Passion Of Cooking

Jelly

2010-03-30T01:27:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,
This is konyaku jelly. I follow the instruction from the packet and add in strawberry emulco and basil seeds. I soak the basil seeds for 2 hours before cook.

Below is about the basil seeds. I get it from here.
Recently, there has been much research into the health benefits conferred by the essential oils found in basil. Scientific studies have established that compounds in basil oil have potent antioxidant, anti-cancer, antiviral, and anti-microbial properties. In addition, basil has been shown to decrease the occurrence of platelet aggregation and experimental thrombus in mice.It is traditionally used for supplementary treatment of stress, asthma and diabetes in India.In Siddha medicine, it is used for treating pimples on the face, but noted that intake of the seeds in large quantities is harmful for the brain[citation needed].

Orange Cake 2

2010-03-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

Ingredients that i used to make this cake:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
Beat together the oil, sugar and egg until fluffy. I used hand whisk. Add in 1 tsp orange essence.

1 cup self rising flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
Sieve together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Than alowly add in to the wet ingredients alternately with 1/2 cup fresh orange.

Finally add in handful almond nibs and mix.

Now its ready to bake :)

Custard pudding with corn

2010-03-16T23:09:00.000-07:00

Dear all,
this custard pudding which I followed exactly from this page. Its bit sticky. I think must reduce water a bit or add flour 1/4 cup. I add in 2 tbsp margarine for the shining.

Ingredients:
1 cup custard flour
3 1/2 cup water
3/4 cup fresh milk
3/4 condensed milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 canned sweet corn
2 tbsp margarine

Method:
1) Dissolve the custard powder in water.
2) Add in the milk and sugar.
3) Cook the mixture over a low heat, stirring continuously until it thickens.
4) Add butter and sweet corn. Keep stirring until well mixed.
5) Pour into a large mould or small, individual moulds and set aside to cool completely.

Orange Cake (Eggless)

2010-03-12T00:41:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends,
I follow Hana's Fly blog and did this cake. I modify this recipe as I don't like to use eggs. As usual I use fresh milk. For orange juice I just use 3 tbsp Sunquick and cherries for decoration.

Pumpkin cake (eggless)

2010-03-12T00:27:00.000-08:00

Dear frens,
I just follow the Carrot Raisins Cake which I did few weeks ago to do this pumpkin cake. I replace the carrot with smashed pumpkin. I weigh the pumpkin before steam. I replace the raisins with nuts. Its bit moist Pumpkin cake.Try and see.

Carrot Raisins Cake (eggless)

2010-02-11T23:43:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
150gm grated carrot
1/2 cup fresh milk

1 cup self rising flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp soda bikarbonate
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanila esesnce
a pinch of salt

1/2 cup raisins

Method:
1) Mix together grated carrot in 1/4 cup milk.
2) Sift together the self rising flour,corn flour,baking powder,cinnamon powder and soda.
3) In a bowl, mix together oil,honey, brown sugar and salt .Its difficult to mix well becoz the honey and oil cannot mix together.So i add in the 1/4 cup milk and essence here.
4) Add in the raisins and mix.
5) Now add the sifted ingredients.Mix.
6) Finally add in the grated carrot. Mix well.
7) Grease the pan and bake.

Sweet Bun (eggless)

2010-01-14T19:13:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

25g caster sugar
5g salt
250g superfine flour
1 tsp Instant yeast
143g fresh milk
38g butter

Method:
1)Yis mix with little water and sugar. Let it rise.
2)Place salt and flour in a mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients with hand. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture.
3) Pour the rised yis mixture and milk into the well. Mix the ingredients to form a soft dough.
4)Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead for about 5 mins until the dough becomes smooth and non-sticky. Knead and mix in the butter into the dough.
5)Continue to knead dough for another 15mins until it becomes smooth, elastic and no longer sticks to hand and work surface.
7)Smooth the dough into a round ball. Let it rise in room temperature in a mixing bowl, covered with wet cloth. Let dough rise for 60 mins or until it double in bulk.
8)Remove dough and punch out the gas. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface.
9)Place dough in lightly greased bread tin/pan. Sprinkle some sugar on the top of the bun and decorate with cherries.Cover with wet cloth and let the dough proof for the second time for about 45~60 mins, until it fills up 80% of the tin/pan.
10)Bake at pre-heated oven at 180 ~ 190 deg C for 30 to 35mins.
11)Unmould the bread immediately when removed from the oven.

Corn Strudle

2010-01-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
1 cup fresh corns
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp chopped nion
1/2 tbsp chopped chilli
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
Water
Oil for fying

Method:
1) Mix all the ingredients in bowl. Add in water slowly and mix well.Make sure its not oo watery.
2) Heat oil and spoon the mixture.
3) Serve this strudle with chilli sauce.

