GARLIC BREAD STICKS RECIPE| SOFT GARLIC BREAD STICKS

Garlic bread sticks are the the first choice of starter whenever we go to Domino's Pizza  in India. When Divya  posted this Garlic bread sticks recipe, i bookmarked it and tried it. the Garlic bread sticks came out too well. I made it long back but some how couldn’t post it. The pictures didn’t come out as i expected as it was raining when i clicked the final pictures. But trust me, this garlic bread sticks were awesome. Check out Divya's blog for the detailed recipe.

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR	1 AND 1/2 CUP (DIVIDED)
SUGAR	1/2 TSP
INSTANT DRY YEAST	1/2 TSP
OLIVE OIL	2TBLSP
SALT	TO TASTE
GARLIC PASTE	1/2 TSP
OREGANO	1 TBLSP
CHILLI FLAKES	1/4 TSP (OPTIONAL)
PARMESAN CHEESE	3 TBLSP
WATER	1/2 CUP

METHOD:

• In a bowl add water, sugar and yeast and mix well. Keep it aside for 10 minutes or till the yeast raises up. the water should be slightly warm. ensure that it is not too warm else it will make the yeast to raise.

• In a wide bowl add 1 cup of flour, and add the olive oil. Mix well and add the raised yeast water to this and make it into a sticky dough.

• Cover it and keep aside for 45 minutes to 1 hour till it raises.
• Now add the garlic paste ( i ground few cloves of garlic with 1/4 tsp of butter) to the raised dough and add the remaining flour (1/2 cup).

• Knead well and keep it covered till the dough raises to double the size.

• Dust the kitchen top with flour and roll this into a big circle.
• Spread cheese over this. I used parmesan cheese, in the original recipe divya used amul grated cheese.

• Fold it into a semi circle. Sprinkle the Oregano on this. If using red chilli flakes sprinkle that too.

• Transfer this to a greased baking tray  Cut this into strips and bake this for 10 to 12 minutes or till the bread turns out slight brown on the top.

• Mine took 12 minutes to bake.

This Garlic bread tasted totally awesome and kids enjoyed a lot.
            
Note:

1. You can use garlic powder instead of garlic paste.
2. The original recipe used grated amul cheese cube.

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EGGLESS CARROT CAKE WITH HOT TOFFEE SAUCE

After a long time, i baked a beautiful cake yesterday. I can say this eggless carrot cake is one of the best cake i have baked. The hot toffee sauce makes the cake more tasty. I wanted to make an carrot cake for a long time and this recipe i adapted from here and the yummy hot toffee sauce i adapted from Nags space. So go ahead and try out this easy eggless carrot cake with hot toffee sauce.

INGREDIENTS: FOR CARROT CAKE

CARROT (GRATED)	1 CUP
CONDENSED MILK	1 TIN (14 OZ)
ALL PURPOSE FLOUR	1 AND 1/4 CUP
BAKING POWDER	1 TSP
BAKING SODA	1/2 TSP
MELTED BUTTER	1/2 CUP
VANILLA ESSENCE	1 TSP

FOR HOT TOFFEE SAUCE:

BROWN SUGAR	1/4 CUP
BUTTER	2 TBLSP
CREAM	1/2 CUP
VANILLA ESSENCE	2 DROPS

METHOD:

• Sift the all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder for even mixing.
• Grate the carrots and add the condensed milk, melted butter and carrots in a bowl. Mix it gently and evenly.

• Add vanilla essence to this.
• Now mix this wet ingredients to the flour mix and gently mix it.
• Grease a pan and pour the cake mixture to this. I used a bundt pan to bake this carrot cake.

• Bake this in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. Mine took 40 minutes to bake this beautiful cake.

• Allow this to cool in a wire rack.
• To make the Toffee sauce,combine all the ingredients under the table “Toffee sauce” in a sauce pan.
• Gently mix this  let it simmer for 5-7 mins until the mixture thickens. Switch off the flame and keep it aside.

• Just make  holes in the cake with toothpicks and pour the toffee sauce over the cake.
• Cake is ready to serve.  Do not skip the toffee sauce as it enhanced the taste of the cake very much.

This beautiful cake i baked for a special occasion today as we are celebrating our 13 years of togetherness today.
        
Note:

• Do not skip the toffee sauce as it enhanced the taste of the cake very much.

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CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI RECIPE |EGGLESS BISCOTTI RECIPE

Biscotti , is more like our Tea rusk , which are baked twice. Very recently i got a mail from a reader who is a teenage girl almost of Varsha’s age , requesting me to post some chocolate recipes as she is a big fan of chocolates. She tried few baking recipes from here too. Recently when we went out, in a cookie shop i saw chocolate biscotti but they were not eggless. So i wanted to try this at home  and it turned out perfect and tasted so well. I adapted the recipe from here.  so let me share the recipe of chocolate biscotti – without eggs and without butter too.


