RUM RAISIN CHOCOLATES


They are just divine, delicious and flavorful ……yes they are super delicious Rum chocolates with the flavor of “Bacardi” soaked raisin. Whether it is cake or chocolates the combination of rum and raisins are my all-time favorite one. In today segment I will show you how to make delicious Rum and Raisin chocolates, which have a rich flavour dark n milk chocolate & rum-soaked raisins. 

These chocolates are perfect for any party or gifting to family & friends. Delicious and easy to make, they make a great dessert for end of the dinner or lunch.

You can use any shape and size of moulds you like, here I am using sillicon moulds.

Method

1. Combine the rum and raisin in the bowl, mix well and keep aside to soak for 4-5 hours or overnight. Am using Bacardi white rum for soaking.

2. Melt the chocolates using double boiler or microwave on high for 1 minute or until melted. Giving it an occasional stir. 

3. Immediately take the melted chocolate and half fill the mould with it, tap it lightly. Place the mould in refrigerator for 5 minutes to get firm.

KEY NOTE: After half fill the moulds flip the mould so that excess chocolate gets poured out and a thin layer of chocolate will be remain as a chocolate shell.


4. In a bowl take some melted chocolate and add white rum to it, give nice mix to it.

5. After 5 minutes take out the mould & again half fill the mould with chocolate-rum mix, put 2 to 3 soaked raisins in each cavity.

6. Keep the mould in freezer for 4-5 minutes.


7. Fill the mould with the remaining melted chocolate, remove the excess chocolate from the mould. Tap it gently and place in the freezer for 5-10 minutes or till firm.

8. Turn the moulds over and gently push to release the chocolate bars.

9. Keep it in air tight jar or refrigerate.


And it’s done…

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                                          HAZELNUT ALMOND NUTELLA

My homemade version of hazelnut almond Nutella is not only tasty, but healthy and budget free too, better than store bought. You can make this spread with or without hazelnuts. Smooth and silky in texture, the rich flavor of hazelnuts and almonds makes it mouthwatering and delicious. Once you make this spread at home I bet you will never ever buy it from store.

You can have this Nutella with fruits, pour it on the top of oatmeal bowl, goes well with homemade fresh breads or just eat it with a spoon. I LOVE IT❤️❤️

                                       

INGREDIENTS

Dry roasted hazelnuts 100 gms

Dry roasted almonds 100 gms

3 tsp cocoa powder

¼ th cup of brown sugar

soft chocolate ( 50 gms dark chocolate + 50 gms milk chocolate ) 

pinch of salt

½ tsp vanilla essence

1 Tbs honey

¼ th cup of almond milk 

2-3 Tbs of melted butter

INSTRUCTIONS

                   

          

                     

1. Process dry roasted almonds and hazelnuts until smooth and runny. This will take up to 10 minutes.

2. Add other ingredients into processor and process until smooth. Scrape down once in a while.

3. Taste the spread and adjust the recipe to your liking and taste.

4. Continue processing until the mixture is as smooth as you like.

5. In this recipe am using half portion of dark chocolate & half portion of milk chocolate. You can add the particular type of chocolate which you like to add.

          Nutella is ready!!!

                       

NOTES

It may look runny but the mixture will get thicker as it sets. Store it in air tight container.

                              

Keep it in the fridge so that it can last for up to 1- 2 months.

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                                           Oreo Cakey Coconut Blondies

Very simple, one bowl recipe of blondies. Easily customizable with your favorite items. One bowl, number of possibilities of add-ons, want to bake simple or customize…. Just go ahead with your own modifications…. Feel free to make customization to your liking….

All-time favorite & big hit in my house, loaded with Oreo biscuits, flavor of butter scotch Choco chips & loads of butter which makes it soft from inside and gives crunchy top. 

Let’s jump to the ingredients and recipe…

Dry Ingredients

2 cups flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup crushed Oreo biscuits

½ cup desiccated coconut

½ cup butter scotch flavored Choco chips

Wet Ingredients

1 cup butter

2 eggs

1 tbsp. vanilla

Instructions

In a large bowl add dry ingredients, mix well and set aside.

Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

Combine everything well.

Grease the pan, pour the batter into the pan, spread it out evenly.

Bake at 180℃ for 20-25 minutes. Bake until center is set.

Allow to cool and cut into pieces.

Enjoy and let me know how it turned out  😊

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Red tomato sauce for lasagna

                                               🍅 Red tomato sauce for Lasagna 🍅


Fresh tomatoes, onion, few garlics, combination of sugar and salt & a few more simple ingredients and that’s it. Very delicious and made with the goodness of fresh ingredients & seasonings. You can keep this tomato sauce in the fridge for one week. Nothing can beat this homemade fresh tomato sauce. It’s the base for many delicious and wonderful dishes. If you want to turn this sauce into meat sauce, simply add chicken or meat into this.

I use tomato sauce in many of my recipes. In India, its common to use red sauce in many dishes. Feel free to use your choice of spices & dry herbs. It’s a super quick recipe, easy to make, and you will be happy with the results☺️☺️ Either you can make a chunky tomato sauce or the smooth one. Optional herbs, chili flakes or seasonings can be added to make in your own way. 

 Ingredients & quantity to make this sauce 

• 5-6 Large tomatoes 
• 3-4 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 Large onion
• 5-6 Garlic
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tbsp black pepper &
• 2-3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions to make this sauce

saute until translucent

add garlic

1. Chop the tomatoes, onions and garlic. In a heavy sauce pan add 2-3 tablespoon of olive oil.  Add chopped onions.
2. Sauté until translucent or soft in texture. Add chopped garlics. Again, sauté until fragrant. Be careful here, we don’t want to burn garlic.





3. Add tomato puree and chopped tomatoes. You can also use canned chopped tomatoes.

Tomato puree

Chopped tomatoes

4. Combine everything well, cover the sauce pan with lid and cook until soft and juicy.
5. Add dry seasonings along with pepper, salt and sugar. You can add chili flakes too for more spice.

Dry add-ons

6. Add bay leaf too, for more flavor. If sauce gets thick, add little water. Simmer about 5-10 minutes or until all the flavors come together.
7. Remove the bay leaf, once the sauce is done.

Homemade red sauce

NOTES

• Customize this sauce according to your taste and liking.
• If you like smoother sauce, then just puree it in a blender.
• You can also use canned tomatoes if you are in a hurry.
• You can make in a large quantity and store it in a fridge for later use.
• This delicious sauce goes perfect with pastas, lasagna, spaghetti etc.
• Use herbs and spices according to your taste.
• It’s always better to use fresh ingredients for more taste and flavor.

                                   How to make Béchamel Sauce

A rich white sauce made with milk infused with herbs and other flavorings, is called Béchamel sauce. This French sauce is made from simple and common ingredients like butter, milk, flour, salt & few spices & that’s it.  Such a basic recipe for, that you can use for variety of different dishes. An easy recipe with fresh & tasty ingredients, which doesn’t take too much time.  The sauce goes perfectly well with pastas, macaroni and grilled vegetables.

There are few rules to keep in mind to make perfect sauce. Rule number 1 to avoid mishaps in the kitchen is use equal parts of butter and flour to make the Roux. The second rule is that the roux needs to be cooked for a few minutes, otherwise the sauce will give the uncooked flavor. As you all know ‘slow and steady wins the race’, exactly this is the third & most important rule. Keep the heat low and slowly make the sauce. The fourth rule of Béchamel is constant stirring. The more you stir, more you get the fine & smooth sauce. And you are ready to go!!!

So here is my way of making, One of the versatile and essential Sause “Béchamel sauce”. I just love ❤️ the word: bay/shah/mehl.

Ingredients

60 gms butter

60 gms flour

600 ml hot milk

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon grinded black or white pepper

1 bay leaf

pinch of nutmeg

Divine Béchamel sauce

Preparation

Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed sauce pan, add flour. 

Constantly stir the butter & flour mixture, but don’t let it brown. 

