desserts

Chocolate Strawberry ghosts

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These quick, easy ,delicious adorable Strawberry Ghosts are a fabulous Halloween treat that can be made in no time at all.
So treat yourself this halloween with these cute chocolate dipped strawberry!

Preparation time : 5 mins
Cooking time : None
Serves: 24

Ingredients

24 Fresh strawberries
Mini white chocolate chip

For decoration

black coloring gel or food color.

Directions || How to prepare chocolate strawberry ghosts

Melt white chocolate chips for 1-2 mins in a microwave or using a double boiler.
Place a large piece of parchment paper on a flat surface.
Dip strawberries in melted chocolate ,remove and allow the excess coating to pour off onto the paper to form the “tail” of the ghost;
slide the strawberry back and set on paper to dry.
Set it into refigerator for 1 hour.
Once the coating is set, decorate it with black color pen , make eyes and mouth of the ghosts.
Serve them fresh , they serve as excellent Halloween treats !!!

Sheer Kurma *** Eid Mubarak ***

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It’s soon going to be that lovely time of hugging everyone wishing “Eid Mubarak” .During this occasion we never forget to take “Eiddi” (earnings) from elders neither we can resists yummy delicious beautiful tempting sheer Kurma. At my childhood I would go to my muslim friends home and finish bowls and bowls of Sheer kurma. After marrying into a muslim family, I realised that while Eid is much more than sevaiyan; it is incomplete without it. Right in the morning
we make a huge pot of Sheer Kurma to be served all day to our neighbors ,friends and guest visiting home to wish us.

Sheer kurma or Sheer khorma (Persian: ??? ??????), literally “milk with dates” in Persian.During my first Eid after marriage, my younger sister my law taught me how to make the true Sheer Kurma 🙂 Ever since then I always wanted to share this recipe with you all but finally this year I could come up with it.
Eid Mubarak to you all !!!!

 

Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

500 ml milk
1 tablespoon ghee
1 to 1.5 tablespoon sugar
½ cup broken seviyan
7 to 8 cashews,
8 to 9 almonds,
8 to 9 unsalted pistachios,
4 green cardamoms

100 ml condensed milk(optional)

 

Directions || How to make Sheer Kurma or Sheer Khurma

1.Boil the dry fruits (cashews,almonds, pistachois),
2.once cool , peel the skin out of each and finely chop them
3.In a pan. heat ghee and add chopped dry fruits and saute for 3­4 minutes stirring often.
4. In the same pan roast the seviyan till golden and keep aside. if you want then you can roast the seviyan in ghee also.
5. In a saucepan heat milk and let it come to a boil. lower the flame and simmer for 8­10 minutes till the milk slightly thickens.
6. Add the condensed milk
7. Next add the roasted seviyan and sugar to the milk and simmer till the seviyan are cooked and have become soft for about 8-­10 minutes on a low flame.
8. The milk will also thicken and reduce in volume.
9. Add the whole dry fruit mixture and cardamom powder.
10. switch off the fire and stir.
11.Garnish with remaining dry fruits and dates.
12.Serve warm (some like it cold as well, so you might want to keep some in fridge also!)
13. you can also garnish sheer khurma with saffron strands or rose petals or dry fruits or powdered cardamom.

Mango Panna Cotta

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The elegant looking delicious Mango Panna Cotta is very easy make !!! Its creamy rich and smooth texture topped with fresh mango will impress The elegant looking delicious Mango Panna Cotta is very easy make !!! Its creamy rich and smooth texture topped with fresh mango will impress your guest. So try this refreshing dessert at your next party. All you need is some simple ingredients fresh mangoes, gelatin or agar agar, milk, heavy cream and vanilla extract. Watch the full video recipe of this  no bake, easy smooth and creamy panna cotta recipe with fresh mango.

