I have finally done it!! I have finally made my food blog. Now I just hope that I am able to give time to it and people all around the globe can benefit from it.
I love cooking n baking. I’m a busy mum of two so don’t have a lot of free time on my hands but whatever time I get, I cook n bake, try new recipes, experiment and enjoy 🙂
Let’s get started!
Who could resist a bite of this? It’s just sweet, fudgy and comfort food and perfect in every way.
Let’s get baking!
Ingredients
Unsalted butter – 1/2 cup
Olive oil – 1 tbdp
Caster sugar – 1/2 cup
Soft brown sugar – 1/2 cup
2 large wggs
Vanilla extract- 2 tsp
Plain flour – 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder- 1/2 cup
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Directions
Preheat your oven to 175 C. Lightly grease your baking tin and line with parchment paper.
Mix together butter, oil and sugar. Beat well for around a minute.
Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat well for another minute.
Sift the dry ingredients and add them to the wet ingredients.
Gently fold till combine. Please DO NOT over mix.
Pour the batter in the prepared tin and bake for around 23 mins.
You can add chocolate chips or nuts if you prefer.
When you take the tin out of the oven, let it cool for 10 mins and then you can gobble down these heavenly delicious brownies!
Ingredients
1 tsp salt
500 grams plain flour (4 cups)
1 sachet of dried yeast
3 tbsp of yoghurt
1.5 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp soda.
Kalonji (Nigella seeds) 4 tsp (you can skip if you don’t like kalonji)
I activate yeast by taking 300ml lukewarm water and dissolving sugar in it. Add yeast, cover the bowl and keep it for 10 mins.
Add rest of ingredients and then knead with yeast water.
Spray some oil in the bowl, and keep the dough in it. Cover with some clingfilm and leave it in the microwave or oven (warm dark place) for 2 hours. Then take them out, knead in balls, keep in the tray, sprinkle flour so that they dont stick, cover with a cloth and leave them for 15-30 mins. Slightly dampen the cloth with water.
When you are ready to cook, heat the tawa, roll out the dough, sprinkle some sesame seeds and oil (optional). Cook on tawa until bubbles appear and then put in under the grill for 1-2 mins. Or until you feel its cooked.
Enjoy the yummy homemade naan!
Method
Sift the flour and cocoa powder and put it aside.
Mix sugar and eggs till double in size and fluffy.
Melt butter and dark chocolate in double boiler. (When melting chocolate and butter, you want to start by melting the chocolate alone in a double-boiler, then add the butter and finish mixing.)
While you wait for the chocolate to cool, position a shelf in the middle of your oven and turn the oven on to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4.
Pour the chocolate mixture in the egg mousse and fold lightly with a spatula.
Once mixed , add in the flour n cocoa mixture. Gently fold in the mixture. Please don’t rush!
Finally add in the chocolate chunks and then pour the mixture in the prepared square tin.
Put in the oven for 30 mins.
Please let it cool for at least 10 mins once taken out from the oven.
You will have around 16 squares.
Enjoy!
I’m sharing with you guys very easy peasy and super delicious n tasty banana muffins recipe. A must try!
Ingredients
Flour – 2 cups
Caster Sugar – 3/4 cup
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Bicarbonate of soda – 1 tsp
Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
Eggs – 1
Butter – 75 grams (melted)
Bananas – 3 mashed
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 C.
Sift flour, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, mix together butter, sugar, egg and mashed bananas.
Fold in the dry ingredients into the mixture, mix until smooth.
Spoon evenly the mixture into baking cases in muffin tin.
You can add chocolate chips or walnut on the top of the muffins.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
Enjoy 🙂
Who doesn’t like Chapli Kebabs? They are easy to make and taste so yummy! Let’s get on with the recipe 🙂
Ingredients
Mince meat 1/2 kg (beef or lamb)
Green onion 1 cup diced
Tomatoes 1 chopped
Onion small diced
Fresh coriander 1/2 cup
Fresh mint 1/4 cup
Green chilli chopped (1 or 2 , depends how spicy you want you Chapli kebabs)
Salt – as per taste
Coriander powder 1tbs
Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Paprika powder 1 tsp
Garam masala 1 tsp
Gram flour 4 tbsp
Wheat flour 3 tbsp
This recipe makes about 10/15 medium sized kebabs.
Method
Mix all the above ingredients really well. Leave it aside for few hours, over night would be even better.
Shape the mixture into patties.
Heat oil in a deep skillet. Cook patties in the hot oil in batches until charred, 4 to 6 minutes per side.
