Homemade Custard apple Icecream

Ingredients:

Custard Apple - 3

Sugar - as per required

Milk - 1 cup

Whipping cream - 1/4 cup

Marie biscuits - 3

Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp

Custard apple Ice cream

Method:

• Wash and open custard apple.

• Scoop out the flesh with seeds and put it in the mixer grinder jar along with 1/4 cup of milk. Pulse it for a few times. Now seeds will separate from flesh automatically. Manually remove the seeds from the jar. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Add the remaining milk, sugar, vanilla essence, whipping cream and pieces of Marie biscuit. Now grind it to a fine paste.

• Transfer this paste to a freezer proof box and freeze it for 4 hours.

• Remove it from the freezer and blend it again in the mixer for few minutes. Then transfer it to the freezer proof box and allow it chill again for one hour. Repeat this process for 3 more times in 45 min interval.

• Scoop out the custard apple ice cream in a serving bowl and enjoy.

Orange Custard Milkshake

Ingredients:

Orange - 1

Custard apple - 1

Sugar - as per required

Milk - 1 cup

Method:

• Peel the outer covering of the Orange and separate the pieces. Remove the seeds and white covering of each of the orange piece and take only the pulp. Keep it aside.

• Wash and open the custard apple. Scoop out the flesh with seeds in a mixer grinder jar along with 1/2 cup of milk and pulse it for few times. The flesh will separate from seeds. Pick out the seeds manually. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Blend it again with the remaining milk, sugar and Orange pulp which we got from the 1st step.

• Serve it chill with the topping of honey or a scoop of ice cream.

Custard Apple Milkshake

Ingredients:

Custard apple - 1
Sugar - as per required
Cold Milk - 1 cup

Method:

• Wash and open the custard apple.

• Scoop the flesh with seeds of custard apple in a mixer grinder jar with 1/2 cup of milk. Pulse for a few times. The flesh will separate from seeds. Take out the seeds manually. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Blend it in the mixer jar again with the remaining milk and sugar.

• You can top it with honey or a scoop of ice cream.

• Custard apple Milkshake is now ready to drink. Serve chill.

Gooseberry salted pickle

Ingredients:

Gooseberry - 1/2 kg
Salt - as per required
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Chilly powder ( optional ) - as per required


Method:

• Wash gooseberries and cook it immersed with enough water
• Add turmeric powder and salt as per required.
• If needed you can add chilly powder too.
• Once gooseberry cooks it'll automatically separates in to 4 parts. At that time turn off the stove.
• Your gooseberry pickle is now ready. Keep it in an airtight container with water and use this within a week. No need to refrigerate this.

Gooseberry Rasam

I came across in an article about the advantages of gooseberries. It says, " Gooseberry is very rich in Vitamin C. Gooseberries enhances food absorption, balances stomach acid, fortifies the liver, nourishes the brain and mental functioning, supports the heart, strengthens the lungs, regulates elimination, enhances fertility, helps the urinary system, is good for the skin, promotes healthier hair, acts as a body coolant, flushes out toxins, increases vitality, strengthens the eyes, improves muscle tone and it acts as an antioxidant. Gooseberries reduces blood sugar in diabetic patient. It strengthens heart muscles. It improves body resistance ". 

So, I thought of making some recipe with this every day. Everybody knows about Gooseberry pickle. So, need to prepare something else which is interesting and tastier with this ... Yes, Gooseberry rasam .... I did this and it was very nice and got more compliments...

Ingredients:

Gooseberries - 2

Tomato - 1 chopped

Coriander leaves - few

Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - as per required

Ginger - peeled and chopped in to pieces - 1/2 tsp

Green Chilly - 1 small

Ghee - 1 tsp

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method : 

• Wash gooseberries and cook it with enough water. Add salt, turmeric powder and make it boil in low flame. Once gooseberries cooks, it separates itself in to 4 parts.

• Now deseed it and mash it using potato masher. 

