Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Go Green Dinner...!!!


Go Green... Hahaha.. thought of some different dough from the plain ones..
Yet dint have any ingredients ready to mix in...
Hence decided with adding Curry leaves, Mint leaves n Coreander leaves in dough..
And the side goes with our Peas which has Green in name n colour...

Ingredients Reqd:

1 and Half cup Wheat Flour
Reqd water to make the dough
Finely chopped Curry leaves, Mint leaves n coreander leaves
Salt as reqd.
The above ingredients are for the dough.


Make the dough out of these n soread thin and toast on tawa...

Now for the Partner--- I mean the Gravy...

Boiled Peas ( along with salt n turmeric)..
Chopped tomatoes ( 1 big tomato)
Chopped Onion ( again 1No)
slit green chilli..
Red chillies ( 3 - 4 Nos)
Sugar ( 1/2 to 1 sp) or Few cashew nuts..
Ginger a small portion and 2, 3 garlic.
Vinegar ( a spoon) or half a lime or quarter cup butter milk..( anything is ok)

Saute tomatoes and onions ( half of tomato n half of onion), red chillies, ginger and garlic.
Again saute long slit onions and tomatoes.
After tomatoes are sauted well, add the grinded paste,
After 3 - 4 mins add half sp coreander powder, 1/4 sp turmeric powder and let it.
Once the raw smell goes add the boiled peas and let cook for 5 more mins.
Now add 1/2 sp garam masala powder and crushed Kasthuri Methi.
Allow to cook for 2 mins.
Last add sugar (cashew grinded) and squeexe in the lemon or vinegar or butter milk...

Serve Hot!!!!! Enjoyyyyyyy!!!!!

Fruit Crepe

Ingredients Reqd:

For the Crepe:

All purpose Flour/ Rice Flour : 1 cup
Egg : 1
Salt : small pinch
Sugar : 1 sp
Oil : few drops
Vanilla Essence : few drops
Milk :1/2 cup
Water : 1/2 cup

For the stuffing:

Choppedfruits : 1 bowl ( apple, banana, guava..)
Fruit Juice : 1/2 cup
Butter : 1 sp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients required for the crepe together. Will be a loose batter consistency.
Refrigirate for an hour.

Toast d chopped fruits in butter. Add the fruit juice and allow to cook till the content looks mushy.

Grease a tawa and pour 1 ladle ( big spoon) of the crepe batter n spread gently.
Turn to the other side and allow to cook.
Make as a triangle and stuff the fruit mixture.
Sprinkle desired syrup ( choc, strawberry)..

Serve in the 'kuttys' snack box..

Monday, February 8, 2010

Valentine's Day Cookie

The Ultimate Valentine's Day Cookie
Your sweetheart will be yours forever when you give him or her a batch of these delicious, heart-shaped cookies.

Yield: 4 dozen cookies

1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 drops red food color
Creamy Decorator's Frosting, if desired (below)

Heat oven to 400 F. Beat powdered sugar, butter and vinegar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except food color. Divide dough in half. Mix food color into one half. (If dough is too dry, stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.)

Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered surface. Cut into heart shapes with various sizes of cookie cutters. Place smaller hearts on larger hearts of different color dough if desired. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. If desired, decorate with white and pink Creamy Decorator’s Frosting.

Creamy Decorator's Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk or half-and-half

Stir together all ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired.