Oreo Cup Cakes

Ingredients

Refined oil: 5-7tbsp

Sugar: 3-4tbsp

Milk: ¼ cup

Vanilla essence: ¼ tsp

Salt: a pinch

Baking Powder: ¾ tsp

Baking Soda: a pinch

Maida/plain flour: ¼ cup +1tbsp

Eggs: 3

Oreo Biscuits: 10 pairs

Method Of Preparation

Make sure everything is at room temperature.

In a bowl add refined oil. Then add sugar and beat till it gets mixed up.

Then add eggs one by one and beat well.

Then add the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat well.

Then add vanilla essence and milk to it.

Beat it and then add flour little by little and mix it well with a wooden spatula.

Break/crush 14 single oreo biscuits without the cream (discard the cream from it) and add to the batter. Mix it lightly.

Preheat the oven at 200⁰ C.

Take muffin tray and line with the muffin cups. Then add single oreo cookies in each cup with the cream side up. Add the batter to it till the cup is ¾ ^th filled.

Bake in the preheated oven at 170⁰C, to about 25-28 minutes or till it is done.

Pineapple-Apple Mint Juice

Ingredients

Pineapple: ½ of 1 pine apple

Apple: 3

Mint leaves: 5

Sugar: ¼ cup (or as per the sweetness of the fruits using)

Lemon: 2

Method Of Preparation

Peel pineapple and chop into pieces.

In a juice extractor add pineapple pieces, apple chopped (I dint peel apple) and mint leaves. Add in sugar too.

Blend it well if needed add some chilled water so as to extract the full juice from it.

Take out the juice from the extractor and add lemon juice to it.

If needed strain it again. Add some chilled water again to get the right consistency.

Serve chilled.

Gooseberry/Nellikka Jam (A Healthy Spread)

Gooseberry is known as a good source of vitamin C,
It controls blood sugar in diabetes
Lowers cholesterol level
It is a natural anti ageing agent for skin; nourishes scalp and hair roots and encourages hair growth
It improves digestion and alleviates constipation
It improves blood circulation
It ensures proper functioning of liver.
It is a strong immunomodulator and protects from the onset of many diseases if taken regularly

It is a good hematinic as it raises hemoglobin level

Over to the recipe,

Ingredients

Gooseberry/Amla/Nellikka: 15 (big ones)

Jaggery: 300-400gms

Lemon Juice: of 1 lemon

Salt: a pinch (to adjust the taste)

Ginger: 2” piece

Method Of Preparation

Wash the gooseberries and add to the pressure cooker. Add some water and keep on stove and wait for one whistle and switch off the flame.

Let the pressure release.

Take out the gooseberries from water and discard the seeds from it. (Don’t throw away the water, use that water itself)

Again add the gooseberry to the pressure cooker with the same water.

Keep again on flame. Wait for 3-4 whistles. Let the pressure release.

Meanwhile, in another pan add jaggery, grated ginger together with ½ cup water.

Keep this on flame and let it boil and let the jaggery melt. Switch off the flame when jaggery melts and strain this and keep aside.

Open the cooker after the pressure releases. Keep it on flame without closing the lid.

Mash the gooseberries with back of lid or a masher. Let it boil and become thick. At this stage add the jaggery syrup and salt to it. When boils put the flame to the medium and stir occasionally till it starts leaving from the sides.

When it starts leaving from the sides stir frequently and add lemon juice at this stage.

Switch off the flame when you get the consistency of jam. (To check the consistency, take the cold saucer out of the freezer, put a little jam on it, and put it back in to cool for a minute. If it wrinkles when you push it with your finger, then it's done.)

Switch off the flame when done. When cooled, store in an air tight bottle.

Note: You can have this as a spread or can consume a teaspoon of it daily in the morning and evening.

Pineapple Pastry

Ingredients

Egg: 3

Sugar: ¾ cup (as the frosting is done I added less sugar, U can add more if needed)

Butter: ½ cup/ refined oil: ½ cup

Plain Flour: 1 cup

Vanila essence: 1tsp

Salt: a pinch

Baking powder: 1tsp

Milk: ¼ cup

Icing

Whip cream: 2 sachets

Cold milk: ½ cup (or as instructed on the whipped cream pack)

Pineapple essence: 2drops

Pine apple jam: as needed

Pine apple chunks/small pieces: as needed

Green grapes: as needed (optional)

This cake i made for my son he is so craze of pick up

Method Of Preparation

Separate the egg whites and yolks. Keep aside.

Sift plain flour and baking powder. Keep aside.

Beat the egg whites till stiff peak forms. Keep aside.

In a bowl add butter and sugar and beat well till you get a creamy texture. Then add in salt, milk and vanilla essence to it.

Again beat the mixture. Then fold in the plain flour-baking powder mix.

Mix it well so that there are no lumps.

Then slowly fold in the beaten egg white without deflating the mixture.

Transfer the cake mix to the greased loaf pan or square baking tray.

Preheat the oven and bake the cake at 170⁰C to about 40-50minutes or till the cake test gets done.

Cool the cake completely before slicing and icing the cake.

Beat the whip cream by adding cold milk and pineapple essence.

Beat till stiff peak forms.

Slice the cake into rectangle pieces. Cut each piece into two.

Apply jam on the each slice add the whip cream on it and spread some pineapple chunks and close it with the other piece.

Then apply the whip cream all over the cake slice and decorate as per your desire and top with pine apple pieces and grapes.

Serve chilled.

Dosha Pizza/ Chicken Dosha

Recipe Source: Food Path (TV Show)

Ingredients
Dosha batter: 1 ¼ cups

Onion: 2

Tomato: 1

Ginger: 2” piece

Green Chilli: 1

Chilli powder: ¼ tsp

Pepper powder: ¾ tsp

Turmeric powder: 1 pinch

Coriander powder: ¾ tsp

Garam Masala: ¾ tsp

Salt: needed

Chicken (boneless): 250gms

Capsicum & carrot chopped: ½ cup (optional)

Coriander leaves: ½ bunch

Oil: 3tbsp

Egg: 1

Method Of Preparation

Chop the chicken breast piece into small pieces and wash and drain.

Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped onion. When it turns translucent add grated ginger and chilli. Saute for a while and add coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and pepper powder.

Stir and add chopped tomato. Saute till tomato mashes up well. Then add the chicken pieces to it and give it a stir. (Don’t add water, chicken will ooze water.) Close with a lid and put low flame.

When the chicken is cooked add in capsicum and carrot. Stir and put in low flame for 2-3 minutes.

Then add in chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

Take a wide pan. Put on flame and when it is heated pour the dosha batter on to it and lightly spread. Wait for the bubbles to appear on all over the dosha and spread the prepared chicken all over the dosha and pour/spread the beaten egg over the masala with a spoon. Close with a lid and put in very low flame to about 15-20 minutes or till you get it cooked.