Mango Bread Pastry - No Bake Dessert#AlphabetChallenge

Made this with Alphonso mangoes so often because it is easy, delicious and yummy. My friends too made this pastry, when I, explained to them how to make it and it is a instant hit in their home too.  Make this for your guest and they will shower praises after enjoying this pastry. 

Ingredients 
4 Slices Bread - white or brown any will do
As Required Slices Mango - cut in the size of the bread slice
 ¾ Cup Vanilla Ice Cream 
For The Mango Glaze
2 Tablespoon Sugar
½ Cup Mango Puree
1 Teaspoon Gelatin or Agar Agar powder
2 Tablespoons Water
Method
For The Mango Glaze 

Soak the gelatin in water for 5 minutes.  
Take a another pan, mix together  mango puree and sugar, mix well add soaked gelatin.  Now switch on the flame and cook the mixture on low heat, stirring continuously, so that it doesn't stick to the bottom. Cook until it becomes translucent and thick  ( do not bring it to a boil). It's is ready. Take off flame, take it out on a bowl, keep aside to cool. 
For Assembling
Take the bread slices. Take out the ice cream and let it become a little soft so that it's easy to spread.  

First take one slice and spread a tablespoon ice cream nicely all over.  

Then place the slices of mango.  

Spread a little mango glaze on top.  

Then  spread little ice cream on it.  Take second slice of bread and place it on top then again continue the same process. First spread ice cream and in this way repeat the process until the fourth slice of bread finally is placed on top. 

Then apply layer of of ice cream and pour mango glaze on the top. Its summer and so hot as you can see as I am assembling it the ice cream is melting.

Now place this pastry in an airtight container, keep it in the freezer for half an hour or more to set.

When ready to serve take it out, trim the sides and cut from the center  - into two parts. So two pastries are ready , garnish with glazed cherries or mango pieces and serve chilled. 

Enjoy.. yum... 

Labels: Mango, Pastry, Sweets & Desserts, Vegetarian, Alphabet Challenge

Let's take a look at the recipes being shared today with Alphabet "M" 

Food Lust People Love: Milk Roasted Chicken with New Potatoes and Mushrooms 

Blogghetti: Movie Night Charcuterie Board

Sneha’s Recipe: Mango Bread Pastry - No Bake Dessert

Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Mocha Milkshake

Palatable Pastime: Trout Meunière (Amandine)

Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Maple Pecan Madeleines

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Steak and Mushroom Bites

A Messy Kitchen: Mini Lemon Cupcakes with Marionberry Frosting (Doctored Cake Mix)

Mayuri’s Jikoni: Moong Dal Salad | Kosambari

Magical Ingredients: Mint Mascarpone Dip Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Pineapple Ketchup Ground Turkey Skillet Meatballs

Culinary Cam: Mini Peach Galettes

Indo Chinese Style Chilly Omelette Stir Fry#SundayFunday

This stir fried Chilly Omelette made Indo Chinese Style, is a change from the regular and monotonous omelette.  This is very quick to put up and will go very well with fried rice or as a side dish.
Serves 2 -3 
Ingredients

4 Large Eggs
¼ Teaspoon Pepper powder
¼ Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Oil
For The Sauce
3 Tablespoons Oil
1 Teaspoon Chopped Ginger
1 Teaspoon Chopped Garlic
1 Spring Onion - white & green chopped
1 Small Onion - cut into cubes  
1 Small Capsicum – cut into cubes
2 Tablespoons Red Chilli sauce
1 Tablespoon Light Soy sauce 
1 Tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
1 Teaspoon Vinegar
Method

Beat the eggs in a bowl, add in red chilly, pepper powder and salt to taste. Whisk them.
Heat oil into a hot pan ( used grill pan) on low flame and pour  little of  the egg mixture to make a thin omelette. 

While the omelette is still not cooked completely, roll it gently into then center 

Again pour a little mixture on to the empty side and swirl it to come to the bottom of the fold, again start to roll.

Do this process till all then egg mixture used. Make a thick roll.

Cut it from the center, see the layers!!

Then into cubes. Keep aside.

