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Wheat bread  Ingredients: wheat flour 450 grams Salt 1/2 tsp Yeast 3/4 tsp Sugar 3 tbsps Oil 3 tbsps Milk 1/2 cup Water 1/2 cup as reqd Method: Add milk,water together and heat up until it reaches LUKEWARM   Add yeast,sugar to the milk mixture and keep aside for 15 mints  Mix flour,salt and oil into the yeast mixture Important part knead into a soft dough for 15 mintz (yes 15 mintz) keep aside in an oiled bowl and cover it with cling wrap for 1 hr or dough double in size  once it proofed just give it love punch onto it and knead it 2 mintz  Make tight log.place dough into the greased loaf tin for 1 hr almost reach double in size  Preheated oven 325F  and bake for 35 to 40 mintz   Take the pan out from the oven and apply butter on the top Remove from oven and allow it to cool on wire rack When the bread is fully cooled,slice and serve. Note: You can use 50:50 all purpose flour :wheat flour  ...

Cheese and Herbs   Garlic Bread Ingredients: 500 gms plain flour 1 1/2 tsp  salt 80 gms mozzarella cheese 2 tsp dried yeast ( 7 gms packet) 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp dry thyme 2 tbsp snipped chives 2-3 tbsp parsley 1/2 tsp basil 125 ml warm water 250 ml warm water 2 tbsp milk Garlic Butter: 2 tbsp butter 1 tbsp black pepper 2 tbsp cheese 2 tbsp minced garlic GUACAMOLE (AVOCADO/BUTTER FRUIT-BASED DIP) link above link for Avocado/butter Fruit dip Method Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) Mix the yeast and sugar in a  cup, add the 125ml of warm water and stir together. let sit for 5 minute. Mix flour,herbs and salt in a  bowl, then dump in yeast mix and stir until a soft dough forms, kneed until dough is smooth and elastic. cover the bowl and place in a warm for one hour or let dough doubled in size. Garlic Butter In a bowl add cheese,butter,black pepper,minced garlic mix well. ...

Guacamole (Avocado/Butter fruit-based dip) Ingredients: 2  ripe avocados 1/4 cup chopped onions 1/4 cup chopped  tomatoes 1 tbsp cup chopped  cilantrom 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp lemon /lime juice Method:   Cut the avocados in half, Remove seed and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.place in a pestle and  roughly mash the avocado or  by using fork u could mash it   Add all chopped ingredients following with lemon juice  and salt           Serve it with any breads,salad even  Dosa ..yeah you're right....... with dosa goes well  do try it!!

Ingredients: To marinate the chicken:(Atleast for    one-half (1/2) hour ) 500 Grams Chicken Breast/thighs cut into cubes 2 Tbsp chilli powder 1 Tbsp coriander powder 1 Tbsp cumin powder/whole cumin seed 1 Tbsp Garam Masala/whole garam masal(cloves,cinnamon,cardamom pods,bay leaf,star anise pods) 1 Tbsp Ginger and Garlic paste 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1/2 cup curd Hand full of mint,coriander leaves Soak 2 cups Basmati Rice for 1 hour.. Method: Step 1: Marinate the chicken first,add the chicken to a mixing bowl add all the ingredients given in the list and allow the chicken to marinate.                                                                     Step 2: To Prepare Rice : Boil 6 cups of water 2 Cups Basmati Rice 3 Bay leaf 1 Inch Cinn...

                                                     Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese frosting Step 1: Red velvet sponge cake Go to link http://easycookingandcraft.blogspot.com/2015/12/ravishing-red-velvet-cake.html step 2: Cream Cheese frosting Go to link http://easycookingandcraft.blogspot.com/2015/12/cream-cheese-frosting.html step 3: when the sponge cake has cooled, cut into layers, then place the first layers on your cake plate and spread frosting on top with a spatula, add next layer, frost the top of that, repeat so on. once added all layers, spread the frosting over the entire cake and then refrigerate it serve chill since it's cream cheese frosting need to be refrigerated                                       ...

