Eggless Almond Cookies

Today's recipe for Bake-A-Thon is a simple,eggless,mouth melting almond cookies.This cookie dough is a basic cookie dough recipe with almond flour,studded with almonds.The cookies turned out so crunchy and mouth meting and my kids loved it.The original recipe,I noted it from Land-O-Lakes and slightly tweaked it.Also it has an egg wash but I just skipped it as I want an eggless version.

                                               

                                                 Eggless Almond Cookies

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes
   Chilling time 10-12 minutes
   Baking time 12-15 minutes

   Makes 14-16 cookies

    

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour/maida	1 cup+2 tbs
Almond Powder	3 tbs
Whole almonds(blanched)	15-16
Milk powder	2 tbs(optional)
Salt	1/4 tsp
Baking powder	a pinch
Sugar	1/3 cup
Butter/vennai	1/2 cup or 1 stick
Milk	1 tbs(if needed)

   Method 

• Soak the almonds in hot water for 15 minutes and remove the skin a keep it aside.Mix in all purpose flour,milk powder,baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep it aside.

• In a bowl take the butter and powdered sugar.Cream it well,to this add the all purpose flour mixture,mix it well.If the dough is too crumbly then add some milk and knead it to a smooth dough.

• Take a big gooseberry size of dough and roll in to smooth ball and keep it on a lined baking tray.Continue for the rest of the dough.Now gently flatten the dough ball and press in the blanched almond in each cookies dough.Refrigerate it for 10-15 minutes.Now pre-heat the oven at 350 F and bake it for 15 minutes or till the cookies turned golden and crunchy.Remove it and cool it on a cooling rack.

• Store it in an air tight container after its completely cool down.

• The cookies will be crispy once its completely cool down.Do not bake it more than 15 minutes.
• The butter should be in room temperature.
• If salted butter is used then no need of extra salt.
• Here I used the store bought almond powder.

Enjoy...............................

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Eggless Custard Powder Cake

Its December already and  time to celebrate holiday season with baked goodies. We group of bloggers participate in Bake- A- Thon and some of our blogger buddies are going to share baked goodies on Monday,Wednesday and Friday for the entire month of December.

Today I start up the Bake-A-Thon with a simple eggless custard powder cake.The cake was in my to do list so long and finally tried it.The cake came out so  good and delicious with a perfect texture.I halved the original measurement and made two  inch bundt cakes as my lil one wanted cute cake.

                                                                    

                                                            

                                       Eggless Custard Powder Cake

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15-20 minutes
   Baking time 30-35 minutes

   Makes two 4 inch bundt cakes
   Recipe Source  here

    

   Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour/maida	3/4  cup
Custard powder(vanilla flavored)	1/3 cup
Baking powder	1 tsp
Granulated white sugar	1/2 cup
Unsalted Butter/vennai	75 gms /appr. 6 tbs
Vanilla extract	1 tsp(optional)
Salt	a pinc
Milk	1/2 cup

   Method

• Take all purpose flour,baking powder,custard powder and salt and mix it well.Sieve it for couple of times.Grease the baking pan with baking spray or oil and dust some flour.Keep it aside and preheat the oven in 350 F.
• Now in a bowl take the butter and sugar,whisk in a hand blender or whisker until it becomes creamy and smooth.Now to this mixture add in the 1/2 cup of milk.Add add 1/2 of the flour and mix it well.

• Then add the remaining portion of the flour and mix it well.Pour the batter into greased pan. Keep it in the preheated oven.Bake it for 30-35 minutes(mine took 34 minutes) or until a tooth pick comes out clean.Let it rest it for couple of minutes and invert the cake to a wire rack and allow it to cool completely.

• Slice and serve it.

• The sweetness was just perfect with the given measurement.
• Slice the cake once its completely cool down.
• Here I sprinkled the powdered sugar and did not use any vanilla extract as I used the vanilla custard powder.

Enjoy.................................

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Tomato Mint Chutney/Thakkali Pudina Chutney

As my family likes the mint flavor,I try to make different varieties of chutney out of mint.One such try was this mint chutney and it pairs very well with idly and dosa.Also its a great spread for bread to make sandwiches.

This is a simple,easy to make chutney and need only 20 minutes for the entire process.Addition of urad dhal and channa dhal gives a nice creamy texture to the chutney.

                                                             

                                                            

                                  Tomato Mint Chutney /Thakkali Pudina Chutney

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 10 minutes
   Cooking time 10 minutes

   Serves 4-5

  Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Mint leaves/pudina illai	2 cups(tightly packed)
Coriander leaves/kothamalli illai	1/4 cup(tightly packed)
Tamarind/puli	a big gooseberry size
Green chilly/pachamilagai	6-7
Shallots/chinna vengayam	3-4
Tomato/thakkali	3 (medium size)
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu	2 tsp
Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu	2 tsp
Salt	3/4 - 1 tsp
Oil	1 tbs

   For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch

   

Method 

• Clean the mint and coriander leaves in water for couple of times and set it aside.

• Heat a pan with 2 tsp of oil and to tis add the urad dhal and channa dhal,fry it until golden.Add in the green chillies,chopped shallots and give it a mix.
• Now add in the chopped tomato,tamarind and cook it till the tomatoes are soft.at this stage add in the coriander and mint leaves.

• Cook it until the leaves wilt.Put off the flame and let it cool down.Now blend it in a blender to a fine paste and transfer it to a bowl.Now heat a pan with a tsp of and do the tempering and add it to the chutney.Mix it well.

