Nan khatai cookie

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Hi friends this is nan khatai a very popular in India, a very soft cookie just melts in ur mouth as u bite it and very good flavor of cardamom just little variation in cookie dough and u make out complete different cookie isn't it amazing :D. Lets come to recipe now

Ingredients

• 1 cup Butter or ghee
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp curd
• 1 tsp powdered cardamom
• 1 tsp baking powder

Procedure

• Mix ghee and powdered sugar until it becomes fluffy.
• Add cardamom powder and baking powder to flour.
• add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix well.
• At the end add curd to it and dough will become pile able.
• Make small round balls , press them little and align in baking tray.
• bake in pre heated oven at 170 in convection and 190 in non convectional oven.
• Take out and put on cooling rack.

Now serve to ur friend and they will b amazed that its home made :)

Chocolate chip cookies

Hi, i was looking for good recipe to work on, but i tried many recipes to make these yummy chocolate chip cookies but i had to adjust it according my Convection oven.

Making cookies looks easy but its not easy ingredients proportion and oven temperature and time is very important, once u learn it, u can make any cookies with lot of variation, so i will give u simple way to remember the recipe proportion :)

Ingredients

• 100gm Butter at room temperature
• 100gm Powdered Sugar
• 150 gram all purpose flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 50 gram chocolate chip
• half tsp vanilla essence
• 2-3 tsp milk

Now watch proportion 1:1:1.5 thats basic proportion 1 is butter 1 is sugar and 1.5 is flour just stick to this and make any quantity cookies will always b chewy :)

Procedure

• Mix butter and sugar well until it becomes light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence into and mix well.
• In other bowl sift flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
• Add the dry mix to butter and sugar mix, mix well until its mixed well.
• Add chocolate chips at the end.
• Now dough will not b pile able , so add milk 1 tsp at a time until it becomes wet and sticky.
• Pre-heat oven at 170 and put these dough in small round flat balls for 170 for convection for 15 minutes and for non convection 190 for 20 minutes, after its cookies these small flat balls will become complete flat and at least 50% bigger in size so leave enough space when u align on baking tray :)
• Eat them and let me know how they turned out to b :P

Black forest pastry

Hi friends again today is friendship day what can b better than pastry or a cake to celebrate it :)

I woke up in morning and i got many messages for friendship , so i thought lets give my friends a good sweet treat so i made this black forest pastry and it came out soooo gooood , lets see what made it so good :)

Ingredients

• 4 eggs Separated.
• 200 gram whipped or whipping cream subject to availability
• 1 cup Powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp vanilla essence one for sponge 1 for cream
• 1tsp baking powder

Procedure

First separate egg whites and egg yolks.

Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar to egg yolks and whisk well until it become light and fluffy, if u using electronic whisker it will take 5 minutes from hands 15 minutes, add 1 tsp vanilla essence to it and keep it aside.

Clean your whisker completely take no egg yolk should remain on it else it will leave negative effect on whites and it will not become fluffy.

Now whisk egg whites if u have electronic pls use it from hands it will take lot of time at least 25 minutes so u will just end up making some muscle :P.

In one bowl sieve all purpose flour, coca powder and baking powder.

Now mix all ingredients just giving a fold with spatula DO NOT OVER MIX.

once its mixed well just put in 2 greased pan a thin layer we don't want it to b thick coz we will b making layers.

Now put both greased pan in Pre-heated oven at 180 in Convection and 205 in OTG oven, if ur oven is not big enough then u can bake them 1 by 1.

Bake for 15 minutes at 160 in convection and 185 in OTG oven, after 15 minutes check by inserting toothpick if it comes clean take it out if not then bake for 5 minutes more at same temperature.

Now if u have whipping cream put in bowl add vanilla essence and add remaining 1/4th sugar in it and whisk it until it becomes very light and foamy.

Now cut very thin layer of sponge cake coz generally it gets little hard so we don't want that hard crust.

IN a bowl take 2tsp sugar and take half bowl water and mix well until sugar get dissolved.

Put that water on sponge we are doing this to give it juicy taste u can add vanilla essence to it its just optional.

Now apply cream on 1st layer very well and then put 2nd layer and put cream.

Decoration :) its up to u now how u want to decorate it.