 

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Chilling time 4 hours

Serving         6

Ingredients

For Mango Panna Cotta

Mango Puree

4 medium mangos peeled and pitted

1 tsp unflavored gelatin or agar agar
For milk Panna Cotta

1/2 litre (2 cups) whole milk

1/2 cup sugar2 tbsp powdered gelatin or half agar agar packet

1/2 cups heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

Toppings

1/4 cup diced mango optional

Directions || How to make Mango Panna Cotta

In a sauce pan make a boil water and add one packet of agar agar or add 1 packet of gelatin.

Add mango flesh to a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.

In a small bowl, add mango puree and add gelatin(half of agar agar) on top and then mix.

Set glasses on an angle in a muffin tin. If the glasses slide, place a small towel underneath to help stabilize.

Pour the mango puree into the glasses to a half inch below the rim. Chill in the same position in the refrigerator of least 2 hours to set.

Panna Cotta

In a medium sized saucepan, add milk and (half of agar agar)or powdered gelatin and wait 10 minutes.

Raise heat to medium, add sugar and stir several minutes to dissolve.

Add and stir in the cream and vanilla.

Once the milk mixture is at room temperature, pour into the glasses enough to cover mango.

Chill for 1-2 hours in a refrigerator until set.Top with optional diced mango. Serve and enjoy!

Roohafza mango Custard

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Cold Custard is a favorite in everyone’s house during ramadan , this is a must go dessert during this month.
There is a little twist in this recipe as it’s a combination of custard and roohafza which gives a nice texture and taste
and addition of mango cubes adds a delightful taste to it.I love to prepare this in Ramadan,
It is so quick and easy to prepare yet tastes so good and different, especially after iftari prayer when you want something sweet.The best part about this dessert is that you can use any fruit, and as much fruit as you may prefer.
you can also prepare this dessert during parties or get together s to impress your guests with this flavorful and colorful custard.

Preparation time : None
Cooking time ; 10 mins + 2-3 hours refrigerate
Serves : 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp Custard Powder
½ litre Milk 1 cup
½ cup Mango(cubes)
3 tbsp sugar
½ cup Rooh Afza

Direction || How to prepare Roohafza Mango Custard

Heat a cup of milk in sauce pan

Dissolve custard powder in 1 tbsp milk and add this mixture in the warm milk.

Add 1/4 cup Rooh Afza in it.

Pour the content in a serving bowl and refrigerate it.

Once the custard is cold and set,

garnish it with mango cubes ans sprinkle few roohafza drops over it.

Valentine Strawberry Cup cakes

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Treat your sweetie’s with a Valentine’s Day strawberry heart shaped cup cakes that shows your love from the first bite.
Watch step by step how to prepare these healthy but yet yummy cupcakes made with whole wheat flour and pureed strawberries.
Best of all, they are naturally colored and perfectly pink.

Come fall in love with these pinky sweet delicious cup cakes.

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Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 30-35 mins
Serves: 8
yield : 12 Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups wheat and all purpose flour mix
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup strawberry puree
1/4 cup unsalted butter,room temperature
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream Frosting

400 ml heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup unsalted butter,room temperature
2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp strawberry crush
1 tsp vanilla extract
3-4 drops pink food color

Additional Tools

Piping bag
Wilton tip 1M

Toppers

sprinkles of your choice

Method : How to prepare Heart shaped strawberry Cup cakes

Combine all the dry ingredients in one bowl, i.e flour , salt , sugar , baking powder and combined them well.
Then add milk strawberry puree, butter,milk and vanilla extract and beat all the ingredients untill well combined.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
Fill cupcake liners about halfway.
Bake the cup cakes for 30 -35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs.
While cupcakes cool, make the frosting.

For frosting

Take a chill bowl and add icing sugar ,whipping cream , vanilla extract and strawberry crush to it.
Beat it well until a smooth mix.
Add few drops of pink color and beat the cream well till the cream looks smooth and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
Pipe the cream frosting onto the cupcakes decorate the cup cakes using Wilton tip 1M
Add a few sprinkles, then allow to dry and firm.
Treat your loved ones with the these yummy healthy heart shaped pink Strawberry cup cakes.