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Oct27

Eggless Chocolate Cupcake recipe / Vegan Halloween Cupcake recipe / Basic Chocolate cupcake recipe

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Basic chocolate cupcake in vegan, is very easy and simple to prepare. As of Halloween I have given spooky icing like Spider web, Witches Eye and Devil. Let me share the recipe…

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Vegan Chocolate cupcake
Halloween cupcakes – Spider web, Monster eye and Devil

Ingredients:

  • All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
  • Baking soda – 1 tsp
  • Cocoa powder – ½ cup
  • Salt – a pinch
  • Brown sugar – 1 cup
  • Vegetable oil – ¼ cup
  • Water – 1 ¼ cups
  • Vinegar – 1 tsp
  • For Icing – I have used Pillsbury Creamy Vanilla Icing – 1 box
Flour, baking powder, salt all together getting sieved
Getting sieved
Sieved flour
Vinegar
Oil
Water
Getting beaten
Fluffy
Wet ingredients
With flour
Getting folded
Folded
Getting baked
After bake
Vegan chocolate cupcake
Vegan Chocolate cupcake
Halloween cupcakes – Spider web, Monster eye and Devil
Devil’s Eye
Monsters Eye
Spider Web

Preparation:

  • Take a wide mouth bowl, sieve all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, all together.
  • Take another bowl, add the brown sugar, pour water, vegetable oil, vinegar and beat all these together until the sugar dissolves.
  • Add the sieved ingredients to the wet ingredients, little by little and fold it gently (make sure to fold only in one direction).
  • Meanwhile pre-heat microwave to 180-degree C, place the cupcake liner to the cupcake tray, fill half the cupcake liner with the cupcake batter.
  • Bake at 180-degree C for few mins or until the tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove it from microwave, let it rest until it reaches the room temperature.
  • Open the icing box, mix it well, transfer it to a piping cone using a spoon, and squeeze it over the cake as you desire.
  • Refrigerate the cakes for few mins, once it’s done.
  • For witches’ eye – I squeezed out the icing to a circle at the center of the cake and placed a Choco chip at the center.
  • For Devil – I have squeezed icing all over the circle, placed a red color flavored almond for eyes and then a Choco chip in the center.

 

 

 

Oct27

Spooky Witches Finger / Witches Finger Cookies / Eggless Halloween Cookies

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Spooky Witches Finger is one among the most spooky and yummy dish for Halloween. I have already shared spooky witches finger with egg and now as we have party in our home with Apartment kids, there are few who go eggless and so this Eggless Spooky Witches Finger cookie.

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Eggless Spooky Witches Finger recipe / Eggless Halloween Recipe / Eggless Whole Wheat cookie

Eggless Spooky Witches Finger cookie is an easy and simple cookie to prepare, kids like this to be a part of their Halloween Party. I have prepared this cookie with whole wheat flour and also, it’s an eggless version, so a big boon for most of them to prepare. Let me share the recipe…

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Eggless Spooky Witches Finger recipe / Eggless Halloween Recipe / Eggless Whole Wheat cookie

Ingredients:

  • Whole wheat flour – 1 ½ cups
  • Sugar – ½ cup
  • Butter (room temperature) – ½ + 1 tbsp
  • Milk – 3 tbsp
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp
  • Almonds / Badam – 10 nos
  • Red food colour – ¼ tsp

Making of Eggless Spooky Witches Finger / Halloween video recipe –

Preparation:

  • Blanch the almonds and slice them into two equal halves.
  • Mix 2 tbsp of water in red food color and soak the sliced almonds / badam to it.
  • Make sure to use the butter only at room temperature.
  • In a wide mouth bowl, sieve the wheat flour along with baking powder and keep it aside.
  • Grind the sugar to a fine powder, add it to flour mixture.
  • Add the butter to the flour, crumble well with your fingers.
  • Pour milk little by little (1 tbsp at a time), and knead the flour to a dough.
  • Roll the kneaded dough in a cling film, refrigerate for 15 mins, later remove it and wait for 5 mins.
  • Dust the work area with flour, take a small portion of the dough, roll it length wise, give impression with fork, place a slice of almond/badam in one edge of the rolled dough. (looks like finger)
  • Meanwhile preheat microwave to 180-degree C, grease a tray, place the rolled fingers over the tray and bake them at 180-degree C for 5 mins or until they are baked.
  • Remove it the tray from the oven, let it rest for 10 mins, remove it to a plate and bring it to room temperature.
Whole wheat flour ad Baking powder getting sieved
Sieved once
Sieved flour with butter
With milk
Kneaded to a dough
A small portion of dough
Rolled to a finger
Fork impression
Getting ready to bake
With almonds
Getting Baked
After Bake
Spooky Witches Finger ready
Eggless Spooky Witches Finger recipe / Eggless Halloween Recipe / Eggless Whole Wheat cookie

Store it in an air-tight container, once it reaches room temperature.

Mar30

Irish Shepherd’s Pie – Minced Lamb Meat | Exotic Wednesday with Madraasi

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Shepherd’s Pie is one such delicious and yum recipe from Irish Cuisine. As I have been sharing exotic recipes on wednesday’s, I love to go for this Shepherd’s Pie for this week. Shepherd’s pie is commonly prepared with minced beef, fish, lamb and chicken. My first attempt of shepherd pie with Minced meat, we all liked it to the core. Let me share the recipe…

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Shepherd’s pie – Minced Lamb
Shepherd’s pie – Minced Lamb

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Ingredients:

  • Minced meat (lamb) – 300 gms
  • Onions – 100 gms
  • Carrots – 50 gms
  • Lamb Stock – 1 cup
  • Worcester sauce – 1 ½ tbsp
  • Cheese – 100 gms
  • Boiled and mashed potatoes – 3 cups
  • Butter – 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp (for mashed potato and tempering)
  • Oregano – ¼ tsp
  • Rosemary – ½ tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 ¼ tsp
  • Salt to taste

Making of Shepherd’s Pie –

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely chop the onions and carrots,
  • Mash the potatoes to a paste by adding salt.
  • Heat 2 tbsp of butter in a heavy bottomed vessel, add onions and cook for few mins.
  • Add the carrots, cook until they turn soft.
  • Add oregano, rosemary, chili powder, salt and cook until the raw smell goes off.
  • Add the minced meat, pour the Worcester sauce and lamb stock, cover and cook until the gravy thickens and the meat becomes soft.
  • Meanwhile preheat the microwave to 180-degree C.
  • Take ramekins or a baking tray, add a spoonful of minced meat to the bowl, layer it with a spoonful of mashed potato, level it with the spoon.
  • Top it with the grated cheese and bake for 10 10 15 mins at 180-degree C or until the cheese turns golden brown in color.
  • Remove the ramekins from the microwave.

Serve hot.