Marble CupCake:

 

Ingredients:

 

All-Purpose flour                         - 210g

Butter (At room temp)                 - 115 g

Sugar                                            - 200 g

egg (at room temp)                       - 1 no

yoghurt                                         - 60 g

milk or whipping cream              - 3/4 cup

Vanilla extract                             - 2 tsp

Cocoa powder                             - 1/4 cup

 

 

Directions:

1. Preheat 350 degree
2. beat sugar and butter well
3. add egg and beat well
4. add yoghurt, milk
5. add vanilla extract
6. add all purpose flour (if adding baking soda, mix well with all purpose flour and add to mix)
7. add cocoa to 1/3 of batter
8. fill the cupcakes alternate vanilla and chocolate batters to make it marbled.
9. bake for 8-10 mins - for mini cupcakes

 Tips:

• if you are using baking soda add 1/2 tsp
• makes 24  mini cup cakes and 4 cup cakes
• keep a bowl of water so that the moisture is maintained..

Gumbo

Gumbo

1. thyme 1 tsp
2. oregano 1.5 tsp
3. basil - optional 1 tsp
4. bay leaf - 2
5. pepper -
6. paprika - 1 tsp or sriracha sauce :)
7. parsley leaves 1 tsp
8. celery  - 1/2 cup
9. tomatos - 5 medium
10. chicken - 1/ cup
11. shrimp - 6 or so
12. sausage - 1/4 cup - optional
13. capsicum - 1
14. shallots - 3
15. green onion - 1 bunch if needed
16. wheat or rice :) - 1 cup - uncooked

in oil, sauté all vegitables together, including tomatoes..
add meat, sausage and shrimp
add wheat rice and add water for all of it cook
add spices


enjoy :)

Chilly Turkey

A very easy recipe to manage your show during weekdays or when you have very little time :).

• Turkey - cubes - 2Cups.  I use the cooked turkey breast from Costco
• corn starch - 1.5 tbsp.
• Soy sauce - 2 tbsp.
• sri racha sauce - 2 tsp
• snow beans or other vegitables you want to use
• green chilly - 4 nos - more or less as per your spice level
• shallots - 1
• garlic - 1 clove
• ginger - little bit

1. mix corn starch, soy sauce and sriracha together. add more soy sauce if you need to make it more watery
2. marinate the turkey pieces using the mix above
3. since the meat is already cooked - no need to wait for marination to set in..
4. heat oil - I use coconut oil - pan fry the marinated turkey cubes very lightly.
5. remove from pan.
6. in same pan, add chilly, shallots, ginger, garlic and sauté well
7. add snow beans.
8. mix with turkey

enjoy turkey chilly with rice or noodles :)

Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Every time I start thinking of icing a cake, Jeo comes up with the idea of not spoiling the whole cake! So this time, I decided to ice one slice at a time while serving!

Wow - that was a hit!

Since I didn't have a picture from the original set we served, you can guess why ;), Tara helped me to recreate one for my blog now :). And yes, she made sure that she finished it for me too - how sweet!

Pound cake:

As all my friends know, this is the most easiest cake to make!

8 Oz - butter - room temperature
8 Oz - sugar
8 Oz - all purpose flour - sifted
8 Oz - egg --- this is about 4 eggs at room temp
2 tsp Orange essence

you can add nutmeg to this too - 1/2 tsp

Whip butter and sugar well. Since we are NOT using baking soda/powder, the secret is to get as much air bubble possible in the butter/sugar mixture.

Add egg and beat well - again trap as much air bubble as you can
Add orange essence - beat well
add all purpose flour - mix well - DO NOT beat. Just incorporate the flour well.

Bake at 350 degree F for 35 mins.


Ganache:

1 cup Heavy whipping cream
9 oz chocolate - I use the TraderJoes pound plus dark chocolate and some Ghirardelli milk chocolate. you can use any baking chocolate.

Bring heavy whipping cream near to boil. Turn off the flame, add chocolate and keep the vessel closed for 5 mins. Then open it and stir it well.

Your silky, chocolaty ganache is ready :)

pour on top of the cake - cake slice and garnish as needed. I use Raspberry and blue berry.

Tips:
If you have ganache left - please put in a glass bottle and keep refrigerated. You can melt it by double boiling it next time you need it.




 

Brownie

Ingredients:


1/2 cup butter  - room temp
1 cup sugar  
2 eggs - room temp                                                      
1 tsp vanilla extract   
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder  
1/2 cup all purpose flour   

1. preheat oven to 350 degree
2. beat butter and sugar till fluffy and pale
3. add eggs and beat very well
4.  add vanilla extract
5. add cocoa powder and mix till incorporated
6. add all purpose flour
7. pour to pan and cook for 25-30

Lemon Cupcake

Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour 
1 cup unsalted butter
2 cups white sugar  
4 eggs, at room temperature 
1 tsp vanilla essence  
2 Tbsp lemon zest  
1 cup whole milk

For Icing:
2 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, divided  
1 cup cream cheese
3/4 confectioners' sugar  
1 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice  

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). And get the cupcake pans ready.
2.Beat the unsalted butter and sugar until light, fluffy and pale white.
3.Beat in the eggs till its fluffy and smooth.
4.Mix in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
5.Add milk and beat very well.
6.Add flour and mix only till its all incorperated - donot over mix.
7.pour in cupcake pan and cook for about 17 mins.


To make the icing, beat the cream and then add confectioners' sugar and lemon juice - beat till you get peaks. If too watery, add more confectionary sugar.

Lemon Pickle

Ingredients:

• lemon (cut to small pieces)   2 cup
• salt        2 Tbsp
• sesame oil (എള്ളെ ണ്ണ )   1/2 cup or more
• Mehti seed (ഉലുവ )      2 tsp
• mustard seeds      2 tsp
• ginger         2 Tbsp
• turmeric      1 tsp
• green chilly  1 Tbsp
• Asafoetida powder  1 tsp

Directons:

1. Cut lemons and soak in salt for 7 days. Everyday make sure to mix the salt with lemon - turn the jar upside down and shake it.. don't stir with spoon
2. heat oil and add mustard seeds and let it splutter
3. add mehti seeds
4. add ginger and green chilly and let it fry - wait till spluttering sound from water stops
5. turn off the heat
6. add salted lemon
7. add turmeric
8. asafoetida powder
9. once totally cooled, transfer to bottles and store in a cool, dry place.