Pineapple Cake

Pineapple cake is very easy to make and it will take you max 1 hour. The simple ingredients required are:

(1) 2 cups all-purpose flour

(2) 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder

(3) 2 1/2 cups  sugar

(4) 1/2 cup milk

(5) 1 cup  pineapple juice.

(6) 1/2 cup vegetable oil (use canola, sunflower or pea nut; olive is not recommended).

(7) 2 eggs

(8) 6 tablespoons butter

(9) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

(10)                    Optional: dry fruits.

(11)                    Whipped cream.

(12)                    Small pieces of pineapple.

Now that you have all the ingredients ready, follow these easy steps:

(1) Mix eggs, flour, sugar, milk, pineapple juice, butter and baking powder well in a bowl.

(2) Make the batter well.

(3)  Add the vanilla extract.                                           

(4)  Mix again at least for 10 minutes.

(5) Add the dry fruits as per your choice.

(6) Now grease the baking pan with vegetable oil.

(7) Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

(8)  Pour the batter in the pan.

(9)  Bake for 35-40 minutes. Check occasionally if your cake is done. Use a fork or a pricking stick for it. The pineapple cake is usually sticky in texture. So don’t worry if it does not turn out to be very fluffy. 

   Now your cake is ready. Use whipped cream and small pieces of pineapple as your icing. Note: Do not use chocolate. Enjoy. J

Orange Cake

Orange cake is very easy to make and it will take you max 1 hour. The  simple ingredients required are:

(1) 2 cups all-purpose flour

(2) 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder  

(3) 1 1/2 cups  sugar

(4) 1/2 cup milk

(5) 1/2 cup orange juice

(6) 1/2 cup vegetable oil ( use canola, sunflower or pea nut; olive is not recommended).

(7) 2 eggs

(8) 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest

(9)  6 tablespoons butter

(10)                    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

(11)                    Optional: dry fruits, cherry.

(12)                    Whipped cream (optional).

(13)                    Jam. (optional).

Now that you have all the ingredients ready, follow these easy steps:

(1) Mix eggs, flour, sugar, milk orange juice, orange zest, butter and baking powder well in a bowl.

(2) Make the batter well.

(3)  Add the vanilla extract.

(4)  Mix again at least for 10 minutes.

(5) Add the dry fruits and cherry as per your choice.

(6) Now grease the baking pan with vegetable oil.

(7) Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

(8)  Pour the batter in the pan.

(9)  Bake for 35-40 minutes. Check occasionally if your cake is done. Use a fork or a pricking stick for it.

                                 

   Now your cake is ready. You can use whipped cream or jam as icing or simply add the remaining dry fruits or cherry as per your choice. You may would like to use orange cream as an icing but I would personally would not recommend it as it submerges the flavor of the cake. Enjoy. 

DOI CHICKEN ( CHICKEN WITH CURD )

Hello everyone. Today, we will be cooking chicken with curd today. It's a very yummy dish which is easy to cook.
Here are the ingredients :
(1) Chicken
(2) Curd
(3) Onion paste.
(4) Garlic paste.
(5) Ginger paste.
(6) Cumin powder.
(7) Coriander powder.
(8) Tomato puree.
(9) Chili powder.
(10) Coriander leaves ( optional).
(11) Sunflower oil.
 (12) Salt.
Marinate the chicken with curd and garlic paste.  After 1-2 hours, heat white oil in pan and follow these simple steps :
(1) Pour the onion paste, ginger paste, chili powder and fry for 2 minutes.
(2) Add the cumin powder, coriander powder, chili powder and salt. Add coriander if you want.
(3) Then add the chicken  and a little water and stir for 10-15 minutes.
(4) After that , add some more water, around 1 -2 cup depending on the amount of chicken , close the lid of the pan and cook for around 15 minutes. Check intermittently whether the chicken has softened or not.
(5) Once the chicken has softened and a considerable amount of water has drained out, turn off the oven and serve it.
     You can garnish with anything you like. I used dry fruits to garnish.  do try out my recipe and leave a feedback if you like it. Thank you :) Enjoy !!

Potoler Dorma ( Veg) : Stuffed Pointed Gourd ( Veg) : Stuffing : Soya Beans

Hi all, 

Potol or pointed gourd is not everyone’s favourite. Reason:  the stuffed seeds within it. So, why not replace the stuff seeds with something tastier? Trust me, you will fall in love with the dish. Stuffed pointed gourd can be prepared in a wide variety of methods, veg and non veg  and stuffing can be anything and everything. In this post, I will be talking about how to make stuffed pointed gourd ( veg) with soyabeans. For this, you will need the following ingredients :

(1) Pointed Gourd. (20 pcs).

(2)  Soya Beans. (1 medium bowl).

(3)  Curd.(50gm).

(4)  Coriander leaves.

(5) Salt .

(6) Amchur powder.

(7)  Turmeric powder.

(8)  Chilli paste. ( 4 chilli).

