Friday, June 8, 2012

Ragi Biscuits-One more way to include Ragi in diet!!!



Ragi Biscuits


This is one among those Ask Chitvish recipes I had loved trying. Check it out!





Ragi flour - 100 gms
Powdered sugar - 50 gms
Ghee - 50 gms







1)Roast Ragi flour on low flame till the aroma spreads and let it cool down completely.
2)Add Ragi flour,Powdered Sugar and mix thoroughly.
3)Add ghee to the flour mixture and beat together.
4)Add water little by little to check the consistency. It will be break down if the dough is very soft.
5)take cmall portions and flatten it. Use cooking cutters, bottle caps or small bangles to bring out the shapes.
6)Bake in a pre-heated oven at 160°C for 15-20 mns.
The amount mentioned about can make about 20-25 biscuits.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Plain Vanilla Cake- The simplest for any new baker!!!

                                               
Plain Vanilla Cake



This was my first cake baked out of my new oven. Till this point it was only pressure cooker cakes I was making of. This turned out a very good cake which inspired me more towards baking .




Maida-55 gms
Sugar-85 gms
Eggs-2
Baking Powder-1/2 teaspoon
Butter-3 tablespoon
Hot water-11/2 tablespoon
Vanilla Essence-1/8 teaspoon 



1)Sieve the flour along with baking powder. Keep it aside. 
2)Grease the baking tin with butter and place the baking paper and greaseit again and dust it with
   maida.
3)Beat Eggs and sugar together until the sugar melts and the mixture doubles in quantity.
4)Fold in the sieved flour using the spiral blade in hand mixer.
5)Fold in hot water,melted butter and vanilla essence.
6)Pour the mixture into the tin prepared in Step2.
7)Bake in pre-heated oven at 220°C for 15 mns.
8) After 10 mns, test the cake using a toothpick. If the inserted toothpick comes out clean, the cake is  done.
9) Take out from the oven and leave for one minute. Invert it on a wirerack tap it and let it cool down   completely.