Orange Mojito

Dark Chocolate Cake with Caramelised Kumquats

Ingredients :

3/4 Cup Whole wheat flour

3/4 Cup Flour

1tsp Baking powder 

3/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

3/4 cup Canola Oil

1 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar 

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Buttermilk

1/4 Cup Cocoa powder

1/2 Cup Hot Coffee

20 -25 Kumquats  (thinly sliced)

1/2 Cup Water

1/2 cup Sugar

100 gms Chocolate chip

1/2 cup Cream

Directions:

1: Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius. 

2: Grease an 8" round spring form pan.

3: Sift both flours, baking powder , salt and baking powder in a bowl.

4: Boil water and make strong coffee.

5: Add cocoa powder and stir.

6: Add oil and sugar in a bowl and mix properly. 

7: Add egg one by one along with flour mixture  and vanilla essence in oil mixture with an electric mixer at low speed.

8: Add curd and buttermilk and mix again.

9: Pour in the spring bottom pan and bake it 30-40 minutes at 180 degree Celsius. 

10: Place sugar and water in a saucepan and stir to combine.

11: Add kumquats and cook till they are translucent. 
12: Strain and cool.

13: Let the cake remain in the oven after its baked so that it cools down.

14: Meanwhile pour warm cream over chocochips and give it and nice stir.

15: Let it cool down and pour over the cake.

16: Decorate with candied kumquats.

Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Tikka Masala

          Ingredients :

For Chicken Tikka:

750 gms. Boneless Chicken Breast (cut into Tikka size)

1 Cup Curd

1 tbsp Ginger - Garlic paste 

2 Lemons' juice

3/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Red chilli powder 

1/2 tsp Kashmiri Mirch powder (degi mirch)

2 tbsp Oil

1 tsp Kasoori methi

1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder

Oil for basting

For gravy:

2 ktsp Oil

1 Bay Leaf

1 tsp Cumin seeds

3 Onions (Finely chopped)

1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste

5 Tomatoes' puree

1 tbsp Curd

3/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Coriander Powder

1/2 tsp Red chilli powder 

1/2 tsp Degi mirch

1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin powder

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1 cup Water

2 tbsp. Cream

Chopped Coriander Leaves for garnishing

 Directions:

1: Mix all the ingredients of marinating in a big bowl.

2: Add chicken and mix well.

3: Keep it in marination for atleast 4 hours.

4: Put chicken pieces on skewers and grill on charcoal bbq often basting it with oil.

5 : Heat oil in a thick bottom vessel.

6: Add bay leaf.

7: Add cumin seeds and when they crackle , add chopped onions.

8: Cook till they are golden brown in color.

9: Add ginger garlic paste.

10:Add tomato puree.

11: Cook till it leaves oil.

12 : Add beaten Curd. 

13: Add salt, red chilli powder, degi mirch,jeera powder and haldi .

14: Add cooked chicken and cook on high flame for 2-3 minutes and add water.

15: Cook for 10 minutes on medium flame and then switch off the flame.

16: Add cream and mix properly.

17: Garnish with chopped Coriander .

18: Serve with naan or roti.

Reshmi Kebab

That succulent, scrumptious piece of kebab grilled to perfection is something which is high on demand in Delhi winters.

                BBQ nights, perfectly char grilled 

kebabs can easily swipe you off your feet.These rich and creamy kebabs get their flavor and silky texture almond and cashewnut paste along with cream.

Ingredients :

750 gms. Boneless chicken breast

1 1/2 cup Hung curd

2 tbsp Oil

3/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Black Pepper powder

1 tbsp Lemon juice

12 -15 Cashewnut

10-12 Almonds

4 Green chillies

1 " Ginger

10 -12 Garlic cloves

1 tbsp Poppy seeds

1 tbsp Sesame seeds

1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

100 ml Cream 

• Clarified butter/ghee for basting

Directions:

1: Soak Cashews, almonds in hot water for 15-20 minutes.

2: Peel almonds and grind almonds, cashews, green chillies , sesame seeds , poppy seeeds, ginger and garlic to a fine paste.

3: Wash chicken and cut it into 1" chunks.

4: In a big bowl , add hung curd, oil, Cardamom powder,lemon juice, salt and black pepper .

5: Add Cashewnut paste along with cream.

6: Mix it nicely.

7: Add chicken pieces to it and marinate it for at least 4 hours.

7: Thread them into skewers and cook them over charcoal grill basting it often with clarified butter.

8: Serve it with mint coriander chutney and onion rings.

Focaccia

Multigrain Pinni

                     Ingredients :
250 gms. Whole wheat flour
250 gms. Ragi flour(Nachni flour)/(Finger millet flour)
250 gms. Bajra flour(Pearl millet flour)
250 gms. Rajgiri Flour(Amaranth flour)

500 gms. Ghee(clarified butter )
1 cup Slivered Almonds
2 tsp Cardamom powder
1/2 Cup sesame seeds
1/2 Cup Flax seeds
300-400 gms Gur(Jaggery)
1/4 Cup water

Directions:
1: Heat ghee in a thick bottom vessel.
2: Sift all the flours together and add it to hot ghee.
3: Roast it for half an hour or till it leaves aroma and ghee.
4: Remove from flame .
5: Heat gur along with water and melt it properly.

                    
6: Add almonds , cardamom powder and seeds.
7: Mix it properly and add melted  gur.
8: Let it cool down a little and make its balls.
9: Cool them. These can be kept in airtight container for 2 months.



     

Flourless Chocolate Orange Cake

Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ but for us as kids, it meant the arrival of our cute dear Santa on his sleigh with loadsssss of gifts...😍😍

Onset of the feelings of hope , light and happiness; it meant decorated houses,

bright Christmas trees, wreaths, Christmas carols. 

To bring in joy and to make my kids happy and satiated, I made this Flour less Chocolate Orange Cake which is adapted from @Nigella Lawson''s recipe with some minor changes..

Ingredients :

3 Oranges

6 Eggs (at room temperature )

1 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1 1/4 Brown Sugar

2 cups Almond meal

1/2 tsp Cocoa powder

Pinch of Cinnamon

Rind of an Orange 

2 tsp Orange liqueur 

Instructions :

1: Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius. 

2: Grease a 9" Springform pan.

3: Squeeze juice of oranges in a big bowl.

4: Add all the ingredients into the bowl and whisk it nicely.

5: Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and bake for 40 minutes or more; until the skewer comes out clean.

6: Let it remain in the oven for 5 minutes.

7: Take it out and serve warm with ice cream.

Merry Christmas! !