Chocolate bombs

Saw it once on some blog,wanted to make it soon :)..they are so easy to make and r so sweet in taste.

Recipe-

Make a powder of 10 marie biscuits.Sieve and use the fine biscuit powder. Beat 1 1/2 tbsps butter till smooth. To this, add the biscuit powder, 1 and 1/2 tbsps cocoa pwd, 1 tbsp dessicated coconut pwd (optional), few drops of vanilla essence and 6-7 tbsps of condensed milk and combine well to form a smooth dough. Grease your fingers and palm with melted butter or ghee and roll into small balls. Keep aside. Roll the balls in sprinkles or dessicated coconut or powdered sugar .and serve.

Basic White Bread

After making pizza bases,buns,wanted to make bread ,it ws soft and yum :)

Ingredients:

• Warm water - 1/2 cup
• Milk - 1/2 cup luke warm
• Sugar- 2 TBSP
• Oil - 2 TBSP
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Active dry yeast - 2 1/4 tsp or 1 packet
• Bread flour or all purpose flour - 3 - 3 1/4 cups

Method:

1.In a large bowl, combine warm water, milk, sugar and yeast. Let it sit for about 10 minutes or till frothy. Now add the salt, oil. Mix well. Slowly start adding flour to make a smooth dough. Now the hard work part. Knead the heck out of this dough for about 10  minutes.

2.Coat with oil, cover with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for about an hour or till double in volume. After the initial rise, deflate the dough gently and on a lightly floured surface, shape into the loaf. Grease a pan with vegetable oil spray and place the shaped dough in it

3.Cover loosely with an oiled aluminum foil and place in a warm place till double about 45 minutes to an hour. Towards the end of the final rise, preheat the oven to 190 degree.

4. When ready to bake, place the pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Lower the temperature to 160degree and bake for another 15 - 20 minutes or till the crust is nicely brown.

5. Brush with some milk  before baking to get a nice color.
When still warm, brush with butter to get a softer crust.

Viva Forever

"Viva Forever"

Do you still remember
How we used to be
Feeling together, believe in whatever
My love has said to me
Both of us were dreamers
Young love in the sun
Felt like my saviour, my spirit I gave ya
We'd only just begun

Hasta mañana
Always be mine

Viva forever, I'll be waiting
Everlasting, like the sun
Live forever,
For the moment
Ever searching for the one

Yes I still remember,
Every whispered word
The touch of your skin, giving life from within
Like a love song that I'd heard
Slipping through our fingers,
Like the sands of time
Promises made, every memory saved
Has reflections in my mind

Hasta mañana
Always be mine


Back where I belong now,
Was it just a dream
Feelings unfold, they will never be sold
And the secret's safe with me

hasta mañanae
Always be mine

Love this song by spice girls..i remember watching this video lot ,long time back..on music channels on tv.

the video was strange at that time for me..in the video two kids are roaming in woods..and suddenly some fairies appear..and one kid is fascinated by them,follows them and disappears in a cube like thing with fairies,..the other friend doesn't knows where his friend went,all he knows is he went into a world from where he will never come back and it will remain a mystery.

whether it is the result of death, disease, or just separation. he struggles with his emotions, which is symbolized through him struggling to solve the rubik's cube. By the end of the video, he places the rubik's cube in a case and throws it into a giant vending machine, indicating tha he  will keep the memories of him always.

The big vending machine at the end symbolizes a memory bank,and cubes in it memories.

the song is about  losing someone u love/like...and u still cant figure out How.

hasta manana in spanish means.will see u tomorrow..

