Choco Creamy Cake

Hey friends!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Advance! 

Today is Christmas and I have baked lovely chocolate Cake... Do try it and enjoy with your loved ones.

Ingredients for Cake -

• Eggs - 4
• Powdered Sugar - 1.5 cups
• Butter - 50 gm
• Flour (maida) - 2 cups
• Baking powder - 1.5 tsp  
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Vanilla Essence - 1-2 tsp
• Hershey's Cocoa powder - 3 tsp

Baking method - Pressure Cooker

Let's follow the steps:

• Firstly, take eggs and butter out from fridge to bring it to room temperature.
• Sift flour and baking soda together, so that it gets mixed properly.
• In a bowl, take butter and keep the bowl in top of a sauce pan with boiling water in it. Once the butter melts, add Hershey's Cocoa powder and mix it properly till it looks like chocolate sauce.
• Next whisk eggs till they are light and fluffy. You will see bubbles forming, and that's when you ll know its been done properly.
• Now add this whisked egg into the butter, and add sugar mix simultaneously. You need to mix all nicely.
• Once its done, start adding flour to the mixture and keep folding the batter. 
• Don't add all flour at once. You need to add small portions and fold the batter to avoid forming lumps.
• Now add vanilla essence.
• Take pressure cooker without whistle, grease it with butter or oil and preheat it for 5 minutes.
• Pour the batter into the pressure cooker.
• To avoid direct heat to the cooker and bottom layer of cake, place the cooker above a flat pan and keep it at low flame. 
• Bake it for 20 minutes. Take a toothpick and insert it. If the toothpick comes out clean then the cake is ready.
• To bake in convection mode in microwave, preheat the oven at 180°C for 10 minutes and then bake the cake for 35 to 40 minutes at 180°C.

For Whipping Cream:

Ingredients:

• Amul Cream - 100ml 
• Sugar Powdered - 3 table spoon
• Hand mixer

Steps:

• Take Amul Cream out of fridge. Pour half of the cream in a bowl.
• Add powder sugar
• In a big bowl, put cold water in it and place the bowl of cream on it.
• Take the hand mixer, and start beating the cream for 15 to 20 minutes.
• You can pause after some time while beating.
• When you see peaks forming when the beater is taken out, then cream is ready.

Now for chocolate whipped cream, take half of the whipped cream. Add Hershey's Cocoa powder with 2 spoons of milk and add this mix into half of the whipped cream. Mix it for 1 minute.

Decorating:

• Cut the cake in a round shape.
• Put Chocolate whipped cream on the cake and spread it evenly.
• Now with a icing cone, make designs with white whipped cream.

Enjoy your Christmas Cake! Stay Blessed my Friends!

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Rajma Kebabs

Red kidney beans, know as Rajma is very popular among Indians.

Normally, we cook Rajma as curry with different spices. But today, I am going to make kebabs with Rajma.

Let's begin preparing the yummy snack.

Ingredients for Rajma Kebabs -

• Rajma - 1 bowl
• Onion - 1/2, finely chopped
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Ginger - 1/2 inch
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves - finely chopped
• Corn flour - 2 table spoon
• Bread Crumbs - 3 tsp
• Salt, as per taste
• Oil, to fry

Let's follow the steps:

• Soak the Rajma in water for overnight.
• Boil the Rajma till soft.
• Now, take Rajma, garlic and ginger in a grinder and make a thick paste.
• If needed, add 1 tsp of water in the grinder and mix.
• Now take out the paste in a bowl, put onions, coriander leaves, chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, butter, corn flour, bread crumbs and salt.
• Mix all the ingredients properly.
• Take small portions, and make round balls.
• Flat the balls to make small kebabs and fry it in a pan.
• Fry the kebabs from both side till brown and crisped.
• Serve it with coriander chutney or tomato sauce.

Delicious Kebabs specially for Vegetarians! Eat and enjoy!

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Chocolatey Cup Cakes

Hello friends!

Christmas is around the corner and cakes are the must during this season.

So, I have a chocolatey recipe for you. Try it at your homes :) Merry Christmas in advance!

