Thursday, January 12, 2012

Apple lemon with cinnamon muffins

Apple lemon with cinnamon muffins
Ingredients:


1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 pinch of salt
1/2 cup palm sugar (you can use regular sugar)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
10 tablespoons butter
1 T lemon zest
1 t lemon juice
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (regular milk will work)
1 large apple, peeled, cored, chopped
1 T palm sugar
1 t ground cinnamon
 
Preparation:

step 1
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease 12 muffin cups.

step 2
2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, butter, lemon zest, lemon juice and milk. Mix the creamed ingredients into the flour mix until evenly moist. Fold in the apples. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.

step 3
3. Mix the 1 T sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the tops of the muffin batter.

step 4
4. Bake 15 minutes in the oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool 1 to 2 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.

step 5
Source: Adapted from Allrecipes.com 

South indian prawn masala

South indian prawn masala
Ingredients:


Prawns, cleaned 1 kg.
Red chillies 6-10 nos.
Green chillies 3-4 nos.
Onions, small 4 nos.
Tomato 1 no.
Coconut 1/2.
Curd 15 ml
Curry leaves A few
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp.
Coriander powder 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds, roasted & powdered 1 tsp.
Salt To taste
Oil as required
 
Preparation:

step 1
1. Grind the red chilies and mix with the prawns along with all the spices and salt.
2. Grind together green chilies, onions and coconut.

step 2
3. Heat oil and fry grinded green chillies, onions and coconut paste till saute.
4. Add tomato, curd and salt till the added oil comes out seperately.

step 3
5. Add marinated prawns and cook till done.

step 4
6. Serve with rice and roti.
 

Simple hot pot

Simple hot pot
Ingredients:


1 Packet Lee Kum Kee Hot Pot Soup Base
Beef, thinly sliced (similar to sukiyaki cut)
Fish Balls
Squid Balls
Meat Balls
Chinese Cabbage
Bok Choy
Leeks
Snow Mushrooms
Crabsticks
 
Preparation:

step 1
Prepare the hot pot soup base

step 2
Add in the fish balls, squid balls and meat balls

step 3
Add in the beef, crab sticks and vegetables

step 4
Let it boil until the beef and vegetables change color

step 5
Serve hot