Jumat, 28 Februari 2014

Perfect Banana Breakfast Bread

Banana it is a one of the filling and nutritious fruit. Some people like me do not like to have Banana. Thats why i try different varieties with it, such as muffins, salads etc., today we are going to see the preparation of the most delicious bread banana.
Ingredients
Banana ripen pealed and mashed-1 big
Sugar3/4 cup
All purpose flour 1.5 cup
Baking powder 1/2 tbsp
Salt 1/4 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1/2 tbsp
Butter melted 1/2 cup
Eggs 2

Method
 Take flour, salt, baking powder and salt In a bowl and mix well. Then take eggs, banana mash, vanilla essence and melted butter in a bowl and beat well to mix all the ingredients together. Then mix with dry ingredients. You can add wall nuts or raisins if you wish. preheat the oven to 375F. Grease the baking tray( 9"X 3") and pour in the mixture and bake for 60 min. Test with the tooth pick. When you insert a tooth pick and remove it, it should come clean. This indicates that bread is perfectly baked. Now remove the bread loaf from pan when it cools down and serve with tea/ milk /juice. Wrap with the plastic wrap and store it in a container and refrigerate it to last forked days. The bread will be moist smooth and delicious. Hope you like my recipe.
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Raspberry Marshmallow Zefir Зефир

This is Russian traditional dessert. Easy, air delicacy, made ​​by whipping egg whites with sugar and added agar syrup. Great for parties, weddings. Its easy and fast to make, in less than 1 hour.  

Ingredients:
5 Egg Whites
1 cup + 3 oz Water
1 Small pack Jello (Any flavor; My favorite is apricot)
3 tsp Agar-Agar ( You can  order here)
4 cups Sugar
1 large Lemon
Powder  sugar for sprinkle on top 


 Tools needed:
24 inch Pastry bag  (I bought this bag and tip at Cash and Carry)
Star Pastry Decorating Tip 
Kitchen Aid Mixer, hand mixer works too. 

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This kind of Agar-agar works great. Asian stores sell it or you can order here. If that link expires click HERE.
First make jello with 3 oz boiling water. You can use any flavor, my favorite is Apricot.
Squeeze the lemon juice in the cup. Put it aside. 
Put egg whites in a mixer start to mix on slow then gradually add speed.At the same time start making agar. Pour 1 cup of cold water in the nonstick pot. Add agar. Mix, turn on high constantly mixing. Whet it comes to a boil turn on med and boil for 2 min. Then add sugar gradually and mixing constantly. Boil for 2 min 


Egg whites should be very fluffy by this time. Turn mixer on slow and pour boiling agar in it. 
Add lemon juice.
Add jello while mixing on med. Turn mixer on high. Mix for 5 min.
Get the table ready with plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
It should be thick. Put it in the pastry bag.
Start making circles with the tip of zefir.
Sprinkle powder sugar on top. Let it cool down for 20 min. 
It makes about 40 zefirs. Then stick 2 halfs of zefir together. 
          Enjoy with coffee! It just melts in your mouth:)













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Should I be concerned

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us In 2 years and 9 months, Steve and I have consumed many, many, bottles of wine. Enough that we have filled up this entire urn with corks. In all fairness we didnt drink ALL of them alone. We had company and some parties but I guess for the most part well have to take responsibility. Do you think we have a problem??? Sometimes, I wonder if my parents think we do! LOL Were fine...not to worry. We just enjoy our wine and started collecting corks since we started dating. They are overflowing now and I think the time has come, not to get rid of them but to make them into something. Maybe a corkboard? Any suggestions???
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Buffalo burger