Ingredients for Cup Cakes -

• Eggs - 3
• Powdered Sugar - 1.5 cups
• Butter - 50 gm
• Flour (maida) - 1 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp  
• Oil - 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla Essence - 1-2 tsp
• Hershey's Cocoa powder - 3 to 4 table spoon
• Almonds (crushed/sliced)

Let's follow the steps:

• Boil water in a sauce pan.
• Take a bowl and put butter in it. Keep the bowl on top of the sauce pan.
• Butter will start melting. Add cocoa powder. Keep mixing it, it will turn out just like chocolate sauce.
• Keep the butter mixture aside.
• In another bowl, beat the eggs till its fluffy and airy. (I used grinder to beat eggs as I didn't have much time).
• Add the beaten eggs to the butter+cocoa powder mixture. 
• Simultaneously, add powdered sugar. Keep folding/mixing the ingredients.
• On the other hand, sift flour and baking powder.
• Now, keep adding the flour in portions to the batter.
• Keep folding the batter. You can put some choco-chips or almonds.
• Once the batter is ready, add vanilla essence, 1 tsp oil and fold the batter once again.
• You will get to know the batter is proper when it will be neither very runny nor thick. Ribbons will form when you pour the batter. This is when your batter is perfect. As it's winters, batter gets thick sooner.
• Now take silicon cup cake moulds, grease it with oil and pour the batter into the moulds. Don't pour it till the top, as the cup cakes will rise once baked.
• Preheat the microwave at convection mode for 10 minutes at 180°Celsius.
• Bake the cup cakes at 180°Celsius for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Check the cup cakes by pricking a toothpick in the middle of the cup cake, if it comes out clean then it is done.
• Optional: After 15 minutes of baking, put some sliced almonds on the top of the cup cakes.

So, enjoy chocolatey cup cakes on Christmas Eve and spread joy & happiness!

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Tomato - Coriander Soup

Welcome Winters!

And so we welcome hot hot Soups! 

Yes you are right, my next recipe is Soupy Soup..... C'mon lets start!

Ingredients for Tomato Coriander Soup -

• Tomato - 2
• Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Onion - 1/2
• Black pepper powder
• Salt
• Butter
• Bread Crumbs
• Water
• Oil

Lets follow the steps =>

• Take a pan, put water (3 cups) and tomatoes as whole. Bring it to boil.
• Once you notice the skin of the tomatoes peeling off itself, take the pan off the burner.
• Carefully, peel off the tomato's skin. 
• Cut the tomatoes into half and clean away the seeds inside it. We don't need those seeds.
• Now put the pieces of tomatoes into the grinder with coriander leaves. Please note, don't add the coriander stems.
• Make a paste.
• Now cut onions and garlic into small pieces.
• Take another pan, add 1 tea spoon of oil.
• Put the onions and garlic, fry it for 2 minutes.
• Add the paste and cook it for 2 more minutes.
• Add 1 cup of boiled water. and salt. Bring it to boil.
• Once its boiled, put the flame at sim and sprinkle black pepper powder.
• Switch off the burner. Your soup is ready.
• Add 1 cube of butter and bread crumbs. 

Enjoy your winters...!

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Kheer ( Date Palm Jaggery)

Hello Guys,

So sweet lovers will just love this recipe of mine, which is Kheer/ Paysam but made with Jaggery Date Palms, It tastes just awesome.

Why to waste time! Let begin!

Ingredients for Kheer -

• Milk - 1.5 litre
• Rice - 40 to 50 gm (soaked in water for minimum 30 minutes)
• Date Palm Jaggery (Khajur) - 200 to 250 gm
• Almonds, Cashews & Raisins to garnish

