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 ORANGE CAKE Ingredients: Flour: 1 and 1/4th cup Orange: 1 medium size / 1/4th cup juice Baking powder: 1 Teaspoon Baking soda: 1/4th Teaspoon Milk: 1/4th cup (approx) Powdered Sugar: 1/2 cup Refined oil: 1/4th cup Milk Powder: 1/4th cup Orange zest: 1 Tablespoon Method:  First mix all the dry ingredients like flour, Milk powder, Baking powder, baking soda and Powdered sugar in a big mixing bowl. Now mix the wet ingredients that are,  Orange juice, refined oil and mix it well. Will add milk later. Now pour the wet ingredient mixture to the big mixing bowl with dry ingredients. Mix it nicely and slowly add the milk and mix it to a dripping texture. Grease a 1 pound cake mould and pour the mixture in it meantime you have to put a pressure cooker on the gas oven. Heat the cooker for abt 5 minutes on high flame with the jail or stand in it. Now after 5 minutes put the cake mould inside the cooker and the slow the flame and close the cooker with the lid without the whistle or ...

On 18th October 2020 competition was held in our complex from Nestle as a pre-Durga puja celebration event. It was said we have to use Milkmaid a Nestle product as the main ingredient. Many entrees were there and all gave their 100% to win the competition. As there was no age bar so from 18 to 80 all participated in the event the only condition was that whatever we made it should be innovative and original. I made this dessert named Nestle delight and won the 2nd prize. I am sharing the recipe with u all hope you will try it and enjoy it.  Preparation Time: 1 hr Cooking Time: 30 mins Freezing Time 7 to 8 hrs Serves: 10 people I ngredients for Walnut praline: Sugar:3/4th cup Walnut: 1/2 cup  Butter: 2 Tbsp Ingredients for Outside layer:  Britania biscuit: 200 gms Coffee powder: 2 tsp Condensed Milk: 1/4th tin / 100 gms Water: 3Tbsp Ingredients for filling: Unsweetened Cocoa powder: 2Tbsp Condensed Milk: 3/4th tin / 300 gms Butter: 1Tbsp White Chocolate Sauce:  While c...

If Rosogolla is the queen of sweets then Sandesh is the king of Bengalee desert. Sandesh is of various kinds like Kacha Golla or Makha Sandesh, Kora Paker Sandesh, Norom Paker Sandesh, Talsansh, etc. Generally, Sandesh is made mixing Chena(homemade paneer), sugar or Jaggery, and then set in different spaced moulds among them Sankh Sandesh and Aata Sandesh are famous. Bhola Moira aka Bholanath Modok's name is a must mention as he was not only a famous kabiwal (poetry singer) he was famous for making Sandesh like his son-in-law Nobin Chandra Das was famous for inventing spongy Rosogolla. Later many other sweet makers made many other sweet delicacies like Surjo Modok made Jol bhora Talshash, Rabri Sandesh by Sen Mahasay(Ashutosh Sen), Sorpuria By Adhar Chandra Das of Adhar Mishtanna Bhandar, etc. Bengal is full of famous sweet dishes starting from Sandesh, Rosogolla to Mishti Doi, and full of renowned Sweet shops like Chittaranjan, Balaram, Bancharam, Dwarik, Ganguram, Nakur Chandra N...

ROSOGOLLA   / RASGULLA INGREDIENTS: Milk: Full cream - 1litre Vinegar: 3 Tbsp +3 Tbsp Water  Sugar: 1 cups Water: 4 cups Maida: 2 tsp (if required) Cardamon: 4 METHOD: First, we need to make cheena or paneer the main ingredient of Rosogolla which is made from full cream milk. Boil the milk nicely, when it is boiling add the vinegar and water mixture slowly. When the milk curdles take it out in a muslin cloth, wash it thoroughly with tap water and squeeze out all water and then hang it out till the entire water is drained out, maybe around an hour.  Then take it on a plate and start kneading it with your palm. Add 2 tsp of flour and again kneed it nicely, soft dough is ready. Now make small balls of equal size cover with a damp cloth and keep it aside. Now in a big pan boil, 4 cups of water then add 1 cup of sugar and boil it on high flame. When the sugar is dissolved add 1 tsp of lemon juice in the sugar syrup so that the syrup becomes crystal clear. When the syrup is boi...

