Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Princess cake with Roses

This is the birthday cake that I made for my friends daughters 7th birthday.
For the first time I tried roses and   I succeeded ooohhhhooo....:) ,a small pat on my back.
I made 7 roses on top ,each to hold a candle surrounding the princess.
May be I'll request my friend to send me a photo with the roses holding the candles and post
it for you guys...
For me baking is all midnight 'coz that's when my kids are asleep and no one to disturb me..
I like silence when iam into any art work

The base is a 10 inch vanilla cake with a 6 inch vanilla cake on top.





 Made the roses and arranged it





Friday, May 17, 2013

Noolkol Kuruma / Kolrabi Kuruma






Ingredients:

Noolkol / Kolrabi - 1 small cubed
Potato - 1/2 or 1 small cubed (optional)
Frozen Green peas - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 cup chopped
Tomato - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp (freshly grounded)
Cinnamon - 1
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cardamom - 1
Curry leaves - 4 or 5 leaves
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Water - 2 cups
Oil - 2 or 3 tsp
Salt - as needed


To grind for paste:

Shredded Coconut - 2 or 3 tbsp
Tomato - 1/2
Fennel seeds - 3/4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 to 3/4 tsp (Upto your spice level)
Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Cashews - 2 (optional)



Heat oil in a cooker, add Cinnamon - 1,Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp,
Cardamom - 1 to fry for few seconds.


Add onions & curry leaves, fry until onion slightly changes its color.

Add ginger garlic paste and fry until raw smell goes.
Add tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Fry until tomatoes are cooked soft.
Add the chopped vegetables and saute it well.

Then add grounded masala to the onion & tomato gravy. Fry it for less than a minute and add 1 cup or more water. (According to the consistency. It should not be too watery)

Allow it to boil for 2 minutes or until raw smell goes.


Close the cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles.

Finally garnish with chopped corriander leaves.

Yummy mouth watering noolkol kuruma is ready.Enjoy it with
chappathi or rice ;))