Ingredients -
Biscuits - (Marrie/glucose) - 250 g
Butter - 50 g
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Milk - 3-4 tbsp
Coco powder - 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Walnuts/Almonds - 4 tbsp
Chocolate (cooking) - 1/2 cup
Method -
1. Powder the biscuits in a grinder and put it in a bowl.
2. Take a pan and mix the butter, sugar, milk, coco,
chocolate and heat it on a slow flame until chocolate
is melted and all are incorporated well.
3. Remove from heat, add the essence, almonds or walnuts, powdered biscuits and mix well.
4. Grease an 8 inch baking dish or a swiss roll tray and press
the mixture evenly on it.
5. Put to set it on a fridge for 20 minutes.
6. Cut it and serve it with whipped cream or any ice cream
of your choice.
Ingredients -
Til ( white sesame) - 250 g
Mawa - 1/2 kg
Bura (or granulated sugar) - 250 g
Green cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Method -
1. Take a karahi and fry the sesame on a low heat
for some time until it has changed it's colour to
very light brown, don't over fry it at all.
2. Fry the mawa nicely until it's light golden brown,
let it cool down a bit.
3. Grind the sesame coarsely in a grinder when it has
come to room temperature.
4. Take a big bowl and mix the ground sesame, sugar,
cardamom powder in the mawa thoroughly.
5. Grease your palms with a little ghee, divide the mixture,
make round laddus of this mix of your desired shape,
make all.
6. Keep it in an airtight container.....it's ready to eat!!!!
7. It can be stored for days!
Ingredients -
Whole wheat flour (atta) - 4 cups (measuring cups)
Sugar - 1 measuring cup
Clarified butter or ghee ( i used rath brand) - 1/2 measuring cup
Fennel seeds ( saunf) - 1 tbsp
Grated dry coconut - 3-4 tbsp ( optional)
Warm water - to kneed the dough + 1/2 cup
Oil - for frying
.
Method -
1. Take a big bowl and sieve the flour. Melt ghee, make a
well in the center of the flour, add ghee into it, rub it
with your fingertips until it's crumbly.
2. Take a pan and put sugar with 1/2 cup of water and heat it
for 5 minutes until its almost melt.
3. Add it to the flour and mix it nicely, add some more warm
water to make a smooth dough.
4. Keep it to rest for 1/2 an hour.
5. Take small pedas out of it and make small 1/2 inch thick
puris. If you have cookie cutter cut it in differnt shapes.
6. Heat a karahi with oil in it and deep fry the puris in
medium low heat till it's brown and crisp.
7. Njoy this tasty meethi puri on this special occasion of Holi.
Happy Holi friends!!!!
Ingredients -
All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup
Sugar castor or fine granulated - 2 tbsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Egg yolk - 1
Butter - 100 g
For Filling -
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Egg yolk - 4
Castor or fine sugar - 5 - 6 tbsp/ to taste
Dark cooking chocolate - 1 cup
Cream - 100 g
Custard powder - 1 tbsp
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
Method -
1. Take a big bowl and put the flour, sugar and cocoa powder in it.
2. Cut the butter in cubes and add it to the bowl and mix it
with your finger tips until it resembles bread crumbs.
3. Add 1 egg yolk and mix it thoroughly.
4. Add 4-5 tbsp ice water to bind it in a tight dough, can be
added extra 1-2 tbsp to bind it if it's not coming through.
5. Form it into a round disc and keep it in a fridge for 1/2 to
1 hour.
6. Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius, grease a 9" pie tin
nicely with butter.
7. Take out the disc from the fridge and roll it on a lightly
floured surface, it should be enough thick and long to line
the base and sides of the 9" pie tin, trim the extra edges
with a sharp knife, take a fork and press it around the
edges to make a design. Place it in the fridge for 15 min.
8. Take it out and place it on the oven tray. Line the pastry
with baking paper and fill with rice or beans for blind
baking. Bake it in the preheated oven for 10 minutes,
remove the beans and bake for further 5 min or until
cooked through. Reduce the heat to 150.
Preparing Filling -
1. Take the milk in a saucepan, Combine the yolks, custard
powder, sugar, chocolate and place it over low heat, add
the cream after few minutes.
2. Cook whisking it continuously for 10 minutes until the
chocolate melts and the custard starts to thicken.
3. Remove from heat, pour it over the pastry case. Bake it
over for 10 minutes or custard is set nicely, do not over bake.
Take it out before the custard is over baked and start's bubbling.
4. Remove from oven and keep it to cool, when it comes to
room temperature, place it in the fridge to chill.
5. Serve it with whipped cream.....n surprise ur Valentine with
this marvelous....beautifully presented....CHOCOLATE PIE!!!!
