Monday, August 06, 2012

Condensed Milk Pound Cake




Baking an egg less pound cake was my dream.  But, one of my friends who is expert in baking advised me to try an egg version first and then try for egg less one. I suddenly remember this cake which I bookmarked from Nags where she adopted it from The Temptations.

Except the dark brown skin, the cake tasted scrumptious.  I was left with only 3 pieces to shot the picture and somehow I managed to click few pictures. Hope you all adjust with the picture and enjoy the cake.

Basic Information:
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Makes:  10 - 12 slices




Ingredients:


All purpose powder / Maida - 1 and 1/3 cups
Granulated Sugar - 1 cup, make a powder of it
Baking powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Sweetened condensed milk - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter - 1 cup, whipped at room temperature
Eggs - 2 nos
Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons








Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 325F or 180C.
2) Grease the pan with butter and roughly dust with flour. I used loaf pan with measurement (2lb, 25CM X 12CM).
3) Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
4) Take a mixing bowl and mix sugar, butter and salt. Beat it using a whisk for 2 minutes or until fluffy and creamy.


 



5) Add the condensed milk and continue beating until the condensed milk is incorporated with butter sugar mixture.
6) Add the sifted dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until both the mixture are properly incorporated. It will take 5-10 minutes of time.


 






7) Add the eggs and mix just until it combined with the flour.








8) Add vanilla extract and mix again for 5 minutes. Scrape  the sides of mixing bowl.
9) Transfer the batter to the prepared  loaf tin as said in step 2.



10) Bake it for 45 minutes or until the tooth pin inserted into it came out clear.
11) Cool completely for sometime and transfer the cake to the cooling rack. I couldn't take picture of it, as it was taken already by my family members.
12) Cut them into slices and serve. You can also store in a air tight container and keep up to 5-10 days.



Sunday, August 05, 2012

Udupi Krishna's Favourites For Krishna Janmaashtami - Pancha Kajjaaya - A Sweet Mixture


UDUPI KRISHNA'S FAVOURITES FOR 


KRISHNA JANMAASHTAMI

 PANCHA KAJJAAYA 


Pancha Kajjaaya is another Udupi Speciality offered to Udupi Sri Krishna.The ingredients were quite visible and it was very easy to prepare it after tasting the special prasaadam from the bag of Sampoorna Prasaadam from Udupi. 

 INGREDIENTS 

Bengal gram dal - 1/2 cup 
Grated copra ( dried coconut) - 1/2 cup 
Sugar - 1 cup 
Ghee - 1 tbsp 
Cashew nuts - a few 
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch 

METHOD 

1. Heat a drop of ghee in a pan and add the Bengal gram dal. 
2. Roast the dal till it becomes golden in colour giving out a pleasant aroma. 
3. Cool the roasted dal and grind it into a coarse sand like powder. 
4. Mix the coarse dal powder, grated copra,sugar and cardamom powder in a bowl. 
5. Heat the remaining ghee and fry the cashew nuts to a golden colour and mix with the ingredients in the bowl. 


Offer the crunchy and flavoursome Pancha Kajjaaya to the little Lord on His Janmaashtami and relish the blessed prasaadam.

Saturday, August 04, 2012

Udupi Krishna's Favourites For Krishna Janmaashtami - Gullorige - Fried Coconut Cookies


 UDUPI KRISHNA'S FAVOURITES FOR 

KRISHNA JANMAASHTAMI 

GULLORIGE 

Gullorige is a special sweet offered to Udupi Sri Krishna which tastes like a sweet coconut cookie. Like all other children, the Divine Baby too loves this fried coconut cookie. 


INGREDIENTS FOR THE FILLING 

Roasted gram ( hurigadale)- 1/2 cup 
Grated copra ( dried coconut ) - 1 cup 
Sugar - 1 cup  
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch 

TO PREPARE THE FILLING


1. Grind roasted gram, sugar and cardamom together into a powder. 
2. Add the dry coconut gratings and run the mixer for a few seconds so that the filling remains coarse. 

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE GULLORIGE 

Fine semolina ( Peni Ravae or sanna Ravae) - 2 cups 
Ghee - 1 tbsp 
Salt - 1 pinch 
Oil - For frying 

TO MAKE THE GULLORIGE 

1. Rub ghee and salt into the fine semolina. 
2. Add warm water little by little and knead it into a soft dough. 
3. Cover and leave it for one hour. 
4. Take out a small ball of the soft dough and roll into a thick poorie
5. Place a table spoon of the filling and draw the edges of the poorie together to cover the filling, and press down to seal. 


6. Place the sealed side down and lightly roll into a thick  poorie dusting with flour if necessary. 
7. Roll out all the dough into stuffed gulloriges and cover with a wet cloth. 
8. Heat oil in a kadai
9. Slide one or two gulloriges into the hot oil and reduce the heat. 


10. Press down  using the perforated ladle so that they do not puff up and fry till the colour changes. 
11. Flip and fry on both sides increasing heat. 
12. Fry till the gulloriges become crisp, remove and drain. 


 Offer Gullorige - the sweet coconutty cookie - to baby Krishna on His happy birthday.