RECIPE OF THE WEEK || WALNUT COOKIES (EGGLESS)

INGREDIENTS:

Maida (All Purpose Flour) - 1.5 cups
Rava - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Butter/ Ghee - 1 cup (at room temperature)
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Chopped Walnuts - 1/4 cup + 1/4 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. Cream the butter and sugar together with a wodden stick or with an electric blender.
2. In a seperate bowl, mix together the maida, rava, 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts and baking soda.
3. Mix this with the creamed butter sugar mixture. Knead everything together to form a soft dough.
4. The butter should be just enough to make a soft dough. If needed add just 1 or 2 spoons of milk.
5. Pinch small balls out and shape it into small cookies. Press some more chopped nuts on top.
6. Alternatively, roll out the dough and cut out different shapes using a cookie cutter.
7. Bake it for 15 minutes in a 350 degree F oven.
8. The cookies will be very soft at this stage. Let it cool and harden for 15 minutes.
9. Enjoy the cookies with tea. Store in air tight containers for upto a month.

VARIATIONS:

1. Use other nuts like almonds, pistachios or cashews instead of walnuts.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK || PINEAPPLE JUICE

PREPARATION TIME: 5 MINS

INGREDIENTS:

Pineapple – 1 Whole
Sugar – 2 tsp
Water – 2 glasses

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. Remove the outer skin of the pine apple and cut them into small pieces.
2. Juice the pineapple pieces in a mixer along with water.
3. Filter the juice, add sugar if necessary and serve chilled.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK || POTATO POPS

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup boiled and grated potatoes
1/4 cup grated carrot
1 cheese cube
1 brown bread slice, soaked and squeezed
1/2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
a pinch of sugar
salt to taste
2 tsp oil for cooking
8 candy sticks

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. Cut the cheese cube into 8 equal pieces and keep aside.
2. Soak the bread slice in a bowl of water. Squeeze out the water and mash the bread and keep in a bowl.
3. Add the potatoes, carrots, ginger, green chilli paste, coriander, sugar, salt and mix well.
4. Divide into 8 equal portions and shape each portion into round.
5. Place a cheese cube in the centre of each round and shape into small bolls.
6. Pierce a candy stick into each bolls and reshape the potato pops on the stick as shown in the picture. Keep aside.
7. Cook on a lightly greased non-stick pan till golden brown using a little oil necessary.
8. Serve hot.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK || CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS

INGREDIENTS:

1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup cocoa
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
¾ cup buttermilk
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. Stir dry ingredients together in mixing bowl. Add egg, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla. Using a mixer on medium speed, blend until smooth.
2. Fill each cooking reservoir with about 2 tablespoons of batter.
3. Bake about 4 to 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into doughnut comes out clean.
4. Glaze or coat with powdered sugar, as desired.
5. Makes approximately 28 donuts

Tip: If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, pour 2¼ teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar into a glass measuring cup.  Add milk to equal ¾ cup. Allow to stand 5 to 10 minutes, then use in place of buttermilk in this recipe.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK || ORANGE JUICE

INGREDIENTS :

Orange          – 4 to 5
Water           – 1 cup
Powdered Sugar  – 2 Tbsp (optional)
Ice Cubes       – 3 to 4 (optional)

PREPARATION METHOD :

1. Peel the outer covering of the Orange and separates the pieces. Remove the seeds and the white covering of each of the Orange pieces and use only the pulp.
2. In a mixer jar or in a blender, add Orange pieces, Sugar Powder and Water and grind them all until you obtain a neatly blended juice.
3. Extract only the Orange Juice from the pulp by filtering it appropriately, depending on your preference.
4. Transfer to a glass and top with Ice cubes. Serve Orange Juice chilled.