Summer season is here and one cannot resist making things out of mango. My house hold has been having lot of mango being used like mango rice, mango shake, aam panna …list is endless. When you get amazingly sweet mangoes from your favorite organic Earthy Tales so you try Mango kulfi without any delay.. So here it goes.
Ingredients
½ litre milk (preferably full cream)
1 Tablespoon Cornflour
½ cup Milkmaid
½ cup mango pulp (preferably Alphonso)
¼ tsp vanilla essence
Few drops mango emulsion (optional)
1/8 tsp orange colour (optional)
Method
Mix cornflour and milk and put on gas and boil for 2 min or so
Add milkmaid and mango pulp and cook for sometime
Let it cool completely
Add essence, colour beat till frothy
Freeze in small portions otherwise a steel container for 4-5 hours
Serve it with fresh mangoes
In my version and I just added little vanilla essence as my Mangoes were too sweet and flavourful. You could also use ready made pulp instead of mangoes.
My family loves Mediterranean dips and in summer they become more popular as everyone wants to eat light food and also have dips with all kinds of salads, chips and nachos. So here are two varieties – Hummus and Red Pepper Walnut dip for you.
Hummus
Ingredients
1 cup boiled Chickpeas (kabuli channa)
2 tbsp Tahini paste ( or sesame roasted)
6-8 garlic cloves
3-5 tablespoon lemon juice
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
¼ tsp cumin
Large pinch of paprika
Salt to taste
Method
In a blender puree the boiled chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini paste, 3 tbsp olive oil, garlic, salt and cumin till smooth paste.
Adjust the seasoning as per taste – like salt, lemon juice or garlic.
Take the paste out in a bowl drizzle olive oil and sprinkle paprika.
You can do variations by adding beetroot or avocado to make other variations of the same.
Hummus
Red pepper and Walnut Dip
Ingredients
1 red capsicum
½ tsp chilli flakes
½ cup walnuts/pine nuts
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp pomegranate juice or apple jucie
¼ tsp jeera powder
¼ tsp sugar
2 Tbsp hung curd
Salt
Olive oil- 2tsp
Method
Roast a red capsicum on open flame for 6-7 min or till skin is charred.
Cool the same and then remove the black part and seeds after cutting the same. Wash.
Add capsicum and all the ingredients in blender and make a smooth paste.
Red Pepper Walnut Dip
It is very cooling dip and kids also love this with chips and salads.
Brownies – the name itself gives so much happiness. It is every chocolate lover’s favourite. Lot of people have been asking for this recipe. It is very easy to make, you just need to follow the right temperature of ingredients and baking time. You will get the amazing crinkled top.
Ingredients
Butter 115 gm- cut in cubes
Dark chocolate (preferably compound) 125 gm/1 cup
Castor sugar 1 cup
2 eggs- room temperature
Flour/All purpose flour/Maida – ¾ cup
Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence -1 tsp
Method
Pre heat the oven at 160 degree.
Take an 8-inch brownie pan. You need to line it with parchment paper or aluminium foil. Cross the paper and it should be hanging out. It needs only to be greased with oil
Melt the chocolate and butter by double boiler method. Chocolate should be grated or cut in small pieces and butter in cube sizes.
Remove from heat and whisk the sugar. By doing this you are lowering the temperature
Add eggs and essence.
Stir in flour and cocoa powder
Bake in Preheated oven for 25 min to 30min at 160 degree. Inserted toothpick to check may have moist crumbs as toothpick will not come out clean due to chocolate
Take out the brownie along with paper/foil and let it cool for 3 to4 hours. Remove the paper and then cut the slices.
Enjoy the brownie.
Tips- Paper should be hanging outside enough so that you can take the brownie out easily from the tin. Let it cool completely before you remove paper and cut.
