Rusky Pudding

Had made this along with my friend and it came out excellent..:). Makes around 12 pcs of the size shown in the photo


Ingredients-

1)3 large eggs
2)6 heaped tbsp rusk crumbs
3)4 level tbsp sugar
4)1 tbsp desi ghee
5)1 level tsp baking powder
6)1/2 tsp vanilla essence
7)3 tbsp walnut-broken into small pcs
8)2 tbsp kishmish
9)1 cup hot milk

For the apple custard sauce-

1) 2 1/2 cups milk
2)1 heaped tbsp custard powder(make it a huge heap..;))
3)4 tbsp sugar
4) 1 apple-cut into small pieces

Method-


1)Preheat the oven to 200°C
1)Grease a baking dish with butter. I used a rectangular dish.Much easier to manage the cutting..:P
2)Arrange the walnuts and raisins so that they cover the base of the baking tin.Keep aside.
3)Beat the egg whites in a dry dish till stiff. Mix in egg yolks and beat again.
4)Add the rusk, sugar, ghee, baking powder and vanilla essence. Beat well. The mixture should be of thick pouring consistency. Don't worry if it is too thick because hot milk is added later to make the pudding spongy...:)
5)Pour the mixture into the arranged greased tin.Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

This is how it looks when its fresh out of the oven..:)

6)When baked, cut into pieces of desired size and pour the hot milk all over the pudding. This makes it softer.Keep Aside.

Apple Sauce-

1)Prepare custard by dissolving custard powder in 1/2 cup of cold milk
2)Heat 2 cups of milk with sugar. When it boils, add the custard mixture, stirring continuously.Add the apple pieces. Cook for 2-3 minutes till it coats the spoon.(It is very important that you put the apples at the right time because otherwise the custard does not get the taste of the apples and its just plain custard with apple pieces..:P)


Pour the apple sauce all over the pudding and refrigerate for atleast 2-3 hours and serve cold...
Garnish with raisins and broken walnut pieces...
The pudding is ready!! :D

The final dessert.

Juicy Chicken Lollypop

INGREDIENTS-

1)4 chicken wings-cut into lollypops
2)1 tbsp chilli-garlic sauce
3)2 tbsp soya sauce
4)1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
5)a pinch of ajinomoto
6)red color-optional
7)2 tbsp maida
8)1 tbsp cornflour
9)1 egg
10)salt-to taste

METHOD-

1)Marinade the chicken with chilli-garlic sauce, soya sauce, ginger-garlic paste, ajinomoto and red color.
2)Keep in the fridge till required
3)Just before frying, mix in the egg, maida and cornflour.
4)Season with salt.
5) Deep fry(Make sure the oil is not too hot so that the chicken inside cooks well)
6) Your chicken lollypop is made!!

Easy Peasy Bread Pudding

INGREDIENTS-

1 egg
1 cup milk
1 bread slice
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp sugar for caramalization
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp raisins(optional)

METHOD-

1)Boil the milk, bread and sugar.
2)Cool it and then blend.
3)Add the vanilla.Add raisins.
4)In a small baking dish, add 1 tbsp of sugar and caramelize it by heating on medium heat.
I have added a video on how to caramelize sugar...however it is not absolutely necessary to have a thermometer! i do it without it and it works just fine! You will know when to stop heating the sugar by the color of the liquid.HAS to be golden brown....

5)Pour the blended mixture into the dish with caramelized sugar and then steam for 20 minutes or till it leaves the sides.

6)Turn the dish over....I have decorated it with chocolate syrup....can use anything..:)

YOUR BREAD PUDDING IS READY!! YUMMMYYY!!!   :D

KITCHEN TIPS-5

Cleaning Mushrooms

Normally mushrooms get cleaned easily just with water..However if they are too dirty, rub them with some flour and then wash normally...The dirt goes easily!! :) 

KITCHEN TIPS-4

Self-raising flour

I realised that since self-raising flour is not available everywhere it will help to put the substitute here!! This recipe yields 1 cup of self-raising flour.

Ingredients-

1) 1 cup all purpose flour(maida)
2)11/3 tsp baking powder
3)1/3 tsp salt

Method-

1)Combine all ingredients by sieving together....:P

You can use this right away or store in an air-tight container....:)

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Basic Chocolate cupcakes

These chocolate cupcakes are really yum and get done fast too!! Makes 24 mini cupcakes

INGREDIENTS-
1)125 gms butter, softened (has to be softened and not melted!! i made that mistake and the butter ended up separating out...so i got really dry cupcakes the time that i melted the butter!)
2)125 gm + 1 tbsp powdered sugar
3)2 medium eggs
4)2 tbsp milk
5)100gm self raising flour
6)3 level tbsp cocoa(this can be varied to around 2.75 tbsp cocoa...3 tbsp cocoa is a bit towards the darker side. ;) )

METHOD-

1)Preheat the oven to 190 degrees.
2)Beat together the butter and sugar in a bowl,until light and fluffy..Again..make sure the mixture doesn't separate out...:P
3)Add the eggs and milk, and sift over the flour and cocoa. Beat until the mixture is smooth.Dont worry if the texture feels thick....Thats how its supposed to be!

4)Divide the mixture between paper cases and bake until the cakes have risen and are just firm to touch in the centre.(Takes approx 10-12 min).

5)Remove the cakes and transfer to wire rack to cool!

Your mini cupcakes are done!!! Ideal for picnics!! :D

Garlic Butter Shrimp

This is an extremely simple recipe if you are pressed for time :) Just 4 ingredients...mix it all....and you are done!!!!

INGREDIENTS-
1)10 pcs shrimp
2)Butter-50gm
3)Garlic-5 cloves(You can use how much ever you want! I recommend the butter SHOULD have a strong taste of garlic)
4)Salt-to taste
5)Juice of 1/2 lemon(optional)

METHOD-

1)Soften the butter for around 20 seconds in the microwave.
2)Crush the garlic into the butter and add some salt.
3)Heat the butter in a frying pan/sauce pan and add the shrimp to it.
4)Cook the prawns in the garlic butter till the prawns turn a lovely shade of pink and curl.(That's how you know they are cooked! ;))
5)Add the lemon juice if using...mix well and remove from fire immedeately.

Your shrimps are done and in less than 10 minutes!! :D

I had the shrimps with garlic bread...but it can be had on the side of practically anything(Salads,Pasta or Rice)!

Hope you liked the recipe!! :)