Monday, November 9, 2015

Whole wheat Pizza

Whole wheat pizza

INGREDIENTS

Nonstick cooking spray
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm water (100 to 110 degrees F)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
2 cups white whole-wheat flour, plus more for kneading
salt for taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
pizza suace
Mozerella cheese
Vegetables for topping
Pizza pan for baking

 DIRECTIONS
1. In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Sprinkle yeast over the top, and let stand for about 10 minutes, until foamy.
2. Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in the whole wheat flour  until dough starts to come together. knead until all of the flour has been absorbed, and the ball of dough becomes smooth, about 10 minutes.
3. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover loosely with a towel, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
4. When the dough is doubled, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and divide into 2 pieces for 2 thin crust, or leave whole to make one thick crust. Form into a tight ball.
 Let rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled.
5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F . Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further.And gently pull the edges outward, while rotating the crust. When the circle has reached the desired size, place on a well oiled pizza pan.
6. Just do small holes with froke on crust , so it will bake nicely .
7. Top pizza with your favorite toppings, such as sauce, cheese, meats, or vegetables.
8. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes (depending on thickness) in the preheated oven, until the crust is crisp and golden at the edges, and cheese is melted on the top.



Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Chocolate-chesee Cake (No baking required)

Chocolate-chesee Cake
INGREDIENTS

Nonstick cooking spray
14 ounces semisweet chocolate (do not use chips)
2 containers (15 ounces each) part-skim ricotta cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 package (9 ounces) chocolate wafers (about 44 cookies)


DIRECTIONS

1.Prepare pan: Spray oil all over the pan and place butter sheet all sides of panRemove sides in 9-inch round springform pan
2.Make chocolate-ricotta mixture: Break 12 ounces of chocolate into pieces. Place in a heatproof medium bowl set over, not in, a pan of simmering water.
3.Cook, stirring occasionally, until chocolate has melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
4.In a food processor, blend ricotta until very smooth, about 1 minute ,Add warm chocolate; blend until smooth
5.In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in chocolate-ricotta mixture.
6.Assemble cake: Arrange half the cookies in an overlapping pattern to cover bottom of pan.
7.Spoon half the chocolate-ricotta mixture on top of cookies; smooth top. Cover with remaining cookies; top with remaining chocolate-ricotta mixture, and smooth top.
8.Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
Before serving, release sides of pan and remove butter paper from sides.
Using bottom piece of butter paper, pull cake onto a platter; with a metal spatula, lift cake and remove butter paper. Using a vegetable peeler, shave remaining 2 ounces chocolate over top of cake. With a knife dipped in hot water, cut cake into 10 slices (wipe off knife, and dip in hot water after each slice).




Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Bellam rotti (or) Jaggery rotti

Ingredients :

Rice : 250 grams
Jaggery : 500 grams
(Rice : jaggery : water = 1 : 2 : 1)
water : 250 ml
Oil : 2 tbsp
Ghee : 2 tbsp
Coconut : 1/4 cup ( cut into small pieces )
Sesame seeds : 2 tbsp

Method :

1.Soak rice for 5 hours.
2.Grind it into a smooth paste using little water . (consistency  should be like dosa batter ).Keep it aside.
3.Now take water and jaggary into a bowl.Let the jaggery melt , one all jaggary is melted, strain it to remove and impurities.Keep it aside.
4.Add ghee to fry pan and add coconut ,sesame seeds fry untile golden colour  and keep them aside.
5.Mix jaggary water , rice batter , cocount and sesame seeds in one bowl .
6.Now heat a thick, heavy bottomed wide vessel.
7.Heat 2 tbsp of oil.
8.Pour all the batter into heavy bottomed wide vessel . place a lid and cook for 15-20 mins on very slow flame .
9.After it cooked turn into other and fry for 5 - 10 mins

server hot .