Pav Buns / Home made eggless Pav

These buns are extremely soft, once you learn to make your own Pav/ Buns at home, you will never turn back to the bakery. It taste exactly like the store bought and can make it with healthier ingredients and shape as you desire.

Ingredients:

2 cups All purpose flour
1 1/2 cup Water
2 tbsp Sugar
2 1/4 tsp Instant Yeast
2 tsp Salt
4 tsp Butter
2 tbsp Milk powder

Method:

• Mix warm water, sugar and yeast together and let it sit for about five minutes or until the yeast get activated.

• Onto a work table add All purpose flour, Salt and Milk powder and mix well.
• Then add the activated yeast to the flour. (little at a time)

• Knead the mixture (lift, spread, stretch and throw) into little sticky and soft dough for 10 minutes to form gluten in it. Then add butter and knead.

• Place the dough onto slightly greased bowl. Cover it and let it rise ( preferably warm place) until it's doubled in size for 1-2 hours.

• Gently deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface and give knead it for last time for 1-2 minutes.

• Divide and shape the dough according to your preference and place them on to a baking tray.

• After shaping cover them with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap until they puff up (30-45 minutes)

• Preheat the oven to 350 F and slightly milk wash the bread.

• Bake for 20-25 minutes.

• Soft Pav / Buns are ready. Serve it with baji or vada

Notes:

1. Water required may vary, Use lesser amount in summer and greater in winter. So add little at a time
2. You can brush with egg wash to get golden colour for the crown.
3. Baking time could vary depending upon the oven.

Eggless Chocolate cake with Ganache | Simple and Moist Eggless Cake

Ingredients:

 For Cake

1/2 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
1/4 cup Water
1/2 Cup Sugar ( Powdered)
1/4 Cup Buttermilk
3 tbsp Cocoa powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/8 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Instant Coffee Powder
2 tbsp Yogurt / Curd
2.5 tbsp Oil

For Ganache

75 ml Fresh Cream
113 grms Semi sweet Chocolate
1/2 tbsp Butter

Method:

• In a bowl sieve All purpose flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt and Cocoa powder. Mix well and keep it aside.
• In another bowl add Sugar, Oil, Coffee( Mix coffee powder with water), Buttermilk and Yogurt.
• Mix until sugar is dissolved and everything is well combined.
• Grease the cake pan with butter or parchment paper.
•  Pre heat oven to 350 F / 180 C
• Now add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients into 2 batches and mix gently do not over mix.
• Pour the cake mixture into the greased pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Take out the pan from the oven and let it cool down completely.
• Once the cake is completely cool decorate it with ganache or butter cream.
• For ganache take a bowl add fresh cream and chocolate chips and microwave it for 20 seconds, take it out stir if the chocolate chips or chunks are not completely dissolved microwave it again.
• Be careful do not burn the chocolate. Can also use the double boiler method.
• Decorate the cake as per your preference.

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Homemade Sandwich Bread | How to make bread

Ingredients:

21/2 cup All purpose flour
1/2 cup Milk
11/2 tbsp Butter
11/8 tsp Instant dry yeast
11/2 tbsp Sugar
3/4 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1/4 cup Water

Method:

• In a bowl mix flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Then add beaten egg. Mix everything well.

• Melt butter in 1/2 cup of milk. The milk should be slightly warm. Add mixture into the flour and knead for 2-3 minutes.

• Now add 1/4 cup of warm water and knead well for 8-10 minutes. Knead until the dough is shiny and elastic.

• Shape it into a ball and apply oil.

• Place it into a well oiled bowl. Cover it with cling wrap and let it rise.

• Once the dough double in size, punch down the dough gently and knead for a minute or two.

• Roll the dough into a rectangle with the help of rolling pin.

• Shape it into a loaf.

• Grease the loaf tin with oil and let the dough proof.

• Preheat the oven at 350 degree F. Cover the tin with aluminium foil and bake for 25 mins. You can sprinkle some flax seeds or oats on top (optional).

• Now remove the aluminium foil and milk wash / apply butter on top and keep it back in the oven until the crust is evenly brown.

• Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.

Instatnt Gulab Jamun | Bread Gulab Jamun | Sweet Bread Balls

Ingredients:

8 Bread Slice
6-7 tblsp Milk (Whole Milk )
1 tsp Ghee

For Sugar Syrup

Cardamon powder
1 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cup Water

Oil for frying
Saffron ( optional)

Method:

• Boil sugar and water on medium flame.
• Once the sugar dissolves add cardamom powder and saffron, lower the flame and let the syrup become slightly thick.
• Take the bread slices and cut the edges ( brown crust) and discard it. In a mixer grind the bread slices for a second.
• Take the bread crumbs, add milk and knead into a soft dough.
• Divide the dough into equal parts, apply some ghee on your palm and make small balls from the dough without applying much pressure.
• Heat some oil in a kadai and fry the gulab jamuns on low flame until they turn golden brown. Keep stirring continuously for even colour.
• Take out the fried gulab jamuns in a kitchen towel and drop them into the warm sugar syrup ( not hot or cold)
• Let the gulam jamun remain in the syrup for 1 hour or until they turn soft.
• Instant gulab jamun is ready. It can be served warm or chilled, goes best with scoop of ice cream.

