Custard Almond Phirni

I had this at my friends place recently and it tasted so yum. Recipe inspired by her mom.

Ingredients

1 Tblsp Custard Powder

1 Tblsp Cold Milk

1/4 cup Milk

Custard Base

Mix Custard powder and Cold milk Well. Keep Aside. Boil the rest of the Milk. Keep it in flow flame and mix the custard mix until it forms a thick consistency.

3 tblsp Rice, Soaked in hot water for 30 minutes

1 cup Almond, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, Skin removed
4.5 Cups Milk

1/2 cup sugar

2 tblsp Slithered Almonds

1 tsp Cardomom Crushed

1 tsp Rose water

Directions

1. Grind the Almonds and rice really well to form a thick paste.

2. Boil the Milk. Add the almond rice mixture. Keep stirring for 20 minutes in flow flame. It will start to thicken.

3. Next add the sugar and keep stirring until completely dissolved. Add the cardamom crushed and rose water. Mix Well. Let it cool

4. Take a tall Glass. Pour the Custard mixture first. Keep it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Then pour the Phirni on top. Add Slithered Almonds, raisins. 

5. Serve Cold.

Sweet Corn Chicken Soup

Ingredients

1/4 kg Chicken

1tsp Freshly Ground Pepper

1 Cube Maggi Chicken stock

1/2 Cup Sweet Corn 

1 Cup Corn  Mix made with mixing 1 cup water and 1.5 tblsp white corn Flour

1 egg

Salt


Directions

1. Cook the Chicken in 1 cup water, salt and pepper for about 15 minutes. Seperate the Chicken from the stock and cut them into small pieces. Keep Aside.

2.  Add maggi chicken stock and sweet corn to the cooked chicken stock water. Then pour 1 cup boiling water and let it boil for 5-8 minutes. 

3. Keep the flame low and pour the corn mix. Stir well for 3-4 minutes. ( Adjust the salt according to your taste ).

4. Beat one egg and slowly add the beaten egg to the boiling soup stirring slowly.  

Sauce

1 tsp Soya Sauce

2 Tblsp Vinegar

1 green Chilly finely chopped

Mix the Above and pour 1 tsp of sauce for each bowl of soup.

Easy to Make Simple Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

2 Cups All Purpose Flour

1 Cup Milk

2 Cups Castor Sugar 

3/4 Cup Cocoa powder

2 tsp baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 Cup Hot Coffee

3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

2 large Eggs

1/2 cup chopped Diary milk Chocolate

Butter for coating the pan

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C. 

2. Sift all the dry ingredients and mix. Keep Aside.

3. Beat all the wet ingredients well.

4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend well with a Cake Beater for 3 minutes.. Then using a spoon Mix the hot Black coffee slowly. Add the chopped Chocolate and swirl just once.

6. Pour into the Greased Pan and bake it in the oven for 1 hour.

7. Let It cool and sprinkle Cocoa Powder on top.

Chocolate Pizza

Ingredients

2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 tsp Yeast
1/2 cup Warm Water
1 tblsp Olive Oil

1. Mix Salt, sugar and Yeast in warm water. Let it stay for 10 minutes until the yeast is completely dissolved.
2. Knead the flour and Olive oil in step 1 slowly until the dough becomes soft. Cover it with a plastic wrap for 2 hours.
3. Remove the plastic wrap and punch the dough so it deflates a bit. Take a pizza pan and flatten it with your hands to all the corners. Make dents with fork to prevent it from sogging.
4. Bake at 250 C for 15 minutes or until golden Brown.

Chocolate Sauce

2 Mars Bars
1 Snickers Bars
100 gms Dark Chocolate
3 Tblsp Milk
1/2 Cup Desiccated coconut
1/2 Cup shredded Chocolate
6-7 Cherries, cut into Half

1.Melt all the Above chocolates in a pan at a very low flame. Once the Chocolate is melted, add the milk and mix well to get a saucy consistency.


2.Spoon the Chocolate sauce and spread it evenly on the Pizza.


3. Sprinkle Desiccated coconut. Then Sprinkle Shredded Chocolate and some cherries. Voila...!

Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

4 Large Tomatoes, cut into cube size
2 Medium Size Onions, chopped
1 large Chilly, diced 
1 tsp garlic
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
2 Tblsp Chilly Powder
1/2 tsp Asafoetida 
2 tsp coconut oil
1/s tsp mustard
1 sprig curry leaves
Salt, to taste

Directions

1. Add Coconut oil in a pan and saute onions for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, diced chilly and saute for 7 to 8 minutes until you see the oil separate at edge of the pan. The final mix should look pasty.
2. Add turmeric and chilly powder and saute for 2 minutes in medium flame.
3. Grind the above in a blender really well. Keep aside and let it cool down. 
4. Splutter Mustard and curry leaves in a pan with 1 tsp coconut oil. Add the ground tomato mix and then add asafoetida in low flame. Keep stirring for a minute. And Voila you have the yummiest tomato chutney. 
 
Perfect with Dosa, Idly and even rice with curd.

Chicken Calzone

Ingredients

Pizza Dough
2 Cups Bread Dough or All purpose Flour
2 Tblsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
1 1/2 tblsp Instant Dry Yeast
Warm Water, Accordingly to form a dough

1.Knead the Above Ingredients really well for about 10 minutes until the dough feels very soft.
2. Brush some olive oil and cover with a cotton cloth for about 30 minutes.

Chicken Filling
1 cup  Pasta Sauce
2 Chicken Breasts
2 Medium Sized Green Capsicum, sliced
2 Onions, Sliced
1 Green Chilly
3 Tblsp pepper
1 egg Beaten
2 tblsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
100 gms Mozzarella Cheese, sliced
Salt to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Cook the Chicken with Salt and pepper. Cut them into small pieces. Keep Aside.
3. Take a Pan, add olive oil and saute capsicum, onions, chillies and chicken together for about 5 to 6 minutes in medium Heat.

4. Cut the Pizza dough into 4 pieces and roll  using a rolling pin to form a circle. Spread pasta sauce and then chicken mix. Add Mozzarella Cheese on top.
5. Fold each circle to form a semi circle and close the edges using a fork or fingers. Brush beaten egg on top.

6. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes.
7. Serve Hot.

Nutella Nut Porotta with Cream Cheese Filling

Ingredients

Porotta Mix
2 cups Maida
1 egg
1 tsp sugar
2 tblsp Oil
Water, enough to Knead the Dough

Spread
1 tblsp Nutella for one poratta spread
200 gms cream Cheese
4 tblsp  Nutella
100 gms Cashews, Roasted and chopped

Mix the cream cheese and 4 tblsp nutella and keep aside.

Directions

1. Knead the Above the ingredients really well for  about 10 minutes. 
2. You can make 6 to 7 balls out of this.
3. Take one ball and spread the ball with a rolling pin very thinly. Spread Nutella all over the porotta mix. take the dough from one corner and make pleats like in saree. Beat the pleated porottas like you are washing clothes  the old style :D.  Roll the dough in the center of the palm.
4. With the rolling pin, make round shapes with out adding too much pressure.

5.Heat the tawa and cook the porotta like how you would make chapatis.
6. Spread the cream cheese Nutella mix on the poratta. Sprinkle good amount of roasted nuts and fold. Press and cut into two.
7. Store it in the Fridge for 15 minutes or you can even have it hot!

This one is Heavenly! TRUST ME!...