Monday, 22 June 2020

White Sweet Roses Cake

White sweet roses cake decorated with beautiful white sugar roses.


Ingredients:
Maida.                      120 gm
Sugar.                      100 gm.
Egg.                           3
Vanilla essences    1 teaspoon.
Baking powder.     1 teaspoon
Baking soda.            1/2 teaspoon
Sunflower oil.          100 ml 
Whipping cream.    200ml
Sugar syrup.              100 ml
Dry fruits.                   50 gm

Beat eggs.
Add vanilla,beat well.
Add sugar,beat well.
Add sunflower oil,beat well.
Add dry ingredients,stir well.
Bake in 180° pre heated oven for 45 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks.
Layer the cake.
Apply sugar syrup.
Apply whipping cream.
Repeat the process.
Cover the cake with whipping cream.
Decorate with suitable nozzles.
Allow to set in refrigerator for 2 hours before use.

Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Falooda.

Layered falooda dessert in a tall glass with vanilla and pistachio ice cream, basil seeds, sliced fruits, and cherry garnish.
Easy Falooda  

Pistha ice cream                      500 ml.
Vanilla ice cream                     500 ml.
Sliced fruits                               4 cups
Sugar                                           1 spoon
Raisins & cashews          1 cup
Almonds (sliced)                      1 spoon
Basil seeds                                 4 spoons
Jam                                             4 spoons
Cherry                                         5
Tutti frutti                                  2 spoons

Soak basil seeds for fifteen minutes. After swelling, drain water. Keep aside. Mix sliced fruits with sugar and allow to cool. Take a long glass. First add one scoop vanilla ice cream. Then add one spoon jam. Next layer one spoon sliced fruits. Then layer soaked basil seeds. Then layer one scoop pistha ice cream. Then add raisins and cashews. Add tutti frutti. Repeat the layers again. Garnish with cherry and almonds on the top.
          

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Rosette Cake.

Rosette-piped cake decorated with pink and green buttercream swirls and dry fruit garnish.



Ingredients:
Maida.                      120 gm
Sugar.                      100 gm.
Egg.                           3
Vanilla essences    1 teaspoon.
Baking powder.     1 teaspoon
Baking soda.            1/2 teaspoon
Sunflower oil.          100 ml 
Whipping cream.    200ml
Sugar syrup.              100 ml
Food colour.               Pink, green.
Dry fruits.                    50 gms

Beat eggs.
Add vanilla,beat well.
Add sugar,beat well.
Add sunflower oil,beat well.
Add dry ingredients,stir well.
Bake in 180° pre heated oven for 45 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks.
Layer the cake.
Apply sugar syrup.
Apply whipping cream.
Repeat the process.
Cover the cake with whipping cream.
Decorate with suitable nozzles.
Allow to set in refrigerator for 2 hours before use.

Bread Pudding.

Bread pudding made with milk,butter, garnished with orange.
Ingredients:
1. Bread (sliced into small pieces) - 2 cups
2. Egg                                                 - 2
3. Milk                                               -2 cups
4. Sugar                                             - 6 spoons
5. Butter                                             - 1 teaspoon
6. Vanila Essence                                  -1 teaspoon
7. Grated nutmeg                                 - ¼ teaspoon
8. Nuts                                                     - ¼ cup
9. Kismis                                                  - ¼ cup
Method.
Beat egg. Add milk, sugar, butter, vanilla essence and nutmeg. Apply butter in a pudding mould, put bread pieces in it, pour the mixture and add the nuts and kismis and keep for ½ hour to get soaked. Cover the mould with a soft paper and cook in steam. Allow natural cooling. Serve in a plate and garnish.

Monday, 15 June 2020

Rasgulla Sweet.

Rasgulla sweet soaked in milk gravy, garnished with nuts.


Making Rasgulla Balls
Ingredients:
1. Milk               - 1 liter
2. Citric acid     - ¼ small spoon
     Water           - ½ cup
3. Sugar              - 2 cups
     Water           - 3 cups
·        Boil the milk.
·        Dissolve citric acid in water and drop it to the boiling milk and stir well. Allow the milk to curdle.
·        Separate the panir using a sieve.
·        Knead panir well to make soft & make round balls.
·        Boil water and sugar in a pressure cooker.Add panir balls and cook till one whistle.
·        Keep this rasgula in fridge for cooling.
Rasgulla Sweet.
Ingredients:

    1.Milk                             - 1 liter.
   2.sugar            -  ½ cup
  3.   Nuts&kismis              - 2 spoons
  4.  Cardamom powder - ¼ spoon
   5.    Saffron                       -few grains mixed in milk.
                                                                                                                                                                           6.   Rasgulla                     - made from 1 liter milk     

Method:
 Boil the milk to a thick liquid and allow to natural cooling. Add ground sugar, nuts, kismis, cardamom powder and saffron and mix well. Add rasgulla balls, refrigerate for two hours and serve.

