Rich Chocolate Sauce -
Ingredients -
Cooking chocolate - 100 g
Milk - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3-4 tbsp
Butter - 1 tbsp
Cream - 4 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Corn flour - 1 tsp
Method -
1. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it in a double boiler, in a bowl.
2. Put all of the ingredients together except cream and vanilla in a saucepan and heat over a low heat, stirring continuously.
3. Once all the ingredients have melted and blended together, take it off the heat and stir in cream and vanilla.
4. If it has boiled to a thick sauce add little water or if it is thin add little cornflour into it.
5. Serve it hot with cake or your favourite pudding.
Cocoa Chocolate Sauce -
Ingredients -
Butter - 1 tbsp
Milk - 1 cups
Sugar - 4-5 tbsp
Cocoa powder - 4 tbsp
Cream - 3 tbsp
Cornflour - 1 1/2 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Method -
1. Blend together the milk, sugar, cocoa powder and cornflour in a bowl.
2. Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and heat over a low heat until the mixture begins to boil.
3. Add butter and let it simmer for few minutes, stirring it continuously.
4. Take it off the heat, add vanilla essence and cream and stir well. 5. If it has boiled to a thick sauce add little water or if it is thin add little cornflour into it.
6. Serve the sauce hot with your favourite pudding.
Ingredients -
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Butter - 125g
Sugar granulated - 2 cups
Eggs - 4
baking powder - 1 1/3 tsp
Soda bi carb - 1/2 tsp
Cocoa powder - 4-5 tbs
Walnut chopped - 2-3 tbsp (optional)
Luke warm water or Milk - 1/2 cup
Method -
1. Beat butter until very light and fluffy.
2. Mix sugar gradually, whisking it all the time.
3. Add eggs in it one by one, beating after each addition.
4. Sift the flour, baking powder and soda and add to the butter
mixture gradually, folding it lightly.
5. Mix the cocoa into the hot water and add to the batter along
with the walnuts.
6. Grease a baking tin and pour the batter into it evenly.
7. Bake it in a preheated oven on a moderate heat until baked,
when inserted with a skewer in the middle it should come out clean.
7. This is a basic chocolate cake, serve it hot or store it in a container. It can be used as a base in many pudding or cake recipes.
Ingredients -
Peas (matar) - 1/2 kg
Garlic chopped - 5-6 cloves
Ginger grated - 1 inch
Onion chopped - 1 small
Green chillies whole - 2
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Mustard oil - 3tbsp
Refined oil for frying -
For the dough -
wheat flour - 2 bowls
salt - 1/2 tsp
Water - Enough to knead the dough
Mix all and knead a soft dough.The dough should be soft as kneaded for chapati making. Cover it with muslin cloth and keep it aside.
Method -
1.Shell the peas and keep it aside.
2.Heat a frying pan with mustard oil in it.
3. Put cumin seeds and let it splutter, put green chillies, ginger, garlic and onions and fry until onions are brown.
4. Add turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala, salt and saute a bit.
5. Add matar into it and stir fry for 2 minutes, sprinkle some water and let it cook till it is tender.
6. Dry grind it when it has come to room temperature.
How to proceed -
1. Take small ball size dough and roll out a small puri using a little dry wheat flour.
2. Stuff the puri with 2 spoonfull of the matar filling and close it by sealing the edges.
3. Roll it out with the help of a rolling pin, spreading some flour on the board.
4. Heat a tawa and shallow fry the paratha using oil on both the sides.
5. Make all in the same manner.
6. Serve it with masala allu and Kheer and relish it.
Ingredients -
Carrot - 1 kg
Milk - 1/2 kg
Sugar - 1 cup
Mawa - 250 g
Cardamom crushed - 3-4
Cashews chopped - 3 tbsp
Almonds chopped - 3 tbsp
Raisins - 2 tbsp
Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
Clarified butter (pure ghee) - 3 tbsp
Method -
1. Peel and clean the carrot properly in running water and grate it.
2. Heat a deep frying pan (karahi) with clarified butter and fry grated carrots in it stirring it continuously on a low heat for 10 minutes.
3. Boil milk and pour in the karahi and stir it for few minutes on a medium heat.
4. Cover it and let it cook on a low heat, stirring it occasionally until the milk has evaporated.
5. Put sugar and mix it and let it cook until it is dry, stirring it in between.
6. Add Mawa, all the dry fruits, cardamom and mix all nicely.
7. Fry it for few more minutes and it is ready to serve.
8. Garnish it with dry fruits and serve it hot.