• Add chopped tomatoes, chopped ginger, green chilli and enough water. Make it to boil again for 5 min. 

• Add ghee in a pan. Sputter mustard and cumin seeds. Add this to the rasam that we have prepared.

• Add coriander leaves, Asafoetida and pepper powder to it. Now healthy tasty Gooseberry rasam is ready to eat with plain rice.

Note:

You can also add fried garlic if you like the taste.

How to make simple icing for cakes

Ingredients:

Butter ( at room temperature ) - 1 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Icing Sugar - 2 cups
Milk - as per required

Method for Icing:

• Take 1 cup of butter, pinch of salt, Vanilla essence and Icing Sugar in a bowl. Mix it well till all the ingredients combines together. Adjust the consistency by adding 1 tsp - 4 or 5 tsp of milk according to your creativity. 
• If you want to write something on the cake then the icing should be thick. So you have to add less milk. If you want to pour this over the cake, then the mixture should be slightly runny. 
• If you are trying icing for the first time then try adding milk drop by drop. Otherwise it will be too runny. If it becomes runny do not get upset, refrigerate for half or one hour and then try.
• You can pour the icing over cakes and then if you want you can write in different colour. For that you can add a pinch of food colour to the icing mixture that we have prepared. 
• Pour this mixture in a zip lock plastic bag and tie the upper portion of the bag. Cut the end of the cone slightly using scissor and now you can write your own wordings on cake.

Homemade Chocolate

Ingredients:

Milk Powder - 1 cup
Cocoa Powder - 1 tsp
Maida - 1 / 2 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Butter - 1 / 2 cup
Powdered Sugar - 1 / 2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Nuts - as per required


Method :

• Sift Milk powder, Cocoa powder, Maida, Salt, Powdered sugar twice or thrice and keep it aside.
• Heat butter in a pan till it melts completely.
• Now add this melted butter to the Milk powder mixture that we got in step 1.
• Mix well till it combines well. If needed you can add extra butter.
• Add Vanilla essence and nuts.
• Make it to boil in the double boiler ( Keep a pan with water and make it to boil. On the above of this boiling water keep the chocolate mixture for 3 - 4 min and stir it ).
• Pour this mixture in a greased plate and refrigerate for 2 hours

Note :

You can add icing sugar instead of ordinary sugar to enhance the taste. 

Kottu Rasam

Ingredients:

Tamarind - Medium Lemon sized
Salt - as per taste
Red Chillies - 3 or 4
Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida Powder - 1 pinch
Ghee - 1 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Tomato - 1 medium sized ( Sliced in to pieces )
Water - 1 cup

Coriander Leaves - few

Method:

• Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice.
• To the tamarind extract add salt, sliced tomato pieces, Asafoetida, Broken red chilies, water and bring to boil in medium flame.
• Once it starts boiling turn off the stove.
• Add ghee in a pan. Sputter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add this to rasam that we have prepared.
• Add Coriander leaves for taste.
• Kottu rasam is now ready to serve with plain rice.

Eggless Fruit Cake

Ingredients:


All Purpose flour - 1 cup
Salt- 1 pinch
Sugar- 1 tbsp
Condensed Milk - 1 tin ( 400 ml )
Baking Powder- 1 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda- 1/2 tsp
Too-ti fruity- 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp for decorating
Butter - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/4 cup



Method:

1. Take butter in room temperature. Beat Butter, baking powder, baking soda till it becomes soft and creamy.
2. Add Sugar, Condensed Milk, All Purpose Flour and Salt. Mix till it combines well with the above mixture.
3. Add Too-ti fruity and mix well.
4. Adjust the consistency by adding milk. The batter should be in idly batter consistency.
5. Pour the batter in a greased pan and tap it to even it. Bake it at 180 degree Celsius.
6. Do the tooth pick test to check the doneness.
7. Cool it completely before slicing or icing.

Egg less Fruit Cake