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How to prepare Batter fried squids

2014-10-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

To prepare these mouth watering batter fried squids, you would need
the below listed Ingredients.

1 lb fresh squid bodies
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Beer Batter

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup cold regular or nonalcoholic beer

Vegetable oil for deep frying

To prepare Garlic-Lemon Mayonnaise

1 cup mayonnaise
1 clove garlic, peeled
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves.

Directions

Thoroughly rinse squid; pat dry. Cut into 1/4-inch rings; place in medium bowl. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, the lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt and black pepper to taste; stir to coat. Cover; refrigerate at least 30 minutes to marinate. Meanwhile, in deep bowl, mix 1 cup of the flour, the olive oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, the red pepper and black pepper to taste. Slowly add beer, stirring gently until batter is smooth. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes. In food processor, place mayonnaise, 1 garlic clove and the lemon juice. Cover; process until garlic is chopped and mixture is blended. Transfer to small bowl; season with salt and black pepper. Stir in basil. Cover; refrigerate until serving time. In deep fryer or heavy saucepan, heat 2 inches vegetable oil to 375°F. In shallow bowl, place remaining 1 cup flour. Dip squid rings in flour, shaking off excess, then coat completely with beer batter. Fry squid in batches in hot oil until deep golden brown, about 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve calamari hot with Garlic-Lemon Mayonnaise.

Some Tips that will help

Keep calamari warm on a cookie sheet in a 250°F oven while you're frying the rest. Don't overcrowd the pan while frying. You can use this same beer batter and cooking method with any of your favorite seafood and vegetables.

How to make Gauva Cheese

2011-08-04T19:25:00.001-07:00

This Guava Cheese was made from an organically grown tree in my fathers front yard that were hand picked half ripe and left to ripen a bit.

Nutritional Vaue:

Guavas are often included among superfruits, being rich in dietary fiber, vitamins A and C, folic acid, and the dietary minerals, potassium, copper and manganese. Having a generally broad, low-calorie profile of essential nutrients, a single common guava (P. guajava) fruit contains about four times the amount of vitamin C as an orange.However, nutrient content varies across guava cultivars. Although the strawberry guava (P. littorale var. cattleianum), notably containing 90 mg of vitamin C per serving, has about 25% of the amount found in more common varieties, its total vitamin C content in one serving still provides 100% of the Dietary Reference Intake for adult males.

Guavas contain both carotenoids and polyphenols like gallocatechin, guaijaverin, leucocyanidin and amritoside – the major classes of antioxidant pigments giving them relatively high potential antioxidant value among plant foods. As these pigments produce the fruit skin and flesh color, guavas that are red-orange have more pigment content as polyphenol, carotenoid and pro-vitamin A, retinoid sources than yellow-green ones.

The next post will be on how to prepare guava cheese

HOW TO MAKE JUJUBES

2011-04-02T21:34:00.000-07:00

* 150 milliliters Water
* 200 grams Sugar, Plus 50 Grams For Rolling
* 2 Tablespoons Gelatin
* 2 Tablespoons Liquid Glucose Syrup
* ½ teaspoons Vanilla
* ¼ teaspoons Strawberry Essence
* 1 drop Food Coloring

Directions

In a small pan put 100 ml water and 200 grams sugar. Mix well.
Heat mixture, bring to a boil until it reaches a temperature of 115C (use a thermometer),
then remove from heat.
Soften the gelatin with the remaining 50 ml of water (keep the bowl warm in a double boiler).
Add the gelatin to the sugar mixture and glucose syrup, mix well.
Add vanilla, strawberry essence and food coloring; mix well.
Fold mixture into a greased mold or mini muffin pan.
Let cool about 14 hours.
After that, remove from mold and roll them in the remaining 50 grams granulated sugar, mixing well. Cut them into any desired shape.

