Chocolate Cake with dark chocolate

Super soft Chocolate cake , Enjoyed baking this on our wedding anniversary this May

Moist Double chocolate cake, using dark chocolate gives it a nice color & balances the sweetness 
I have iced it with Chocolate Ganash & whipped cream decorated with chocolate shards, doesn't this look delightful

Ingredients:
All Purpose flour( Maida): 1 cup(150grms)
Cocopowder: 2tbsp
Dark Chocolate: 50 grms
Butter(unsalted): 100grms
Baking powder : 1 tbsp
Eggs : 3
Sugar:Measure 1cup (then powder it)
Vanilla extract: 1tsp
Milk: 1 cup

Method:
Preheat Oven @ 150*

With whisker  whisk 3 egg whites for 2-3 min, whisk more.
In food processor whisk the egg yolks 

Add sugar to egg yolks whisk all together for 2-3 min
Sieve Flour (maida)  baking powder & coco powder together.
Slowly add Flour mixture & whisk for a minute till all combines
Add melted Butter & whisk

Melt chocolate with help of double boiler & keep aside
(Keep the chocolate bowl over steam on a boiling water pan)
Add melted chocolate & vanilla essence & mix

Add 1/2  cup Milk & mix  again add 1/2  cup Milk mix another minute
Lastly add the Egg whites & just fold it till combines

Grease cake tin with butter & dust flour to make a thin layer remove excess

Pour cake batter & pat so it settles down.
Bake for 40 min @ 150*........

Note: Temperature of Oven May Vary for OTG & Microwave so check Your Instuction Pamphlet of Oven for Baking

Once the Cake cools down Remove from tin & decorate Our Anniversary special chocolate Cake

For Chocolate Ganash

Amul fresh cream: 100grm
Chocolate : 150 grm

Procedure

Remove fresh cream in a pan & keep it on Heat
Bring to boil & remove from heat 
Immediatly add Chopped chocolate & stir till it melts
If chocolate is not melted completely keep on Double boiler & stir till it dissolves completely
Keep this mix to cool down for 1/2 an hr till it sets thick

Cut the cake in 2 layers

Spread Ganash on 1st layer nicely, 
Then spread the whipped cream
keep The secomd layer on top & add Ganash & spread


Keep it in fridge for sometime to get the glaze

Garnish with grated chocolate or Chocolate shards

Soft Double chocolate Cake is Ready enjoy the Moist chocolaty Cake

Veg Thali for special occasions

Season Of Thali...Veg Thali today with Rice, Black eye pea & cabbage sabji & Vermicelli Kheer

Bassaru is a tomato gravy using the stock of vegetables, its a very healthy accompliment

Soaked Black eye pea: 2 cups

Cabbage chopped: 2 cups

For the gravy:

Coconut: : 4-5 sps

Tomatoes: 3
Sambar powder 1sp
Coriander leaves: handful
coriender powder: 1tbsp

For the Veggie sabji:

Mustard seeds: 1 sp

Curry leaf :4-5

Green chillies: 2

Chopped Onion:1

Oil: 2-3 sps

Gravy procedure:

Take a pressure Cooker keep  Soaked Black eye pea along with Cabbage chopped & water 4 cups cook for 2-3 vissels

Drain & collect the stock by preserving the water of Cooked cabbage & Black eye pea

In a Mixer: Blend together Coconut grated, tomatoes, Sambar powder handful of coriender leaves, Coriender powder 1sp....to a smooth paste
Add this paste to stock water & mix to form The gravy(consistency should be little runny not too thick) Give Tadka of curry leaves & bring to Boil

Black eye pea & Cabbage sabji:

In a pan Heat Oil, add mustard seeds once crackles add curry leaf & slit green chilies, Add 1 Chopped Onion & fry till translucent...Then add Cooked & drained Alsande & cabbage fry for 2-3 min till dry...Sabzi ready

For the kheer follow this recipe: Vermicelli kheer

Paneer Puffs with homemade puff sheets

Flaky crispy Puff Pockets with Paneer & Cheese Filling

Make your own pastry dough easily with these following steps for flaky puffs

Most of the times we are unable to find the filo pastry sheets in supermarkets.  So when I really felt like eating some crispy puffs , I decided to make my own Paneer Puff  & it came out nice & flaky you can see the Layers of the puff in the pic below

I don’t prefer to eat Bakery Puffs as they are too oily & most of the time local Bakery just provides with a Potato filling, so I made this Paneer & potato filling then added cheese spread to give it some creaminess, which just worked perfect

