RASAGULLA

Rasagulla

This is a yummy and delicious street foods around the streets of Kolkata in India. We delibrately love rasagullas by standing in roadsides of kolkata and enjoy this mouthwatering dish.......We can make this at home with same taste. I made this post for #BM 62 under street foods theme............

Ingredients:

Milk - 1 ltr 

 flour - 1 tbsp

  whey water- 1/4- 1/2 cup*

For syrup:  

  sugar - 2 cups 

water- 4 cups  

Method:

In a deep bottomed pan add milk and bring to boil. When it boils add whey water slowly till it curdles well. Strain the paneer in a clean muslin cloth and drain completely. Now mash them  well and add flour knead them. Now make small balls and set aside.

In a big pan add sugar and water to make the syrup when the syrup begins to boil and the sugar dissolves well add the balls on by one and boil them with closed lid for 20 mins then open the lid and boil for further 10 mins till the ball rises up and becomes a spongy texture. Cool completely and serve. 

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BAKED POTATO

Baked potato

Boiling the vegetables in water may lead to loose its minerals and nutrients. But it wont lack its nutrients when we bake the vegetables. We can add any toppings and bake the vegs and eat as it is.....

#blogging marathon under baked vegetables

Ingredients:

Potato- 1 

 salt to taste 

 Oil- few drops

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°c. Arrange the potato in a baking tray and rub salt and oil all over. If you want any toppings you can add and bake for upto 45 mins........

MANGO TOPPING SAUCE

Mango Topping sauce

Mangoes are seasonal fruit and we cant make use of it whenever we need. But on season we will get it in bulk and sometimes we'll blink of what shall we do with this.......Our native is a mango city and we get lots n lots of mangoes during season. I made them sauce and stored in fridge now I have them in bottles and I can use them whenever I need. 

Blogging Marathon BM#59 

Ingredients:

Mango- 1cup( peeled and cut into cubes) 

   Lemon/ Orange juice- 1 tbsp 

 Sugar- 1/4 cup  

Method:

In a pan add mangoes, juice and sugar boil for 10-15 mins till it mashes well and strain them with a seive by mashing them with a spoon. Then store them in an airtight container for upto 6mths-8mths in freezer. 

From this sauce u can make juice, spread on jam, topping over cakes and in mousse etc.............

RED CHILLY SWEET SAUCE

Red chilly sweet sauce

 

     We buy many kinds of sauces available in the market.Making sauce by our own is not a big deal but have to spend time in it.We can make sauces with less effort and money. This is

the recipe of sweet redchilly sauce.This is a different kind of sauce with sweetness smell of garlic and with redchilly flakes. This post is for blogging marathon by Srivalli. #BM59

Ingredients:

Red chilly flakes-2 tbsp,grind dry redchilly into flakes

Garlic-3 pods,freshly mashed or thinly sliced

Sugar-1/2 cup

Water-1 cup

Salt to taste

Apple cider / white vinegar-1 tbsp

Method:

       In a pan add sugar and water boil till sugar dissolves add in garlic chopped,red chilly flakes and salt boil till it slightly thickens.Add in vinegar boil for sometime and cool them.Store in an airtight container. It can be stored in fridge for upto 3 months.

SPINACH HOMEMADE PASTA WITH WHITE SAUCE

Spinach homemade pasta with white sauce

Pastas are my kids all time favourite. They can eat pasta daily and I will make different kinds of pastas for them. This one is homemade pasta with yummy sauce. This post is for #59 blogging marathon Day 2 

Ingredients: 

Spinach - 1/4 cup blanced and pureed 

  Flour- 1 cup

  salt to taste 

  For sauce:  

 Butter- 1 tbsp 

 Flour- 1 tbsp 

Milk- 1 cup 

White pepper powder- 1/2 tsp 

salt to taste

Method:

In a bowl add spinach puree, flour and salt mix well and knead them to a thick dough and set aside for 10 mins. Knead the dough again and roll them into thin disks and cut them into desired shapes a long strip, tiny bits, twisted pieces etc.....place them in a plate by sprinkling semolina on them. It will protect them from sticking.

Heat water in a vessel and add a pinch of salt and a tsp of oil to it. when it heats add the spinach pasta and boil for 2-3 mins. Fresh pastas will get cooked soon. When its cooked and gets glossy look drain them and set aside by tossing them with some oil to prevent from sticking.

In a nonstick pan add butter and heats till it melts down add in flour and mix them till its cooked stir continuously now remove from fire and add milk whisk them without any lumps. Cook  them in slow fire till it thickens add in salt to taste and white pepper powder mix well now gently toss in pasta into the sauce and mix well. Serve hot.............

PASTA AND CHEESE BAKE

Pasta and cheese bake

Italian foods are famous worldwide and its most tastiest and easiest food in the world. Only 2-3 ingredients can make a delicious Italian dish. Me and my kids are the lovers of Italian food. We have tasted all kinds of pasta and even homemade too......This recipe is easy to make and soo delicious..........

This post is for #57 blogging marathon week 4 day 3 I love to share this recipe..............

Ingredients:

Pasta- 1 cup, boiled (any kind of pasta I used penne) 

 Mozarella cheese- 1/2 cup, grated 

 White sauce- 1/4 cup  

Egg-2 or boiled vegs to fill in the middle you can use sausages also

Method:

Preheat oven @ 200°c

In a mug arrange boiled pasta to fill the base and in sides keep a cavity in the middle  while arranging. Pour 1- 11/2 tbsp of white sauce to cover pastas all over and fill the cavity with vegs or break an egg or chopped sausages and sprinkle the grated cheese on top. Bake at 200°c for 25 mins and serve hot with garlic bread.

