Chicken Pizza Homemade

Homemade

Chicken and prawns   Pizza crust

Ingredients:

Making the Dough (step -1)

1) Lukewarm Milk – 1/2  cup and 1 cup extra

2) Yeast – 1/2  table spoon.

3) Sugar – ½ teaspoon.

4) Baking Powder – ½ teaspoon.

Making the Dough (step -2)

1) All-purpose Flour – 2 cups cups.

2) Olive Oil – 2 Table spoon `

3) Salt – ½ Teaspoon.


For the Toppings


1) Onion – 1 no ( Chopped)

2) Seedless Black olives – As required( Chopped)

3) Bell Pepper ( Capsicum) – Green & Red – as required ( Chopped)

4)    Cooked sea food  ( Prawns/Squid/ Crab/ Mussel's) - As required

5) Fresh Mush Rooms – As required( Chopped)

6) Pizza Sauce -3-4 Table spoon

7) Mozzarella Cheese- As required( shredded )

8) P Cheddar Cheese- As required( shredded)

Method

For the yeast mix

Take a large bowl and combine all (Step -1) ingredients and mix it slightly, then keep it for about 10 mints (covered) until raised up.

For the Dough

Take a large bowl, add flour, salt, oil & the yeast mixture.

Mix well using a spatula then knead well by hands 7-10 mints. ( if needed add the extra milk).

Put the dough on a dry -clean bowl and rub some oil on the top of the dough and cover it with a large plastic wrap, then leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-1 ½ hour or until the dough is double in size.

Take the dough and pat into a round shape either roll out with a dough roller or pat it on to your pizza baking tray with your hands. Slightly stab with a fork on the patted dough to remove the air bubbles.

Finally spread the pizza sauce on your base, then put shredded mozzarella cheese, then your vegetable’s and cooked sea food  one by one evenly till the ingredients finished(don’t put too much toppings). Finally add the shredded  cheddar cheese on the top of your pizza crust.

Bake the pizza at 240 degree Celsius for about 12-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the crust is in golden brown. Remove the pizza and let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

Rich Plum Cake

Rich Plum Cake for xmas

INGREDIENTS

1) 100 g dried figs chopped 

2) 100-prunes, chopped

3) 100 dried strobbery-Chopped

4)150 gm raisins.

5) 150 gm -cherries

6) 200 gm nuts of your choice 

7)150 ml Rum or Brandy and keep

2 tablespoon extra for soaking the cake

8)300 g butter

9) 300 g soft light brown sugar

10) Zest and juice of 1 large Orange

11)Zest of 1 lemon

12) 3 tablespoons of molasses syrup

13) 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

14)1 tsp mixed spice(dried ginger and cloves)

15) 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder

16)5 medium eggs, beaten

17) 300 g plain flour

18) 1/2 tsp baking powder

19) 50 gm almonds powder.

20) caramel syrup- 2 tablespoon optional

( if you need more darker cake,i didnt use, i dont like too darker plum cakes )

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 160C or 180 C for about 15 minutes.

It's definitely worth taking the time to line your cake tin correctly to protect the cake during its long baking time. 

Place the dried fruits in a large saucepan with the Rum , butter, sugar, Orange zest and juice, lemon zest, molasses

Syrup, cinnamon, mixed spice and nutmeg powder .

Gently bring to a boil, then simmer it ,stirring, for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the mixture sit for at least 1 hour. 

(You can prepare this in advance and left it overnight too.)

When you're ready to bake the cake, pour the soaked fruit mixture into a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs one at a time, then stir in the flour, baking powder and ground almonds. Stir until everything is well combined. 

Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 1.20 to 1.40 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. 

Leave to cool the cake completely in the tin.

When the cake is completely cold, make a few holes in the cake, and drizzle with a little rum, then wrap in a double layer of baking paper and foil and store in an airtight container.

  

Homemade Chocolate Brownies

Homemade Chocolate Brownies 

Ingredients


1 1) 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, cut into 1-Tbsp pieces.

2) 1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar.

3) 1/2 tsp salt.

4) 3 large eggs.

5) 2 tsp vanilla extract.

6) 2/3 cup (98g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure).

7) 9 Tbsp (56g) unsweetened cocoa powder.

8) 3/4 cup (128g) chocolate chips.


Method of making

1) Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

2) Make ready a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray or butter with parchment paper.

3) Place butter in a large microwave safe bowl. Melt it in microwave until just melted. (Let it cool it

      is warm).

4) Powdered the granulated sugar.

5) Mix the powdered sugar and melted butter along with eggs until blended using a blender or with a

      wooden spatula.

6) Once everything blended well add all purpose flour with salt (always sieve it before use), then add 

      cocoa powder, vanilla and chocolate chips, fold all the ingredients with a wooden spoon until 

       combined well.

