Spice 'n Sugar

Fluffy Pancakes Servings: 14 nos. Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Print Mouth watering pancakes with honey / maple syrup Now a days, our Sunday also starts very early since my younger son has his classes in the morning. Today I decided to make simple but healthy breakfast of Fluffy Pancakes served with honey and maple syrup. Pancakes can also be served by garnishing it with fresh fruits, fruit crush or jelly etc… Ingredients – Flour / Maida – 2 cups – Milk – 1/2 cup – Egg –

Eclair or Profiterole is a classic French choux pastry shell with moist & sweet pastry cream (creme patisserie) / custard with a garnish of chocolate glaze / ganache.  Profiteroles are round balls whereas Eclairs are oblong in shape. Classic French Chocolate Eclairs & Profiteroles Servings: 16 Nos. Time: 2 Hours Difficulty: Medium Print Ingredients For Choux Pastry Eclairs / Profiteroles Milk – 120 ml Water – 120 ml Sugar – 2 tsp Salt – 1/2 tsp Flour (Maida) – 150 gms Unsalte

These are the days of Ganpati festival and how can’t I make His favorite Modak..this time I made these modak with chocolate though. Very shiny, moderately sweet and mildly flavored with saffron and cardamom, these beauties taste divine. Chocolate Modak with Elaichi and Saffron Servings: 15 Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Print It is very simple to make the chocolates of the shape and flavor which you want. Cut chocolate compound coarsely, temper it uniformly, add the flavor

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Servings: 14-15 Time: 3 Hours Difficulty: Medium Print Moist, fluffy succulent red velvet cupcakes with tangy cream cheese frosting Ingredients For Cupcakes Maida (flour) – 160 gm Cocoa powder – 10 gm Baking soda – 1/2 tsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Cornflour – 30 gm Unsalted butter – 60 gm (at room temperature) Granulated sugar – 200 gm Eggs – 2 nos. (separate egg whites and yolks) Vegetable oil – 120 ml White vinegar – 1/2 tsp Vanilla esse

Lemon Cheesecake with Blueberry Topping Servings: 8-10 Time: 8-10 hours Difficulty: Medium Print Creamy & Lemony Cheesecake Ingredients For Base – Digestive Biscuits        -2 packs (150 gms each) – Salted Butter               -140 gms (at room temperature) – Granulated Sugar         -50 gms For Cheesecake – Cream Cheese            – 600 gms – Granulated Sugar       – 200 gms – Cornflour                   – 2 tb spoons – Fresh Cream               – 180 ml – Lemon Zest       

Apple Cinnamon Muffins Servings: 25-26 Time: 90 minutes Difficulty: Easy Print Apples and Cinnamon is always a great combination. These muffins are very soft and tasty Ingredients Maida : 180 gms Granulated sugar: 200 gms Unsalted butter : 150 gms Eggs : 3 Baking powder : 1.5 tsp Vanilla extract : 1 tsp Milk : 1/4 cup Gala Apples : 2 (finely chopped) Cinnamon : 2 tsp Directions Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees centigrade Sieve maida, add baking baking powder, mix well and keep it

Strawberry Mousse Servings: 7-8 Time: 4-5 Hours Difficulty: Easy Print Light and airy strawberry mousse Ingredients – Strawberries – 250 gms – Gelatin powder – 3 tsp – Powdered sugar – 100gms – Whipping cream – 200 ml Directions In a small bowl take 4 tbsp of water. Sprinkle gelatin powder on top and keep it aside Blend strawberries. Add 50 gms of powdered sugar and mix well Add gelatin mixture in blended strawberries and keep aside Take whipping cream in a glass bowl and whi

White Chocolate & Nuts Blondies Servings: 12-15 Time: 90 minutes Difficulty: Medium Print Blondies are similar to chocolate browine where cocoa powder is replaced with vanilla. These are the fudgy beauties Ingredients – White chocolate – 175 gms (finely chopped) – Unsalted butter – 115 gms (softened) – Powdered sugar – 100 gms – Eggs – 2 (lightly beaten) – Vanilla essence – 1 tsp – Baking powder – 1/2 tsp – Maida – 130 gms – Cashew Nuts – 50 gms (roughly chopped) – Almonds –

Servings: 12 nos. Time: 3 hours Difficulty: Medium Print This Sunday we planned to have brunch at home rather than conventional lunch and finalised on loaded Waffles, Chicken Schnitzel and bacon. I had once read waffle recipe by Gary Mehigan (one of the hosts from Masterchef Australia) and decided to adapt the same. The result is what you see in the picture…. Ingredients 1 teaspoon castor sugar 250 gm plain flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (I used Blue Bird

Donuts / Doughnuts Servings: 12 nos. Time: 90 minutes Difficulty: Medium Print Tasty and light donuts Recently I have been hearing about many outlets selling donuts in Bangalore and people going “mad over donuts” :-)…..So, I decided to try making these donuts which turned out to be relatively simple. There is no baking but deep frying involved in this recipe (of course we can make baked donuts as well but I deep fried them). Donut can be termed something in between bread and

Pavlova Miniatures Servings: 9-10 Time: 90 minutes Difficulty: Medium Print Meringue based dessert topped with whipped cream, jelly and fresh fruits...so delicious..... Yesterday, I had been for lunch at a restaurant and they had Pavlova as one of the many options for dessert. Pavlova is meringue based dessert having delicate but crisp crust and soft marshmellowy center. It is typically served by decorating the top with whipped cream and fresh fruits like Strawberries, Kiwi,

Coconut Milk and Mango Panna Cotta Servings: 12 nos Time: 30 minutes preparation 4-6 hours to set Difficulty: Easy Print Italian dessert with sweetened cream thickened with gelatin. It can be made in various combinations or with solo flavor. Can be served in glasses or can be plated as well Ingredients For Coconut Milk Panna Cotta Layer – Coconut milk  : 200 ml – Heavy cream : 300 ml (I have used Amul Fresh Cream) – Granulated Sugar : 8 tbsp – Vanilla essence : 1 tsp – Gelati

Dulce De Leche Servings: 1 can Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Print I came across Dulce De Leche when I was looking for recipe of Banoffee Pie. The most basic recipe for this “milk toffee” calls for slowly simmering milk and sugar together stirring continuously for long hours until the mixture thickens and caramelizes. At home, usually Dulce De Leche is prepared by boiling an unopened can of condensed milk for 2-3 hours. But there is also a simpler or faster way to make it