Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Puffs- Kerala egg puffs




Requisites:-For 12 puffs


Puffs pastry sheets cut into 3 and then each long strips into 4. Must be 3x3 inches
Boiled egg-3, each cut into quarters.


For masala:


Onion finely chopped-1
Tomato finely chopped-1
Green peas soaked in water-1/2 cup


Green chilli-2blspn
Coriander leaves chopped-2 t


Chilly pwdr- 1 tspn
Turmeric pwdr-1/2 tspn
Coriander pwdr-1 tspn
Garam masala-1/2 tspn
Salt to taste


Directions:-
  • Boil the egg and cut them into four parts and keep aside.
  • For masala, saute onions in some oil heated over a medium flame stove till transparent.
  • Then add tomato , coriander, green chilli, green peas and salt. Cook them. May be around 7 min.
  • Now add the dry spices and saute them till the red color turns dark brown. Do this at a high flame. This is special part that adds an extra taste and spiciness to your masala. So do not skip this.
  • Now you must take your 3x3 inch pastry sheets cut and kept aside. Grease them on both sides and spread into a long sheet using a rolling pin.(as shown in images)
  • Fill 1 heaped spoon of masala at 1 inch away from one end of the rolled sheet. Place one quarter egg too. Then roll them, meanwhile sticking the sides on each rolling so that masala doesn't peek out.
  • Now grease your baking tray and place them on it.
  • Bake at 375 F for 20 to 30 min. Check them in between if they have turned too brown in between. They would also turn flaky.
  • DONE..


BON APPETITE :).

Monday, May 3, 2010

Easy Alfredo pasta




Requisites:-


Penne pasta- 1lb packet
Garlic Alfredo with aged Parmesan cheese-1 bottle


Directions:-


  • Cook pasta in lots of water and drain excess once they are cooked.
  • Now boil the sauce for 3min in a pan at medium heat. Add parsley chopped finely if you would like.
  • And mix in the pasta .
  • DONE.
  • Serve hot with cooked shrimp, steamed broccoli, other steamed vegetables or cooked chicken breast.
  • Season with pepper and salt.
BON APPETITE:)

NY cherry cheese cake


Pinkie Pie throws a party .....


Hello friends my name is Pinkie Pie. My cutie mark is PHILADELPHIA CHEESECAKE.!!


Throwing parties to my friends is what i love to do!
I try to catch butterflies to take to party i'm having today.
I'm so excited!!!:)
Margarita and myself went to get the pinwheels for my guest.
Before my guests arrive, there is one last thing to do...


MY favorite part of all... to BAKE MY CHEESECAKE!!!!


My friends are all here.
Let the party begin!
What a great way to end a fun filled day!!!


Requisites:-


Philadelphia Cream cheese-16 oz(2cups)or 2 packets
Sugar-1/2cup
Vanilla-1 tspn
AP flour- 1 tblspn
Sour cream-1/4cup


2eggs


Oreo biscuits or any sweet biscuit-10
Melted Butter or margarine-1tblspn


Canned Cherries


Directions:-

  • Blend in all the first set of ingredients using an electric mixer or a blender. Then add the eggs one by one. And blend well again in the blender or using mixer. You can also use a whisk to do this but make sure that you do not have any lumps remaining. And you can burn out some calories before eating the cheese cake while whisking :)!!!
  • Now take the biscuits in a ziploc and crush them using a rolling pin by pressing and rolling over the cover. Form tiny crumbs. Mix these crumbs with melted butter.
  • Take the 8x1 1/2 inch tin and line it with an aluminium foil or a baking sheet. Grease it with butter.
  • Now layer the bottom of the cake with the crumbs. Spread them evenly and press. This forms the crust of your Philadelphia cheese cake. Now blank in the previously prepared cake batter on top.
  • Preheat the oven at 300 F and bake for 40min.
  • Take out and let it cool. Then refrigerate it at least for 4hrs.
  • Now serve topped with cherries.. 




BON APPETITE:)

Garlic rice- A Flavored rice




Some easy, last minute cooking recipes are always good to be in stock, if you and your close mates are really hungry and have just a rice cooked with you. Why do you rush up to prepare all the curry and stuffs? Hurry-burry spoils the curry!! Just check if you have 2, 3 cloves of garlic and half an onion. DONE. Delicious and heart-winning garlic flavored rice is in your stomach in 5min.


And yeah i remember my grandma saying that this rice is good during period cramps. 


Requisites:-


Cooked rice- any rice per person
Oil-1tblspn or ghee
Mustard seeds-1/4tspn
Fenugreek seeds-3 seeds
Dry whole red chillies-2 crushed. Else, green chillies
Red gram/ Thuvaraparippu-1/2tspn
Black gram/Uzhunnu parippu-1/2 tspn
Garlic-2 cloves sliced or chopped
Onion chopped-half or spring onions-2
Curry leaves-3 leaves
Asafoetida-3 pinches
Turmeric-1/4tspn to give a slight yellow color to your rice.
Coriander leaves for garnishing



Direction:-
  • Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Set the heat at medium through out
  • Add the black gram, red gram , fenugreek seeds, GARLIC and red chillies. Then let them turn slightly golden brown.
  • Now add the onion, asafoetida, and curry leaves. Add turmeric too
  • Saute for 2min, and add rice. Just mix all well.
  • DONE.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.
BON APPETITE:)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Pineapple upside down cake



How many bumps are there in a pineapple?  Have you ever looked it? Even i dint..!!
This cake is all about its sunrising color and the taste. Do not think that this is gonna be a flop. I thought twice before making this if it would be good or not. But to be frank the base of this cake is superb. And that doesn't mean that top is behind ...                                                                                     Pineapple health facts


Requisites:-


Pineapple cut in circles-5 pieces
Butter-1 tblspn
Sugar (Brown preferred)- 2 tblspn(included to grease the pan)
Cherries-11


For cake batter:


AP flour-1 cup
Sugar-3/4 cup
Baking powder-1tspn
Baking soda-1/4tspn
Salt-1 pinch
Egg-1
Butter- 3tblspn
Sour cream-3tblspn or milk-1/4cup
Pineapple juice-1/2cup or fresh circular slices-2


Baking tin required- circular-8x 11/2 inch or similiar like 9x1 1/2 inch


Directions:-


  •  Butter the pan and heat over the stove top.  Add the sugar and place the circular pineapple slices over it  and cook for 20min. Leave it unattended at medium flame. 
  • Now you can prepare the batter by giving a blitz to all the ingredients in a blender.
  • Before pouring the batter into the cooked pineapple fill the circular gaps with the cherries. Now pour the batter above this.
  • Preheat the oven at 400 F or 200 degree C and bake this for 30min.
  • Leave it to cool before putting the pineapple cake upside down.