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Nutty Butterscotch Chocolate Cake

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Yesterday I was looking for cake recipe so that I can bake a cake to take into my cake decoration class. First I thought I will bake some simple quick cake and get done with it, but as I approached kitchen I couldn't resist but look into my recipe book for some instant reference to cook something different. I liked a peanut butter recipe in there but because I didn't have peanut butter I decided to give it twist and make my own version of cake. It was delicious and even smelling so good that it was huge hit in my decoration class as well. Ingredients 4 Cup Maida 2.5 Cup Butter 1 Cup Hazelnuts 1 Cup Almonds 1.5 Cup Sugar 3 Eggs 1 Cup Milk 2 Cup Butterscotch Chocochips 2 Spoon Baking Powder Method Preheat oven to 350F/180C Grind hazelnuts and almonds to fine powder and keep it aside. Cream butter and sugar together till fluffy. Add in hazelnut-almonds powder and whisk again. Add in each egg one at a time and beat well after each addition Si

Sandwich

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा This is my favorite bengali sweet. So when I was making Ajoy's favorite mishti dohi i decided to pamper myself with these. Turned out very delicious. Ingredients 2 liter Milk 4 Spoon Vinegar 1 Spoon Rawa 2 Cups Khoya 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar 2.5 Cup Sugar Silver leaf Pistachio Powder A pinch of Baking Powder Couple Pinch of Saffron Method Keep 1/4 cup milk aside and bring remaining milk to boil and add in vinegar mixed with two spoon of water. Stir till the whey separates out and milk cuddles. Strain it through sieve and run through cold water. Let it sit there for 5 minutes so that water drains out completely. Mix sugar with 6 cups of water in a cooker and bring it to boil. Take out this paneer from the sieve and knead till very soft dough forms. Add in rawa and baking powder and knead again. Make thin flat squares and add half of them into the sugar syrup boiling in cooker Close the cooker lid and let out one whistle. Lower the heat and let

Dry Fruit Chocolate

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा One day while watching Foodnetwork channel I saw this recipe and liked it at that very moment, for it is so simple yet so elegant. Dont remember exact measures and all but here is my own version of the same. Ingredients 350g White chocolate 120g Dark Chocolate 1 Cup Walnuts 1/2 Cup Apricot 1/2 Cup Cranberries Method Heat oven to 350F/180C and bake walnuts in it for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool down. In a bowl microwave white chocolate for 1.5 minutes stirring it every 30 sec. It should be smooth soft molten chocolate. In another bowl microwave dark chocolate for 1.5 minute stirring it every 30sec. Line a plate/tray with parchment paper and pour the white chocolate in the center. Spread it over the plate to get smooth layer Pour dark chocolate on four corners and with a fork mix it in with white chocolate creating patterns Dice apricots and walnuts, sprinkle them along with cranberries on top of the chocolate. Let mixture come down to room temper

Mishti Dohi

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा This is one of Ajoy's favorite sweet, which is simple to make, yet I had trouble making it given that its so difficult to set curd out here. I tried so many times, so many different ways and it did work few times but results weren't consistent. But now that I have learned the exact trick that works here, I made this perfect sweet. Ingredients 1.5 Liter Milk 1 Cup Sugar 1/2 Cup Curd Method Bring milk to boil. Add 1/4 cup of sugar and keep the milk boiling till it reduces to around 1 liter in volume. Stir continuously to avoid burning At this moment keep reducing milk, but also in another bowl add in remaining 3/4cup of sugar with 1/4 cup of water and let it boil When the sugar water turns dark golden in color, reduce the heat of boiling milk and add the sugar mixture into the milk. Boil the milk for another 5 minutes and let it sit till it is warm to touch In a bowl add curd and add a cup of earlier made browned and sweetened milk. Mix wel

Dhokar Dalna

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I had been meaning to cook it ever since I had it in Kolkata at relative's place. I wasnt feeling all that great that day so couldnt enjoy it to fullest but whatever I had was sure good enough to motivate me to make it. So finally after almost an year I get chance to make this. Ingredients 2 Cup Harbara Daal 2 Tomato 2 Green Chillies 2 Spoon Ginger 5 Garlic Cloves 1/2 Spoon Jeera 1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder 1/2 Spoon Jeera Powder 1/2 Spoon Corriander Powder Oil Ghee Salt Method Soak the daal overnight and keep aside. In a mixie, grind the daal to smooth paste. Keep aside In a pan, add in couple spoon of oil and let jeera splutter in it. Add in 1 spoon of grated ginger, turmeric powder, salt and daal paste we made earlier. Cook till daal separates from sides of the pan. Grease a plate and pour the daal mixture over it and spread uniformly. Let it cool. Cut the diamond shaped pieces of this daal and shallow fry them in oil. Keep aside. In a mixie

Veg Biryaani

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I had been making this for a while now, but its only yesterday that I actually managed to click the photos. So here I am posting this recipe, esp for all my vegetarian friends who are craving for Biryaani. Ingredients 3 Cup Rice 350g Bhendi 250g Small Eggplants 250g Carrots 2 Raw Bananas 4 Potatoes 4 Onion 3 Tomato 2 Spoon Pudina Leaves 10 Garlic Cloves 2 Spoon Grated Ginger 1/2 Cup Cashews 1/4 Cup Almonds 1 Spoon Dry Coconut 1/2 Spoon Poppy Seeds 2 Dried Red Chillies 1/4 Spoon Saunf 1/4 Spoon Black Pepper 1 Spoon Jeera 1 Spoon Corriander Seeds 3/4 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1 Spoon Garam Masala 2 Cardamom 2 Cloves 3 Cinnamon 1/4 Cup Milk A Pinch Of Saffron Salt to taste Ghee Oil Method Pressure cook 2 potatoes Soak rice in warm water for half an hour. Soak poppy seeds and keep aside Fry the whole egg plants, bhendi, peeled and diced bananas, 2 potatoes, and carrots and keep aside. Boil a pot full of water and add in the soaked rice. Cook till almos