Strawberry Souffle...!!!

                           Quick  Strawberry Souffle!!!

Before trying this preparation,actually I didnt have any idea about this.Though sometimes I heard about this and used to think that it might be a very difficult one and it's beyond my capacity.But it's look is so good ,that I many times thought to prepare it for my daughter.

 Few Days ago,in a food channel,I watched this recipe.It was Sanjeev Kapoor's Khana Khajana,and surprisingly I saw that this recipe is just nothing and with  only one or two easy steps anybody can make it.For this only few essential ingredients are required.

Immeadiately bought all of them and tried once.As this is a strawberry season, I prepared Straberry souffle.But with other fruits you can also try,only except Pine Apple,Kiwi,Watermelon etc,because those fruits contain large amount of water and therefore souffle will not set.


Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Condensed Milk: 1 tin
Strawberry Crush: 4 Table spoon
Strawberry Gelly Crystals:1 packet
Fresh Mint leaves.
Silicon Moulds/Glass bowls.

Process:

For Strawberry Crush:

 In a mixer grinder add 1 cup of powdered sugar,1 cup of water and 10-12 chopped strawberry and blend it well.Pour it in a bowl and keep aside.

For Souffle:

• Now take a big bowl and add the condensed Milk.
• Take an another large bowl and add some hot boiling water and then add the whole packet of strawberry jelly crystals and mix very well with a spoon or stirer.(Insturctions are written on the backside of the packet).
• Then pour this mixture into the condensed milk and whisk it contineously so that it can be mixed properly with the condensed milk and no lump can be formed.
• You dont need to add sugar as the condensed milk,itself has lots of sugar.
• Now add four table spoon of stawberry crush into it.
• Then pour this mixture in each of your silicon moulds or glass bowls.
• Put them in a plate and keep inside the refrigerator atleast for 6-7 hrs (dont worry,if it takes few more hours) so that the mixture can transformed into souffle.

• When the souffle will set,unmould  it carefully.
• To unmould loosen edges of the souffle or flan from the moulds with the tip of a knife.
• Top with plate and invert plate and mould. 
• Serve it with some mint leaves and eat immediately before they melt.
• No need to tell that it's superb in taste and my daughter enjoyed it very much.

                                 Enjoy Your Food..!!!


 

Amsatto Sandesh...Mango Milk Cakes...!!!

Amsatto Sandesh....Mango Milk Cakes...!!

Bengali Sweets are famous all over the world,even the word "mishti''(sweet) also.I can understand the feeling of all those bengali people,live far away from Bengal and have no way to get those easily.So,sometimes few of them try to prepare those at their own home.Poulami ,is one of my such friend and she has become just an Expert in this field.I wish I could prepare those sweets like her.Obviously,I have learned this preparation from her and made with just a very little variation.And the result was so good I just cant describe.I want to prepare this again and again and planned I will prepare this not only for my weekend guests but also want to surprise my relatives in Kolkata including my Mom also.:D

This is not a very difficult process ,very easily and with all the easily availble ingredients you can prepare at your home.

Here is the recipe:



Ingredients:

• Chhana/Chhena( Cottage Cheese): 200gm
• Mangobar( Amsatto):200 gm (1 packet)
• Condensed Milk:2 Table Spoon
• Full Cream milk:1 cup
• Heavy cream:1/2 cup.( those who cant get heavy cream in store can prepare it home also.)

This measurements will be equal to one cup of heavy cream.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter

Method:

Melt the butter.

Mix milk with butter & stir well. 
 

• One cup of powdered Sugar.
• Handful of Raisin
• Butter for greasing.

Process:

• Put all the ingredients in a mixer blender and blend them.
• Keep one thing in mind that,your mixture should not be grinded in such a way that,it becomes very sticky.
• Try to keep it little thick.
• Now grease a microwave safe bowl (little flat ,shallow bowl is preferable) with butter.
• Pour all the mixture into the bowl and out it inside your microwave.
• Set your microwave to full power and just heat it upto 8-10 mins.
• But be careful  and check in every 2 mins.
• It may be ready before the time I given,as different microwave has different temperature set up.
• Once it done,let it cool for some time.
• After that,cut it in your desired shapes.
• Garnish it with some raisin and small strip of mangobar or amsatto.
• The taste is amazing.

