Recipe-Peanut Butter-banana pudding

             
                                                  






Banana makes an unusual ingredient for a dessert but if you are looking for something quick, healthy and  different. This recipe can be the ideal one



Ingredients: 1. Banana :2 pureed
2.Condensed milk: 1/2  tin
3.Low fat cream,whipped:1 cup
4.Sugar:1 Tbsp
5.Peanut butter: 4tbsp
6.Vanilla:7-8 drops
7.Raisins:For garnising
8.Almonds :6-7 chopped, for garnishing
9.Butter for  greasing



Method

1.Mix 1 tbsp of condensed milk  with the peanut butter and mix well till it is smooth

2.Mix the pureed banana with the rest of the condensed milk and 1 tbsp of suger . Add the vanilla to it.

3. Grease a pudding bowl . First add the peanut butter mixture followed by the banana-condensed milk mixture. Refrigerate it.

4. After 2-3  hours,  add the whipped cream and garnish it with  the raisins and almonds.

5. Put it in freeze for another 20 minutes before serving

Recipe:-Coffee dipped cake

This is a quick easy and tasty desert sp for peopel who love choclates
For people who does not love baking you can use a  cake from Bakery. But the recipe tatses best with fresh cakes


Ingredients

1. Cake-1 Medium sized sponge cake

2.Cofee: 4 tsp

3.Drinking Choclate:3 tsp

4.Sugar: 4tsp+4tsp(for icing)

5.Cream: 2 cups

6.Vanilla : 2 tsp

7.Dairy Milk chocolate: 1 chipped into small pieces


PREPARING THE CAKE


1. First bake the cake and let it cool . You can use any of the following recipe available in net for the cake
i .http://www.cakeboss.com/CakeBossSpongeCake.aspx
ii.http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/sponge-cake-recipe/index.html


2.Heat  3 cups of water in a pan. Once the water is boiled add the coffee,4 tsp sugar and the drinking chocolate. Let it  cool till it become lukewarm

3.Now take a round bottomed  dish and place the cake over it. Slowly pour the the coffee-chocolate mixture till the cake is completely dipped in it

4. Dip the cake in the mixture for about 6 hours at room temperature

5. After 5-6 hours the cake will be soft and goey as it will absorb the coffee mixture. gently lift the cake  to another dish for the icing



DOING THE ICING

1.For the icing beat 2 cups cream,2 tsp vanilla along with 4tsp sugar till  a thick consistent mixture is formed. Use a hand blender  if possible

2. Using a flat knife or a spoon, coat the cake with the icing on all sides. Since the cake is very soft, gently spread the icing in layers till the cake is coated on all sides

3.Grate the chocolate and garnish the top layer with the grated chocolate


4.Put the cake in freeze for 1-2 hours and serve

Recipe-Chicken Paella

Chicken Paella is an easy to cook Italian rice  recipe. The recipe which I have is made with Indian rice(as Arborio rice used in the original one is not available here). The recipe serves 4 people


Ingredients

1.Long grained rice(Eg Basmati)-2 cups
2.Onion,chopped-1
3.Garlic 3-4 Cloves
4.Zucchini-1 chopped
5.Yellow Bell pepper-1
6.Red Bell Pepper-1
7.Mushroom,chopped,1 cup
8.Basil-4-5 leafs
9.Saffron- 8-9 strands,dissolved in 1/2 cup milk
10Tomato,chopped 2
11.Sgredded chicken-1/2 cup
12.Chicken Stock:1 cup
13.Salt
14.Olive Oil
15.Cheese ,Grated-1 cup




Method

1.Boil the rice so that it is half boiled.
2.In a flat skillet, heat  the oil
3.Add onion and garlic and fry till they are brown
4.Add the chopped zuchhini,peppers,tomato,mushroom and  the shreded chicken. And  stir in medium flame till they are cooked
5. Add the rice and then mix in the saffron dissolved  in milk
6.Add the basil leaves,stir the rice and add a little salt
7.Now add the chicken  stock and let the rice boil in low flame . Remember to cover the skillet with a lid
8.Once the rice is boiled , add the grated cheese and  change the flame to medium
9.After 2-3 minutes the paella is ready. You can serve it as a main course