CHOCOLATE FRUITS MUG

Chocolate fruits mug

Kids love chocolates but they sometimes hesitate to eat fruits. If we give fruits along with chocolates they will tempt to eat them. For a twist if we serve fruits in a chocolate mug with some icecream........woow superb they will grab everything. Its an interesting recipe and this is my first attempt. Truly speaking it didnt came out that much perfect for me but the taste was awesome. I ate more than my kids.............

This post is for Blogging marathon #57  week 4 day 2 I love making this yummy chocolate mugs.............

Ingredients:

Dark chocolate - 1 cup  

 Strawberries- 1/4 cup, chopped  

kiwi fruit - 1, chopped  

Apples- 1/4 cup, chopped 

 Chopped nuts- 2 tbsp

 Sugar- 2 tbsp  

whipped cream/ any Icecream- 2 scoops

 Cherries to decorate

Method:

Take a clean coffee mug and saucer cover the plates with cling film and cover cling film inside the mug ans set them ready.

In a bowl add water and boil them place a clean bowl on the top without touching the water. Add chopped dark chocolate in the bowl and keep stirring till it melts and remove from the heat and cool them slightly. Now spread a thick layer over the saucer and the mug which is covered with cling film. Cover completely without any lumps or holes. Keep them in freezer for an hour to set.

Meanwhile add chopped fruits, nuts, sugar in a bowl mix well and place in the fridge.

Take the mug and saucer and carefully remove the saucer and mug then peel the cling film carefully. Do it carefully or it will breakdown. 

Now you will get a yummy chocolate mug and saucer fill some fruits and nuts mixture and pipe some whipping cream. Decorate with cherries and serve chilled..................

MANGO MOUSSE MUGS

Mango mousse mugs

A mug treat is a comfort food  for all kinds of people. Kids will have more excitement when they have their favourite food in a mug. I made mango mousse with my leftover whipping cream and the mangoes which we can't eat as it is becoz of its sour taste. I converted it into a yummy mango mousse and got many appreciation from my family members.......

Really they won't easily appreciate my cooking as they like only traditional Indian recipes. But this mousse was a superhit they loved eating them.

This post is for blogging marathon #57 week 4 day 1 and theme is mug treats.................

Ingredients:

Fresh cream- 1 cup  

mango- 1, peeled and cubed  orange juice- 1/4 cup 

orange rind- 1 tsp  

sugar- 2 tbsp( add more if the mango is tasteless) i used nearly 1/4 cup 

 geletin powder- 1/2 tsp

 water- 1 tbsp

Method:

In a pan add mango cubes, orange rind, orange juice and sugar boil well till the mangoes cook completely and mashes well. Slightly  cool them and grind them into a thick pulp then strain them through a seive. You have to use a ladle to seive them through a strainer mash them completely and remove the husk. You can store them in a airtight container and store in freezer for an year. Until next mango season :D, this reminds me an advertisement too........

Beat chilled cream till  peaks form. Mix in the mango pulp for about 1/4 cup mix well and layer them in a glass mug half filled. Keep them in fridge for 1/2 an hour to set. Meanwhile heat gelatin with water till it dissolves and add to the remaining mango pulp. 

Gently pour them on the top of mango cream filled mugs to form a layer and set them in fridge for about an hour and serve chilled this yummy treat...........................

 

BISCUIT CHOCO ROLL

Biscuit choco roll

This is a yummy roll that can be made easily without cooking and baking. My kids love this roll for its sweetness,softness and yummy chocolaty taste. enjoy this lovely roll with your kids. even they can prepare by their own, it will be extra fun.

This post is for #BM 57 week 2 and day 3 by srivalli.

Ingredients:  

chocolate roll 

Biscuit - 1 pac  

Powdered sugar- 2 tbsp  

Cocoa powder- 1 tbsp 

Melted butter- 1/4 cup

Cream filling:

butter- 1/4 cup 

 icing sugar- 2 cups  

vanilla essence- 1/2 tsp

Beat butter add sugar and vanilla essence beat well and set aside.

Method:

Crush the biscuits in a blender till fine powder. Add sugar, cocoa powder mix well and slowly add butter and mix well till you can roll the dough. Place a butter paper and spread the biscuit dough place another paper on top and roll with rolling pin into a rectangular shape. Remove the butter paper on top and now spread the cream filling on top. Gently roll the choco roll slightly tilt the butterpaper upwards. When it rolled completely cover with the paper and freeze for 2 hrs.

Cut them into slices and serve..

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BANANA TOFFEE

Banana toffee

Toffee is a candy made with caramelized sugar, It will get crackling on our mouth and melt down. Toffee made with bananas mmm yumm.... Kids will love to eat them. Its a yummy dessert can have with icecreams. 

Banana is rich in pectin it enhances digestion. It prevents kidney cancer, eye diseases, constipation. It controls blood sugar level and helps to cool body temperature. Even the banana peel also helps to prevent itching due to bug bites.

Banana toffee is the classic chinese dessert, soft and chewy inside and nutty and crunchy outside. Its delicious and a must try recipe.............

Ingredients: 

Batter:

Banana- 2, sliced  

 flour- 1/4 cup

 salt a pinch  

Oil for frying

Method:

In a bowl add flour, salt mix well with water to make a thick batter. Heat oil and dip banana slices in the batter and fry them in medium heat till golden brown and set aside.

Toffee:

sugar- 3/4 cup  

sesame seeds for garnishing 

A bowl of  ice cubes in water

In a non stick pan add sugar and melt till it caramelizes and turns golden brown. Now dip the banana in caramel,coat all over and immediately put them in ice water bowl. Remove from water and sprinkle sesame seeds over them and serve the crispy banana toffee with or without icecream......................

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