A Quick Brownie

Chocolate Brownie

Recently one of our friend came home over for some dinner. She made some quick desert, a home made brownie. It was very quick, so thought of sharing it with you all. Also the best part of this cake is it is completely made of vegetable oil and no butter.

Ingredients

Eggs 4nos

Castor Sugar - 2 cups (or you can also use brown sugar which will give it a sticky texture)

Vegetable Oil - 2 cups

Flour - 1 and half cup

Cocoa powder - 1 cup

Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

Walnut - 50gms crushed into small pieces

Method

Before you start the process of mixing the ingredients, you can keep the oven at 180 degrees for pre-heating.

First mix the 4 eggs and 2 cups sugar. Nicely beat them for 3-4mins, then add 2 cups of vegetable oil and beat it again for another 3-4mins.

Add 1 and a half cup of flour and 1 cup cocoa and a teaspoon of baking powder. Again mix them nicely for 3-4mins.

Add the walnut.

Now, in a baking tray grease it with little butter and sprinkle coat some flour on it to make it non-sticky.

Pour the mixture and bake it for 45mins at 180 degrees till you find no sticky substance when u poke it with a knife.

Viola, you just made a quick brown fox jumped... sorry I mean a quick Brownie.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roasted Pork Chops

This is another in the row for a quick baked meat dish. Just marination and relax while it cooks on its own.

Roasted Pork Chops

Ingredients

Pork Chops - 1kgs, cut into nice medium or big pieces

Garlic Paste - 2 tablespoon

Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoon

Chilli Flakes - 1 tablespoon

BBQ Sauce - 1 tablespoon

Sweet Chilli sauce - 1 tablespoon

Oil - 2 tablespoon

Pepper - 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Method

Keep the pork chops in a marinating bowl. Add all the ingredients in the order mention above and nicely mix them with the pork chops.

Keep it refrigerated for about 2 -3hrs.

Take the marinated pork chops after 2-3 hrs and place then in the baking tray. You can grease the baking tray with 1 tablespoon of oil before arranging the pork chops nicely on it.

Pre-heat the oven at 200 degree centigrade

Cook it for 45mins.

Again you made a marvel out of simple marination.

Bon Appetite!!!!

Herbed Baked Chicken

Many a times you might have thought of making a whole baked chicken and must have backed out with the thought of the complexity of making it. But believe me it is one of the most easiest dishes and the most eye googling dish you would ever make and get the best of appreciation of the people you treat it with. There are various ways of making it, but I am using a simplest of the herb chicken. All these herbs which may sound western will be found in any super markets with a cost ranging from Rs50 to Rs 80 a bottle which will last a long.

Herbed Baked Chicken

Ingredients

Whole Chicken with skin - 1.5kgs

Garlic - 3 tablespoon

Pepper - 2 tablespoon

Dry Rosemary - 2 1/2 tablespoon

Dry Thyme - 1 1/2 tablespoon

Oregano - 1 tablespoon

Chilli Flakes - 2 1/2 tablespoon

Butter - 100gms

Oil - 2-3 tablespoon

Indian Garam Masala - 1 tablespoon (optional)

Salt to taste

Method

Wash and towel dry the chicken. Place it in a marinating bowl. The method of marinating the chicken is kind of giving a message to the chicken, and do it well all across and even inside the chicken too.

So first nicely message it with garlic paste and pepper. Then as you message keep all the other ingredients onto the chicken till everything is evenly spread on it. This process should take you around 5 - 8 mins.

Now, pour 50gms soft butter and 1 tablespoon oil on the chicken and message it again. Remember the spices should stick to the body of the chicken.

Keep this marinated chicken in the fridge for about 3 - 4 hrs.

Now pre-heat the oven for 5mins and bring the chicken out of the fridge and place another 1-2 tablespoon of oil and another 50gms of butter and rub it lightly on the body of the chicken.

Now, Bake it at 210 degrees centigrade for 25mins on one side and another 25 mins on the other side.

Yummy! your fantastic mouth watering and picturesque herbed baked chicken is ready to melt in your mouth.

Bon Appetite

Mutton in cashew n almond

Ingredients

Mutton – 500gms

Red chilli powder – 1 tablespoon

Ginger garlic paste – 3 tablespoon

Coriander powder – 2 tablespoon

Garam masala powder – 1 tablespoon

Onions – 2 large ones

Curd – 150 gms

Cashew – 5 whole

Almond – 5 whole

Whole garam masala – 5 cloves, 5 cardamom and 2 cinnamon sticks

Dry chillies – 3 pcs

Bay leaves – 2 pcs

Poppy seed – 1 tablespoon

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Method

Marinate the mutton with curd, coriander powder, chilli powder and ginger garlic paste. Mix nicely and place the marinated mutton in the fridge for 3-4 hrs.