Buffalo burger


Ingredients
  • Boneless Chicken breast 2 flatten
  • Salt, paprika and garlic powder ½ tsp each
  • Hot sauce 1 tbsp
  • Vinegar 2 tbsp
  • Flour 1 tbsp heaped
  • Egg 1
  • Dry self raising flour to coat fillet a s required
  • Burger buns 2
  • Tomato slice 2
  • Cheese slice 2
  • Iceberg lettuce
  • Mayonnaise ½ cup
Ingredients for buffalo sauce
  • Butter 1 tbsp
  • Hot sauce 4 tbsp
Method
  • Marinate flatten chicken breast with salt, paprika, garlic powder, hot sauce, vinegar, flour and egg for 30 minutes, roll in dry self raising flour twice and deep fry in frying pan till crisp and golden, heat 1 tbsp butter in a frying pan add hot sauce with fried chicken fillet, toss to coat well, remove. Heat buns spread with butter, mayonnaise, cover with iceberg lettuce, tomato slice, fillet of chicken, cheese slice, again mayonnaise top with buns and serve with fries.
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Kamis, 27 Februari 2014

Yumm Yumm Give Me Some Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 cup chocolate chips
2 cups walnuts

Instructions:Preheat the oven to 350, and cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, cream together butter and the sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time, followed by milk and vanilla. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture, then stir in oats, chocolate chips and walnuts by hand. If you want, chill dough for 30 minutes before serving. Drop 1-inh dough onto the cookie sheet, placing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake at 350F for 10-13 minutes, until light golden brown around edges. Cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before removing.













This recipe was posted by Karla of OPTIMISTIC OBSESSIONS.
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LUQMI








INGREDIENTS:

For the dough:




  1. Flour 500gms

  2. Ginger juice 1Tspn

  3. Garlic juice 1Tspn

  4. Desi ghee 3Tbspn

  5. Milk 1cup

  6. Salt to taste




For the mince:




  1. Minced meat 500grms

  2. Ginger-Garlic paste 1Tbspn

  3. Onions 1 medium

  4. Desi ghee 2Tbspn

  5. Green chilles 6

  6. Red chilli powder 2Tspns

  7. Turmeric powder 1/2Tspn

  8. Coriander leaves handful

  9. Mint leaves few

  10. Salt to taste

  11. Oil for cooking




Grind to Paste and keep aside




  1. Peppercorns(kali mirch) 5

  2. Coriander seeds 1Tbspn

  3. Cumin seeds 1/2Tspn

  4. A small piece of cinnnamon

  5. Green cardamom 4






METHOD:



For the stuffing:




  • Boil mince with ginger-garlic paste & salt till done.

  • Heat some desi ghee and fry onions ,green chillies along with the ground masala for 3-4 minutes.

  • Add the mince along with red chilli powder,turmeric powder and fry till dry.

  • Mix in the coriander leaves and mint leaves.

  • Cool and use this mixture as your stuffing.



To make the Luqmis:


  • Sieve the flour and salt together.Rub in the ghee till the mixture resembles bread crumbs.Make a big hole in the center and add milk,ginger& garlic juice.

  • Mix well and knead to make a soft but non-sticky dough.

  • Divide the dough into 6-8 portions.

  • Roll each portion into a chappati.

  • Place a heaped table spoon of mince filling about 7.5 cms apart on one chappati.

  • Cover with another chappati.

  • Seal the edges by pressing down(u can also use a fork,pierce it lightly at the edges)

  • Cut into desired shape(triangles or square)

  • Finally deep fry in oil.




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SANDRA’S PASTA with SHRIMP and BROCCOLI RABE INFUSED with LEMON GRASS


This recipe was inspired from spices 
I purchased from a local merchant called 
"Red Onion Organic Spice and Tea Company"
here in Juneau, Alaska...
Servings (6)
Prep/Cook: 30 Mins. | Steep: 2-4 hrs.
--(i.e., infused lemon grass broth)

Posted by Sandra

INGREDIENTS

2 teaspoons organic dried lemon grass, re-hydrated (for infused broth)
1/2 cup hot water
½ lb. uncooked angel hair pasta
4 tablespoons light olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
¼ onion, finely chopped
1 lb. broccoli rabe, trimmed, and cut into 2” pieces
Red Onion Organic Spice 
& Tea Company - Juneau, Alaska
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ cup white wine
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pats, at room temp.
2 tablespoons organic dried parsley
1 lb. shrimp/prawns, peeled and deveined

--warm crusty bread slices for sopping up sauce

METHOD

Make the infused dried lemon grass by immersing it into 1/2-cup hot water; letting it steep for 2 to 4 hours. Pour through a strainer, and just reserve liquid broth; set aside. Toss lemon grass pieces.