                                                             Enjoy Your Food..!!!

 

Mutton Rogan Josh...A Sunday Special Preparation...!!!!

                    Mutton Rogan Josh...!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Weekend means end of the work...!!!! weekend means time for relaxation and ofcourse it means food cravings!!!!!

I can remeber in my childhood,on Sundays, Maa always tried to do something different and very special for all of us,either for breakfast or for lunch,. And unlike the other weekdays she used to be more busy inside kitchen,on those days.

Nowadays, I do the same like Maa...Weekends are the more busy days for me as I  hardly get  a chance to relax.But anyway,I am lucky enough that my husband and even my four years old daughter very rarely order or demand for something.
But It's me,who cant overcome  the traditional thoughts to prepare A Special And Different  Sunday's Lunch.

On last  Sunday,after a lovely breakfast,I decided to break the trend and went for a mutton prepration( Mutton Rogan Josh) for my husband and daughter as they love to eat that though I dont,but there is an another satisfaction to prepare something for the beloved ones.

But I dont have any idea about that dish and therefore started to find recipes for it in "Google",the only way to solve your all problem nowadays..(LOL).Lots of recipes I found and cofused what should I follow.Finally I chose one and following that I prepared my desired dish and the result was so good I cant explain.My husband gave me the best compliment ever that he has ever tasted such a beautiful and tasty Rogan Josh.

Mutton Rogan Josh is the most famous Kashmiri dish and has thin gravy and a thick layer of oil on top.Quality of meat plays an important role in this dish. Select meat with a lot of fat.
 But here I want  to clear one thing that,as my husband and ofcourse my little one cant eat spicy or hot dishes I have restriced the use of kashmiri chillis in my dish,but you can use this ingredient as per your choice.

 This dish is best enjoyed with steaming hot boiled rice.



Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• Mutton:500gm

• Mustard Oil:5/6 tbsp
• Curd:1/2 cup
• Onion:2 finely chopped
• Ginger paste:1 1/2 tbsp
• Garlic paste:2 tbsp
• Kashmiri red chilly powder:As per your choice
• Garam masala powder:1 tsp
• Coriander powder:1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder:1/2 tsp
• Cumin powder:1 tsp
• Asafoetida:1tsp
• Cloves:4-6
• Green cardamom:4
• Cinnamon:2 stick
• Few threads of mace
• White cream:2-4 tbsp
• Salt

 

Process:

•  In a bowl, mix mutton with curd and a little salt and mustard oil and keep aside. for atleast half an hour.

    
                                                              Marination..

•  Heat oil in pressure cooker and put whole garam masala.
• When they start to crackle, put chopped onions and fry till they turn golden brown.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and fry again for about two minutes.
• Add all the masala powder and fry till the oil comes up.
• Now add mutton with the marinade paste and stir fry on a high flame for 2 minutes.
• Add water and little salt and cook with the lid closed till 2 whistles come out.
• Check whether the meat becomes tender and the gravy is medium thick in consistency.
•  Add cream and stir well and cook for about 5 more minutes.
• Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with rice, pulao or roti.

                                        Enjoy Your Food....!!!



 

Strawberry Yoghurt....A Sweet,Healthy Dessert....!!!

Strawberry Yoghurt..!! A Sweet,Healthy Dessert...!!

It has been proved many times that few preparations,made with very less efforts sastisfy our taste bud more than some preparations made with a tough process.Though it's not necessarily true all the time.
Two or three days ago,I prepared a sweet dessert with two or three very easy steps and that preparation really made us so happy.Specially my litttle one,praised me fully.

Delicious and nutrition-rich red colored strawberries are among the most popular berries. Native to Europe, however, nowadays the  berries are widely cultivated as an important commercial crop in many temperate regions all over the world.This fruit is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Folate and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C and Manganese.

Botanically, the plant is a runner (creeper), belongs to the family of Rosaceae, of the genus: Fragaria.( Though I was a student of Zoology,I have a very little knowledge in Botany too,though Botany is just a horrible subject to me ,and all the time I used to search my books for informations. :P :P )

In my home,there is a strawberry addict ...;) :D.Actually my little one loves this fruit like anything.In the morning,at breakfast table,she wants her conflakes garnished with raisins and lots of chopped strawberry and in the similar way,she loves her fruit salad,icecream with this fruit.

