Buttermilk Soda Bread
Feb25

Buttermilk Soda Bread

Ingredients • Unbleached plain flour – 2 cups, about 300g (11 ounces) • Wholemeal (whole wheat) plain flour – 2 cups, about 300g (11 ounces) • Cream of tartar – ½ tsp • Bicarbonate of soda – 1 tsp • Sea salt – 1 tsp • Buttermilk (or some sort of cultured or sour milk) – 2 cups • Sea salt flakes. Preparation 1. Preheat the oven to 220° C / 425° F. Lightly flour a baking tray. Sift the flours, cream...

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Hing Rolls
Feb12

Hing Rolls

Ingredients • 1 cups unsifted whole-wheat flour • 3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1 teaspoon salt • 1/2 tsp hing • 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary herb • 2 cups light buttermilk or plain yogurt Preparation 1. In a large mixing bowl combine the flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, hing and fresh rosemary. Stir everything up nicely and then add the...

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Cardamom Shortbread Cookies
Feb10

Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients: • Unsalted butter, at room temperature – 1 cup • Crushed cardamom seeds -1 tsp or Fresh ginger paste – 2 tsp • Superfine sugar or jaggery – ½ cup (110g) • Unbleached white flour – 2½ cups (300g) • Fine semolina (pasta flour) – ½ cup (85g) • Salt – ¼ tsp • Baking powder – ¼ tsp Preparation: 1. Preheat the oven to 250 F (120 C). 2. Cream the butter and cardamom or ginger in a mixing...

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Carob Fudge Cake
Feb05

Carob Fudge Cake

  Ingredients: • Butter, room temperature – 125g (4 ounces) • Caster sugar – 1 cup • Vanilla essence  – 1 tsp • Carob powder – 1 cup • Hot water – ½ cup • Fresh lemon juice – 2 tsp • Milk – 1 cup • Plain flour – 1 2/3 cups • Baking powder – 1 tsp • Bicarbonate of soda – 1 tsp • Salt – a pinch • Carob Vienna Icing For Carob Vienna Icing • Butter – 125 g (4...

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Tulsi Apple Cake
Feb03

Tulsi Apple Cake

Ingredients 1. Maida/All purpose flour- 2 cups 2. Apples green/red- 2, peeled and grated 3. Baking powder-2 tsp 4. Baking Soda-1 ½ tsp 5. Eno- ½  tsp 6. Butter, melted- ½ cup 7. Sugar- 1 cup 8. Milk-7 tsp 9. Salt- a pinch 10. vanilla/rose essence- ½ tsp 11. Colour- green/orange-red- ½ tsp 12. kismis- 2 tsp 13. whipped cream/ 1 cup heavy cream whipped with 3-4 Tbsp sugar 14. Apple pieces Method 1. Mix and sieve together properly-Maida,...

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