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Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe. Vanilla Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract. In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon zest, flour, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and milk, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Evenly fill the muffin cups with the batter and bake for about 17 - 20 minutes or just until set and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. Confectioners (Buttercream) Frosting: In an electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth and well blended.

Makes about 12 cupcakes View comments on this recipe on YouTube References: Hay, Donna. Patent, Greg. Paneer Butter Masala. Paneer Butter Masala (Cottage Cheese) Paneer butter masala is one of the most popular vegetarian curries in Indian cuisine.it is a very rich dish made with paneer.

Paneer Butter Masala

A bright orange-colored smooth, creamy & light buttery flavored North Indian fare, is one of the most popular main course food items in Indian restaurants. Calcium rich fresh paneer cubes are simmered lightly with a rich buttery onion-tomato sauce & spices, flavored with pleasantly bitter dry fenugreek leaves & further enriched with cashew nut paste. Indian Recipes Calendar - Best Chakali Maharashtrian Recipes. A to Z of Marathi Food: Round-Up. We have finished our alphabetical Marathi journey, and it was so much fun!

A to Z of Marathi Food: Round-Up

For those who joined me late, there is a section called "A to Z of Marathi Food" conveniently placed in the drop-down "Recipe Index" in the right margin of the blog, so that any letter can be looked up easily. Vital Stats:1. Time it took to cover the alphabet: 6 months (11th September 2005 to 11th March 2006). 2. Most popular recipe: Egg Rassa3. Number of dishes made: 33 Why did I do this series? Common Cooking Mistakes: Cooking Tips and Questions Answered. Maharashtrian Food - Menu. Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded.

Maharashtrian Food - Menu. Caramel Custard Recipe. Indian Recipes, Cooking Videos, Healthy Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, North and South Indian Recipies - ShowMeTheCurry.com. Varyache Tandul (Samo Rice) ani Daanyachi Amti (Peanut Amti) My last post was a dessert that can be served during a fast.

Varyache Tandul (Samo Rice) ani Daanyachi Amti (Peanut Amti)

This post has savory recipes fit for a Fast and served as main course. The first recipe is 'Varyache tandul' also known as 'Bhagar' to some people. 'Varyache Tandul' are known as 'Samo/Moraiyo' in English and can be easily found in the Indian grocery stores. Normally, the rice is paired off with some 'Daanyachi Amti' which is nothing but a curry like sauce prepared with roasted peanut paste, but can also be enjoyed without the Amti.

Now, as a rule all dishes prepared for a Fast use Tup (ghee), but you can also use Vegetable /Canola oil for these. RAVA DOSA - TWO VERSIONS! From this day I will be posting some of the recipes from my friend sangeeta.

RAVA DOSA - TWO VERSIONS!

We both are friends for more than two years and I will be then and there visiting her place and have enjoyed her cooking....!!! And I am very happy to bring you her version of recipes to you all.... My version is Instant rava dosa adapted from Prema's cook book,and hers is a very authentic ,different way,her mother-in-law used to do for years!! Other than this recipe,she will be mostly bringing you north Indian and authentic Sindhi recipes with us all!! (And to make this special I will be posting her recipes in a different font from mine...).Hope you all will give equal support as you give to mines...

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Covering Cakes with Rolled Fondant

The flexibility of fondant is your secret weapon. Just follow our instructions for the right ways to knead, roll out and lift the fondant, and you'll find that covering a cake is easy. Steps Step 2 Before rolling out fondant, knead it until it is a workable consistency. Cooking With Friends - an interactive community of people who cook together as a creative outlet- cooking as a way to grow and enhance friendships- a resource for cooking dates, recipe swapping, equipment sharing- cooking advice, inspiration, ideas and bi. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries.

Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries

Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different. Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. Updated 9/22/11 to Add: If you’re coming here to sample these delicious Cinnamon Roll Pancakes, you just might like the latest recipe that I’ve posted for Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes too.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

And Gingerbread- Cinnamon Roll Pancakes too. Enjoy! Salad Dressing Recipes. KOBICHI BHAJI / KOBICHEE BHAJEE. Kobichi dal ghalun bhaji (Cabbage-Chana Dal sidedish) This is a very comfort dish in day to day Maharashtrian meals.

