Kashmiri Chaaye!!!

Ingrediants:

Green tea Tea leaves : 1 1/2 tbsp
Baking soda : 1/2 tsp
Water : 6-8 cup
Sugar/Salt : to taste
Milk : 2-3 cup
Cardamom crushed : 3-4


Method:



In a pot add 4 cups of water, baking soda and greem tea leaves. Cook on medium flame till 1 cup remains. Than add 1 cup of chilled water, again let it evaporate till half the quantity. Do this a couple of times. And meanwhile keep on beating the tea!
Than add Cardamom and 3 cups of water. Let it boil on medium flame for an hour.Beating it constantly. strain the leaves and put the tea on low heat for 15 min more. Than do the check test. in a white mug add 2 drops of the simmering tea and 2 drops of milk. check the color. if not enough pink. start beating again for around 15 mins and check again. add milk till the desired color appears.
Add sugar or salt. Mix!
Garnish it with pistachio and almonds! Enjoy!!!

Chicken Bread!

INGREDIANTS:


For the dough:
1kg Flour
1packet instant yeast
1tsp salt
1 beaten egg
2tbsp oil


For the filling:


1medium finely chopped onion
1 green bell pepper chopped
1 carrots chopped
2tbsp butter
1tbsp oil
1tsp salt
1tsp black pepper
2 cups milk
2tbsp flour
Chicken 250gms boiled and shredded


METHOD:
Dissolve yeast in luke warm water,add it into the flour with all the other ingrediants and knead into a medium soft dough. keep aside in a warm place for 2hrs to rise


for the filling. heat butter and oil and saute the veges. Add flour and mix for 2 to 3 mins. Add milk and whisk continously avoiding the lumps to form. add salt an pepper. Mix and leve to cool.


Assembling:


For the braided bread!


Roll out the dough in a rectangle and cut it diagonally with a knife leaving the centre equally from both sides Now

For this:
Form a small dough. flatten it by hand. place the filling and pinch the sides in between.place them on a greased pan. i used a large silver dish as my spring foam pan was smaller. Make the buns untill all the dough is consumed. place them side by side. leave them for 10mins. egg wash them and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 30 mins!

Chicken Makhni Handi!

Ingrediants:

1kg Chicken
1tbsp garlic paste
4-5 tomatoes
2 large onions
8-10 green chillies
1 tsp red chilli powder
1tsp red chilli flakes
1/2tsp turmeric1tsp salt
1tsp crushed zeera
1tsp white pepper
1 cup well beaten yougurt
half packet tetra pack cream
corriender and chillies for garnish
oil 1/2 cup +2 tbsp
butter 2tbsp heaped
1tbsp mayonnaise


Method:

Blend Onion, Tomatoes and Green Chilies.Heat 2tbsp oil with butter add garlic paste and fry chicken with a pinch of salt till white and tender. take the chicken out and add half cup oil and add onion tomato paste and salt, Red chilli powder, Red chilli flakes and crushed cumin cook till all the water dries up and the oil is released at this point add chicken and bhoonofy it. Then add yougurt and keep the lid on an lower the heat until the chicken is completely done. Add in the white pepper. *at this point you can give it a bit of a smoke with coal,i did because i love the aroma*. Add cream and a tbsp of mayonnaise until just combined. Garnish with corriender leaves an sliced green chillies. Enjoy!! =)

Shoe lover!!!

I've been so busy with my exams and then baking cakes!! Heres a cake for a shoe lover!!
Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filled and frosted and covered in fondant!!

Mother's Day!!

 A mother understands what a child does not say. 

Fathers Day!!!

I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.