Basic Custard

Fruit custard is a thick and creamy dessert, loaded with fruits. It is very kids friendly as you can make the kids eat milk, eggs and fruits in a go.

Ingredients:

1. Egg 2 (optional)

2. Milk 2.5 cups

3. Custard Powder 2 tbsp

4. Vanilla essence  1 drop

5. Sugar 4 tbsp (or more as required)

Method:

1. Beat eggs, adding sugar, till fluffy.

2. Add little milk to the custard powder and make a fine paste without any lumps.

3. Start boiling milk, by constantly stirring,

4. Now add in the eggs, again stirring. 

5. Add the drop of vanilla essence.

6. Slowly add the custard paste.

7. Continue stirring till the custard is thick.

8. Allow to cool and refrigerate.

9. Enjoy with your favourite fruits.

Royal Falooda

Ingredients:

Vanilla Icecream
Milk
Rooh Afza
Kaskas/poppy seeds
Cooked semolina
Fruits

Method:

Cook semiya in milk.
Soak kaskas 10 mins before cooking, drain and keep aside.
Blend Rooh afza and milk.
Cut the fruits as you cut it for a fruit salad.
Keep everything cool till the time everything is mixed. You can even prepare the ingredients beforehand and mix them when needed.

Mixing..

Take a long glass or ice cream bowl.
Add the drained kaskas first.
Now add the cooked semiya. You get falooda semiya in the market.
Add fruits.
Add rooh afza milk.
Scoop vanilla ice cream on top.
Enjoy

Note :-
You can add jellies, nuts or any other if your favorite ingredient and make your falooda more yummier and colorful. 

Apple Pola / Apple Pudding

I was searching  across the net for some desserts to prepare for Iftar. I came across this simple recipe by Sufaija in Shabs cuisine. It turned out really good. But the thickness was less as I used a large pan for preparing the pola.

 Ingredients

Apple 1
Eggs 2
Milk powder 2 tbsp
Sugar 2.5 tbsp
Flour 1 tbsp 

Method

Blend all ingredients together to get a smooth paste. Grease a non stick pan well with ghee and cook covered in very low flame. Cook until sides are brown. Flip over after 10 minutes. Server warm or cold.

 

Here is the link to the original recipe by Shabs 

Apple Bread Pudding

So the break is over. I am back. Even though I had few saved pictures in my computer I dint feel like blogging for some time. I have started taking pics through my husband's Blackberry. Lets see how it goes.
I had been craving for some kind of pudding for some time. I usually make caramel custard. But I wanted something different this time. Also wanted it to be easy. Came across this yummylicious recipe from A Good Apetite.























I have made my adaptations. Here you go:

3 - 4 c 1/2-inch bread cubes (I used wheat bread)
2 apples, peeled, cored & diced
2 eggs
1/2 tin (or lesser) condensed milk loosened by adding 1/4 cup water.
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
salt


Mix the bread cubes & diced apples together.
Place in baking tray.
Beat the eggs. Whisk in the sugar, vanilla, cinnamon,  & a pinch of salt. Stir in loosened condensed milk.
Pour the egg mixture evenly over the apple bread mixture. Use a spoon to press the bread down into the mixture to soak it in. Let sit for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Sprinkle a little cinnamon & sugar on the top . Bake for 60 minutes until they are golden brown & the custard has set. Eat it warm/after cooling, as you like it. Tastes best when cooled.


I had baked only for 45 minutes or so. Original recipe calls for 60mins baking.

Do try it out. Very simple & yummy.

Easy Apple Crumble

I am a beginner baker. And I recently came across this recipe. It is simple, different and very delicious.
The recipe is from Nags cooking and me.I blindly followed her recipe for the crumble.
Here is the Original recipe.
Nags Apple Crumble with vanilla custard sauce
Btw, I dint get time to make the sauce. Maybe I will try next time..
 This is the simplest way you can make apple crumble. Go ahead, try it.

Ingredients:

Apples - 500gm (about 2-3 medium-sized apples)

Wheat flour / atta - 1 cup

Salted butter - 100gm + a bit for greasing

Sugar - 2tbsp + 2 tbsp

Salt - a pinch

Lemon juice - a few drops (optional)

Cinnamom stick - 1 (optional)

Method:

1. Wash peel and chop the apples. Add a few drops of lemon juice to prevent browning. Mix in 2tbsp sugar and cook on a low fire until soft and mushy. Set aside to cool.

2. Mix salt and 2tbsp sugar with the flour. Lightly mix in the butter without kneading until you get a mixture that resembles bread crumbs.

3. Grease a pie dish/cake tray with butter. Lay the cooked apples evenly. Add the flour mixture evenly on top and press down gently. Sprinkle sugar on top.

4. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for 25-30 mins.

Fruit Custard

 Ingredients


Fruit Juice(Any fruit, I used grape) -  4 cups
Corn Flour 6tbsp
Sugar 11/4 cup
Salt 1/4 pinch

Method
Keep aside 1/2 cup juice.
Keep a thick bottom pan in stove and  boil the rest of the juice with continuous stirring.
Add salt and sugar and dissolve them well.
Dissolve the corn flour in the kept aside juice, without any lumps.
Add cornflour mix to the juice in the stove.
Lower the flame and stir well, until the custard thickens.
Switch Off after the custard has thickened.
Transfer to little moulds once cooled.
Sprinkle some sugar granules over each.
Allow to cool and refrigerate for 4 hrs.
Flip off the custard in serving dish.
The custard assumes the shape of the mould, so be sure to keep in cute li'll bowls.