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HOW TO BAKE AN EGGLESS CAKE

2010-04-06T08:13:00.001-07:00

INGREDIENTS: for 1/2 kilo sponge cake

condensed milk(milk maid)-- 1/2 tin
melted butter/margarine---- 60 ml
self raising flour--------- 125 gms
vanilla essence------------ 1 tsp
baking powder-------------- 1 levelled tsp
water---------------------- 75 ml
soda bicarbonate----------- 1/2 tsp
sugar---------------------- 2 tsp

METHOD:
sieve the flour, bicarbonate and baking powder 3 times. dissolve the sugar in water (use wooden spoon). add condensed milk and mix well. add flour 1 tsp at a time mixing well after each addition. add vanilla essence and melted and cooled margarine , blend well grease and dust a 6-7" cake tin . pour the cake mixture into the cake tin and bake in a hot oven at 200'c for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 150'c and bake for a further 10 minutes . the cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is spongy to touch when ready take out of the oven. leave for 1 minute invert the tin over a rack and tap sharply to remove. cool the cake.

How to bake a Banana Cake

2009-07-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

INGREDIENTS Refined flour-2 cups Baking powder-1/4 tsp Baking soda-1 tsp salt-1/8 tsp cinnamon powder-1 tsp Butter/margerine-1/3 cup Sugar(powdered)-1 1/3 cups vanilla essence-1/2 tsp Eggs-2 Bananas(mashed)-1 cup METHOD Sift together the flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt and cinnamon powder at least three times. Cream the butter/margerine along with sugar till soft and fluffy. Add vanilla essence, beaten eggs and bananas and mix well. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Pour the prepared batter into a greased and floured cake tin and leave to bake for about 1 hour or till done.

HOW TO PREPARE BAKED CHICKEN

2009-07-04T20:22:00.001-07:00

INGREDIENTS
Chicken-1
Salt-to taste
Lime-1
Garlic-1 pod
Soya sauce-2 tbsp
Worchestershire sauce-2tbsp
Chilli sauce-1 tbsp

METHOD
Clean and wash chicken and cut into medium sized pieces. Sprinkle salt over it. Mix the salted chicken with lime juice,crushed garlic,soya sauce,wochestershire sauce and chilli sauce. Leave the chicken to marinate for about 1 hour and bake in the oven at 150 degrees Centigrade for about 1 hour or until done.

How to prepare Ragi Roti

2009-06-17T04:07:00.000-07:00

Ingredients: • Ragi flour • 4 Onions, finely chopped • 1 Bunch coriander • 1 Cup grated coconut • Finely chopped green chilies • Finely chopped curry leaves • Salt to taste • Little sugar How to make Ragi Roti: • Combine onions, coconut, curry leaves, coriander leaves, green chilies and salt with little water. • Add ragi flour and some more water. • Mix well and knead to make dough. Set the dough aside for some time. • Apply little oil on a griddle. • Roll out chapattis from small portions of the dough. • Smear with oil and bake the roti at low heat till well done.

HOW TO BAKE AN EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

2007-12-17T11:07:00.001-08:00

250gms Plain flour
4tbsp Cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Soda bicarb
1 can ( 400 gms condensed milk)
1 tsp Vanilla essence
6 level tbsp Soft butter

Sieve the plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda bicarb together at least three times. Mix the condensed milk, vanilla essence and butter very well using a beater. Fold in the flour mixture into the condensed milk mixture little at a time till all the flour is used up. (folding in means using a metal spoon to cut through the batter first from up to down then clock wise). Add a little water at a time , while folding in continuously so that 300ml water is added. Pour in a greased tin and bake at 179 degrees till done.

How to prepare Rice Pudding

2007-10-29T00:16:00.001-07:00

Ingredients
10 or 12 eggs
1 ½ cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
1½ cups cooked rice
4 cups milk
½ cup melted butter
Method: Beat eggs well. Add sugar and beat until creamy. Add vanilla, salt and lemon juice. Beat in cooked rice and melted butter. Then add and beat in milk. Pour ingredients into greased baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until firm.