•  Serve it  with idly or dosa.

Enjoy....................................

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Chicken Soup - South Indian Style

 As we are approaching winter,the weather is getting colder day by day and we had our first snowfall yesterday.The cold weather calls for some light and hot foods,so prepared this yummy chicken soup and had it for our lunch.

Coming to the recipe,its a typical South Indian style with  the flavor of black pepper and other spices..A simple freshly ground spice powder is used to enhance the aroma of the soup.
This soup can be made in less than 30 minutes in a pressure cooker.Its a very comforting soup and I make it often in winter or kids get cold.Here I have used the boneless chicken,as my kids love,tender and soft chicken pieces in their soup.

I am running in the 94th edition of Blogging Marathon,Dish under 30 minutes,as theme.Needless to say this soup is one such dish,fits for the theme.Try this simple and yummy chicken soup and enjoy the winter.

                                                          

                                                           

                                                       Chicken Soup -South Indian Style

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes

   Cooking time 15 minutes

   Serves 3 (generously)

   

 Ingredients

 

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Chicken( with bone or boneless)	200 gms
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Tomato	1 (medium size)
Ginger&garlic paste	1.5 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	1/2 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	2 sprigs
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	2 tbs
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)	2 tbs

   

 To roast and powder

Black pepper/milagu	1.5 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1 tsp
Fennel seeds/sombu	1 tsp

   

 Method 

• Wash and clean the chicken and cut into bite size pieces.To the chicken add turmeric powder and a pinch of salt,mix it well and keep it aside.

• Heat a pan and to this add the cumin seeds,fennel seeds and black pepper.Dry roast it until a nice aroma comes out.Grind it to a coarse powder in a mortar and pestle,after cooling.Set it aside.

• Heat a pressure cooker on a stove top and add  oil,add in the chopped onion and curry leaves,saute it with a pinch of  salt until translucent.Add in the ginger &garlic paste and fry it for a minute or until raw smell disappears.Add in the chopped tomato and mix it well.Cook it until mushy.

• Add in the marinated chicken and give it a mix till it changes the color. Now add in the ground powder,red chilly powder,salt and mix it well.

• Add around 4-.5 cups of water and add in some chopped coriander leaves.Cover the lid and pressure cook it for 4-5 whistles in a medium flame.After the pressure subsides,remove the lid and boil it for a minute and add some more chopped coriander leaves.

• Serve it warm with hot.

• The spices given is for a medium spice level.Alter it according to personal preference.
• Instead of red chilly powder,dried red chilly can be added along with the whole spices while roasting.

Enjoy.......................................

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Happy Diwali 2018

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Mysore Pak /Mysore Pa /Ghee Mysore Pak

Coming to day 3 of Blogging Marathon#93 themed under one ingredient in different ways is mysore pak.
Mysore pak is a mouth melting sweet,loaded with ghee and most of us favorite.Though its a favorite sweet,I tried it for the first time on my own.I was bit skeptical to try this sweet as it needs arm power and perfect consistency.But after seeing the you tube video,I was bit confident to try with a smaller quantity.The end result is literally mouth melting mysore pak.

The proportion is very simple,for one part of flour,three parts of ghee and three parts of sugar. In the original recipe 2.5 parts of oil and .5 part of ghee is used.But I used 1 part of oil and 2 parts of ghee to make it.It can be completely made with ghee for extra rich taste.

Also I couldn't capture each and every step of the preparation as there were no helping hands when I made,will update it soon.

                                               

                                         

                                                                              

                                             Mysore Pak/Ghee Mysore Pak

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes
   Cooking time 30-35 minutes

   Makes 6 - 7 pieces of 4  inch size

  

 Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Gram flour/kadalamaavu	50 gms
Ghee/nei	100 ml
Any neutral oil	50 ml
Sugar/sakkarai	150 gms
Water	50 ml

 

  

  

 Method 

• Grease a plate with few drops of oil and set it aside.Sift the gram flour and take it in a bowl,to this add 50 ml of oil and mix it well with a whisk with no lumps.Keep it aside.

• In a heavy bottom pan take the sugar and add the water to it.Keep it on a medium flame till the sugar dissolves (no need of any consistency).Once the sugar dissolved add in the flour mixture and mix it well.

• Mix it well and keep stirring and add in the 50 ml of ghee in regular intervals.The mixture will  start bubbling and becomes thick.At this point put off the flame.

• Now add in the rest of the 50 ml of ghee to the mixture in intervals and mix it well.The mixture would absorb all the ghee and it becomes thick.Let it cool down in the pan for 5 minutes.

• Now transfer the mixture to the greased plate and level it well with a greased spatula or any flat bottom bowl.Let it cool down for 30 minutes or until it is warm.Now with a sharp knife draw lines to cut it into desired shape.Transfer it to a plate and let it cool completely.

• Store it in an air tight container.

• The amount of ghee and the oil is very important to get a mouth melting mysore pak.
• The entire cooking process needs to be done in a medium flame with continuous stirring.
• The 3rd portion of ghee or oil needs to be added to the mixture, in intervals after turn off the flame.The mixture will absorb the ghee or oil and becomes thick.
• If you feel the water is not enough to dissolve the sugar add another 10 ml of water to the sugar.
• The color of the mysore pak will be slightly deeper after cooling.

Enjoy..............................

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