Chocolate Pudding

2009-09-28T01:41:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

10gm agar-agar powder
1 cup sugar
4 1/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla flavour
3 tbsp butter / marjerin
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk powder
4 tbsp corn flour

Method:
1) Mix the cornflour with 1/4 cup water. Mix the cocoa powder with some hot water.
2) Mix the agar-agar powder with sugar. Add in the water and bring to boil. If want can add the pandan leaf or add in 1 tsp vanilla or pandan flavour.
3) After the sugar dissolve, pour in the chocolate milk. Bring to boil.Add in cocoa and hot water mix. Bring to boil.
4) Slow down the fire, add in the corn flour mix. Be carefull as this time the mixture will turn thick. Stir.
5) Add in 2 tbsp butter or marjerin to give shinning to this pudding. Stir once and turn off the fire.
6) Pour into moulds.

Apom Pandan

2009-09-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

Dear all,
This Apom which I did before this. Pls refer the recipe here. This time I just add in Pandan Flavour and apple green colour.

Pumpkin Cake (eggless)

2009-09-24T23:56:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
200gm flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 cup fresh milk
250gm mashed pumpkin

Method:
1)Boil pumpkin and mashed smoothly.
2)Sift together flour,baking powder,soda and cinnamon powder.
3)Mix together the sugar and oil. Than followed by pumpkin and mix well.
4)Add in the flour mix and milk alternately.
5)Don't over mix and pour into the mould and bake.

Pandan Muffin

2009-09-13T23:56:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
200gm self rising flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda bikarbonate
1/2 tsp salt
120gm sugar
200ml fresh milk
100ml oil
2 eggs
4 pandan leafs

Method:
1) Blend milk and pandan leafs; sieve.
2) Sift the flour, baking powder,soda and mix with salt.Leave a side.
3) Beat eggs. Add sugar;beat. Add the oil and beat again.
4) Fold in one portion of dry ingredients and follow by pandan milk. Alternate until both portions are used up. Do not over-mix the mixture.
5) Spoon 4 tbsp mixture into greased muffin pans to slightly half full.
6) Bake in a hot oven at 200ºC for 20 to 25 minutes or until cooked through.

Chocolate cake

2009-09-10T01:15:00.000-07:00

Dear all,
Below photos shows the chocolate cake which I bake recently.For recipe kindly click here

Pumpkin Carrot Cake (eggless)

2009-08-24T23:20:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,
below is the pictures of my Pumpkin cake which is failed. I didn't follow the recipe exactly because some of the family members are vegetarian. So I skip the egg and add in the fresh milk. So it turn as a 'moist pumpkin cake' :)
Next time I will try again this recipe and will reduce the smashed pumpkin level. Anyway I attach the photos and recipe for your kind view.

Ingredients:

1 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
350gm pumpkin (cooked n smashed)
1 cup grated carrot
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda bikarbonate
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 cup fresh milk

Method:
1) Preheat the oven.
2) Mix together the butter, sugar and vanilla essence.
3) Add in the smashed pumpkin and stir.
4) Sift in together the flour, baking powder and soda bikarbonate.
5) Add the flour mix into pumpkin mix alternately with fresh milk until finish.
6) Than add the grated carrot.
7) Pour into baking pan and bake for 3o mins.

Family

2009-08-23T23:40:00.001-07:00

New Oven

2009-08-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Below is the photos of my oven which I bought on 4th August 2009.

Pandan Marble Cupcake

2009-08-12T21:27:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
200gm seld rising flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda bikarbonate
1/2 tsp salt
120gm sugar
200ml fresh milk
100ml oil
2 eggs
4 pandan leafs
2 tbsp cocoa powder mix with hot water

Method:
1) Blend milk and pandan leafs; sieve.
2) Sift the flour, baking powder,soda and mix with salt.Leave a side.
3) Beat eggs. Add sugar;beat. Add the oil and beat again.
4) Fold in one portion of dry ingredients and follow by pandan milk. Alternate until both portions are used up. Do not over-mix the mixture.
5) Divide mixture into two portions. Leave one portion plain; add the cocoa mixture to the other portion.
6) Spoon 3 tbsp plain mixture into greased muffin pans to slightly half full. Add 1 tbsp cocoa cake mixture ontop.
7) Bake in a hot oven at 200ºC for 20 to 25 minutes or until cooked through.

Bubur Cha-cha

2009-08-05T17:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
80gm dried cha-cha
1/2 tin evaporated milk
400gm sweet potato (cut into cubes)
1/2 cup sagu
Sugar
Pinch of salt
Pandan Leaf

Method:
1) Boil the sweet potato and sagu separately until soft.
2) Now wash the sago pearls in running water. Boil the pearls with pandan leave
until its turn transparent colour.
3) Than pour the milk,salt,the softened sweet potato and cha-cha.
Let it boil once and add in the sugar.Stir a while.
4) Done.

Remarks: The original recipe add in the coconut milk.I just change it to evaporated milk because of cholestrol problem :)

Marble Bread Pudding

2009-07-28T01:52:00.000-07:00

For recipe, pls click here.

Kesari

2009-07-13T01:25:00.000-07:00

This is simple Indian Cuisine. Its easy to prepare and very tasty.Those days our moms prepare this sweet in traditional ways. Now 'ready made' Kesari Powder is available in the market and its easy to use.I used the Alagappas Kesari Mix to prepare this. I used 4 cups of water, a handfull roasted cashew nuts and 3 tablespoon ghee.