Veg Pizza - Low fat version

Same recipe of pizza base as made earlier,just this time have used 2 cups of wheat flour and 1 cup maida,2 &1/2 tbsp of yeast .added some toppings capsicum,cabbage,onions,tomatos,fried them with a bit of salt,pepper,chilly flakes.:)

Pizza Base

 Have made pizza 100s of times at home..but off course always buyed pizza base from shops,wanted to learn making pizza base so heres my first attempt,turned out to be really good.I always enjoyed baking cakes and cookies..but now this is something much more fun.made a simple cheese pizza with sauce and pepper on it :)

Heres the recipe-

Ingredients 

• All purpose flour/Maida - 1 & 1/2 cups
• Active dry yeast - 1 tbsp
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Water - 1/4 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 tblsp
• Salt - 3/4 tsp
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

1.Boil the water first in and keep aside. the temp should not be very high or it kills yeast.it should be just a bit warm.Now add milk, oil, sugar, to boiled water and mix well till sugar dissolves. Now add yeast to the milk oil solution.

2.Mix a bit and keep aside for 15 mins . After sometime you can see the yeast completely dissolved.add flour.


3.After adding the flour, gather to get a smooth pilable dough. No need to knead completely just bring it together that is enough.Keep covered with a wet cloth till an hour or 2, preferably in a warm place for best results.i kept it in microwave.

4.When u check after an hr, the dough would have been raised .Now again punch it down incase for any air bubbles and then keep aside.

5.Grease a baking tray with aluminium foil . Keep the dough on the tray, Now roll the dough a little thick as 1 to 1.5 inches .

6.Preheat the oven for 190 degree Celsius(convention mode) and bake for 12- 15 mins,after it raises a bit.


7.now take the base out..i w ill seem soft..now add cheese . can add diff toppings i just made simple cheese one.as i was in mood to hav just cheese :)


8.Bake on convention mode for more 12-15 mins.check in between as its turns a bit golden brown.
i ts done.spread sauce and pepper.and Enjoy :)

Buns

 Wanted to learn making bun so googled a bit and saw some recipes at blogs.,and thought to make plain bun then wil try making cheese buns and loafs..

Ingredients: 

  Maida/APF - 1 & 1/2cup 

  Active dry yeast - 1 tsp 

  Sugar - 1/2 tsp 

  Salt - 1 tsp 

   Butter-melted-1 tsp 

  Oil-1 tsp 

  Warm water(temp should be between 105-109)-1cup   

  Milk as required.

Method :

1. Sprinkle dry yeast in warm water along with sugar. sugar acts as food for yeast.Keep aside undisturbed for 30mins. If you check after 30mins the frothy layer on top will be seen. 
2. In a bowl take maida add 1/2 tsp salt to it. 
3. Add the frothy yeast water little by little and Knead it to a soft pliable dough. Keep the dough undisturbed for 2hrs near a warm place covered with a slightly wet muslin cloth 
4. After 2 hours, the dough must have doubled in size, punch it once to removed the trapped air. Gently knead it again
5. divide dough in small balls and brush it with milk or butter.
6. Place the balls on the tray with silver foil/butter paper.Leave it near a warm place for another 30mins to raise a bit.
7. Preheat the oven for 10mins at 200 deg C, place the tray in the oven and bake it for about 35-40 mins.Check if its golden browned then apply remaining melted butter on top before serving.

Advice to women

  Advice to Women by Eunice de souza..

Read this poem when was studying in College.

Eunice deSouza is one of India's modern poets.Her wit and colloquial,direct style that capture the tragi-comic

of routine mark a peculiar contribution of women Indian poets in English. .. 

A Roman Catholic Goan brought up in Pune.Eunice de Souza use to be Head of  the 

Department of English in St Xavier's College, Mumbai.She is now retired. 

She is a poet, novelist, and editor of many anthologies .Heres the poem..

Advice to Women

Keep cats
 if you want to learn to cope with
 the otherness of lovers.
 Otherness is not always neglect --
 Cats return to their litter trays
 when they need to.
 Don't cuss out of the window
 at their enemies.
 That stare of perpetual surprise
 in those great green eyes
 will teach you
 to die alone.

Eunice compares a cat's haughtily indifferent attitude towards life, the universe and everything to what a woman's reaction must be when ignored or may be jilted or may be due to differences with a lover.She calls upon Women to tolerate the otherness of lover and have patience for their return.

I like the way it cloaks bitter sorrow and anger with light hearted banter about a cat .