Cook angel hair pasta according to package directions, about 7 minutes.

Ready to plate
Meanwhile, heat large skillet over medium-high heat, and saute garlic, and onion in light olive oil for 1 minute. Add the prepared broccoli rabe, sea salt, ground pepper, red pepper flakes, and 1/2-cup lemon grass broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add wine, and butter, and prepared shrimp, and parsley; let simmer; uncovered for 2 minutes (turning shrimp after 1 minute). Remove skillet from heat.

Drain angel hair pasta (reserving 1 cup of hot pasta-water, about 2 ladles); add pasta to the skillet. Add reserved pasta-water to moisten the angel hair pasta. Toss with tongs to combine, and pour the entire contents onto a serving platter, and place the warm crust bread slices along side – Enjoy!

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Rabu, 26 Februari 2014

Mocha cola float

Mocha cola float


Ingredients
  • Coffee ice cream 1 cup
  • Vanilla ice cream 1 cup
  • Cola 2 cups
  • Whipped cream as required
  • Chocolate chips 2 tbsp for garnishing
Method
  • Scoop ¼ cup coffee ice cream and ¼ cup vanilla ice cream into 4 tall chilled glasses, slowly add ½ cup cola into each glass, top each evenly with whipped cream, decorate with chocolate chips, and serve with straw and long spoon.
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A Comment About Comments

I dont think Im out of line to speak on behalf of every single blogger of all time when I say, getting comments on my blog posts literally makes my life. It tells me that youre here and youre compelled to interact with me, probably in thanks to my never-ending supply of charm and self-involvement. Or for your own blog promotion. Look, I dont care what your motivation is, all I want to say is that I love it. 

However--and stay with me here--there are way too many of you to count who are pissing me straight off! 

Many of you will leave a comment with a question or a funny remark or just a great compliment about my beauty, to which Id love to respond back, but I cant. Why not? Because youre not leaving an email for me to do so. And it just killsssssssssssssssssssss me!!

Sure, I might have a link to your blog in the comment, and I might even visit your blog (which I do quite often), but Im probably definitely not gonna seek out your email from there to write you back. I got stuff to do! Instead, I hit "reply" to the email your comment comes to me as and am either able to write you back directly or am met with some no-reply Blogger email that will be sent into a great abyss, never to be seen or heard from again, like Lindsay Lohans career.

Im not suggesting you put your email address in the comment itself (what are you, a n00b?). Its an easy fix, really. If you have a Blogger or Google account, all you have to do is include your email account on your profile page. Not sure if youve done this? Just check out your blogger profile and see if it says "Email" underneath your picture, like so:
If not, then update it. No, really, it IS that simple!

I swear, if you start doing this, I will write you back so hard. It will totally be worth it. Think of it as your own custom blog post. Whats NOT to love, am I right? 
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Easily the easiest to make Brownies

Stack of chewy brownies


It was a last minute desicion to attend a dinner potluck at a friends place and I had to come up with something fast and good. Since there was plenty of food planned, brownies seemed like a good idea. However, the fact that brownies had never been a part of my prior culinary experiments, was making it seem like a bad idea.

Like any other student of Google university, I typed out, brownies with oil, and lo...there were several such recipes, made for lazy last minute bakers like me. I tried one such recipe, try as I might I cannot seem to find the correct source. As soon as I do, it will be appended into the post.
I chose a recipe for a 9x9 pan, so that if a disaster was encountered it wouldnt have become a huge waste.

The results of the first batch were highly encouraging and I quickly put in a second batch. DH and me tasted one and oohed and aaahed over it. The friend who came to pick me up insisted that he have one first before we landed up at the potluck house and he gave me his double thumbs up too! People at the potluck finished it off, including the crumbs. So, when you need to impress people without spending too much time, this is JUST the recipe for you.