Orange Carrot Cake

2009-07-06T20:13:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
125gm butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup self rising flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup fresh milk
1 cup grated carrot (coat with 2 tbsp flour)
1 1/2 tbsp grated orange rind

Method:

1) Grease sides and line the base round cake tin with greaseproof paper.Preheat oven.
2) In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange rind until light and creamy.
3) Beat in eggs one at a time.
4) Sift in flour mixture, half-portion and follow by the milk.Than add in the
balance flour.Finally add the carrot and mix well.
5) Mix well until well combined. Turn mixture out into prepared tin and level the
surface with a spatula.
6) Bake in preheated oven for 50–60 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into
the centre of the cake comes out clean.
7) Leave the cake to cool for 5–10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to
cool completely.

Soya Peach Agar agar

2009-07-03T00:50:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 Liter soya
10gm agar-agar powder
8pcs Canned Peach

Method:
1) Mix sugar and agar-agar powder into the soya.
2) Bring to a boil. Switch off the flame and add the chopped peach.
3) Pour into moulds. Leave aside to set. Chill well before serving.

Lepat Pumkin

2009-06-25T17:35:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
500gm pumkin
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup wheat flour
20 pcs banana leaf (18cm x 14cm)

Method:
1)Cut pumpkin into cubes, steam until cooked and mash while still hot. Set aside.
2)Add in the sugar and salt. Mix well.
3)Sift in the flour and mix.
4)Take a piece of cut-out banana leaf. Brush lightly with oil. Take one tbsp dough and spread it out in the centre of the banana leaf. Wrap up.
5)Place the kuih in a steamer and steam for 15-20 minutes.
6)Remove and serve the kuih hot or chill.

Red Bean Pudding

2009-06-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 canned red bean
10gm agar-agar powder
3/4 cup sugar
750ml water
1 canned evaporated milk

Method:
1) In a bowl mix agar-agar powder and sugar.
2) In a medium pot add water and bring it to boil.
3) When boiling add the sugar and agar-agar mixture. Whisk until dissolve.
4) Add milk and red bean. Whisk to blend.
5) Pour into jelly mould.

Simple Tuna Sandwich

2009-06-22T02:03:00.001-07:00

Saturday morning breakfast :)

Lychee Jelly

2009-06-01T22:55:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 canned lychee in syrup
1 box konyaku jelly powder with lychee flavour
500ml water

Method:
1) Mix agar-agar powder into the lychee juice and water.
2) Bring to a boil. Switch off the flame and add in the lychee.
3) Pour into small moulds. Leave aside to set. Chill well before serving.

Eggless Chocolate Cupcake

2009-05-25T21:30:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
300g self raising flour
50gm cocoa powder
15gm baking powder
250gm caster sugar
150ml sunflower oil
350ml fresh milk
few drops of vanilla essense

Method:
1. Sift self raising flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.

2. Add in castor sugar.

3. In another bowl, mix together oil, fresh milk and vanilla essence.

4. Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and mix till smooth batter is formed.

5. Spoon into the papercups and steam in a preheated steamer for 15 - 20 minutes.

Marble Bread Pudding

2009-05-17T16:55:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

4 pcs bread (I used Gardenia)

1 cup eveporated milk (Ideal)

10gm agar-agar powder (I used yellow colored jelly powder)

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp margarine

3 1/2 cup water

2 tbsp cocoa powder (mix with hot water)

Pandan leaf

Method:

1) Combine 3 cups of water, agar-agar powder, sugar and pandan leaf in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar and agar-agar powder are completely dissolved.

2) Blend bread pcs with evaporated milk and 1/2 cup of water.

3) Add the bread mixture to the jelly mixture. Keep stirring until well combined. Add margarine. Keep stirring. Discard the pandan leave.

4) Divide jelly mixture into two portions. Leave one portion plain; add the cocoa mixture to the other portion.

5) Put a ladleful of the plain jelly mixture into the mould, add in a ladleful of the cocoa jelly mixture and alternate until both portions are used up.

6) Leave to set at room temperature, then refrigerate and chill well. Cut into serving pieces.

Chocolate Cake

2009-05-14T20:41:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 cup chocolate fresh milk
1/2 cup water mix with 2 tsp nescafe
2 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 cups wheat flour

Method:
1)Beat egg and sugar until light.Add in vegetable oil and mix well.
2)Sift and mix together the baking powder, soda, cocoa powder and wheat flour.
3)Mix the fresh milk and nescafe mix together with vanilla essence.
4)Add in sifted flour mixture into egg mixture 2–3 batches.
5)Stir in coffee choc mixture and mix well to blend.
6)Pour the mixture into a greased and lined cake tin.
7)Steam in pre-steamed steamer for 30-40 minutes or until cake is cooked through when tested with a skewer.

Rice Bread

2009-03-09T23:57:00.000-07:00

Dear all,
I found this recipe from here.

