Peanut Cookies

This is very healthy and yummy cookie which I had tried the other day and it turned out very well .......
I wanted to try out this cookie using roasted peanuts from a long time , I tried it and loved the soft. texture inside and hard and crunchy outside,
So here goes the recipe for that......

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup roasted skinless peanuts
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulate sugar
• 2 tablespoon milk

Method: 

1.  Preheat the oven 180 'c.
2.  Take a mixing bowl mix flour, baking soda and crushed peanut.
3.  In another bowl beat butter and sugar, beat until light color.(about 4 to 5 minutes).
4.  Now add flour mixture and beat again.
5.  Mix well this mixture, add in little by little milk till u get a smooth dough.
6.  Divide the dough in small 15 to 18 equal parts and place then in a greased tray.
7.  Bake it in a preheated oven of   200º C  for about 18 to 20 minutes.
8.  Keep checking and bake it only till crisp at the edges are brown.
9.  Then take out of the oven and allow to cool. 
10.  Cool cookies on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack and cool completely.
11.  Store in an air-tight container.

Note: drop portions of cookie dough onto the tray leaving ample space between the cookies. 

Masala Bread

This bread is very good alternative of roti or parathas.  it's good for break fast and launch and its healthy too. Here i use patanjali wheat flour and this flour have 9 type of grains in this flour lentil millet wheat so it's reach of protein.

Ingredients:

 1    1/2 cup bread flour + 1/2 cup for dusting

2.    1 cup Patanjali wheat flour

3.    1/2 cup oatmeal powder

4.    1 tablespoon garlic paste

5.    1 tablespoon ginger - chili paste

6.    1/2 tablespoon cumin seeds

7.    1 teaspoon red chili powder or your taste

8.    2 teaspoon active dry instant yeast

9.    2 tablespoon oil or melted butter

10.  1 ½ tablespoons sugar

11.  1/2 cup lukewarm milk (vegan choice soy milk)

12.  1/2 cup lukewarm water

13.  1/2 teaspoon salt

14.  1/4 lukewarm water as needed

Method:

1.   Mix the water, milk and sugar in large bowl.

2.   Sprinkle the yeast in top of the milk mixture cover and keep a side for ten minutes.

3.   Take another large bowl and add all flour and oil and mix well.

4.   Now combine yeast and flour together.

5.   Take the dough out on lightly floured surface and knead for 6 to 8 minute, if required add little water (make smooth dough).

6.   Let the dough rest for 2 hours in an oiled bowl, cover with kitchen towel to prevent dough skin.

7.   After 2 hour it will have been double in size.

8.   Take another bowl and mix all spices.

9.   Take out air from the dough by patting with the help of hand.

10. Cut this dough seven to eight portion and sprinkle all spices.

11. Now build all part of the dough and mix very well.

12. Put the dough in rectangle or round greased pan.

13. Cover the pan with kitchen towel and leave them to rise for another 1 hour.

14. After 1 hour dough is again double in size.

15. Bake in a preheated oven at 200º C For 30 to 35 minutes or until brown on the top.

16. Let it cool down completely.

17. Cut this bread and serve with curd, juice, tea or coffee and also good going with pickle.

18. Should finish with in 4 days. Store in refrigerator.

Tips:

* Kneading the dough is a necessary step in the bread (buns) making process.

* Usually a dough goes through two rising periods, the first after mixing and the second after shaping.

* When the loaf starts its second rise after shaping, it is a good time to PREHEAT the OVEN about before 15 minutes.

* if u no have patanjali flour than u can make this bread 1/2 cup wheat flour+ 1 tbsp pearl millet flour +1 tbsp any lentils flour+1 tbsp corn flour+ 1 tbsp ray or buck wheat flour. 

* if u no have patanjali flour than u can make this bread 1/2 cup wheat flour+ 1 tbsp pearl millet flour +1 tbsp any lentils flour+1 tbsp corn flour+ 1 tbsp ray or buck wheat flour.

