Not-So Madeleine

Madeleines  are small shell-shaped sponge cake commonly recognized as cookie. I don't  have molds so I converted the Madeleine batter into cookie dough.So here we go.

Ingredients :



300 gms of self raising Flour

3-4 tbs of Honey

100 gms of curd

50 gms of  Butter/Oil

1 tsp of  Baking powder

Finely grated zest of  1 lemon and juice of half  Lemon.

Some red and green Fruit candies (commonly called cherries)


Pre-Heat your microwave at 180 degree C , grease your baking tray and keep it aside.Sift your Flour and Baking powder and keep it aside.
Melt Butter mix in Curd , Honey , zest and juice of Lemon and whisk.Now fold in Flour mixture scoop by scoop and bring the mixture together to form a dough.
Roll the dough in walnut sized balls and place them on baking tray slightly apart.Place the candies in center of balls,flatten them with help of back of Fork. Bake them for 10-15 minutes or until they turn golden brown.
Carefully take them out .Eat them warm or cold .With-Without some lemon cream,its your choice..
I am signing off for my much awaited Break. :) will be back by next year ;)


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Yummy Lemon Sponge ! :)

Chocolates,Cakes,Halwas.. are considered as comfort food . Of-course they do not make your problems disappear,yet they sooth you enough . Here is one light cake which I made specially for my Ma ,in hope,it might provide the comfort that I want to give her on my part.

Ingredients :

50 gms of Butter/Oil

400 gms of  Milkmaid Condensed Milk

400 gms of self raising Flour

1 tsp of  Vanilla essence

100 gms of  Curd

Finely grated zest of  1 Lemon

Some red and green Fruit candies

1 tbs of granulated Sugar

1 tsp of Baking Powder & Baking Soda

Pre-Heat your microwace at 180 degree C,grease your cake pan or dish and keep it aside.
Sieve Flour,baking powder and baking soda and keep it aside.Melt Butter and  mix in Curd ,Zest Vanilla essence and Condensed milk,whisk.Now fold in Flour gradually and mix.You can add Fruit candies and mix in or Pour the mixture in prepared baking dish  and scatter these babies in the end along with sugar.I forgot to mix the candies in batter.Bake it for around 25-35 minutes and your sponge is ready !

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Christmassy Snow Balls !

Its been awhile since I last posted.Winter is here and Christmas is around the corner.Hence I am all in celebration mood plus I just Looooooooove Winter and all that Christmassy feel :)
So I am back with my sweet tooth again.Hope you guys like this experiment.

Ingredients :

100 grams of Almonds & Cashew nuts ( chopped )

50 grams of Raisins

50 grams of  Cocoa powder

1-2 tbs of  Coffee powder

60-100 grams of Bournville chocolate or any dark chocolate (finely chopped)

1-2 tsp of  Honey

100 grams of desiccated Coconut  (use the freshly grated one)



Mix all ingredients except for Coconut and Chocolate and work the mixture.Chocolate will go in double boiler to melt .Wash your hand and take a small portion of the mixture and roll  into a ball with help of your palms.Dip this ball into melted chocolate.Leave it for a while to cool down and then roll it in desiccated Coconut and your Snow Ball is ready to be gulped :P .Repeat the steps for rest of the mixture.Make sure your Almonds & Cashew nuts are chopped well else you will struggle like I did while rolling them into proper shapes.Best part , you can save these  for weeks :) .


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Dark Hot Chocolate B-)

I don't need any excuse to hog on chocolates ;)
But a cold winter night is perfect time to enjoy a cup of Hot Chocolate :)

So here we go

Ingredients :

2 rows of Bournville raisin n nuts chopped ( you can use any other chocolate )

2-3 tbs of Cadbury's chocolate powder

Less than half a cup of hot milk (optional)

Half cup of boiling water


1 or 2 Choco sticks








Put the chopped Chocolates in a mug and pour some boiling water over it and stir until all of it melt. Add Chocolate Powder and stir again to mix it well now add hot milk and all of boiling water and mix them well.Now just put in Choco sticks in it and Voila ! My delicious dark hot chocolate all ready :)

If you like it sweeter you can add 1 or 2 tsp of Honey or Sugar.

If you don't like dark chocolate , just skip the dark chocolate and make it with just chocolate powder or instead of dark chocolate use some of classic Dairy milk ones :)

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Dark Luscious Chocolate - Raisin Brownies ;)

Its been long since I last posted.So I came back with my dark sweet tooth  ;)

  Ingredients :

  4-5 tbs of Butter

 50 gms of powdered Sugar 

 4-6 tbs of  Honey

 120 gms of Dark chocolate ( I got Bournville )

  

 100 gms of self raising Flour (Maida)

 100 gms of  Cocoa Powder

  3 Eggs 

  

  1 tsp of vanilla essence 

   

  1 tsp of Baking Powder

  Preheat the microwave at 160C .Place butter , sugar , chocolate in a saucepan over low heat  and stir until the butter is melted. Add cocoa powder into butter-chocolate mixture  and whisk it well. Now add honey , vanilla , essence and eggs whisking well . Swift flour and baking powder and whisk to combine.

Now pour the mixture in a greased baking dish and bake it for around 35-40 minutes.Allow  it to cool before slicing.Serve it hot or cold with or without Chocolate ganache its on you :)

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Fundu Ice Cream Puddle ;)

This dessert looks hideous  :/ Hence I gave it the name Puddle :P. I did not have the cake baking tin so could not give it a proper round shape,though I tried , else it would have looked a lot better :P. But then I thought, what the hell, its not a girl in some beauty pageant  that it must look pretty.In the end what  matters is Taste :)

       So here we go.

Ingredients:

20  Digestive Biscuits ( depends on your baking tin or whatever container you are using I use a pot (Bhagona) lined it with aluminium foil leaving extra sides so that I can take the desert out easily )

1 small tetra pak of  Amul fresh cream

1 90 gms poch of  Bournville Raisin and Nut ( You can use any Dark chocolate )

4-5  slices of white bread ( sides removed or you can use as it is)

1 Brick of vanilla ice cream 

2 tbs of sugar (optional)

Crush the biscuits  coarsely and put the fresh cream to boil.Take it off the burner and add pieces of chocolates in it and mix it properly.

Place the layer biscuits in any dish and pour chocolate ganache all over it ( not all of it ) and now place bread slice over it and cover the first layer properly.Pour ganache over bread slices and cover it with vanilla ice cream layer.Now repeat the bread layer then ganache (all of it) and in the end ice cream. Keep it refrigerator for around 15 minutes 

And your Puddle is ready to dive in :) ;)

Ciao ! 

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Yummy 3Cs (Corn Capsicum Cream)

Well here is the guest recipe I got from friend. Its tried and tested :)

Ingredients :

1-2 bowls of Sweet Kernel corn (boiled)

1 capsicum finely chopped

1 onion finely chopped

1 tomato half of it finely  chopped slice the other half in thin pieces for garnish (optional)

1 tsp Garam Masala  and  Pav Bhaji masala

1 tsp red chili powder

Some cream ( 3-4 tbs)

Salt to taste

2 tbs of oil any cooking oil

Some coriander leaves finely chopped



As the oil heats up in skillet add red Chili powder,after a second add chopped Onions,stir fry, now add Capsicum, stir fry.In goes chopped Tomatoes,cover it with lid for few minutes.When the Tomatoes are done add some garam masala and pav bhaji masala,cover it again for 2-3 minutes.Now add boiled Corn and some salt and cover it for 5 minutes.In goes Cream and Coriander,cover it for 2 minutes and it done :)

Have it with garam parathe or roti,its on you :)

Ciao!

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