Me As Chef

INGREDIENTS: FOR ALOO SABZI: 1) 8 - 10 Medium sized Potatoes 2) 2 Onions Chopped 3) 2 Tomatoes Chopped 4) 1 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste 5) 2 Green Chillies Chopped 6) 2 Tablespoon oil 7) 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric powder 8) 1/2 Teaspoon Jeera Seeds 9) 1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 10) 1 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder 11) 1 Teaspoon Jeera Powder 12) 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala 13) 1/2 Teaspoon Amchoor/Dry Mango Powder 14) Salt to taste 15) 1/2 Cup Fresh Coriander for garnish FOR PURI: 1) 3 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 2) 2 Tablespoon Ghee/ Clarified Butter 3) 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 4) Water to Knead FOR KHEER: 1) 1 litre full fat organic milk 2) 1 cup basmati rice 3) 6 Tablespoon sugar or as required 4) 6 Green Cardamoms elaichi, powdered 5) A pinch of saffron/kesar 6) 15-20 Almonds/badam, blanched and sliced 7) 12-15 cashews/kaju, Chopped 8) 1 Tablespoon golden raisins PREPARATION TIME: 1 Hour HOW TO PREPARE: ALOO KI SABZI: * Boil the potatoes, peel and keep aside * Cut the potatoes

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Packet of Marie biscuits 2) 1 Packet of Hide 'n' Seek Biscuits 3) 1 Packet of Parle G biscuits 4) 1 1/2 Teaspoon of Baking Powder 5) 1 Tablespoon chocolate Sauce 6) 1 cup Milk 7) Oil for greasing PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Grind the biscuits into powder form and keep it in a bowl * Add Milk, Baking powder, Chocolate sauce and mix well * Grease the cake bowl and add the batter to the bowl * Microwave the batter for 4 minutes and done! * Pour Chocolate Sauce over it before serving!

On occassion of Dhanteras and Diwali i present instant gulab jamoon which requires hardly 30 minutes of your time!! INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 cup Mawa/Khoya 2) 1/2 Cup Paneer 3) 2 Tablespoon Maida 4) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 5) 3 Cup Sugar 6) 1/2 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 7) Oil for frying PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a wok add oil and let it heat up for frying * In a bowl mix khoya, maida, paneer and baking powder * Mix well so that no lumps there and forms like a dough * Make balls and fry them in the wok till brown * In a pan add sugar and 1 cup water, let it boil * Add cardamom powder and boil till 1 string consistency * Put all fried balls into the sugar syrup and give them a boil each * Take out all gulab jamoons from sugar syrup and serve in a dish * For cupcakes, i made a 2 string sugar syrup * For Cupcakes, i strained the jamoons from extra sugar syrup * Done!

Today writing my 100th post, i feel overwhelmed and excited! Thanking all of you to make this blog a success! For all of you i am updating a recipe which is my personal favorite and very festive as its time to celebrate!. This recipe is a cupcake with a twist. The twist is the Indian sweet touch to cupcakes! Lets all celebrate the 100th post with this twisted cupcakes! INGREDIENTS: FOR CUPCAKES: 1) 200g Maida/Flour 2) 200g Sugar 3) 200g Butter/Malai 4) 2 Eggs 5) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 6) 2 Teaspoon Coffee 7) 4 Teaspoon Cocoa Powder 8) 12 Small sized Gulab Jamoons 9) 1 Packet Candied Cherry 10) 1 Cup Instant Rabri/Rabri FOR INSTANT RABRI: 1) 2 Cups Milk 2) 2 Bread slices 3) 1/4 Cup Condensed Milk 4) 2 Tablespoon Sugar 5) 1/4 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 6) Pinch Saffron FOR INSTANT GULAB JAMOON: 1) 1 cup Mawa/Khoya 2) 1/2 Cup Paneer 3) 2 Tablespoon Maida 4) 1 Teaspoon Baking powder 5) 3 Cup Sugar 6) 1/2 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardomom powder 7) Oil for frying PREP