7) Transfer the batter into the prepared baking dish. Spread into an even layer.

8) Bake the same in a preheated oven just until barely set, (35 to 40 mints.)Please do check 

     occasionally, be careful not to over bake.

9) Let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares (at least 40 mints).

10) Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Grape Wine

Happy Xmas to All Recipe will be posted Soon

Instant Bread Dosa

Instant Bread Masala Dosa
Ingredients

1) 8 bread slices

2) ½ cup rava / semolina

3) 2 tbsp rice flour

4) ¼ cup curd / yogurt

5) ¼ cup water or as required

6) salt to taste

7) oil – 1 table spoon ( for Roasting the Dosa- )

8) Potato Baji Mix – For Filling

Method

Take 8 slices of normal bread and cut off the edges.

Crumble the bread slices using your hands in a bowl, add the rava, rice flour , curd , salt and water in to the same bowl allow to soak for 20-30 mints then grind it in a blender as a smooth batter consistency add water more, if required .

Heat a Dosa Tawa smear some water over the tawa and wipe off with tissue to adjust the heat, sprinkle some oil and also wipe off, (if you are using nonstick –pouring of oil is not required.)

Once the tawa is hot pour a ladleful of batter and spread out in a circular motion.

Add some oil on top of the dosa, then cover the dosa with a pan and cook for about for a minute. Place potato mix in side of the dosa. Then cook for 15-30 seconds or till it turns golden brown and crisp. Roll the Dosa into circular.

Serve masala dosa hot with coconut chutney and sambar etc.

Ultra Moist Banana Cake

Ingredients

1)                 All Purpose Flour – 1 ½ Cup ( 375ml)

2)                Baking Powder- 1 teaspoon

3)                Baking soda-1 teaspoon

4)                Mashed Ripe Bananas – ( Medium – 3-4)

5)                Thick Coconut Milk – 125ml ( You can make at home or you can buy ready made)

6)                Lime Juice – 15 ml

7)                Unsalted Butter softened( in Room Temperature)- ½ Cup ( 125 gm)

8)               Sugar – 1 cup( 250ml)

9)                 1 large egg

10)           Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

Method to Bake the Cake

Take a big bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda and keep aside.

In another bowl, combine bananas, coconut milk and lime juice. Set aside. (I used a blender to mix all)

In a third bowl, add butter ,  sugar , Egg and vanilla extract and mix well using a hand blender in medium speed till smooth. (Tip makes the sugar powdered before use).

Then add dry ingredients (All-purpose flour) alternately with banana mixture.

Finally pour the cake mixture in to a loaf pan. Bake for about 1 hour (Preheat the oven for about 15 mints in 180) or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Let cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan and slicing.

Homemade Sea Food Pizza crust

Homemade Sea Food  Pizza crust

Ingredients:
Making the Dough (step -1)

1) Lukewarm Milk – 1/2  cup and 1 cup extra

2) Yeast – 1/2  table spoon.

3) Sugar – ½ teaspoon.

4) Baking Powder – ½ teaspoon.

Making the Dough (step -2)

1) All-purpose Flour – 2 cups cups.

2) Olive Oil – 2 Table spoon `

3) Salt – ½ Teaspoon.


For the Toppings


1) Onion – 1 no ( Chopped)

2) Seedless Black olives – As required( Chopped)

3) Bell Pepper ( Capsicum) – Green & Red – as required ( Chopped)

4)    Cooked sea food  ( Prawns/Squid/ Crab/ Mussel's) - As required

5) Fresh Mush Rooms – As required( Chopped)

6) Pizza Sauce -3-4 Table spoon

7) Mozzarella Cheese- As required( shredded )

8) P Cheddar Cheese- As required( shredded)

Method

For the yeast mix

Take a large bowl and combine all (Step -1) ingredients and mix it slightly, then keep it for about 10 mints (covered) until raised up.

For the Dough

Take a large bowl, add flour, salt, oil & the yeast mixture.

Mix well using a spatula then knead well by hands 7-10 mints. ( if needed add the extra milk).

Put the dough on a dry -clean bowl and rub some oil on the top of the dough and cover it with a large plastic wrap, then leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-1 ½ hour or until the dough is double in size.

Take the dough and pat into a round shape either roll out with a dough roller or pat it on to your pizza baking tray with your hands. Slightly stab with a fork on the patted dough to remove the air bubbles.

Finally spread the pizza sauce on your base, then put shredded mozzarella cheese, then your vegetable’s and cooked sea food  one by one evenly till the ingredients finished(don’t put too much toppings). Finally add the shredded  cheddar cheese on the top of your pizza crust.

Bake the pizza at 240 degree Celsius for about 12-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the crust is in golden brown. Remove the pizza and let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing.