QUICHE STYLE PASTA

This is a different pasta mild in flavor yet rich and warm. Really good one if you don't like your mirchein!;)

Ingredients:
Pasta boiled and drained around 4 to 5 tea cups
3 eggs lightly beaten with beater
spring onions 1/2 tea cup fried
salt and black pepper to taste
chicken mince or chicken pieces cooked to taste
soy sauce 2 tbsp
2 tbsp butter
full fat milk and cream together around 2 tea cups
Cheese for topping
oregano to sprinkle

Method:
Mix the cooked chicken with salt black pepper, soy sauce and boiled pasta and cook for 2 minutes on low heat.
Put all the pasta mixture in your oven proof serving dish.
Beat milk , cream and eggs and melted butter till combined.
Pour over the pasta mixture , sprinkle cheese and oregano on top and bake at 180 C in a preheated oven till golden crisp from top.
MILD TASTING PASTA REALLY YUMMY and HEALTHY!

Chicken Tikka Cheesy Pizza

Ingredients for pizza dough recipe #4

180 g plain flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
full pinch of white sugar
1 tbsp olive oil or any oil
warm water

knead the dough well and leave to rise .
Now make a round shape like a chappati , grease your pizza pan and carefully place your base on it. Now topp the pizza with your favourite toppings, example, your favourite pizza sauce,chicken tikka olives and ofcourse shredded cheese

Bake at 220 C in a fan oven for 15 minutes.

Enjoy

BURGER BUNS

Ingredients:

3 and 1/3 cup plain flour

1/2 cup melted butter

1 egg

1 1/2 tbsp white sugar

1 1/2 tsp fast action yeast

 4 pinches salt

4 to 5 tbsp milk powder

Luke warm milk , enough to knead the dough

1 egg lightly beaten for glaze

Method:

>Now sieve the flour 

>Mix in all the dry ingredients with a fork

>Now knead the dough with warm milk, enough to make a soft and sticky dough

>Cover with a cloth and then any plate over the bowl and leave in a warm place for at least 2 hours

>Now knead the dough using some extra flour on your hands, Make buns in the shape you want , in the size you want. But keep in mind that they will almost double while baking.

Now put them on a greased baking tray.Cover them and let them rise for another 1 to 2 hours

>Brush them with a beaten egg. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 25 to 30 mins. Some ovens may take up to 40 mins and some less. So check after 20 mins.The color should tell you when they are done.

Happy Burger meals to ALL!! :)

Questions are WELCOME!

Cheese Cake Mix (Chocolate and Vanilla)

I'm sharing this recipe in hope that when you're tired of your boring low-fat and no-fat diets , you will treat your self to this VEry crREAmy ,cheeZEEy  cake and pray for me :) I like my cheesecakes less sour, I mean little tinge in cream cheese is GOOD and that's what makes the cheesecake but i don't add lemon zest or lemon. so its totally optional , but I'd say try it my way n u won't regret :)

Here  goes the Recipe in MY STYLE ,

Ingredients:

1 pack Biscuits or cookies

1/2 cup melted butter

2 tbsp coco powder

275 g cream cheese

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

3/4 cup +2 tbsp cup sugar

8 tbsp double cream

3 tbsp plain flour

1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

extra vegetable oil to grease

Method:

>Preheat oven to 180 C

>Grease a 9 or 8 inch spring form pan well with vegetable oil 

>Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature

>Finely grind the biscuits and add melted butter to it enough that a soft dough forms.You can use chocolate biscuits, plain biscuits, or add 1 tbsp coco powder to the plain biscuits and enough butter to mix everything.

Now its all up to your taste buds :) Press this mixture on the base of tin evenly with the back of a spoon.

>Now in bowl #1: beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, 8 tbsp cream, vanilla essence together. add eggs one by one and beat.add plain flour beat.When I say beat it means only enough to mix don't just go beating away.

>Now in bowl #2 : add the 2 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp coco powder , 1/2 tbs veg oil, and 12 tbsp cream cheese mixture and MIX.

>Now in your cake tin pour half the cream cheese batter and then half the chocolate batter. Repeat with the remaining. Now take a fork and move it once lightly in the batter making swirls.( or you can design your own cheesecake)

Bake at 180 C for 15 mins, then without opening door decrease temp to 120 C and bake for 60 to 90 mins. now depending on your oven check the cake after 40 minutes see how much more it needs to be baked. 