Tiramisu Gourmet Cake

Tiramisu is one of the very famous Italian dessert. this dessert has many variations, the only constant ingredient being the mascarpone cheese. 

In traditional recipe made using egg. here i am using whipping cream instead of egg .Enjoy this gourmet cake recipe with your family and friends.

Ingredients:

For Filling:

1.      30 savoiardi (lady fingers) biscuits

2.      1 cup mascarpone cheese

3.      1 cup heavy whipping cream

4.      4 tablespoon icing sugar

5.      1 tablespoon coffee syrup

6.      1/2 teaspoon chocolate essence (optional)

7.      1 tablespoon coco powder to dust

For Coffee Syrup:

1.      1/2 tablespoon strong coffee powder

2.      1 tablespoon sugar

3.      1/2 cup water

    

For Garnish:

1.      Grated white chocolate

2.      Black and white wafer chocolate stick (leftover)

 Method:

1.      Take coffee syrup ingredients in a pan and boil it, leave to cool and set aside.

2.      In a mixing bowl, whisk mascarpone cheese with two tbsp of coffee syrup and three tbsp icing sugar than mix until blended.

3.      In another bowl, with a manual whisk, whisk the whipping cream and chocolate essence, one tbsp icing sugar until soft peak (do not over whip).

4.      Fold mascarpone mixture and whipping cream mixture together and mix well.

5.      A nice fluffy filling is ready :), set aside.

6.      Cut to lady fingers about 3" in length, save the leftover small pieces.

7.      Arrange the lady fingers line the sides of a 7" or 9" round spring form pan. (Do not dip them in the coffee syrup).

8.      Now gently dip the another lady finger in coffee syrup.

9.      Arrange the line of base pan and cover the base fully (here use left over lady finger pieces to fill the gape).

10.  Spoon over half of the filling, spread evenly.

11.  Repeat with another layer of lady finger and remaining filling.

12.  Spread filling very smooth the top and refrigerate for at least 6 hours, best left overnight.

13.  Unmold the cake and dust the top with cocoa powder.

14.  Decorate with grated white chocolate and leftover black and white chocolate cut in small piece and arrange same like picture.

Tips:

* Remove the mascarpone cheese from the refrigerator early enough and Whip it vigorously until very soft

* Dip the ladyfingers in the coffee very fast. Don’t let the lady finger biscuits absorb too much liquid or they may become too soft and mushy.

* If you don't have a spring form pan, you can use a normal baking round pan with a large sheet of aluminum foil and Give allowance of about 1~2 inches for the foil to hang over the rim of the pan.Place a cake board inside the lined pan. 

* To unmold, simply lift up the cake from the pan by gripping the foil. Transfer the cake onto a serving plate and carefully remove the foil. 

     

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Egg less Chocolate Cupcakes

                       

Ingredients:

1.      1 1/2 cups cake flour

2.      1 cup sugar powder

3.      3 tablespoon coco powder

4.      1/4 cup oil

5.      1/2 teaspoon baking soda

6.      1 cup water

7.      1/4 teaspoon salt

8.      1 teaspoon chocolate essences

9.      2 teaspoon vinegar  

Method:

1.      Preheat the oven 180 C.

2.      Mix all dry ingredients.

3.      Mix very well all wet ingredients together.

4.      Now mix all wet and dry ingredients together beat, don't over mix.

5.      Line baking molds with parchment paper or lightly grease.

6.      Drop portions of dough into the cups.

7.      Bake about 12 to 15 minutes.

8.      A nice fluffy cupcakes are ready.

9.      In this mixture 15 to 18 cup cakes.
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Mascarpone Cheese

Mascarpone cheese is best known as an ingredient in tiramisu. A very famous  Italian dessert.  It also good alternative of cream cheese.This recipe is easy to follow but you need to plan.
The cheese will need to rest for at least a day before use.
This cheese won't have preservatives and will need to be consumed within a few days.
Ingredients:

1.      500 ml. or 2 cups heavy whipping cream

2.      1/4 teaspoon citric acid

3.      1 tablespoon water

4.      Candy thermometer 

Method:

1.      Pour the whipping cream in heavy bottom pan.

2.      Put in stove and whisk constantly.

3.      Mix water and citric acid in a bowl.

4.      When the cream is warm add candy thermometer in pan.

5.      Whisk over the heat until the cream reaches a temperature of 85º C. or 185º F. in candy thermometer now add citric acid.