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Mangoes Chopped 2) 1/2 Ltr Milk 3) 4 Teaspoon custard powder 4) 3 Tablespoon sugar 5) 1 Teaspoon elaichi/Cardamom powder 6) 2 Cups of water 7) 1 Pkt Mango Jelly powder or gelatin 8) 1 Pkt parle G biscuits 9) Few Silver balls 10) 1/2 Cup roohafza syrup PREPARATION TIME: 2 hours HOW TO PREPARE: ** FOR CUSTARD ** * Boil the milk in a pan, add cardamom powder and sugar * Take 1/2 cup of milk and mix in custard powder * Mix the custard paste in boiling milk and stir constantly * Keep stirring till it thickens without any lumps * Take it off from gas and let it cool down at room temperature * Once cooled put it in refrigerator to cool ** FOR JELLY ** * Boil 2 cups of water and add mango jelly powder * Stir constantly to dissolve the powder * Take off from gas and cool it at room temperature * Once cooled put it in freezer to freeze it ** ASSEMBLING ** * In a wine glass or glass bowl add chopped mango pieces * Then layer it with parle G biscuits * Add

Modak is a sweet dumpling, can be fried or steamed. Modaks have a special importance in the worship of the Hindu God Ganesha. It is believed to be his favorite food. Ganesha worship ceremony, known in India as Ganesh Chaturthi the puja always concludes with an offering of twenty-one modaks to the deity and as prasaad. Modaks made with rice flour shell are preferred for this purpose, however, wheat shell version are also used. Innovative recipes for modaks have also been created. These include banana nachni modak, motichoor modak and chocolate modak. INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Cup Rice flour 2) 1 Cup water 3) 1/2 Teaspoon salt 4) 2 Teaspoon Ghee/Clarified butter 5) 3/4 Cup Jaggery 6) 3/4 Cup Fresh grated Coconut 7) 1/2 Cup Raisins/Sultanas (seedless) 8) 1/4th Teaspoon Cardamom powder 9) Pinch of red edible color PREPARATION TIME: 1 Hour HOW TO PREPARE: * In a pan boil 1 cup water, add 1 teaspoon ghee and salt * Add Rice flour and keep stirring to avoid lumps * Keep aside covered to c

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 litre full fat organic milk 2) 1 cup basmati rice 3) 6 Tablespoon sugar or as required 4) 6 Green Cardamoms elaichi, powdered 5) A pinch of saffron/kesar 6) 15-20 Almonds/badam, blanched and sliced 7) 12-15 cashews/kaju, Chopped 8) 1 Tablespoon golden raisins PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Wash rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes, keep aside * In a pan boil milk, add cardamom powder and pinch of saffron * Drain the rice and add it to boiling milk * Keep stirring and scraping the sides of the pan * Cook till the rice grains are almost done * Add Sugar, Almonds and cashews to the boiling milk * Simmer and cook till rice completely done * Finally add raisins * Serve hot or chilled, as required garnished with raisins or pistachios ** You can also cook it with jaggery, add jaggery instead of sugar Powered by eRecipe.com

It is a very simple recipe. No need for any cooking or baking!! Just assemble freeze and serve!! INGREDIENTS: 1) 4 pieces of swiss roll 2) 500 gms Chocolate Icecream 3) Cling sheet PREPARATION TIME : 10 mins FREEZING TIME : 4 Hours HOW TO PREPARE: * Take swiss roll and cut it into 1 cm slices and keep aside * I got swiss roll from a local bakery, you can make it at home too * Take a deep bowl, and cover it with a cling film * Choose a bowl, of which you want the cake to shape of * Arrange the swiss roll slices on the bowl sides * Make sure the roll direction is in the same way for all * Fill the spaces between the slices with more bits of swiss roll * Fill the swiss roll bowl with chocolate icecream * Cover icecream with swiss roll slices as done in the picture above (optional) * Cover with cling film again and put it in freezer for 4 hours * After 4 hours, remove cling film and put the serving dish on top and turn upside down * Carefully remove the cling film around the

Seviyan is commonly known as Vermicelli. They are like thin spaghetti and can be used in many different ways, making sweet and savory dishes. INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Packet Seviyan (100 gms) 2) 1 Cup Milk 3) 1 Teaspoon Elaichi/Cardamom Powder 4) 1 Cup Sugar 5) 1/2 Cup ground Almonds 6) 1/2 Cup chopped Pistachios 7) Vanilla essence 8) Silver leaf for decoration (Optional) 9) Castor sugar for dusting PREPARATION TIME: 15 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * In a pan heat milk till it boils * Add in sugar, vanilla essence and elaichi powder * Bring it to a boil * Add ground almonds and seviyan and cook till the mix thickens * In a greased dish, pour the seviyan mix * Put the dish in fridge to set for an hour * Take it out and cut into square pieces * Arrange the square pieces onto a serving dish * Garnish with chopped pistachios and dust with castor sugar * Serve chilled with tea or as a dessert