Monday, 8 June 2020

Orange Velvet Tea Cake.

Homemade orange tea cake with sugar, butter and maida.

Slice of orange velvet tea cake on a plate, showing a soft orange-tinted crumb.

Ingredients.

Maida.                    100gm.
Sugar.                     100 gm.
Butter.                    100gm.
Baking powder.     1teaspoon.
Baking soda.           1/2 teaspoon.
Orange food
colour.                       1/2 teaspoon.
Egg.                             1.
Vanilla essence.        1 teaspoon.

Make cake batter mixing all the ingredients.Apply some butter in a cake tin & pour the batter.Bake for 30 minutes.   

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Red Rose.


Garden fresh beautiful red rose flower in a rose plant.

 

A single red rose stood in the garden, its petals curled tight at the edges like folded velvet.

 Morning dew clung to its surface, catching the early light in small, trembling beads.

 The stem bent slightly under its own weight, thorns guarding a bloom that seemed almost too vivid for the quiet grey of dawn.

 It was the kind of red that didn't ask to be noticed - it simply was, patient and unhurried, waiting for the sun to climb higher and set it fully alight.


Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Carrot Cake.

Homemade carrot cake garnished with nuts and raisins, baked in a greased cake tin. Melodies Positive recipe blog.

Ingredients

Carrot.                400 gm
Maida.                 300 gm.
Sugar.                  300 gm.
Butter.                  100 gm.
Vanilla essence.   2 teaspoons
Baking powder.    2 teaspoons
Baking soda.           1 teaspoon
Egg.                            5
Nuts, raisins.            50 gm.
Beat egg.Powder sugar.Mix well both.
Mix maida,baking powder & baking soda.
Grate carrot.
Blend all well.
Move the batter to a greaced cake tin,garnish with nuts& raisins.
Bake for 40-50 minutes.


Pineapple Pudding.

Homemade pineapple pudding with layered custard, chilled and set in a bowl - Melodies Positive recipe blog.

Ingredients.
Pineapple.           250 gm.
Milk.                      500 ml.
Sugar.                     100 gm.
Cornflour.               2 table spoons.
Custard powder.    2 table spoons.
Vanilla essence.       2 teaspoons.

Slice pinapple.Heat a pan.Add pineapple,2 spoons sugar,1 teaspoon  vanilla essence, stir well for 10-15 minutes to cook.Allow to natural cooling.
Blend cornflour and custard powder in a glass of milk.Heat the remaining milk and sugar.When it becomes hot,add cornflour-custard - milk mixture and boil.Add 1 teaspoon vanilla essence.Stir  still it becomes  thick,remove from heat, allow to natural cooling.
Take a pudding bowl,apply some butter,put the pineapple mix,over it,layer the custard mix.Refrigerate for 6 hours,put the pudding upside down to a serving dish.

Saturday, 2 May 2020

Oreo Cake.




Soft eggless Oreo cake made with crushed Oreo biscuits, baked in a cake tin -  Melodies Positive recipe blog.









Ingredients.

Oreo biscuits.       20
Sugar.                    2 spoons
Milk.                       1/2 cup
Baking powder.   1 Teaspoon. 

Grind biscuits & sugar.Add milk & baking powder.Beat well to make the batter.Pour the batter to a cake tin & bake for 30 minutes.


Thursday, 12 March 2020

Solang Valley - Himachal Pradesh - Snow covered beautiful nature...

Snow-covered Solang Valley, Himachal Pradesh with mountain peaks.

Snow-capped Solang Valley meadow near Manali, Himachal Pradesh









Solang Valley sits about 13 km northwest of Manali in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, at roughly 2,500 meters elevation, right where the Solang and Beas rivers meet.

Scenery. A green meadow ringed by snow-capped peaks and glaciers, popular for its dramatic backdrop.

Adventure sports. Known as Manali's adventure hub -  paragliding, zorbing, ATV rides, ropeway/cable car rides, and horse riding in warmer months; skiing and snowboarding in winter (December- February).

Best time to visit -April - June for pleasant weather and greenery; December - February for snow sports.
Nearby - Close to Anu Cave, Atal Tunnel, and further on, Rohtang Pass (permit required, seasonal access).
Access - Easily reached by road from Manali; a common day-trip destination.





Snow-covered mountain peaks overlooking a green valley in Himachal Pradesh.


Panoramic view of snow-clad mountains in Solang Valley, Manali



Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Vegetable Biriyani.

Vegetable biryani made with basmati rice, carrots, beans, nuts, and raisins, garnished with tomato - Melodies Positive recipe blog.

















Basmati rice                               : 3 cups
Water                                           : 6 cups
Ghee                                              : 2 table spoons
Cardamom                                   : 4
Cloves                                            : 3
Cinnamon                                     : 4
 Onion                                            : 2
Garlic                                             : 1
Ginger                                            : 1 piece
Green chilly                                  : 2
Beans                                             : 50 gm.
Carrot                                             : 3
Tomato                                           : 1
Salt                                                   : accordingly
Nuts                                                 : 50 gm.
Kismis                                              : 50 gm.

