Exploring Tastebuds

A frozen dairy dessert from indian subcontinent is what kulfi actually is. Its denser and creamier than you regular ice cream. Hence tastes different and pretty good! Its usally made of flavourings popular in the indian continent i.e,  pistachio, rose, saffron, cardamom.  So here I have the recipe of the basic indian kulfi which is chocolate flavoured with the addition on compound chocolate.  So you need a few infredients and you are all set to make it.  Ingredients: 500ml full cream milk 3 tsp cornflour dissolved in 2-3tsp water 6 tbsp sugar 50 gms khoya 50-60 gms chocolate compund Method: 1. In a pan , add milk , boil and then reduce almost to half. 2. Add cornflour dissolved in to the milk and stir a little. 3. Add sugar and reduce to half yet again. 4. Dissolve khoya in few tbsps of milk from the pan and then add all of it to the same pan and stir. 5. Add chocolate compound at the end and keep stirring until dissolved. 6. Take the ...

They are loaded with chocolate! You must make them and their cherish taste with your lovely cup of coffee or have them warm with a scoop of ice cream. Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter 2 cups granulated sugar 4 eggs 1 cup flour 120 gms chocolate compound 1 tsp vanilla extract 1-2 cups chopped walnuts For icing: 100 gms chocolate compound 75 ml fresh cream 30 gms butter/ A tbsp icing sugar or powdered sugar for dusting Method: 1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 175 C and grease your baking tray. 2. In a saucepan , melt butter and chocolate , keep stirring. Remove from heat and stir sugar into the chocolate until almost dissolved and cool slightly. 3. Beat in the eggs one at a time. 4. Add vanilla and then fold in flour spoon by spoon into the batter. 5. Fold in chopped walnuts into the batter. Pour the batter into the tray and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, Brownies are done when toothpick comes out clean. 6. Melt chocolate on a double boiler and ad...

Well goodfood is one website which  I keep looking up for new and nice recipes. This time I was looking for something made with lemons. So I found this recipe of little lemon meringue pies which fascinated me due to the golden meringue peaks and the bright yellow lemon filling. I gathered all my ingredients , changed he proportions according to my availability of them and went on ahead baking it. They are refreshing and sweet with a lovely shortcrust pastry crust. A must try! Ingredients: 100 gms flour 100 gms butter A lightly whisked egg 30+112 + 50 gms sugar Zest of 3 lemons Juice of 2 lemons 4 whole eggs 2 eggs separated few drops of vanilla essence Method: 1. Make the shortcrust pastry by first making a sandy mixture with flour, 50 gms butter, 30gms sugar. Knead and get the dough together using half of the whisked egg. Plastic wrap  and chill in the fridge for 30 mins. 2. Preheat oven at 180C. Take the dough, roll it out and...

 This is ready in max 10 minutes of prep plus baking! Best for people who dont love to bake but they are crazy for chocolate cake and icecream anytime of the day. You make the mix using your daily tablespoons in a mug and you microwave it for like 2 minutes and you are done with a mug full of moist chocolate cake!! Have it with a scoop of icecream and hershey's chocolate syrup and you are sorted! P.s. If you dont have eggs in your house , no worries ! Its a eggless chocolate cake :D Ingredients: 3 tbsp All purpose flour 3 tbsp Powdered sugar 3 tbsp Cocoa powder 1/8th tsp Baking powder 1/4th tsp Vanilla essence 3 tbsp Oil 4-8 tbsp Method: 1. In a mug add flour, sugar, cocoa , baking powder. 2. Add vanilla essence, oil and milk and whisk and fold in the mug itself. 3. In the same mug or another, tranfer the batter when runny and bake in the microwave for 2 minutes. 4. Have it hot with a scoop of vanilla icecream and chocolate syrup!

I was always tempted and fascinated by choco lava cakes which ooze out chocolate from the center. So here I go baking one of those!  So a chocolate fondant/molten chocolate cake/choco lava cake  is super easy to make but you only need to be patient enough to have it, because the recipe does ask for you to wait for a few hours before you savor its molten chocolate center. Prep , wait and then savor this with a scoop of vanilla icecream :D Ingredients: 250 gm dark chocolate 270 gm butter  8 eggs 180 gms caster sugar 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 4 tbsp cocoa powder Method:  Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler or your microwave oven and set aside to cool. In another bowl whisk eggs and sugar until thick and foamy. Whisk in flour , baking powder , cocoa and melted chocolate and butter mix in. Refrigerate upto 24 hours, Preheat oven to 200C and grease 4 ramekins ( I used cupcake moulds , due my unavailability of ramekins)  an...

Its summertime! AND everyone loves mango as well as something icy cold to have. So I thought of making a mango sorbet! Well to a basic mango sorbet recipe I added quite a few flavours myself which make the sorbet taste a little better and brings out the flavour of the mango too. Few steps and few hours of waiting and you will end up with a scoop creamy mango sorbet for dessert! Ingredients: 2 large mangoes 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/4 cup water 1 egg white 4-5 mint leaves Juice of half a lemon Pinch of salt Method: In a sauce pan add sugar and water and simmer water until sugar dissolves in it. Bring water to boil once sugar gets dissolved and boil for 5 minutes (do not stir). Remove from heat and let it cool. Puree mango flesh in a food processor. Add sugar syrup, chopped mint leaves ,juice of half a lemon and pinch of salt and pulse the puree twice or thrice in the processor.Transfer to a square dish , cover with plastic wrap and s...

Well a friend of mine wanted to have something cheesy and spicy like a pizza ,so i thought instead of him going out and having it, why not i make it at home. People usually think its a biggie to actually make the pizza dough for its base, well let me tell you making it is even easier than making the dough of the bread rolls that I posted earlier. Its just kneading and leaving it to rise for about 2-3 hours! A lot of people who had the pizza I made asked me whether I need to bake the base separately first? Which you actually dont have to do! Within 15-20 mins your whole pizza is baked and ready to eat! I didnt go for the making of sauce myself just because I love the pizza topping i have at home! So telling you that its no fuss to bake a pizza at home from the scratch I thought of writing a post on it too. P.s. for all the health conscious and nutritious food seekers, this dough has whole wheat flour used in it too. So its healthier and more filling! Ingredients:   (ma...