Spicy Garlic Chutney

How many of you love garlic as much as I do? I have come across people that either loves it or hates it. Is there anyone in between the two? When I saw this garlic chutney at adlak's kitchen, I was sure of trying it out. The recipe cannot be any simpler. I enjoyed the chutney with rotis. Thanks Adlak for this wonderful recipe.

Ingredients:
Garlic-12 pods
Onion-1(medium)
Tomato-1
Hing-1/4 tsp
Red chillies-7(if you want it less spicy, use 5)
Salt
Mustard seeds-3/4 tsp
Oil-1/4 cup
Tamarind-2 inch piece

Method:
Grind all the above ingredients(without adding water) except oil and mustard seeds.
Heat oil in a pan. Tamper mustard seeds. When they crackle, add the ground paste. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add little water if required. Simmer and close with a lid. Cook until oil starts to float on top. It will take at least 45 minutes to an hour.
The chutney goes well with dosas, rotis, curd rice.

Note: If you don't like the smell of ground onion, substitute it with another tomato. You can also fry the above ingredients one after another and then grind.

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Praline Chocolate Ice Cream

After my first attempt on chocolate tofu mousse recipe, I'm quite curious about tofu desserts recently. This time I'm going to make ice cream which is without cream but tofu, again :P

Well, I've got this recipe through chocolate peanut butter ice cream, I changed the recipe to praline chocolate ice cream.

I've made a cup of praline paste using hazelnut with caramel sugar. I feel that Hazalnut and chocoalte always go very well. You'll hardly get the beany taste from the ice cream as I added vanilla extract and the praline already won over the beany taste.

This ice cream couldn't compare with those Häagen-Dazs ice cream as it didn't contains egg yolks and cream, so it's definately not as rich as Häagen-Dazs. But, it's no different compare to those ice cream box selling in the supermarket with the smooth and creamy texture, and nutty flavour. This is something good for those who afraid of fatness but craving for ice cream.

Recipe for praline paste:

1. Heat the 150g sugar in a pan (non-stick pan would be good). Make sure the sugar dissolves and the colour is a nice caramel (the praline can taste bitter if it colours too much). Pour the 100g hazelnut (halves) into the caramel and stir quickly.


2. Pour the mixture onto a non-stick mat or onto a sheet of greaseproof paper on a baking tray to cool. Spread the praline out to a thickness of about 1cm.


3. When the praline has set, lightly crush with a rolling pin then place into a bag. Using the rolling pin to punch until praline become the size of rock salt.


4. Place it into a food processor and blend until it become a thick paste.

Recipe for the ice cream:

1. Blend all these ingredients in a food processor (12oz silken tofu, 1 cup praline paste, 3/4 cup pure maple syrup, 1 cup soy milk, 2 tsp vanilla extract)


2. Melt 1 cup of dark chocolate in a double boiler. Add the melted chocolate to the tofu mixture (1).


3. Chill the mixture in the fridge for 2 hours then process in the ice cream machine.


4. Freeze in the freezer for couple of hour. Enjoy!

Pineapple Jam in Microwave

Ingredients
Pineapple puree- 1 cup
white sugar -1/2 cup
brown sugar - 1/2 cup
cloves - 4 nos
citric acid - 1 tspn
water to prepare the puree

Method

For pineapple puree, blend pineapple pieces with little water. Take a microwave safe bowl. Mix the puree with sugar. You can adjust the quantity of sugar according to the sweetness of the fruit. If you are using only white sugar increase the quantity by 1/4 cup. Microwave high for 15 minutes. Give a stir every 5 minutes.

Add the cloves coarsely crushed. If you wish , you can powder it finely. Mix in the crushed cloves and a teaspoon of citric acid. Microwave for 10 minutes. Check the consistency. It should be flaky. After five minutes, keep checking for every two minutes. This can be done on stove top too. But making in microwave doesn't call for constant attention.

Enjoy home made jam bursting with natural flavor of pineapple.