How To Measure Ingredients For Baking

A friend of mine on Facebook has shared this amazing video with me yesterday, so I thought of sharing it on my blog as I found this video very informative.


I have noticed many people have disasters while baking. Friends, baking is a Science not an art. Accurate measurements is very important. Kindly invest your money in proper baking tools and utensils such as measuring spoons, cups and jugs.

Please do watch this video. It will definitely help you :)

Qeema Masala Handi

Qeema Masala Handi

Ingredients:

Mince (beef, mutton or chicken) ½ kg

Oil ½ cup

Ginger paste 1 tsp (heaped)

Garlic paste 1 tsp (heaped)

Tomatoes 3 medium (sliced)

Green chillies chopped 4 (big)

Red chilli powder 1½ tsp

Turmeric powder ½ tsp

Crushed black pepper 1 tsp (heaped)

Coriander powder 1 tsp

Roasted and crushed Zeera 1 tsp

Butter 2 tbsp

Salt 1½ tsp

Coriander leaves for garnish

Ginger julienne for garnish

Method:

Heat oil in a Handi or any cooking pan, add ginger and garlic paste, fry a little. 

Add sliced tomatoes, green chillies and all the above masala, cook until tomatoes are soft. 

Now add the mince, mix well and cook for 10 minutes on medium-high flame. 

Cover and put it on Dum, cook it for another 10-15 minutes on low flame.

When done, add butter.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and ginger julienne. Serve with Naan. 

Coconut Macaroons

INGREDIENTS:-

Sweetened condensed milk – 1 cup
Milk – 1/4 cup
All purpose flour – 1/4 cup
Sweetened shredded coconut – 2.5 cups


Optional:
Semolina (suji) – 3 tablespoons
Cashew nuts, broken into pieces – 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder – 1 teaspoon


METHOD:-

1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
2. In a large bowl, combine sweetened milk and milk, whisking until blended.
3. With a wooden spoon, stir in flour, mixing until thoroughly blended.
4. Stir in coconut, cashews and cardamom powder.
5. After combining all the ingredients, the batter was a little bit watery. So I test baked just 1 tablespoon and the cookie spread so much.
6. So I added 3 tablespoons of semolina (sooji/rava) to the batter and combined it well and now the batter was nice and firm. Again I test baked another tablespoon of the dough and the macaroon came out perfect.
7. Then I went ahead and dropped tablespoonfuls of dough about 1 inch apart and baked it in the oven until it was golden around the edges (which approximately took 15 minutes). I got 24 (plus 2 test bake) macaroons for the above measurement.
8. Cool for 10 minutes on the sheet. This point is very important. Don’t try to remove the macaroons from the sheet once it is out the oven because it will be very flimsy. 
9. Again don’t put it back in the oven to harden it. Just leave the macaroons on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes and it will harden by itself. 
10. Then transfer to a rack and cool completely.

Banana Milkshake

This simple shake help you recover from humid weather. Plus, it gives you much needed energy boost after a long tiring day. Bananas are also known to calm upset stomach and they also rehydrate your body.

Ingredients:

Ripe Bananas 1 or 2

Milk 1 cup

Vanilla Ice Cream 1 scoop

Sugar (according to your taste)

Crushed Ice

Method:

1. Place all the above ingredients in  blender and blend it till smooth.
2. Decorate glass with Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, and pour shake into decorated glasses.