Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Rice flour marsh mellow cake


Ingredients:
egg - 1
butter -1/2 stick
sugar
chocolate morsels - few
marsh mellows - few (may be around 12, small)
oil - 1/2 tsp
water - 1/4 tsp ( you will know why ;-) )
baking powder - a pinch
rice flour - 4tbsp
cinnamon powder - a pinch

Method:
Beat the egg in a blender. Add water(!!), butter, sugar, chocolate morsels, marsh mellows, oil, baking powder, rice flour and cinnamon powder in the order mentioned blending after  adding each. Preheat the oven to 350F. Pour the blended mixture onto a baking tray and bake for 17 min.
It was yummy!

Note: My son wanted to cook by himself and started this recipe. He insisted he wanted to add water so I convinced him to use 1/4 tsp. When he said it was ready to be baked, I requested him and then added rice flour, baking powder and cinnamon powder. I ran out of all purpose flour and maida ( we were baking a lot these recent days), so I selected rice flour. :-) I baked it a little skeptical, but it turned out to be yummy. :-) My son named it 'marsh mellow candy', though it was soft!!
Try if you have the guts ;-)

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Stuffed Peppers


Ingredients:
Bell Peppers - 4
Potato - 3 medium sized
Rice - 1 cup (cooked)
Onion -1
Garlic - 3 cloves
Parsley or Cilantro - 1/2 cup chopped
chilli powder - 1tsp
tomato sauce - 2 tbsp
oil, salt - as needed

Method:
Slice off the top of the peppers and remove the seeds. Boil the peppers in a pan.
Cook the potatoes, let cool, mash it and keep aside.Chop the onion, garlic and parsley/cilantro finely.
Heat a pan, add oil. When its hot enough, add the garlic and onion and saute until soft. Simmer the stove. Then add chilli powder, mashed potatoes, salt, parsley, tomato sauce and saute for 2 min.
Heat the oven to 350 F. Fill the peppers with the cooked mixture. Add little tomato sauce at the top. Spread mozerella cheese, this is optional. Line the peppers in an ungreased baking dish. Cover slightly with aluminium foil and bake for 10 min. Uncover the peppers and bake further for 15 min or until peppers are tender. Sprinkle cheese at this stage, optionally. Delicious stuffed peppers are ready to serve!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Mutton Cutlet


Ingredients:
Minced mutton - 1/2 kg
Potato - 1
Onion - 1
Garlic - 4 cloves
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Cardamom - 4
Green chillies - 3 (vary according to your taste)
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - finely chopped 1/2 cup
Egg - 1
Pepper powder - a pinch
Salt for taste
Oil for frying

Method:
Boil the potato. Very finely chop the onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Powder the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom together.
In a kadai, heat little oil and add the onion. Then add the garlic and ginger and saute well. Then add powdered spices. Mix well and then add the minced meat along with the turmeric, salt and red chilli powder. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook the meat nicely, stirring often. When the meat is cooked well and the mixture is dry, remove from heat. Mash the potato with little pepper and salt and add it to the meat mixture. Add one egg, green chillies and coriander leaves and mix it all together. Take a little mixture, make it into a ball, then flatten it gently on the palm of your hand and deep fry until both sides are cooked. Mutton cutlet is ready!