                                                     Cream cheese frosting Ingredients: 8 oz  cream cheese (room temperature) 8 tablespoon unsalted butter (room temperature) 1 cup powder sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Method: Make the frosting by beating the cream cheese with unsalted butter until creamy.beat 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract Gradually beat in the powder sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.                                                                                                                ...

                                                         Ravishing Red Velvet Cake Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 Tablespoons cocoa 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 whole egg 1/2 cup butter 1 cups buttermilk 1/4 Tablespoon lemon juice  1 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 oz Beet juice or you can add red food color  Method: step 1: preheat oven  350 ° F Grease and flour the cake pan food color or Beet juice Step 2:   In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar by hand or with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy then add oil and beat, add egg beat.     Step 3:      switch your mixer speed to low and add color and add the dry ingredients(flour, cocoa powder, salt). alternate mixing...

                                                                                    Mutton Curry / Goat Gravy Ingredients: 500 grams Goat meat 1 onion, chopped 1  tomato, chopped 2 tsp ginger, garlic paste 1 green chili slit into two 2 tbsp minced cilantro 2 tsp  red chili powder  1 tsp coriander powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste 2 cups of water For grinding: 1/4 cup chopped coconut pieces 2 tbs  black pepper  1/2 tbs Fennel seeds  Make smooth paste  (  ground paste  ) Method: Heat pressure pan with 2 tbsp of oil. Once oil gets hot, add 1  cloves, 1 tbs cumin   1 small stick cinnamon once started   splutter. Add chopped onion,curry leaves...

                               Chocolate Layer Cake INGREDIENTS: Chocolate sponge: Flour -11/2 cups Sugar -1 1/2 cups Butter-1/4 cup Egg -1  Cocoa powder -1/4 cup Salt-pinch Baking powder-1 tbs Chocolate cream: Heavy Cream-250 ml Condensed Milk-75 ml Coco powder-2 Tbsp Chocolate Glaze: Chocolate-150 grams Heavy cream-150 grams Method: Preheat   350 ° F  To make chocolate sponge:  Sift all dry ingredients (flour,coco powder,baking powder) and salt . In another Bowl Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.Gradually add the eggs. Add the sifted dry ingredients into the Egg mixture,in two batches,folding gently after each addition. Transfer into cake Pan, Cake should greased with butter and lined with parchment paper or(dust with flour completely) Bake at   350 ° F   for about ...

                                      Fish Curry -Meen Kuzhambu  INGREDIENTS Fish – ½ kg,medium size pieces Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tsp Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp onion – 1 Tomato-1 chili powder – 2 tbsp Coriander powder – 1½ tbsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp puli/tamarind pulp  – 1/2 cup (Soak tamarind in half a cup of hot water) Curry leaves Salt oil Method:          Heat oil in a pan(meenchatti),Add Mustard seeds,Fenugreek seeds,cumin seeds,curry leaves             Add chopped onions  Cook on a high flame till onions are golden brown,Add Chopped Tomato,green chilies Add All spices turmeric powder,Chili powder,Coriander powder,required salt When oil separates add  tamarind pulp and Bring it to a boil       ...

                    Double Ka Meetha Ingredients  6 slices of fresh bread (brown/white) 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup sugar syrup (  left over Gulab Jamun sugar syrup ) 8 almond,Pista sliced 2 tablespoons raisins 1 tablespoon oil/ghee, for Toast bread slices Method In Pan Add Ghee/Oil  For Toast our Breads  Spread all Breads evenly  Toast them till gets Brown color in both sides Transfer into Another Bowl   This is Left over Gulab Jamun sugar syrup  Add our left over jamun sugar syrup into toasted breads spread evenly  Add Milk and keep Aside In same Pan add ghee and fry the nuts one by one                                    Add our tempering into bread and let them...