Ingredients :
100 gm white rice
100 ml water
250 gm superfine flour
60 ml fresh milk
1 tsp dry yeast
3 tbsp sugar
20 gm butter (soften)
1 tsp salt

Method:

1) First activate the dry yeast. Soak yeast with 1 tsp sugar in water. Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp plain

flour and set aside for 10 minutes or until mixture turns frothy.

2) Blend the rice together milk and water finely.

3) Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Add in salt and sugar.

4) Pour in the rice mixture , butter and frothy yeast mixture.

5) Mix to form a soft dough. Knead the dough on a floured surface for about 10 to 12 minutes

until it becomes even in texture, springy and no longer sticky.

6) Place dough in bowl. Cover with wet cloth and leave aside to prove for 40 minutes or until it doubles in bulk.

7) On a lightly-floured table, knead the dough again.

8) Shape small balls and place them on a lightly-greased baking tray. Cover with a tea towel and

prove for 30 to 35 minutes or until they double in size.
9) Bake in preheated oven.

10) Spread some butter on baked bread

Thosai

2009-03-09T23:17:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
50g blackgram dhal (ulunthu) with skin
175g uncooked rice
75g cooked rice
1 1/2-2 cups water
1 tsp salt or to taste

1 tsp fenugreek (venthayam)

1 tsp yis
Cooking oil or sesame oil or ghee

Method :

1) Wash rice and dhal and soak each separately overnight or for at least seven to eight hours.

2) Drain, remove skin from the dhal. Grind rice and dhal together with the cooked rice and

water in a blender until smooth.

3) Add salt and yis. Mix well. Leave to ferment for 8 to 10 hours.

4) Grease an iron griddle lightly with oil (cooking oil/sesame oil/ghee).
5) Pour a ladleful of batter onto the centre of the griddle. Spread the batter immediately with the back of the ladle starting from the centre in a clockwise motion to make a thin pancake.

6) Cook for about half a minute or until the underside turns slightly brown.

7) Remove thosai from the griddle and repeat till the rest of the batter is used up.

8) Serve thosai with chicken curry.

Fenugreek / Venthayam (Tamil) / Halba (Malay)

2009-02-11T22:34:00.001-08:00

Good for……

Fenugreek is used as a digestive aid.
It also used as a galactagogue (milk producing agent) by nursing mothers to increase inadequate breast milk
It help to reduce body heat
Reducing the sugar level of the blood
It also lowers blood pressure

How to use?

Use in curries
Daily morning take 1 tsp fenugreek, put inside mouth and drink water (daily)

Source from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/fenugree.html

Upside Down Pineapple Cake

2009-02-11T17:12:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
200gm Castor sugar
180gm butter
4 Eggs
300gm Self Rising flour
1 cup pineapple juice
1 tsp vanilla essence
6 Drained, tinned pineapple slices
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 Cherry

Method:
1) Brush a loaf tin with melted butter. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp brown sugar.
2) Arrange pineapple slices on bottom of tin. Place a Cherry in the centre and circles on the sides.
3) Sprinkle another 1 tbsp brown sugar.
4) Cream butter, sugar and essence until light and fluffy.
5) Add egg one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6) Fold in sifted flour gradually.
7) Add in the pineapple juice and mix well.
8) Pour batter into prepared tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until cake is cooked.
9) Cool cake in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Source by : Mazna

Stroke

2009-02-03T16:57:00.000-08:00

This information I got it from a forwarded email. I would like to share with you all.......

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke..totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed,
and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR.

Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by
asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK, to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE

(Coherently: It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the

tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call for an ambulance immediately and

describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Kidney Cookies

2009-02-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
250gm butter
¾ cup custard sugar
1 cup cake flour
½ cup wheat flour
1 cup merry biscuit, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes (for decoration - crushed lightly)
1 egg

Method:
1) Cream butter and sugar until the mixture turns light and fluffy.

2) Beat in egg.

3) Add in the crushed merry biscuit and cornflakes.

4) Fold in the sifted flours and mix well.

5) Roll out dough in between two plastic sheets and stamp out kidney shapes with a kidney

cookie cutter.

6) Decorate with crushed cornflakes.

7) Place on lightly-greased baking trays and bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 20—25

minutes or until lightly golden in colour.

8) Cool on wire racks before storing in airtight containers

Source by : Ana

Ice cream Cookies

2009-01-18T18:26:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

330gm butter

60gm crisco

180gm icing sugar

480gm wheat flour

60gm corn flour

60gm potato flour

30gm custard flour

3/4 tbsp baking powder

3/4 tbsp orange paste

Method:

1.Cream butter, sugar, crisco and orange paste together till creamy but not oily.

2. Add in all the flours and mix well.

3. Use a cookie cutter to cut out ice cream shape.

4. Egg polish the cookies. (5) Bake at 175C for about 15 to 20 mins. or till golden brown.

5. Dip in cooking chocolate (double boiled) and sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.

Source by: Ana

2009-01-15T16:40:00.000-08:00

Ulunthu Vadai

2009-01-15T00:10:00.000-08:00

Ingredients
1 cup - whole black gram dhal

4 green or red chillies, sliced thinly

1 onion, peeled and chopped
salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and soak the gram dhal for 5 hours.

