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TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAKE ( RUM CAKE)

Hi All, Traditional CHRISTMAS CAKE using Rum!! I think so far this is the one cake which I tried beyond my limit.Though the recipe is so simple ,using rum ,brown sugar in cake is new to me.Even I have not tasted Rum cake before.Last year my husband insisted me to make traditional cake for Christmas but I never got guts to try it.But this year I planned this cake ahead and finally got rum , soaked fruits ,baked them and it was yummy.While baking I was scared the whole house was going to fill with Rum smell and if we eat the cake the same odour will come from me also. So scary I closed all the windows and doors while baking 😏 ,But this cake proved me that all my beliefs were wrong.This is one of the best cake I ever baked and also the rum and brown sugar gave wonderful taste,dark brown colour and amazing softness to cake.. I referred Jamie Oliver's website for this cake recipe and within two days I received JAMIE OLIVER'S book from Betterbutter contest team (for contes...
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PORTUGUESE MALASADAS ( NO BAKING)

Hi All, MALASADAS!! I know the name itself sounds different ! Yes..Malasadas was born in Portugal and is very famous in Portugal local bakeries. I loved the way they made this snack and it is so easy to prepare,Even the ingredients are very easily available.Though the malasadas are deep fried it does not absorb any oil. The easy recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : FOR YEAST MIXTURE : Dry Yeast - 1 tsp Warm water - 1/2 cup. Sugar - 1/2 tsp. WET INGREDIENTS : Milk - 1/3 cup. Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp. Egg - 2 nos. Unsalted melted butter - 1/4 cup. DRY INGREDIENTS : All purpose flour - 2 cups. Salt - 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg - a peanut sized ( powder it) Oil - For deep frying. FOR COATING : Sugar - 1/2 cup. Cinnamon - 1/2" piece - 1 no . NEEDCLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD : In a bowl add yeast , Warm water , sugar and mix well..Let the mixture rest for 10 mins till ...
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BASBOUSA / SOOJI CAKE WITH HONEY

Hi All, BASBOUSA !! Does the name sounds different ? But the ingredients are very simple and you can get from your pantry itself. This is an Egyptian dish with healthy ingredients .The sooji cake dazzled with sweet syrup and chilled gives amazing taste .I never thought healthy baking would taste so yummy :) Actual recipe says almond garnishing but I changed it to cherries and also instead of sugar syrup I used honey to drizzle over the cake , you can use sugar syrup also. I got this recipe from ianchrispassionatecooking.blogspot.in , I didn't change any ratios I just followed the ratios as per her recipe and it came out very well and we all loved it. RECIPE SOURCE : ianchrispassionatecooking.blogspot.in SERVINGS : 25 PCS APPROX. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Samolina / Sooji – 1 cup. Yogurt – 1/4 cup ( i used normal curd). Butter – 1/4 cup. Coconut grated – 1/4 cup. Sugar – 1/2 cup. Vanilla essence – 1 tsp. Salt – a pinch. B...
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KADAMBA / KANAVA MASALA /SQUID FISH CURRY

Hi, Sea has lot of creatures in it that we can cook and we were much more unaware of many . Squid fish is one among the yummy species which I was totally unaware even after coming to Chennai.One day in market I saw them and surprised that they are selling octopus ( it looked like that to me :)). Then I surfed in net and found actually they are squid ( kadamba / kanava) and not octopus , My friend Saranya cooked this gravy for us during her visit to our home .I copied the recipe from her and tried next week itself.Though the squid fish looks very weird the taste was so yummy and there is no fish odor in that.It just tasted like mutton. The cleaning part is little tricky but easy, I suggest once you finished cleaning dispose the waste immediately out of your house as the waste from squid fish is very smelly and also it starts leaving water .So dispose the waste of squid as quick as possible. Other than that the fish tastes heaven , spicy, yummy and very easy to cook. I have...
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WARM WATER CHAPATI / BEGINNER GUIDE FOR SOFT CHAPATI

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்   Hi All, If you are a beginner in cooking ,then chapati is the toughest task that needs a lot of practice. When I was learning cooking my chapatis will be either crisp like disc or rubbery that you need to dentist after chewing😭 So I try so many versions to make my chapati perfect and this warm water method is one success method , This method is so easy that your chapatis will be very very soft and light. A few tricks to make your chapatis perfectly soft and puffy are , Add water little by little while kneading . Don't knead dough too dry , make slightly sticky dough so that while toasting it comes to perfect softness. The recipe of perfect soft chapati is below, COOKING TIME : 1 hour. SERVES : yields about 10 chapatis INGREDIENTS : Wheat flour – 2 cups. Salt – 1/2 tsp. Warm water – 1 cup ( appx). Oil / ghee – few drops. METHOD : In a wide bowl add wheat flour ,salt and mix , make a well in middle of flou...
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