Friday, 12 August 2011

Kanjhi

Ingredients:
Broken Basmati Rice          250g
Meat (Chicken/Beef/Mutton)   250g
Curd                         150g cup
Tomatoes                     4 Medium Sized
Curry Leaves                 8-10 Fresh Stems
Fenugreek Seeds              2 tbsp
Garlic                       20 Cloves
Chicken Cubes (for flavour)  2 pcs
Black Pepper                 1 tsp Freshly Crushed
Chilli Flakes                1 tsp
Chilli Powder                1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder              1 tsp
Garam Masala (all spices)    1 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste          1 tbsp
Oil                          4-5 tbsp
Butter                       50g
Coconut Milk (thick)         2 cups
Salt                         To Taste


Preparation:

Friday, 5 August 2011

Sponge Cake

Ingredients:
Flour                150g
Caster Sugar         150g 
Eggs                 5
Vanilla Essence      1/2 tsp
Salt                 1 Pinch
Butter               25g



Method:
Take A dry, clean bowl put eggs and sugar. Beat until a creamy mixture is formed (15 minutes with an electric beater). Add vanilla essence to the mixture and beat it again. When the mixture becomes too creamy, add flour and melted butter and mix with your hands gently. Put this mixture in a greased and flour dusted baking tray and bake it for 30-35 minutes at 200°C.


*.The oven has to be preheated so the cake would bake immediately.

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:
Batter:
Flour                  1 1/2 Cup
Caster Sugar           1 1/2 Cup
Eggs                   4
Cocoa Powder           4 tbsp
Oil                    1 Cup
Butter(melted)         1/2 Cup
Coffee                 1 tsp
Baking Powder          1 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Essence        Few Drops

Topping:
Cocoa Powder           4 tbsp
Caster Sugar           4 tbsp
Honey                  2 tsp
Butter(melted)         1/4 Cup
Lemon                  Few Drops

Preparation:

*.Preheat the oven to gas mark 180ยบC. Prepare your baking pan by greasing it with butter.

Batter:
Sieve flour, baking powder and cocoa powder together in a bowl and keep it aside. Take another bowl add eggs one by one, whip well after each addition. Now add caster sugar and vanilla essence, beat until it dissloves. While beating add butter and oil, keep beating for about 6-8 minutes until a smooth mixture is formed. Now, fold in the sifted dry ingredients. Pour into the pan and bake for approximately 30 minutes.

Topping:
Add cocao powder, caster sugar, honey & lemon in the melted butter, mix well to make a paste(add a little water if required). Now apply the paste on baked brownies. Store in an airtight container when cool.

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Srilankan Beef Rolls

Ingredients:
Stuffing:
Beef(Small Cube Cut)       500g
Potatoes                   1 Kg
Onion                      300g
Green Chilli               12-14
Curry Leaves               5-6 Sticks
Black Pepper Crushed       3 tbsp
Salt                       To Taste
Lemon Juice                1 tbsp
Chicken Powder             2 tbsp
Garlic Cloves              6
Ginger                     2'' Piece
Oil                        To Fry

Cover:
Flour                      600g
Egg                        1
Salt                       1/4 tsp
Water                      To Make Paste

Coating:
Bread Crumbs               250g
Egg                        1
Flour                      100g
Water                      To Make Paste

Praparation:
Stuffing:
Cut the potatoes into small cubes and boil it. At the same time take another pan, put beef, garlic, ginger, 1 tbsp crushed black pepper and salt put some water and boil the beef. If water remains after boiling dry it at high flame. Cut the onions(omelette cut). Chop green chillies and curry leaves finely. Take a big pan pour 3-4 tbsp oil and put curry leaves, fry it slightly, then put onions, green chillies stir it for a minute. Put boiled beef and potatoes mix it well, while mixing mash the potaoes slighty. Now, put chicken powder and crushed black pepper. Remove from stove and add lemon juice. Leave this stuffing to get cool.

Cover:
Blend egg, flour, salt. Add water to make paste.Heat a frying pan, apply a little oil by a cloth. Pour 1/4th cup of mixture in the pan to make a pan cake. Now, fold the stuffing in pan cake layer to make a roll.

Coating:
Beat an egg, flour, water to make a sticky paste. Put the rolls one by one in the paste then cover it with bread crumbs. Put them in freezer for about 10 minutes. Then deep fry the rolls.

Serving:
Blot the excess oil in a kitchen tissue paper. Your SriLankan Beef Rolls are ready to be served:)