Put in refrigerator and let it cool for 2 hour and serve it to ur friends and i m sure they will ask from which bakery u bought this :)

Happy friendship day

Cheese rolls....I know u can do many things from pizza dough but its little different from normal procedure, these are cheese roll puffs actually making puff is not easy as it looks , There are 2 method of making puff sheet we will discuss one at the moment.

Ingredients

• Pizza dough click here to know how to make one.
• 5 tbsp butter salted.
• oregano
• Spinach
• Garlic paste
• Sweet corn
• Cheddar or Parmesan cheese
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

Procedure

Take big ball palm size dough and put enough all purpose flour on surface and roll it in rectangular shape 3 mm thick at least.

Once dough is stretched enough, take pastry brush apply melted butter on rolled dough, once u applied it everywhere just fold dough in 3 folds.

Flip the dough and roll again in 3mm thick and apply butter again, just keep repeating same for 8-9 times, purpose of doing this is to create layers as many as possible.

After this take spinach and sweet corn and grind and form a chunky paste , just remember we don't need fine paste.

Take out paste in bowl add salt and black pepper and mix well.

When u done 8-9 times just roll it 3mm thick and apply butter, garlic paste, spinach and corn paste, grated cheese and oregano just apply leaving 1 inch space on sides.

Once all ingredients over the dough , start rolling it and roll until u form a pipe like thing.

Put it in freezer for 15 minutes at least.

Take it out after 15 minutes cut it in 1 and half inch size rolls and put it on greased baking tray.

Bake it for 10 minutes at 170 C in Convection oven or 200 or level 4 in OTG oven, and after 10 minute bake on 200 C in convection and 230 or level 5 in OTG.

Once its done serve it hot :)

Garlic Breadticks

Still have pizza dough left?? don't know what to do??? here i give u tip make garlic bread-sticks.... yes...its possible with pizza dough...looking crispy??? brown like we eat in restaurant? wanna make ur own? I know it looks tempting guys its very easy recipe...the reason giving this twisty shape is its crispness only... Ok we will look how to make it

Ingredients

• Pizza dough click to see how to make it.
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp garlic paste

Procedure

Grease pan with butter or oil and put oven on Preheat for 10 minutes at 180 c for 10 minutes.

Roll pizza dough just 3mm thick evenly and in rectangular shape, cut into 1 inch thick slices.

Pick up each slice one by one and twist it and put in baking tray.

Melt 2 tbsp butter , take pastry brush and apply butter on twisties very well it will help in better crisp.

Now put in Convection oven for 10 minutes at 170 c for normal OTG put at 200 for 10 minutes after 10 minutes turn heat to 200 in Convection and 230 in OTG and bake for another 10 minutes.

Ok now take them out and melt remaining 2 tbsp butter and add other ingredient mix well and apply on these twisties coat them completely and serve with cheese dip :)

BAATI

Hi friends , Baati is one of famous dish from North India ,in specific Rajasthan, as i m Rajasthani,so I know how much dal baati is liked all over the state,generally its made during rainy season coz it has lot of fat in it, and its made of thick wheat flour so it required lot of water after u eat and it has lot of Indian butter called GHEE its full of fat, ppl make it in Goth (its kind of Indian picnic) and its served with sweet dish called Churma of different flavor.

My mom was making dal baati at home she was making in regular gas oven i asked my mom can i try in my Convection oven, she said OK give it a try. I made it in oven and since then we never made in gas oven again :) it came out so good very well cooked from inside and crisp on outside see in pic i turned one baati upside down its golden brown from bottom also.

Ingredients

• 2 cup thick whole wheat flour/ Gehu ka atta mota pisa hua, remember don't use ordinary whole wheat flour else texture will not b good.
• 1 tbsp salt
• Half tbsp baking powder
• 250 gram ghee additional 4 tbsp for dough
• Carom or Bishop's weed/ Ajvain in Hindi , its a rare spice mostly used in Asian countries so event if u don't have its OK its just for additional taste.
• Water

Procedure

• Put all wheat flour in big bowl make well.
• Put ghee, salt ajvain and baking powder in it and mix it.
• Once its mixed add water little by little until u make pile-able dough.
• Leave it for 30 minutes
• After 30 minutes make small balls and press them little to flat them.
• Put in preheated oven at 180 c for 30 minutes and 10 minutes at 200 c.
• once its done take it out u will have few cracks on it but even if u don't have crush it little like u crush orange by ur palm , once crack is there dip in ghee for 5 minutes and serve it with dal

Now i tell u secret this baati's traditional taste comes from a secret way of making it, in North India its pretty common but for other its not common or may b even not acceptable at all. :)