Lets follow the steps =>

• Firstly, boil 1 litre of milk in a pan.
• On the other hand, drain the water from rice.
• Once milk gets boiled, add the rice into it.
• Reduce the flame. The flame should be kept at low till the end of cooking.
• Keep stirring the milk.
• Wait for the rice to get boiled, therefore keep checking the rice grain.
• After 15-20 minutes, take one grain of rice and mash it to check if it is cooked well. Rice should be soft.
• Stir the milk at regular intervals, to avoid sticking of rice at the bottom of the pan.
• If needed add more milk, as milk gets evaporated during this long time of cooking.
• Meanwhile, cut the jaggery into small pieces, so that it easily gets dissolved in the milk.
• Once, the rice is cooked, add the jaggery into the milk.
• Stir the milk, so that jaggery gets dissolved.
• You will notice the change in colour of the Kheer. You will notice reddish colour of the Kheer.
• Once the jaggery gets dissolved, mix the Kheer and switch of the flame.
• Your Kheer is ready to eat. Garnish it will the sliced dry fruits.

Enjoy the Delicious Sweet Dish! :) 

I 'm sure you will love it.

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Natural Medicine Drink - Kada

Hello friends!!

So winter is here and you should be ready for it. Catching cold in winter is common, but if you have a natural home remedy, then there is nothing to worry about.

Today I am posting a recipe which is home made and natural medicine and one can have it just like tea/herbal tea. Kids can also drink this.

Let's follow the recipe.

Ingredients for Kada/Natural Medicine Drink - 

• Ginger - 1/2 to 1 inch
• Cloves - 4 - 5
• Black pepper - 4- 5
• Tulsi or Basil leaf- 5 to 6
• Water - 1 cup
• Honey - 1 tspn

Lets follow the steps =>

• Crush the ginger with the pestle. Similarly, do the same with Tulsi or Basil leaves.
• Take a saucepan, pour water and add all the ingredients.
• Bring it to a boil.
• Keep it at low flame for 2 more minutes. 
• Then, strain the drink in a cup. 
• Add 1 tea spoon of honey and mix.

Optional: If you wish you can add few tea leaves also to drink it as tea.

 

Now take a sip of the drink and it will give warmth in this cold winters!

Drink twice or thrice a day.

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Cookies

Cookies are one of the favourites of all. So, now why not try out my recipe of cookies with Oat bites.

Follow the recipe for a sweet and crispy cookie.

Ingredients for Cookies-

• Flour (Maida) - 1 cup
• Oats bite - 1/2 cup (powdered)
• Sugar - 1/2 cup (powdered)
• Butter - 50 gm
• Egg- 1
• Choco chips/Dairy milk (small pieces)
• Vanilla essence - 1/2 tspn
• Baking powder - 1/2 tspn
• Color - 1 drop

Lets follow the steps =>

• Take a big bowl and put butter in it. Start whisking the butter. 
• Once it gets creamy, add egg and beat it,
• Add the sugar and mix the ingredients properly. Add vanilla essence and colour.
• Then, add the powdered oats bites and flour with baking powder. Mix the batter.
• If you feel, batter is very moist then add few spoons of flour.
• Lastly, add the chocolate pieces.
• Mix the batter again. The batter should not be too soft and sticky. It should be almost dry.
• Keep the mixture in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
• Take small portion of the batter, and make small balls. Place it on the tray and press it from top to make it even. Keep space between the cookies.
• Preheat microwave in convection mode for 5 minutes at 200 degree Celsius.
• Once oven gets preheated, bake the cookies at 180 degree Celsius for 20 minutes.
• When it gets baked, take it out and let it cool down. It will get crispy. 

Serve it with tea or coffee and enjoy your evenings! :)

Chicken n White Sauce

Hello Friends,

Hope you all are doing great! Its weekend, and I made a delicious chicken recipe. So lets try it out -

Ingredients for Chicken n White Sauce -

• Chicken - 400 gm (medium pieces)
• Garlic- 5 cloves
• Ginger - 1/2 inch
• Onion - 1/2
• Green Chilli - 1
• Chilli flakes
• Salt, as per taste
• Oil

For White Sauce:

• Butter - 2 tspn
• Flour - 1 tspn
• Milk - 1.5 cup
• Cheese - 2 tspn
• Black pepper powder
• Salt, as per taste
• Sugar - 1/2 tspn

Lets follow the steps =>

• Make a paste of garlic, ginger, onion, and ginger.
• Marinate the chicken with this paste, chilli flakes, oil and salt for minimum 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan, and shallow fry the chicken pieces till its cooked well.
• Take another pan, and put butter. Once it melts, add the flour and mix properly to avoid lumps.
• Then add the milk and stir it slowly. Add the cheese,  salt, pepper powder.
• Once you notice the sauce getting thicker, add pinch of sugar and stir it.
• Now add the chicken pieces and dip the chicken into the sauce.
• Turn off the flame before sauce gets thicker.