Baking cookies has such a great memory for me, the whole house smells yum and the crunch of freshly baked cookie is so different. Due to my love of baking cookies, I have always made young friends who are ready to barter doing stuff for this cookie. Not sure of others but baking cookies just brings in happiness in the house. I was doing samples for today and suddenly the heavenly smell pulled everyone to come near the oven and wait for the cookie to be baked. Tea/Milk time become a happy sharing and built memories.
This traditionally originated in USA and is a drop cookie. It is very easy to make. I have tried to make the traditional recipe healthy and tried to give a eggless twist.
Ingredients
Butter- 120 gm (softened not melted)
Castor sugar- ¼ cup
Brown Sugar- ½ cup
1 ¼ cup flour – ( you can use full all purpose flour or 50% whole wheat and 50% flour or 1 cup whole wheat and ¼ cup all-purpose flour)
Beat Sugar and Butter together till it becomes creamy
Add egg or Milk powder and milk. Pl be careful do not over add the milk as batter will become watery
Beat the same and add essence
Now add the flour + soda. Beat slightly and try and get the mixture together with hand like a dough. Add choco- chips and save some for some for decoration.
Take a tbsp and drop cookie on a baking tray with parchment paper. Cookies should be away atleast 3-4 inches as they will tend to become three times the size after baking
You can slightly press the drop by adding some additional choco chip on top
Put the tray in fridge to set for at least half an hour
Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degree for 15 min or so. The test is cookie should move freely in the oven.
Please note cookie will continue baking once u take out the tray. So after 5 min remove from tray and put on wire rack to cool. Incase u find your cookie under cooked unlike a cake it can go back to the oven again.
Variations – Apart from Choco-chip you can add chocolate chunks or any kind of additions like nuts. To give it a vanilla cookie flavour you can add 1 tbsp custard powder and skip chocolate.
Tip : If butter is melted cookies will not get height but will be flattened. Do not skip the fridge part before baking the cookies otherwise you will have unshaped cookies.
Thanks for the overwhelming response for the last post on Banana Cake. I know the lockdown is making the cook come alive in us. Will try and post things which are readily available at this time.
We all need to have very high protein diet so here is recipe of Kali Masoor ( Black Lentils ) Kabab. This recipe I learnt from my Aunt who is pure vegetarian and religious person. She used to tease us that this is non veg of veg people and you will forget the Lucknow famous Galauti Kabab. My family esp my sister in law loves this and in any family potluck parties I usually get to make this. So here goes the recipe of bua-nani’s kababs as fondly called in our house.
Ingredients
Channa dal ½ cup. (Yellow Lentils)
Kali masoor- ½ cup ( Black lentils)
Fresh ginger grated- 2tbsp
Fresh Garlic- 10 pods
Dry spices
1-mota elachi, 2 laung, 1 stick dalchini, 1-green elachi, 1 tej patta, 1 star flower, one dry red chilli
salt and turmeric
Fresh coriander + Dry coriander powder- 2tsp
Amchoor Powder (Dry Mango Powder)- 1 tsp
Garam Masala – 1tsp
1 chopped onion
2 green chillies chopped
Kasthuri methi
Cornflour /Besan- only if it becomes watery or 1-2 slices of bread
For Garnishing- Lemon juice, Chat masala and few onion rings
Method
Soak both Dal/Lentils together for one hour
Pressure cook the soaked Dal with Dry spices and ginger and garlic and water just upto the level of dal in cooker and not more. It needs 1 whistle and 10-12 min on slow flame.
Once the pressure is released please check the water level if it is fine then mash the mixture after it is cooled.
If it is watery then just add little bread or 1 tbsp of cornflour or you can roast on gas to remove excess water if any
Add Fresh coriander, onion, chillies or kasthuri methi , garam masala, coriander powder and shape the Kababs as per your liking
Shallow fry them on Tawa, Serve them hot with sprinkled chatmasala, lemon juice, and onion slices and Green chutney.
Do try this and tell me . You could do variation by adding a little different dals or Rajma with Channa dal.
