35minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan, then cut into square shape and sprinkle some icing sugar on top.

Serve with Tea or Coffee.