Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dry Fruits Cake

Ingredients :

1. Cashewnuts - 10

2. Badam - 5

3. Pistachios - 10

4. Apricots - 5

5. Butter - 1/2 cup

6. Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp.

7. Water

8. Egg - 1

9. Plain Flour - 1 & a 1/4 cup

10.Powdered Sugar - 3/4 cup

11.Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp.

12.Buttermilk - 1/4 cup

13.Cashewnuts and Raisins - a few

Method :

1. Blanch the cashewnuts, badam, pistachios and apricots in water.Add vanilla essence. First let it come to a boil, then heat on medium flame for 10 minutes.

2. Let it cool.Grind the dryfruits. Then add water to it to make it exactly 1/2 cup. If there's extra, drain it.

3. Mix the butter and powdered sugar until you get a creamy mixture.

4. Mix flour and baking powder. Add the butter mixture and the dry fruit mixture to this.

5. Add egg and butermilk to the mixture and stir for a while until you get a semi-solid batter.

6. Chop the cashewnuts and raisins into half and add to the batter.

7. Trnsfer to the baking try and add a few more half cut cashewnuts on the top.

8. Bake at 180 degree celcius for 15 minutes.

I love the rich fragrance that comes when it gets baked :) Let me know how it turns out :)

Mushroom Buns

Ingredients :
For the dough :
1. Plain Flour/Maida - 2 cups
2. Whole wheat flour - to dust
3. Yeast - 1 tbsp.
4. Water - 1/4 cup
5. Sugar - 1 tsp.
6. Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp.
7. Oil - 1 tbsp.
8. Salt

For the stuffing :
1. Mushrooms - 200g
2. Onion - 1
3. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp.
4. Tomato Sauce - 1 tbsp.
5. Cornflour - 1 tbsp.
6. Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp.
7. Turmeric Powder/Haldi - 1/4 tsp.
8. Cumin Seeds/Jeera - 1/2 tsp.
9. Green Chilli - 1
10. Salt

Method :
1. Put yeast and sugar in warm water and let it rest for 10 minutes.
2. Add this to the flour.
3. Add the salt and butter and make a soft dough by adding some more warm water.
4. Knead the dough very well for 5 to 7 minutes.
5. Cover the dough and leave for at least 1/2 hour or till double in size.
6. When double in size, knead the dough again for 1 minute.
7. Leave for 20 to 25 minutes or until double in size.
8. Wash the mushrooms. Mix the cornflour in 1/4 cup water and add to the mushrooms to this mixture.
9. Fry onion and cumin seeds over a high flame for a few seconds. Add the ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and fry again for a few seconds.
10.Add the mushroom and cornflur mixture to this and cook for 2 minutes.
11.Add the tomato sauce and salt and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
12.Make small buns out of the dough and stuff them with a little mushroom filling.
13.Bake them at 180 degree celcius for 10-15 minutes.
14.Serve hot.

Shrewsbury Biscuit


Ingredients :

1. Plain Flour/Maida - 1.5 cups

2. Egg Yolk - 1

3. Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup

4. Butter - 1/2 cup

5. Lemon Rind - of 1 lemon


Method :

1. Cream the butter and together.

2. Beat the egg yolk and add it to the mixture.

3. Add powdered sugar.

4. Mix together the lemond rinds and flour, add the mixture and make a soft dough.


5. Make small balls out of the dough and flatten them slightly.

6. Bake at 120 degree celcius for 20 minutes.

You can coat these with chocolate and enjoy :-)