INGREDIENTS: 1) 5 slices of Bread 2) Ghee to fry 3) 1 Cup sugar 4) 1/2 Cup water 5) 1/2 Cup chopped nuts 6) 1/4 Cup Rabri/Condensed Milk 7) 2 drops Vanilla essence PREPARATION TIME: 20 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Cut the bread slices into 4 parts(square or triangle) and keep it aside * In a pan add sugar, water and vanilla essence, cook till single thread consistency * Fry the bread slices in ghee till brown and give them a dip in sugar syrup * Plate the dipped bread slices in a tray or serving dish * Pour rabri on the bread slices and sprinkle nuts ** In nuts you can use cashew, almonds, pistachios, walnuts and raisins ** HOW TO COOK RABRI * Take 1 litre milk and let it boil in a heavy bottom pan * Boil the milk till it is reduced to 1/4 of the original quantity stirring in between * Once reduced, add sugar and cardamom and stir well until the sugar is dissolved * Rabri is ready. Instead you can use condensed milk too ** Can also garnish with fresh fruits like bana

INGREDIENTS: FOR VANILLA/BUTTERSCOTCH CUPCAKE: Makes 24 1) 1 cup butter softened 2) 1 1/2 cup sugar 3) 1 tablespoon baking powder 4) Pinch of salt 5) 4 Eggs 6) 1 Cup Milk 7) 2 Teaspoon Vanilla/Butterscotch extract/essence 8) 2 3/4 Cup Flour/Maida FOR FROSTING and DECORATING: 1) 1 Cup Butter 2) 1/4 Cup milk 3) 2 Cup Castor Sugar 4) 2 Tablespoon honey 5) Chocolate shavings 6) Silver balls 7) Colored balls 8) Gems/ M&Ms 9) Chocolate Fudge (readymade from market) PREPARATION TIME : 50 Mins HOW TO PREPARE: FOR CUPCAKE: * Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees. Line muffin tray with paper liners * Beat butter, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl untill well mixed * Add eggs, beat till fluffy * Beat milk and vanilla/butterscotch. It may look curdled * Finally add flour and mix well * Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full * Bake for 20-25 mins until a fork inserted in center comes out clean * Cool on a wire rack before frosting and decorating FOR FROSTING: * In a bowl beat the

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1/4 Cup Sugar 2) 1/4 Cup Flour/Maida 3) 2 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder 4) Pinch of salt 5) 2 Tablespoon Oil(refined/olive) 6) 3 Tablespoon water 7) 1 Scoop Vanilla Ice cream(optional) PREPARATION TIME: 5 Mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Add all dry ingredients in a cup * Add oil and water to it * Mix till the mixture gets consistent * Microwave for 1 min 40 sec. Its done!! * Serve hot or with ice cream scoop

INGREDIENTS: 1) 4 - 5 Soft Buns 2) 2 Chocolate bars 3) Sugar to sprinkle 4) 1/2 Cup Candied Cherries 5) 1/4 Cup milk 6) 10 Tablespoons of honey 7) Any other garnish you wish to have PREPARATION TIME: 10 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Candied Cherries, Soft buns, chocolate bars - get it from market * Melt one chocolate bar in a double boiler * Add Milk to it to make it runny * Slice the soft buns to make two halves * Apply the runny chocolate mix on both the inner sides of buns * Sprinkle some sugar and candied cherries in between * Cover the bun with the other half * In a bowl crush the other chocolate bar * On each bun sprinkle crushed chocolate pieces * Pour 2 Tablespoon of honey on each bun * Slice the buns in half or quarter and serve chilled * Children love it!!

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Kg Red Carrots 2) 2 Cups Sugar 3) 1 Ltr Milk 4) 1 Teaspoon Cardamom powder 5) 1 Cup Nuts ( Almonds, Cashew, and Raisins) 6) 1/2 Cup Ghee or Clarified Butter PREPARATION TIME: 1 Hour HOW TO PREPARE: * Peel and grate the carrots and keep aside * Boil milk and sugar together till sugar dissolves and keep aside * In a Wok add Ghee and grated carrots * Sauté for 10 - 15 mins till carrots change color and become soft * Add in cardamom powder and mix well * Add Milk and sugar mix and let it cook till milk is absorbed * Keep mixing in between * Add Chopped nuts and mix well * Saute till the mix leaves oil or comes together * Garnish with cashew nuts and serve hot

