Chocolate cake

Hello friends... Today I m sharing chocolate cake recipe with you all. 

There is hardly anyone who will not like to Have this yummiest dessert. Chocolate cake is the most demanded recipe. I hope that all my readers are going to love me for this one. My family loved it.. So now it's time for you to impress your loved ones 

Ingredients:

Maida (all purpose flour): 1 cup 

Cocoa powder: 3 tbsp

Coffee powder: 1/2 tbsp

Salt: 1 pinch 

Curd: 1 cup (fresh)

Ground sugar: 1 cup

Baking powder: 1 tsp

Baking soda: 1/2 tsp

Refined oil or melted butter: 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence: 1/2 tsp

Riped banana pury: 1 (1 banana )

Chopped roasted almonds and walnut: 1/2 cup 

Milk as required

For icing : 

Dark chocolate compound 1 cube

Milk chocolate compound  1 cube 

White chocolate compound  1 cube

Fresh cream : 1 spoon 

Whipped cream: 1 bowl 

Chocolate balls for decoration 

Chocolate sticks for decoration 

Method:

Seive maida, cocoa powder, coffee and salt.

In a separate bowl take curd, ground sugar, baking powder and baking soda  and mix it well with the help of a beating machine. When it starts bubling add melted butter or oil, essence and banana purée. Mix it well 

Now add sieved maida mixture and almonds 

(Banana acts as a leavening and raising agent . It is a perfect substitute of an egg

It makes your cake fluffy and soft) 

Add milk aa required and make a smooth batter 

This batter is comparatively smoother than normal cakes 

Pour the batter in a greased tin and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree for 35 to 40 mins 

After baking keep the mould to rest for 15 mins and then take the cake out

After the sponge cake is At normal temperature, take a knife and cut the cake in 2 equal parts. 

For choc  Ganash: take one cube of dark chocolate compound and one cube of milk  chocolate compound and let it melt in a microwave for 2 minutes. 

Take care that the chocolate doesn't get over cooked. 

Mix 1 spoon fresh cream to the mixture

Make sure that the cream is at room temperature other wise the ganash will become extra thick 

Spread ganash equally in middle layer, top layer and All the sides of the cake with help of a palate knife .

After this, take white compound chocolate and melt it and add it in a cone. 

Make straight horizontal lines on the cake 

With white chocolate 

With the help of a toothpick first take the toothpick downward and next line upwards. N repeat it 

With the help of icing bag , use nosals and make small flower with whipped cream 

And use choco sticks to surround the cake and make it more presentable and tasty 

Now use chocolate balls to complete the garnishing and your chocolate cake is all set to eat. 

Try this cake for sure.. You are going to get too many complements for it.

Dill kababs

Hello friends.. Don't go just by the name. It's not usual Dil shaped kababs. I have prepared my kababs using DILL leaves which is popularly called sua in Hindi.

As its winter time, variety of greens are easily available in markets. 

DILL leaves has a unique but pleasant flavour. And it's very benificial for our body too. It's a great anti- oxidant & contains disease preventing as well as health promoting properties.

Dill leaves are use in preparing vegetables but I know kababs will give a interesting twist to it.

It's rich in many vital vitamins like frolic acid, vitamin A & vitamin C that is essential for optimum metabolism in human body.

So please try and taste this unique recipe 

I m sure you will love it 

Ingrediants: 

Chopped Dill leaves : 2 bowls

Split Bengal gram : 1 bowl ( chana dal)

Coriander : 4 spoons 

Gram flour : 1 bowl ( or less as per consistency )

Green chilly : 4 ( finely chopped)

Red chilly powder : 1 spoon 

Turmeric : 1/4th spoon 

Ajwain : 1/2 spoon ( Carom seeds)

Hing : 1/4th spoon (asafoetida)

Salt to taste 

Process: 

Wash dill leaves with clean water. And  chop finely. Soak chana dal for almost 3 hours and crush it and add red chilly powder, asafoetida(hung), ajwain, salt to the mixture 

Add the crushed chana dal mixture to chopped dill leaves 

Add coriander and chopped green chillies 

Add gram flour as required. 