The secret is the heat which is used to make it its made of dried cow dung , yes u heard it right we call it KANDE or Gober ke chhane. see pic below

They collect all cow dung and dry them in pizza base shape.

once its completely dried they fire it up like camp fire and put these baati balls under it, this procedure is little weird for many but i tell u nothing tastes better than this :)

Vegetable pizza stuffed crust SPICY

Hi friends today we gonna make Pizza, every one love pizza yea most of them do specially kids but to have good pizza its cost a lot but when u make one at home it will cost u much cheaper and great in taste too and making ur own pizza is much satisfying rather than eating it :) so take a look on recipe

Ingredients

• Pizza dough CLICK HERE to see the recipe of pizza dough.
• Marinara Sauce Half cup. CLICK HERE to see recipe.
• Onion 1 medium
• Bell pepper half
• Pineapple 2 slices
• Baby corn.
• Mozzarella cheese
• Oregano
• Chilly flakes

Procedure

• Take dough just palm full ball and roll it till 12 inch wide.
• Take mozzarella cheese and cut slice in long a thin slice only, we are using this to make stuff crust.
• Align those slices at the edge of rolled dough and put salt and oregano on it.
• now from the edge just cover that cheese do not push over edge just push gently when u cover it.
• Crust is ready now put marinara sauce in the middle evenly.
• Put chilly flakes if u want it to b spicy else skip the step.
• Put all vegetables sliced medium size except baby corn we will put that on top of cheese to give good presentation.
• Put grated mozzarella cheese.
• And put baby corn sliced in half from long not from between, align like logo of Mercedes of some wheel.
• Put oregano on top.
• put in preheated oven at 170 C for 20 minutes and then 10 minutes on 200 c to give it brown crisp.

Now when its ready do not cut with pizza cutter coz the edges will b thick and u may destroy the shape of pizza , use long heavy knife to cut ind serve it hot.

Marinara sauce

Hi friends today we will learn how to make marinara sauce, this is sauce traditional Italian sauce and reason for posting this sauce is co its used in 100's of dishes and its very tangy in taste :)

Ingredients

• 6 tomato.\
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 medium size onion
• 4 garlic cloves or 1 tbsp garlic paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 leaves of basil if fresh or 1 tbsp dried basil.
• 4 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• Salt and pepper add to taste
• Half tbsp sugar
• If u want extra spicy put chilly flakes into it

Procedure

• Boil 2 cup of water on high heat.
• Cut the top of tomato and put slice mark all over.
• Put all 6 tomato in the water not more than 1 minute because we doing this just to peel off tomato skin coz it doesn't add to taste or doesn't have any nutrition value :)
• take out from hot water and put immediately in cold water it gives a shocking effect to tomato.
• From the slice mark peel off the skin.
• dice tomato finely in small pieces.
• Grind 3 tomato in mixer and make puree u can replace this step by using tomato puree by adding 3/4 cup of puree.
• Put olive oil in pan.
• after 2 minute when oil is hot put diced onion and garlic into it and saute.
• when onion becomes translucent put diced tomatoes.
• cook for 3 minutes then add tomato puree and tomato paste
• Add salt, pepper, basil , sugar and oregano optional.
• let it simmer for 20 minutes on low heat
• Basically we want raw taste to go from tomatoes.
• Taste it if necessary to cook more add little water and let it simmer more.
• Cool it and use it

This sauce u can use in spaghetti, red sauce pasta, lasagna layering, pizza and many other dishes.

Garlic bread Pond

Hi i had left over pizza dough.. was thinking what to do.....should i make bread stick, twisties, cinnamon rolls... so i thought lets make something different and came with this idea garlic bread pond, this is completely for garlic lovers. :)

Ingredients

• Pizza dough CLICK HERE to see recipe how to make dough
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp garlic paste or 6 clove of garlic mashed.
• oregano half tbsp
• Basil or tulsi patta finely chopped.
• cheese optional

Procedure

• With leftover Pizza dough make a round ball of palm size then jut put it on pan and press firmly to make it flat, ad then leave it for at least 1 hour to rise.
• Once its doubled in size just push very softly the middle part of it do make well kind of thing, and then start pressing edges to create a wall so u can put ur butter into it.
• Now take melted butter add garlic paste in it put oregano and basil into it.
• Once mixed well, just pour it in the well u made from dough.
• Put grated Mozzerella cheese (Optional i made without cheese)
• Put the pan in Preheated oven at 180 C for 20 minutes and then 5 minutes at 200c just to give brown crisp on top.
• Serve .