Walnut Brownies with orange zest
Time taken - Under 30 minutes
Makes 16 pieces
Source- to be added soon
Category - Dessert, potluck party, picnic food

For a 9 inch square pan

Ingredients


1/2 cup Canola oil - I used soyabean oil which is pretty much odourless.
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup powdered brown jaggery / brown sugar
(You can use 3/4 cup sugar instead or more depending on sweetness of the sugar you use)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp orange zest (optional - but it gives a wonderful flavour)

1/3rd cup unsweetened cocoa powder ( I used Cadburys)
1/2 cup AP flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Directions
Preheat oven at 350F. Line a 9 inch square pan with foil coming out of the edges and grease base & sides with oil.

Blend the sugars into the oil, in a large bowl. Lightly whisk the eggs and fold it into the oil-sugar mix. Do not beat this much.

Add the vanilla extract and orange zest into this mix.

Sift the baking powder, AP flour and cocoa powder onto a sheet.

Put in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, along with chopped walnuts and stir gently till well incorporated. Do not beat air into it or over mix if you want your brownies to be chewy.

Pour mix into greased pan, even it out and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is dry and it springs back on touch.

Cool well.

Cut with a pizza cutter for clean edges into 16 squares.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. You could even refrigerate overnight and serve next day when the brownie will be its fudgiest best.

Variations:
Orange zest pairs beautifully with chocolate flavour and the aromatic walnuts.
You could add chocolate chips, peanut butter, chilli powder or just about any flavours, using this as a basic brownie recipe.

You could use butter, but I prefer oil - it is easier to handle, less messy and also saturated-fat free.

This easy recipe for Brownies goes to Brownie Babe of the Month at Once upon a Tart.

Tags: baking, brownies, oil brownies, no butter brownies, Saffron Trail, Recipe, Food, Indian food blog, Healthy eating, Healthy living, Mumbai, India
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The Anatomy of a Georgetown Cupcake Line

Anyone thats been on M Street on a day that ends in the letter "y" has no doubt seen the mile-long lines, snaking around the corners of Georgetowns oldest rowhouses, coming from Georgetown Cupcake. Youd think these people were waiting in line for water in Rwanda, braving DCs harshest elements for the possibility of a brush with cupcake greatness.

If youve seen this operational disaster in action, youve probably asked yourself "who ARE these people?" Well, Geoffrey Bible at Vox Populi has done the legwork for us, asking the tough questions to real GCLWs (Georgetown Cupcake Line-Waiters) and the results are both fascinating and not surprising:

 
Image via Vox Populi

If youre looking for more insight into these crazies, read the full poll results here.

My favorite highlight from the poll: 
"An upset-looking man told us that he only was standing in the line because he loves his wife and she likes Georgetown Cupcake, but he would much rather be at Baked & Wired."

Ahh, love. What an inconvenience.

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Selasa, 25 Februari 2014

Creamy palak gosht

Creamy palak gosht


Ingredients
  • Spinach 1 kg
  • Fenugreek leaves 4 small bunches
  • Green chilies 6
  • Mutton ½ kg
  • Oil ¾ cup
  • Chili powder 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric ½ tsp
  • All spice ½ tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
  • Khoya ½ cup
  • Onion chopped 1 cup
  • Milk ½ cup
  • Cream 2 tbsp
Method
  • Wash the spinach well, put in a pan with the fenugreek leaves, green chilies and blanch without water for 10 minutes, over a low flame.Chop together on a low flame and keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan fry onion till soft do not brown, add ginger garlic paste with mutton, fry well add salt, chili powder, turmeric, fry for 5 minutes.
  • Add 1 ½ cup water, cover and cook till the mutton is tender.Add the chopped spinach mixture, milk, fry well when oil comes on top add khoya, remove in a dish and drizzle with cream.
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Happy Spring! A Vernal Equinox View

Vernal Equinox View from our casita in New Mexico

I just took this photograph as the sun was setting over the western mesas. A Vernal Equinox sunset. Happy Spring everyone!