BANANA BREAD BANANA BREAD PREP TIME: 10 mins COOK TIME: 30 to 40 minutes SERVINGS: 8 TO 10 INGREDIENTS: Flour: 11/2 cups or 180 GMS Bananas:2(ripe) Butter: 1/3 cup or 75gms Sugar: 3/4 cup Eggs: 1 (beaten) Baking soda: 1tsp Salt :1pinch cinnamon: 1/2 tsp vanilla extract:1tsp METHOD Sieve together flour, cinnamon.salt and baking soda, and keep aside. Grease a loaf tin or pan with butter Beat the egg and keep aside. Preheat oven to 100 degrees centigrade for at least 15 mins. Mash the bananas well with masher or puree it. Add sugar and vanilla essence and mix well, till the sugar gets dissolved. Add butter and beaten egg and mix it well Now mix together flour with the wet ingredients slowly in small parts. Avoid over mixing and no lumps. Transfer the batter to the greased pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the skewer inserted comes out clean. You may need to adjust baking time by 5 to 10 minutes depending on the oven. But you need to keep an eye af...

SANDESH: SANDESH Bengali dessert (mishti) is incomplete without a Sandesh. It is easy to make at home and almost every Bengalee knows to make it. Since its main ingredient is fresh paneer it needs to be consumed quickly as it tends to get spoiled. A mold is used to make a different pattern. Mishti Doi(sweet curd) and Sandesh is the most famous dessert among other Bengali desserts known to the world. Prep time:15 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes Serves: 10 to 12  INGREDIENTS: Fresh Paneer/Chana: 400 gms Almonds: 12 cuts in slices Saffron strands: 4 Milk(warm): 1Tbsp(to soak saffron) Powdered Sugar: 1/2 cup Milk Powder: 2 tsp Pistachio essence: 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder: 1/2 tsp Ghee: 1Tbsp METHOD: Soak almonds, saffron, pistachio essence in warm milk. Mix paneer and milk powder in a pan and cook in medium flame for almost 5 to 7 minutes. After cooking for 5 minutes allow it to cool down. Now add powdered sugar, essence, cardamom powder, and mi...

INSTANT MALPUA: for the festive season PREP TIME:20 MINUTES COOK TIME: 12 MINS SERVES: 10 INGREDIENTS: Maida: 1 cup Milk Powder: 1/2 cup Semolina/Suji/Rava: 2tbsp Fennel/Mouri/Saunf: 1/2 tsp Milk: 1 cup Dry fruits chopped(optional) Oil for frying For sugar syrup: Sugar: 1 cup Water: 1/2 cup Elaichi/ Cardamom Powder: 1/2 tsp METHOD: In a big bowl pour dry ingredients maida, milk powder, suji, and crushed saunf. Pour 1 cup milk in the big bowl and mix it well, if required add a little more milk. Make a smooth thick yet running consistency batter. Rest the batter for about 15 minutes. Now heat oil for deep frying. Oil should be medium hot. Pour the batter with a ladle in the hot oil. When one side is properly fried, flip over and cook the other side too. Drain the oil properly and dip it in warm sugar syrup which is already made. Soak both sides 5 minutes each till it absorbs sugar syrup properly. Your instant malpua is ready to serve, sprinkle some chopp...

INSTANT JALEBI RECIPE   : Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 15mins Serve: 10   INGREDIENTS: Maida: 1 cup Curd: 2 Tbsp Oil or Desi ghee: For frying Desi ghee: 1 tsp Food colour: 1 pinch(orange) Cardamom powder: 1/2 tsp Eno or Baking soda: 1/2 tsp Sugar: 500 grams Saffron: 1 pinch METHOD: First in a bowl mix maida and curd nicely then slowly add water and make a batter with ribbon-like dripping consistency. Now add 1 tsp ghee and mix. Then add the food colour and mix well. Now add eno or baking powder and mix it well in a circular motion and cover and keep it aside. Pour the batter in a tomato ketchup bottle or a plastic cone. Heat oil or ghee in a pan. Squeeze the bottle and make round spirals with the batter. When one side is nicely cooked turn over to cook the other side, fry it till the jalebis are golden in colour. Immediately drop the fried jalebis in warm sugar syrup, rest it for 30 seconds. Serve it hot or i...

Indian Rice Pudding ( Kheer, Payasam or Payesh)   Rice pudding is flavored with cardamom and full of nuts which is creamy in texture. It's a great dessert for any time of the year and its made all over India. In southern and eastern   India it is specially made for certain festivals. In the South,  kheer  is called  payasam  and in the east, it is known as  payesh. We Bengalees cook payesh in any happy moments and time of celebrations. Ingredients: 2 liters of full-cream milk 1 can (400 gms) Condensed milk 1 tsp. Cardamom powder. 1 cup of sugar 1/2 cup Basmati rice 50 grams of almonds 50 grams raisins 25 grams pistachios 50 grams cashew nuts A few strands of saffron and rose petals to garnish (optional). PROCEDURE 1.    Wash the rice well and soak for half an hour in enough water to cover it fully. 2.    Put the milk to boil nicely in a deep, thick-bottomed pan and let it reduced a l...