All Entries in the "Desserts,Sweet Dishes" Category
Raspberry Jam Cupcakes
12 cupcakes *You will need a 12-cup cupcake tray and 12 papers or foil baking cups For the cupcakes 120 g unsalted butter, softened 60 g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces 60 g milk chocolate, chopped into small pieces 300 g raspberry jam (or other berry jam) 120 g light [...]
Apple Orange Icecream Flan
Ingredients 2 apples peeled, diced 2 oranges, segmented, peeled, deseeded 1 tbsp. Cornflower 1 tbsp. butter 1/2-cup sugar 1/2 cup orange juice 1 tsp. lemon juice 1/2 litre vanilla icecream 1/2-cup smooth fresh cream 2 tbsp. brandy (optional) 1 packet china grass Method To prepare flan tin: Take a 9″ flan tin, and a4 [...]
Gajar Ka halwa (Carrot Pudding)
Ingredients: Carrots : 2 cups ( grated and shredded) Milk : 2 cups Butter(unsalted) or Ghee : 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar : 1/4 cup Cardamom Powder : 1/2 tsp Roasted Cashews nuts : 10 (for garnishing) Raisins : 6 (roasted)(for garnishing) Method Of Preparation : Heat a tbsp ghee in a small pan and roast [...]
Brown Sugar Pudding
Ingredients SAUCE: 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups boiling water PUDDING: 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup milk Directions Combine all sauce ingredients. [...]
Brown Sugar Custard
1 litre (4 cups) milk 200 ml cream 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways and seeds scraped 12 egg yolks 160 gm brown sugar 20 ml (1 tbsp) brandy 1 Combine milk, cream, vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan and bring to the simmer over low heat, remove vanilla bean and set aside. Whisk egg [...]
Chocolate Cheesecake Candy Cane Bars Recipe
Total Time: 9 hr 5 min Prep 20 min Inactive 8 hr 0 min Cook 45 min Yield: about 16 (2-inch) squares Level: Easy Ingredients Crust: 20 chocolate wafer cookies 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground coffee beans 1/4 teaspoon fine salt Filling: 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 8 [...]
Boondi
1 cup Besan 1 pinch Kesari 1 pinch Cardamom powder 1 tbsp Rice flour 1 pinch Baking Powder 1 tbsp Melon seeds 1 tbsp Broken Cashew nut 2 cups Oil Sugar 1 cup Water How to make boondi laddu: Mix the flour, rice flour, baking powder and colour. Make a smooth thick batter. Heat the [...]
Kaju Barfi
Ingredients 2 cups Cashew Nuts (soaked in water for 2 hours) 1 cup Powdered Sugar 1 tbsp Ghee 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder Silver Foil (optional) Method Drain and blend the cashews to a fine paste. Use as little water as possible when blending. Now in a saucepan make syrup with sugar and water and Cook [...]
Cheese Cake
INGREDIENTS MILK1 Kg EGGS2 CREAM1 cup ICING SUGAR2 cup CHINA GRASS30 gm CREAMY CHEESE250 gm BUTTER4-5 tbsp SEASON FOODas required DIRECTIONS I a pan fry 1kg milk with 2cup of sugar to dissolve the sugar. When milk get thick then add 1cup cream, 250g creamy cheese and 2 egg yolks in a mixing bowl beat [...]
Cashew Mysorepak – Cashew again, now with besan.
Powdered cashew – 1 cup Besan – 1/3 cup Ghee – 1 cup Sugar – 2 cups Cardamom powder – ½ tsp Saffron – ¼ tsp (warm & powder) Mix cashew powder, besan & melted ghee without lumps. Boil sugar with1 cup of water to one string consistency. Immediately, add the mixture gradually with one [...]
Mohanthal – Besan & khoa combination.
Fresh besan – 1 cup Grated khoa – 1 cup Ghee – 1 cup Sugar – 2 ½ cups Finely chopped cashew – 2 tbsp Cardamom powder – ½ tsp Saffron – ¼ tsp ( warm & powder) Roast besan in 2 tbsp ghee on a low flame till raw smell goes. Cool & mix [...]
Potato Halva – Your friends will say “no, this is badam halwa” !
Potatoes – ½ kg Unsweetened khoa – 100gms Sugar – ½ kg (2 ½ cups) Ghee – ½ cup + 2 tbsp Cardamom powder – ½ tsp Almond essence – 2-3 drops (not more) Saffron – ¼ tsp (warm & powder) Chopped cashew – to decorate Boil, peel & mash potatoes . Heat ½ cup [...]
Somas(i)-still a popular sweet in South Indian Weddings.
Outer Covering: Maida 1 ½ cups Melted ghee 3tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Water to mix For layering Melted ghee – 2 – 3 tbsp Maida for dusting Mix flour, salt & ghee with enough warm water to knead to a smooth dough. Sprinkle a little water , cover with a damp cloth & keep for ½ hr or [...]
Seven Cups Cake – still going strong.
Besan – 1 cup Coconut – 1 cup (grated fine, white & soft) Milk – 1 cup Ghee – 1 cup Sugar – 3 cups Cardamom powder – 1 tsp Cool the boiled milk, mix all ingredients together in a heavy pan, without lumps. Boil the mixture, stirring well till soft ball consistency is reached. Add cardamom [...]
Maaladu – Tasty Nutrition Balls of Yesteryears.
This can be madewith fried gram (pottukadalai), moong dhal or gram dhal. Pottukadalai can be powdered in the mixi & sieved fine. The other 2 dhals must be roasted dry on a kadai till a nice aroma comes & then finely powdered in flour mill. Flour powder – 1 cup Sugar – 1 cup – [...]