So, mouth watering and juicy chicken is ready to taste.

Chicken Masala - Dry

Hey friends!

I know it's been a long time. But I am back with my dish for the non veg lovers! Soon, will post something veggie :D.  Lets start -

Ingredients for Chicken Masala -

• Chicken - 250 gm (small to medium pieces)
• Garlic - paste
• Ginger - paste
• Onions - 2, sliced
• Tomato - 1, chopped
• Potatoes - 2, cubes
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 table spoon
• Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
• Cumin powder - 1 table spoon
• Meat masala - 1 table spoon
• Oil - 3 table spoon
• Salt, as per taste
• Cloves - 3
• Cardamom - 2
• Cinnamon - 1

Lets follow the steps =>

• Wash the chicken pieces. Take a bowl and put the chicken pieces into the bowl.
• Marinate the chicken with ginger - garlic paste, few onion slices, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, meat masala, oil, and salt. Mix properly.
• Keep the chicken at least for 30 minutes.
• Take a pan, shallow fry potatoes. Take it out and keep aside.
• Take another pan, heat oil and put bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.
• Add onions and fry till it turns pink.
• Add the marinated chicken and mix all in the pan. Cover the pan with a lid. Keep it in low flame.
• After 5 minutes, remove the lid and mix the chicken again. Once the oil is visible in the pan, you will get to know that chicken is getting cooked well.
• Cook the chicken for 5 more minutes, covered with lid.
• Now, once the chicken is cooked, add tomatoes and potatoes.
• Mix them all properly. Cook the chicken till the tomatoes are well cooked.
• Once the chicken is well cooked, you will see the change in colour (brownish) of the chicken and the tomatoes will get mashed.
• Serve the chicken and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Enjoy the dish! :)

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Chilli Chicken

Hey Guys!!

Hope you all are doing really great & enjoying your blessed life!

So I am back from my busy schedule and just cooked a non-veg dish, which is loved by many. Lets start with the recipe.

Ingredients for Chilli Chicken -

• Chicken - 250 gm (small pieces)
• Garlic - 4 - 5 cloves (paste)
• Ginger - 1/2 inch (paste)
• Egg - 1
• Green Chilli - 1
• Onion - 1 (cubes)
• Tomato - 1 (cubes)
• Capsicum -1 (cubes)
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Chilli flakes
• Oregano
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
• Soy sauce - 1/2 tsp
• Cornflour - 1 tbsp
• Water - 1 cup
• Oil
• Salt, as per taste

Lets follow the steps =>

• Marinate the chicken with garlic, ginger paste, and salt. Keep it for 30 minutes (minimum).
• Cut onion, tomato, capsicum in cube shapes. Keep it aside.
• Beat egg with salt, chilli powder and green chilli. Dip the chicken pieces into egg.
• Heat oil in a pan, and shallow fry the chicken pieces till soft.
• Take out another pan, heat oil and put onions. Fry till it turns soft and pink. Add capsicum, followed by tomatoes. Cook it for 2 minutes.
• Add chilli flakes, oregano and salt. Cook it for 2 minutes.
• Add the fried chicken pieces. Add tomato sauce, soy sauce and mix. (Chilli sauce - optional)
• On the other hand, take cornflour and add it to water. Mix it well to avoid lumps.
• Add the cornflour+water into the pan. Mix and cook it for 5 minutes.
• If you want thick gravy, cook it until the water gets dried up. If you want gravy then cook it for less time.

Note: If you don't have cornflour and soy sauce - Take Chings Veg Manchurian masala. Mix it to water and add it to the pan. It will have the same taste.