Whisk until smooth, then slightly pour milk little by little. Do not add all the milk in one go as it may become lumpy. 

Continue to stir as the sauce get thicken. 

Add pepper, salt, pinch of nutmeg and bay leaf. Bring it to a boil. 

Remove from the heat. Also, remove the bay leaf after the flavors have infused.

 Cool this sauce for later use.

What is roux?

Roux

 A hot mixture of equal amount of butter & flour is roux. Roux is  made by melting butter & flour, cook together in to a smooth paste without any lumps. It is used as a thickening agent in the formation of sauces and soups. 

How to use Béchamel sauce?

This sauce is a mother Sause for many creamy recipes. Well goes with lasagna, baked vegetables, pastas and macaroni. 

Recipe notes

Keep the flame low from starting to the end.

You can turn this white sauce recipe into a pasta or cheese sauce by adding cheese.

You can add an onion studded with cloves to this sauce along with other spice while boiling. Remove the bay leaf and onion studded cloves from the sauce once is done.

Milk should be enough warm before adding it to the hot roux. Warm milk helps to prevent lumps from forming. 

Hope you will try this recipe😊😊

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DRY FRUITS BAR

Have you ever made homemade energy bars? I did for the first time few months ago & they turned up just perfect.They were delicious and yummy. Easy to make, soft and chewy.You may have many of the ingredients to make these granola bars already in your kitchen shlevs. It’s a simple blend of dry fruits, seeds and nuts. These homemade chewy bars are easily customized to taste with your own favorite fruits and nuts.

 Here is my home made energy bars loaded with Dry Fruits, Seeds & Nuts ....

INGREDIENTS & QUANTITIES:  All desired & available DFSN

Dry Ingredients

¼ cup of cashew
¼ cup of walnuts
¼ cup of almonds
¼ cup of pistachio
¼ cup of peanuts
¼ cup of hazel nuts
¼ cup of raisins
¼ cup of pumpkin seeds
¼ cup of melon seeds
¼ cup of sesame seeds
¼ cup of brown sugar
1 TBSP of flax seeds
1 TBSP of chia seeds
1 tea spoon of cinnamon powder
2 TBSP of quinoa

1 cup of oats

Wet Ingredients

¼ cup of unsalted butter
¼ cup of honey
1 TBSP of vanilla extract
Preheat the oven at 160˚C for 20 minutes.

Preparation

Roast all the dry fruits, seeds n seeds. Put them in a food processor to get crushed.
Now put them in a large bowl, add melted butter, honey, brown, sugar, vanilla extract & cinnamon powder. Combine all the ingredients gently. Grease the pan with butter & line it with parchment paper. Transfer the mixture from the bowl to baking pan. Press & spread the mixture in to the pan with hand or spoon or with the bottom of the small bowl. Bake it for 30-35minutes at 160˚C, after 30 minutes take it out let it cool completely.
(Cut it into desired shapes & sizes. Refrigerate for two hours or until chilled.)

Ingredients can be as per your choice. You can add or eliminate the ingredients according to your taste n availability. For extra flavor try dried rose petals, lemon zest, orange zest or desiccated coconut.

Temperature & cooking time may vary because ovens vary in power and efficiency.

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Cooled Melon Malibu Drink

Summer is here and who does not love to taste the chilled juice n drinks. We have plenty of fruits and cold drinks to quench the summer thrist. Sharing my favourite cocktail drink to chill & relax. 

Ingrediants & Directions 

2 glass of  home made water melon juice
50 ml of Malibu rum 
Fresh mint leaves
Fresh ginger
1/2 lemon

Salt to taste

Let's get started 


Diced the  red melon with out seeds, pour it in the mixing juice jar,add malibu rum, mint leaves grated ginger,lemon & salt acoording to your taste. Give a nice blend to make juice. Take a desired shape of glass , apply lemon to edges of the glass, flip the glass upside down to plate which has salt. Glass is ready to be poured with melon juices . Fill the glass with  cocktail juice  n ice cubes. Are you ready to relax & taste the sip of chilled melon cocktail drink ?

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