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Wednesday 22 January 2020

Custard Cake with Choco Chips :



Ingredients -

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Castor or granulated sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 1
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Oil refined - 1/2 cup 
Choco chips - 2 tbsp
Milk - 3/4 cup
Custard powder - 5 tbsp 

Method - 

1. Sieve the flour, baking powder and baking soda together 
    in a plate.
2. Mix the milk and custard powder nicely.
3. In a big bowl take the oil and sugar and beat it with an 
    electric mixture for 2 minutes until incorporated well.
4. Add the egg and continue beating it.
5. Add flour gradually alternating with the custard milk
    until all mixed well.
6. sprinkle the choco chips in the batter, saving some for 
    garnishing.
7. Grease a 9 inch round baking dish with oil or line it 
     with a parchment paper.
8. Pour the cake batter evenly on it, sprinkle the remaining 
    choco chips over it and bake it on 180 degree Celsius 
    until baked well and a knife or a toothpick comes out 
    clean when inserted in it. 




Sunday 19 January 2020

Caramel Custard


Ingrerdients - 

Milk - 1 1/4 cup
Sugar - 3 tbsp
water - 1 tbsp
Eggs - 2 beaten
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Water - 2 tbsp



Method -

1. Put 1 tbsp water and sugar in a sauce pan over medium 
    heat and let it completely dissolve and come to a boil, 
    do not stir, at this point reduce the heat and let it cook 
    until it turns golden brown color, around four - five 
    minutes. Remove from heat and when the boiling has 
    stopped add 2 tbsp of hot water to the syrup.
2. In an another sauce pan heat 1 1/4 cup of milk and 3 
    tbsp of sugar  until the sugar dissolves. Let it cool until 
    its luke warm. 
3. Whisk the beaten eggs into the warm milk until mix thoroughly. 
4. Pour the caramel syrup into a 7 inch baking dish, before 
    pouring, warm it slightly if it's thickened a bit and spread it 
    evenly on to the baking dish. 
5. Pour the egg milk over the caramel sugar in the baking dish.
6. Preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius with water filled in 
    the dripping tray for 15 minutes. The tray should be filled 3/4.
7. Place the baking dish over the dripping tray and bake it until 
    the custard has set until 30 minutes.
8. To unmold it, carefully loosen its sides by circling a knife 
    around it, place a plate on top of the baking dish, holding 
    tightly, turn the dish upside down and carefully shake it 
    up gently to loosen it. It will slide onto the plate with the 
    caramel syrup which will form the beautiful golden 
    caramel sauce.



Monday 6 January 2020

Lobiya Dosa




Ingredients : 

Lobiya ( Black eyed beans)- 1 measuring cup
Semolina - 3 Tbsp
Coriander leaves or dil, fine chopped  - a bunch
Green chili - 1
Salt - 1/4 tsp 
Oil - 3-4 tbsp

Method- 
1. Soak the lobiya overnight or for 5-7 hours.
2. Grind it with green chili and salt to a fine paste,
    putting some water into it.
3. Take it out in a bowl, add the semolina, chopped 
     leaves, and put it to rest for 1/2 an hour.
4. Adjust the water, it should not be runny but of dropping
    consistency.
5. Heat a tawa and grease it with few drops of oil, half slice 
    of onion can be used to spread it evenly. This prevents
    from sticking to the pan.
6. Pour a ladle full of batter on the center of the tawa and 
    spread it evenly to get a circular dosa shape, drizzle some
    oil and cover the pan for few seconds to cook it evenly, 
    flip the dosa and cook it on the other side also after 
    spreading some oil. Cook till it's crisp from both the sides.
7. Serve it hot with coconut and tomato chutney.
8. This dosa is packed with goodness and protein.