(9)  Coriander powder.

(10)                    Cumin Powder.

(11)                    Mustard oil.

(12)                    Cashew. ( Small pieces).

(13)                    Sugar( 1 tea spoon ; optional).

Now, just follow these steps:

(1)  Cut one end of the pointed gourd like a small circle and scoop out the seeds using a knife or a spoon( use the pointed back of the spoon).

(2)  Boil the soyabeans and smash them.

(3)  In a pan, heat mustard oil and fry the soyabeans with chilli paste ( 1 spoon) , amchur, turmeric, salt ,  cashew, cumin powder and coriander powder.

(4)  Fry well and add spoons of water when necessary.

(5)  Take some of the soyabeans to be used as stuffing and keep the rest for gravy.

(6)  Now stuff the soyabeans into the  pointed gourd and fry them in mustard oil.

(7)  Now mix curd, turmeric powder, chilli paste, cumin powder, coriander powder in a bowl.

(8) Heat mustard oil and add salt.

(9)  Now add the remaining soyabeans and the curd mixture and the coriander leaves.

(10)                    Cook for 2-3 minutes.

(11)                    Add sugar. ( This is optional. If you want to make it extremely spicy, you can leave it).

(12)                    Add the stuffed fried pointed gourd and some water.

(13)                    Cook for 5-7 minutes.

Your dish is ready !!  Serve it with white rice and enjoy J

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP WITH VEGETABLES

Hello everyone. I hope my recipes are helping you all.  I have recently taken interest in experimenting with soups and I am happy to share this delicious and extremely easy recipe with you all. This is a thick chicken noodle soup with vegetables. The ingredients required for this are :

(1)    Boneless chicken.

(2)    Noodles.

(3)    Vegetables . ( I took baby corn, papaya, sweet corn, carrots, beans, coriander leaves. ).

(4)    Salt

(5)    Chili paste.

(6)    Pepper.

(7)    Corn flour.

(8)    Ginger paste.

                                           Now that you have all the ingredients, just follow these simple steps :

(1)    Make the chicken stock by boiling chicken in water and adding salt, chili paste and ginger paste.

(2)    Now in a fresh pan, take water and boil it . The amount of water depends on the amount of vegetables.

(3)    Add the vegetables and boil it. Remember that babycorn takes time to boil while papaya boils quickly. So add the vegetables depending on what you use.

(4)    Now add the chicken, salt and chili paste as per taste.

(5)    Mix  cornflour in water and the cornflour should be 1/4^th of the vegetable stock .

(6)    Add the corn flour and keep stirring.

(7)    Add the noodles and keep on stirring.

(8)    Now, add the chicken stalk and stir well for 3-4 minutes and your dish is ready.

         This is a heavy soup and is extremely filling. You can  serve this as lunch along with garlic bread, or any sort of bread as per your choice. Enjoy the dish and do let me know how it goes. Thank you J

GREEN ONIONS WITH PEANUT DRESSING

Hello friends. Today I am here with a veg dish : GREEN ONIONS WITH PEA NUT DRESSING.

I am not a green -onion lover but when I experimented with this one with pea nuts, I fell in love with the dish. It is really yummy and easy to cook.

Here is the list of ingredients :

(1) Green onions ( finely chopped).

(2) Salt

(3) Green chili paste.

(4) Cumin powder.

(5) Coriander powder.

(6) Pea nuts.

(7) Sunflower oil.

(8) Kalonji ( optional ).

        Now that you have the ingredients, just follow these easy steps :

(1) Heat sunflower oil in pan.

(2) Add the green onions, salt, coriander powder, cumin powder and kalonji. 

(3) Fry for 5 minutes in medium heat.

(4) Add the pea nuts and then cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Garnish the dish and serve it will a plate of white rice for lunch. Enjoy :)

CHICKEN : INDIAN SPICY CURRY

Hello everyone, I am back with another recipe of chicken . It is a spicy Indian chicken curry I made and turned out to be a wonderful side dish for dinner. To make this, you need :

1) 500 gm of chicken

(2) Poppy paste ( 100 gm of poppy).

(3) Coriander powder. (2 tablesppon).

(4) Ginger paste . ( 6 table spoon).

(5) Chili paste . ( 3 chili )

(6) Pepper.

(7) Coriander leaves.

(8) Onion Paste. ( 3 onions).

(9) Garlic paste . ( ½ garlic).

(  (10)Salt.

(  (11)Turmeric powder.

(   (12) Cumin powder ( 2 tablespoon).

(   (13)Sunflower oil.

Now that you have all the ingredients arranged, just follow these simple steps :

1. Heat oil in pan.
2. Add onion paste, garlic paste, salt , and chili paste.
3. Then after a few minutes, add the poppy paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric and coriander leaves.
4. Cook for around 5 minutes.
5. Then add the chicken.
6. Add ¾ th cup of water and cook for around 15 minutes.
   
   Now your dish is ready to be served. Enjoy :)