Jhal-muri

Thought to post jhal muri today,one of my fav snack in evening,though nothing can beat the jhal muri of road side or wt we buy in trains when i travel to Bihar.:D :)

It seems to be similar to bhel from Mumbai but tastes quite different,but this is easy to make too.will post ingredients soon

Trifle

Made trifle today with a nice base,smooth strawberry cheese mousse ,chocolate sauce,chocolate cake.
will post recipe soon.

English Berry and Bread Desert

• Mixed berries(strawberries,green and black grapes ,one can use blueberries too,if available)
• Sugar -- 2/3 cup
• Water -- 1/4 cup
• Stale white bread, crusts removed -- 6 to 8 slices
• Butter (melted or softened) 
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• Method
• Clean the berries with a rinse of fresh water and drain thoroughly. If using strawberries, trim and slice into quarters.
• Add the berries, sugar and water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low flame. Cook just enough to soften the berries, but not so much they lose their shape and turn mushy. Remove from heat and set aside. Adjust sugar to your taste.
• Line the bottom of a deep bowl or mold large enough to hold all the berries with a slice or two of bread to cover. Line the sides of the bowl neatly with the remaining slices of bread(apply butter neatly to them), trimming them to fit. Make sure there are no gaps between the slices.
• Pour the berries into the bread-lined bowl, reserving some of the juice. Fold any bread slices that stick up over the berries and top with some more bread slices to cover. Pour the remaining juice over the top bread slices to moisten them.
• Place a small plate on top of the pudding and put a soup can on top of the plate to weigh it down. Place in the refrigerator and chill overnight.
• Place a serving platter upside-down on the bowl and quickly flip them over. Remove the bowl, leaving the pretty pudding on the plate. Drizzle the reserved juice around the pudding. Garnish with fresh berries and mint sprigs. Serve with cream, whipped cream or clotted cream or vanilla ice cream.

Brown Bread/Bun

Made Brown bread today ,as its healthy..thought it may not be as soft as white bread,but turned out to be very soft and nice.
Recipe-
Yeast-2tsp
1/2cup-All purpose flour
3/4 cup-Wheat Flour
1tbsp-sugar
1cup-water
2tbsp-milk
1tsp-salt
2tsp-Olive Oil
 1tsp-melted Butter

1. Mix flours and salt well.
2.boil the water for few seconds,it should be jus warm,not too hot,or yeast will die.add milk.then add yeast
and sugar.
2.Leave the yeast mixture for 10 mins,till a frothy layer on above.
 3.Mix it to flour slowly.Knead it for minimum 10mins,dough should be soft,if too sticky add very little flour,adding too much flour will spoil the buns.add olive oil and keep it in pot for 1 hour ,covered with a wet muslin cloth at a warm place,I keep it in microwave(just preheat it for 1 min,and switch off and can keep inside microwave)
4.After 1 hour or more,the dough will double in size,knead it for a min again.now take small portions and shape them into round /bun.Brush them with little milk.let them rise again for 25 mins again on a greased oven tray.
5.Bake at 200 degree for 10-13 mins.brush with some melted butter and let them cool.
(I grill them for a min aftr brushing with butter ,it gives nice crust colour)