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Orange Pecan / Walnut cake

Posted by on Saturday, 24 July, 2010

Ingredients

  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter,
  • softened 3/4 cup sugar
  • 4 tsps finely grated fresh orange zest (peel)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda Confectioners sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line bottom with wax paper, then lightly butter paper.
  2. Beat together butter, sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating until just incorporated. Whisk in sour cream and orange juice, then add remaining ingredients (except confectioners sugar), whisking until just combined.
  3. Transfer batter to baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30-40 mins.
  4. Cool cake in pan on rack for 10 mins, then turn out onto rack. Discard paper and cool. Dust with confectioners sugar.

Quick Notes

Orange glaze: 1/8th cup orange juice and 1/2 cup sugar dissolved over low heat. Make holes all around in the ready cake with a tooth-pick and drizzle the glaze over it.

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Rasgulla / Rasgolla

Posted by on Saturday, 24 July, 2010

Ingredients

  • To make the paneer:
    ½ gallon whole milk
    454 ml of buttermilk (2%)
    Heat milk until boil over point. Lower the heat, to the hot milk add buttermilk little by little and keep stirring well, while on stove. Stir until the green water separates out and leaves the cheese. Turn off and leave on stove-top for 5-10 mins. Strain the water, by pressing the pannier as much as possible, put into cheese cloth and hang for a minimum of 5 hours (or overnight).

    For syrup:
    6 cups water
    Sugar 11/2 cups, white sugar and 3/4th cup light brown sugar

Instructions

  1. Take panneer, and blend really well, until the crumbly cheese becomes a fine, sticky dough. While blending add 1 tbsp suji. Make 22-23 balls. Into each ball in the middle, add a pinch of sugar, and roll into a ball on flat surface (not between hands). Meanwhile start heating the syrup, until it comes to a boil, at this point, add the balls. Keep 15 mins at high heat on boil, and then turn down heat for the next 15 mins, still on boil but not vigorously. Add cardamom or rosewater.

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 12

Meal type: dessert

Culinary tradition: Indian (Northern)

My rating: 4 stars: ★★★★☆

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Mixed Dal Dosa (Crepe)

Posted by on Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
  1. Ingredients - dried coconut, dried red chili and salt
  2. Soak rice, channa, urad and mung dal (proportion 1, .25, .25, .25) for 8-10 hours
  3. Grind soaked rice & dals + a cup of chopped cilantro + dried coconut, red chili & salt
  4. Spread batter on pan (non-stick) to make a dosa (crepe)add oil as needed to adjust the level of crispness

Mango Semolina Halwaa

Posted by on Sunday, 9 May, 2010
  1. Mango Semolina Halwa - Ingredients
  2. Fry semolina in low to medium flame
  3. Fry semolina to golden brown
  4. Lightly fry cashew nut
  5. Cook the mango chunks
  6. Add sugar to half cooked mango chunks
  7. Add the mango chunks+sugar solution to fried semolina
  8. Add the mango chunks+sugar solution to fried semolina - close up view
  9. Stir in low to medium flame
  10. Mango Semolina Halwa - ready to be served!

Tomato Mozarella

Posted by on Wednesday, 5 May, 2010
  1. Tomato Mozarella - Gather the Ingredients
  2. Tomato Mozarella - Serve it
  3. Tomato Mozarella - Put it all together

Recipe: Layered Mozzarella & Tomato salad

Ingredients

  • 4 Large ripe tomatoes cut into 1/4 inch slices
  • 2 pounds Mozzarella cheese cut int 1/4 inch slices
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh Basil
  • 1/4 cup chopped Italian Parsley
  • 1/2 cup Nicosia Olives
  • 1/2 cup ‘our’ favorite Vinegrette
  • Freshly ground black Pepper

Instructions

  1. On a large serving platter alternate overlapping slices of tomato and Mozzarella cheese.Sprinkle basil, parsley, black olives over allDrizzle vinegrette over salad and grind black pepper over it.

    Serve at room temperature.

    Vinegrette
    1 tbs Dijon style mustards
    4 tbs red wine vinegar
    1 tbs sugar
    1/2 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp black pepper
    1/2 cup olive oil

    Measure mustard in bowl.
    Whisk in vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper
    Continue to whisk to mixture while slowly dribbling in olive oil until mixture thickens
    Cover until ready to use

Variations

Can put on lightly baked baguette bread spread with pesto sauce.

Diet type: Vegetarian

Diet (other): High protein

Number of servings (yield): 8

Meal type: snack

Culinary tradition: Italian

My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★

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Bise bele bath

Posted by on Saturday, 24 April, 2010
  1. Gather the ingredients - Besi bele bath
  2. Tamarind solutions
  3. Lightly fry mixture 1 & mixture 2 (separately) mixture 1 - whole Red chili, coriander seeds, cumin seeds mixture 2 - poppy seeds, cashew nuts & cinnamon sticks
  4. Grind mixture 1, mixture 2 & dried coconut
  5. Mixture after grinding
  6. Start by cooking Tur Dal and Rice
  7. add tamarind
  8. Add BBB Masala
  9. Stir in low to medium flame
  10. Prepare seasoning consisting of mustard seeds and asafoetida powder
  11. Add the seasoning