Monday, August 16, 2021

 

Nadiya Hussain's Money Can't Buy You Happiness Brownies


 Makes 18 squares

Ingredients

For the brownie base:
250gunsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
250gdark chocolate
4medium eggs
280gsoft dark brown sugar
1 tspinstant coffee mixed with 2 teaspoons hot water
120gplain flour, sifted
30gcocoa, sifted
½ tspsalt
1 tspplain flour
150gdark chocolate chips
For the nutty centre:
1 x 450gjar of dulce de leche
200gchopped mixed nuts or hazelnut
½ tspsalt
For the top:
300gfull-fat soft cream cheese
100gcaster sugar
2medium eggs
1 tspalmond extract
zest of 1 orange
1 tbspplain flour
cocoa powder for dusting

Essential kit

You will need: a 20 x 30 x 5cm brownie tin and an electric hand whisk.

Instructions

Prep time: 40 minutes, plus overnight chilling. Cook time: 55 minutes.

Put the butter and chocolate in a small pan and melt gently, stirring occasionally until the mixture is liquid. Set aside to cool.

Line the base and sides of a 20 x 30 x 5cm brownie tin with some baking paper so that it comes 1cm above the top of the tin, and lightly grease.

Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 60C/gas 4.

Add the eggs, sugar and cooled coffee to a large mixing bowl and whisk until the mixture is light, thick and fluffy. This should take 5 minutes with an electric hand whisk. (Adding the coffee really enhances the flavour of the cocoa and you won’t even be able to taste the coffee itself.)

Pour in the cooled melted chocolate and whisk until the mixture no longer has any streaks in it.

Then add the sifted flour, cocoa and salt and mix until you have a glossy batter.

Mix the teaspoon of flour with the chocolate chips in a bowl before mixing them into the batter until they’re well dispersed – this trick will stop them sinking to the bottom when you bake the brownies. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and level off the top. Bake for 25 minutes.

While it is baking, toast the nuts in a large non-stick pan, stirring until they are a deep golden brown.

Put the dulce de leche in a bowl along with the toasted nuts and the salt, mix and set aside.

As soon as the brownies are baked, take them out of the oven and leave to cool completely in the tin. As soon as they have cooled, spread the sticky nut mixture over the top and pop the whole thing in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Adjust the oven to 170C/fan 150C/gas 3.

Make the cheesecake top by mixing the cream cheese, sugar, egg, almond extract, orange zest and flour together really well.

Spoon and spread into an even layer over the nut mixture and pop into the oven for 30 minutes.

As soon as the cheesecake is set in the centre, allow to cool totally and leave in the fridge overnight. The wait will be worth it!

Dust with the cocoa, take out of the tin and cut into squares. Eat, eat, eat!

Best kept in the fridge for 3–4 days.

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Kerala Rasam

  SERVES: 8

🧺 INGREDIENTS Tamarind (à´µാളൻപുà´³ി) - 15 gm Hot Water (à´šൂà´Ÿുà´µെà´³്à´³ം) - 1 Cup (250 ml) Black Pepper (à´•ുà´°ുà´®ുളക്) - 2 Teaspoons Ginger (ഇഞ്à´šി) - 1½ Inch Piece Garlic (à´µെà´³ുà´¤്à´¤ുà´³്à´³ി) - 8 Cloves Shallot (à´šെà´±ിà´¯ ഉള്à´³ി) - 8 Nos Cooking Oil (à´Žà´£്à´£) - 3 Tablespoons Mustard Seeds (à´•à´Ÿുà´•്) - ½ Teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds (ഉലുà´µ) - ¼ Teaspoon Dry Red Chilli (ഉണക്à´•à´®ുളക്) - 3 Nos Coriander Powder (മല്à´²ിà´ª്à´ªൊà´Ÿി) - 1 Tablespoon Chilli Powder (à´®ുളകുà´ªൊà´Ÿി) - 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder (മഞ്à´žà´³്‍à´ªൊà´Ÿി) - ¼ Teaspoon Tomato (തക്à´•ാà´³ി) - 1 No Curry Leaves (à´•à´±ിà´µേà´ª്à´ªിà´²) - 2 Sprigs Water (à´µെà´³്à´³ം) - 3 Cups (750 ml) Asafoetida Powder (à´•ായപ്à´ªൊà´Ÿി) - 1 Teaspoon Salt (ഉപ്à´ª്) - 2 Teaspoons Coriander Leaves (മല്à´²ിà´¯ിà´²)

Method:

Put Tamarind(Lemon Size) in one cup of hot water. Let it soak in for 10 minutes. After that squeeze the tamrind and let mix well with water. And then strain it. Next, first crush the whole black pepper,keep it aside.

Now crush ginger and then garlic. And last the shallots.

Now heat oil ...once hot add mustard seeds. When it starts to splutter, add fenugreek seeds.

Reduce the flame and add the dry chili. Then add all the crushed items except crushed pepper.

Put the flame to medium and keep stiring till it becomes golden brown shade.

once it reaches the brown shade add coriander powder,chili powder and termeric powder.Also at this point add the crushed pepper powder. Give a quick stir and add one tomato to this.Add little curry leaves.

Then tamarind water and additional 3 cups water and asafoetida powder.

Increase the flame and once it starts to boil add salt to it.

Now keep the flame to medium and let it boil for 5 minutes. Finally add coriander leaves to it.

you can strain it or have it like that!!!

Enjoy!!