Eggless Walnut Brownie

A simple eggless walnut brownie to pamper yourself and indulge into a scrumptious dessert.

Ingredients:
Maida/All purpose flour : 160 gms
Baking powder : 1 tspn
Baking soda : 1/2 tspn
Dark Chocolate : 120 gms
Water : 100 ml
Castor sugar : 2 tblspn
Condensed milk : 200 gms
Vanilla essence : 1 tspn
Walnuts : 1/2 cup chopped

Ingredients

• Melt butter and chocolate and whisk in condensed milk.
• Add hot water, castor sugar and vanilla essence.

• Sieve maida/all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and gently fold in. 
• Mix half of chopped walnuts and fold in.

• Pre heat oven at 200 degrees.
• Meanwhile grease or line a brownie pan or 8 inch cake pan with butter paper and pour in the batter.

• Add remaining walnuts over the batter and bake it for 35 mins.
• Serve it hot with a scoop of ice cream and chocolate sauce.

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Eggless Churros with chocolate sauce

The best way to indulge in to chocolate is dipping hot churros into melting chocolate sauce.

Ingredients:

Maida : 130 gms
Baking powder : 1/2 tspn
Water : 200 ml
Oil : 2 tblspn to knead flour and 200 ml to 300 ml for deep frying.
Cream : 100 ml
Dark Chocolate chunks : 100ml
Butter : 1 tspn
Cinnamon powder : 1 tspn
Sugar : 2 tspns and 2 tblpsn

Method:

• Sieve maida/all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons of sugar and baking powder in to a bowl.

• Boil 200 ml of water and 2 tblspn of oil.

• Pour boiling water into all purpose/ maida and mix with a spatula or ladle. Make sure no lumps are formed.

• Once the mixture is cooled down knead it with your hand gently by adding 1 to 2 tspns of oil.

• Pipe this mixture into a piping bag and pipe it out gently on a plate. You can pipe out dough into desirable size and shape. 
• Meanwhile heat oil on medium flame. Drop a small ball of dough to check the heat.
• Once the oil is hot enough to fry, drop in churros gently and fry them until they turn golden brown.

• Transfer fried churros into a plate covered with paper towel or tissue. Wait until excess oil is removed.
• In another plate, add 2 tblspns of fine sugar and 1 tspn of cinnamon powder and mix them.

• Roll out churros in sugar and cinnamon mixture and transfer them into serving plate.

• For chocolate sauce. pour in cream into a non deep pan and boil it on simmer until you see small bubble on sides of the pan. Stir it gently and boil on low flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Take it off the flame and add chocolate chunks and butter. Let it sit for 2 mins and whisk it until chocolate melts completely.

• If the chocolate doesn't melt, put it back on low flame for 30 secs and take it off the flame and whisk again.

• Transfer hot chocolate sauce into a serving bowl and serve it with churros.

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Taco Twist

Taco Twist

Ingredients:

Taco shells : Few
Mixed boiled veggies : 1 cup (I used steamed sweet corn, boiled potatoe, kheera and carrot)
Mixed fruits : 1 cup (I used apple, strawberries, black and green grapes, pomagranate)
Mayonise : 2 tblspn
Pepper powder : 1 tspn
Salt : As per taste
Lemon juice : 1 tspn
Honey : 1 tspn
Chat masala : 1/2 tspn

Method:

• For veggie taco, mix all diced veggies, mayonise, salt and pepper and keep it aside.

• For fruit taco, mix all diced fruits, honey, lemon juice and chat masala.

• Stuff taco shells with veggies or Fruits just before serving.

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Caramel custard or Cream Caramel

Caramel custard

Luscious caramel custard to tempt your taste buds and your loved one's.

