Pistachio Cookies

Pistachio Cookies

These pistachio nut biscuits are easy to make, This cookie tasted great; very nice indeed.. They melt in your mouth like mmm.. What to say? The cookies were divine.

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter-125g

Sugar-115g

Plain flour-185g

Baking powder -1 tsp

Handful Unsalted Pistachio Nuts

Unsalted pistachios, finely ground in a food processor/mixer-1/2cups

Vanilla extract-1 teaspoon

Method:

1.Grind the 1/2 cup nuts using a blender into a course powder.Now take your handful of pistachio nuts and coarsely grind them, put these to the side in a separate dish.

2.In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and ground pistachios until thoroughly incorporated.

3.In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla beating until completely combined.

4.Add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.Fold through until it forms a stiff dough.

5. Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Bake until lightly golden and just lightly browned around the edges, about 12-15 minutes.

6.Remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

I am sending this recipe tp Pari's Kids Delight Event.

Choco Puri

 

Poori  is usually unhealthy and high fat bread so most health conscious people avoid it. While seeing spinach puris & beetroot puris a quick thought that came up in my mind of adding coco in puris . Who doesn’t love coco flavor? So I decided to try out this type. It is unusual and wonders whether it will work out? But it really did. It tasted so good and the light layer of choco looks so cute and attractive ;)

Ingredients:

Maida- 1 cup

Sugar-3 tbsp

Milk- 2tsp

Coco powder-2 tbsp

Ghee- 2tbsp

Salt-smallpinch

Oil/ghee –for deep fry.

For creamed Layer:

Cornflour-3 tbsp

Ghee- 2 tbsp

Method:

Sieve the Flour.Rub in ghee

Add sugar , salt and needful water to bind to a fairly stiff tough.

Then in coco powder add milk and make fine paste.and make a dough .

Roll out both parts separately into chappatis.

On the white chapatti, spread a thin layer of the ghee and cornflour mixture. 

Overthis place the second chapathi spread the cornflour mixture over this as well.

Roll both together into a long cylendricalshape and cut into slices.

Again roll out into thin puris and deep fry in ghee or oil till it done.Enjoy!

Sending this recipe to '' Announcing Kid's Delight ~ Colouring your Kid's Delight!Hosted by Srivalli

Pumpkin Kootu & Jeera Rasam

Pumpkin Kootu & Jeera Rasam for His Cooking Event:

My husband is a wonderful cook. He loves cooking! He usually cooks south indian style food,. Sometimes he puts together the craziest combos and finds them amazing!! I don’t have the heart to tell him. Usually I dont allow him to cook.when I feel sick or busy with my work he use to cook. .when he cooks Just I love his kathrikai pitlai and this kootu. He has made this several times, but somehow I never managed to take a photo.I told him about This  event. Exclusively he cooked his fav jeera rasam & pumpkin kootu for Priti's His Cooking Event.

Yellow Pumpkin Kootu:

Ingredients

Yellow pumpkin.......1/2 kg

Grated coconut..............1 ½ cup

Chana dhal..................1/2 cup

Cumin seed..................1tsp

Red Chilli..................2

Mustard seed................1tsp

Urad Dhal...................2tsp

Curry leaves................few

Turmeric powder.............1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Method

Wash, peel the skin and cut the Pumpkin into small pieces.

Boil water, add the pieces, chana dhal and turmeric powder.

Grind the coconut, cumin seeds and red chilli into a paste.

When the vegetable is cooked add the coconut paste and salt. Mix them well.

.Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal, 3tsp of coconut and curry leaves.

When the coconut turns into red , add this to the kootu.

 It is very tasty and eat with sambar sadam, &with rasam sadam.

Jeera Rasam

This rasam is my husband’s  favourite . Can be cooked very fast.

Ingredients

Jeera -1 tsp

Red chilli -1

Toor dal -1 Tbsp

Tamarind small size ( soaked in hot water and squeezed to pulp).

Salt to taste.

For seasoning Curry leaves 1 twig, 1 teaspoon ghee.

Method:

Soak the jeera, red chillies and toor dal in warm water for 20 minutes.

Grind to fine paste, add other ingredients and 2 cups water.

Boil this on a medium flame till froth appears

 Heat ghee in a small kadai add the curry leaves and fry for a moment, Add to the rasam.

Serve hot with rice& Chutta Applam

5 Minute Chocolate Cake in a Cup

While surfing the internet I found this cool recipe from this site with some pictureshttp://www.dizzy-dee.com/recipe/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes. For those chocolate-craving days, this super-easy chocolate cake recipe is all you need. And yes, seriously This cake in a coffee mug that cooks in the micro in just 5 minutes. This recipe looked pretty interesting. I made some changes in this recipe I didn’t use egg then instead of oil I used unsalted butter. It turns out good. My kids loved it! 

Ingredients

1 Coffee Mug

4 Tbsp. flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising)

4 Tbsp. sugar

2 Tbsp. cocoa

3 Tbsp. milk

3 Tbsp. unsalted butter

3 Tsp. chocolate chips

1tsp.vanilla

Method: 

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in the milk and butter and mix well.

Add the chocolate chips and vanilla, and mix again

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes 

The cake will rise over the top of the mug,.

Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate  and enjoy!

 (This can serve 2 if you want to share!)

Sending this recipe to '' Announcing Kid's Delight ~ Colouring your Kid's Delight! hosted by Srivalli ''

VEGETABLE MAKHANWALA

My children likes paneer dishes very much. I love making new dishes especially for them. So I tried VEGETABLE MAKHANWALA. It’s a very popular traditional dish in Northern India. Makhanwala usually refers to a creamy gravy curry from North Indian cuisine. This is a near perfect party dish. Not too spicy, Perfect with rotis ,pulao or naan. While surfing for this recipe I found a few variations of the masala by different bloggers. I made it in my own version .It tasted yum finally :)

Ingredients:

Beans-1/2 Cup

Carrots-1/2 Cup

Green Peas-1/2 Cup

Baby Corn-1/2 Cup

Cauliflower florets-1/2 Cup

Onions, Sliced-1/2 Cup

Small Piece Ginger

3 Large tomatoes

1/4 tsp -Turmeric Powder

1 tsp -Chilli powder

1/2 tsp -Cumin seeds

Cinnoman, cloves, garlic-1 tsp

Cream-4 tsp

Butter-4 tsp

Salt to taste

Red chilli paste -1/2 tsp

Tomato ketchup -1tbsp

Cottage cheese (paneer) -100 grams

Tomato puree, boiled-1 cup-

Fresh coriander leaves - a few sprig

For the Garnish

Chopped Coriander-1 tsp

Butter-1 tsp

Method:

Boil a  the tomatoes for one minute. Remove, de-skin and deseed tomatoes and chop finely. Keep aside.

Boil cauliflower florets with a pinch of turmeric powder. Drain and keep aside.

Heat the butter in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms  red chillies.  cumin seeds and chopped garlic. Combine with the onions, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, turmeric and chilli powder.

As they begin to change colour, add green peas, French beans, carrots, corn, potatoes

When these are half done add cauliflower, capsicum and salt to taste. Cover and cook on low heat.

 When vegetables are done add, fresh red chilli paste and tomato ketchup. Stir well. Add boiled tomato puree and paneer cubes and saute for a minute. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Add fresh cream and  Serve hot garnished with the coriander.