2. Grind it into a coarse paste. Avoid using any water and only add 1 tsp or so

if having trouble grinding it. The trick is to avoid using water as much as possible.

3. You can add the chillies, chopped onion and salt now to the batter.

4. Take a plastic sheet/plate, oil it well with vegetable oil, apply oil/ghee/water to your fingers

and make rounds of the batter - small lemon sized and place it on the sheet.
5. Press the round into flat disc - not thin, using your finger tip, make a small hole in the middle.
6. Since the plastic is oiled, it will easy to slide it slowly into the hot oil for deep frying.
You can either mildly slide it into the oil, or first place it first in your hands and then to oil.
Whatever works.

7. The oil must be hot. Once one side is done, the Vadai's will automatically float to the top,
turn them over and fry them until golden brown in color. Take care to see that the oil is not too

hot nor cold. Too hot, the Vadai's will be done on the outside and not inside. If oil is not hot,
Vadai's will be soggy. Make sure that oil is hot first and after dropping the Vadai's, lower down

the oil a little.

8. Using a slotted spoon/ladle, remove them and place them in paper towel. Serve warm or with

chutney.

Source by :Kamalam Attai

Apple n Almond muffin

2008-12-26T00:25:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

(A)

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup cake flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 cup sugar

(B)

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1 cup milk

1 cup shredded apple

1/4 cup canola oil

(C)

1/2 cup chopped almond (bake and chopped)

Method:
1. Prepare solo baking cups or line muffin pan with paper cups. Preheat oven to 170 degC.
2. Sift whole wheat flour, cake flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add in sugar and salt. Whisk to combined.

3. Make a hole in the middle and add (B). Mix until blended.

4. Add (C) and stir with a spatula until just combined.
5. Fill prepared baking cups with mixture. This recipe doesn't raise much so you will need to fill to approx. 85% full if you need the cupcakes to reach the brim for decorating purpose.
6. Bake in preheat oven for 30 minutes until golden brown and skewer inserted into the centre
of cupcake comes out clean.
17. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely before decorating.

Dahlia Cookies

2008-12-23T23:34:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

240gm butter

270gm all purpose flour

120gm icing sugar

150gm cornflour (butterfly brand)

1tsp essence vanila

Cherry for decoration (cut into small pieces)

Method:

1) Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy.

2) Blend in sifted flour and mix well.

3) Leave aside for 30 minutes, then put mixture into a piping bag.

4) Use a star nozzle and pipe out with short, firm strokes. Decorate with cherries.

5) Bake biscuits in a preheated oven at 170 ºC for 12 to 15 minutes.

Source by :Sumathi Anni

2008-11-17T23:25:00.000-08:00

Mazola cookies

2008-11-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

Ingredients :

300gm peanuts (bake and blend)

300gm wheat flour

150gm icing sugar

1 small bottle mazola oil

a pinch of salt

1 Egg (beat lightly)

Method :

1) Line baking trays with non-stick parchment paper.

2) Combine the blended peanuts, wheat flour, sugar and pinch of salt in a clean mixing bowl.

3) Slowly add in mazola oil and mix into a fine dough.

4) Take a small piece and roll into the size of a small lime.

5) Place the pieces of dough on the greased tray.

6) Brush with beaten egg and bake at 180ºC for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden.

Source By : Kamalam Attai

1000 Hands Guan Yi Dance

2008-11-13T20:27:00.000-08:00

2008-11-06T00:46:00.000-08:00

Fruit Cookies

2008-11-05T23:58:00.000-08:00

Ingredients :

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup dried fruits

1/2 cup fresh milk, plus more if needed

Method :
1) Preheat oven.

2)In a bowl cream butter and sugar. Add in the sifted flour and salt.

4) Stir in dried fruits.

5) Add about 2/3 of the milk and stir. Add remaining milk gradually.

6) Make small balls and place it inside paper cup.

7) Bake for 16-19 minutes, until the cookies are a light golden color.

8) A toothpick should come out clean.

Vegetarian Curry Puff

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Ingredients :

500 gm Potato

200gm Carrot

300gm Dried soya meat (i used Enrico's)

1 big Onion

2 tsp Garlic & ginger paste

2 tbsp Masala powder (meat)

1 tbsp Chilli powder

1/2 tbsp Tumeric powder

a pinch Salt

a pinch of sugar (optional)

Method:

1) Wash the soya meat in water and cook for few minutes until it well cooked and soft. Drain the

water. Cut into small pieces. Keep aside.

2) Peel potato and cut into tubes. Keep aside.

3) Cut the carrots into tubes. Keep aside.

4) Chopped the onions. Blend the garlic and ginger. Make it as paste.

5) Heat oil and saute the chopped onions. After few second, add in garlic and ginger paste.

6) Add in the soya meat. Stir for a while. Add in the potatos and carrots. Stir in small heat.

7) Add in chilli, tumeric, masala powder. Followed by salt. Stir well.

8) Add in water and cook until the ingredients cooked well.