Ingredients
Heavy whipping cream : 50 ml cream
Full fat milk : 200 ml milk
Sugar : 1.25 tbsp sugar
Vanilla extract : 1/4 tbsp vanilla essence
Agar Agar : 3.75 gms agar agar powder

For the caramel
Sugar : 1.25 tbsp sugar
Water : 1 tspn


Method

• To prepare caramel. Place a small pan on low flame and add sugar and water. After 5 mins, sugar slowly turns into caramel from the sides of the pan. Gently stir sugar with a wooden spatula or spoon.
• In 7 to 8 mins sugar will turn into thick caramel syrup. It it becomes too thick add little water and dilute.
• Pour this caramel mixture into 4 small ramekin.
• Place a deep and bottom pan on medium flame and pour in full fat milk and heavy whipping cream.
• Let it boil on medium flame for a while until you see small bubble on sides of the pan.
• Now add sugar and vanilla essence and mix.
• Turn flame to low and let it boil on for 5 more mins.
• Once agar agar is completely dissolved pour the mixture into ramekins.
• Place ramekins in fridge for 2 to 3 hours.
• Serve it chilled with whipped cream. 

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Classic Panna Cotta

Valentine's week special. 

Classic Pannacotta with strawberry sauce. Its an Italian delicacy which has rice creamy texture that melts in your mouth. 

Ingredients:

Heavy whipping cream : 150 ml

Milk : 100 ml

Sugar : 5 tblspn or as per your taste

Agar Agar : 1/2 tspn if it is in powder form. or 2 to 3 gms if it is in strips form

Vanilla essence : 1 tspn

Strawberries : 1 cup chopped

Sugar : 2 tblspns

Water : 2 tblspns

Method :

• Take a heavy deep bottom pan. Pour in cream and and milk. Place the pan on low flame and boil it until you see bubbles on sides of the pan.
• Now add sugar to it and stir. Let it boil for few more minutes and add vanilla essence.
• Now add agar agar to it and gently stir until it is completely dissolved.
• You can see the texture getting thick. 
• Turn off the flame and pour the mixture into ramekins.
• Pop them into fridge for 1 hour to 2 hours.
• Meanwhile make strawberry sauce. Take a heavy deep bottom pan and add chopped strawberries, water and sugar.
• Put the pan on low to medium flame and let it cook for about 5 mins. Gently stir in.
• After 10 mins, when strawberries become tender, gently press them with the back of a ladle.
• Once strawberries are completely cooked and becomes soft, turn off the flame and strain it into a serving bowl.
• While serving, unmould pannacotta by running a knife through edges and transfer pannacotta into a serving plate and pour strawberry sauce over it.

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Soya Ragada Pani Puri

Ingredients:
Soya beans soaked over night and boiled : 1 Cup.
Soya nuggets : 1/4 cup soaked in warm water.
Oil : 1 tblspn
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tspn
Cumin seeds : 1 tspn
Onions : 1/4 cup chopped
Turmeric : 1/2 tspn
Tomato puree : 2 tblspn
Salt : As per taste
Red chilly powder : 2 tspns
Cumin powder : 1 tspn
Coriander seed powder : 1 tspn
Boiled potato : 1 small
Chat masala : 1/2 tspn
Dry mango powder : 1/4 tspn
Garam masala : 1/4 tspn
Coriander leaves : Few chopped.

Method : 

• Heat oil in a pan on medium flame.
• Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Let it splutter.
• Now add chopped onions and fry them until they become translucent. Add turmeric powder and saute.

• Add tomato puree, salt and red chilly powder. 

• Let it cook on low flame for about 2 to 3 mins. Now add boiled soya beans.

• Add cumin seed powder, coriander seed powder, garam masala, dry mango powder and saute.
• Add soaked soya nuggets, boiled potato and 200 ml of water and let it cook on low flame for about 5 to 6 mins.

• Once it is cooked, add chat masala and coriander leaves and mix.

• Turn off the flame and serve it as a filling for pani puri.

For pani puri recipes : 6 different pani puri recipe

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Putchka / Pani Puri

Ingredients:
Boiled potato : 2 medium size
Boiled kala chana : 1/2 cup
Salt : As per taste
Red chilly powder : 2 tspn
Chat masala : 1 tspn
Black salt : 1/4 tspn
Dry Mango powder : 1/4 tspn
Jeera powder : 1/2 tspn
Coriander seed powder : 1/2 tspn
Lemon juice : 1/2 tspn
Chopped onions : 1 tblpsn
Chopped coriander leaves/dhania : Few

Method:

• Take a bowl and add boiled potatoes, and other dry ingredients. 
• Mash and mix all the ingredients. 
• Now add boiled kala chana, lemon juice, chopped onions and coriander leaves.
• Serve it as filling in pani puri.

Pani Puri Recipe : 6 different pani puri recipe

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