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Caramel Popcorn Recipe

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with tips to prevent burning

Ingredients: for caramel popcorn recipe

for popcorn:
popping corn – 1/4 cup ( or 35 gms )
oil – 1 tbsp

for caramel:
sugar – 1/3 cup ( or 70 gms )
butter – 70 gms ( or 70 ml )
honey or maple syrup – 1 tbsp

Method:

Step 1) Make popcorn:
Heat a big pan. Pour 1 tbsp oil. Add the popping corns, cover with the lid and let it start popping..
Once it starts popping, reduce heat to low and let it stop popping. Once the popping stops, do not open the lid for 2 minutes.
Transfer the popcorn into a big bowl

Step 2) Make the caramel:
Please watch the video for tips to prevent burning the caramel.
Heat a sauce pan on very low heat. Add the butter, sugar, honey or maple syrup.
Let the sugar dissolve.. next it starts bubbling.. look for a golden orange color ( not brown ) (watch video to see when to stop cooking )

Step 3) Once the caramel is ready, immediately pour over the popcorn and mix evenly using a flat spoon or a silicon spatula..

Enjoy your caramel popcorns 😀

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2 ingredients chocolate puffs recipe

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Ingredients: for 2 ingredients chocolate puffs recipe

Puff pastry sheets ( cut into 4×4 squares )
chocolate chips – 1 cup ( use as needed )

Method 1: ( Oven )

Step 1) Preheat the oven to 200C or 375F

Step 2) Cut the puff pastry sheets into 4×4 squares. Place a tbsp of chocolate chips in the middle. Shape like a triangle by joining 2 ends. Press and seal using a fork. Place in a baking tray.

Step 3) Bake until golden brown( takes 10 -13 minutes ). Take out..and enjoy warm 😀

Method 2: Sandwich maker

Step 1) Heat the sandwich press

Step 2) Place one puff pastry sheet on the sandwich press. add some chocolate chips. Place another puff pastry sheet on top ( please see the video for this step )

Step 3) Close the lid and bake until golden brown ( takes 3 – 4 minutes )

enjoy 😀

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Recipe to increase milk supply for feeding moms

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lactation drink recipe

Ingredients: ( for increasing milk supply for feeding moms )

Oats – 1/4 cup ( or 60 gms )
methi ( fenugreek seeds / uluva / venthayam ) – 1 tsp
milk – 1 cup ( or 200 ml )
water – 1/2 cup ( or 100 ml )
sugar ( or honey or jaggery ) – 2 tsp

Method:

Step 1) Take a sauce pan, add oats, methi ( fenugreek seeds ), water. Cover and let it soak for an hour to prepare same day. ( or soak overnight to prepare next morning )

Step 2) Pour 1 cup milk and bring it to a boil. Add sugar ( or jaggery ) to taste. ( If using honey, add just before drinking )

Step 3) Once it starts boiling, reduce to low and cook for 5 minutes. ( keep stirring to prevent scorching at the bottom )

Pour into a cup or bowl and enjoy warm 😀

4 microwave mug cakes recipe

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Cooking time: takes 1 – 2 minutes depending on your microwave watts ( took 2 minutes in my 1100 W microwave oven )

Ingredients: ( for 2 minutes – 4 microwave mug cake recipe )

Recipe #1 – Vanilla Mug cake recipe

all purpose flour (maida) – 3 Tbsp
sugar – 2 Tbsp
baking powder – 1/4 tsp
milk – 3 Tbsp
oil or butter – 2 Tbsp
vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp

Recipe #2 – Chocolate Mug cake recipe

all purpose flour (maida) – 3 Tbsp
sugar – 2 Tbsp
baking powder – 1/4 tsp
milk – 3 Tbsp
oil or butter – 2 Tbsp
cocoa powder – 1 Tbsp
chocolate chip – 1 Tbsp

Recipe #3 – Sprinkle Mug cake recipe

all purpose flour (maida) – 3 Tbsp
sugar – 2 Tbsp
baking powder – 1/4 tsp
milk – 3 Tbsp
oil or butter – 2 Tbsp
sprinkle – 1 tsp

Recipe #4 – Blueberry Mug cake recipe

all purpose flour (maida) – 3 Tbsp
sugar – 2 Tbsp
baking powder – 1/4 tsp
milk – 3 Tbsp
oil or butter – 2 Tbsp
blueberries – 1 Tbsp
lemon juice – 1 tsp

Method:

Step 1) In all 4 microwave-safe mugs or cups, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, milk, oil or butter.

For vanilla mugcake, add the vanilla essence into cup 1 and mix well.
For chocolate mugcake, add the cocoa powder and chocolate chips into cup 2 and mix well
For sprinkle mugcake, add the sprinkles into cup 3 and mix well
For blueberry mugcake, add the lemon-juice and stir. add the blueberries and fold

Step 2) Microwave each mug for 1 – 2 minutes until puffed or doubled. ( cooking time depends on your microwave watts. It took 2 minutes in my 1100 W microwave oven )

Make and enjoy your mug cakes 😀

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Rainbow cake recipe ( no-bake no-cook )

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Ingredients: ( for no-bake no-cook rainbow cake )

White bread slices – 12 ( edges trimmed )
Sugar Syrup – 1 cup ( 300 ml )
Food color – RED YELLOW GREEN BLUE

for Buttercream icing:
Butter (softened) – 500 gms ( or 2 cups / 4 sticks )
powdered sugar / icing sugar – 1 cup ( 200 gms )

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Method:
Step 1) Trim the edges of the bread

Step 2) Divide sugar syrup into 6 bowls.

Step 3) Add food colors into the sugar syrup bowls as below. Mix it.

  1. Red – 2 drops
  2. Orange – 3 drops red + 2 drops yellow
  3. Yellow – 3 drops
  4. Green – 2 drops
  5. Blue – 2 drops
  6. Purple – 3 red drops + 1 blue drops

Step 4) Make Butter cream icing: Beat butter until soft and fluffy. For 2 – 3 minutes.
Sift in icing sugar in 2 or 3 batches. Beat again for another 3 – 4 minutes until fluffy.( To lighten the buttercream icing, add a tbsp of milk at a time and beat until fluffy.

Step 5) Take a cake stand or flat plate to make the cake. It should fit 2 bread slices. Spread some buttercream in the middle of the cake stand or plate.

Step 6) Making the cake:

  1. Take 2 bread slices, brush purple color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  2. Take 2 bread slices, brush blue color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  3. Take 2 bread slices, brush green color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  4. Take 2 bread slices, brush yellow color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  5. Take 2 bread slices, brush orange color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  6. Take 2 bread slices, brush red color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  7. Coat fully with butter cream ( seal the cake )
  8. Take 4 bowls and add some butter cream. Add 4 colors in each bowl. red, yellow, green and blue in each bowl to make 4 colors.
  9. Take a plastic wrap / cling wrap, place the colored butter cream in 4 lines ( red, yellow, green, blue ). ( see video for an idea ). roll it from one end and seal both the edges. Cut one end of the plastic wrap.
  10. Place inside the icing bag ( I used star nozzle ). Decorate the cake as you wish.
  11. Cut and enjoy 😀