Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Coconut Boli



Ingredients:

Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Jaggery – 2 cups
Cardamom – 1/2 tsp
Maida – 1 cup
Turmeric – a pinch
Salt – a pinch
Water – little
Oil – as required

Method:

1. Add little salt, turmeric to maida and add sufficient oil, water and prepare soft dough. keep this prepared 1 hour before.
2. Mix coconut and jaggery and fry them in ghee to thicken.
3.Prepare medium sized balls with the grounded mixture after it cools down. Stuffing is ready.
6. Take a clean plastic sheet and grease it with oil.
7. Make small balls with the maida dough and keep each one in the leaf and flatten it a bit and keep the stuffing.
8. Properly close the maida and flatten again using hand. (just like thin poories but little small in size)
9. Cook them in a tawa adding ghee and oil. Cook until they are cooked on both sides.(like chappathi)

Coconut boli is ready.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Thai Iced Coffee

A very smooth recipe for an iced chai coffee.The spiciness of chai isn't only for tea,you know.It's a simple blend that won't take you forever to put together.Spice up your coffee today.


Ingredients:


2 tsp cardomom,ground

4 tbs sugar

4 tbs heavy cream

1 tsp almond extract



Preparation:


Use your favorite brewing method to make 4 cups of coffee,mixing the ground cardamom in with the grounds first.Add sugar and almond to the hot coffee, and mix until dissolved.Let cool.Half-fill 4 glasses with crushed ice,then fill up with coffee.Add a spoonful of cream to each, just before serving.

Iced Cafe au Lait

A simple iced coffee recipe,heavy on the milk.A quick iced coffee recipe is very handy in the summer.No reason to go without your coffee just because the heat is up.


Ingredients:


2 1/4 cups coffee,cold

2 cups milk

2 cups crushed ice



Preparation:


Blend all ingredients until frothy.

Serve over ice.

Sauda Over Ice

You can't go wrong sticking with the basics.It's just espresso over ice,with enough sweetened milk to mellow it out.


Ingredients(serves one):

2 shots espresso
2 tbs condensed milk,sweetened
Ice cubes


Preparation:

Add espresso and condensed milk to cocktail shaker,with enough ice to fill it up.Shake the espresso mixture vigorously to make it frothy and serve immediately.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Ginger Lemonade

Fresh ginger gives traditional lemonade a new flavour.Be careful though, the ginger is a very potent ingredient.Ginger lemonade goes well with a summer lunch of Asian cusinie.


Ingredients:

4 cups lemon juice
4 quarts water
3 cups sugar
14 slices of fresh ginger


Preparation:


Put water,sugar and ginger root together in a saucepan and heat until boiling.Remove from heat and stir in 4 cups of lemon juice(fresh or bottled).Let it sit and cool for about 20 minutes or so,then remove the ginger root pieces.Chill your ginger lemonade before serving.


Sliced ginger will make strong lemonade,but if you really like the ginger taste,you could chop into smaller pieces for more flavour.Just make sure to strain your lemonade well before serving.