Atola - East Indian#SundayFunday

Atola is a traditional East Indian rice pudding that it made with newly harvested rice. This is basically a vegan, gluten free, no sugar, no oil , no ghee or butter, it has just 3 basic ingredients i.e. new rice , coconut milk , jaggery as a sweetener and is flavored with cardamom powder. It's delicious and creamy.

This is made only once a year with rice from the new harvest, on All Souls Day. The rice should be new as new rice is sticky and this is what we want. But if you don’t have rice from the new harvest then use any other rice.

All Souls’ Day, is a day dedicated to the dead and it is observed on 02 November every year. As per the Catholic church, it is the day of Commemoration of All The Departed Souls. Masses are offered for the dead. People also visit and decorate the graves of their loved ones.

Serves 4 - 5
Measurement of 1 Cup = 200Ml
Ingredients
¾ Cup Rice
1/3 Cup Chawli/Black Eyed Beans
1 Liter Thin Coconut Milk -Homemade
250Ml Thick Coconut Milk ( first extract)
160 Grams Jaggery - I used organic
½ Teaspoon Cardamom powder
¼ Teaspoon Salt
Method
Wash and soak the black eyed beans for 6 -8 hours.

In a deep vessel/pot add the rice, chawli beans, salt and

the thin coconut milk, bring it to boil and cook until the rice and chawli beans are soft ( keep stirring in between since this will stick to the bottom of the pot and get burnt).

Once the beans and rice are cooked this will thicken,

now add the jaggery , keep stirring it till the jaggery melts (taste, it if you want it sweeter than add more jaggery accordingly, for us the sweetness is just right) and the pudding comes to a boil. 

Add the cardamom powder and the thick/first extract coconut milk, let it come to a slight simmer. Switch off the flame.

This will thicken as it cools.

Enjoy this warm. Super yummy & delicious!!

Labels: Rice, Homemade, Coconut Milk, Jaggery, Cardamom Powder, Pudding, Sweets & Desserts, East Indian, Sunday Funday,  Vegan, Gluten free, No Oil Or Butter

Today for Sunday Funday Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla, has chosen this theme for us Día de los Muertos - which is The Day of the Dead. 

Atola- East Indian by Sneha's Recipe
Caldo Tlalpeño by Food Lust People Love
Dia de Los Muertos Sugar Skull Cake by Amy’s Cooking Adventures
Enfrijoladas de Pollo by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Fiambre Rojo for Día de los Muertos by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Pan de Muerto (Mexican Day of the Dead Bread) by Karen's Kitchen Stories
Pan Seared Tilapia with Shrimp by Palatable Pastime
Taco Casserole by Making Miracles
Vegetarian Tortilla Soup by Mayuri's Jikoni

Bauernfrühstück (German Farmer’s Breakfast)#SundayFunday

Bauernfrühstück is a German country breakfast. A Farmer's breakfast which simple & filling dish made from fried potatoes, eggs, onions and bacon or ham, pan fried as an omelette. . The Berlin version of the same is called “Hoppel Poppel”. This can be had for lunch or dinner!

I made a vegetarian version to for my hubby, with an addition of cottage cheese and minus the ham rest ingredients and method the same.

Serves One
Ingredients
2 Medium Potatoes - skinned & sliced in roundels
2 - 3 Tablespoons Duck Fat /Bacon Fat or Olive Oil
1 Large Onion - sliced
2 Scallions/Spring Onions - roughly chopped
4 Tablespoons Each Red & Green & Yellow Bell Peppers - diced
2 Big Slices Ham  - chopped
4 Tablespoons Chopped Celery Ribs
1 Teaspoon Dried Chives
2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley
2 Eggs- whisked
Salt to taste

Method

Slice the potatoes in roundels and boil the potatoes in a saucepan of lightly salted water till just cooked. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool and set aside.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the onions and sauté till they are golden brown. Then add the potato roundels and sauté till they too start to brown, 

now add in the ham and sauté for a minute 

then add the bell peppers, celery, chives and spring onions and sauté for 2 minutes or till they soften a little. 

Now spread it evenly and then add the whisked eggs, evenly distribute it. 

As soon as eggs begin to firm up, switch off the flame.

Serve and Enjoy!! We had this with garlic bread.
Labels: Breakfast, Egg, Bacon, Ham, Cottage Cheese, Boiled Potato, Main course, Germany, Sunday Funday, Serves One

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. Our host for this week's event for the month of October 2021, is Stacy of Food Lust People Love: and the theme is Oktoberfest (German recipes)".
Here are some of the German Recipes made by us.
Bauernfrühstück (German Farmer’s Breakfast) from Sneha's Recipe
Bavarian Cheese Spread from Food Lust People Love
Beer Braised Steak from Palatable Pastime
Beer Brats on Pretzel Rolls from Amy's Cooking Adventures
Obatzda (Cheese Spread) from Making Miracles
Oktoberfest Breakfast Casserole from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Sourdough Soft Pretzels from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Monster Bundt Cake#BundtBakers

A super fun and easy Halloween Monster Bundt Cake! All you need is a few ingredients to make this fun Monster Bundt Cake and most important is candy eyeballs which are homemade! I have used my Homemade Chocolate Cake.