Actually the original recipe is Double chocolate Biscotti, since i didn’t have choco chips in hand i added almonds instead of chocolate chips
INGREDIENTS: [10 BISCOTTI]

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR	1 CUP
COCOA POWDER	1/4 CUP
BAKING POWDER	3/4 TSP
BAKING SODA	1/4 TSP
VANILLA ESSENCE	1/2 TSP
SUGAR	1/4 CUP
ALMONDS	1/4 CUP
OIL	1/4 CUP
WATER	4-5 TBLSP

METHOD:

• Sift the flour, cocoa powder,baking powder and baking soda.
• In a mixer, pulse the almonds and add to the flour mix. If using chocolate chips instead of almonds add it now.

• In a bowl, add water, vanilla essence, sugar and oil.
• Mix well till the sugar dissolves. If u want u can powder the sugar and add.
• When the sugar gets dissolved, add this mixture to the flour and cocoa powder mix.

• Knead this into a dough.
• Place it on a baking sheet |butter paper. Divide it to2 equal portions as a log.
• Flatten the logs. Bake this in 160 degree preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• After the first bake, the biscotti loaves should be firm and very lightly browned, but not hard.

• Slice it diagonally for long biscotti or across for short one using a sharp knife.
• Arrange them in the cooking tray in a parchment paper and again bake them for 10 minutes at 130 degrees C.

• Turn it aside or you can keep the rack in the centre and turn on the heat to up and down for few minutes.

• the second time bake is to dry out the cookies so bake it in a low temperature to get crispy biscotti.
• this can be stored in a air tight container for few weeks.

Note:

1. If you feel the dough dry and not coming to make a whole mass while kneading, sprinkle 1-2 tsp of water.
2. Never chop the biscotti loaf when it is hot.
3. Use sharp knife to cut the loaf.
4. You can add any nuts of your choice and add orange zest too and replace water with orange juice also.
5. While cutting the biscotti loaf it may crumble too. do it slowly and carefully.

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EGGLESS MARBLE CAKE RECIPE | MARBLE CAKE RECIPE

  Marble cake i have seen in many blogs but i always have a doubt whether i could manage to get the swirls and the marble effect on the cake. Actually i planned for  another recipe to post today and even i scheduled it too. But suddenly i remembered it is my co-sister’s birthday today and i made this eggless marble cake to surprise her with a visual treat. So after sending the kids to school i immediately started the process and clicked , edited and finally started writing the post. Please bear with my clicks this time as i was in a hurry to post and i couldn’t wait till the cake to completely cool , and cut that too. The reason for my urgency is  i was hearing some thunder and so i wanted to click before it starts to rain.

The recipe i adapted from Divya's space and many videos from the Google search clarified me in making the marble effect. The original recipe has butter but after started making only i realised i have no enough butter and so i replaced with oil. Still it came out soft and yum.

INGREDIENTS:

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR| PLAIN FLOUR	1 AND 1/4 CUP
MILK POWDER or CONDENSED MILK	3 TBLSP
BAKING SODA	1/2 TSP
BAKING POWDER	2 TSP
ORANGE ZEST	1 TSP
VANILLA ESSENCE	1 TSP
COCOA POWDER	2 TBLSP
HOT WATER	2 TBLSP
MILK	3/4 CUP
POWDERED SUGAR	3/4 CUP
OIL	1/2 CUP

Method:

• In a wide bowl add the flour, baking soda and baking powder  and since i used the milk powder i added it too. If using condensed milk add it to the wet ingredients.
• Sift the mixture to ensure even mixing.
• Add the powdered sugar and oil and mix well in a separate bowl. Mix well. Add milk to this.  If using butter cream the butter and sugar till it becomes fluffy. Add milk to it later and add the vanilla essence too. If using condensed milk instead of milk powder add at this stage.

• In hot water add the cocoa powder and mix well to make a paste and add the orange zest to this.

   

• Mix the milk,oil and sugar mixture to the sifted flour mix.
• Mix well without lumps. Take 1/2 cup of the flour mixture and add it to the cocoa mixture.

• Grease the pan with oil and spread one portion of  of plain batter to this.
• Now add one portion of cocoa batter to this and make swirls with a fork or knife.

• Repeat the same process for another portion too.

   

• Preheat the oven to 160 degrees and bake it for 30 to 35 minutes. Mine got done in exactly 26 minutes. Insert a tooth pick in the center of the cake to check whether it is done or not. If it comes out clean then it is done.

• Cool it in a wire rack. When it is completely cool, cut them into pieces. Else you will get the crumbles.

• It will be better if you keep it in the refrigerator and cut this after 2 hours.
• Orange zest you can skip too if you do not have oranges at home. But i recommend to add this as it enhances the flavor of the cake.

  

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