Broiled Bananas with Toasted Almonds
You can try this dish with a date sugar-circus juice topping or with an apple juice-apricot puree. Both are excellent contrasts to the banana halves. This quick, natural dessert should be assembled just before serving, for it takes only a few minutes to prepare. To make the apricot puree, place 8 peeled apricot halves and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) apple juice in a blender and reduce to a puree. Preparation and cooking time (after...
Baked Bananas Stuffed with tamarind Flavored Coconut
Bananas are native to India and are one of the most popular fruits of the nation. There are said to be staggering 400 varieties of bananas. Even so, they are divided into only two categories: eating and cooking. In this dish, a small, very sweet eating banana, either yellow or red-skinned, is preferred. Known as lady fingers or golden fingers, they are often available in Mexican or Indian grocery stores. Though they are traditionally...
Blueberry Cream Swiss Roll
Ingredients Cake: •¼ C butter softened •2/3 C confectioners’ sugar/icing sugar •5 Tsp egg replacer mixed with 6 Tbsp warm water •1 Tsp vanilla essence/extract •¾ C all purpose flour •2 Tbsp cornstarch/cornflour •1 Tsp baking powder •2/3 C thick buttermilk Filling, Icing and decoration: •2/3 C blueberry preserves •1 C regular cream •2 Tbsp...
Eggless Tapioca Pudding
1/2 cup tapioca 1/2 cup sugar 4 cups milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Method : (1) Combine tapioca, milk & sugar in a medium/large saucepan and let sit for 5 minutes. (2) Bring to a slow boil over medium high heat. Stir the milk and tapioca and sugar frequently to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the container. It thickens as it cooks but will still be a liquid. (3) Remove from heat and add vanilla. (4)...
Lavender tea
Ingredients 1 tsp dried lavender flowers/blooms (see picture) 2 to 3 cups of hot water Preparation Pour 2-3 cups of boiling water over 1 teaspoons dried flowers, infuse for 5 minutes (or 10 minutes if you like the strong flavor). ***Lavender tea is good stress, depression, insomnia, and headache. You may drink it cold; it also tastes delightful. You may add some honey or mix it with lemon juice. Serves 12 medium muffins By...