Vanilla Cupcake

Vanilla Cupcake

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour - 1 cup

2. Sugar - 3/4 cup

3. Eggs - 2

4. Vanilla Essence - 1 tbsp

5. Milk - 1/4 cup

6. Butter - 1/4 cup

For Icing:

1.Cream Cheese - 1 cup

2. Icing Sugar - 1/2 cup

3. Peanut Butter - 4 tbsp

How to prepare:

Take all purpose flour in a bowl. Add sugar and eggs and whisk well. Add the vanilla essence. Add milk and butter and beat well. Add baking soda and beat well in a medium speed with a hand mixer till its fluffy and smooth. Pour the batter in the mould and put it in the oven for 3 to 4 minutes. For the icing, mix the cream cheese, icing sugar and the peanut butter amd beat well till its smooth. Once the cupcakes are cooled  dowm, do the peanut butter icing and serve.

Pictorial:

Add all purpose flour to a bowl                                   Add sugar

Add eggs                                                                     Whisk well. Add vanilla essence

Add milk                                                                     Beat well with a hand mixer

Add baking soda                                                          Add butter

Beat well till its fluffy and smooth                             Pour into the mould with a spoon

Ready to go to oven                                                   Mix cream cheese, sugar,peanut butter for icing

 Whisk well and do icing on the cupcakes

Yummy cupcakes are ready!!!!

Pasta in White Sauce

Pasta in white sauce

Ingredients:

1. Pasta - 1 cup

2. Chicken pieces - 1/4 cup

3. Milk - 1 cup

4. Whipping Cream - 1/2 cup

5. Parmesan Cheese - 1/4 cup

6. Pepper Powder - 1 tbsp

7. Butter - 1 tbsp

8. Basil Leaves - 1 tsp

How to prepare:

Boil the pasta and keep it aside. Heat oil in a kadai and fry the chicken pieces. Once cooked keep it aside.In a kadai add milk, whipped cream and parmesan cheese and stir it till the paste becomes thick. Add butter and the cooked chicken pieces to the white paste and stir it well. Add the pasta, pepper powder and basil leaves and stir it well and switch off the flame. Serve hot. If you want to serve later,  then before serving add hot milk and mix well.

Pictorial:

Boil the pastas                                                                Heat oil in a kadai

Add the chicken pieces                                                 Add milk, whipped cream and parmesan cheese

Stir the sauce till it becomes thick                                  Add the chicken pieces and butter

Add pepper powder and basil leaves                            Stir it well

White pasta  is ready!!!!

Unniyappam

Unniyappam

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 1 cup

2. Jaggery - 1 cup

3. Bananas - 2

4. Black sesame seeds - 2 tsp

5. Ghee - 1 tbsp

6. Coconut pieces - 2 tsp

7. Oil

How to Prepare:

Boil the water and put jaggery pieces and melt it. Filter the water and keep it aside. Grind the bananas to a fine paste. Fry the coconut pieces in ghee. Take a bowl, add rice powder, fried coconut pieces, grinded banana paste, black sesame seeds, jaggery water and mix well to a idli batter form. Keep it aside for 3- 4 hours. Heat oil in unniyappa chatti and pour the batter into the moulds. Once cooked and fried well, turn on the other side and fry well in a medium flame till it is brown and cooked well. Hot unniyappamss are ready to eat.

Pictorial:

Melt the Jaggery                                                           Grind the bananas

Make it to a smooth paste                                             Fry the coconut pieces in ghee

Take rice flour and add the fried coconut pieces. Add the grinded banana and black sesame seeds

Add the jaggery water                                                   Mix well. It should be in the idli batter form.

Heat oil                                                                        Pour the batter and fry it till it is cooked

Once cooked turn on the other side and fry well                

Unniyapams are ready!!!!

Hummus

Hummus

Ingredients:

1. Chickpeas - 1 cup

2. Tahini - 1/2 cup

3. Lemon - 1

4. Olive oil - 3 tbsps

5. Garlic pods - 2

How to prepare:

Cook the chickpeas or you can use the chickpeas tin. Put the chickpeas, Tahini (click on it for the recipe), lemon juice, garlic pods and 2 tbsps of olive oil in a food processor and grind well until it becomes a fine smooth paste. Garnish it with the remaining olive oil and sprinke some cayenne pepper on the top.

Pictorial:

Put all the ingredients in the food processor              Grind it to a smooth paste

                   Garnish it with olive oil and sprinkle cayenne pepper on the top

Tahini

Tahini

Ingredients:

1. Sesame Seeds - 1 cup

2. Olive oil - 3 tbsps

3. Water - As required 

How to prepare:

Roast the sesame seeds. Grind the sesame seeds along with olive oil and add little water and make a fine paste. It is used for making hummus. 

Pictorial: 

Roast the sesame seeds                                               Grind it along with olive oil

Add little water and make a fine paste                        Store in a air tight container