Puttu Upma And Some Awards!!!!!!!!

This is an easy dish for breakfast or evening snack.This is done with rice flour steamed cakes (puttu).If u have left over puttu u can make this in 5 to 10 mins.This is tasty too......

Ingredients:

4 or 5 Pieces of puttu

1 Big onion

3 Green chillies

1 Small piece ginger

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp Chilly powder

For Tempering:

Oil

Curry Leaves

1/2 tsp Urud dal

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 Whole red chillies

Method:

1.Crush the puttu with hand and keep aside.

2.In a pan heat oil.

3.Splutter mustard seeds and urud dal.

4.Put Whole red chilly and curry leaves.

5.Add the chopped onions and saute.

6.Add the chopped green chillies and ginger and saute.

7.Add the turmeric powder and chilly powder.

8.Add salt as per taste.

9.Now add the crushed puttu and mix well in this .Once mixed well off flame.

10.Serve hot.

These lovely awards are passed to me by prathima shivraj of indian recipes.Do visit her lovely blog and thanks a lot prathima.

I would like to share these awards with 15 of my fellow bloggers.

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Chocolate Swiss Rolls And Awards!!!!!!!!!!!

This rolls were so soft and tasty........u can use any fillings with fruits and

cream.......I used dreamwhip filling and topped with chocolate chips and dreamwhip chocolate cream.......

Ingredients:

3 Eggs(room temp)

2tbsp All purpose flour

1tbsp Cocoa powder

1/2 to 3/4 c Powdered sugar

1/4 tsp Baking powder

1tbsp Melted butter or oil

1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

For Frosting:

2Satchets Dreamwhip powder

2tbsp Melted cooking chocolate

1/4c Cold milk

Method:

1.Seperate egg whites and yolks.

2.In a bowl beat egg whites and half amount sugar till peaks appears.

3.In another bowl beat egg yolks and vanilla essence and rest of sugar till fluffy.

4.Sieve dry ingredients.

5.Slowly add egg yolk mixture to egg white mixture and fold in slowly.

6.Add flour mixture slowly and foldin with big strokes.

7.Add the melted butter and milk and mix slowly.

8.Grease and line a rectangle shaped pan with parchment paper.

9.Pour the batter to this tin and just spread slowly to make it even all sides.

10.Preheat the oven at 200 degree C for 15 mins.

11.Bake the sheet at 175 degree C for 12 to 15 mins.

12.When we touch in the centre of the cake slowly it will springs back.That is the correct texture.

13.Now invert the cake and sprinkle icing sugar on it and place it on a kitchen towel and roll it and allow to cool.

14.Now in bowl beat all ingredients except melted chocolate for frosting till peaks appears.

15.Take out half of the cream and add melted cooking chocolate to it and mix well.

16.Now unfold the towel and spread the plain cream inside the roll and roll it again.

17.Outside the roll spread the chocolate cream and spread nicely.

18.Decorate with chocolate chips.

19.Refrigerate for 1 or 2 hrs.

20.Slice and enjoy.....

Many more awards from my blogger friend samira of mysonpari.Thanks samira for sharing these lovely awards with me and friends pls check out her blog with yummy recipes......

I'm sharing this with my friends:

sojo of myculinaryexpiriments

pari of foodelicious

kirthi of kirthiskitchen

deeksha of dee'skitchen

priya of nowserving

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prema of premasthaligai

kurinji of kurinjikathambam

namitha of collaborativecurry

reshmi of easycook

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Coconut Cake And Some More Awards!!!!!!!!!

This is a cake with full flavour of coconut.......this I made for my son's b'day.This was really soft too.Kids too loved it so much.....

Now to the cake:

Ingredients:

2c all purpose flour

1c Powdered sugar

3 Eggs

1 1/2 tsp Baking powder

1/2c Butter

1/2c Oil

1 tsp Vanilla essence

1/2 to 3/4c Thick coconut milk

1/2c Dessicated coconut

For Icing:

3sachets Dream whip powder

2tbsp Cream cheese

1tbsp Coconut milk powder

1/4c Cold milk or water

1/2tsp Vanilla essence

1tbsp Dessicated coconut

Any food colour as your wish

Method:

1.Sift flour and baking powder and keep aside.

2.In a bowl beat butter,oil and sugar till creamy.

3.Add eggs one by one to this mixture and beat well after each addition.

4.Add vannilla essence and mix well.

5.Add the flour mixture to this and fold in with a wooden spoon.

6.In between add coconut milk little and mix.

7.After the whole flour mixture is added and the batter is too thick ad coconut milk and make to consistency of a cake batter.

