Coddled Eggs With Mashed Potato

An egg coddler is a porcelain or pottery cup with a lid that is used to prepare a dish called coddled eggs. The eggs are soft-cooked and similar to poached eggs, but the eggs are cooked more slowly than a boiled egg.  We love to eat these eggs, once a month for a change instead of frying eggs for dinner, I make this.  Let's go to the recipe.

Sending this to this month's BM week 2 - Mug treats

Ingredients

3 Large Potatoes - boiled and mashed
2 Tablespoons Red and Green Capsicum - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Butter
1/4 Teaspoon Rosemary  - powdered
1/4 Teaspoon Fresh Thyme
3 Eggs
3 Tablespoons Cheeza Cheese - grated
Salt & Pepper- to taste

Method
Mix together the mashed potatoes, capsicums, butter, rosemary, thyme and season with salt and pepper, mix well till you get a smooth consistency.

Butter 3 ramekins or small bowls ( I butter two bowls and one small cup cake mold).

Divide the potato mix equally in each bowl.

Crack an egg, carefully over the mashed potato in each bowl.

Sprinkle pepper to taste on the egg. 

Sprinkle a tablespoon of grated cheese in each bowl. Cover the bowl with an aluminum foil.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Place the bowls in a baking tray. Fill the tray with enough hot water making sure they come half way up the bowl. 

Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes or until the egg whites are set but the yolk is still soft.

Take it out of the oven and serve on its own or as a side to any meal.  

We have this for our dinner along with our sabzi - roti.

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Labels :  Continental Cuisine, Egg, Cheese, Potato, Blogging Marathon, Mug Treats

Mug Dhokla - A 2 Minute Microwave Recipe

Made this 2 mins microwave mug dhokla for our evening tea. This mug dhokla has to be eaten immediately or else it becomes chewy. So have it when its warm. 

Sending this to this month's BM week 2 - Mug treats

Ingredients per mug

3 Tablespooons Chickpea flour / Besan
4 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Oil
A pinch of Soda - bi - carb
3/4 Teaspoon Fruit Salt
A pinch of Turmeric
A pinch of Chilly powder

For the tadka

1 Teaspoon Oil
1/4 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
A pinch of Salt and Sugar
A tablespoon Water
A few drops of Lemon Juice
A Green Chilly - cut into 2 pieces

Method
Mix all the ingredients expect the fruit salt till smooth and lump free. Then add the fruit salt and very quickly mix it, place it on a plate ( for it may spill over ) and microwave on high  for only 2 mins.

For the tadka

Heat oil in a laddle, add mustard seeds when it splutters, add the green chilly, then add water , salt , sugar and lemon juice. Let the water come to a boil, take off the flame, pour it over dhokla.  Serve warm and enjoy this quick spongy and yummy dhokla.  

You can easliy unmould this, just loosen the sides with a knife and lift it with a spoon.. ta .. da..aa.. here  it is .....

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Labels : Dhokla, Chickpea flour, Microwave, Mug Treats, Blogging Marathon

Sweet Celebrations - A Quick Microwave Desserts

This is a quick microwave dessert - one minute. I made this dessert for us on a Sunday and its was yummy. When I made this dessert a day before was very busy with lots of work in the kitchen, doing too many things at a time. But in making desserts one needs to focus on that particular task which I didn't and this curdled. I just forgot to give it a steam bath. It tasted delicious but the silky creamy effect all gone. Promised my hubby that tomorrow will make it again, it tasted silky creamy and he enjoyed it.

Sending this to this month's BM week 2 - Mug treats

Ingredients

1/3 Cup Condensed Milk
1/3 Cup Yogurt
1/3 Cup Fresh Cream
8 - 10 Tinned Cherries - De - seeded
4 Small Bowls

Method

With a hand blender , blend all the condensed milk, yogurt and fresh cream for a minute, then add 6 cherries and just pulse it on or twice, taking care that the cherries do blend completely. The mixture should have a marble effect only. Pour them into small bowls and keep side.

Pour 1/3 cup water into a microwave proof plate and keep it on high for a minute. Then place the filled bowls on this plate and microwave on high first for 30 seconds. Check if its a little wobbly its done or keep it for another 30 seconds.

Microwave time will depend on the quantity and size of the bowl. Mine got done in a minute. Keep it in the fridge to cool for an hour and serve with a cherry on top. 

Enjoy this delicious dessert.

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Labels : Sweets & Desserts, Yogurt, Condensed Milk, Fresh Cream, Blogging Marathon, Mug Treats, Microwave