6.      Keep stirring in 85º C. degrees about five minutes than remove from heat.

7.      Remove from heat and allow to cool, whisking occasionally.

8.      Cover the lid and leave the cream in warm place about 7 to 8 hours.

9.      Pour the mixture into a bowl through a thick cheesecloth.

10.  Drain the water and thick mascarpone cheese is ready.

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Home Made Buns

Ingredients:
1.       2.5 (2  and 1/2 ) cup bread  flour

2.      2 teaspoon active instant dry yeast

3.      2  tablespoon oil or melted butter

4.      2 teaspoon sugar

5.      1/2 cup lukewarm milk (vegan choice soya milk)

6.      1/2 cup lukewarm water

7.      1/2 teaspoon salt

8.      1/4 lukewarm water as needed

Method:

1.      Mix the water, milk and sugar in large bowl.

2.      Sprinkle the yeast in top of the milk mixture cover and keep a side for ten minutes.

3.      Take one another large bowl and add the flour and Oil and mix well.

4.      After ten minutes to bring all together.

5.      Take the dough out on lightly floured surface and knead for 6 to 8 minute, if you needed add little water (make smooth dough).

6.      Let the dough rest for 2 hours in an oiled bowl, cover with kitchen towel to prevent from dough skin.

7.      After 2 hour it will have been double in size.

8.      Take out air from the dough by patting with the help of hand.

9.      Divide the dough 8 portions and spread each portion out in a round shape.

10.  Put all rounds in rectangle or round greased pan.

11.  Cover the pan with kitchen towel and leave them to rise for another 1 hour.

12.  After 1 hour again double in size.

13.  Bake in a preheated oven at 200º C. For 20 to 22 minutes.

14.  Brush the top with melted butter.

15.  Let it cool down completely.

Tips: 

* Kneading the dough is a necessary step in the bread(buns) making process.

* Usually a dough goes through two rising periods, the first after mixing and the second after shaping.

* When the loaf starts its second rise after shaping, it is a good time to PREHEAT the OVEN about before 15 minutes.

      

1st May, Golden Gujarat Day

It is 1st may celebration time every where in Gujarat-India  ,
1^st May 1960, and with first ray of sunlight hitting the ground, Gujarat began a new era. This was to be an era of self confidence, of trend setting, of proving to the world, what Gujarat and Gujaratis have been known for ages. It was to prove to be a watershed in history of Gujarat.

The preceding years had seen a visionary struggle – a struggle for statehood, a charm for smaller geographical units with potential of turning adversities into advantages. The “Maha Gujarat Andolan” as it was called was led by visionary leaders like Indulal Yagnik, Jivraj Mehta, Harihar Khambholja and Brahmakumar Bhatt. The movement had its roots in difficulties for hinterlands of Gujarat to travel all the way to Mumbai for administrative affairs. As Government of India had already carved out separate units for administrative purposes in southern India on linguistic considerations, the desire of Gujarati masses was justified. After a long struggle of four years, the Central Government agreed to the State of Gujarat and under the leadership of Shri Jivraj Mehta, first Government of Gujarat was sworn in on May 1^st, 1960. The oath of office was administered by Pt. Ravishankar Maharaj at the Gandhi Ashram and hence came into being a State called Gujarat with natural geographical formation looking like “Jaws of Lion”.
(Source : http://www.swarnimgujarat.org/ )