Now switch off the oven and let the cake cool in the oven  for half an hour then take out. Chill it in refrigerator overnight before serving for best results.

ANY QUESTIONS?? SHOOT!

Easy Sponge Cake

Ingredients:
175 g self raising flour
175 g butter
175 g sugar
3 eggs
jam( strawberry or raspberry or your fav flavor) and whipped cream for filling the cake.

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 
Beat the eggs in one by one
Sift in the Flour in and fold it with a spoon
fill two greased cake tins
bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 20 minutes 
whip the cream and layer one cake piece with jam and then cream .Put the second cake layer on top. serve fresh.

Melange Banana Bread

Ingredients:
2 bananas
3/4th cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
2 medium eggs
1 cup + 8 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp freshly ground cinnamon
2 tbsp coco powder
1/2 a tea cup crushed nuts or chocolate chips. I used mixed nuts, even pistachios , tasted great!

Method:
Preheat oven to 350 F, Grease one large or 2 small loaf pans.
Beat butter and sugar,
add eggs and  beat,
Now using a spoon mix all the dry ingredients together.
mash bananas and add a little water to it , just a  few spoons.
Now add dry ingredients to wet ingredients with the bananas ,m ix well with a spoon.
add nuts and mix well.
Now bake for 45 to 55 mins, checking at 45 minutes.
Cool on wire rack, stays yummy for 5 days!!!

ALMOND CRUNCHIES

Ingredients:
take around a 120 g almonds and grind them to powder.
2 tbsp of sifted flour
grind 200 g sugar to powder form
2 egg whites

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 C.
Line your greased tray with baking paper and grease that too.
Mix the almonds, flour and sugar with a fork , add in the egg whites and beat till a paste forms.
Now  pipe around 20 rounds on your baking sheet , leaving some space in between them for spreading.
Bake for around 15 to 20 minutes, cool on wire rack.

CHOCOLATE TORTE

A chocolate Torte is a rustic looking cake, it has a cracked surface layer on top and a soft chocolate filling with a rich flavor.

Got this recipe from online randomly and have reduced the quantity of butter , you can use a full 100 g butter. Do not remember the name of the site. 

Ingredients:

100g dark chocolate
80 g butter
3 eggs
100 g white sugar

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180 C .
Melt the butter and chocolate together.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar till combined properly.
Now beat the egg whites till soft peaks form.

Now mix the yolk mixture and the chocolate mixture first and then fold in the egg whites. 

Pour in your pan and bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour. Check at 40 minutes.

LOW FAT YUMMY OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Ingredients:
120 g white sugar
125 g low fat spread or margarine
1 egg
115 g oats
140 g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
chocolate chips , milk or dark , your choice (you can also leave them out)

Method:

Let the spread soften by leaving it outside the fridge for a while.

Now beat the spread and sugar, add egg and beat. Now put your beater aside and grab a spatula or any spoon to mix. Mix in the oats well. Now add the combined baking powder and flour and mix again.Now add in your chocolate chips and mix. How many?? well, you can go as wild as you like ...

Now with your round shape spoon , drop little scoops of batter on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes if you have a good oven and 20 on the regular one. do keep an eye and check after 15 minutes if they need more baking or no.
Cool on a wire rack and enjoy your chewy low fat cookies , guilt free ;)

MINI SWISS ROLLS

Ingredients:
115 g plain flour 
1 tbsp coco powder
3 medium eggs
120 g white sugar

Filling recipes given below separately

METHOD:
Take a rectangular baking sheet ,  (mine was 8 x 10 inch , you can make around 8 mini swiss rolls in this size of pan with this recipe )grease it well, and cover with baking sheet( use baking paper only) trimming off extra edges on the sides, then grease the baking paper as well, generously. 

-beat eggs and sugar for around 35 to 40 minutes or till stiff, then sift the flour and coco powder onto the egg mixture , and fold (mix lightly) with a metal spoon.

-preheat oven for 20 minutes at 180 C or gas mark 4, 
- spread out the mixture in the baking sheet evenly
-bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes. insert a tooth pick to check if its done. 