Recipe Courtesy: Dr.Lakshmy Nair in MagicOven

Simple chocolate pudding

Ingredients:

 Milk            1.5 cups

Cornflour     1tbsp

Cocoa powder   1.5 tbsp

Sugar   3tbsp

Method:

Mix all ingredients together.

Heat it with continous stirring to avoid any lumps.

Once thick , allow to cool.

Pour in wet moulds and refrigerate.

Decorate with your favourite dressing

Recipe Source:

NDTV cooks

Carrot Beetroot Halwa

Ingredients:

1.Carrot  - 250g

2.Beetroot - 250g

3.Sugar - 200g

4.Milk - 3/4 lr

5.Ghee - 4 tbsp

6.Cashew - 10 or as required

7.Cardamom - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Wash carrots & beetroots well. Peel skin and grate them thin.

Add this to milk and sugar in a pan with continuous stirring.

Stir till all the milk has dried out ad halwa starts sticking to the pan.

Roast cashews in ghee add it along with the ghee to the halwa.

Stir well and transfer to the serving dish.

Eat either warm or cold.

This  is an excellent combo with Vanilla Icecream. Again you can give this to your sweet tooths who hates to eat carrot/beetroot  otherwise.

MultiPudding -Pudding with biscuit & bread

Ingredients:


Arrow Root Biscuit - 5
Bread 3 slices (cut off the sides)
Instant Coffee Powder 1 dsp
Peanut Toffee (kapalandi mittayi - keralites know it better). If not available you can add crushed peanut/cashew etc - be sure it is coarsly ground.
Butter/ Ghee 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Milk 1/4 cup
Egg - 1
Sugar 2 tbsp
Milkmaid 1/4 tin
Method:
Soak coffee powder in some water and soak biscuits in it. Spread some butter in the pudding dish (steel,which can be steamed). Spread the soaked biscuits in the dish. Now add the ground peanuts and 2 tbsp sugar over this. Soak bread in milk and spread it evenly above this.  Mix the rest of the milk, sugar and beaten egg and pour it over the bread mixture. Spread it evenly with the bottom of a spoon. Steam the dish , well  covered for 15 -20 minutes. Refrigerate after cooling.

Source:
Vanitha magazine

Notes:
It would be better if you double the ingredients. You get a thicker pudding.
This is an easy and yummy recipe you can make quickly with simple ingredients.
Again you can satisfy you sweet tooths @ home.

Caramel Custard

I had cooked caramel custard using a different recipe, with simpler ingredients. But I feel this recipe is much better . It has come out well this time. Though the edges are not really smooth, the inside was perfect.

This is an excellent recipe for beginners. Satisfaction guaranteed !

Ingredients

1. Eggs - 4

2. Milk - 500 ml ,2.5 - 3 cups

3. Condensed milk - 1 tin

4. Sugar - 3 dessert spoon (for caramelising)

5. Vanilla Essence - 2 drops

6. Corn Flour - 2 tbsp

7. Ghee

Preparation

1. Beat eggs well . Use an egg beater preferably. Else make sure it is foamed well.

2. Boil and cool milk. Take a little of this and dissolve cornflour to make a paste.Now add this paste to the rest of the milk.

3. Mix all  together . Add vanilla essence.

4. Now add condensed milk and mix everything well.

For caramel:

Put the sugar in a pan and heat it with continuous stirring. 

Continue till the sugar dissolves and it turns golden brown.

Now add little water and continue stirring.

5. Spread a little ghee in the dish (so that pudding comes off easily as you transfer it )and pour the caramel into this.

6. Pour the pudding mixture into this and cover it with aluminium foil.

7.Keep the dish in pressure cooker with 2 glasses of water. Put the weight and cook in lowest flame for 15 mins.

8. Let it stay in cooker for another 30 mins.

9. Keep in refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

Source : Marias Menu 

Mutta marichathu/Kaya Pola (Egg & Plantain Cake)

This one is a sweet dish, especially during the Ramadan season. It is very easy to cook and very nutritious. Its a good evening snack to give for kids.

Ingredients

1.Ripe Plantains - 2

2.Eggs - 4

3.Sugar - 8 tbsp

4.Crushed Cardomom - 5-6 nos

5.Ghee - 1-2 tbsp

6.Cashew Nuts - 9 (broken)

7.Raisins - 1 tbsp or more

Preparation

1.Cut the plantains lengthwise and cut them into small cubes.

2.Fry them in ghee in a medium sized sauce pan, till golden brownish colour comes(here & there).

3.Fry cashew till brownish, after removing the plantains.

4.Fry raisins also till golden brown.

5.Beat the eggs well along with sugar and powdered  cardamom.

6.Transfer the plantains, cashews & raisins into the beaten egg and stir it until spreads evenly.

7.Now transfer the mixture into the same pan and cook in lowest flame.

8.Cover with a proper fitting lid.

9.Cook until the top part is set. It should take around 10-15 mins. You can see it first rises well and then sets back

10.Transfer this to another plate and serve hot or warm with tea.

Notes

Take care not to burn the lower part of cake , cook in low flame only. It is better to keep watching while it gets cooked.