Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Egg free banana choc chip muffin

Ingredients:

Banana 2 big ones mashed

Butter melted 1/4 cup

( I used Pyrex measuring jug)

All purpose flour 11/2 cup

Baking powder 1/4 ts

Baking soda 1/4 ts

Sugar 1/2 cup

Choc chips 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence 1/2 ts

Milk 1/2 cup

 

Preheat oven at 180 degree

In a bowl add flour,baking powder,baking soda,sugar,choc chips,vanilla essence,milk,mashed banana and melted butter

Mix well.

Pour into cup cake moulds and bake for 15-20 minutes or until muffins look golden brown.

Cool on wire rack and enjoy.

 

Monday, 17 March 2014

Banana halwa

Ingredients:

Mashed banana 5 big ones

Sugar 11/2 cups or to taste

Ghee 2 tbs

Powdered cardamom 2-3 pods

 

Method:

Heat a Kadai add mased banana and sugar in it.

Cook stirring on medium flame until sugar caramelises

Add ghee and cook until halwa forms a ball shape

Add cardamom powder

Pour the halwa on greased plate

When it is cool cut into shapes.

Enjoy.

 

Apple kheer

Ingredients:

Butter 1 tbs

Apples 4 grated with skin on

Sugar 1 cup or according to taste

Milk 1 litre

Cardamom powdered 3-4 pods

 

Method:

Heat butter add grated apples fry for 5 minutes or the moisture from apple disappears.

Add sugar and cook for 10-15 minutes stirring often.

While apples are cooking heat a litre of milk and cook till reduces to half.

Add reduced milk to stewed apples

Add cardamom powder.

Cook for 1 minute and switch off the heat.

Serve hot or cold....

 

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Halbai/manni

Ingredients:

Sona masoori rice 1 cup

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 1/2 cup

Jaggery 1 cup grated

Cardamom pods powdered 3-4

Water to grind

 

Method:

Soak rice for 3-4 hours.

Grind the rice adding pinch of salt and water to a smooth paste.

Heat a Kadai add the batter and start stirring

Batter should be like milkshake consistancy.

stir continuously do not let lumps to form.

When it starts to thicken add grated jaggery and cook

Have a little taste ,you should feel batter is cooked

Add grated coconut and cardamom powder ,stir for 2-4 minutes.

Pour on greased plate and cool completely.

Cut into any shapes ,serve and enjoy...

 

 

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Fried modaka

Ingredients:

For dough:

Maida 1 cup

Salt to taste

Water as required

 

for filling:

Grated coconut 1 cup

Jaggery according to taste

Cardamom powder 1 ts

 

Oil to deep fry

 

Method:

Make chapathi like dough using maida ,salt and water.

Prepare the filling.

Roll the small ball of dough like chapathi,place a table spoon of filling on centre and close the edges of dough and make the shape of modaka .

Deep fry in oil until golden brown.

This dish is made on Ganesha festival as offering to lord Ganesha.

 

Apple jilebi

Usha's

Ingredients:

Apple 2 cut into thin discs

Maida 1 cup

Corn flour 1 tbs

Baking powder 1/2 ts

Yellow food colour 1/2 ts

Water to make batter

Oil to fry

 

 

For sugar syrup:

Sugar 1 cup

Water 1 cup

Lemon juice 2 tbs

Cardamom pods 2-3 crushed

Crushed pistachio to garnish

 

 

Method:

Cut apple into thin discs ,remove seeds

Make batter using maida,corn flour,baking powder and food colour by adding water.

Keep aside for half an hour.

Meanwhile prepare sugar syrup

Heat oil ,dip apple discs into the batter and deep fry.

Drain on paper towel.

Dip into the sugar syrup for 2 mins

Take out and serve garnished with crushed pistachio nuts.

Enjoy....

 

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Kashi/ash gourd halwa

Ever since I had this halwa in my son's Upanayanam ,I wanted to try this at home.So here is the recipe..

 

Ingredients:

Ash gourd grated 2 cups

Sugar 1 1/2 cups

Ghee 3 tbs

Cardamom powder a pinch

Cashew nuts 5-7

Raisins 10-15

 

Method:

Grate ash gourd and cook this in pressure cooker for 3 whistles.

Transfer this to a Kadai add sugar and cook stirring untill all the moisture evaporates.

Add ghee and cardamom powder.

Add fried cashew and raisins in a teaspoon of ghee.

Switch off the heat. Halwa is ready. Enjoy...

Here is another look of my kashi halwa......