Fairy Cakes

Cupcakes are also called fairy cakes.
They are beautiful to see.
Kids love it for their birthday parties.. And with the coloured frosting you can make it as colourful as you want.

120 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
130 grams granulated white sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vannila extract
Zest of 1 large lime (optional)
210 grams all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
60 ml milk
Buttercream Frosting:
230 grams confectioners sugar sifted
120 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vannila extract
2 tablespoons milk or light cream
Assorted food colors (if desired)

Preheat oven to 180° C and lightly butter or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the butter and egg mixture, along with the milk, and beat until combined.
Evenly fill the muffin cups with the batter and bake for about 18-20 minutes or until nicely browned .
When the cake is cook frost it.
For the Frosting:
cream the butter until smooth and well blended. Add the vanilla extract.
Beat in the sugar.
Add the milk and beat until frosting is light and fluffy .
Add a little more milk or sugar, if needed.
Tint the frosting with desired food color

Puri and Rajma

I have not made puri for atleast two years.
Apparently last week there was a puri making week in the blog world, which I totally missed ( as a new blogger i am just getting used to all these events).
And every time i visited a blog there it was PURI you coudn't miss it. And watching all these puris, mostly with potato curry i decided even though the week have passed i would make it today for lunch.
You know i've been drooling in all the blogs ............
Years back well to be specific the firsr year of beeing married i tried to make puri and it never ended up like a balloon so each time i was disapionted. So one day i was telling me my sister that my puri's are alwasy a disaster. So she told me how she makes it and i did and it came out perfect.
So you know when you make puris you are handeling hot oil in the kitchen.

I was trying out my sisters way of making puri and i saw the miracle happening infront of my eye, the puri was becoming like a balloon and i shouted from the kitchen, Hans come fast ( he thinking there was a disaster came fast to the kitchen)

And what he saw was me standing with a big smile saying it is comming like a balloon. And is remark was you gave me a shock, i thought you spîlled oil all over. MEN !!!!!!!

I made puri from Mahanadi ( a idea which i got from Budding Cook)

Ready to make Rajma.

Few of the things


Busy

It is done

Rajma 250gm
Salt 1 tsp
Cummin seeds 1 tsp
2 Onions fineley chopped
Ginger garlic paste 3 tbsp
Curd 1 tbsp
2 tomato chopped
1 tbsp tomato puree
Fenufreek leaves 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Red chillie powder 2 tbsp
Corriander powder 2 to 3 tbsp
Garam Masala powder 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Few tbsp corriander leaves .

Cook the rajma with salt.
Heat the oil and add cummin seed. Then add the onions and the ginger garlic paste, fry them till they are brown.
Add the add all the spices except garam masala and fry them very nice. Add now the tomatoes, the puree and fenugreek leaves and fry everything till it get dark. Add the curd . Now fry everything till the oil floats.

Add now add the garam masala powder and the cooked rajma. Cook it for few minutes. Add chopped corriander and seve hot.