Home-made Healthy Pizza

 Life for students is all about examinations and results. To transform exam tensions into fun and excitement, I decided to organize a bakery trade fair as internal assessment for my students.

In this fair students had to form in groups and prepare the bakery food items and sell the stuff to the college staff members and as well to the students of the other course. Grades will be decided based on the number of coupons collected by the group for their stuff.

So I am going to unfold the recipe, I taught to my students for the trade fair which happened to be a grand success.

Thin crust Pizza recipe follows as below:

 Ingredients : (for dough)

INGREDIENTS OF BREAD.

Refine flour: 125 gms

Wheat flour: 125 gms

Yeast: 10 gms

Grain sugar: 5 gms

Fat: 10 gms

Milk: 30 ml (optional)

Egg: 1 no. (optional)

Water: to bind

MAKING OF THE DOUGH.

Fillings & sauce:

Tomatoes: 500 gms

Onions: 200 gms

Cheese: 100 gms

Olives: 10 gms

Capsicum: 100 gms

Mushrooms: 30 gms

Red chilli powder: ½ tsp

Pepper powder: ½ tsp

Salt: to taste

Method:

1. Sieve the flour and make soft dough.

2. Chop onions and tomatoes, grate cheese, cut roundels of capsicum and slice the mushrooms and olives.

PORTIONING OF DOUGH.

3. Sauté the onions in little oil, add tomatoes and cook as it thickens add chilly powder and pepper, herbs, and salt. Make a thick tomato sauce.

4. Divide the dough into 6 portions and allow it to ferment.

5.  Roll out the dough; spread the tomato sauce with the topping over the pizza and sprinkle cheese and bake at 220 C for 10-15 minutes.

6. After baking apply fat at the edges of the bread.

7.  Cut the bread with the help of pizza cutter or knife into 6 or 8 portion.

ROLLING OF THE DOUGH.

APPLICATION OF SAUCE AND THE TOPPINGS.

AFTER BAKING @ 220 DEGREE.

Happy baking!

Yumm... Brownies.

FINAL PRESENTATION

This blog gives me the opportunity to carry the message of the contribution as an individual towards our society along with the delicious and easy making brownies recipe at your edge.

In this era of fast life everybody is busy in pursuit of money, success and power. But we tend to forget our social responsibilities and give back a little to our own society.

Being a privileged child from my childhood , I really wanted to reveal some responsibilities towards our society in some noble cause. And here the day arrived with the initiative of Apeejay institute of hospitality CBD Belapur and along with the active participation of the students, it was decided to visit Swarg Dwar at Taloja and serve lunch to less privileged elderly citizens and children.

This event personally helped me to contribute toward the society as I was assigned to make the brownies for the old age and less privilege children.

And I am very much delighted in writing the blog on this recipe as the brownies were made for a noble cause and it was really enjoyable for everyone.

Brownies 

Ingredients :

Dark chocolate – 200 gm

Butter – 200 gm

Grain sugar – 150 gm

Eggs  - 3 nos.

Flour – 125 gm

Vanilla essence – 2/3 drops

chopped Walnuts – 50 gm

Method :

1. Whisk the eggs and grain sugar lightly with the help of the electric  beater.

2.  Simultaneously melt dark chocolate and butter together on the double boiler.

3.  After melting the mixture of dark chocolate and butter together, add it into the whisk egg and sugar.

4. Mix it all together with the help of whisk and add flour and walnuts into it.

5.   Cut and fold the entire mixture with the help of spatula (lightly).

6.   Pour the brownie batter in the greased cake tin (rectangle shape) and bake it on 180 C for 25 minutes.

• NOTE : After baking de-mould at room temperature.

• SERVINGS : Maximum 12 pieces and serve it warm with chocolate sauce or vanilla ice cream.

And relish this recipe with the heart touching poem that flow

I'M BLESSED INDEED !

I'm blessed indeed!

Today upon the bus, I saw a lovely girl,

And I wish I were as fair.

She seemed so happy, I envied her.

And then suddenly, she rose to leave,

And I saw her hobble down the aisle,

She had one leg and wore a crutch,

Oh God, forgive me when I whine,

I have two legs, I am blessed indeed. The world is mine!

Later walking down the street,

I saw a man with blue eyes.

But he just stood and watched others play.

So, I stopped a moment and then I said,

"Why don't you join the others, Sir?"

But he look ahead without a word.

And then I knew he could not hear.

Oh God, forgive me when I whine.

I have two ears, I am blessed indeed. The world is mine!

And later, I stopped to buy some sweets,

The lad who sold them had such charm,

I talked with him. If I were late, it would do no harm.

But as I turned to go, he said to me,

"I thank you, Sir, you've been so kind.

It's nice to talk to folks like you

But excuse me, I am blind."

Oh God, forgive me when I whine.

I have two eyes, I am blessed indeed. The world is mine!

With legs to take me where I want to go,

With ears to hear the things I need to know,

With eyes to watch the radiant sunset glow.

Oh god forgive me when I whine,

I am blessed indeed. the world is mine!

And find the photos of this event through the given link below:
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Holidays Cookies...

Christmas  season and its jingles of bells everywhere. Also new-year is around the corner so before we step into new-year lets end this year 2012 with a very nutritious and healthy cookie recipe. As we are getting more and more  health conscious, this oat raisin cookies will surely help you to keep those extra colories at bay.







Ingredients : 
Butter : 340gms

Icing sugar : 500gms



Step 1.

Flour : 300gms

Raisins : 125gms

Oats : 365gms

Vanilla essence : 1/2tbspn

Baking powder : 5gms

Step 2.

Step 3.











Step 4.



