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.

OLD FASHIONED DOUGHNUTS #BREADBAKERS

Old fashioned doughnuts #breadbakers

There are no other comparision with homemade doughnuts. I love to make doughnuts with yeast but I have to be patient till the yeast blooms and the dough rises. This old fashioned doughnuts is very quick and easy to make and contains not only the flour but also the potato and I have used pumpkin also to kindle the flavours.............

This post is for bread bakers, hosted this time by Holly bakers. 

Recipe source: midwestliving

Ingredients:

Potato- 2 peeled, boiled and mashed  

 pumpkin- 200 gms, peeled,boiled and mashed   

  Sugar- 3/4 cup  

Flour- 3 cups  

Eggs-2 

 Milk- 1/4 cup 

 Baking powder- 2 tbsp 

 salt- 1 tsp 

 Oil for frying

For glaze:  

  Instant coffee powder - 1 tsp 

  water- 1/4 cup

  vanilla essence- few drops

  Powdered sugar- 1 tbsp 

Method:

In a large bowl add potato mashed, pumpkin mashed mix them well add in powdered sugar blend them with a whisk becoz they will so sticky add in eggs beat well add milk too. Seive flour,baking powder and salt and add slowly to the mixture. Knead a loosen dough till non sticky and set aside for few mins.

Heat oil in a large skillet pan in medium heat and take a large amount of the dough roll and flat slightly then cut into doughnut shape. You can use a round lids for cutting doughnuts. Now fry in medium heat oil till golden brown and drain excess oil in absorbant paper. 

Mix the ing. given for glaze and pour over the doughnuts and serve...........

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#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

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.............