We hav to keep the batter Thik for making kababs

Grease your hands with oil and shape the kababs 

Heat the oil on medium flame and deep fry the dill kababs 

 

Serve them hot with onion rings and fried green chillies 

Thin crust pizza

Pizza needs no definition... The round shaped tasty thing in a square shaped box is almost everyone's choice.

But there is one question every time.

Can we make restaurant type pizzas at home.. And my answer to your question is yes ofcourse.

Thin crust pizza with freshly made dough tastes out of the world.

Ingredients: 

For base:

Maida ( all purpose flour) : 3 cups

Dry Yeast: 1 spoon 

Water: 1 glass 

Sugar: 1/2 spoon 

Salt: to taste 

For pizza:

Pizza sauce(http://ritzrecipies.blogspot.com/2015/01/pizza-sauce.html) 

Veggies for topping 

( green, red & yellow capsicum 

Blanched baby corn, sweet corn )

Jelapano 

Olives

Basil leaves 

Processed cheese 

Mozzarella cheese

Oregano 

Chilly flakes

Salt 

Method: 

For dough:

Take 1 spoon dry yeast in a bowl,  1/2 spoon sugar & pinch of salt. Add 1 glass warm water to the bowl and keep the bowl in dark hot place for atleast 15 mins  to activate. 

Take 3 cup maida( all purpose flour) in a bowl. Add the activated yeast and salt .

Add more water if required. Make a soft dough.

Fold the side of dough downside and grease with oil. Cover it with a wet cloth and keep the dough to ferment for atleast  4 to 5 hours. 

The dough will become almost double of its size. Take the dough out of the bowl and punch it with your hands.

For pizza: 

Take a portion of dough and with help of rolling pin make a round shape roti out of it. Keep dusting with flour, it will become easy to make . 

Heat the pan. Grease it with oil and place the roti to the pan. Cover the pan with a lid for 1 minute.

Turn the pizza base around and spread pizza sauce on the base . Put some mozzarella cheese & top the pizza with veggies given above. You can add any topping of your choice. Add graded cheese on the pizza. Season it with oregano, chilly flakes & salt 

Let the pizza cook for 4 mins on medium flame. 

When the Cheese melts. Your pizza is ready to be served.

Pizza & pasta sauce

Pizza sauce is a tomato based sauce use to spread on a pizza. It can also b used as pasta sauce and goes along with many other starters.

It's a tangy and spicy sauce & u can even store it in your refrigirator for almost 30 days.

Ingredients:

Oil 3 spoon 

Finely chopped tomatoes - 4

Finely chopped capsicum- 3

Red bellpepper- 1

Red chilly sauce - 2 spoons

Tomato sauce - 4 spoons

Basil leaves 

Chilly flakes

Oregano 

Salt 

Pepper

Sugar 

Vineger: half spoon

Method :

Heat a pan on very high flame.put some oil.

Turn On the gas burner roast oil- greased red capsicum for 2 minutes and then remove the burnt skin with help of a knife. Chop the red capsicum finely.

Add both the chopped bellpepper in the pan and cook for a while .Now add finely tomatoes to the pan and cook on very high flame. 

Add tomato ketchup, red chilly sauce, oregano, chilly flakes & salt 

& some freshly chopped basil leaves to the sauce 

Add some sugar to balance the taste 

Cook the sauce well and add vinegar to preserve it for long 

Your easy yet tasty pizza sauce is ready

Cheese corn ball

The The Cheese corn ball is a very famous starter.

Combination of cheese and corn makes it very yummy. It's crunchy but soft centred. Melted cheese inside is the best part of it.

It is a best party appetizer And now a days quite famous too.

People of every age group like it.

Specially cheesy taste makes it more appealing for kids.

You can try many variations & use different types of cheeses as per your taste. 

It is best served with mayo dip or tangy tomato dip

It suits best as a starter. Try it. I m sure u will make it again and again 

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 4 spoon (maida)

Milk - 2 cup 

Corn - 1 small cup

Chopped Bell peppers ( red, yellow &green )- 1 small cup

Processed cheese-  2 cubes

Chopped Green chilly - as per taste

Basil leaves - as per taste

Bread crumbs - approx 10 breads 

Mozzarella cheese cubes 

Oregano

Chilly flakes

Salt 

Butter 

Method :

Heat a pan. Add 2 spoon butter and then add 2 spoon of maida to it and keep stirring for few seconds till the paste bus cooked. 

