Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Ghee biscuits

Ghee biscuits

Ghee biscuits by its name itself we can understand its melting biscuit .The taste and flour of the ghee is simply irresistible to stop with one and its a very easy to do recipe with only few ingredients. These cookies are typical Indian cookies. The Ghee(Clarified Butter) makes it so special and I guess no one would say NO to this cookie. I wanted to try these cookies, as it calls for Ghee and there is no baking soda or baking powder used. So here we go




Ingredients 

Ghee
1 cup
Powdered sugar
1cup
All purpose flour
1 ½ cup

 Method

1.Preheat the oven to 180degree .
2.In a bowl,bring all the three ingredients(Ghee,AP flour and Sugar),and make a soft dough.
3.Make small balls out of the dough,slightly flatten it and place in the baking tray.
4.Bake the cookies for about 20-25 minutes .
5.Once done,remove from the oven and allow them to cool.Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container.



Monday, 3 June 2013

Eggless cake pops

Eggless cake pops

I came across this recipe in a cookbook and thought of giving a try , but became big hit in my family . My son 1 and half years old loved the plain cake balls. So here we go

Ingredients
 
Eggless vanilla cake
250 gms

Butter cream frosting
¼ cup
Compound white chocolate
100gms
Compound Milk chocolate
100 gms
Colour sprinkles 
As needed
Lollypop sticks
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Method
  1. Put the cake in a blender and make it into powder or you can use your hand also.
  2. Add the butter to the cake crumbs and mix it .
  3. Make small ball and put it into the fridge for half an hour  to become hard 
  4. Meantime melt the white chocolate and milk chocolate in a double boiler.
  5. Insert the lollipop sticks in the cake ball and dip it in the white chocolate and some in milk chocolate and add some sprinkles . 
  6. Put them in the fridge to set for 1 hour  
   


Thursday, 30 May 2013

Eggless donuts

Egg less donuts
This is my first cooking post in Gayathriscookspot and the recipe was suggested by  Sowma of Nivedhanam. when i saw this months challenge i got very exicited, which is egg less donuts . Plain donuts are my all time favorite but never thought the preparation is so simple. Here we go my friends .


Ingredients
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Dalda - 2 tbs
Warm milk- 1/2 cup
Sugar- 1/4 cup
Instant yeast - 1 tsp
Salt- a pinch
Curd - 2 tbs
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
White chocolate
Colour sprinkles
Method
  1. In a bowl take all purpose flour and salt . Mix well 
  2. In another bowl take sugar,instant yeast,vanilla,dalda and curd .mix well Pour the yeast mixture to the salted al purpose flour mixture ,with help of a spatula pour milk and whisk well , until all flour and liquid mixture get completely blended together
  3. Cover it with a cling wrap and set aside for 1 hour or double in size 
  4. Then after 1 hour take the dough , dust some flour and cut it in to donut shapes 
  5. cover it and set aside for 1/2 an hour 
  6. After that heat oil and fry the donuts until brown 
  7.  Meantime melt white chocolate in double boiler method
  8. Dip the donut in the white chocolate and spray some sprinkles 
  9. Serve hot it will be amazing 
 Step by step preparation of Eggless Donuts 
Take all the ingredients


 Make it a soft dough and cover it with a cling wrap and set aside for 1 hour
Dust with some flour and roll it 1/3 inch thickness
cut it into donuts shape
Arrange it in a tray and cover it with a cling wrap and set aside for 1 hour
fry it in the oil till golden brown

Dip it in the white chocolate and spary some sprinkles