I made this cake for a Little Girl's first Birthday. Had so much fun making this cake.
The cake was an eggless vanilla sponge filled with layers of french vanilla buttercream and strawberry french vanilla buttercream and was covered with homemade marshmallow fondant. It was a two tier cake with four layers in each tier. Everything on the cake was edible. Everyone at the party loved the cake.
Fried chicken can be prepared in so many ways and this is my version. It uses only simple ingredients and can be prepared in no time.
Ingredients:
5 no chicken drumstick
1 egg
2 T light soy sauce
1 T all-purpose flour or maida
1/2 T corn starch
1 t pepper powder
2 t chili powder
1/2 t all-spice powder ( optional )
1/2 t ginger garlic paste
salt, to taste
oil for deep frying
Method:
Wash the chicken, make small slits and keep aside.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg until frothy. Add soy sauce, flour and corn starch,
mix well.
Mix in chili powder, all-spice powder, pepper powder and ginger garlic paste. Make sure all the ingredients are mixed well into a smooth marinade.
Check for salt, be careful while adding salt, as soy sauce already has salt in it.
Add in the chicken pieces one by one and mix well to coat the marinade.
Keep it refrigerated for 2 to 3 hours.
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, fry the drumsticks until golden brown and crisp on the outside and soft and juicy on the inside.
Serve with a sauce of your choice.
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Masale Bhaat is a maharashtrian rice dish usually made during the weddings. This is the marathi version of our vegetable pulao which is very spicy and flavourful.The reason i made masale bhaat for maitri was the mystery ingredient. Rajee Mani of Everyday Cooking was the wonderful lady matched with me for maitri, she sent me a package consisting of beautiful place mats, a card and the mystery ingredient. When i first looked in to it i thought it was some kind of masala powder and my guess was either biryani masala or five spice powder. I mailed rajee and it was a no, so i asked rajee to reveal the ingredient. She mailed me saying that it was Goda Masala, a popular spice blend widely used in maharashtrian dishes. Goda Masala is made with a mix of many spices that includes coconut, just a spoonful adds so much flavour to the dish.
Thanks Rajee for introducing me to Goda Masala and the wonderful gifts!
My job next was to cook a dish that has Goda Masala and blog about it. Since this was the first time i have heard about or seen Goda Masala it was hard to cook a dish with it. I found this Masale Bhaat at Madhura's recipes and made few changes to the original recipe.
Masale Bhaat : adapted from madhura's Recipes
serves 2 - 4
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups basmati rice, washed and soaked in water for 20 minutes
1 cup vegetables of your choice
1 large onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 green chilies, halved
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 t red chili powder
1 t turmeric powder
1 T goda masala
2 T roasted peanuts
1 bayleaf
salt, to taste
2 1/2 cups water
oil
ghee
To dry roast and powder
2 t coriander seeds
1 t cumin seeds
1 inch piece cinnamon stick
3 cloves
Method
Heat oil and ghee in a pan, add bayleaf, green chilles and onion, saute until onion changes color. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.
Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, goda masala and the roasted masala powder, mix well for a minute.
Add the vegetables, salt , sprinkle some water and cook for 5 minutes.
Mix in the rice along with tomato, peanuts and water, check for salt. Bring it to a boil and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. Close the lid and cook on a low flame for another 10 minutes or until the rice is done.
Mix gently, serve hot with raita.
For Goda Masala recipe visit Madhura's Recipe
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