Then add milk and stir well. 

Take care that no lumps have been formed.

 After cooking for some time, when the mixture starts bubling , Add chopped bell peppers, corns, green chilly and basil leaves 

Add oregano, chilly flakes and  salt  to the mixture and cook till it becomes thick 

Add cheese and half cup bread crumbs keep the  mixture to cool.

Make small balls and put Mozzarella cheese cube in between and make perfect rounds out of it.

Now make slurry with 2 spoon maida , 1 cup water and salt.

And take bread crumbs in a plate 

Dip the ball in slurry and then roll bread crumbs.

Repeat this process once again so that there is no chance of ball getting spoilt in hot oil..

Heat the oil and deep fry the balls on  high flame.

Don't stir much while frying otherwise the balls may get broken. 

Take the balls out once it turns golden brown...

Your so cheesy cheese corn balls are all  ready to get served..

Some important tips: 

1. To centre the balls use mozzarella cheese cubes for best results. It is easily available in stores.

2. Don't forget to coat cheese balls in slurry  and  breadcrumbs twice..

Cheesy White sauce pasta

White sauce pasta is creamy and tasty Italian variety of pasta served as main course. White sauce is made with milk and cheese..

Kids just love this pasta.

Tasty herbs enhances it taste to better.

Penne pasta tossed in white creamy sauce is almost everyone's favourite and most demanded recipe..

Very Easy to cook...

Ingredients:

Penne pasta : 1 cup 

Milk : 2 cups 

Cheese: processed & mozzarella

All purpose flour: 2 spoon 

Butter : 2 spoon 

Veggies: corn, capsicum( red, yellow & green) , broccoli, basil leaves & baby corn 

Chilly flakes 

Oregano 

Salt

Method : 

For cooking pasta: 

Heat a vessel and add water to it. When the water starts boiling, add oil and salt.

And add pasta to it. Keep stirring after few intervals  so that the pasta doesn't stick. It will b cooked in 11 to 12 minutes.

See to it that the pasta doesn't get over cooked 

Heat a pan and add butter to it. When the butter melts add maida and stir well.

After the paste is properly cooked add milk and stir continuously with help of a silicon spatula. It will help the mixer to cook properly without lumps. Add oregano , chilly flakes and salt to it.

Take another pan and add butter to it.

Stir fry all the veggies. Make a note that u  boil broccoli , corn and baby corn before stir frying.

Add cooked pasta to the veggies and season it with herbs i.e oregano, chilly flakes & salt.

Add the pasta and veggies to white sauce.

And then add processed cheese and mozzarella cheese to the ready pasta.

Cook well and Your tasty pasta is ready 

Red sauce pasta

Red sauce pasta :

Red sauce  pasta is cooked in spicy and tangy sauce made up of tomato and capsicum. I use my pizza sauce as red sauce for pasta. It will give you the same restaurant type taste. You can preserve the sauce for almost 30 days and make your favourite pasta in a very short time.

Ingredients: 

Penne pasta - 1 cup 

Veggies - 1 cup

(capsicum -red, yellow & green

blanched broccoli , baby corn & corn )

Pasta sauce - 1 cup 

Cheese - 2 cubes 

Butter- 2 spoon 

Cream- 1 spoon 

Oregano 

Chilly flakes

Salt 

Olives & cheese for garnish 

Method :

For cooking pasta: 

Heat a vessel and add water to it. When the water starts boiling, add oil and salt.

And add pasta to it. Keep stirring after few intervals  so that the pasta doesn't stick. It will b cooked in 11 to 12 minutes.

See to it that the pasta doesn't get over cooked 

For pasta sauce: use the same pizza sauce recipe available in my blog and grind it 

Heat the pan. Add butter n let it melt. Add veggies to the pan and stir well .

Then add boiled pasta to it.

Season the cooked pasta with salt, oregano & chilly flakes

Now add the pasta sauce paste and cook well. 

Add  cheese and cream and mix well 

Serve this delicious pasta in your serving plate and garnish it with cheese and olives. 

Enjoy and treat your family and friends with this mouth watering pasta