In another pan heat oil  add chopped ginger and garlic, sauté on high flame for a minute. Now add finely chopped white part of the spring onion. Sauté on high flame.
Add diced  onions and capsicum. Continue to sauté on the high flame. Add  all the  sauces and tomato ketchup ,vinegar and salt to taste and continue sautéing for a minute, Add the  egg pieces into the sauce and mix it so that the y are coated with the  sauce.

Finally add some finely chopped  spring onion green and serve hot.  Enjoy!!

Labels: Egg, Indo Chinese, Omelette, Stir Fry ,Side Dish, Vegetarian, Asian Cuisine, Sunday Funday

For Sunday Funday we are sharing Egg recipes.

• Breakfast Pizza from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Cottage Cheese Scrambled Egg Skillet from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Egg Ghee Roast Recipe from Mayuri's Jikoni
• Deviled Egg Dip from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Deviled Quail Egg Shrimp Canapés from Food Lust People Love
• Indo Chinese Style Chilly Omelette Stir Fry from Sneha's Recipe
• Pickled Quail Eggs from Culinary Cam

Guava Cheese#SundayFunday

Guava Cheese is a sweet prepared by Christians for Christmas. It's very easy and has a long shelf life. This is cheesy, soft, melt in the mouth sweet. Do give it a try. This sweet has no flour or eggs, completely vegetarian, vegan, gluten free. My mom's favorite sweet. 

Ingredients
4 Cups Guava Pulp (1½ Kg Ripe Big Guavas)

4 Cups Tea Sugar
Juice of 3 Big Lemons
2 Tablespoons Ghee
Few drops of Pink/ Red color or color of your choice
Method

Wash the guavas and cut them in halves, place it in a container and steam them in a pressure cooker (like you steam rice) on high for one whistle then reduce the flame and keep it for 10 minutes ( taking care that no water enters the container). 

Cool the guavas completely then take a spoon and scoop out the seeds and keep aside, taking care that no seeds remain in the outer covering.
Take the seeds pulp in a fine strainer and remove the pulp as much as possible. 
Take the outer cover and chop it into small pieces and grind it to a fine paste without adding any water.

Measure the pulp and the ground paste in a cup or a bowl. Take the same bowl and measure the sugar. 
Place the sugar, guava pulp and lime juice in a heavy bottom base kadai and place on fire on medium low flame stirring continuously with a wooden spoon.

While stirring take care to stay far away as it splutters. Keep stirring continuously, this take around 45 minutes to an hour. When the mixture thickens and starts leaving the sides add the ghee and color, continue stirring till starts form a ball in the center. 

Take it our into a greased tray and spread it. Cool completely and cut into squares. Store in airtight containers.

This stays good for 3 months in a cool dry place.

Labels: Festival Sweets, Gluten free, Guava, Lime Juice, Sugar, Vegan, Vegetarian, Christmas, East Indian, Sunday Funday

For Sunday Funday we are celebrating Moms Day. 

Check the recipes made to celebrate this special day!   

• Edible Gelatin Balloons for Cake Decorating from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Guava Cheese from Sneha's Recipe
• Haldi Doodh Masala Spiced Cupcakes with Burnt Caramel Buttercream from Culinary Cam
• Honey Mustard Chicken Strips from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Pistachio Saffron Muffins from Mayuri's Jikoni
• Rustic Baked Potato Soup from Food Lust People Love
• Shortbread Lemon Squares from Our Good Life

Veggie Mini Vol-au-Vents#SundayFunday

These are excellent party appetizers, try them and your guest will enjoy them. We enjoyed these, could not stop at one, so make more in case, your guest ask for another one.

Ingredients 

15 Mini Vol-au-vents Shells - used ready shells
For the Filling 

¼ Cup Finely Chopped French Beans
¼ Cup Finely Chopped Carrots
¼ Cup Green Peas
1 Cup Bechamel Sauce

¼  Teaspoon Mixed Herbs

¼  Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes

Salt to taste 

Cheddar Cheese as required
Method

Parboil all the veggies and keep aside.
In a sauce pan heat the Bechamel Sauce, mix well to make it smooth and lump free, add rest of the ingredients except the cheese. Taste for salt and add accordingly. Keep aside to cool.

To Assemble 
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, turning both the elements on ( i.e. grill rod too). 

Take each shell and core it with a spoon carefully so that you do not break right into the bottom ( this is to give a little depth).  Like wise prepare all the shells.  Arrange them in a lined tray.

