Saturday, March 15, 2014

HOMEMADE PIZZA


Ingredients 
Maida (All purpose flour) - 220 gms (2 Cup)
Olive Oil - 2 table spoon
Yeast - 1 table spoon
Sugar - 1 tea spoon
Salt - 1/2 tea spoon

Method
Yeast is the main ingredient to make dough for Pizza Base. You can either use instant Dry Active Yeast or dry yeast.

Sieve the Maida in a separate plate, add Olive Oil, and Salt yeast ad sugar to it. Mix them well. Knead the Maida mix thoroughly about 5-7 minutes until it gets smooth. Grease the smooth dough with some oil and keep it away for about 2-3 hours covered with fresh clean towel. Place the bowl at a warm place. Within 2-3 hours the dough will rise up and get double in quantity. Pizza dough is ready to make Pizza.

How to make Pizza

Take the Pizza dough and roll it with hands in a round shape. Dust it with a little dry Maida and roll it into 10 inch round disc on a rolling board. The Pizza base should be thick from the corners. 
Tip: Before baking pizza prick the pizza base from fork to avoid puffing.

MASALA PEANUTS IN MICROWAVE


Ingredients 
Peanuts - 1 cup
Gram flour - 1/3 cup
Salt - 3/4 tsp
Red chilliy Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam
 masala - 1/2 tsp
Chaat
 masala - 1/2 tsp
Corainder powder - 1/2 tsp
Mango powder - 1/2 tsp 
Fresh Coriander leaves 4 table spoon
Ginger Garlic paste 1 table spoon
Baking soda - 2 pinch 
Asafoetida - 1 pinch 
Oil – 1-2 tbsp 

Method
  1. Take a big bowl and put gram flour into it and add salt, red chilly powder, garam masala, coriander powder, mango powder, baking soda, Fresh Coriander leaves, Ginger Garlic paste and asafoetida into it. Use Mango powder later on. 
  2. Add water in peanuts. The level of water should be more than that of peanuts. And strain them immediately. Peanuts should be wet only. 
  3. Now add these wet peanuts in the gram flour and mix them. Peanuts should be well coated with the ingredients. If gram flour is still left then add 1- 2 tbsp of water.whole chickpea flour should be used and coated well on the peanuts. Now add oil and mix them well. 
  4. Place the peanuts in microwave safe plate and separate them. 
  5. Place the tray in microwave. Microwave them on maximum temperature for 4 minutes. Take the tray out and flip the peanuts and microwave them again for 1 more minute. Now take the tray out of the microwave. Garnish chaat masala on the peanuts and mix it. If you find them less crispy then microwave them again for 1 minute. 


DRY COCONUT STUFFED BRINJAL


Ingredients 
Brinjal(baigen) - 6-7 long (400 gram)
Raw coconut - 1/ 4 cup grated
Green coriander - 2-3 tbsp finely chopped
Oil - 1/4 cup
Green chilies - 2-3 finely chopped
Coriander powder - 1.5 tsp
Salt - 3/4 tsp (to taste)
Red pepper - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida- 1/2 pinch
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
Rei - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Dry mango powder - 1/2 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece (grated)
White sesame seeds - 1tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp

Method

  1. Heat a pan and add urad dal and chana dal and roast slightly, add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and sesame seedsand roast . Cool the spices and grind them coarsely, also add salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
  2. Put the grinned spices in a plate, add heeng powder, aamchur powder, red chilly powder, anardana, ginger, green chilly, coconut and green coriander. Mix all the spices well. Stuffing for the eggplant is ready.
  3. Make 2 cuts on brinjal in the same manner shown here. The stalk should be joined,with this there will be three layers on the brinjal, fill stuffing in them. Cut all the brinjals and stuff them.
  4. Heat the pan, put oil in the pan, add the stuffed brinjals in the pan one by one. Pour the left spices on the brinjals. Cook for 5 mins on medium flame.
  5. Open the brinjal and check whether they have become soft. Brinjals are ready.




HOMEMADE PAV BREAD


Ingredient
All purpose flour 2.5 cup
Ghee or oil 2 table spoon
Salt 1/2 tea spoon
Sugar 2 tea spoon
MIlk 1/2 cup
Instant Active dry yeast 2 table spoon
Method:


  1. Take a big bowl sieve maida salt into this add sugar, oil and yeast and mix well and make a nice dough.If milk is not enough add some warm water.
  2. Take some oil into your hand and apply it oil in top of the dough and cover the bowl with plate or towel and keep it for 3-4 hours in the warm place until dough is rise double in size.
  3. After dough is risen double in size make a equal size balls from it and place the balls into a grease baking tray at a distance and cover the tray with towel and leave it for 30 to 40 min.
  4. Preheat the oven at 200 degree C and bake the pav for 10 to 20 min. Check the pav after 10 min if you see light golden crust on the pav then bake it for another 5 min.
  5. After pav is perfectly bake you can apply some butter on this for make a crust smooth & fresh.

Tip: You can apply some milk before backing the pav; milk will gets nice color like market.

Friday, March 14, 2014

OCTS BARS


ingredient 
1/2 cups (230 grams) old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup (80 grams) whole almonds, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup (113 grams) honey
1/4 cup (56 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/4 cup (50 grams) packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup (60 grams) dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (67 grams) mini chocolate chips

Method
Prepare Oven and Pan
1.      Heat oven to 177 degrees C Line bottom and sides of a pan with aluminum foil. Then lightly oil or spray with cooking spray.
Toast Oats and Nuts
1.      Add oats and almonds to a small baking sheet then bake 5 minutes, stir and bake another 3 to 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Transfer to a large bowl.

Prepare Oats Bars
1.      Combine butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla extract and the salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until butter melts and the sugar completely dissolves.
2.      Pour butter mixture in to bowl with toasted oats and almonds. Mix well. Let cool about 5 minutes then add other nuts and a 1/4 cup of the mini chocolate chips. Stir to combine. (The chocolate chips will most likely melt a little. This is fine; they turn into glue and help to hold the bars together).
3.      Transfer oat mixture to lined pan then use a rubber spatula or finger tips to firmly press the mixture into the pan. (Press hard here, this way the bars will stay together once cooled and cut — press for about one or two minute to be extra safe).
4.      Add remaining 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips over pressed oats mixture then use a rubber spatula to gently press them into the top. Cover then refrigerate at least 2 hours.
5.      Remove block of oats mixture from pan then peel away aluminum foil. Cut into 12 bars.


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

KIWI KOOLER



Ingredients
2 cups crushed ice
4 tsp sugar syrup
8 tbsp 8 tbsp kiwi crush 4 tbsp lemon juice 2 bottles (300 ml) chilled soda For The Garnish 4 slices of kiwi

Method
In a tall glass, place ½ cup of crushed ice.Pour 1 tsp of sugar syrup, 2 tbsp kiwi crush, 1 tbsp lemon juice over it and stir using a stirrer.Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to make 3 more glasses.Top each glass with ½ bottle of chilled soda water and serve immediately garnished with a slice of kiwi.