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Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
 If you are trying to create a company, its like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion - Elon Musk

Love this quote. Compare the cake and relations. lol.
Wow!! My day become special today, my husband model with my cake. That's sweet.


German Chocolate cake is layered chocolate cake and topped with coconut-pecan frosting. Topping is caramel made with egg yolks and evaporated milk, after the caramel cooked, coconut and pecans are stirred in. But in my recipe i used mix of Walnuts, Almonds and Cashews, because kids don't eat walnuts alone even me too :D so always mix with cakes :)

OMG!!! My cute M&M's gifted by my bestie that he bought at hongkong airport while travelling on the way to meet us :)  My favy owl cup and M&M's rocking my photo background.


Today i'm going to share the recipe for German Chocolate Cake. Whenever i think about to making cakes, i remember Betty Crocker recipes. I love the cookbooks by BettyCrocker. For dinner, i made this cake so no layers i did. Make it and enjoy with family. Happy Dinner!!

And i bought this snowman storage box at Biglots for last christmas.


See the below link for the recipe. This is free and available in their website.
Betty Crocker Recipe link



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It's diamonds in your pockets one week, macaroni and cheese the next. - Jolene Blalock

Yummy MAC and CHEESE always my favourite, not only it takes good it also taken few minutes to cook. I love the instant packs always but it comes to my toddler plate, i always want it to be from my kitchen and i have to cook with lots of love and happiness.

My toddler boy, like most kids, would eat mac and cheese for every meal. Homemade mac and cheese is the best way of pure comfort food, bliss, and happiness. Its just basic food and will be ready in few minutes.
Macaroni with cheese sauce that will secretly give you nutrition.

Favorite comfort food that packs with nutrition.



Ingredients

4 ounces macaroni
2 teaspoon flour (All purpose flour)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 pinch black pepper
1 cups milk
1 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Method

Cook macaroni according to package directions and drain it.
Mix 1/2 cup milk with flour.
In saucepan, heat the milk and cheese. Now add the milk flour mix and stir till it becomes paste
Cook for 3-5 minutes. add salt and pepper.
Cook and stir until bubbly. Now cheese sauce ready.
Add the drained Macaroni with cheese sauce. Ready to serve.

 

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Ingredients

Cauliflower - 1 medium
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
Thick curd - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - As per taste
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Method

  1. Boil water with salt and turmeric. Once water boils, switch off the stove and keep the florets inside this water covered. After 10 mins, drain water completely.
  2. Mix curd, corn flour, salt, red chilli powder and ginger garlic paste.
  3. Heat kadai with oil enough to deep fry.
  4. Dip and deep fry the florets untill golden brown and crisp in hot oil in medium flame.





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Semiya Upma is very easy and quick recipe. I have used vegetables to make this upma but you can even make plain Upma without vegetables. Today we will learn how to make Semiya Upma with mixed vegetables following this easy recipe.

Ingredients


Vermicelli - 250 grams (Anil fine Semiya)   
Onion -1 big    
Ginger - 1 inch piece finely chopped   
Green chilli -2   
Carrot -2   
Fresh or frozen Peas - handful   
Oil -3-4 tsp   
Mustard -1 tsp   
Urad dal - 1 tsp   
Asafoetida - a pinch   
Red Chilli - 2
Salt as per taste


Method

1.Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when mustard splutters, add Asafoetida, urad dal.
2.When urad dal turns golden brown, add onions, green chillies, ginger and saute until onions become transparent.
3.Add finely chopped vegetables and sauted until half cooked.
4.Add water (for 1 cup semiya use 1.5 to 2 cups water) and salt needed.
5.When water starts boiling, add the roasted vermicelli.
6.Cover and cook on low flames, stir occasionally until it is done.


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Ennai kathirikkai Kulambu is all time favourite for my family. If anyone has not tried it before, then do give it a try as I am sure you will love this Ennai kathirikkai Kulambu very much.

Ingredients

Small Brinjals - 10-12
Tamarind - Lemon sized ball


Tomato Puree – 1 big Tomato
Pepper Powder – ½ tsp
Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds Powder – ½ tsp
Fennel seeds Powder – ¼ tsp
Red Chilli Powder – 11/2 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
Curd – 4 tsp
Jaggery – Little (as per individual taste)
Pepper corns - 4 count
Salt to taste

To Grind

Garlic – 6 pods
Onion – 1
Cashew nuts - 8
Ginger - Little (as per individual taste)

Method

1. Silt the brinjal at top as shown in picture and similarly slit the opposite direction at bottom. Cut opposite sides of brinjal so that masala get inside fully.
2. Heat the pan. Fry cashewnuts, Onion, Garlic and Ginger without oil. Now grind into smooth paste.
3. Heat the pan, add oil. Once oil is heated, season with pepper corns. Add the grinded paste and stir it.
4. Add Red chilli powder, Cumin powder, Fennel powder, Coriander powder, turmeric and Pepper powder. Saute it well till the raw smell goes away. Close with lid and cook so that without adding more water we can cook it.
5. Add Salt to taste.
6. Leave this gravy mixture at low flame. On the other side, we start to saute the brinjals well in another pan.
7. Add oil in another pan (i used 2 tsps), Once the oil is heated add brinjal, curry leaves and saute it. Add pinch of turmeric and salt (For gravy we added salt already, just for vegetable add here). 
8. Mix it well and reduce to low flame. Close with lid for 5 mins. Wait until the color of brinjal changed.
9. Check the gravy now. Gravy has been cooked well and oil seperated at sides.
10. Add tomato puree and allow it to cook for 5 mins. After add this tomato puree, the gravy looks good texture.
11. Once the gravy cooked, add it to the brinjal and gently stir it. 
12. Add little water that is required for the brinjal to be cooked. Add curd to it.
13. Close the pan with lid for another 10 mins. 
14. Once cooked, add small quantity of jaggery which gives great taste. Finally check the brinjal cooked well. 


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Bitter melon is very low in calories, carrying just 17 calories per 100 g. Nevertheless, its pods are rich sources of phytonutrients like dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants. Fresh bitter melon is an excellent source of vitamin-C. Its very health dish. Good for diabetics, it reduced the blood sugar level.

Ingredients

Bitter gourd – 500 gms
Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
Ural dal – 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves – 1 string
Salt as taste
Oil

Sugar / jaggery

 Method 


  1. Cut bitter guord cut into thin slices transfer into a bowl add salt and turmeric into it and keep it a side. 
  2. Mix bitter guard as if you are squeezing them, in this u will able to see excess water squeeze them and transfer into another bowl.
  3. Heat pan, add oil, ural dal, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste saute them for a min. 
  4. Add the sliced bitter melon into it and saute them in low flame then add coriander powder, red chili powder saute them again and close it with a lid for 5-10 min. 
  5. Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
  6. After 10 mins, remove the lid and saute them and add sugar (here i add jaggery) into it and mix let it fry till the bittermelon changes its colour into golden brown and crispy. 


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