How to prepare Paneer Makhanwala

2007-10-29T00:14:00.001-07:00

Ingredients
1 kg paneer
1 cup curd
½ bunch coriander leaves
1tbsp chilli pd
2 tbsp garam masala pd
Orange colour

To be ground
16 flakes garlic
5 cm piece ginger
10 green chillies

Gravy ingredients
1kg tomatoes (red)
8 tbsp cashewnuts(powdered)
4 tbsp tomato sauce
200 gms cream
100gms butter
Little sugar to taste
½ tbsp chilli pd
2 bay leavessalt to taste

Method: Chop the paneer into cubes and fry them. Mix spices with curd and colour and leave to marinate. Meanwhile chop tomatoes and boil with 1 ½ cups water and bay leaves till completely soft. When done take out leaves and prepare tomato puree. Melt butter, add cashewnuts, fry till golden, add tomato puree, chilli pd, tomato sauce, salt and sugar. Brinf the mixture to boil, then add paneer. Simmer for 5-10 min then add cream and simmer for 5 min. Sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

Cook your favorite Green chicken

2007-10-29T00:11:00.000-07:00

Ingredients 1 chicken 1 lime Clean chicken, add salt and lime. Boil till almost done. Grind together 1 ½ pods garlic 2 ½ “ ginger ¾ tsp shahi jeera ½ tsp haldi 2-3 pieces cinnamon 10 cloves 10 peppercorns 6 elchi Green masala 5-6 green chillies 1 bunch coriander leaves A few mint leaves. Juice of 1 coconut. 2 onions 2 tomatoes Method : Fry onion, add tomato then add the ground masalas, fry well. Add the chicken and lastly add the coconut milk. Add more lime if necessary, u may also add 1 maggi cube if desired.

How to bake a Chocolate cake (for 2 kg)

2007-10-21T18:17:00.001-07:00

Ingredients
10 eggs
300g sugar
Less than 300g flour (maida in India ) {first add cocoa pd in the weighing pan and then add maida to measure total 300g}
5 tbsp cocoa pd
2(5/6) tsp vanilla essence
2 (5/6) tsp baking pd

Sieve maida, cocoa pd and baking pd at least 3 times. Grease a cake tin. Dust it with the sieved flour.Separate eggs. Beat egg whites till stiff. Add egg yolks 1 at a time. Beat till creamy. Add sugar little at a time and beat till dissolves. Continue until all sugar has dissolved. Add vanilla essence. Preheat the oven at 180 deg. Fold in the sieved flour. Pour into greased container and bake till done(abt ½ hr).

For butter icing
500g icing sugar
125g margarine
125g butter
Cocoa pd for chocolated icing

For melted chocolate icing
120 ml fresh cream
120 g dark chocolate

Method for icing the cake: turn the cake upside down on a board. Separate the cake into 2 halves.Mix 1 tbsp sugar with 1 mug water and spray on both layers. Apply chocolate butter icing on bottom layer and sandwich the cake with the top layer. Spray the whole cake with the sugar water again. Heat cream. Put off the flame. Add chopped chocolate and allow to melt. Pour over the cake and leave to set in refrigerator. Finish the decoration with butter icing.

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HOW TO BAKE A DATE AND WALNUT CAKE

2007-10-21T01:05:00.001-07:00

INGREDIENTS:
Maida 240g
Baking pd 1tsp
Powdered sugar 240g
Margarine 160g
butter 80g
dates 240g
walnuts 12og
baking soda a pinch
eggs 6
vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method:Grease and line a cake tin. Sieve maida and baking powder at least 3 times. Soak dates in warm water with baking soda for 15 mins. Chop dates after removing seeds and chop walnuts the same size. From the sieved flour add some to the chopped dates and walnuts so that they are coated in flour. Take a bowl and add butter and margarine. Beat with a wooden spoon till soft and fluffy. Slowly add the sugar 1 spoon at a time.Beat till light and fluffy. Separate eggs. In the mixture add only egg yolks 1 at a time. Beat till creamy. Add vanilla essence and mix. Now take a metal tablespoon and fold in the date and walnut mixture.(Folding in means to use the spoon to cut into tbe mixture first at the centre from top to down and then turn clockwise.) Continue to add and fold in till the mixture is mixed well. Now do the same for the sieved flour, 1 spoon at a time. Do this till all the flour is used up. Prehaeat the oven at 180 degrees. Beat egg whites till stiff.(the whites should stand in peaks and should not fall when the bowl is turned upside down.) Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites into the cake mixture 1 spoon at a time till all the egg white is used up. Pour the mixture into the greased and lined cake tin and bake for about 1 hr or till done. The cake will be done when a toothpick when inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.