NO BAKE WHITE CHOCOLATE PIE

This is very easy and delicious.

This is no bake pie, just all the ingredients in the pie shell, chill it and serve it.

Note : Serves for 8

INGREDIENTS :

4 oz, white chocolate (preferably imported), finely chopped

1/2 lb cream cheese, at room temperature

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1/3 cup sour cream

1/2 cup heavy cream, chilled

1 banana thinly sliced

1 ready made graham cracker crust - 9 inch crust

PREPARATION METHOD :

1. Warm the chocolate in a bowl set over a pot of lightly simmering water.

Remove from heat when the chocolate is only partially melted, stir to melt completely.

2. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.

Beat in the chocolate, then the sour cream.

Whip the heavy cream until firm (or use ready whip cream ) gently fold in to chocolate filling.

Put the banana slices on the crust, top with the filling, and chill it at least for 3 hours.

If you'd like , sprinkle with grated dark chocolate or chocolate syrup before serving

This tastes yummy and it is decadent.

MAWA CAKE

Today's recipe is a delicious and simple Mawa cake.

All the ingredients for this cake are always available in your own pantry.

Mawa is not a powder, Mawa (khoya) is also available in solid in frozen section in any Indian grocery.

SAME BATTER CAN BE USED FOR MUFFINS ALSO

Ingredients :

Mawa (khoya) - 1/2 cup or 100 gms ( grate Mawa to avoid lumps before adding it to the Batter).
Butter - 1 stick unsalted butter at temperature or 200 grams
Sugar - 1 1/4 cup or 250 grams
Maida or All Purpose Flour - 2 cups or 300 grams
Baking powder 1 tsp or 5 grams
Baking soda 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Eggs, beaten 6

Milk 1/4 cup

PREPARATION METHOD :

Preheat the oven to 250°C. For the Muffins. Line the cake moulds with paper cups. put the batter in to the moulds and Bake them for 30 minutes.

Take a 9 inch cake pan dust it with butter and flour and keep it a side.

Take butter in a bowl, add sugar and whisk together till light and creamy.

Break the eggs into another bowl and whisk with an electric blender till frothy.

Add Mawa to the butter mixture and continue to whisk. Put flour, baking soda and baking powder into a strainer and sieve the mixture into the butter mixture.

Add the eggs , vanilla essence and mix.

Add a little milk to get the exact consistency.

Put the batter in to the cake pan and place it in the preheated oven and bake at 250°C for 50-60 minutes.

Let the cake cool before serving them.

MANGO COCONUT PACHADI

THIS IS ONE OF THE EASIEST PACHADI.

INGREDIENTS :

1 MANGO SOUR GRATED

1/2 FRESH COCONUT CHOPPED

1 TSP MUSTARD SEEDS

1 TSP ZEERA

4-CURRY LEAVES

2-RED CHIILI

TURMERIC PINCH

OIL - 2 TSP

SALT PER TASTE

IN A BLENDER ADD GRATED MANGO,COCONUT PIECES, SALT AND TURMERIC AND GRIND IT TO COARSE.

IN A SMALL PAN ADD OIL, ONCE OIL IS HOT ADD MUSTARD SEED. ZEERA, CURRY LEAVES AND RED CHILLI.

ONCE TEMPERING IS DONE ADD IT TO MANGO MIXTURE AND MIX IT WELL WITH SPATULA.

U CAN SERVER IT WITH RICE.

EGGPLANT AND TOMATO SAUCE RAVIOLI

Today's recipe is ravioli, These are small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.These Ravioli are boiled and cooked with a cream, cheese, or tomato sauce.

I always love to eat ravioli and prefer to prepare ravioli with lots of new versions.

This is one of the easiest and quick recipe.

Ingredients :

1 pound cheese ravioli (use any flavour ravioli)

4 tsp olive oil

3 Cloves garlic chopped

1 medium size onion chopped

1 egg plant chopped in to cubes

2 cups pasta sauce or marinara sauce or tomato sauce

1/3 cup cream cheese optional

Red pepper

Salt

Parmigianno-Reggiano cheese for garnishing

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the ravioli, until they float, 5 to 10 minutes.

In a large skillet or saute pan, heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat.

When hot, add the eggplant and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until the eggplant is tender and lightly golden, 4 to 5 minutes.

Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes longer.

When the eggplant is cooked , add the cream cheese, pasta sauce, red pepper flakes and salt, and toss gently but thoroughly to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Now add cooked ravioli to the tomato sauce and mix gently, let it cook for 5 more minutes.

when ravioli is ready to serve garnish with grated Parmigianno-Reggiano cheese.

DRY FRUITS CAKE

Today i prepared cake with dry fruits. it is so delicious and yummy. Got this recipe details from Vahrevah.com, but i made little changes.

INGREDIENTS :

2 CUPS MIXED DRY FRUITS

NOTE : MIX DRY DRY FRUITS WITH 1 CUP RUM AND LET THEM SOAK FOR 1 NIGHT OR FOR 1WEEK (IN THIS WAY DRY FRUITS GETS NICE FLAVOUR )

INSTEAD OF RUM U CAN USE 1 CUP OF ORANGE JUICE

2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

2 STICKS UNSALTED BUTTER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE OR MELTED

2 CUPS SUGAR GRANULATED OR BROWN SUGAR

1 CUP RUM

4 EGGS

1 TSP GROUND NUTMEG

1 TSP GROUND CINNAMON

1 TSP BAKING POWDER

1/2 TSP BAKING SODA

1 TSP VANILLA ESSENCE

TAKE 1 TSP OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR AND DUST IT TO DRY FRUITS SO THAT DRY FRUITS WILL NOT REMAIN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAKE.

SIEVE ALL THE DRY ITEMS FLOUR, CINNAMON, NUTMEG, BAKING POWDER, BAKING SODA ADD ALL THESE THINGS TO THE DRY FRUITS.

TAKE A BOWL BEAT SUGAR, EGGS, BUTTER AND VANILLA ESSENCE MIX WELL UNTIL WELL INCORPORATED.

ADD WET INGREDIENTS, DRY FRUITS TO THE BUTTER MIXTURE BY USING SPATULA MIX ALL THE ITEMS WELL.

PREHEAT OVEN TO 325 F

USE A SQUARE PAN OR ROUND 9 INCH BAKING PAN

DUST BAKING TRAY WITH BUTTER AND FLOUR THEN POUR BATTER IN TO THE PAN AND BAKE THE CAKE FOR 45 MINUTES.

CHECK IT WITH TOOTH PICK OR KNIFE IF BATTER DOES NOT STICK TO THE KNIFE, THEN CAKE IS DONE.

LET IT COOL FOR SOMETIME THEN SLICE IT AND SERVE IT.