Wednesday, 23 January 2013

How to make Sugar free sweets at home, Make Nutritious, Sugar-Free Sweets for Your Kids



You Don't Want to Deprive Your Kids, but Sugar is Making Them Crazy. There's Another Way to Keep Things Sweet

1) Sugar free Jelly

Sugar Free Jelly






Ingredients
 
1 sugar free jelly
2 packs powdered gelatine

Method


Makeup the sugar free jelly with 1/2 pint water
Add 2 sachets powdered gelatine
mix well. You could even add some cream to the mix to make "creamy" sweets!

makes about 24 sweets ...I use silicone sweet moulds as the 'jellies' are easily turned out.

These are good when you just fancy that sweet 'kck'
I find they are best kept in the fridge as they stay firmer



2)  Sugar Free Fruit Cake

Try this cake made with lots of dried fruits, nuts and spices.

Sugar Free Fruit Cake
Ingredients
  • 8g artificial sweetener (8 x 1g sachets)
  • 80ml orange juice
  • 110g dried cranberries, chopped
  • 165g sultanas
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 175g walnuts, chopped
  • 240g tinned pineapple, crushed
  • 25g grated lemon peel
  • 75g desiccated coconut
  • 1 teaspoon ground mace
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 200g plain flour
Preparation method

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

How to Make Homemade Gourmet Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Ice Cream with ice-cooling (directions, recipe, with photos, easy and f...Eaziest way to make Sugar free icecreame at home

What's better than fresh premium fat-free, sugar-free ice cream?  So let's make our own homemade fat-free, sugar-free ice cream!
Number of Servings: 1


Ingredients


    1 tbsp Sucralose (or Splenda)
    1/2 cup 2% Milk (or another milk of your choice)
    1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
    Sandwhich Size Zip-lock Bag
    Quart Size Zip-lock Bag
    6 tbsp Rock Salt


Directions


1) Measure out and mix sucralose, milk, and vanilla. Pour into a small zip-lock bag (sandwhich size)
2) Take a quart size zip-lock bag and fill about halfway with ice. Add rock salt
3) Place small zip-lock bag into the bag with the ice and seal it closed.
4) Squeeze the large bag with your hands for about 10 minutes or until the mixture in the small bag is firm
5) Pour ice-cream into a small cup and enjoy!!

How to make sugar free cheesecake at home

Like Cheesecake? Can't have sugar? then try this one.

This is a basic cheesecake recipe. You can serve this dish up to diabetics and their loved ones. I like it with a strawberry topping, especially when strawberries are in season.

Ingredients:


For the Filling:

5 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar equivalent substitute
3 eggs
½ cup Fage Total Classic Plain Greek yogurt
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the crust:
1 cup almonds, whole
2 Tbsp sugar equivalent substitute
4 Tbsp butter, melted

For the topping:
1 cup unsweetened, heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp sugar equivalent substitute
Fresh fruit

Making the crust:
Process nuts together until resembling coarse crushed graham crackers. Mix almond meal, butter and sweetener. Press in bottom of a 9-10” spring form pan. Place in fridge.

Making the Filling:
Heat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a mixer, beat cream cheese with sweetener on medium for about one minute. On low, add eggs, one at a time, until just blended. Finally, add Fage, lemon juice and vanilla and beat just until blended (10-30 seconds).
Pour into crust. Place a pan of water in the rack below the cheesecake. Bake until set, 1 hour 15 minutes-90 minutes. Cool on rack for 15 minutes before moving to chill in the refrigerator.

Making the Topping:
Combine whipping cream with sweetener and beat in a mixer for 3-5 minutes, or until stiff peaks form. With a spatula, gently frost the top of the cheesecake with topping. Cover with fresh fruit.

Saturday, 19 January 2013

How To Make Seekh Kababs At Home ( Best Seekh Kebab Recipe)

Seekh kabab is one of the most popular varieties of kabab. Traditionally it is cooked in a charcoal oven which gives a wonderful texture and flavour to the kababs. But it can also be made easily at home with minimal effort and yet without any compromise on taste. I have given below the recipe of making seekh kabab by frying in oil.