Place a teaspoon of filling

Grate the cheese on top

Place it in the oven bake  till the cheese melts say about 7 -10 minutes or so.

Serve and Enjoy!!

Labels :  Vol-au-Vents, Vegetarian, Cheddar Cheese, Party pleasers, Baked, Puff Pastry, Bechamel Sauce, Sunday Funday

Tea Party 

• Banana Peanut Butter Cookies by Food Lust People Love
• Caramel Apple Tea Rub for Pork by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Chamomile Spring Veggie Chowder by Culinary Cam
• Ginger Basil Tea by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Veggie Mini Vol-au-Vents by Sneha's Recipe

Gravywali Gatte Ki Sabji#AlphabetChallenge

There are many variations of making Rajasthani "Gatte Ki Sabzi". Rajasthani Gatte Ki Sabzi is a delicious main course dish prepared from besan flour, roundels called "Gatte: which are cooked in a  yogurt based gravy. It's so delicious vegetarian dish that you will love  and it's gluten free too. 

Have no veggies in the house, then no worries, make this comforting  and finger licking "Gravywali Gatte Ki Sabji"

Ingredients

For Gatte
1 Cup Heaped Besan/Chickpea Flour
½ Teaspoon Red Chilly Powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
½ Teaspoon Saunf / Fennel Seeds

½ Teaspoon Cumin  Seeds

2 Tablespoons Yogurt - whisked

¼ Teaspoon Turmeric powder

2 Teaspoons Oil 

For the Gravy

¼ Cup Oil
2 Teaspoons Cumin Seeds

1 Bay leaf
Salt to taste 
1½ Teaspoons Red Chilly Powder or as per spice level

2 Tablespoons Coriander powder
1 Teaspoon Level Garam masala powder
1  Medium Onion  - grind to fine paste
 3 Cloves Garlic - grind to fine paste 
2 Green chillies - finely  chopped
3 Tablespoons Malai - optional
200 Grams Yogurt - whisked 
Mint and  Coriander leaves - for garnishing.

Method 

For the Gatte 

Mix all ingredients make tight dough roll them into long sausages.  

Then steam them in a plate for 10 minutes. 

Let them cool completely, then cut into small pieces.

For the Gravy 

Heat oil in kadai, add cumin  seeds when they sizzle, add the  bay leaf and the onion garlic paste, saute till  it starts to leave oil from the sides. Now  take the kadai off flame and add the whisked yogurt,  mix it well, place the kadai back on flame add the green chilles , red chilly and coriander powder and fry till oil surfaces.  

Add about a cup of hot water and  mix well bring this to a rolling boil, add salt to taste and the gatte, cover and let it cook for 5 - 6 minutes, stirring in between.  Now add the garam masala powder and malai(cream), mix it well, switch off the flame. 

 Garnish it with mint and coriander leaves. 

Enjoy this with rice or rotis. 

Lables:  Gluten free, Besan, Rajasthan, Vegetarian, Main course, Alphabet Challenge

Let's take a look at the recipes being shared today with Alphabet "G" 

Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Ginger Salad Dressing

Sneha’s Recipe: Gravy Wali Gatte Ki Sabji 

Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Stir-Fried Tomato Ginger Beef

Food Lust People Love: Extra Herby Gremolata

Culinary Cam: Garlicky Fregola with Edamame, Mint, and Ricotta

Blogghetti: Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Salmon 

Mayuri’s Jikoni: Guava Salad, Burmese Style

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Garlic Honey Chicken Thighs

A Messy Kitchen: Gâteau Ardéchois (Chestnut Cream Cake)

Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Guinness Stout Crockpot Simmered Corned Beef 

Dal Sultani#AlphabetChallenge

This yummy dal is a Mughlai cuisine of Uttar Pradesh. Its rich and creamy .  Goes well with both rice/pulao or chapattis.
Ingredients 
1 Cup Moong Dal - washed and soaked for an hour
2 Cups Water
1 Tablespoon Red Chilly Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt 
For the Gravy 

200 Grams Yogurt
200 ML Milk
100 ML Fresh Cream
6 Cloves  - coarsely ground
6 Small Cardamoms  - coarsely ground
½ Teaspoon Saffron Strands - mix in a Tablespoon water

For Tempering 
½ Cup  Butter or Ghee - I used  half of each
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
8 Cloves Garlic  - chopped
For garnishing coriander leaves  - finely chopped
A Piece of Coal for Dungar / Smoke 

Method

Soak lentil for half an hour, add in it water, salt, chilly powder and boil the dal till its cooked. 

