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My recipe of Chicken & Egg Puff Parcel won the BEST PIC award @ Amina Creations.

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Ingredients

For making Pastry

• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• ½ cup Warm milk
• ½ cup Sugar
• ½ tbsp yeast
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 Egg
• Egg white- of 1 egg
• ¼ tsp Salt 

For making filling

• ⅓ cup  aval  (sprinkled with 2 tbsp water to make it soft)
• ⅓ cup Coconut grated 
• ⅓ cup Raisins
• 2 tbsp dates chopped (optional)
• ¼ tsp Ground cardamom
• 2 tbsp Sugar 

Method
Take the warm milk in a bowl, add sugar and yeast to it, let stand for 5 minutes.
In another bowl, combine flour and salt.
Add the egg, combine using a fork or spoon.
Add oil, combine well.
Add the yeast mixture and combine well using your hands. It will be a sticky dough.
Knead well for a couple of minutes. Don’t add more flour to make a hard dough, the dough should be soft and smooth.
Keep aside for 3 hours in a warm place for fermentation to take place.

In a bowl, combine all the above mentioned ingredients “for making the filling”, keep aside.

Preheat oven to  190 C.
After 3 hours, the dough will rise to double in size.
Make 2 equal sized balls out of it.
On a clean surface, grease with oil and roll one of the dough balls to round size: ½ inch thick.
Spread the prepared filling evenly over the dough, leave some space at the ends.
Roll the second dough ball to the same size as the first one.
Cover over the sweet filling and seal the edges tightly.
If you don’t seal the edges properly it will open up while baking.
Using a pastry brush, apply the beaten egg white generously over the top of the pastry.
Let stand for 15 minutes.Then bake for 25 to 30 minutes, till the top has turned golden brown in color.

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Guava Mousse

Ingredients:

• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup fresh cream
• 1 cup  guava puree(strained)

directions:

Beat the egg whites and sugar in a large bowl until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl, whip the fresh cream until soft peaks form. Fold the fresh cream and guava into the egg whites, in alternating batches.

Serve immediately or freeze for later use.

Chocklate Cake with Vanilla Cream Frosting

Ingredients
For Cake:

• 2 eggs
• 2 sticks butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 13/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 11/2 teaspoons baking soda

For Frosting:

• 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 cup whip cream

Directions
To Make Frosting:
In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, and. Beat on low speed until combined, about 2 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula, then beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and milk, then continue beating  5 minutes on a hand mixer.

To Make Cake:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and dust two 9-inch baking pans with cocoa powder and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, butter, and vanilla and whisk to combine.
3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Stir to combine.
4.  Pour the batter into prepared pans. Rap the pans lightly on the counter-top to release any air bubbles inside.
5. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack, then remove from pans to the racks. Cool completely before frosting with Vanilla Frosting.

Chicken Meat Roll (RAMADAN SPECIAL)

Ingredients 

Chicken filling 

• cooked chicken breast -  1/2 cup (finely chopped)
• 2 big onion  (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Pepper powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder  
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala  
• Salt - To taste

Heat oil in pan and add  ginger  garlic paste and onion. Saute for a minute and add the minced chicken. Add  pepper powder,chilli powder and garam masala. Sprinkle water if it is too dry. Mix well and switch off. keep it aside.

for the batter and rolls

• 2 cups Maida/All purpose flour 
• 1 Egg 
• Salt  To taste
• Water - As required
• Egg-white - Of 2 eggs
• Bread Crumbs - 1/2 - 3/4  cup or as required

Beat the egg well and add the maida, salt and water. Consistency should be like that of a dosa batter.

Method

Make thin dosas with the above batter.  Fill the top end of the dosa with around 1.5 - 2 tbsp of the filling and fold the top end of the dosa over the filling. Now fold the right and left sides towards the centre. Now start rolling down to form a tight roll and seal the bottom end with some maida batter. Be careful not to tear the dosa.  Now dip them in beaten egg-white and then in bread crumbs. Deep fry in hot oil at medium heat until golden brown. It takes about 10 - 15 mts. Serve hot with ketchup.


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Adukku Pathiri (RAMADAN SPECIAL)

Ingredients:

For the Egg Batter 

• 1/2 cup White flour(maida)
• 4 Egg
• 4tbsp Sugar
• 1/2 cup Coconut milk
• a pinch Turmeric powder
• a pinch of Salt

For the White Batter 

• 1cup White flour(maida)
• 3/4 cup Coconut milk
• 5 table spoon Sugar
• Ghee as required
• a pinch of Salt

Method

Beat the eggs and sugar along with the rest of the ingredients and keep it aside.
Make the white batter mixing maida, coconut milk, sugar, pinch of salt. Grease a small vessel that can fit into your pressure cooker.Pour some water in the pressure cooker and keep the vessel int it.First pour 4-table spoon white batter into the greased vessel and steam it till it is done.Now brush 1tsp ghee evenly on the cooked layer.Now pour 2table spoon egg batter and steam till it is cooked. Once the egg batter layer is cooked, pour again 4-table spoon white batter and steam. You need not apply ghee on the egg batter. Apply ghee only on the white batter layer. Repeat this until you finish both the batter.When all batter is over steam once again for 2-3 minutes.Now remove from fire. Allow it to cool, and remove from cooker.Cut it into desired shapes and serve as a snack.

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Idiappam Biriyani (RAMADAN SPECIAL)

Ingredients:-

• 30 small size Idiyappam
• 1/2 kg Motton or Beef 
• 4 tblsp Oil
• 3 Onion
• 2 tblsp Ginger Garlic  paste 
• 3 Green chillies
• 2 big Tomato 
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 pinch turmeric powder
• Garam masala-2 tspn
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves- One hand full
• fried onion,cashew,Raisins(to garnish)

Method:-

Prepare idiyappams.
Heat oil in a  pan and fry  onion with ginger and garlic.
When onions turn transparent add one teaspoon garam masala and fry for 2 min.
Add chillies, tomatoes, coriander leaves and mint leaves .Then add masala powders. Also add in the meat.
Add salt to taste.
Cook with the lid on for 20min till meat gets well cooked.
Break the idiyappams and add them to the mixture finally.
Add the final tspn of garam masala and mix everything well.
Garnish with some coriander leaves,fried onion,cashew and Raisins.

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