Now, in a kadai add oil, in it place the whole garam masala as listed and also the dry chilli and bay leaves. Let them simmer in the oil for 2-3 mins and then take them out of the oil.

Then in the same oil add the chopped onions, fry them till golden brown. Add the marinated mutton and stir and fry it nicely for 20-30mins.

As the mutton is being fried and simmered, take a mixer jar, add cashew, almond and poppy seeds, add a little water and make a nice paste of it.

Now add this paste in the mutton and stir nicely. Now, take this mutton from the kadai and place it in the cooker and add a glass of water. Cook it for about 5-6 whistles. (you can avoid this process and instead cook it in the kadai, this process is just to make the mutton soft)

Now, again place the mutton back in the kadai and add cream to the curry and 1 tablespoon of garam masala. Stir and simmer it for another 5 mins.

Garnish with coriander leaves to serve it hot with paranthas.

Enjoy!!!!!!

Scones

Scones got their start as a Scottish quick bread. Originally made with oats and griddle-baked, today's version is more often made with flour and baked in the oven. As for the origin of the word "Skone", some say it comes from the Dutch word schoonbrot, which means beautiful bread, while others argue it comes from Stone of Destiny, where the Kings of Scotland were crowned. According to Webster's Dictionary, scones originated in Scotland in the early 1500s.

Scones became popular and an essential part of the fashionable ritual of taking tea in England.

So that’s a bit of a history, now indulge in making it.

Ingredients

Flour – 300gms

Baking powder – 1 tablespoon

Sugar – 1 tablespoon

Cheese – 1 slice

Butter – 100gms

Eggs – 2

Cream – 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Method

Take a bowl and make dough with flour, baking powder, sugar cheese, butter, 1 egg and salt to taste. The texture of the dough should not be very hard but a little softer, a texture when we make soft paranthas in India.

Then take a baking tray and brush the base with little oil or butter. Make handful round shaped scones and place them on the tray. take a fork and pierce the scones from top, this will allow the scones to bake nicely from within.

In another bowl mix the other egg and cream together and beat them nicely and apply this mixture on top of each scones.

Now, place it in the pre-heated oven at 220 degrees for about 15-20 mins.

Yum! Now have these scones with your tea. You can apply butter or honey on the scones before having them.

Bon Appetite

Beef Roast - yum

Beef Roast

Ingredients

Beef tender loin - 600gms (one whole piece)

Pepper powder - 2 tablespoon

Garlic Paste - 2 tablespoon

Worcestershire sauce - 1 tablespoon

Soya Sauce - 2 tablespoon

Tomato puree - 1 tablespoon

Tabasco sauce - 1 tablespoon

Oil - 2 tablespoon

Salt - to taste

Method

Nicely pierce the beef tenderloin with a fork. Then in a bowl place all the ingredients written above with its exact measurements.

Marinate the beef in the prepared sauce in the bowl and keep it marinated in the fridge for 8 - 12 hrs.

Now, pre-heat the oven and place the beef in a tray putting all the juice of the marination in the tray. Place 1teaspoon of oil on the exposed part of the beef and put it in the oven at 220 degrees centigrade for 25mins.

Now, turn the beef on to the other side and put another 1 teaspoon of oil and keep it for another 25mins.

Here you go a juicy tender beef roast is ready. You can serve it with some boiled vegetables and smashed potatoes.

Bon Appetite

Quick Summer Drinks - Granitas

Quick Summer Drinks - Granitas

In this hot summer the mind, body and lips looks for a chilled cooler drinks. Here I am going to show you how to make a quick mocktails but you can also add a peg of vodka in any of these drink to make it a cook cocktail.

For me to make any summer mocktail I prepare a base ice crush with lime. here is how it goes

Servings of these drinks are at the content for 4 persons

BASE

Ice - 4 glass

Lime - 4-5 pcs

Sugar - 5-6 table spoon

Plain Soda

Now, take a mixie jar and squeeze the limes in it add 6 tablespoon of sugar and pour in the 4 glasses of ice. Grind them nicely in the blender so that atleast 70% of the nice is crushed, it does not matter if there are few ice cubes still intact.

Now, pour the lime n ice mix equally to 4 tall glasses. This is the base I was talking about and it can be used for any cocktail mixtures.

Various Concoctions

You will get these syrups/cordials in the supermarket, Mapro is a company which makes them nice and cheap

1) Blue Curacao -

2) Orange Citrus

3) Litchi Cordial

So what I do is, after the preparation of the base I place 1 and half tablespoon of any of these cordials in the glass on top of the ice and then fill it up slowly with soda. (You can add a peg of white rum or vodka too).

What you get is a sparkling nice summer coolant.

You can also mix maaza to a mix of orange citrus drink... its a nice mix.

You can add mint leaves and shake it with the ice before adding soda.... these gives you a nice mint based granita...

You can play around with a lot of mixture on top of the base which I prepared.

So let your mind freek out in making your own drink

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!