In Mumbai,strawberries are mostly available in huge amount during winter season.So,I was thinking since few days,other than eating the fruits in this way,we could use it in some other way too.Therefore,I prepared Strawberry Souffle(recipe will be given soon) ,strawberry milk shakes,cup cakes using crushed strawberries,Then I prepared this strawberry yoghurt and believe me,it was just heavenly.

The recipe is very simple and consists of only two three steps.

Ingredients:

• Strawberry:10-12 pieces(chopped finely)
• Hung youghurt:2 cups
• Powdered Sugar:1/2 cup
• Vanilla Ice-cream:200 ml.

Process:

• Hung yogurt is made from hanging yogurt tied ,in a cheesecloth and draining the liquid out of it.I want to add that hung or creamy yoghurt, as it is healthier than the normal yoghurt.

                                                             Hung Yoghurt

• I placed about 500gm of  yoghurt in a squared shaped muslin cloth and tied the four corners of the cloth tight and hanged it overnight under my kitchen tap and in the next day morning when I untied the cloth I found the creamy, nice, thick and waterless yoghurt.

                       (I should have chopped My Strawberries more finely.)

                  

•  Now in a mixing bowl add the hung yoghurt,powdered sugar and the        vanilla ice cream and mix them very well.
• Then add some finely chopped strawberries with it and mix again.
• Now your strawberry yoghurt is ready.
• Serve it garnished with few more finely chopped strawberry.
• Believe me,the taste is not less than the store bought strawberry yoghurt.
• Serve this at your breafast table  or as dessert after dinner or lunch.

                            Enjoy Your Food...!!!!
 

Apple Pie...!!!!!

                                            

     

 

 

To be very frank and honest, I am just a novice in the field of baking.But  I have a huge interest in this and I want to improve my baking skills. More than once,I have prepared very simple chocolate and vanilla cakes,at my home but never had enough confidence to make  pie ,muffins etc. etc.When last time I was successful in making banana muffines(inspired by one of my sweetest sis,Payel),in my first attempt,I wanted to take a chance to prepare something different again.

I always used to keep an eye on magazines,news papers,different cooking shows and ofcourse in various cooking groups of facebook for good recipes.Few days ago, I read a very simple and easy apple pie  recipe in a magazine and following that only ,I prepared this yesterday at my home and nevertheless to tell that it turned out really delicious.Today I became quite confident about its yummilicious taste when I saw my daughter, for the first time, has completely finished her tiffin at school.And guess what I have given her for today's tiffin ???    ...Yessss,it was the Apple Pie,I prepared yesterday.


Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

 

• 1 1/2 cup cake flour(all purpose flour),
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4teaspoon  salt                                                                                                                                         
• 1 cup sugar                                                                                                                         
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
•  100gm Butter (Melted)
• 50 ml Full Cream Milk
• 100ml Water
• 2-3 Apples
• 2-4 tbsp Lime Juice
• Sugar for sprinkling.

 

 

Directions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Preheat Your oven at 180 degree celcius for 10 mins.
• Wash Apples,peel and cut 2/3 rd of them in thin slices and mix with lime juice.
• Cut remaining apples into cubes.
• Mix the all purpose flour,baking powder,salt,sugar,vanilla extract,melted butter),milk,water and the apple cubes.
• Mix them until a smooth batter is formed.
• Now grease and flour a baking pan or tray and pour the batter in it.
• Put the apple silces fan shaped on the batter.
• Bake it 180 degree celcius until a tooth pick ,inserted into the centre ,comes out clean.Normally it takes 50-60 mins to bake completely.
• After baking brush cake sparingly with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar granules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I want to mention one thing,if you want apple crumble, after making the batter and greasing your pan,knead  100gm flour,50 gm sugar ,2-3 drops of vanilla essence and 1 pinch of cinnamon powder till crumbles are formed .Sprinkle crumbles on the top and bake.( I didnt do this step).

 

 

                                     

                                        Enjoy Your Food....!!!!