8.Now add the dessicated coconut and mix well.

9.Preheat the oven at 200 degree C for 15 mins.

10.Grease a cake tin and pour the cake batter to the prepared cake tin.

11.Bake this at 175 degree C for 35 to 40 mins or till the inserted tester comes out clean.

12.When the cake is done cool it on a wire rack.

13.Now for icing in a bowl put the dreamwhip powder and coconut milk powder and add the cold milk and beat witha beater till peaks appears.

14.If the cream is so stif add little more cold milk and beat well.

15.Add the cream cheese and beat well.

16.After the cake is cooled completely cut the cake into 2 halves.

17.Spread some icing on one side of the cake and keep the other portion on top of this.

18.Now spread the cream on top and sides of the cake.

19.Now in rest of the cream add any colour of your wish and decorate.

20.Srinkle the dessicated coconut on sides of the cake.

21.Keep refrigerated for couple of hours.

22.Slice and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

These awards are passed to me from my fellow blogger shoba of food mazaa.Thanx alot shoba....

Tiramisu And Awards!!!!!!!!!!

This is an famous Italian dessert..........I have seen many versions of this.And many easy methods also.......i thought if making will make according to the correct way.Here we don't get mascarpone cheese every where.So i made it at home with torviews akheela's recipe.The dessert really came out so delish.

Now to the recipe.............

Ingredients:

For biscuit layer:

1 Big packet lady's finger biscuit

2c Dark coffee

1/4 c Sugar

For Mascarpone cheese:

500 ml Whipping cream

1tbsp Lime juice

For Zabaglione:

3 Large egg yolks

1/4 c Sugar

1tsp Vanilla essence

Other Ingredients:

1c Fresh cream

3 Egg whites beaten

1/2 c Sugar

Step 1:

Making Mascarpone cheese:

1.Boil water in a sauce pan.Top of the boiling water keep a bowl.Pour the whipping cream in that bowl.

2.While u see small bubbles on surface of the cream add the lime juice.

3.Stir for some time and remove it from heat.

4.Now keep a muslin cloth on a strainer kept over a bowl and pour this cheese to the cloth.

5.After 30 mins cover it with a cling film and refrigerate it to 12 hrs or overnight for best results.

6.After refrigerating it will solidify.

Step 2:

Making Zabaglione:

1.In a sauce pan boil water and over the boiling water keep a bowl.

2..The bowl should not touch the water.

3.In the bowl put the egg yolks and sugar.

4.Whisk it very well till u get a thick creamy mixture.

5.Add the Vanilla essence and mix.

6.Keep aside for cooling.

Step 3:

For coffee syrup :

1.Prepare coffee syrup buy adding 1to 2 tsp of coffee powder in 2 c warm water.

2.Add sugar to this and mix.

Step 4:

Preparing the whole cream mixture:

1.In a bowl mix the mascarpone cheese,zabaglione and mix together.

2.Mix the fresh cream to this.

3.In another bowl beat the egg white with sugar till peaks appears.

4.Now fold the egg whites to the cheese mixture and mix well slowly.

Step 5:

Layering the Tiramisu:

1.In a pudding dish layer the biscuits dipped in coffee syrup.

2.Just dip and take it other wise it will be so soggy.

3.Now pour a layer of cheese mixture on top of the biscuits.

4.Now again layer biscuits over the cream.

5.Pour the rest cheese mixture over the biscuits.

6.Keep this for setting for 5 to 6 hrs or overnight.

7.While serving seive some cocoa powder or chocolate swirls.

8.Enjoy the tiramisu!!!!!!!!!

Now to the awards:

This awards is passed to me by sojo of my culinary experiments.Thanx a lot sojo this made me soooooo happy that I can't even explain..........

7 facts about me:

1.Believes in God blindly.

2.I'm a music lover.

3.Now a days my interests are cooking and blogging.

4.Loves reading any piece of paper which comes to my hand.

5.Likes traveling,drawing,stitching etc......

6.Loves my family more than anything.

7.Hmmmmm and one more thing chocolates and sweets which can't be forgotten LOL!!!!

This awards goes to:

aipi of usmasala

satya of superyummyrecipes

ayeesha of tasteofpearlcity

akheela of torview

akila of akilaskitchen

valarmathi of valarskitchenbasics

deepa of hamareerasoi

priya of priya'seasyntastyrecipes

shabeena of shabscuisine

swapna of swapnascuisine

adelina of vegetarianyogini

priya of mharorajasthansrecipes

hasna of kachussdelight

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