9) Take a tbsp of potato mix and fill in puff pastry.

10) Bake it until it turn gold colour.

Payasam (sweet)

2008-10-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup kadalai paruppu

1/2 cup vermicelli

1 cup sugar

1 tbsp raisins(dry grapes)

1/2 cup cashews

1/4 tsp cardamon powder

1/4 tsp dried ginger powder

1 tsp ghee

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sagu

Method:

1) Wash 'kadalai paruppu' in water and cook until soft.

2) Heat ghee and fry raisins and cashews for sometime. Keep aside.
3) Heat ghee and fry vermicelli till a nice aroma comes out. Keep aside.
4) Now inside the paruppu add milk, sagu, vermicelli and cook till vermicelli cooked well
(You can cook them in water instead of milk, but milk gives a nice flavor).

5) Add sugar, cashew nuts and cook till sugar is diluted. Add in the cardamon and dried ginger

powder. mix well. Take out from heat.

Source By : Kamalam Attai

Cashew nut cookies

2008-10-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
225 g butter cup
140 g Icing sugar
1 egg yolk
140 g cashew nuts (roast n blended)
380 g wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
egg yolk (add some yellow colour)
Cashew nut for decoration (roasted)

Method:
1. Cream butter and sugar till soft and creamy.
2. Add in vanilla essence and egg yolk.
3. Add in baking powder and blended cashew nuts, mix well.
3. Add in the flour and mix till it becomes a dough
4. Take a small portion of dough and shape it as cashew nut and decorate with cashew nuts.
5. Arrange on tray and apply with egg yolk on it.
6. Bake at 150C for 15 min atau or until it turn to yellow colour.

Source by: Mazna

Double layered biscuit

2008-10-12T18:09:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

200 gm. Butter
180 gm. fine sugar
30 gm. beaten egg
300 gm. plain flour
Strawberry Jam

Method :
1) Cream butter and sugar till creamy.
(2) Add in beaten egg.
(3) Add in plain flour, knead into a pliable dough.
(4) Roll Dough between 2 plastic sheets, use a fluted cutter to cut the cookies. Pair them up. 1 with hole and the other without a hole. (Use a small cookie cutter to cut out the hole)
(5) Bake at 170C for about 10- 15 mins.
(6) Transfer to wire rack to cool.
(7) Spread jam onto the cookie without hole and then top up with the cookie with a hole.
(8) Srinkle with sugar.

Source by : Mazna

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Almond Biscuit

2008-10-09T21:01:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
160 gm of butter
150 gm of sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla
220 gm of flour
80 gm of cornstarch
60 gm of almond nibs

Glaze :
1 egg yolk
some chopped almond

Method:
1) In a medium bowl mix flour, cornstarch and almond nibs. Mix well.
2) Cream sugar and butter until light and creamy. Add in egg and vanilla until well combined.
3) Slow down the speed of your mixer and slowly add in the flour until everything became
dough.
4) Lightly dust your work surface with some flour and roll out the cookie dough to about 0.5cm
thickness. Cut out dough with a cookies cutter into desire shapes. Arrange cookies into a
lightly greased baking tray.
5) Brush the top of the cookies with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle some almond on top.
6) Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes or lightly brown. Cool and wire racks.

Source by : Mazna

Tears

2008-10-08T00:46:00.000-07:00

Beancurd

2008-10-08T00:02:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,

The sambal in above picture is look like a curry. Because my father in law like curry type of food. So, to satisfy him, i add in more water but the taste is still there. Those like gravy,cook the sambal until it become gravy.

Ingredients :
400g Beancurd (cut in to squares and lightly fry)
5 big onion (chopped)

2 cloves garlic (grind)

1 inch ginger (grind)
1 tsp tumeric powder

3 tbsp chilli powder
2 small tomatoes

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp sugar to taste
1/2 tsp salt to taste
2–3 tbsp oil

Method:

1) Heat oil in a wok. When hot, fry onion for few second. Add in garlic and ginger paste. Fry it for

few minutes until soft.

2) Add in chilli and tumeric powder. Than tomatoes. Pour little bit of water and seasoning. Cook

for 3 minutes. Keep stiring and let fire slow.

3) Put in fried beancurd and simmer the gravy becomes thick.

4) Remove from fire when gravy bubbles. Serve hot with rice.

Fried vegetable

2008-10-07T23:23:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :

75gm Beans

75gm Cabbage

75gm Carrot

75gm Mushroom

1/2 tsp Mustard seed

1/2 tsp Tumeric powder

1 tsp Chopped garlic

1/2 tsp Corn flour (mix with 1 tbsp water)

Oil

Method :
1) Heat oil in a wok and fry mustard seeds and chopped garlic. Leaves for one to two minutes;

keep stirring until seeds pop up and fry till soft.

2) Stir in all the vegetables and mushroom. Add in tumeric powder and salt.

3) Cook for four to five minutes or till vegetables are cooked but still crisp.