Once its done u can eat it by slicing it cut into squares, eat with cheese dip or any sauce u want to eat with and tell me how it turned out to b :)

White Sauce/Bechamel Sauce

There are 5 mother sauce one of them is Bechamel sauce we know it by the name of White sauce, its thick white sauce made from corn starch or all purpose flour and milk with little butter.

This recipe i m posting coz its used in many baked dishes in many world cousines, its very easy to make , u can make it fast and Taste u know it very well :)

Ok before i keep talking about food lets discuss its recipe straight away...i believe every recipe has lot more to say rather then just putting all ingredient on website and posting procedure so, First we take a look on ingredients and procedure

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp Flour • 1-1/4 Cups milk, heated • 2 tbsp Butter • Salt to taste • Black pepper to taste • Salt to Taste Optional ingredient • Onion cut onion in 2 half • 4 cloves • Bay leaf

How to make Bechamel Sauce:

• Take a heavy-bottomed saucepan and melt the butter in it. • Stir in the flour and cook, stirring continuously till the paste cooks and bubbles a bit. • Don’t let it brown, cook it for about 2 minutes. • Add the hot milk to it and bring it to a boil, keep stirring as the sauce thickens. • Add salt and pepper to it. Optional put bay leaf over half onion and insert cloves to it so bay leaf doesn't move. • Reduce the heat, and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes. • Remove it from the fire and let it cool. Once its cooled remove that piece on onion in this manner u can save ur time to extract those cloves and u have flavor already :) Now remember sauce should b as thick as Condensed milk. Once its ready u can use it in Pasta , spaghetti, macaroni, Lasagna layering, and many other dishes that we will discuss soon . Any doubt suggestion Most welcomed :)

WHOLE WHEAT BISCUIT

WHOLE WHEAT BISCUIT/ ATTA BISCUIT

Recipe of atta biscuits/ whole wheat cookies

1 cup atta (whole wheat flour)

5 tbsp vegetable oil or Ghee.

1/2 cup powdered sugar (cheeni)

1/2 tsp cardamom powder (Elaichi powder)

1 tsp baking powder

1. Mix all dry ingredients flour, baking powder, Cardamom powder and Sugar.

2. Sieve all.

3. Mix this in the oil or Ghee until they form sand like texture.

4. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

5. Add milk spoon by spoon untill u can Form small balls from the dough and flatten them between your palms. Line a baking tray with cookie sheet and lightly grease it.

5. Place atta biscuits on the tray keeping a little distance between them. Bake them at 180 degree C for 10-12 minutes. Let the atta biscuits cool completely before sampling them. Store in an airtight container.

Pizza Base Dough

PIZZA BASE DOUGH

Making pizza dough is easy...and outcome is worth that effort...So learn how to make dough .and u can make many other dishes from same.

Thing you will need

1 1/4 c. warm water

1 tsp. salt

vegetable oils or olive oil

3 1/2 to 4 c. sifted flour

2 packages dry yeasts

pizza pan or baking sheet

Vegetable Oils Or Olive Oil

Pizza Pan Or Baking Sheet

1. Sprinkle the yeast into a medium bowl containing 1 1/4 cup warm water and stir until yeast dissolves.

2. Add 2 cups sifted flour and stir until blended.

3. Add another 1 1/2 to 2 cups flour and blend until too stiff to stir with a spoon.

4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it for 10 to 15 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic.

5. Place the dough in another bowl greased with a small amount of oil. Turn the dough once so that the top is oiled.

6. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in a warm place for about 45 minutes--until the dough rises to about double its original size.

7. Preheat the oven to 180 C.

8. Dump the dough back onto the floured surface and punch it down, getting rid of any bubbles. Divide the dough in half and let it rest a few minutes.

9. Roll each half into a 12-inch circle, depending on your personal preference for how thick pizza crust should be. (It will puff slightly when baked.)

10. Transfer the dough to an oiled pizza pan or baking sheet, or, if you have a baking stone, to a cornmeal-sprinkled wooden pizza peel for transfer directly to the stone.

11. Add sauce, cheese and toppings as desired. If you like, brush exposed edges of the crust with olive oil.

12. Bake each pizza for 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is nicely browned and cheese is melted.