For The Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix 
Dry Ingredients
200 Grams All Purpose Flour
20 Grams Corn Flour
400 Grams Caster Sugar
90 Grams Cocoa powder ( Dutch Process)
7 Grams Baking powder
7 Grams Baking soda
3 Grams Salt
Wet Ingredients
3 Small Eggs Or 2 Large
125 ML Vegetable Oil
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Essence
200 ML Warm Coffee
To Make The Butter Milk
225 ML Whole Milk
2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice or White Vinegar
Other Ingredients
For The White Icing /Glaze
3 Cups Icing Sugar
Milk as required
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Coloring Orange, Purple, Green
For Homemade Candy Eyeballs
White Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Edible Black Color

Method
For The Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix

Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. 

Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 3 months or until ready to use.
When Ready To Bake
Preheat oven to 170°C. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans or a 10 cup Bundt mold.

Whisk butter milk, oil, eggs, coffee and vanilla in a large bowl until well mixed and slightly frothy.
Add the dry mix and whisk until just barely combined and smooth (do not over mix). This is a liquidy batter. 

Pour cake batter in a well greased Bundt pan. Bake 60 - 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean (baking time depends on the pan size). 

Allow to cool completely then invert onto a plate.

For The White Icing /Glaze

Make the icing in a large bowl. Divide frosting into three/four bowls and add a different color of food coloring to each.
Add color to the glaze by mixing in a few drops of food coloring.

Place each icing in a piping bag and cut a tiny hole in one of the corners. Drizzle frosting over the cake. Repeat with remaining colors.

For Homemade Candy Eyeballs

Melt the white and dark chocolate as required. Pour this into a small piping. Take a plastic sheet, pipe the white dots, when it cools place a dark chocolate dot on top. Let this cool completely. With a tooth pick make a black dot on top of the dark chocolate.
My suggestion the black dot remains wet even after a day of drying, so mix it with the dark chocolate and then make a black dot. When I was placing the eyes on the cake the black color smudges.

 Add eyeballs all over the cake immediately after adding the frosting. 

Serve and Enjoy!
Labels: Bundts, Bundt Bakers, Halloween, Chocolate, Homemade, Cake Mix, Candy Eyes, International Cuisine, American

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.

Our Host for this month is Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm, theme is Halloween Bundts, thank you for hosting this event. Check the recipes our talented bakers have baked. 

Pat Y Co: Boo...Chocolate-Coconut and Pumpkin Marble Bundt
Making Miracles: Chocolate Orange Swirled Bundt Cake
Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Spider Web Bundt Cake
Palatable Pastime: Dirt and Worms Bundt Cake
A Day in the Life on the Farm: Mini Pumpkin Bundts
Sneha’s Recipe: Monster Bundt Cake
Culinary Adventures with Camilla: No Bones About It Pumpkin Mini Bundts

Air Fryer Pasta Chips#MultiCookerMonday

This is another TikTok sensation made with cooked pasta that’s tossed with olive oil, parmesan cheese, spices, that are then air fried until crispy! They come out so crunchy, perfect for dipping with your favorite sauce for a fun appetizer!

These air fryer pasta chips don’t need a lot of oil. A teaspoon or up to 1 tablespoon is plenty and will make them perfectly crispy! Air Fry the pasta in batches. Depending on the size of the air fryer basket, you may need to separate the pasta into batches to avoid overcrowding, which can affect the results.
Shake the air fryer basket a few times. While cooking the pasta chips, make sure to shake the basket to allow all the surface areas to get crispy. Made this for my hubby's birthday to serve as a starter.

Ingredients
200 Grams Penne Pasta
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
½ Teaspoon All Purpose Seasoning
Sea Salt
Hot Sauce as required

Method

Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Cook pasta al dente according to package directions and drain.

Toss the hot pasta with olive oil, hot sauce, all purpose seasoning, salt and pepper.

Arrange a single layer in the air fryer basket and Air fryer them in a preheated air fryer at 200°C for 15 minutes, tossing a couple times.

Serve the pasta chips with a dip of your choice.
Labels: Pasta & Noodles, Air Fryer, Starters, Appetizer, Multi Cooker Monday, Vegan

Multicooker Monday - October 2021

Air Fryer Pasta Chips from Sneha’s Recipe
Birria Quesatacos (Instant Pot) from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Black Eyed Peas and Okra (Instant Pot) from Palatable Pastime
Instant Pot Dal Dhokli from Magical Ingredients
Pork and Cabbage Starting with Leftovers (slow cooker) from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Anpanman Rolls#SundayFunday

Anpanman is a character bread ” that was inspired by the cartoon character. Kids love such cartoon characters, but let me tell you that I too enjoyed creating this character, it was a fun project.