In a another bowl mix,  yogurt,  milk and  malai (cream), beat  well, add the cardamom and cloves powder mix well.  

When lentil  is cooked, add in creamy mixture, stir the dal well, cook on slow flame for 10 minutes  stirring it so that it does not burn at  the bottom.  Switch off flame,  add the saffron water give it quick stir.

Prepare The Tempering

Heat ghee and butter in a pan add the cumin, chopped garlic when the garlic starts to brown take off flame and pour on dal . Cover with a lid. Lastly place the lighted coal in piece of foil or a small bowl pour ghee over it and keep it over the dal covered for 5 minutes. Open garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot. We had this thick, rich, creamy and yummy dal with roti or Naan. 

My Notes 
This dal is not spicy so don't add more chilly powder, this will ruin the taste and color of the dal. 
Do not skip giving dungar/smoke to the dal, as this enhances the flavor.
You can use split pigeons peas/tur dal too instead of moong dal. 
Labels: Dal, Moong dal, Lentils, Mughlai Cuisine, Uttar Pradesh, Alphabet Challenge, Vegetarian

Let's take a look at the recipes being shared today with Alphabet "D"

Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Double Dark Chocolate Waffles 

Blogghetti: Dragon Fruit Smoothie Bowl 

Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Dutch Macaroni 

Mayuri’s Jikoni: Date Salad, Ottolenghi Style 

A Messy Kitchen: Sugarplum Date Balls 

Culinary Cam: Gluten-Free Crystal Dumplings 

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Chicken with Dates 

Palatable Pastime: Balkan Lamb and Rice Casserole (Djuvec) 

Magical Ingredients: Dill Pickle Dip 

Food Lust People Love: Small Batch Dried Apricot Jam 

Sneha’s Recipe: Dal Sultani 

Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Sun-Dried Tomato Dip with Italian Seasoning 

Burmese Tofu With Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce#EatTheWorld

This makes a fresh, delicious meal with a flavorful garlic, ginger and sauce. 
Makes 3-4 servings 
Ingredients
400 Grams Extra Firm Tofu
2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil / Olive Oil
2 Scallions - finely chopped
1 inch Fresh Ginger - minced
5 Cloves Garlic - minced
3 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Toasted Sesame oil
1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar

1 Tablespoon Red Chilly Sauce 
1 Teaspoon Chili Flakes
1 Fresh Red Chilly - chopped - optional
Sesame seeds, for garnish - optional
Chopped Coriander leaves - for garnish -optional

Method

Pat the tofu with a paper towel until dry.  Cut into 2" cubes.
Heat a large frying pan or skillet on high heat and add some of the oil, then immediately turn the heat to low. Add a batch of the tofu, laying the pieces face-down on the pan  and let fry for  until brown on the pan side. Keep on flipping the sides until all sides are brown. Remove and plate. You will likely need to fry the pieces in batches. The oil can splatter, so be careful.
Mix together the, ginger, garlic, chopped fresh red chilly, all the sauces, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, and chili flakes to make the sauce.

In another pan add the sauce, when the sauce  comes to a simmer switch off the flame add in scallions.
When the tofu is done cooking, turn off the heat for the pan. Plate the tofu and pour the sauce over the tofu. Garnish with the coriander leaves / green scallions.
You can eat this dish at any temperature you like. Store leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to five days. Enjoy this satisfying dish!!

Labels: Eat the World, Burma, Tofu, Soy Sauce, Asian Cuisine, Vegan, Gluten free, Keto, Low Carb, Vegetarian

Check out all the wonderful Burmese dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

• For Eat The World we are sharing recipes of Burma
•  Tasty Trio from Myanmar by Culinary Cam
• Burmese Tofu with Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce by Sneha's Recipe
• Chile Garlic Oil Noodles ;by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Garlic Oil Noodles with Chicken by Amy's Cooking Adventures