Strawberry Milkshake

Ingredients

Strawberries 6 or more (Makes two glass of milkshake)

Milk 2 cups

Sugar 1 cup

Directions - How to make

Blend all the ingredients in a mixer. Refrigerate it for sometime. Enjoy your strawberry milkshake after a while.

Bread Pudding

Base of the bread in the bread packets are usually thrown away as the crust is very thick to be eaten.  Those who buy bread every week might be facing this. I would like to share on how to use it without wasting and relish it in the form of pudding.

Ingredients

Bread crust (base) 4

Milk 1 1/2 cup

Eggs 2
Sugar 1 cup

Vanilla Essence 1 tsp (or) Vanilla custard powder diluted in little milk

Cinnamon powder ( a pinch)

Raisins and cashews (Optional)

Directions - How to make

Preheat the oven at 190 C.

Toast the bread and break them into small pieces. Layer them over a baking pan greased with butter. In a small bowl blend the milk, eggs, vanilla essence and the sugar well. Pour them over the layered bread pieces. Make sure it covers the bread pieces evenly. Sprinkle some cinnamon powder. Finally layer it with raisins and nuts.

Place the pan in the preheated oven and take it out after 25-30 minutes. The pudding puffs up like a cake. The sides turns brown. Insert a knife to check if its baked well. Once the knife comes out without sticking to the pudding, take out the pudding from the oven. Either eat it hot or refrigerate it for an hour before serving.

Fish Fry

Ingredients

Fish (12 pieces)

3 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp turmeric powder

2 tsp coriander powder

2 chopped green chillies
2 tsp chilli powder
Chopped curry leaves (Handful)

Chopped coriander leaves (Handful)

1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp oil

Salt ( According to taste)

Directions - How to make



Seabass



Clean and wash the fish in running water. In a small bowl add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped curry leaves, chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and salt. Add 1 spoon oil and lemon juice to it and mix well. Apply this mixture evenly to the fish pieces. Marinate for atleast an hour in the refrigerator.

Place the pan on the stove. Once its hot, add little oil and place the marinated fish. Frying takes up only little oil as oil has been added to the fish already while marinating. Cook for 3 minutes. Turn and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the fish is cooked. Cook over medium heat. Serve hot with fish curry and rice.

 

Masala Puri

This evening my hubby wanted to have Masala Puri and was wondering if I knew how to make it. Though am not very fond of it, I tried making it with the little green peas and the few ingredients I had at home. I did'nt have the puris and sev, but it did come out well.

Ingredients

1/2 cup boiled green peas (salted)      
2 green chillies  (Green chillies must be carefully used as it can make it very hot)
1/2 cup coriander leaves
2 cloves

1 inch cinnamon

1 Bay leaf
4-5 pepper
Tamarind (Grape sized)
Salt
Coriander powder 1/2 tsp
Dry mango powder or Aamchoor 1/2 tsp

Rice powder 1/2 tsp

Wheat powder 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
1-2 tsp oil
1/2 medium sized onion
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
pinch of Asafoetida powder

Ingredients for Green chutney

3 Green chillies
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1-2 tsp Roasted cumin powder
Salt

Grind it all to a thick paste adding little water.

Ingredients for Garnishing

1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup boiled green peas
Salt
1/4 tsp chilli powder
Bombay sev
Chaat Puris
Coriander leaves
Lemon juice

Recipe for Masala Puri

Heat 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Once it starts spluttering, add the ginger garlic paste. Fry for a minute. Add the onions, salt and asafoetida powder. Fry for 2 minutes.

Grind this mixture along with 1/2 cup boiled peas, coriander leaves, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, bay leaf, green chillies and tamarind to a  thick paste adding required amount of water.

Next transfer the above contents to a wok. Add rice powder, wheat powder, aamchoor (dry mango powder) and coriander powder to it. Bring it to a boil. Keep at low flame and let it boil to a form a thick gravy.

Finally take a plate layer 1/2 cup green peas. Break the chaat puris on top of it. I used some unsalted potato chips as I did not have chaat puris at home. Sprinkle some salt and chilli powder. Next add the hot green chutney over it. Add the required amont of gravy and finally garnish the chaat with chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped coriander leaves. Adding sev to it completes the hot masala puri. Sprinkle some lemon juice on top. Enjoy it with evening tea.

Strawberry Cheesecake

Ingredients

Strawberry 10-12

Crushed cream biscuits (Chocolate or Vanilla)              

Butter 50 gms

Milk 1 1/2 cups

Cream cheese 50 gms ( I used grated mozarella cheese which I melted in the boiled milk)

Eggs 2

Whipped cream 50 gms

Sugar 1 cup

Vanilla Custard powder 1 tbsp

Directions - How to make

Heat the pan over sim flame. Melt the butter and add crushed vanilla cream biscuits to it. Mix them well and layer it to the greased baking tray to form the base.         

Now for the filling, heat the pan again. Boil 1 cup of milk, add 1/2 cup sugar and cheese to it and keep stirring till it melts. Let it cool and blend them together. Now take a bowl and beat the eggs well. Add the whipped cream to it. Now mix all together and pour it over the layer of crushed biscuits. Place the baking tray in a preheated oven (190 C or Gas Mark 5) for 25 -30 minutes. When the sides becomes brown and leaves the tray, poke a fork in the cheesecake. If the fork comes out clean it means it baked and can be taken out of the oven. Now let it cool. After cooling it, keep it in the refrigerator for 5 hours.

Finally for the topping, heat the pan. Boil 1/2 cup of milk. Dilute little vanilla custard powder into it (used as a substitute for cornstarch). Once the milk thickens add 4-5 strawberries cut into small cubes. Mash them well in the custard. Let it cool and refrigerate for an hour. Spoon this on top of the cheesecake and decorate it with sliced strawberries on top.

Keep it in the refrigerator for a while till it gets set and enjoy your strawberry cheesecake.

Malai Kofta

Ingredients

1 Cup grated bottleguard (lauki in Hindi and sorakkai in Tamil)

1/2 cup Gram flour (besan)

Rice Flour or Cornflour 1 tbsp

Grated cheese 2 tbsp

1- 2 Chopped Onions

1 big Tomato

Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

Chopped Green chillies

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

1/2 cup fresh cream

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Coriander powder 1 1/2 tsp

Garam Masala 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1 tsp
Ground cashews
Salt
Chopped Corainder leaves

Directions - How to make

To make the kofta: Squeeze out the water completely from the grated lauki. Add salt, ginger garlic paste, grated cheese, gram flour, rice flour,salt, coriander powder, chopped green chillies and little chilli powder. Mix them well. Make small balls and deep fry them in oil till they are golden brown. Keep them aside.

To make the gravy: Heat the oil in a wok. Add  chopped onions, ginger garlic paste, salt, tomatoes. Fry till the tomatoes gets mashed well and forms a paste. Add coriander powder, cumin powder and chilli powder. If it becomes too dry, add little water and take off. Grind this mixture in a mixie to form a paste.

Heat the oil in a wok again. Add cumin seeds, then the ground paste. Add water if required. Once it starts to boil, add the cashew powder ( just crush them lightly with a rolling pin) to the paste. Finally add the cream to it. Add the deep fried koftas, sprinkle some garam masala and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with chapattis or jeera rice.