4) Add in corn flour mix. Leave for 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Aloe Vera in a drink

2008-09-21T20:42:00.000-07:00

Method:
1) Simply take 2 Aloe Vera leaves, and peel the green skin off.
2) They are very slippery, so be careful they don’t slip out of your hand.
3) Wash the translucent flesh under running water and then cut them in little cubes.
4) Put in a saucepan and top it with water, add 2 tablespoons of sugar and boil them for 10 mins.
5) The cubes will absorb the sweetness and are now ready to add to any drink.
6) You can add them to fresh fruit juices, fruity drinks, cold teas, cocktails, jelly desserts, fruit salads, anything your heart desires.
7) Bringing a crunch to every sip, aloe vera in a drink really adds a new dimension to summer coolers.

Colourful Apom

2008-08-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup rice flour
1 cup wheat flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp yis
colour

(1) Blend rice with water.

(2) Mix together the rice and wheat flour.Followed by sugar and yis.

(3) Now add the rice mixture into the flour mixture. Whisk until well mix.

(4) Divide the mixture to few portion and add in the colour.

(5) Leave it to rise for 2-3 hours.

(6) Pour into mould and steam for 20mins.

Peas Pulao Rice

2008-08-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
2 Cups Basmathi Rice (I used normal rice)

1 cup frozen green peas

1 cup soya meat (cooked before use)

2 tbsp ghee / butter

1 small cinnamon

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 cloves

1 small onion, sliced

3 garlic, crushed finely

1 small piece of ginger, crushed finely

salt to taste

3 cups water

Pandan leaves

1 tbsp cashew nuts

2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped finely

Method:
(1) Heat the ghee. Add cinnamon, cumin seeds, cloves, onion, crushed garlic & ginger. Fry until onions turn transparent.
(2) Add green peas and mix well. Add rice to this mixture and fry for 30 seconds.

(3) Add this rice mixture, salt, water and pandan leave into rice cooker and allow it to cook.

(4) Use wood plastic spoon to stir slowly. Sprinkle some water if the water not enough to cook.

(5) After cooked, garnish with fried cashew and coriander leaves.

Almond Chocolate cupcake (Eggless)

2008-08-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :

300g self raising flour
50g cocoa powder
15gm baking powder
250g caster sugar
150ml sunflower oil
350ml fresh milk
few drops of almond essense
100gm Almond powder

Method :
1. Sift self raising flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.

2. Add in castor sugar.

3. In another bowl, mix together oil, fresh milk and vanilla essence.

4. Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and mix till smooth batter is formed.Add in Almond powder and mix well.

5. Spoon into the papercups and steam in a preheated steamer for 15 - 20 minutes.

Triffle

2008-08-12T17:57:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :

1 whole swiss roll

1 canned cocktail fruits

10gm agar-agar powder

3/4 tin evaporated milk (Ideal)

3/4 tin water

7 tbsp sugar

4 tbsp custard powder

Pandan Leaves

Method:
(1) Cut the swiss roll and arrange in a mould. wet the swiss roll with the cocktail's water. Its to make the cake heavy and it won't float when pour the pudding. Keep aside.

(2) Combine agar-agar powder, sugar, water and pandan leaf in a saucepan and bring to a boil.

(3) Add in evaporated milk. Let it boil.

(4) Mix custard powder with 1/2 cup water. Slow down the heat. Add custard mixture into the agar-agar mixture.

(5) Remove from heat, take out the pandan leave and add in cocktail fruits. Stir well to cool slightly. Pour on swiss roll.

(6) Leave aside to set then set them completely (until firm) in the freezer.

Tuna Muffin

2008-08-12T17:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
1 egg

1 1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

120gm flour

80g canned tuna

50ml fresh milk

50gm cheese (I didn't add)

1 garlic, crushed

A pinch of salt

Method :
1) In a bowl, add egg, sugar, garlic and salt. Stir well.
2) Stir in tuna fish.
3) Add in flour and milk. Stir until well combined.
4) Add in the cheese.
5) Pour batter into prepared muffin pan until three quarters full.
6) Bake until well risen and lightly golden. Serve muffins warm with chili sauce.

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Pandan Chocolate chips muffin

2008-08-06T17:16:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cup self rising flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup castor sugar
200ml fresh milk
100 ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/2 tsp pandan essence
1/2 tsp green colour (I used green apple colour)
Handfull chocolate chips

Method:

1) Blend 4 pandan leaves with fresh milk and sieve.
2) Beat the eggs and sugar; add in the oil; continue beat.Add in the pandan essence and colour.
3) Sift the flour,baking powder together.
4) Alternatively add the dry ingredients and pandan milk mixture into the egg mixture.Stir to mix.
5) Finally add the chocolate chips.
6) Pour into papercups and bake.

2008-08-06T17:11:00.001-07:00

How to fight aging

2008-08-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Did you know that just walking for 30 minutes, 3 or 4 times a
week is enough to combat aging?

According to researchers at the University of California, one of
the principle causes of deterioration of the human organism’s physical
faculties is its diminished ability to metabolize glucose. And they
showed that even leisurely exercise, like taking a walk, plays an
important role in keeping glucose metabolism functioning smoothly.