Process of making puff pastry sheet is bit time consuming, so when you are free just make the Pastry sheet & cut them keep a thin sheet in between & place them in  Zip lock bag & it freeze & your puff  Pocket sheet is ready to store

Serves: 8 Puffs

Prep time: 1+1/2 hrs(90 min)

Assembly & baking: 30 min

Ingredients:

All purpose flour: 1 cup(300grms)

Butter/ ghee(frozen): ½ cup(100 grms)

Salt to taste

Chilled water: ½ cup(150-200ml)

For the filling:

Boiled potato: 1

Paneer: 1cup

Cheese spread/ grated cheese): 4-5 sps

Onion: ½

Chili powder: 1sp

Coriender leaves: few

Lemon juice: 1-2 sps

Oil: 2-3 sps

For the filling:

In a pan Add Oil & heat it up add chopped Onions & fry

Then add Crumbled/ grated paneer & fry for 2 min

Then Add grated boiled potato mix add salt, chilli powder & cook 2 min

Latly add coriander leaves & lemon juice mix it, Switch off

Once it cooks down add cheese spread/ grated cheese & give it a mix

For the Puff sheets follow this process:

Sieve the flour add salt to taste

Slowly add little by little chilled water to make a dough

The dough should not be soft it must be a stiff dough

Keep it in the fridge for 5-10 min to rest

After resting roll the dough roughly, then take chilled(frozen butter)

Try & cut from between making slices/ thin sheets of butter,

keep the chilled butter slice on the rolled dough in the middle

Fold the dough from right side covering half, then fold left side

This is a book fold, repeat the fold once again as shown in pic below

Keep this folded sheet in the fridge to set for 20 min

Remove this folded sheet & roll the dough to form a rectangle

Fold the dough from right side covering half, then fold left side

Once again Keep this folded sheet in the fridge to set for 20 min

Repeat this process two more times then finally Roll out to form rectangle

Keep the thickness around ½ inch, cut the sides with sharp knife

Mark  horizontal lines & cut it, then cut out extra making it to small rectangle

(Ref below pic)

Keep the filing in centre of each rectangle & fold press the sides slightly

Once all the puffs are ready place them on a greased baking tray & brush with butter on top, they are ready to go in the oven for baking

Bake for 40 min @ 150*, keep checking in between if its dry  brush some more butter & bake, once it changes colour to golden its ready

Garlic Prawns

Crispy Garlic prawns, good starters for party. Crispy prawns fry with Garlic flavor & tossed in butter, Make this Delicious juicy prawns fry follow this step wise procedure

Recipe for Prawns fry:
Ingredients

For the Marinade:
Prawns: 10
Lemon juice: 1/2 lemon
Pepper powder: 1-2 sps
Salt to taste

For coating
Corn flour powder

For frying
Chopped garlic: 4-5 sps
Oil for deep frying

For tossing:
Butter: 2sps
Spring onion little
Chopped garlic little
Cornflour: 3sps
Water litlle to make slurry

Method:

Clean the prawns by removing its head & deskin keep the Tail intact
Devein & wash the prawns nicely
Marinate the Prawns in lemon juice, salt & pepper powder for 15 min

Squeeze excess marinate then Squeeze each prawns nicely & coat with cornflour
Tab a little so that cornflour sticks then Dust off excess cornflour, do this for each prawn

Meanwhile to make Garlic oil, Take just enough Oil to slightly deep fry the prawns
(Little more oil than shallow frying dont use too much oil as we will fry garlic in it)
Chop garlic very finely & fry it in oil till gets brown & remove...
discard the garlic use just the Oil

Next step is to deep fry these coated Prawns in the above prepared Garlic Oil
Can fry 4-5 at a time,  just for a minute or so
Remove on an absorbent Paper, Once all Prawns are fried.

Tossing:

Take a Pan keep on low heat add butter
Once changes bit colour add spring onions & chopped garlic fry it then add Fried Prawns & give it a toss. In a bowl mix cornflour & water to make slurry & add this mix it will become crisp

Crispy Garlic prawns ready to serve

12 Eid Recipes,Variety of Biryani & Grilled chicken & Lamb dishes

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Mutton Sukka Recipe
 



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Chicken Korma Recipe:



Grilled Chicken Roast Recipe:

Prawns Biryani Recipe:

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Chicken Pulav recipe:

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