…smiles.. J Ingredients : 100 gms. China Grass (Strawberry) 500 ml . fresh Milk 100 gms. Strawberry Jelly Crystals 250 ml. Boiling water 250 ml. Cold Water Whipped Cream for topping Whole strawberries for garnish/decoration To prepare Strawberry China Grass Pudding : Boil fresh milk. Add China grass to boiling milk & stir vigorously till completely dissolved. Take the pan off the heat. While still hot pour into a flat dish or in individual cu…
…you all A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2013. Ingredients : ½ cup Milk Powder 3 tsp. Cocoa Powder 4 tbsp. Unsalted Butter (@ room temp.) 2/3 cups Sugar 2/3 cups Water 3 tbsps. Mixed dry fruits (chopped) Procedure : First, sift together milk powder & cocoa powder. Set aside. In a non-stick pan, dissolve sugar in water & allow it to boil on med. flame for about 10 mins. Keep stirring till it reaches a one thread consistency. To test…
…ure for the fresh Coconut Milk: You need two extracts… Thick coconut milk & Thin coconut milk. Grind the scraped coconut with about ½ cup of water to form a thick paste. Add more water if required. Strain the coconut puree through a linen/muslin/cheese cloth. Bundle up the cloth & squeeze using your fingers to extract thick coconut milk. Set it aside in a bowl. Grind the residue again with water & follow the same process to extra…
…inter night after mass. We would enjoy hot Irani Chai & Samosas or hot milk & the rich, milky Mawa Cake. I must say, it was pure bliss!!!Sadly,Coronation Restaurant no longer exists. I feel Mawa Cake is manna from heaven. Whenever I held a mawa cupcake or a slice in my little hands, it was so precious to me… just like I am holding a piece of treasure! Mawa or Khoya/Khoa is just solidified milk, which has very little moisture. The aut…
…Ingredients : 1 litre full fat Milk (I used Chitale’s) 400 gms. Condensed Milk (I used Nestle Milkmaid) 125 gms. Sugar (or to taste) 1 ½ tbsp. Milk pwd. 3 tbsps. Lime Juice ½ tsp. fresh Green Cardamom pwd. A few drops of Kewra Essence For Garnishing: 3 tbsps. Mix of Almonds & Pistachios (slivered or roughly chopped) Few strands – Saffron (optional) 1 leaf Silver Foil (Vark) Procedure: Bring milk to a boil in a heavy bottomed pan; preferably n…
…ps. Baking pwd. 2 tsps. Baking Soda (Soda bicarb) 2 Eggs ¼ tsp. Salt 1 cup Milk 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence ½ cup Vegetable Oil 1 cup Boiling Water or hot coffee Procedure : Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Line two 23 cm. round cake tins/pans or one 23 x 33 cm. rectangular baking tin with parchment paper. Grease the paper & the sides of the tins well. In a sufficiently large bowl, sift the dry ingredients together. Add the eggs, milk, oil, vanilla essen…
…fresh and truly divine Fresh Strawberry Ice cream… 😀 Ingredients : 500 ml. Milk 200 gms. Sugar 35 gms. Corn Flour 3 Eggs (lightly beaten) (optional) ½ tsp. Salt 175 gms. fresh heavy Cream 3 cups fresh Strawberries (wash, remove leaves,chop/slice roughly) ½ cup Sugar ½ Lime or Lemon Juice ½ tsp. Vanilla Essence Preparation of the Custard : Mix the sugar with corn flour and salt in a saucepan. To this add milk and beaten eggs. Stir the mixture until…
…ike having a cool refreshing drink!! 😀 Ingredients : 1 Kiwi (peeled & roughly chopped) 8 fresh ripe Strawberries (rinsed, hulled & roughly chopped) 1 ripe Banana (peeled & chopped) ½ cup fresh creamy Curds/Yoghurt ¼ cup fresh Milk (optional) 1 tbsp. Honey Procedure : Place the kiwi, strawberries, banana, curds/yoghurt, milk in a blender with a few ice cubes & blend well until thick, smooth & creamy. Serve chilled garnished with…
…licate crumb! Awesome with a cup of hot tea / coffee or cold coffee, milk, milk shake or simply enjoy plain! Ingredients: 250 gm Cake Flour 200 gm Caster Sugar 120 gm unsalted Butter @ room temperature 150 gm Mawa / Khoya / Khoa @ room temperature 1 tsp Baking Powder 2 Eggs ¼ tsp Salt ¼ cup Milk @ room temperature 1 ½ tsp freshly powdered Green Cardamom ½ tsp Vanilla Essence or Extract (optional) 1 tbsp Rose Water (optional) Slivered Nuts –…
…ese cloth/muslin cloth & squeeze using your fingers to extract coconut milk. This should give you about ¾ cup of coconut milk. Discard the squeezed coconut solids or use as desired. For the Dough : In a sufficiently large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt & oil. Then add the egg & mix to resemble bread crumbs. Use a little coconut milk at a time & knead to a smooth, elastic & pliable dough. The dough should not be sticky. Turn o…