I thank Sue of Palatable Pastimes for choosing such a fun theme for our Sunday Funday event, wherein, she asked us " Let's create some cute and whimsical kawaii recipes, "Kawaii" means "cute" in Japanese."
Kawaii recipes are perfect for kids.

Ingredient
130 Grams All Purpose Flour
10 Grams Sugar
2 Grams Instant Yeast
20 Grams Softened Butter
2 Grams Salt
80 to 90 Ml Warm Mil
Pink Food coloring
1 Tablespoon Beaten Egg
Black Color or Choco pen
Method

In a large bowl mix in the flour and salt in a bowl. In a jar mix in the milk, sugar and yeast , keep it aside for 5 minutes. Then add in the yeast mixture to the flour and knead to form a smooth dough. Take the dough on to a work surface add the softened butter and knead again for 5 minutes till it smooth and soft dough. Place this in a oiled bowl, cover and let it rise till double in volume.

Deflate the dough and divide the dough into 4 equal parts. Keep the three parts aside covered. 

For the remaining one, add the food coloring and knead it well. Divide this into 9 equal parts. Roll them into smooth round ball. Cover with a wet cloth and let rest for 15 minutes.

Take the three dough balls and roll each into a round smooth ball and place them in long oiled aluminum tray/mold.

With your finger make an indent the part that hits the nose and cheeks, and put the nose and cheeks on it. Cover and keep it rise for 15 minutes.

Apply the egg wash to Anpanman Rolls. Bake in a preheat oven at 180°C for 18 to 20 minutes. 

Cool on a wire rack completely.

After baking and cooling, draw facial parts with black food color. 

Complete and I am loving it!
Labels: Breads, Japanese, Kawaii, Chocolate, Sunday Funday

Sunday Funday - Kawaii Recipes

• Anpanman Rolls from Sneha’s Recipe
• Kawaii Pikachu Pumpkin Pie from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Rice Krispie Monster Treats from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Totoro Inari from Culinary Adventures with Camilla  

Beef & Potato /Aloo Gosht#Soupswappers

Aloo Gosht is a spicy meat gravy that has potatoes cooked with beef, lamb or mutton in a thick stew. This pairs well with rice, roti, naan or puri for a absolute delightful meal. 

Aloo Gosht is a sub-continental dish that mainly originates from Pakistani and North Indian cuisine. This gravy has potatoes cooked with the meat and it's pretty simple to prepare and tastes too good as well.

Ingredients
700 Grams Beef In Bone - cut into medium pieces
250 grams Small Potatoes
1 Teaspoon Roasted Cumin powder
1 Teaspoon Red Chili powder
1½ Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Heaped Coriander powder
½ Cup Oil
1 Cup Heaped Yogurt - whisked
2 Tablespoons Heaped Brown Onion - crushed 

½ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder
1 Tablespoon Ginger juliennes
2 Tablespoon Chopped Coriander leaves

Whole Spices

10 Black peppercorns
¼ Teaspoon Shahjeera
1 Brown Cardamom
4 Cloves

Method

In a bowl add the whisked yogurt, add the crushed brown onions, coriander, cumin and chilly powder, mix this well.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker add all the whole spices, when it releases an aroma add in the beef pieces and fry for 2 minutes on medium high flame, add ½ cup water and the yogurt mix and mix it well it is forms a smooth gravy, wash the yogurt bowl with another ½ cup water and pour this into the cooker, add salt fry well for 2 minutes. Cover the cooker with a lid and on high flame take one whistle, reduce to flame to medium low and let it cook for 25 - 30 minutes or till the meat is nearly done.

Let the cooker cool, open and check if the meat is cooked and the gravy consistency, add more water accordingly, add in the baby potatoes and give it a good mix. Close the cooker and take two whistles on high flame. Switch off the flame and let the cooker cool. Open and check if the potatoes are done and meat if fork tender. Add ginger juliennes, garam masala powder and little coriander leaves give it a stir and cover with lid. Let is simmer for 7 to 10 minutes on medium low flame, stirring frequently until oil separates or surfaces.

Aloo Gosht is ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and ginger juliennes Enjoy this stew!!
Labels: Beef, Stew, Baby Potatoes, Indian, Main course, Soup, Soup Swappers, Pressure Cooker, One Pot Meal

Soup Swappers: Comforting Stews 

• Beef & Potato Stew/Aloo Gosht from Sneha’s Recipe
• Boeuf Bourguignon + Domaine Les Aphillanthes Côtes du Rhône Galets Plan de Dieu 2019 from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Comforting Veggie Stew from Magical Ingredients
• Filipino Beef Mechado (Slow Cooker) from Palatable Pastime
• Ham and Vegetable Stew from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Low Carb Instant Pot Beef Stew from The Keto Grandma
• Slow Cooker Argentina-Style Beef Stew from Karen’s Kitchen Stories