Baked Ladies Finger/Okra(step-by-step pictures)

Ingredients 

Ladies finger / Okra           : 10 
Red chilly powder             : 1/2 tsp 
Cumin powder                  : 1/4 tsp 
Oil                                    : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  
Salt 

Method

Preheat oven to 180C
Wash and wipe ladies fingers. 


                                                           Cut each okra in 4 strips.

                                                 Sprinkle spice powders,salt over the okra. 

                                                                       and mix. 

 

Place okras on a baking tray & Bake for 10 minutes until crisp.

Serve hot ..

Basic Eggless Sponge Cake

Basic Eggless Sponge Cake

Ingredients

Maida        : 1 cup
Curd          : 1 cup
Refined oil  : 1/4 cup
Powdered sugar  : 3/4 cup
Baking soda      : 1/2 tsp
Salt                    : a pinch
Vanilla essence   : 1 tbsp

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C  for 10 mins and grease a cake pan and keep aside.
Sieve maida, baking soda , salt and keep aside.
In a bowl mix curd and sugar well.
Add refined oil and vanilla essence to the curd mixture and combine well.
Now slowly add the flour little by little and stir gently.
Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 20 mins. 

Basic White Bread

Basic White Bread

Ingredients 

Maida / All purpose flour   : 2 cups
Dry Yeast                         : 1 tsp
Honey                               : 1 tbsp
Salt                                   : 1/2 tsp
Lukewarm water               : 1/2 cup

Method

Mix flour, salt, yeast. honey, water and knead gently.
Dust the working surface with little Maida and knead the dough for 3 mins.
Transfer the dough into a bowl and cover with a towel and let it rise for 1 hour .
Remove it from the bowl and again knead for few mins and shape it into a log.
Put the dough into a greased loaf pan, cover it and let it rise for another 1hour.
Preheat the oven at 180 C for 10 mins and bake for 20 mins.
Remove the bread from oven and place on a rack to cool.
Freshly baked bread is ready.
Enjoy..

 

Bourbon Biscuits

Bourbon Biscuits

Ingredients

Maida / All purpose flour        : 1 cup
Butter                                     : 1/4 cup
Sugar                                      : 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder                        : 2 tbsps
Baking powder                        : 1 tsp
Baking soda                             : 1/4 tsp
Vanilla essense                         : 1tbsp
Instant Coffee powder              : 1/2 tsp
Honey                                      : 1 tbsp
Cold Milk                                 : 2 tbsps
Salt                                          : a pinch

For the filling
Icing sugar                               : 1/4 cup
Butter                                      : 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder                        : 1 tsp

Method

Preheat the oven to 150 C.
Sieve the flour, Baking powder, cocoa powder together.
Take a wide bowl add butter and sugar and beat until fluffy, add vanilla essense, honey, baking soda, salt and blend well.
Mix the sieved flour to the butter mixture and add little milk to form the dough.
Transfer the dough to floured surface and knead for few minutes.
Roll and cut into even rectangles.
Grease a baking tray and place the biscuits.
Prick the biscuits with a fork and sprinkle sugar on top.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Mix all the ingrdients for " Filling" and Put a tsp of filling on a biscuit and spread out it evenly and place the another biscuit over it.
Enjoy.