And here are my Favorite Spring Recipes for living gluten-free- to celebrate new beginnings.
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Fried Potato Wedges Stuffed with Minced Meat Mbatan Batata مبطن بطاطا

Mubatan, or Mbattan which is also called Batata Mbatna, is a Libyan speciality which consists of potato wedges with a herb and minced meat filling, coated in breadcrumbs and egg and fried. They are especially popular in Ramadan.

This addictive appetizer is made by slicing a potato, keeping two slices joined together at the base to form a sandwich which is then filled with the parsley and minced meat mixture.

The art of making mubatan is all about the slicing of the potato. Once you master that, this easy and delicious Libyan dish is bound to become a favorite. An easier and healthier version for everyday is Mbattan in the oven.

Ingredients:
4 medium size potatoes
Vegetable oil for frying
Meat Stuffing:
5oog minced beef or lamb
1 finely chopped medium onion
2 cups finely chopped parsley
1 finely grated garlic cloves
1 finely chopped chilli pepper (optional)
1 tspoon each: black pepper ,cinnamon, ginger
1 tbspoon salt 
1 beaten egg
2 tbspoon breadcrumbs
2 tbspoon butter
1 cup boiling water
Coating:
4 tbspoon fine breadcrumbs
4 tbspoon white flour
2 large beaten eggs



Prepare the stuffing. Put 2 tbs butter in the frying pan, add the minced meat and cook on medium heat. Do not cover and stir occasionally until it releases its own liquid, when the minced meat has dried, add 1 cup of  boiling water, the chopped onion, all the spices and cook on  medium  heat for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat, add the chopped parsley. Uncover and cook for another 10 minutes until the excess liquid evaporates.  Remove from the heat, add the beaten egg and 3 tbspoon breadcrumbs and set aside.


The most important stage in making mubattan is cutting the potato. Cut a thin slice widthways which stops three quarters of the way down. Then cut the second slice the whole way, so you end up with a potato slice which opens like a sandwich. Place the sliced potatoes in water while you work.  

         Mix breadcrumbs and  flour in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the two eggs and set aside. Open the wedge and fill it with the mixture, pressing in firmly with your finger along the exposed edges.There should be no gaps, and the sandwich should not be too full either.




Take the filled wedge, holding it from the joined end, and cover just the filling with the breadcrumbs and flour mix. 



Once you have dipped each mubattan piece in flour, set them aside on a plate until you are ready to fry them.

 Dip each one in egg just before placing it in the frying pan.


Place the mubattan in a deep frying pan, and fry on medium-high heat until golden brown. The filling is cooked so frying mbatan is like frying thick potato slices. Crowd as many pieces into the frying pan as possible to keep the oil from overheating so the potatoes have time to cook through.

Remove the mubattan when golden brown, place them on tissues and pat away excess oil. The wedges are now ready to eat.

 If your potatoes are sliced too thick, a trick is to fry them for colour and then cover the mubatan with foil to finish cooking in the oven. Some people pour a spicy tomato sauce over the mbattan before placing them in the oven, but I think they are lighter and crispier plain.

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Senin, 24 Februari 2014

Laziz Murgh koftay

Laziz Murgh koftay


Ingredients for koftay
  • Chicken mince ½ kg ground finely
  • Onion 1 raw ground
  • Green chilies grinded 1 tsp
  • Bread slice 1
  • Yogurt 1 tbsp
  • Egg 1
  • Corn flour 1 tbsp
  • Poppy seeds 1 tsp ground
  • Roasted gram 1 tsp heaped ground
  • All spice 1 tsp
  • Chili powder ½ tsp
  • Salt ½ tsp
Ingredients for gravy
  • Coriander powder 1 ½ tsp
  • Chili powder 1 ½ tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder 1 tsp
  • Pinch of turmeric
  • Yogurt 1 cup
  • Oil ½ cup
  • Brown onion grinded 3 tbsp
  • Saffron ¼ tsp
  • Kewra water 1 tsp
Method for kofta
  • Grind together onion, green chilies, poppy seeds and roasted gram. Mix in the mince with 1 slice of bread yogurt, egg, corn flour, salt, chili powder and all spice, mix well and shape into round smooth balls, keep aside.
Method for gravy
  • Heat oil in a skillet. Add ginger garlic paste with water, salt, coriander powder, chili powder and cumin powder, pinch of turmeric, brown onion and yogurt. 
  • Fry well and add koftas. Allow it to simmer on a low flame, remove and garnish with coriander leaves, saffron and kewra.
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My Best Gluten Free Cookie Recipes