-while cake is baking , cut out a grease proof paper ( baking paper.)and grease it well , dust it with cornflour .


-take out the cake and invert the baking tin on the cornflour ,take off the tin, peel the baking paper...let cool for atleast 15 minutes, and cover witha slightly damp towel or cloth,it should be very slightly damp. 

-make the fillings, cut one cake into 4 rectangles, fill in the fillings below and ROLL 'EM UP!! ;)

OK I made these without measurement and they tasted great, hope yours do too.


Filling#1.ORANGE Chocolate:
I melted some chocolate , you can chose your favourite , added some spoons of cream till I got a thick consistency and added some orange essence.


Filling#2 Dairy milk Fudge
I melted some dairy milk chocolate, and beat 2 spoons butter with some sugar and added the melted chocolate adjusting ingredients to make a thick consistency.

Filling#3 Plain Whip Cream

Whip some cream, beat it with icing sugar and spread over the roll.

Filling #4 I have actually forgotten exactly how I made that, so you can repeat any one of the above till I make these again and maybe can write down the exact measurements! 

SOFT CARROT CAKE

Soft Carrot Cake,
having guests over for tea? this is just perfect to accompany your tea... it's light and soft and the cinnamon gives it the tea time flavor! 

Ingredients:
 1 cup + 8tbsp  plain flour
1  cup +4 tbsp sugar
 1&1/4 teaspoons baking soda
 2 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil 
 3 to 4 spoons crushed pineapple (optional , makes the cake soft without altering the taste)
2 cups shredded carrot
also add some chopped walnuts.

DIRECTIONS:
mix in the dry ingredients, flour, sugar,baking soda, cinnamon, salt.
in another bowl mix together vanilla, oil and eggs , beat together.
now add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, then mix with a spoon. then mix the shredded carrots and walnuts and mix again WITH A SPOON. do NOT use beater now. 
bake at 180 C for 35 to 40 minutes . check with a toothpick to see if cake is done. if not bake for 10 more minutes. check again. 
This makes a cake serving 12 to 15 people. You can reduce the amount and make a smaller one too

ALMOND BROWNIES

OK , here are the tips to enjoy these almond brownies, make them on a day you are not on a diet , have a cup of tea , coffee or milk ready, best enjoyed in winters and share with someone :)

Ingredients:
8 tbsp melted butter
2 eggs( give them one beat with a beater)
6 tbsp coco powder
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup plain flour
full pinch salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
handful of crushed almonds (tip: roast them a bit before adding  if you like)

Method:
Preheat your oven at 180 C

Mix in the ingredients WITH ANY SPOON, in the order i will write down and mix after adding everything:
Mix butter,sugar,eggs and stir well.Now add all the dry ingredients and mix again with your spoon.

Bake for 25 to 30 mins.

let cool and slice into big or small squares if you are watching your waistline :)

You do not need measuring spoons for this....and you can adjust ingredients according to taste too. 

Ingredients:

8 to 9 cookies or biscuits( you can use plain digestives, chocolate digestives ,plain biscuits or chocolate cookies , like i have used.)
2 to 3 tbsp butter melted
condensed milk tin to make caramel or ready made caramel 
3/4 packet of cream, approximately 200 ml
2 small or 1 big banana, ripe and firm

-grind the biscuits or cookies to crushed form , in a food processor . melt the butter and mix in the biscuits thoroughly. take a pan or dish (doesn't have to be oven proof) and layer with the biscuit mixture , keep perssing with a spoon . like in the first picture.

- if you have ready made caramel, good. if not you can make it yourself. 
take a big pan ,fill it in water and let the water boil, when water starts boiling lower the flame and put the condensed milk tin( please use only tin not packet) in the water, cook for around 3 hours, turning the tin occasionally .
note: condensed milk is not evaporated milk. it is thickerand sweetened.

once caramel is made ,make sure its warm enough for spreadable consistency , layer it on the biscuit layer according to taste , i used around 5 big tablespoon.

you can store the left over for future use or use it if you are making a bigger pie.

-slice the bananas and layer over the caramel.

-beat the cream till fluffy and thicker, or spreadable consistency.
spread the cream over the bananas 

decorate as you like.

refrigerate over night before serving. serve chilled. 

Recommended dessert for people who like trying new flavors and like bananas and cream . :)