Enjoy 🙂
Hello my dear foodies, sharing with you all very easy peasy recipe of Mango Trifle. I’m using mango tins as the mango season hasn’t started yet!
Ingredients-
2 mango tins (you don’t need the syrup)
1 tub of double cream (whip it till you get nice fluffy texture) 250 ml is enough! You can use 500 ml pack if you’re a fan of cream 🙂
Custard – 1 kg
Madeira cake – 1 loaf (cut in small chunks)
So we start off with the first layer which is the mango slices and then add the cake cubes. After that layer, pour the custard, enough that it covers the cake. Then the last layer is of whipped cream. Repeat the layers!
Lastly you can decorate the last cream layer with chocolate flakes or with mango slices.
Refrigerate for 4/5 hours, overnight is even better!
Enjoy 🙂
Here’s the recipe for yummy n gooey walnut chocolate brownies. It’s really easy and you can simply skip walnuts if you or someone in your family got a nut allergy.
Ingredients-
Castor Sugar – 350 grams ( 1 and 3/4 cups)
Butter – 200 grams ( melted ) 3/4 cups
Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp
Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
Eggs – 4
Plain flour – 225 grams (1 and 3/4 cups)
Baking powder- 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Walnuts – 60 grams
Method
Enjoy 🙂
Ingredients-
Chicken 1
Chickpeas (boiled) 1 cup (you can use tin ones, I usually use 2 tins but u can use 1 tin, depends on your choice n taste)
Ginger & Garlic paste – 2tbsp
Salt – as per taste
Onions – 2 finely sliced
Tomatoes – 3 chopped
Black pepper powder – 1 tbsp (freshly grind would taste great)
Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Shan Chana masala – 1 1/2 tsp
Oil – 4 tbsp
Green chilli – 3/4 (depends how spicy you want)
Method
In a pot, heat the oil and fry the onions till golden. Add g/g paste and black pepper and sauté for a minute or two. Then add tomatoes and cook until tender.
Then take out the onion n tomato mixture and grind it to form a paste.
Add it back to the pan. Then add salt, coriander powder, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, chana masala and chicken. Stir well until oil separates. Add bit of water if needed.
Cook for good 10 minutes for a good bhunayee. (Oil separates)
Now add half of the green chilli along with chickpeas. Mix well! Then add 2 cups of water and cook on low heat.
Garnish with remaining green chillies and fresh coriander.
Enjoy 🙂
Ingredients
Shortcrust pastry (shop bought)
Boneless chicken 1 cup
Spring onions 1/2 cup chopped
Mushrooms 1/2 cup sliced
Eggs 2
Milk 150 ml
Cream 1/4
Garlic 2 cloves
Butter 2 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Black pepper powder 1 tsp freshly grounded
Red chilli flakes 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder a pinch
Directions-
Preheat the oven to gas mark 180 Degrees.
Heat butter in a pan, add chopped garlic. Stir fry and then add chicken pieces. Fry till they change colour. Next add in the green onions and mushrooms. (You can add other vegetables as well)
Add the salt, pepper and red chilli flakes. Adjust the spice according to your taste.
Now in a bowl, beat the eggs and then add in the milk, cream and the cheese. Season with black pepper, chilli flakes and pinch of oregano and nutmeg powder. Mix well.
Once done, add the chicken mixture to the shortcrust pastry base. Spread evenly. Then pour the egg mixture on the top evenly. You can sprinkle in some more cheddar cheese.
Bake in the oven for 30 mins. To give an extra golden colour to it, you can grill it for 5 minutes.
Do try and let me know if it turns out nice! Would love to hear your feedback!
I’m sharing with you all a really easy n extremely delicious Chocolate Cake recipe!
Let’s start off with the ingredients;
225 butter (room temperature)
3 eggs (would be great if they all weigh the same)
350 grams Caster sugar
1 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
320 ml milk
300 grams Self-raising flour (you can use plain flour)
6 tbsp cocoa powder
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 180 C / Gas Mark 4 and grease your tin. You can either use 2 small tins or 1 large tin.
Sift together flour, cocoa n baking soda.
Beat together sugar and butter till the mixture is nice n fluffy. Then add one egg at a time. Mix till the mixture is creamy n fluffy.
Fold in the dry ingredients (flour…etc) with a spatula. Once it’s nicely mixed, add in the milk. Mix well till all ingredients are well combined. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 35 to 40 mins.
Insert a butter knife, if it comes out clean, it means the cake is ready to be taken out from the oven. Let it cool for at least 20 mins.
You can use buttercream icing or whipped chocolate ganache for topping.
Enjoy xx
P.s if you try this recipe, I would love to hear your feedback xx
Chaatmasala 