Enjoy the scrumptious Chilli D Chicken..! 

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Veg Manchurian

Hello friends, today check out my style dish - Manchurian with Macaroni.
I have already shared my recipe for macaroni, you can have a look on that at -  http://sonalisdeliciouscooking.blogspot.in/2016/04/yum-macaroni-recipe.html

Ingredients for Veg Manchurian -

For manchurian balls:

• Garlic -3 cloves (finely chopped)
• Ginger - 1/2 inch (grated)
• Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
• Capsicum - 1/2 (finely chopped)
• Cabbage - 1 bowl (finely chopped)
• Green chilly - 1 (finely chopped)
• Flour/Maida
• Baking soda, a pinch
• Salt, as per taste
• Oil, for frying

For Gravy:

• Spring Onion - 1 or 2 (finely chopped)
• Ginger - 1/2 inch (grated)
• Garlic - 3 cloves (finely chopped)
• Capsicum - 1/2 (julienne)
• Chilly flakes
• Chilly powder, optional
• Tomato sauce
• Salt, as per taste
• Chings Manchurian masala or (Soya sauce, cornflour, and vinegar)
• Water

Lets follow the steps =>

• For manchurian balls, take all the ingredients for ball in a bowl and mix flour in it. Make small balls. 
• Now heat oil in a pan and fry the manchurian balls.
• Take out the fried manchurian balls in a serving plate.
• Take another pan, heat oil and add garlic, ginger, and onions. Fry till onions turn pink.
• Add capsicum and fry till soft. Add chilly flakes.
• In a cup of water add 2 spoon of Chings manchurian masala. It contains all masala including soya sauce, vinegar and cornflour.
• Now pour this water into the pan. Mix it well. 
• Add tomato sauce and salt, as per taste.
• Cook it and if you want a thick gravy then cook it for some more time.
• Once gravy is ready, pour it on the fried manchurian balls. Your Veg Manchurian is ready!

Serve and Enjoy it!

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Capsi - Rice

Hello friends!

Hope you all are good and enjoying my recipes. So today I am here with my new dish. Check it out.

Keep loving me and my dishes :)

Ingredients for Capsi-Rice -

• Rice - 1 cup
• Capsicum - 1
• Tomato - 1(finely chopped
• Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
• Green Chilly - 1
• Garlic - 6 (finely chopped)
• Ginger - 1 inch (finely chopped)
• Almond paste
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds
• Cumin powder
• Coriander powder
• Meat masala
• Cinnamon
• Cloves - 3
• Cardamom -1
• Bay leaf - 1
• Black Pepper - 4
• Turmeric powder
• Chilly powder
• Oil
• Salt, as per taste
• Cornflour
• Water

Lets cook it up =>

For the chutney:

• Heat oil in a pan. Put garlic, ginger, & green chilly; fry it. 
• Add onions and tomato. Fry it well till soft.
• Add almond paste, salt, chilly powder and mix well.
• Add water and boil.
• Once it gets bit dry, put some sugar and mix.
• Chutney is cooked.

For rice:

• Cook rice in a pot.
• Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, cumin seeds, cloves and black pepper.
• Then, add green chilly, garlic, ginger and onions. Cook it well. 
• Add remaining 1 tsp of almond paste and all masala - coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chilly powder meat masala, and salt. Mix and cook it well.
• Lastly, add rice and mix well. Sprinkle little water and cover the pan with a lid.
• After 5  minutes, open the lid and mix one more time.
• Rice is ready. Keep it covered with lid.

Capsicum:

• Take a capsicum and gently cut the top in a round shape to make it hollow inside.
• Keep the cut out part. Clean the capsicum from inside, make space by letting your one finger inside.
• Then, put the prepared rice into the hollow capsicum. Stuff it as much as you can.
• Now put the cut out part again to its place and fix it with a little dough.
• Take a bowl, add cornflour, water and salt. Make a batter.
• Put the capsicum in the batter and cover it with batter.
• In a pan, heat oil and fry the capsicum at low flame, so that it gets cooked.

Your Capsi-Rice is cooked!

You gonna love it! Enjoy...

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