Orange and semolina mini muffins recipe

Orange and semolina mini muffins

I don’t even remember when I have blogged last time, was so tied up by couple of family tasks.  Today thought of trying something without following any recipe as I love such brainstorming

Thus this recipe emerged. Used couple of ingredients I have at home to make these mini muffins, its super easy and the muffins turned out delicious too

Coming to the recipe

Ingredients

Fine semolina (chirooti rava) - 1.5 cups

Brown sugar – 2/3 cup (not powdered)

Fresh juice of two oranges – about 2/3 cup

Eggs – 2

Butter – 1/3 cup

Baking powder – ½ tsp.

Vanilla essence ( optional)

Method

• Throw in all the ingredients into a huge bowl and whisk well with a hand whisk. Yes trust me I did exactly this.
• Once the ingredients have come together simply scoop out and pour in muffin pans.
• Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes.
• Remove the tray and let it cool for about 5-10 minutes before removing the muffins from the pan.

Tip: I was thinking it will be nice if I soak these mini muffins in orange syrup, what say? . Will try :)

Bake and enjoy ..

Thanks

Chaithanya 

Pressure cooker palpayasam recipe

Pressure cooker palpayasam recipe

Palpayasam is one of famous south indian delicacy and in north it’s called as kheer. Traditionally it is cooked on stove top, adding rice, sugar and milk and stirred for long time so that rice is well cooked in milk and the sweet and delicious dessert is made

My family loves palpayasam and its one of the kid’s favourites too... Over the years I have started to make it in the pressure cooker. I have many friends who do the same.

Ingredients

Rice – ¼ cup

Milk – 3 cups

Sugar - 1/3 cup

Saffron – few stands (optional)

Cardamom powder – a pinch (optional)

Method

• In a pressure cooker (I use a 2 litre stainless steel pressure cooker) add the rice, 2 cups of milk and sugar and  keep it on gas stove on low flame. Wait until you hear the first whistle and switch off the stove after 5 minutes.
• Open the lid once the pressure is released automatically.
• Use a potato masher and mash the rice randomly.
• Add the saffron and cardamom powder at this stage and mix well, also add a cup of hot milk to this. Mix well again.

Note: I sometimes grind few almonds (about 5-10) in the payasam.

you coudl also increase the sugar quantity depending on your taste.

Thanks and regards

Chaithanya