Dragon Chicken

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken - 500 grams(cut into thin strips)
Spring Onion        -chopped
Oil for Deep frying

For Marination:
Dark Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Paste - 2 tsp
Egg - 1
Maida               - 1/2 cup
Corn Flour        - 1/4 cup
Ginger Garlic Paste  - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Pepper - 1 tsp

For Sauce:
Oil - 1 tbsp
Dry Red Chilli - 3
Cashews - 4 tbspn broken into small pieces
Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
Capsicum - 1 sliced thinly
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbspn
Red Chilli Paste - 1 tsp
Dark Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp

Method:
Marinate the chicken and keep it for 15 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the marinated chicken.
Drain and set aside.
Heat another pan and add dry red chilli and cashews and fry them golden brown.
Now add in onions and bell peppers and stir well and add garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes away.
Add in red chilli paste, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, salt, sugar and mix well.
Cook this for a couple of mins till the water evaporates and sauce thickens.
Now add in the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce.
Add in chopped spring onion and mix well.
Serve hot.

Simple steps to make creamiest Tender Coconut Pudding

Tender Coconut Pudding

Tender Coconut Pudding ( Ingredients)

1. China grass           5 gms
2. Water                   ½ Cup
3. Condensed Milk   ½ Cup
4. Milk                     1 Cup
5. Sugar                    2 tbsp or to taste
6. Coconut Water     ¾ Cup
7. Coconut Scraping ½ Cup

Follow this Method to Make Tender Coconut Pudding (Elaneer Pudding):

• Soak China grass in ½ Cup water for 10 minutes.
• Cook on low flame till it dissolves completely.
• Boil Condensed milk, milk and sugar, boil for 3 minutes and remove from heat.
• Pour hot china grass mixture to condensed milk mixture. Strain it, pushing with a spoon so that china grass is completely incorporated into the milk.
• Add coconut water. Keep stirring to cool and to prevent skin from forming on top.
• Pour into a pudding dish, when it is semi set place the coconut scraping and set in fridge. Pour coconut jelly over the pudding and refrigerate.

How to make Coconut Jelly

1. Gelatin                       1 tsp soaked in 2 tbsp coconut water
2. Coconut Water          ½ Cup
3. Sugar                         1 tbsp (as per your taste)

Method

1. Double boil gelatin till it is completely dissolved.
2. Remove and add coconut water and sugar mix well.
3. Pour this over the set pudding and serve Chill

Follow these steps to make tender coconut pudding (Elaneer Pudding) from the start.

Step 1 - Keep all the ingredients in one place- first, soak China grass in ½ Cup water for 10 minutes.

Step 2 - Cook china grass on low flame till it dissolves completely

Step 3 - Boil Condensed milk, milk and sugar, boil for 3 minutes and remove from heat

Step 4 - Pour hot china grass mixture to condensed milk mixture. Strain it, pushing with a spoon so that china grass is completely incorporated into the milk

Step 5 - Add coconut water. Keep stirring to cool and to prevent skin from forming on top

Step 6 - Pour into a pudding dish

Step - 7 when it is semi set place the coconut scraping and set in fridge

Step 8 - Pour coconut jelly over the pudding and refrigerate

Finally, serve chill for best taste.

Infosys Trivandrum Cake Baking Class

3 yrs back when I left my job at Techno Park, Trivandrum. Never had a clue about what I am going to do. But was sure that I will take up my PASSION. Today I am at Infosys teaching how to BAKE. I am just loving it.

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman — feeling wonderful at Infosys Campus, Trivandrum.

Fort Kochi Fish Morris

Attended a cooking demonstration of Chef Sanjeev Kammath of The Grill and Curry Bowl demonstrating three delicious recipes which were Prawn Ghee Roast, Chimchuri Grilled Snapper, and Fort Kochi Fish Morris.

Here is the Fort Kochi Fish Morris which I made, the specialty of this curry is you add gram masala to it.

Serves 4
Ingredients

Seer Fish Cubes    500gms
Coconut Oil          100ml
Water                   50ml
Ginger                   20 gms
Green Chillies        20 gms
Onions sliced         150 gms
Coconut Milk         150 ml
Chilli powder          3 tsp
Red Chilli powder  2 tbsp
Coriander powder 1.5 tbsp
Turmeric powder   1/2 tsp
Garam Masala       1 tsp
Curry leaf              1 sprig
Salt to taste

Method

1. Marinate the fish with red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt for 30 minutes and deep aside. Grill the fish on a griddle and cook till half done.

2. Heat oil in a pan,, add chopped ginger, green chillies curry leaves and sliced onions and cook till the onions turn translucent.

3. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric and saute well. Follow it by adding the water and salt.

4. Add the grilled fish cubes and coconut milk. Season with gram masala.

Serve hot with Appam or boiled rice.

Enjoy Fish Morris :-)

   

Valentine Special - Red Velvet Cakes and Cupcakes

“A red velvet cupcake makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.”

Red Velvet Cupcake with Fresh Cream Icing

Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting

Heart Shaped Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cupcake with topping Cream Cheese Frosting

Simply Lovely Cupcakes 

Chocolate Banana Cake

Ingredients

Ripe Banana             2

Lemon Juice             2

Butter                      175 gms

Brown Sugar           175 gms

Eggs                        2

Flour                       225 gms

Baking powder       1/2 tsp 

Nuts                        85gms

Dark Chocolate       65gms

White Chocolate      25gms

Method 

• Preheat the oven to 180 degree and line the base of your loaf tin with butter paper.
  
• Cut the bananas into pieces, add the lemon juice and mash to form a puree, set aside.
  
• Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy, then gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour after each addition. When all the eggs have been added, stir in the banana puree and then the remaining flour. Add the chopped nuts.
  
• Double boil the chocolates until smooth then stir lightly into the cake mixture.
  
• Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for 45-55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave until cool before removing from the tin. Leave until completely cool.
  
• Double boil the white chocolate. stir until smooth then drizzle over the cooled cake.
  
• Arrange the nuts on top and serve once the chocolate has set.

Enjoy!!

Ring of Delight

Closer Look of - Chocolate Orange Ring Cake

Chocolate Orange Ring Cake

Slice of Chocolate Cake - Delight

Here's the cake made using the ring shaped cake mold. 

Classic Chocolate Cake

For sheer indulgence, nothing beats a slice of moist chocolate cake smothered in a rich and creamy frosting.

Simple Chocolate Cake

Guest Lecturer at The Oxford College of Hotel Management, Bangalore

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts, time to experiment different cakes, read all the books I want to read, and have time to make as many friends I want.” “Life is too short to worry about anything. You better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.”

Another awesome experience with six young budding bakers. Got an opportunity to be the guest lecturer for the baking department of The oxford college of Hotel Management Bangalore. A big thanks to Beulah and Arun for making it happen.

Wanna be Chefs at Oxford college