Seekh Kabab
Seekh Kababs are mouthwatering starters and good for a party. They can also be served as part of a main course. Everyone always asks me for the recipe when I make them! Morever they can be made within an hour

Ingredients

For Making 10 Kababs
  • Boneless Beef 1kg (in thin steaks shape)
  • Yogurt 1cup
  • Mustard oil 1 cup
  • Raw papaya 2 Tb-sp
  • Onion paste 2 Tb-sp
  • Ginger paste 1 Tb-sp
  • Garlic Paste 1 Tb-sp
  • Cumin powder 1 tea-sp
  • Black pepper 1 tea-sp
  • Salt 1 tea-sp
  • Red paprika powder 2 tea-sp
  • Garam Masala 1 tea-sp
  • Poppy seeds(khus khas) 1 tea sp
  • Cooking oil

Preparation method

  Preparationtime 30 mins | Cooking time 30 mins
  • Apply the salt and mustard oil on beef pieces (beef parchey). Let it marinate for 2 hours in salt and mustard oil.
  • Take a bowl and mix yogurt, raw papaya, onion paste, garlic ginger paste, all spices, poppy seeds. Now mix the beef pieces (parchey) in this yogurt mixture and marinate it again for 2, 3 hours.
  • When the beef pieces get marinade, sew them on skewers separately. Use one skewer for each beef piece (parchey)
  • Grill the skewer on low heat of coal for at least 10 to 15 minutes each side. Turn or rotate the skewer so that Behari Seekh Kabab can grill evenly.
  • Brush the oil time to time.
  • When it Behari Seekh Kabab are turned into light brown color, remove them from flame and squeeze the lemon juice
  • Serve hot with onion and cucumber salad and roghni naan.

Monday, 14 January 2013

How To make Pizza Sauce

Making Pizza Sauce
Normally at home, we recommend using tomato sauce only which is lightly herbed with oregano and basil. Some pizza lovers prefer to have even simpler sauce than this, however tomato sauce is the simplest to prepare at home.
Ingredients:

3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of tomato puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow onions, minced
1 Tsp. - Whole oregano
2 Qts. - Canned whole Italian tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole basil


Process
Melt the butter with olive oil in an oven or large skillet. Now slowly but completely sauté the garlic and onion. Then add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, basil and puree. Boil it.
Cover the mixture and let it bubble for two hours. In between, stir it occasionally. Crush the tomatoes with the masher. Continue the process till the sauce reaches the consistency of a soup.
Set the sauce aside to cool before applying it to your pizza dough, or, or refrigerate it for use in the future.
Pizza Topping
Ladle about 7 to 8 oz. of pizza sauce into the middle, bottom of the dough shell. Spread the sauce evenly over the surface of the dough sheet. Spoon the sauce out to the edge of the dough sheet. Leave a small margin on the outer-side of the dough sheet, which allows the crust to rise and crisp more quickly than the covered dough; creating the classic, puffed up edge of the pizza.
Now create a layer of the shredded cheese over the sauce. Shred about two cups of cheese. Arrange your toppings over this layer of cheese.
Add toppings according to your preference.
Baking the Pizza

Preheat your oven up-to the temperature of 450° F for about 10 to 15 minutes. When preheating is done, place a prepped pizza in the oven at the centre. Place the pan in the oven such as there is maximum circulation of air around the pan. The baking will take about 10-15 minutes at that temperature.
Signs to look for that the pizza is ready are:

1) The cheese has melted on top and is beginning to brown.
2) The crust edge has browned, from a medium to a golden brown.
3) Now carefully lift the edge of the pizza to inspect its bottom, it should be evenly brown.

If these signs are evident, your pizza's done! Thus now you are ready to throw regular pizza parties of your home made pizza to your friends and family.

Thursday, 27 December 2012

How To make Pizza At Home

Pizza is one of the most popular food of the world. Pizza is one of the most popular dishes around the world. It is generally a flat round bread which is oven-baked and covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and mozzarella cheese. Toppings are also added depending on the region, culture or personal preference. In this article, we will be learning how to make a pizza at home.

The basic steps in pizza making are first preparing dough, then pizza sauce. After that, cheese and toppings are added according to taste and then the pizza is baked in an oven. This seems to be simple while reading but preparing a good mouth watering pizza at home drains in a lot of hard work. However, you will be able to make pizza at home easily using this step-by-step guide.
Let's start from the scratch.

Making Pizza Dough
Dough making has been known to humans since ages now, but mastering the art to make perfect pizza dough can be a bit cumbersome sometimes. At home, Pizza dough is prepared by hands, no special machinery is required. However to prepare hand-made dough you will need to have a large mixing bowl, a measuring cup, measuring spoons, a large whisk or wooden mixing spoon and some kitchen film before you start. It will be better if you also keep a small hand towel ready before starting the process.
Ingredients:
1 - 1/4 Oz Envelope - Active dry yeast, (or 2 1/4 Tsp)
1 1/2 Cups - Warm water (110°F - 115°F)
4 Cups - Bread flour
1 1/2 Tsp. - Salt
2 Tbsp. - Extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. - Sugar
Extra flour
Extra olive oil

