Shugar N Spices

Ingredients : Greek yoghurt - 1 cup granola (home made or store bought) - 1 cup whipped cream (optional) - 1/2 cup Fresh Fruits of your choice (i used kiwi & strawberry) - 1/2 to 1 cup, chopped powdered sugar (optional) - 1 to 2 tbsp Method : Fold in yogurt and half of whipped cream. If using only yogurt just whip the yogurt. Coat the fruits in powdered sugar. In a small glass pipe out the yogurt.  Pour a layer of fruits Pour granola layer and fruits again pipe yogurt Repeat the layers Pipe a little whipped cream and garnish with chopped fruits and a slice of strawberry Notes: *Don't make the parfait way ahead of serving else granola will become soggy. *If fruits are sweet you can skip sugar. *Adjust sugar quantity based on sourness or sweetness of fruits you are using *Used chilled yogurt and cream

The recipe below is for one cake. I made 2 cakes and then arranged them in one Ingridients : For cake- Maida - 1/2 cup Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp Baking powder - 1/4 tsp Baking soda - 1/4 tsp salt a pinch water or milk - 1/4 cup coffee powder - 1/4 tsp vanilla extract - 1/4 tsp powdered sugar - 1/2 cup yogurt - 2 tbsp buttermilk - 1/4 cup oil 2.5 tbsp For syrup- water - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1&1/2 tbsp For Ganache- heavy cream - 100 ml semi sweet chocolate - 150 gms cream - 2 tbsp for decorating choco chips Method : Sift all dry ingredients Mix vanilla & coffee with water (or milk) In a bowl whip yogurt and sugar Add oil and whip for a few more minutes Add buttermilk and mix. Now add dry ingredients and coffee mix  Fold using spatula, do not overmix. Grease a 6"-7"baking tin and line with parchment paper Pour batter in the prepared tin and tap bake in preheated oven at 180℃ for 25-30 mins For syrup heat the water add sugar and mix

Shahi Tukda also know as Double ka meetha is a traditional Mughlai dessert. But it has been very common in our sindhi household. It is essentially deep fried bread dipped in sugar syrup, topped with rabdi and lots of dry fruits. The traditional recipe uses white milk bread but you can use brown bread. Also the bread needs to be deep fried but again suiting your preference you can shallow fry the bread. Ingredients  : Bread - 4 Slices Ghee for frying Chopped Dry fruits (cashews / Almond/ Pistachios) - preferably pista For sugar syrup: Sugar - 1 cup Water - 1/2 cup a pinch of cardamom powder For Rabdi : Milk - 3 cups Sugar - 1/2 cup Green cardamom powder (optional) - 1/2 tsp Saffron strands - a few Method : In a pan heat water add sugar and let it boil till sugar dissolves. add cardamom powder cook it till you get one string consistency keep aside Heat milk in a thick bottomed pan Keep stirring and scraping the sides Once the milk is reduced, add

Ingredients: Full fat milk 4 cups (1 litre) lemon juice or vinegar 2-3 tsp Method : In a thick bottomed pan put milk and bring it to boil. Now add vinegar 1 sp at a time and stir.  When the milk starts to curdle stir once and take it off the stove. Drain it in a colander or sieve lined with muslin cloth. Strain off the excess water (whey). Tie a knot or secure with rubberband  Place it on a flat surface and put some heavy weight on top of cheesecloth and leave for 35-40 mins Remove weight and cut cubes. If using for bhurji skip the weight as you will need crumbled paneer Notes *If using lemon juice, rinse paneer with fresh water. *Once milk starts curdling i.e. when the greenish water separates, remove from heat. *Do not over heat *Wait for the milk to boil before adding the lemon or vinegar *Use full fat milk, do not use toned or skimmed milk *To store paneer (homemade or store bought) immerse cubes/block in water in an air tight container and

Ingredients: For Dough: Wheat Flour - 2 cups Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain - 1-2 tsp  Red chilli powder - 1 tsp  Oil - 1 tbsp Water - as needed For filling: Onion finely chopped - 2 tbsp Oil - 1 tsp Jeera - 1/2 tsp mashed Paneer - 1/4 cup Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Finely chopped green chilli - 1/2 tsp turmeric pd - 1/4 tsp coriander pd - 1/2 tsp jeera pd - 1/2 tsp garam masala pd - 1/2 tsp kitchen king masala - 2/2 tsp amchur - 1/2 tsp fresh coriander - 1 -2 tsp Ghee for frying paratha Method: Mix well all dough ingredients except water. Now add water little by little and knead dough. Keep aside and prepare stuffing. In a pan heat oil. Add jeera Once it splutters add onion and saute for 2-3 mins Add all spices and salt, mix well Add mashed paneer and mix. Finally add chopped coriander and let the filling cool Take ball sized dough and roll in a small disc with center thicker than the edges. Place 2 tbsp of filling and close holding the edge tog

No flour, no sugar, no oil and no whisking. Just blend and bake Ingredients : Oats - 2 cups Ripe Bananas - 2 large Eggs - 2 large Yogurt - 1 cup Honey - 3-4 tbsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Salt - a pinch Vanilla extract - 1 tsp Mix ins / toppings - 1/4 cup (walnuts/ almonds / choco chips / berries) Method : Blend all ingredients together except the mix-ins, in a blender till you get smooth batter. Add the mix ins, save few for topping. Pour batter in greased muffin tin. Top it with your choice of mix-ins. Bake at 200℃ for 16-18 mins, till a tooth pick comes out clean. Notes: *Adjust the qty of honey as per your sweetness liking. *Use very ripe bananas. *Do not use flavored yogurt. *This recipe yields 10-12 muffins. I halved the recipe to make 6 muffins. * Use cupcake liners if you wish to. *These will be dense and not as fluffy or spongy as the flour muffins.

For the quick fix to late night cravings Ingredients : All Purpose Flour - 3 tbsp Baking Powder - 1/8 tsp Baking Soda - a pinch Salt - a pinch Melted Butter - 2 tbsp Milk - 4 tbsp Instant Coffee powder - 2 tsp Condensed Milk - 2-3 tbsp Walnuts - 1-2 tbsp Method : Mix milk and coffee. In a microwave safe mug, mix butter and condensed milk and mix well. Add the coffee milk and mix. Add dry ingredients (Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt) and mix. Coat the roughly chopped walnuts with some flour, and add to the mug. Give on stir. Do not mix. Microwave on 900 W for 2 min & 10 seconds. Serve warm. Notes: *Use melted butter but not too hot. *You can adjust qty of condensed milk as per your sweetness liking. *If using salted butter do not add salt. *You can use a large mug or two small ones.

Try these "melt in your mouth" cookies. Ingredients: Unsalted butter - 230 gm or 1 cup All purpose Flour - 210 gm or 1 1/2 cup Cornstarch - 50 gm or 4 tbsp Powdered sugar - 80 gm or 3/4 cup vanilla essence - 1 tbsp Method: Cream butter and sugar, whipping with an electric blender for 6-8 mins. Add vanilla essence and whip for another 2 mins Add cornflour and half of the flour and whip for few seconds. Add remaining flour and fold it in using spatula Fill the batter in piping bag and pipe out your desired shapes on cookie tray. Bake in preheated oven for 20 mins @ 180℃ Notes: *Use room temperature butter * Use very fine sugar / icing sugar