White chocolate cups with beet cream

   We are always in for chocolate treats.  My freezer will never be out of chocolate/compounds.  This gives me an ample time, to experiment or to cook throughout the year.  Beets are always favoured with chocolates through cakes, and I wanted to bring out their partnership in yet another way.  Hence, these treats.

This dessert cups, have an amazing way of bringing out the creamy texture from beets.  An bite into this, I could bring out the beet flavour as well as delecious cream finishing on an sour note.  Even kids, who dislike beets, will give an special attention to these cups.  What better way to bring out the veggies, on the dessert table?   :)

Shrikand cookies

Cookies are always an essential bites at home.  They lift up every occasion and cheers us all.  Following Zebra cookies, here comes Shrikand cookies, made by hung curd.  This fusion cookie starts with rich flavour and ends on an sour note. 

Their speciality is their cake-like crumbly texture, appealing to crowd of all age.   I had them garnished with cardamon, almonds and saffron to coincide with traditional shrikand.  Here, everybody enjoyed the bite and are  having an good time :)  Hope you guys try and let us know.  

Tandoori stuffed potato

Ingredients required

for the filling

• 4 tsp crumbled tofu/paneer
• 4-5 raisins
• 2 tsp broken nuts like cashew, badam etc
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp mashed potato

other

• 250 gm potato, pressure cooked for one whistle

for marination

• 1 tsp gram flour/besan
• 2 tsp hung curd
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp dhanya powder
• 1 tsp tandoori masala
• 1/4 tsp amchoor powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Method

Peel the skin off the potato and cut in top portion.  Now scoop out potato pulp such that potato now resembles like a vessel.  Reserve the pulp for filling

Now mix all ingredients under filling and fill in empty potatos, now marinate them in batter of gram flour, corn flour and curd, all spices for six hours.  Pre heat the oven for 200 degree celsius and bake these potatos for twenty to thirty minutes, occasionally turning them.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup

Enjoy!!!

Gobi aur oats ki tikki

  Yes, this recipe is unlikely fusion of gobi and oats. Hyderabad is blooming with lots and lots of gobi nowadays....so just thought of doin  this gobi-oats combo and happily the result came good...so, off to recipe

Ingredients required

To make masala paste

• 4-5 tsp of quaker oats (which is roasted till they turn slight brown colour)
• 6-7 garlic pods
• 1 tsp of whole jeera, roasted
• 1 tsp of peppercorns

other

• 2 tsp of hung curd
• 4 tsp of finely chopped methi leaves/venthiya keera
• 1 tsp tandoori masala
• 2 tsp of oil
• 1 tsp of salt
• One cup of chopped cauliflower florets
• 1/4 cup of chopped capsicum

Method

Blend all ingredients given under masala section, keep aside.  In a large vessel, combine blended masala, methi leaves, hung curd, tandoori masala, salt along with oil.  Mix this well and add this to cauliflower and capsicum pieces.  Marinate for four to five hours 

You can cook this in either way,,, tawa roast the marinated gobi or bake them in oven till done.  Serve with onion and lemon slices.

Isn't it looking great?? Tasted nice too...