Karinas Gluten-Free Goddess Cookies Recipes
Gluten-Free Cookies. Made with love.


Here are my favorite (bestest) gluten-free cookie and cookie bar recipes on Gluten-Free Goddess®.

Because a good cookie is no small thing.

Especially when you have to live gluten-free.

So bake up some cookies- with love. xox Karina




Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

My Best Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes


Anise Biscotti

Banana Cookies

Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Brown Sugar Buckwheat Thumbprint Cookies

Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Biscotti

Chocolate Chip Cookie Squares

Chocolate Chip Cookies - New Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Dark Chocolate Chunks

Coffee Biscuits with Chocolate Chips

Crunchy Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gingersnap Star Cookies

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Peanut Butter Quinoa Cookies

Pumpkin Pecan Cookies

Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies

Quinoa Pumpkin Cookies

Raspberry Coconut-Almond Cookie Bars

Rice Crispy Treats (vegan)

Snowy Lemon Cookies



Gluten-free biscotti. A cookie for grown-ups.

Karinas Tips:
Preserve the fresh baked taste and texture of gluten-free cookies by wrapping in twos, or bagging in small bags,  then bagging the bags in a larger freezer bag, and freezing; preserve cookie bars by wrapping, bagging and freezing them.
Thaw for best taste.
Briefly- just briefly- warm gluten-free chocolate chip cookies in the microwave for a melty, fresh baked taste.



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Spaghetti Cheese Cake

Spaghetti Cheese Cake


Ingredients
  • Butter 2 tbsp
  • Bread crumbs ½ cup
  • Boiled spaghetti 1 packet
  • Milk ¼ liter
  • Flour (roasted) 2 tbsp
  • Oregano ½ tsp
  • Parsley chopped ¼ bunch
  • Egg 1
  • Cheddar cheese 100 gm
  • Mozzarella cheese 50 gm
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper ¼ tsp
  • Oil 2 tbsp
  • Onion chopped 1
  • Tomatoes boiled 2
  • Tomato paste 2 tbsp
  • Tomato ketchup 2 tbsp
Method
  • Grease cake mold with 2 tbsp butter, then sprinkle ½ cup bread crumbs and keep aside.Put milk in a wok and cook till it comes to a boil, add oregano, chopped parsley, a little salt and black pepper. Thicken sauce with roasted flour. Then Remove from fire.In other pan boil water as required, break spaghetti into small pieces and add to the boiling water, when the spaghetti is a little tender remove in a strainer, then cool with fresh water.Now mix the boiled spaghetti with a little white sauce, add in 100 gm grated cheddar cheese and 50 gm grated mozzarella cheese.Add spaghetti to the greased cake mold, spread a little bread crumbs on top.Now bake in a preheated oven on 200 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes.Separately heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add in 1 chopped onion and sauté till soft.Add 3 ground tomatoes, 2 tbsp tomato paste, 2 tbsp tomato ketchup and salt to taste. Cook on low flame for 12 – 15 minutes.Now remove spaghetti cake from mold, put on a serving platter.Spread prepared sauce on top and serve.
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Mutton Paye