INGREDIENTS: 1) 8 - 10 Slices of White milk bread 2) 1 Cup White butter or Makkhan 3) 1/2 Ltr Milk 4) 4 Eggs 5) 1 Cup Sugar 6) 1/2 cup Mixed nuts(Cashew, Almonds, walnuts, Raisins) 7) 1/2 cup Sugar for caramel 8) 1/4 Chopped Cashew nuts for caramel 9) 1/2 Cup Water for caramel PREPARATION TIME: 30 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Chop all nuts and keep aside * Boil milk in a pan and add sugar * When sugar melts remove from heat and let it cool * Butter all slices of bread on both sides with white butter * Cut all the slices in 4 pieces * Grease a baking tray and arrange the bread slices in layers * In between bread layers sprinkle chopped nuts * Beat eggs and slowly add and mix it well in the cooled milk * Add the milk mix to the arranged bread slices so that all slices are soaked * Bake it at 200 degrees for 15 mins till the top turns golden brown * Once done chill it in fridge * Garnish with Cashew caramel and serve chilled FOR CASHEW CARAMEL: * In a pan add sugar and w

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Cup Malai/ Clotted Cream/ Devonshire cream 2) 1 1/2 Cup Cheeni/ Granulated Sugar 3) 5 Eggs 4) 2 Cup of Flour 5) 1/2 Cup of warm Milk 6) 1 1/2 Spoon of Baking Powder 7) 1 Pinch of Salt 8) 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence PREPARATION TIME: 40 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Mix Malai, eggs, and sugar till light and fluffy and till sugar is dissolved * Add in flour, salt and baking powder and mix well to form a smooth batter * Finally add in milk n essence and mix well * Grease a baking tray and pour in the batter * Bake at 200 degrees in oven for around 20 mins, Keep a watch in between * If want to microwave then put at combination(Micro + Convection) at 360 degrees for 15 mins * When done, Let it cool then cut slices and serve. * Kids will surely like it.

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Coconut Grated 2) 1 Cup Sugar 3) 300 gms Khoya / Dried Whole Milk 4) 1/4 Cup Almond Grated 5) 2 pinch Elaichi / Cardamon powder PREPARATION TIME: 20 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl mix all the ingredients * Make round balls or ladoos out of the mix * You can also use condensed milk instead of khoya and sugar * Quantity of condensed milk is 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup, till it binds all ingredients * Decorate with rose petals or raisins and serve chilled

INGREDIENTS: 1) 8 - 10 pcs of Rusk / Double Baked Bread 2) Milkmaid can or Condensed milk 3) Crushed sweet biscuits 4) Sliced banana or any fruit of your Choice 5) Glazed cherries to garnish 6) Few Silver balls or colored balls to decorate 7) You can garnish with chocolate flakes too 8) Chocolate sauce to drizzle over it PREPARATION TIME: 10 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Take a piece of rusk and apply a layer of milkmaid on it * Repeat the same process with all the pieces of rusk * Add sliced banana or mango or any juicy fruit on top of each rusk * Decorate with glazed cherries and silver balls * Finally sprinkle biscuit crumps on it * Serve instantly or chilled, can be prepared anytime Powered by eRecipe.com

INGREDIENTS: 1) 200 ml Fresh Cream 2) 125 ml Milkmaid / Condensed milk 3) 2 Tablespoon instant coffee powder 4) 1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence PREPARATION TIME: 15 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * Mix Coffee powder in 2 tablespoon of water and keep aside * In a bowl mix Cream, Coffee, vanilla essence and condensed milk * Whisk all ingredients till soft peaks form( For soft peaks refer to pic below) * Now your caffe coloured airy mix is ready to freeze * Fill a air tight container with the above mix and freeze it for 8 hours * Serve straight from freezer * Garnish with toppings of your choice

This concoction is given to mothers during the 40 days period after child birth. Its helps relieve pains, cramps and helps clean up the stomach. However this is widely taken to increase milk for lactating mothers, as it contains Jeera. Its easy to prepare and yum due to jaggery and has no side effect on mother as well as baby. This can be prepared by others as a savory item and have it after or before meals! INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Tablespoon Clarified Butter/ Desi Ghee 2) 1 Cup Crushed Jaggery/ Gur 3) 1 Cup Almonds Grinded 4) 1/2 Cup Jeera/ Cummin Seeds PREPARATION TIME: 10 mins HOW TO PREPARE: * In a dry wok add all the jeera and roast till they change their color(light brown) * Take it out in a plate and keep aside * Crush the jaggery into small pieces so that it'll melt easily and keep aside * In a wok add clarified butter and heat it * Add Jaggery and stir till it melts * Add grinded almonds and Jeera and stir * Spread it on to a greased plate and keep aside to cool * O