ONE POT FUDGY CHOCOLATE BROWNIES :)

Brownies are something which everyone loves and i simply adore fudgy chocolate brownies. But any brownie takes some effort to make. Now being a lazy person I try to look for shortcuts without hampering the taste and quality, so last Sunday I decided to make these one pot chocolate brownies.

INGREDIENTS:

• 250 grams Cooking Dark Chocolate
• 50 grams Unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup Sugar or as per requirment
• 3 Eggs
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Baking Powder
• 1 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Cup Flour
• 2 Tsp Vanilla Essence

PROCEDURE:

• Chop the chocolate into smaller pieces.
• In a pot (I used a saucepan) melt the butter over a low flame and then put the chocolate pieces in. Stir well so that the chocolate does not have any lumps.

• Now add the sugar. Since i used dark chocolate I used 1/2 cup of sugar however if you use semi-sweet chocolate then use less amount of sugar.
• Now take the mix off the flame, if you feel the mix is too thick you can use some milk to adjust the consistency. 
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda together and add to the mixture. 
• When the mixture cools down a bit add 3 beaten eggs.
• Pour the mixture into a lined baking pan and bake for 35-40 mins or till done at 189 degrees. 

I hope you try out these yummy brownies which take little effort to make but are simply awesome to taste :)

LEMON CAKE

I am simply addicted to baking. Last Christmas I finally bought a new oven. The oven which we had earlier was rarely used since my grandmom used to make puddings and cakes using pressure cooker. I tried baking with pressure cookers, convection microwave ovens, although pressure cookers worked fine with simple cake recipes microwaves gave me a lot of trouble specially with adjustment of temperatures. But ever since I bought my oven I have baked a lot of different cakes, pies, tarts and even breads with a lot of ease and the end result has been perfect each time :) :)

I study all night long and usually start feeling hungry in the wee hours of the morning. So I decided to make a cake which I can easily store (and eat without any fuss). This recipe is inspired from the Orange Cake I made during winters but since good oranges are not available now so i decided to substitute them with lemons and changed the recipe a little bit :)

INGREDIENTS :

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of nutmeg powder
• 3 tbsp butter
• Pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4th cup sugar 
• 1/4th cup + 1 tbsp sour cream
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 2 tsp lemon zest

PROCEDURE:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg twice and keep aside.
• Cream together the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. I did not have unsalted butter at home to I used the normal Amul Butter which is a salted one, so I did not add any excess salt.

• Now add the eggs one by one in the butter and sugar mixture and incorporate well.

• Then add the lemon zest, the sour cream and the vanilla essence and mix well. (If you have vanilla extract you can use it)

• Now mix the flour mixture and the lemon juice alternately.

• Pour the mixture into a lined cake tin (use any shape you like). I do not line my tins I simple grease them with butter or oil and then dust them with flour.

• Preheat the oven for 10 mins and bake for 30 - 40 mins or till done.

• You can decorate it as you wish. I used some lemon wedges to decorate it.
• You can also glaze the cake :)

I will certainly post icing recipes soon.  Well, my cake turned out to be super moist and simple perfect :) Hope yours does too :)

Hope you like this recipe and try this out :)

A Family Favourite :)

DEVILLED EGGS

This is one of my grandmother's most famous recipes. My grandmother always used to make this dish on special occasions and this was one of the very first dishes I learnt from my grandma :)  This recipe is a meat-less version of scotch eggs. One morning, we were bored with our regular breakfast items so I decided to try and make them my way. My version here is a tasty yet easy-to-make snack :) :)

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 boiled eggs + 1 raw egg beaten
• 6-7 boiled potatoes (medium size)
• Red chilli powder to taste
• Salt to taste
• Chat Masala to taste
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• Finely chopped green chillis
• 5 Tbsp Cornflour
• 7-8 Tbsp bread crumbs
• Oil for deep frying

PROCEDURE:

• Mash the potatoes and add the chat masala, chilli powder, lemon juice, salt and the chopped chillis.

• Now take a handful of potato mash to cover the egg entirely with the mash.

The egg half covered with the mash (pic with flash)

• Follow this step with all the eggs.

All the eggs covered with potato mash (pic without flash)

• Now dust these eggs in cornflour (you can use flour as well) and then dip them in the beaten egg and then roll them in bread crumbs.

• Now deep fry them till the crust is golden brown. (you can chill them for sometime as well before frying)

DEVILLED EGGS :)

I hope you try this recipe out and give me feedback :) :)

THANKS :)