In this lockdown we are struggling to use over ripe bananas and my son is always behind me not to waste food. We got fed up eating his whole wheat banana chocolate mug cake so decide to make a proper cake and share with some of my friends in the time of social distancing. Again a simple one but healthier
Ingredients
Whole wheat flour- 1 cup
Brown sugar- ½ cup
Over ripe bananas mashed- 3
Oil- 1/3 cup
Eggs -2 ( you can skip eggs and add ½ cup curd and 1tsp Baking Soda)
Pinch of salt
1tsp Vanila essence
1+1/2 tsp Baking powder
½ cup nuts, choco chips etc of your choice
Method
Beat the oil and sugar together in a bowl
Add eggs one by one and then the banana
Now add Flour, Baking powder, Vanilla essence and lightly fold in the mixture
Add the nuts and put in a cake tin of 7 inch
Preheat the oven at 180 degree and bake the cake at 180 degree for 35-40 min or till toothpick comes out clean
Let the cake cool before you take it out
Suggestion : In case you want a chocolate flavour in it then reduce the flour by 1 tbsp and Add coco powder in place of it. In nuts I prefer walnuts compared to other nuts, but you can use any.
Hello to everyone, it has been a long time that I posted
something. Between lockdown and lot of
pressure from friends and relatives, finally I am back and this time I promise
to be more regular.
My daughter is just fond of eating calories and loves Nutella
in any form. Last year I had chanced upon this recipe and regularly make this
at home. My little brat suggested this
to be shared as it has limited ingredients.
Nutella cookies are eggless and it has only three
ingredients. Yes! You heard it correct it has only three ingredients.
Ingredients
1 cup Nutella
1 Cup All-purpose flour/Maida
½ cup thick curd
Method
Mix
all the ingredients together with a beater or hand whisk
You
can pipe them with a star nozzle or put small roundels with spoon
Put
them in fridge for some time to make them firm while baking
Bake
in a pre-heated oven for 180 degree for 8-10 min
Cookies
are ready
The three ingredients – Flour, Curd and Nutella
Whisk Together
Pipe and Bake
This is simplest one without having any rising agent and it
is fun for a Nutella lover
My kids are not fond of broccoli at all and in this season I am getting fresh broccoli from various sources and in excess. Not sure how much to eat as salad or vegetable in various forms. Finally my “mom” thinking cap got on and I grated the broccoli – and this is what happens!!!
Some yummy broccoli & carrot kebabs!!
Ingredients
Broccoli – 2 nos grated
Carrot – 2 nos grated (optional)
Ginger – 1 inch (grated)
Garlic – 4 slices (grated)
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste
Oregano seasoning
Potato – 1 small boiled or 2 slices of bread crumbs
Oil – 1 Tea spoon for grilling
Method
Saute the broccoli with ginger and garlic and salt in 1 tsp oil
You can add the grated carrot
Add the seasoning like salt, pepper, oregano seasoning
Add small grated boiled potato for binding
Mix all the same and make round shapes
Grill them on a pan
Serve with salad and sauce of your liking
The carrot is optional, I added so that my kids eat both the veggies and they loved the taste. But if you add too many vegetables then it will become like mix veg kebab rather than broccoli, so be careful.
It is two years since I started my blog and what better way to say thank you to god on Basant panchmi. Made this special sweet rice for the prasad today. This also has a special significance today and connection to my mom. It happens to be my parents anniversary as per Hindu Calendar and my mom used to make it every year.
Ingredients
Long grain rice- 1 cup soaked for 30 min
Sugar – 1 cup
Green Cardamom – 2 nos
Dry fruits- cashews and raisins
Water- 2 cups
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp
Ghee- 1tsp
Method
Take pressure pan , add ghee and dry roast the dry fruits
Add cardamom, rice and turmeric and saute for some time
Add sugar and water
Pressure cook for 1 whistle and on low sim for 10 min. You could also do it in open pan and cook till water dries.
Sweet Rice
That’s it!! It’s a simple recipe, so enjoy the lovely sweet rice.
