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 

Whole wheat Cranberry Orange Scones with Dulce de leche coffee recipe

When u have a lot of tangy cranberries and sweet oranges at home think of some whole wheat scones and enjoy them with a nice dulce de luche coffee :)

The cranberries I have at home was super tangy, some may like it but my family kept ignoring those. Finally thought of baking scones with those, also had some sweet oranges handy at home.

Came across this recipe from taste of home, while browsing the internet and used organic whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour and baked it. 

The recipe is as follows

Ingredients

·         2 cups whole wheat flour

·         10 teaspoons sugar, divided

·         1 tablespoon grated orange peel

·         2 teaspoons baking powder

·         1/2 teaspoon salt

·         1/4 teaspoon baking soda

·         1/3 cup cold butter

·         1 cup dried cranberries

·         1/4 cup orange juice

·         1/4 cup half-and-half cream

·         1 egg

·         1 tablespoon milk

Method

1.       In a large bowl, combine the flour, 7 teaspoons sugar, orange peel, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside.

2.      In a small bowl, combine the cranberries, orange juice, cream and egg. Add to flour mixture and stir until a soft dough forms.

3.      Gently knead the dough for minute and pat dough into a circle. Cut into 10 wedges. Separate wedges and place on an ungreased baking sheet, alternately on a silicon sheet. Brush with milk; sprinkle with remaining sugar.

4.      Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack.

Dulce de leche coffee

Blend together 100 ml fresh cream, 100 ml milk, 1-2 tspn instant coffee and 2-3 tsp. Dulce de leche until frothy and serve!

Bake and enjoy! 

Regards

Chaithanya 

Cucumber and pomegranate salad in hazelnut oil and orange juice dressing

This is a very fresh, healthy and tasty salad which is made in no time. You could watch this video to  learn a new technique of de-seeding a pomegranate, and if you already know and use the technique, very good  for you.

Ingredients for the salad
Cucumber - 3 medium size ones
Pomegranate- 1 large
Herbs (Mint leaves or coriander leaves) - 1/4 cup
Lemon juice - 3 tbspn
Orange juice - 1/2 cup
Paprika - a pinch
Tobasco sauce - 2 tspns
Hazelnut oil - 2 tbspns
Salt and pepper - for seasoning

Arrange the vegetables and fruits in a plate.
Whisk together the rest of the ingredients and oil until emulsified. Pour over the salad just before serving. 
Enjoy!!

Avocado orange smoothie

I have been always wrong in getting good avocados, either it will be unripe or rotten or ripe and spoilt. I try my luck again and again and voila , I got a nice one this time. I was feeling like a new baby in my hand .. I know it sounds a bit of an exaggeration, but as I said I was super happy !! Knowing the fact the fruit is super nutritious I wanted to use it as an evening snack for the kids. They would happily reject if I would have tried a guacamole with it.
SO i went ahead to try a smoothie and also had few oranges with me. So follow is what I tried!

INgredients
Avacado- one
Oranges - 3 no.s
Sugar - as required
Choco chips - for garnish and fooling :)

Method
Peel the oranges and remove the juice and keep aside.
Half the avacado and remove the seed. Scoop out the flesh of the avacados in a blender and add in the juice to make a smooth paste. You may add in sugar if you feel it is required.
Remove the smoothie to a tumbler or bowl and throw in some choco chips.
Smoothie is ready!

Want to read more about avacadoes ? read this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

Summer drink II

I really dont know what to name this drink , mostly it would be summer drink II :) Its nothing but mixed fruit juice

Ingredients
Oranges- 2
Apple- 1
Med sized cucumber- 1
Med sized lemon- 1
Salt/ sugar- to your taste
Ginger jam - 1/4 tspn

Method
Remove the juice of the oranges and strain in the large sieve
Blend the apples with the lemon juice and cucumber and mix with the orange juice.
Add salt or sugar to your taste and garnish with either ginger chips or quarter tspn of ginger jam and serve.


Enjoy ! :)
 

Orange marmalade cake

Orange marmalade cake


Ingredients
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tspn grated orange rind
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 
2 1/2 tspn baking powder
150 gms butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs separated
1/2 cup tutti frutti
1/2 to 2/3  cup milk


Method


Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease and line a baking pan
Sift the flour and baking powder together. Cream the butter, orange rind, sugar and egg yolk in a bowl with an electric mixer on a med speed or with a whisk until light and fluffy. Stir in the marmalade and tutti -frutti. Fold in the sifted flour alternatively with milk and orange juice.
Beat the egg whites until they form peaks and fold gently into the cake mixture.Pour the batter into prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for 25 - 35 minutes . Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.


Recipe source : Sanjeev kapoors cakes and bakes with minor changes in some ingredients and the temp.