Mutton Paye


Ingredients
  • Mutton paye 6 (roasted)
  • Brown onion grinded ½ cup
  • Ginger garlic 2 tbsp
  • Coriander powder 3 tsp
  • Chili powder 3 tsp
  • Allspice 1 tsp
  • Turmeric ¼ tsp
  • Salt 2 tsp
  • Yogurt ½ cup
  • Mix whole spices 1 tbsp
  • Oil ½ cup
  • Green chilies for garnish
  • Coriander leaves for garnish
  • Lemon slices for garnish
  • Ginger slice for garnish
Method
  • Heat oil add whole spices, ginger garlic paste, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, salt, fry well add in yogurt, fried onion and paye, fry well add 6 cups water, cover and cook till soft and tender. Lastly add allspice powder, serve sprinkled with coriander leaves, ginger slice, green chilies and lemon.
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Minggu, 23 Februari 2014

SANDRAS SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO FREEZE FRESH HERBS The easy way and tips for using them later

I often find that I have an abundance of herbs at times,
and here is a quick method of freezing some of them
so you have use of your herbs year round...
Posted: by Sandra

This is so rewarding...

I often have to go to the market for just one herb while cooking a particular recipe. Further, I tend to never use all the herbs I purchase or grow, so this is the best method I found to preserve herbs is by freezing them.

Choose the best and healthiest, leaves, sprigs, or shoots of herbs: basil, parsley, thyme, chives, rosemary, etc., (See below).

Wash, and spin dry fresh herbs (or pat dry with paper towels).

Spread them out in one layer on a parchment paper (or wax paper) lined baking sheet. Flash freezing them flat and individually will prevent them from melding together later on.

Cover and place the cookie sheet of herbs into the freezer and freeze solid for a minimum of 24 hours.

Meanwhile, mark small Zip Lock bags with date/name of herb/amount/expiration date = up to 6 mos. When frozen, measure and place ¼ cup into individual bags, and to freezer.

If you freeze quite a few herbs, it may be easier to find them in your freezer if you store the individual packages of the same herb together in one large container.

[Be aware that when herbs are frozen, they become limp, lose their color and are best used in cooked foods, dressing, sauces, pesto, salsa, etc., although not as a garnish for instance.]

BASIL a natural snipped in with tomatoes; terrific in fresh pesto; other possibilities include pasta sauce, peas, zucchini, Italian toppings for brochettes

CHIVES dips, potatoes, tomatoes

CILANTRO Mexican, Asian and Caribbean cooking; salsas, tomatoes, salads, dips

DILL carrots, cottage cheese, fish, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, dips

MINT carrots, fruit salads, parsley, peas, tabouli, tea, parfaits, desserts, drinks, garnish

OREGANO peppers, tomatoes, sauces, stews

PARSLEY The curly leaf is the most common, but the flat leaf or Italian parsley is more strongly flavored and often preferred for cooking. Naturals for parsley include potato salad, tabouli, green salads, sauces, soups, and stews, to mention a few

ROSEMARY chicken, fish, lamb, pork, roasted potatoes, soups, stews, tomatoes

SAGE poultry seasoning, stuffings

TARRAGON chicken, eggs, fish, salad dressings

THYME eggs, lima beans, potatoes, poultry, summer squash, tomatoes

WINTER SAVORY dried bean dishes, stews

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Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake

Vegan flourless chocolate cake recipe
A dairy-free vegan flourless chocolate cake- no tofu.

A deep dark chocolate cake recipe. Just in time for Valentine's Day. And the best part? It's not only gluten-free, but vegan as well. And it's technically a flourless chocolate cake (which for some retro-fueled reason still conjures the term sexy thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker).

In full disclosure (hey, I vet my recipes okay?) I added a scant amount of buckwheat flour to help it set up without eggs, but buckwheat isn't technically a grain, is it? More of a groat, a fruit kernel. In fact, buckwheat is a cousin to sorrel and rhubarb. I could try to impress you with shout-outs to the Polygonaceae family, dropping botanical distinctions like actinomorphic and calyx as fast as Madonna drops post-Guy Ritchie boyfriends, but I'd rather leave all botany urges behind and get back to chocolate and celebrating the dream of true love. 

All in the nick of time for Valentine's Day.

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