Banana Chocochip Muffins

This was the bestest muffin or cake I ever tasted… and it was proved by all means, as my brother who make faces for whatever I make also liked it so much that he had 2 of them in a single breath..

Not just the taste even colour and texture was so gudd that I was super impressed by myself… oopsss I don’t usualy boast about myself but today I think it’s a guudd excuse…… hehhehehehe..

Posting some pics of the muffin below… the recipe will follow in some time…

• To show you the texture from inside…

• This is how it looked like when taken out of the oven…

• Another view…

Vanilla & Nuts Muffins

Woowwww.. making muffins is much more easier than eating ‘em… don’t trust me!!!!!! then please go ahead and try this recipe… you’ll lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeee it… It’s a Vanilla muffin recipe but one can add nuts of their own choice or choco-chips…. etc etc…to make some variation to the original recipe… like I added almonds and raisins but I think walnuts would also taste really gud…

This quantity will make around 12 muffins…

INGREDIENTS:-

Dry Ingredients: Maida (Refined flour): 1 1/4 Cups + 2 Tbsp Castor Sugar: 1/2 Cup Baking Powder: 1 Tsp Baking Soda: 1/2 Tsp Nut/Chocochips/Tuttifruity: 1/4 Cup (optional)

Wet Ingredients Butter or Oil: 1/4 cup Milk: 3/4 Cup (Cold) Vanilla Essence: 1 Tsp White Vinegar: 1 1/2 Tsp

METHOD:-

• Combine all the wet ingredients in a Jug and keep aside.
• Mix with a wire Wisk all the dry ingredients.
• Combine both wet and dry ingredients take care not to over mix it.
• Pour in muffin moulds and bake at 180 – 200 degrees (depending on you oven) for 15- 20 mins.
• And its doneeeee………

Straight from the oven….

Yogurt Cake with Chocolate Glaze

Yes I have made cake with curd before but never in Microwave ( in the same mode which we heat food) so this was the first time…. and it came out really gud... it had very soft and gluee texture which I really liked… and above all was baked in just 6 mins… too good for a person like me who has zero patience…. if baked in convection mode or OTG it would have take 40 mins… so happy meeeeeee…..

I served it with chocolate glaze… same which is topped on doughnuts… and sprinkled some colourful sugar dots to make it more tempting (though my brother didn’t like it butttt I don’t care…. hehhehehe)

• Just out of microwave….

• With chocolate glaze and sugar dotsssss….

• Taken a bite…

• Closer view….

Keema Matar (Vegetarian)

This dish is made with minced meat and peas originally but to make a vegetarian version I substituted minced meat with Soya Granule… It came out really gud and was very easy to make… had it with homemade curd and thin chapatis….. mmmmmm tasted so guuudddd…. and vikas has asked me to  make stuff parantha with the little bit which is left…

This quantity will serve 2 ppl…

INGREDIENTS:-

Soya Granules: 1/2 Cup Water: 1/2  Cup Milk: 1/2 Cup Boiled/Frozen Peas: 1/2 Cup Chopped Onions: 1 1/2 Medium Chopped Tomato: 2 Medium Chopped Garlic: 4-5 Cloves

Oil: 2-3 Tbsp Red Chilly Powder: to taste Salt: to taste Garam Masala Powder: 1/2 Tsp Dry mango powder (amchur): 1/2 Tsp

Method:-

• Mix water and milk in a bowl and soak soya granules in it for 10 – 15 mins.

 

• Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onions and cook till golden brown.

• Add garlic and fry for 1/2 min.
• Then add garam masala and red chilly powder and again fry for 1/2 min.
• Now add chopped tomatoes and cook for 4-5 mins on low flame.

• When the tomatoes are done add soya granules.

• Cook till the water and milk is completely evaporated… continue cooking for 2-3 mins after that so that granules are fried nicely.
• Then add peas, salt and amchur powder mix well and cook for another 2-3 mins.
• Serve hot… with chapati…

Cheese Stuffed Broccoli Kofta/Balls

by Neetu

I have made koftas with many other veggies but not with broccoli so it was quiet exciting for me to try this one….. and it came out really gud… yes it’s a rich dish so make it for your special occasions…

This quantity will serve 2-3 ppl…

INGREDIENTS:-

For Koftas:- Broccoli: 1 Small Potato: 1 Medium Boiled Black Pepper Powder: to taste Salt: to taste Garam Masala: 1/4 tsp Aamchur Powder: 1/4 tsp Cheese Slice/cube: 1 Cornflour: 1 Tbsp Baking Powder: 1 Big Pinch oil : to fry For Gravy- Onion: 2 Medium

Ginger: 1/2 Inch Oil: 2-3 Tbsp Cumin Seeds: 1/2 Tsp Asafetida: a pinch Cashews: 10-12 Curd: 3 Tbsp Kasoori Methi: 1 Tbsp Garam Masala: 1/2 Tsp Amchur Powder: 1/4 Tsp Salt: to taste Red Chilly Powder: to taste Milk: 1/2 Cup Water: 1 Cup

 

METHOD:-

For Koftas:

• Grate broccoli  finely along with the tender stems.
• Heat oil in a pan, add broccoli and cook for 2-3 mins.
• Mash boiled potatoes and broccoli together.
• Add rest of the ingredients under koftas and mix well, check seasoning and adjust if required.
• Make balls/koftas with this mixture, stuffing cheese in between.
• Heat oil in a wok and deep fry the koftas

For Gravy:-.