Halloween Cookies recipe / Spooky Cookies / Eggless Cookies recipe

Yayyy!! Tomorrow is Halloween, a favorite holiday among children. Most of the houses are decorated and store shelves are stocked with costumes and candy. So yesterday i baked this cookies, quick and easy to bake and spooky to look at. Dangerously addictive cookies and will definitely decorate your Halloween table for sure.

 Even though they look bit spooky but kids will simply love it munching for their snacks. You can decorate or shape as you like. Do try this cookies this Halloween.

Ingredients:
1+1/4 cup All purpose flour
1/2 cup Butter ( softened)
1/3 cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 tsp Salt
pinch of Baking Soda
few almonds and chocolate chips.

Method:

• Combine butter,sugar, vanilla extract in a bowl and beat it until they turns soft and fluffy.
• Sieve together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Gradually add the flour mixture and turn everything as a soft dough.
• Wrap it and keep it in a fridge for 20-30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350F.
• Grease or line the baking sheet onto the baking tray.
• Take a small portion of dough and shape it as per your desire can also use cookie cutter and arrange it onto the baking tray.
• Bake it for 15-20 minutes.
• Let them cool completely.
• Enjoy this Halloween.

Milk Peda recipe with condensed milk / Milk peda or Doodh peda recipe

I made few sweets last week for Diwali and will admit that this quick Milk peda with milk powder was my favourite. It's so quick and requires such a few ingredients which is Milk powder and condensed milk for sweetness. It keeps well for more time atleast for 2 weeks.

 Ingredients:
1 cup Milk powder
1/2 cup Condensed milk
3-4 tblsp Saffron milk
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tblsp Ghee / clarified butter + 1/2 tsp to grease
few nuts of your choice for garnishing

Method:

• Soak Saffron in a warm milk and chop few almonds and keep it aside.
• Switch on the flame to very low and add Ghee and Milk powder. Mix well for few seconds.
• Then add condensed milk and mix till everything is well combined.
• Add saffron milk and mix again. Mixture will become thin and will start sticking to the pan.
• Add cardamom powder.
• Turn the flame to medium and keep stirring continuously.
• After few minutes the mixture will start leaving the sides of the pan.
• Slightly sticky and little runny mass will form.
• Switch off the flame and let the mixture cool down.
• Grease you hand with ghee and pinch a small lemon size portion and roll it like a shape of ball.
• Slightly flatten it and make a dent in center and fill it with chopped almonds.
• Leave to set for an hour. It will look moist for an hour then it will get the perfect texture.

Pictorial:

Switch on the flame to very low and add Ghee and Milk powder. Mix well for few seconds.

Then add condensed milk and mix till everything is well combined.

Add saffron milk and mix again. Mixture will become thin and will start sticking to the pan. Then add cardamom powder.

Turn the flame to medium and keep stirring continuously. After few minutes the mixture will start leaving the sides of the pan.

Slightly sticky and little runny mass will form. Switch off the flame and let the mixture cool down.

Grease you hand with ghee and pinch a small lemon size portion and roll it like a shape of ball.

Slightly flatten it and make a dent in center and fill it with chopped almonds. Leave to set for an hour. It will look moist for an hour then it will get the perfect texture.

Notes:

1. Always cook in low flame to avoid burning from bottom.
2. The mixture will look sticky and shiny so grease your hand while shaping them.
3. Use full fat milk powder for good result. 

Shakarpara Recipe / Sugar Coated Shankarpali / shakkarpare

 Shakarpara/Shankarpali is a simple sugary fried bites. Believe it or not you need only three main ingredients i.e All purpose flour, Sugar and Oil. There are two methods to make this shakarparas, one where all purpose flour is kneaded with sugar syrup and the other one is to coat the fried bites with sugar syrup. These look fluffy and snowy and easy to make. Perfect munch for snacks.

Ingredients:
2 Cup All pourpose flour
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
Oil for frying
Cardamom powder (optional)

Method:

• In a mixing pan sift All pourpose flour and knead a hard dough ( same as puri dough) using water.
• Take a small portion and roll it on a rolling pan and with the help of rolling pin with little thickness.
• With the help of knife or cutter, cut it in a diamond shape.
• In a deep frying pan add oil on medium flame and once it's hot carefully add as many shankarpali as it fits in a pan without overcrowding.
• Fry on both sides till they are golden brown.
• Drain out on a paper towel.
• Next, In another pan add sugar and water and boil till it reaches one string consistency. ( when you press a drop of syrup between your thumb and index finger will form a thread)
• Add cardamom powder.
• Switch off the flame and add the shakarparas and mix it with the syrup and coat from all the sides.
• Take it out and let it cool. Store it in an air tight container.