Process
Pour the warm water in a large mixing bowl, then add the sugar and dissolve it. Next, dissolve the yeast by stirring continuously after addition. Allow the mixture to settle down for 10 minutes or extra so that the yeast becomes active.
Now add the yeast and olive oil, when the appearance of the mixture becomes foamy and cloudy at the surface. Dissolve it continuous stirring. Then add 3 cups of flour to the mixture one-by-one and whisk in until dissolved completely. Make sure the mixture is completely smooth. Use your hands to combine the dough until all of the dry flour has moistened into a mass.
When the flour has absorbed all of the moisture and congealed into a firm mass, remove it from the bowl to a floured tabletop to knead it. Fold it in half again and push it into itself, again and again for perhaps 10 to 12 minutes or so, or about 200 cycles. It is very important that the dough is very well kneaded.
After kneading is complete, when dough transforms into a silky, smoothly-textured ball, coat the dough ball with a thin layer of olive oil. After that place it in the bottom of a large mixing bowl that has also been coated on the inside with olive oil.
Now comes the step on panning the prepared pizza dough. One of the most demanding of the pizza maker's many challenges is getting the raw pizza dough ball into a pizza pan. The panning of pizza can be done by various methods as per your convenience. The popular methods are Pizza dough sheeting, pizza dough pressing, hand tossing pizza dough- do it only if you don't get hazy when catching, hand pressing pizza dough, and last is pin rolling pizza dough.

Making Pizza Sauce 

Normally at home, we recommend using tomato sauce only which is lightly herbed with oregano and basil. Some pizza lovers prefer to have even simpler sauce than this, however tomato sauce is the simplest to prepare at home.
Ingredients:

3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of tomato puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow onions, minced
1 Tsp. - Whole oregano
2 Qts. - Canned whole Italian tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole basil


Process
Melt the butter with olive oil in an oven or large skillet. Now slowly but completely sauté the garlic and onion. Then add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, basil and puree. Boil it.
Cover the mixture and let it bubble for two hours. In between, stir it occasionally. Crush the tomatoes with the masher. Continue the process till the sauce reaches the consistency of a soup.
Set the sauce aside to cool before applying it to your pizza dough, or, or refrigerate it for use in the future.
Pizza Topping
Ladle about 7 to 8 oz. of pizza sauce into the middle, bottom of the dough shell. Spread the sauce evenly over the surface of the dough sheet. Spoon the sauce out to the edge of the dough sheet. Leave a small margin on the outer-side of the dough sheet, which allows the crust to rise and crisp more quickly than the covered dough; creating the classic, puffed up edge of the pizza.
Now create a layer of the shredded cheese over the sauce. Shred about two cups of cheese. Arrange your toppings over this layer of cheese.
Add toppings according to your preference.
Baking the Pizza

Preheat your oven up-to the temperature of 450° F for about 10 to 15 minutes. When preheating is done, place a prepped pizza in the oven at the centre. Place the pan in the oven such as there is maximum circulation of air around the pan. The baking will take about 10-15 minutes at that temperature.
Signs to look for that the pizza is ready are:

1) The cheese has melted on top and is beginning to brown.
2) The crust edge has browned, from a medium to a golden brown.
3) Now carefully lift the edge of the pizza to inspect its bottom, it should be evenly brown.

If these signs are evident, your pizza's done! Thus now you are ready to throw regular pizza parties of your home made pizza to your friends and family.

Thursday, 6 December 2012

How To Make Rasgulla

What is your choice when it comes to sweets?

What?............... Rasgullas............... is that what your thinking,


I don’t think you’d find anyone who’d say no to them. Not even the hubby who doesn’t really have a sweet tooth says no to Rasgullas! I made these for a special occasion last week, and here’s a visual treat for you guys as well…

Ingredients
  • 1/2 liter Milk
  • 2 tsp Flour (maida)
  • 1/4 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Water
  • 4-5 drops Rosewater Essence
1. Heat milk in a pan and bring it to boil for about 8-10 minutes.

2. When it starts boiling, add lemon juice and wait for the milk to curdle completely.
3. Remove from the heat and let it cool for about 3-5 minutes.
4. Pour over a thin muslin/cotton cloth and tie it with a tight knot. On straining this milk, the curd is obtained is called "paneer". wash paneer well using muslin cloth under cold running water to remove lemon juice flavor.
5. Knead paneer for about 5-7 minutes to make a smooth dough. Add flour and knead again for few minutes.The softness of the rasgulla depends on how well you knead the paneer. The more you knead, the more spongy will be the rasgullas

6. Make smalls of about 1 inch in size (8-10) of the dough and keep aside.
7. Next make sugar syrup. Mix sugar, water, and cardamom powder in a saucepan and bring it to boil.
8. Add paneer balls to the hot syrup on a medium heat and cook for about 15-20 minutes with lid partially covered.
9. Transfer into a serving dish.
10. Refrigerate and serve chilled.

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