• Grind onion & ginger to make  a fine paste and keep aside.
• Grind cashews  and curd to make a fine paste and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds when it crackles add asafetida and onion paste.
• Cook this till oil separates then remove from fire and add cashews paste.
• Cook this till nicely thick.
• Add spices, kasoori methi and cook for 2 mins more.
• Remove from fire again and add milk & water.
• Bring back to fire and cook till the gravy has nice & smooth consistency.

For Serving:-

• At the time of serving arrange koftas in serving bowl pour hot gravy over it and serve hot with Indian bread of your choice…

Grilled Aubergine & Cheese Sandwich

I know aubergine or eggplant or brinjal  or baingan is not everyone’s favorite… even I hated it in my childhood but now-a-dayss I really like it specially the grilled one.. It tastes so very good in pizzas, pastas… and sandwiches… if you have any more ideas to use grilled eggplant then plzzzz lemme know…. I would just love to try that…..but as of now plzz try this s/w its really gud…

INGREDIENTS:-

Aubergine (Brinjal): 2 nos. Long ones Tomato: 1/2 Big Chesse Slices: 2 Nos. Bread : 2 Slices

Mixed Herbs: 1 Tbsp Salt & Pepper: to taste Butter/oil: 2-3 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup: to serve

METHOD:-

• Slice the aubergine thinly, apply salt and keep side for 10 mins.

• Wash it nicely after that…
• Apply butter/oil, salt, pepper, herbs and rub nicely all over.

• Keep aside for 5 mins…
• Heat a pan and grill the slices nicely till done.. ( one can do it in oven also)

• Meanwhile cut the corners of the bread and toast it till crisp.

 

• Also deseed & slice the tomatoes as shown in pic.

• Take toasted bread and place grilled aubergine over it.

• Then place the cheese slice, tomato strips and sprinkle seasoning & herbs over it.

• Grill it in preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 mins or till the cheese melts..

 

• Serve hot with tomato ketchup…

Fried Egg in Bread

What to do when you are hungry n have just one egg & a slice of bread left in your fridge… this is what happened with me today… so I made this easy fried egg in bread… its as simple and easy  as a fried egg but just a li’l different in appearance that doesn't make it boring…

INGREDIENTS:-

Egg: 1 No. Bread: 1 Slice Oil: 1/2 Tsp

Salt: to taste Pepper: to taste Tomato Ketchup for garnish

METHOD:-

• Cut circle from bread with the help of a cookie cutter or lid of a round box.

• Heat oil in a pan.

• Put bread slice in the pan and crack an egg in the center.

• Cover with lid and cook till its set.

• If you like can serve it at this stage also but I like to cook a little from the other side as well… so I flipped it very carefully…

• Take out carefully from the pan, sprinkle salt an pepper over it and eat… if you like, add ketchup also… .. I don’t …did just for the pic.

Vegetarian Pasta Bolognese

This was my first attempt to cook Pasta Bolognese and the result was quite descent… except for the colour mine had a reddish colour where as I have seen brown coloured Pasta Bolognese in pics… may be I had added more tomatoes but still it tasted gud to me.. If you want you can reduce the quantity of tomatoes in yours..

Also I substituted minced meat with soya granules to make it vegetarian….

This quantity will serve 1-2 ppl…

INGREDIENTS:-

Penne Pasta: 1 Cup (uncooked) Soya Granules: 3/4 Cup Olive Oil: 1-2 Tbsp Garlic: 2 Cloves Chopped Onion: 1 Small Chopped *Capsicum: 1 Small Chopped

Tomatoes: 2 Small pureed Mixed Herbs: 2 Tbsp Salt: to taste Pepper: 1/4 tsp Red Chilly Powder: to taste Water: 1/4 Cup8

*I was running short of capsicum so didn’t add but one should add it to enhance the taste.

METHOD:-

• Soak soya granules in water till soft.

• Boil pasta in salted water till Al-Dante, apply some oil and keep aside .

• Heat oil in a pan add garlic & onion fry for 2 mins.
• Drain soya granules squeeze out the water nicely add to the onions, add chopped capsicum & fry till they turn brown.

 

• Add mixed herbs, spices, tomato puree & 1/4 cup water.

• Cook on moderate heat till oil separates.

• Add boiled pasta, mix well with the sauce and cook in slow flame for 1 min.

• Transfer this to serving plate, top it with grated cheese & serve hot…

Coconut Chutney

When I visited Chennai for the first time I found it so very surprising that ppl ate coconut chutney with almost everything , even with samosas, pakorars and stuff like that but later on even I developed a taste for that… yeah I don’t eat it with samosas but I do with paranthas.. :) n yes it tastes really gud… Its very simple and easy to make and there are so many versions of this as well…. so lets have a look at mine…

INGREDIENTS:-

Freshly Grated Coconut: 1 Cup (Remove brown skin) Roasted Peanuts: 2 Tbsp Curd: 1 Tbsp Curry Leaves: 8-10 Green Chillies: 1-2 Ginger: 1/2’’ Salt: to taste

For Tempering (Tadka) Oil: 2 Tbsp Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Tsp Red Chilli: 1 Piece Curry Leaves: few

METHOD:-

• Grind all the ingredients (except mentioned under tempering) to a paste adding water as required.

• Transfer the paste to a bowl.

• In a tempering pan heat oil then add mustard seeds when it crackles add curry leaves and red chilly, stir for 30 sec.
• Pour the tempering over chutney and serve with anything that you like.. :)