Coconut, Dates, Nuts Cookies

Hai friends, I wishing You  a "MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR"... This Cookies made for this Christmas  celebration, with wheat flour / atta and all purpose flour / maida with dessicated coconut, nuts, dates and coconut oil.. Cookies for every vaccations makes kids happy and enjoyable... The cookies came out very good and delicious.. whole family like them... 

This cookies has everything going in them, coconut, nuts and dates.. Best to put a couple in your kids lunchbox, plus they taste great.. The dates when they bake get almost it change into candy like structure.. So you like will love it for sure... I made this is a eggless cookies and taste of the coconut and coconut oil makes aromatic taste to the cookies in each and every bite.. So i hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's comes out from you....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Baking time : 15 to 20 mins

Makes - 15 cookies

Recipe Category - Cookies

INGREDIENTS :

All purpose flour / Maida - 1/2 cup

Whole wheat flour / Atta - 1/2 cup

Dessicated coconut - 1/2 cup

Mixed Nuts - 1/2 (chopped finely)(I used cashews, Kishmish, almonds, pista)

Dates - 1/2 cup (chopped)

Sugar - 1/2 cup 

Coconut oil - 1/2 cup

Milk - 1/4 cup (adjust)

Baking soda - 1 tspn

METHOD :

• Take all purpose flour, wheat flour in a bowl..
• Add in Baking soda, coconut, nuts and dates in a bowl and mix well..
• Now add in oil, sugar and mix well.. Once it is all combained add the flour mix in..
• Add some milk if the mixture is too dry and make a dough.
• Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C.
• Take small portion out it and shape into ball.
• Arrange the balls in a well oiled tray and press it with your finger to flatten it slightly.
• Bake it for 15 to 20 mins till turns golden.. 
• Remove and let it cool down...
• Serve with a glass of milk..

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Take both flour in a mixing bowl

Add in dessicated coconut

Mix well

Add in chopped nuts

Chopped dates

Now it's done

Mix well

Now it's done

 Add in coconut oil

Add in sugar

Drizzled some milk

Take a small portion of dough, roll it into ball

Brush it with some oil

Arrange it in a oiled baking tray

Flatten it slightly

Do the same to every cookie

 Bake it

Allow it cool completely

 Let's celebrates in this christmas..

Serve

Enjoy..

Have a bite..

Lunch Meals Recipe - 1 / Mushroom Briyani, Pomegranate Raita, Egg Rezala

Here Iam with my Lunch menu - 1st for the lunch menu series.. This can be in my mind for long time, so made this today.. This can be brunch, lunch or you can make for dinner too... Easy and intresting to make as its different from regular cooking.. I thought of posting some traditional south indian menu in my blog but soon i post more lunch idea for you...

Out of  touch and routine you see... so here is the lunch with Mushroom briyani, Egg rezala, Pomegranate raita.. So check it out the links and try this menu in your home and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 20 mins
Cooking time : 1 hours 30 mins
Serve - 3
Recipe cuisine - South indian
Recipe category -  Lunch..

South indian style Mushroom briyani
Egg Rezala
Pomegranate raita

Mushroom Briyani

Pomegranate raita

Egg rezala

Enjoy...

Red Wine Chocolate Cake / Chocolate Cake With Red Wine

Wow... This X-MAS vacation has put me in a baking overdrive, insprite the fact that it is super moist cake... I guess it's the feeling of festivity in the air... the desire of the smell of spices and cakes that makes it like this.... Here find how to prepare christmas recipe wine cake in simple way...

Yesterday, I wanted to bake something different, in my head I clearly wanted something chocolatey and something boozy, yet rum was too boring.. Tried this cake with red wine and chocolate.. I think it has the potential to be the star of any party.. Different from usual fruit cake yet has all the elements of the hoilday celebrations...

Here the cake is sprinkle with icing sugar on the top which gives delicious taste when we have it.. The flavour of red wine and cinnamon powder gives excellent aromatic taste to the cake... My kids loved it well.. You can prepare this cake in this X- MAS or NEW YEAR.. So i hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you.....

Happy Christmas and New year...

Preparation time : 10 mins 

Baking time : 30 mins

Serve - 8 pieces

Recipe cuisine - American

Recipe source - sinamontales 

INGREDIENTS :

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup

Unsalted butter - 1/3 cup

Brown sugar - 1 cup (Demarara Sugar)

Egg - 1 

Red wine - 3/4 cup (you can go upto 1 cup)

Vanilla essence - 1 tspn

Cocoa powder - 4 tbspn

Baking powder - 1 tspn

Salt - 1/2 tspn

Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tspn (i use cinnamon sticks and blend it)

FOR TOPPING :

Icing sugar - as needed

METHOD :

• Preheat the oven to 180 degree C..
• Line the bottom of a round cake pan with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together.. keep aside..
• In a large bowl, using the eletric beater, cream the butter and sugar together..
• Continue till light untill fluffy, about 3 - 4 mins..
• Add the egg and beat till well mixed.
• Add the red wine and vanilla, beat for another min or so..
• Fold in half the flour mixture.. When combained, fold the rest in...
• Spread batter in prepared pan.Bake it for 25 to 30 mins..
• Or untill a cake testerinserted into the canter comes out clean..
• Let it cool completely before serve..
• Sprinkle some icing suagr on the top of the cake and slice..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Now take flour in a sifter

Then add in cocoa powder

Then add in salt

Add in baking powder

Crushed cinnamon sticks

Sift it in a paper, keep aside

In a bowl add soften butter in large bowl

Brown sugar

Beat well till smooth

Now it's done

Add in egg

Beat well

Cream it well

Once it fluffy

Add in red wine

Some vanilla

Beat well

All are combained

Now done

Add in half of the flour mixture

Fold it gently

Add in remaining flour

Fold well

Now the batter is done

Line the round baking pan with parchment paper

Pour and spread the batter evenly

Pop it in the preheated oven

Now it's done

Slice the crispy layer of the cake

Allow to cool completely

Take chat paper 

Cut it into square

Cut it into long strips

Palce the cool cake in parchment paper

Line the chat paper stips like this

Another strips to cross it

Take a sifter over the cake 

Spoon some icing sugar 

Drizzled over the cake

Sprnkle all the sides

Now it's ready

Now carefully remove the one side of the chat paper

Now another stips too

See how the cake is..

Wow... mum mum mumm

Yummy

Slice and serve

Enjoy..