Do you spend the whole day sitting at your desk or in front of a
computer screen? Why not get up occasionally and do a few minutes
of physical exercise? Don’t worry about what other people think.

In some Japanese companies, it is even become a collective
habit. Every twenty minutes a bell sounds, and everybody gets up to
do some stretching exercises, after which they sit down again as if
nothing had happened. Japanese managers are convinced that their
employees are more productive when they are relaxed.

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Pumkin with sugar

2008-07-30T00:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1/2 Pumkin (cut into cubes)
1 medium size onion
1 tsp cumin seed (optional)
1 tsp jeera seeds
2 dried chilli
Few curry leaves
2 tbsp chilli powder
1 tsp tumeric powder
2 tbsp sugar / palm sugar
Salt
small lime size tamarind (mix with water)

Method:
1) Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add jeera seeds, cumin seeds, dried chillis, and chopped onion.Saute everthing on low flame then add curry leaves, fry until golden.

2) Now add pumkin cubes. Mix well and fry on low flame for 5min.

3) Sprinkle salt, turmuric, chilli powder(mix gently so that pumkins are not mashed completely)

4) Add tamarind water and let the pumkin cook. After that sprinkle the sugar. Stir.

5) Fry on low flame until golden (Make sure not to burn pumkins)

6) Serve with rice.

Lemon Yoghurt Muffins

2008-07-22T21:54:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
100 gm. cake flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
2 tsp. lemon juice1/2 tsp. lemon paste (optional)
100 gm. plain yoghurt
50 gm. sugar
50 gm. Butter
1 egg

Method:
(1) Mix butter and sugar together and double-boil over a pot of simmering water.
Stir with hand whisk till well blended. Cool slightly.
(2) Sift cake flour with baking powder.
(3) Add yoghurt, lemon juice, lemon paste and egg into butter mixture and still till
combined.
(4) Add in sifted flour mixture and fold lightly. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups or
papercups and bake at 180C for about 25 mins.
(5) Cool on cooling rack.

Orange cup cakes (Fail version)

2008-07-15T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hi there, this is fail version cup cake. But I still want to share with you all. It was nice in taste. But it turn as Apom instead of cake. You can see the surface of cake is not smooth as cake. I think i should reduce the flour.

Ingredients:-

3 cups self-raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup fresh milk
1 cup castor sugar
1 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup orange juice

Method :-
1) Sift flour and baking powder together.

2) Stir in the egg, milk and sugar. Add in the oil and stir until well combined.

4) Then fold in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the orange juice.

5) Fill plastic moulds with the mixture.

6) Steam until well-risen.

Beauty tips

2008-07-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

A facemask of egg white and honey gently removes the tan from your face.
Mix oats with honey, yogurt and ground almonds. Apply this in your face, leave it for five minutes and wash with lukewarm water.
Cucumber is a natural cleanser. Mix cucumber juice with milk and use it instead of a cleanser.
Take 1/3-cup cocoa, three teaspoons of heavy cream, 1/3-cup ripe papaya, 1/4-cup honey and three teaspoons of oatmeal powder. Mix it all together. Apply on your face. After 10 minutes, wash your face with warm water. This is best for oily skin.
For oily skin, apply a mixture of grapes, lemon and egg white. Leave it for 20 minutes and rinse with warm water. While lemon acts as a natural cleanser, grapes will soften your skin and egg whites will tighten it. Don’t be alarmed if your skin tingles.
Cut the lemon and rub the wedge all over your face. Leave it for about 20 minutes, and then rinse off with cold water. This will refresh your face. Avoid doing this if you have dry skin.
Mix honey, lemon and vegetable oil. This mixture is a good moisturizer for dry skin. Apply this mask for 10 minutes

Banana Cake

2008-07-08T20:34:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

4 bananas (medium size)
3 eggs
1 3/4 cups self rising flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp soda bicarbonate

Method

Beat eggs and sugar until light.

Add in mashed banana.

Fold in sifted flour plus bicarbonate soda and stir.

Add in vegetable oil. Mix well.

Turn mixture out onto the prepared tin.

Bake for 45 minutes or until cake is cooked through when tested with a skewer.

Custard pudding

2008-07-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1 cup custard powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn
5 cups coconut milk
a pinch of salt

Method

Blend the corn.
Mix custard powder, sugar, coconut milk , corn and salt together in a saucepan and cook at low heat.
Stir well until shining.
Pour in the container.

Puding belang

2008-06-30T23:05:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :
10 gm agar-agar powder
200gm sugar
2 1/2 cup air
1 tin evaproted milk (Ideal)
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp chocolate powder (Mix with hot water)
Yellow colour

Method :

Cook jelly powder with 2 cups of water until dissolve.
Add in evaporated milk. Bring to boil.
In a separate bowl, mix corn flour with 1/2 cup of water. Slow down the heat and pour corn flour mixer inside the jelly mix. Keep stiring.
Add in butter. Bring to boil.
Separate the mixer for 2.
One portion mix with koko powder, another with yellow colour.
Pour the mixers alternatively. Do until the mixers finish. Keep aside to cool.