Coconut cup cakes

100 gms (1 cup) maida
120 gms (3/4 cup) castor sugar
80 gms butter
2 eggs
60 gms desiccated coconut
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
According to consistency-cold milk

Seive flour & baking powder
Seperate eggs - beat  whites and keep aside
Beat butter, sugar and egg yolks, till creamy. Add essence
Fold in flour, baking powder and desiccated coconut
Add in stiffly beated egg whites
Add cold milk little at a time till mixture reaches dropping consistency.
Put mixture in paper cups lined in a tart tray
Garnish with a little coconut and bake for 15-20 mins at 180C

White Bread - 1st try

Quite good, but not perfect, so I'm not posting the recipe yet..

The Dough

After First Raising:

Punched and arranged:

2nd Raising:

Done!!

Buttermilk scones

2 cups - 225 gm maida
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter - I ignored the salt and used salted butter instead - chilled
3/4 cup buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients. Rub in butter till it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add buttermilk to make a soft dough. Knead lighty for 30 secs only. Donot over knead. Roll into the desired shapes, 1/2 inch thick.
Bake for 10-12 mins in a preheated oven at 220C.

Almond Cookies

Tried this again, and came out perfect..

Almond Cookies

Crispy and mouth melting :)

Bruschetta

Quick Bruschetta

Ingredients:

Slice Breads
Olive Oil
Finely Chopped Tomatoes
Olives
Boiled Sweet corn
Cheese
Mixed herbs (fresh or dried)
Salt Pepper to taste

Procedure:
Cut the Bread Slices in two,so that you get a rectangular shape.Polish both the sides with olive oil.Add Chopped tomatoes,Olives and corn to it.Season with salt paper and herbs.Roast till the cheese melts; serve hot 

Bon Appetit
Ash

Bday Cake

This one was my husband's bday cake, earlier this month..

The recipe is the Victoria Sponge Cake, and I've used Pilsbury Icing

Simple - Aloo Toast

Boil potatoes in a big vessel, with enough water. When it comes to a boil, cover and lower the flame and continue to boil. Boil until a knife pierces through the boiling potato easily.
Turn off the gas, let it cool, and peel the potatoes and mash them.
Add to it, salt to taste, chopped green chilles, chopped coriander leaves. If you have, then add - red chilli powder, jeera powdersome chaat masala. The easy part is you can taste and change the proportion of spices accordingly. You can also add ginger garlic paste (available in pouches) if required.
Mix well and keep aside.
You can toast some bread slices in a toaster or on a tawa with butter, and stuff it with the potato filling.

This filling is good for aloo parathas, but you should know to make rotis first!!

Note: This is a part of recipes for my brother, hence the simple instructions