Ladi Pav

Ingredient.....

1. Warm Milk  - 1 cup +1/4 cup
2. Yeast - 2 tsp
3. Sugar - 2 tbsp
4. Butter - 3tbsp (slightly more for greasing the tin)
5. Salt - 1tsp
6. All purpose flour/maida - 3 cups (extra  flour for kneading the dough)

Pictorial recipe....

1) In otg

Take 1 cup warm milk  , 2tsp yeast and 2tbsp sugar.

Let the mixture rest for 5 min.

Now add in melted 3 tbsp butter.

1tsp of salt goes in.

Now add  3 cup of maida .

Knead a dough .

Add the remaining 1/4 cup of milk . Here the dough becomes sticky.

Knead for about 5-10 min.

Grease the clean counter and knead for further 5 min.This is the most important stage to develop gluten and make the dough elastic.you can also use extra flour if required while kneading.

Keep the dough in a greased large bowl.

Cover it and Allow it to rest for 1 hr.

After an hour dough should have rise double of its original size.

Knead again for about 2-3 min.

Divide it into 10-12 equal parts.

Grease a baking tray or tin with butter or oil.

Arrange them in a tin leaving 1 inch space in between.

Cover it with a dry cloth and allow to rest once again for about 15-20 min to rise.

      Beautiful they have rise and double size.

              Brush with milk before baking.

        Preheat the oven at 180c for 10 min.

    Place the tin in the oven and bake at 180c      for 25 min.

               Happiness in baking 😍😍

                   Brush with butter on the top.

Look at the air pockets, sponginess and the aroma of baking all across the home....is all loving it !!

when you first remove pav from the oven , they might feel hard on the top .But don't worry after cooling down it will become super soft.

                                 Enjoy...!!!

2) In pan or kadhai....

    Pre heat the pan or kadhai with a rack in it.

           Place the balls in the greased tin.

       Cover it with dry cloth for 20 min to rise.

                         Place in the pan.

             Demold and allow it to cool.

                                  lovely....

                         With Vada ...  Enjoy..!!

                         With tea.....Enjoy...!!!

                           As pizza bytes.....

Rava cake

Rawa cake is very easy and delicious cake loved by kids as well as elders. Just make , eat or store to make it anytime available for kids specially during lockdowns . It requires few ingredients mostly available at every home.

Ingredient....

1. Rawa/sooji  -1 cup
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup or according to the sweetness required
3. Milk- 1/2 cup
4. Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp
5. Baking powder -1 tsp
6. Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
7. Ghee / oil - 1/4 cup
8. Curd 1/2 cup( or 1tsp white vinegar to be added at the last)
9. Salt - pinch
10. Jaifal elaichi powder - 1tsp (optional)

Pictorial recipe....

         Take down all the above ingredients .

In a bowl take rawa , sugar, ghee, baking powder, baking soda, pinch of salt and mix evenly.

Now  gradually add in milk (approx half cup)

                        Vanilla essence 1tsp 

.                                Give a mix

Cover with lid and let it rest for about 30 min.

                 Now add in half cup of curd .

  Mix evenly. The batter should be Little flowy.

             Grease a cake tin with oil or ghee.

                   Pour in the cake mixture.

Preheat the oven for 15 min at 200c and bake for 25-30 min at 200c.

         Allow it to cool.

               Demold it .

              Enjoy...!!!!

Gulab jamun (with milk powder)

Gulab Jammun is milk solid based dish popular in Indian subcontinent . It is a dessert eatten at festivals , Birthdays and major celebration like marraiges .There are various types of Gulab Jammun and every variety has distinct taste and appearance. Gulab Jammuns are generally made from khoya/mava , milkpowder .They are also made by adding sugar to a batter which gives black coolur after frying called kala jam or black jammun ,They can be given shapes like round oval and can also stuffed with nuts and raisins , they can be served with kesar , rabdi, silver vark.

Ingredient.....

1. Milk powder 2 cups            
2. Barik rawa 3 tbsp
3. Maida 2tbsp
4. Baking powder 1tsp
5. Ghee 2tbsp
6. Milk approximately 1cup
7. Sugar for chachni 2 cup
8. Water for making chachni 3 cups
9. Lemon juice 4-5drops
10. Oil for frying
11. choped nuts , pista , raisins, kesar

Pictorial recipe.....

  

Take  3tbsp Barik rawa /sooji and add two tbsp of water and set aside

Take 2 cups of milk powder.

Add in ghee 2tbsp.

Now add 1tsp baking powder.

Add soaked suji and mix well.

Add 2 tbsp of maida or arraroot powder.

Add in milk and make a dough.(approx 1/2cup).

It will be sticky ,but after resting time of 15-20 min ,it will soak all milk. 

Make small balls

Fry it in hot oil under low flame.

 Till golden brown.

Mix  2 cups of sugar in 3 cups of water and boil well to make a single strand chachni.

Add strands of kesar and elaichi powder  lemon to avoid crystals of sugar after cooling.

Add fried gulab jammun into a hot chachni .

Cover it and cook on low flame till soft and syrup is soaked.

Yummy gulab jamuna are ready....

Enjoy!!

Rose cookies

Rose Cookies is the typical Anglo Indian Cookie   and favourite among the Indian christian during Christmas. It is famous sweet snacks of southern states of India called Achu Murukku .It is a tasty , crunchy snacks loved by all .

Ingredient....

1. All purpose flour/Maida -1 cup
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup or according to the sweetness required
3. Egg -1
4. Milk- 1/2 cup
5. Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp
6. Baking soda - pinch
7. Oil for deep frying

Pictorial recipe

Beat egg and sugar

Add in flour

Vanilla essence

Pinch of soda

Heat an oil along with the mould

Our batter is ready

Deep a hot mould into the barter not completely (slightly more than the half)

As shown in the above pic

Deep in the hot oil ensuring it should not touch the kadhai or pan

With the help of knife or spoon remould the cokkie in the oil

Fry in slow to medium flame till crispy.

Fry till golden brown

Also can be store in air tight container and place in refrigerator

                             Enjoy!!!