Sunday, November 22, 2015

Quick and Easy Milk Cake(Kalakand) from chenna/paneer


Kalakad is a famous Indian Sweet made out of milk which involves a hours of preparation.
Here is a quick and easy way to make it.
See below for the video recipe.


Ingredients:

2 L Milk
2 tsp lemon juice.
100gm sugar
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Procedure:

Boil the milk in a pan, when it starts boiling simmer the flame and add the lemon juice diluted in 2 tbsp of water slowly little by little.
Switch off the flame and stirr it, milk should curdle and the milk solids get separated and the light green coloured whey will be seen.
At this stage filter the milk solids from whey and take it aside. These milk solids is called chenna or  paneer.
Now take a heavy bottomed pan and put the chenna in to it and cook it on medium flame. When  it starts bubbling add the sugar and cardamom powder and cook until it starts leaving the sides and thickens. Take a bowl or plate or mould where we want to put the kalakand and grease it.
After the mixture starts leaving sides, switch off flame and transfer it in to the greased mould.
Press it with a spoon or with back of a glass to level it, and let it cool till it reaches room temperature and then keep in the refrigerator for 10 min.
After 10 min take it out from fridge and cut it and serve. EWnjoy quick and easy Kalakand.





Saturday, November 21, 2015

Rich Chocolate Chunks and Nuts Whole Wheat Cookies


Chocolate chunky cookies are the kids' most favourite and loved cookies which has big chocolate chunks that melt in mouth.
This recipe has chocolate in 3 forms that is cocoa powder, chocolate chips and big chocolate chunks and also some nuts of cashew and almond. So only these cookies are the richest ones.
Below is the text and video recipe.
Ingredients:
1cup/130 gm Whole wheat Flour
1/4 cup milk powder
3 tbsp Sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp milk
1/4 cup ghee/butter
3 tbsp each of Cashewnut and Badamchunks
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 cup each of chocolate chips and big chocolate chunks
Few drops of vanilla extract

Procedure:

Take ghee, suagr, vanilla and 1 tbsp milk and whisk till sugar is dissolved and looks fluffy and light.
Add cocoa powder and mix.
Now add the sifted flour and baking powder and mix gently to form a crumbly mixture.
Add all the nuts and choco chips and mix. Now add the milk powder and mix and then add the big chocolate chunks and mix and add 1-2 tbsp milk if required to form a cookie dough. Place in the freezer for 10-15 min.
In the meanwhile preheat the oven at 180C. 
Grease the baking tray and line with parchment paper and grease it also.
Make equal size cookies from the dough and place them on the tray.
After the oven is preheated place the tray in the oven and bake for 10 to 12 min till they are baked properly. Remove from oven and let them cool and store them in an air tight container and enjoy.