Method:

1. Cream butter and icing sugar together.
2. Mix all the remaining ingredients in the cream mixture.
3. As per required size divide the mixture.
4. After shaping individual rolls, dust in oats as required.
5. Arrange on a greased baking tray
6.  Bake this cookies at 160 C for about 18 to 20 mins.
7. Cool and store in  air tight container.

So now by ending this tasty recipe and the year ...Wish you all a very Happy New Year and Happy baking!!!!

Coffee Mania ! ! !

 Coffee is a great beverage which has been used over the years. It also has a fair share of romanticism attached to it. Winter is known to be the best season to have coffee flavour drinks. This very thought inspired me to blog on coffee......this doesn’t mean that I will explore the recipe of traditional coffee making but will surely make you feel the flavour of coffee in the form of  dessert known as coffee mousse.

You can relish this recipe after any meal of your day. But the most important part of this recipe is the usage of good quality of coffee powder (Nescafé/ Bru).

 

Coffee Mousse:

Ingredients :

Egg yolk  -        1no.

Grain sugar  -  30gm

Milk    -             150ml

Gelatine    -      8gm

Coffee liquid  - 1 tbsp.

Whipped cream 150ml

Vanilla essence  -  few drop (optional)

Consistency of custard.

Soaked gelatine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method:

1.      Soak the gelatine in the cold water.

2.      Prepare the hot basic custard by boiling milk and sugar together and gradually adding egg in boiling milk.

3.      Then add soaked gelatine and coffee liquid to the custard.

4.      Strain the mixture using a fine strainer.

5.      Put the mixture on the ice water bath and make the mixture into semi-thick consistency.

6.      Later add the whipped cream and fold the entire mixture with the help of the spatula.

7.      Pour the mixture into proper moulds and set in the refrigerator for 1-2 hrs.

8.      Garnish it with the swirl of cream and sprinkle the cocoa powder on top of it.

 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed the journey of this recipe with the exotic presentation of the mousse....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate Comfort....

Being a pastry chef , this post of mine is going to be on chocolate base or garnish that could be diverse on your plate. This preparation was made for the special lunch organized at my work place.

I had planned the menu 2 days prior to the lunch and was ready to try out some creativity on chocolate molding filled with special dessert in it. The imagination of making the dessert excited me.

This post is based on professional innovation and integration so please read and follow the recipe exactly the same.

Suggestions and comments from the readers are utmost desired.

"Chocolate Tear Drop"

1. Melt chocolate on double boiler

Preparation time : 20 min's                                           

Servings : 12  portion

Ingredients :-

Dark chocolate slabs - 100 gm

White chocolate slabs - 50 gm

OHP sheets - cut in rectangle form (as base)

Greased proof paper - cut in triangle form 
(as piping)

2. Melted chocolate 

Method :-
1.Melt dark and white chocolate by double boiler method.
2.After melting of chocolate, let the temperature of chocolate lower to 28⁰ C (Lukewarm)
3. Place the OHP strips on the table and drizzle some white chocolate on it with the help of piping bag.

3. OHP rectangular transperancy sheet.

4.Take melted dark chocolate (temperature to be 28⁰ C) and spread over the sheets as shown in the image.
5.Quickly mold the sheets by joining both the opposite ends together.
6.In few seconds, the applied chocolate will cool down and become firm.
7.The space in the chocolate mold can be filled with any sweet filling of your choice.

4. Pouring chocolate in handmade(cone)
pipping bag

5. Cutting the tip .

6. Drizzling of white chocolate

7. Spread of dark chocolate.

8. Molding chocolate

9. After set

10. Filling of strawberry mousse

11. Masking with chocolate glaze. 

"Be Mine" - Chocolate tear drops filled with strawberry mousse and masked with chocolate glaze. 

Variation :

Once the droplets are ready, savor them by filling with different flavored and color jams, mixed caramelized dry fruits or fresh fruits, small scoop of ice cream, piped out with any flavored mousse.

Tips :

Avoid water intervention while working with chocolate as it will spoil the preparation. Clean the equipments and tools with duster after your each activity. Please follow the images to apprehend the recipe precisely.                 

"Personalize the filling for every special occasion"

The Making of "Burfi"...

This was my first chaturthi celebration after marriage and I was at my in laws place for the same. There were variety of Mithai's flowing in the house from friends and relatives. I tasted most of the mithai, but still could not find,my favourite, chocolate burfi on the platter.

Its true, cravings can be really crazy. So I decided to try out my own version of chocolate Burfi. And I guess this was the right time to show off my culinary talent to my In laws and to be in good notion with them.

I  tried the recipe before so i was bit confident in making it...and my recipes goes like....



1.Haryali Mawa

Pista Chocolate Burfi :

Ingredients :

Haryali mawa - 500 gm
Normal sugar - 300 gm
Cardamon powder - 5 gm
Pistachio puree - 350 gm
Cocoa powder - 50 gm
Sliced pistachio - for garnish

2.Cooked mawa and sugar 

Method :

• Fine grate the mawa and cook it in the frying pan with the perfect amount of sugar.
• Cook the mixture for around half an hour on slow flame.(stir continuously)
• The mixture should be lump free and thick in consistency.
• Add the cardamon flavor and pistachio puree, mix well.
• Pour the mixture in the greased rectangular mold.
• Make the same mixture by adding cocoa powder and spread it over the pistachio flavor mixture.
• Its the making of two layered burfi with different flavor and color.
• Refrigerate the mixture for 3-4 hours. 
• Demold it and cut into required shape and garnish it with warq and flakes of pistachios.

3. Pista spread

4. Chocolate spread












5. After set

I enjoyed making it and it almost took me 45 mins for the preparation. Burfi was looking awesome to me and thankfully it amazed my in laws too.

And finally I fulfilled my desire by eating a piece of burfi... :)

Hope you also enjoy the same.