COFFEE CARAMEL PUDDING AND MY 50TH BLOG POST!!!

                  
                          Im so excited to be posting my 50th blog post !!!!! Doesnt this call for celebration??:)
So I made these yummy coffee caramel puddings to celebrate.
                          Here at home, we all love coffee.......so it was the perfect dessert!  Extremely easy to make...and most importantly, less mess ;) All I had to do was whip up this dessert, put them into the oven............. and then put up my feet and relax. Its the oven time which seems a loooooong time! sigh! but its definitely worth the wait!:)

INGREDIENTS:

 for the caramel base:

1/2 cup  or 3/4 cup sugar (depending on the bowls you are using)

for the pudding:
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 cap vanilla essence
1.5 tsps instant coffee powder dissolved in hot water (hot water just enough to dissolve the coffee powder)

PROCESS:

for the caramel base

•  heat the sugar on low flame in a saucepan until it melts completely. keep stirring and make sure the sugar doesnt burn. when it turns light brown turn off the flame 

• Pour a thin layer into your moulds/ bowls. let it cool.

for the pudding:

• using an electric mixer or a hand whisk beat the eggs and sugar together.
• Add the milk and beat well until the sugar dissolves.

• Add the vanilla essence and dissolved coffee. beat.
• Strain the above mixture .
• pour this into your moulds.
• place your moulds on a baking tray filled with water.(just enough water so that the base of the mould is immersed in water.)
• Bake in an oven at 190 deg c for about 40 mins or until the dessert is firm.
• cool and then refrigerate.

notes:

• you can either de mould the pudding before serving like the picture below

OR

You can pour the egg mixture into pretty, small individual cups like in the picture below before baking them. In this case you don't have to de mould them before serving.

SCRAMBLED EGGS AND SAUSAGE

                       

                                  A perfect, fillling breakfast!! The milk makes the eggs soft and fluffy. Love the fragrance of the oregano leaves........thanks to my sister, Fai for the lovely tip! :D

                                   

INGREDIENTS:

1 sausage, chopped (i used chicken)
1 egg
3 tbsps milk
1 pinch oregano
1 green chilli, chopped
1 tbsp thai chilli sauce( any chilli sauce will do)
salt
 oil

PROCESS:

• In a bowl, lightly beat an egg. Add the milk, oregano, chilli and salt. keep aside.
• put 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan n saute the chopped sausage for about a min.
• Add the egg mixture and cook on low fame. scramble the egg and add the chilli sauce. cook well and remove from the flame.
• serve hot wit toast.

EGG PUFF

             First time trying out this recipe. So didnt make alot! Just made 2 egg puffs :D Turned out to be sooo tasty!! Darn!...............should have made more!! ....
This recipe just makes 2 puffs.
              I used read made puff pastry which came in individual serving size. So i didnt need to cut them.

INGREDIENTS:

2 square puff pastry sheets
1 egg boiled
1 big onion, chopped finely
1tbsp tomato puree
1/4 tsp ginger garlic taste
1/4 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp corriander powder
1tbsp fresh corriander leaves, chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten for brushing
oil
salt

PROCESS:

• put oil in a frying pan. Add the onions and saute till they soften.
• Add the ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add the chilli powder. saute.
• Add the tomato puree
• Add the garam masala, cumin powder, corriander powder and salt.
• saute for a few mins and add the fresh corriander leaves.
• take each puff pastry sheet and fill it wit the above masala.
• cut the boiled egg into 2 and place each half on the masala. 
• take the corners of the puff sheet  and bring towards the middle.
• brush the top of the puff with a beaten egg.
• bake at 180 deg c for 20 - 25 mins

PARUPPU ADAI

           

                     Iv been wanting to make adai for such a long time!! Each time I would feel like making it I would run out of atleast one of the ingredients and then I would forget all about making it. Then I finally wrote down the recipe and got all the ingredients to make this adai!!!!.............FINALLY!! Well......it was worth the wait :) It was so crispy, and tasty. Left you with a satisfaction of eating a healthy meal.
                     I got this recipe from Aromatic cooking. Just skipped the coconut part. Thanks Hema.....:)

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Parboiled rice   
1/2 cup toor dal
1/2 cup channa dal
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup corriander leaves, finely chopped
15 curry leaves
2 dry red chillies
3 green chillies, chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds
1/4 tsp asafoetida powder/ hing
salt

PROCESS:

• Soak the rice and the dals separately for atleast 2- 3 hours.
• Grind the rice with the red chillies. keep aside
• Reserving a handful of the dal, grind the dal along with the fennel seeds .
• Mix both together, along with the reserved dal and the rest of the ingredients.
• the batter will be slightly thick and when a spoon of battler placed on the tawa, it will not spread.
• Heat a tawa and put 2 spoons of batter on it and spread the batter using the back of the spoon.
• pour 2 tsp oil around it.
• after it has browned flip to the other side. cook this side till brown spots appear.
• serve hot with sambar and chutney of your choice

CORN CHEESE BALLS

                        A very excited me is posting this recipe from veenas blog an hour after eating these yummy corn cheese balls. Its my entry for the very famous blog hop wednesdays hosted by Radhika!!
                       Our holy month of Ramadhan has begun....and has already made its way to the middle!!
Went out for Raya  shopping today. The streets of Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur was packed with people, big and small all shopping....shopping ...shopping!!!!!! Who would have thought it would be so crowded on a hot wednesday afternoon!!!!!!! Quickly finished my shopping and headed back home!
                       Well....all that shopping has made me hungry!. Decided to make the corn cheese balls from veenas blog who happens to be my partner for this months blog hop wednesday. I went through her blog for the first time last week and picked this recipe because .................who does'nt like deep fried food after starving the whole day???!!!..........wink!
Love ...love....LOVED this recipe!....

INGREDIENTS:

 1/2 cup  sweet corn
2 tbsps butter
2 tbsps all purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
2 green chillies, chopped
3 tbsps grated cheese
salt

  for the dipping batter:

1/2 cup all purpose flour
water
breadcrumbs

PROCESS:

•  cook the sweet corn for 5 mins without water or microwave it for 5 mins 
• Heat the butter in a saucepan and add the flour. saute.. Add the milk  and salt and continue to stir and cook on slow flame till it becomes a thick paste. Remove from the fire and cool completely
• After it cools completely add the corn, chillies and cheese. Mix well. It should not  be watery at all.
• make even sized balls and keep aside

to make the dipping batter:

• Mix enough water with the all purpose flour and make sure it is thin and not lumpy

• dip the balls in the dipping batter and roll them in the breadcrumbs. Arrange on a plate and refrigerate atleast 10 mins to make it more crispy.
• When you are ready to serve, fry them in hot oil. when you immerse the corn cheese balls in oil be sure not to distub them as soon as you drop them in oil. (to avoid breaking) 

A big thumbs up for this recipe! :)

note:

• I added an extra spoon of cheese to make it more cheesy!!  :D

sending this to blog hop wednesdays hosted by radhika of tickling palates