  



 Heat ghee in a pan. Fry cardamom, cloves and cinnamon, add garlic, ginger and green chilly.Add onions, add sliced beans and carrot. When it becomes half cooked, add  salt.Add basmati rice, saute well.
Boil 6 cups water in pressure cooker,add the mixture,pressure cook for ten minutes.

  Heat ghee and fry onions, nuts and Kismis. Add it to the rice-vegetable mixture. 
Garnish with tomato.Serve hot.

Sunday, 23 February 2020

Chilli Gobi.

Chilli Gobi - crispy cauliflower tossed in spicy Indo-Chinese sauce.















Ingredients.
Step 1

Cauliflower                     - 350 gm.
Maida                              - 1 cup
Cornflour                        - 4 table spoons
Kashmiri Chilli
Powder                            - 1 teaspoon
Pepper Powder                -1/4 teaspoon
Salt                                   - required
Water                               - required
Oil                                     - 3-4 tablespoons

Mix all well to prepare the batter.Dip cauliflower florets in the batter and deep fry.

Step 2

Sliced capsicum                     -1
Sliced spring onion               - 1
Chopped ginger                     - 1 table spoon
Chopped garlic                       - 1 table spoon
Slit green chilli                       - 3
Soy sauce                                 - 1 teaspoon
Chilli sauce (red)                    - 1 teaspoon
Vinegar                                     - 1 teaspoon
Salt                                             - required
Oil                                               - 1 table spoon

Heat oil,add ginger,garlic,green chilli,saute for one minute,add spring onion,capsicum,add soy sauce,chilly sauce.Stir well.Add fried cauliflower,add salt,spring onion,vinegar.
Garnish and serve.


Beef Biriyani.

Beef biriyani with fragrant basmati rice, tender beef and aromatic spices.






















Ingredients.
Step 1

Beef.                            1 kg.
Chilly powder            1 Table spoon
Coriander powder.   2 Table spoons.
Turmeric powder.    1 Teaspoon.
Pepper powder.         1 Teaspoon.
Garam masala.           2 Teaspoons.
Salt.     

Marinate beef with these and keep for 30 minutes.Cook in a pressure cooker until 3-4 whistles.

Step 2

Garlic-ginger paste.            2 Table spoons
Sliced green chillies.           3
Sliced onions.                       1 cup
Sliced tomatoes.                   3
Curd.                                       Half cup
Oil.                                           2 Table spoons

Heat a pan.Pour oil.Add garlic-ginger paste,saute for two minutes,add sliced onions, green chillies,stir till it becomes golden brown,add sliced tomatoes,stir for two minutes,add cooked beef,curd,stir well,adjust salt,cook it for around 5-10 minutes.

Step 3

Basmati rice.                    6 cups
Water.                               12 cups
Crushed cinnamon,
clove, cardamom.            2 Teaspoons
Ghee.                                  1 Table spoon
Bay leaves.                        2

Wash and drain the rice.Heat ghee in a pan,add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves,bay leaves,saute well,add rice,stir to make crispy.
Boil water in a pressure cooker,add salt,add rice mix, close the cooker,cook for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Onions.                  2
Cashew nuts.        50 gm
Raisins.                  50 gm
Coriander leaves/ 
Mint leaves,
Lemon juice           2 spoons.

Thinly slice onions.Fry in ghee.
Roast cashews and raisins.
Take a pan/ cooker.
Layer with alternative layers of rice,beef,fried onions, raisins, cashews, coriander leaves/mint leaves,lemon juice.
Heat the layered Biriyani for about 20 minutes.
Serve with salad and pickles.


             

                                   
                         


Monday, 17 February 2020

Grape Syrup Pudding.

Grape syrup pudding with a smooth, creamy texture and rich grape flavor.















Ingredients:

 Egg                                                     - 2
 Milk                                                    -2 cups
 Sugar                                                  - 6 spoons
 Butter                                                 - 1 teaspoon
 Vanila Essence                                  -1 teaspoon
 Grated nutmeg                                 - ¼ teaspoon
 Nuts                                                     - ¼ cup
Kismis                                                  - ¼ cup

Grape juice                                        -  3 cups
Sugar                                                   - 2 Table spoons
Ghee                                                    - 1 Teaspoon
Maida                                                  - 1 Teaspoon

Method.

Pudding.

Beat egg. Add milk, sugar, butter, vanilla essence and nutmeg. Apply butter in a pudding mould,  pour the mixture and add the nuts and kismis. Cover the mould  and cook in steam. Allow natural cooling.

Grape syrup. 

Mix grape juice,sugar,ghee & maida. Heat a pan,pour the mixture,stir continuously till it becomes a semi thick syrup.Allow natural cooling,garnish the pudding.Also spread some grapes around the pudding.Refrigerate for two hours and serve.