Kobichi dal ghalun bhaji (Cabbage-Chana Dal sidedish)

Kobi chi bhaji(Cabbage) can be made in variety of ways, adding tomato or green peas. Of all, this one is my and Vikram's favourite. Ingredients: 2 cups cabbage finely chopped 1/2 cup chana dal (split yellow lentil) Salt to taste 1 cup water. Recipe Index for English readers Recipe. Spicy Suran Slices Spicy Suran Slices in Marathi Time: 25-30 minutes Serves: 5 to 6 persons Ingredients: 400 gram Suran (Elephant foot yam) ::::Rub Mix::: 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp red chili powd...

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सुरणाचे काप - Suranache Kaap. - StumbleUpon. Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2012 in Food Preparation | 211 comments In case you are not skilled with the food recipes and preparation, listed bellow are some of the easy food tips to make your meals delicious easy way. No matter you prepare breakfast, dinner or just a snack, the easy food tips are here to make your food even more attractive and awesome. Fondant Recipe – How to make fondant. 1st July 2008 Fondant Recipe – How to make fondant Like most things in life, practice gets perfection, but to make fondant is not too complicated, and given the upgrade it gives to the cake, I would sure give it a try.

Cooking Chocolate - Techniques and Tips. Whether you are cooking for your sweetheart or your son's soccer team, any dish made with chocolate will be a surefire hit. Chocolate's extraordinary flavor adds richness and depth to both sweet and savory dishes , from sumptuous cake to light-as-air mousse to exotic Mexican molé sauce. Chocolate is America's favorite flavor and it's no surprise why. Here are some basics to get you on the road to becoming the most popular cook on your block: Choosing the Right Chocolate: Semisweet or Baking? Welcome to SYMCO. Working with Chocolate. Chocolate is not the easiest substance to work with, but knowing a little about it before you begin will save you a big headache later on. If you are a beginner I recommend working with Candy Melts first and moving on to real chocolate as you progress.

(Scroll down for more information on Candy Melts.) How to make Vanilla Bean Sugar. Remember the time I told you about sticking in the used pods of vanillas into a jar of sugar to get sweet smelling vanilla sugar? Now, what if I told you that I’ve got you something even better? Something that smells more potent, something that comes with the gorgeous specs of vanilla caviar, and something that will knock your socks off! I’m talking about whole vanilla bean sugar.

A Homemaker's Diary: Baking Ingredients/Baking Supplies in Kolkata. In my 5 years stay in Bangalore (also the time when I started baking seriously) I discovered many places to get my baking goodies but this recent shift to Kolkata made me look for them from scratch. So here is my little attempt to jot down all the places that stock up some of the basic and not so basic baking supplies in Kolkata. 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!! The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. LEMON AVAL/POHA ~ AN EASY BREAKFAST RECIPE! ~ Rak's Kitchen. Ingredients To Temper. Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes. Salad Dressing Recipe Index. How to Make Salad Dressing ♥ Some times, cooking comes naturally, like breathing. Other times, cooking must be learned, like riding a bicycle.

Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal. Nourish. Back to Basics ~ How to Make Coconut Milk / Kobbari Paalu. Blogging Marathon 11 starts from today and "Preps & Preserves" is going to be my theme for this week. The prep work before the cooking process or the ones which ease the actual cooking qualify for this theme. The first post in this series is going to be preparing coconut milk from scratch in a cinch from frozen coconut.

Preparing coconut milk in your own kitchen is actually a simple and quick process. The final product is more flavorful, fresh, inexpensive and chemical free compared to the store bought canned ones. How To Make Your Own Coconut Milk/Cream. Background information Coconuts and coconut trees are used very efficiently everywhere they are grown. Ragda Recipe:How to make Ragda Recipe, Ragda for Ragda Pattice. For the uninitiated, Ragda is a preparation made from yellow peas and used in chaat items like Pani Puri, Ragda Puri, Ragda Pattice, Dahi Ragda Puri or Ragda Chaat.

While making Pani Puri, I prefer to make ragda instead of boiled sprouted moong and potatoes. Sabudana Khichadi - Maharashtrian Recipe. Cook's Thesaurus. Quick, easy and cheap recipes ideal for students. Eekly Menu Plan. Aloo Sabji » Simple and easy Indian cooking videos, Indian Food, Maharashtrian Food. Method : 1) Boil, Peel and cut the potatoes in to small cubes. 2) Heat oil in a pan.

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