Masala Bun/Mini Savoury Buns

Made Masala Buns/Mini Savoury Buns today,one can have them in breakfast,or as evening snack,with cheese/butter,sauce ,wanted to make them since long..I always make buns/cheese buns so thought to try these today.they are soft and spicy.:)

Ingredients 

Maida/APF - 2 cup (100 gms) 

Active dry yeast - 1 tsp 

Sugar - 1/2 tsp 

Salt - 1 tsp 

Sesame seeds - 1 tsp (optional)

Coriander leaves - 3 tbsp finely chopped 

Garlic paste-1 tsp

Basil chopped

Chilli powder - 1 tsp [optional] 

Butter - 1/2 tbsp

chilli flakes 

fried chopped onions

 

Method : 

1.Mix yeast in warm water(have 1/2cup) and 1/2 milk along with sugar . Keep aside undisturbed for 10mins. If you check after 10mins the frothy layer on top will be seen,mix it and keep it foor another 10 mins

 2.In a bowl take maida and mix salt.Mix the flour and spice mixture well, add the frothy yeast water little by little and Knead it to a soft pliable dough. Keep the dough undisturbed for 1/2 an hr near a warm place covered with a slightly wet muslin cloth.(I keep it in a slightly preheated microwave.)

3.mix the melted butter,chopped basil,coriander leaves,chilli flakes,chilli powder,garlic paste,fried onions.it can get sticky so use some flour to mix it gently well.

4.Make small balls , made 6 , of 2 cups maida.let it rise again for 35 mins ,and brush some milk and

water.

5.Finally bake them in microwave /oven..i did for 20 mins at 190 degree.

6.Take them out ,let them cool for 5-10mins and brush with melted butter..one can have these just with sauce ,also with cheese/butter.:)

Happy Father's Day

Made Rich Chocolate Cake Today for Papa,Made diff one then usually i make,new recipe i read,it ws super soft.All loved it.

Cake Ingredients:

1 cup cocoa powder
2 cups boiling water
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2-1/2 cups sugar
2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour cake pans.
2. In a medium bowl, stir the boiling water into the cocoa until smooth, and set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt, and set aside.
4. At medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar  for 4 to 5 minutes.
5..Turn mixer down to low speed. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
6. Stir in the vanilla, and do not over-beat.
7. Pour  batter into  pan.
8. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Icing
1 cup-Icing sugar
2 tbsp-cream
half chocolate bar
2 tsp-cocoa powder
3/4 cup butter

1.Boil butter and mix chocolate bar and cocoa powder
2.add cream and icing sugar,beat till soft.
3.spread it on cake aftr it cools down

Bread Sticks

Made Bread sticks today..love it with butter and soup.will post recipe soon.

Dikhayi diye yun..

First time writing about a urdu ghazal on my Blog..have always loved Urdu and Sufi poetry. This ghazal is by famous urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir ..written i think 250 yrs back..He wrote beautiful poetry in Urdu and Persian.

This gazal was in movie ,Bazaar..all great actors in the movie.

This is a pretty sad setting in the Movie in this song - the two Men sipping drinks are buying a young girl,

while the innocent lovers are lost in their feelings. Movie ends even more sadly.

The poetry is deep..jus have tried to write in short about the meaning of words..

Dikhayi Diye Yun Ke Bekhud Kiya

Hamein Aap Se Bhi Juda Kar Chale..

......I caught a glimpse of him/her and lost control of my senses..
and u separated me from myself and got so much into u that forgot myself but its all that matters in love,not me, just love.

Jabheen sajda karte hi karte gayi
Haq-e-bandagi ham adaa kar chale

..I bowed and kept bowing so much and did my duty of being faithful and truthful.and have right to love the person and bow in front of him/her.

Parasthish kiya tak ke aye boot tujhe 
Nazar mein sabhon ki khuda kar chale

.. I worshiped you and made u god in front of everyone..(as the person sacrificed his love and who sacrifices his love is worshiped and considered great by all in world) ..boot=idol/beloved.

Bahut Arzoo Thi Gali Ki Teri

   So Yaas-e-Lahoo Mein Naha Kar Chale

..Longed for your companionship and to live with u, but was utterly disappointed/dejected.
Yaas mean dejection/disappointment. Yaas-e-lahoo is the intensity of dejection/disappointment.
I yearned and desired so much for you and to be near u (lane)that I bathed in my blood in despair.

"Haq-e-bandagi=devotionaly Truthful"

Butter Cookies

Made Butter Cookies today,as sending few things to Sis in UK so will be sending some cookies too.:)

Ingredients- 

1 cup-All purpose flour/Maida
1/2 cup-Gram Flour
1 Tbsp-Semolina
3/4 cup-Butter(Softened)
 1/4 cup ghee
1 cup-Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp-salt
1/2tsp -baking soda (optional)
milk for brushing before baking
Recipe-

1.Rub and mix Flours and semolina with butter and ghee well.
2.then mix sugar and salt.
3.form a soft dough.
4.Make small balls and press in between.u can make it of diff shapes too.
5.grease the pan and preheat Microwave at convection mode at 160'.
6.Put them on pan,i brushed them with some milk though its optional and bake at 150' for 20 mins.
and they r ready.the smell is great of freshly baked cookies and are yum.;)