I finally got back in the kitchen!

For my birthday my brother and sister made me a book of my first year blogging. It's a nice remainder that I actually very much enjoy the process of cooking and sharing my experience. Moving forward my goal is to do weekly posts and keep at it.

Over the weekend I made Dahi Wara (dahi means yogurt). Dahi wara are served as deserts, easy to make, and light for a dessert. They are little buttons of heaven.

Makes 16.
Ingredients:


1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sooji
3 tbsp melted ghee
1/4 tsp baking powder
Plain Yogurt to bind
Orange food color

For syrup:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water

Method:

In a food processor add flour, sooji, ghee, baking powder, and orange color (enough for the dough to catch the color). Then slowly add plain yogurt to bind all the ingredients together. Keep the dough aside for an hour.

While the dough kept aside, make the sugar syrup. In a pan add sugar and water, over medium heat let this mixture dissolve, until is thin in consistency, meaning when you dip your wooden spatula and pull it out there should be three drops of the mixture (on the third drop it a long thread should form).

Then roll out the dough and cut out small round circles.

Over medium heat fry until golden brown. Dip the dahi wara one by one in the sugar syrup and remove set it in another bowl, if you leave it in sugar syrup they become a bit soggy. Let it cool at room temperature and then serve.

Dessert

3:57:00 PM

There is nothing like a home made dessert. A couple days ago I decided to attempt my very first dessert. The egg pudding is one of those desserts that requires few ingredients but the taste is satisfying and so delicious. The pudding turned out well, but it just 'cracked' when I turned it over. 

Ingredients:

For the caramelization:

3 tbsp sugar
*3 tbsp water 

In a cooking pot add sugar, and water *(enough water to to wet all of the sugar). Heat the mixture on high, occasionally swirl the pot for even spread until the sugar start turning golden brown. Set aside.

For the egg pudding:

3 cups of Half & Half
3 eggs
4 tbsp sugar
Vanilla Essence 
Yellow food coloring

Method:

In a bowl combine and whisk Half & Half, eggs, sugar, a couple drops of vanilla essence, and a pinch of yellow food coloring. 

Crack the caramelized sugar, then transfer the whisked egg pudding mixture to it.

In a pan create a water bath, and warm it on the stove top. In a preheat oven (350 degrees) place the water bath and in it place the egg pudding mixture. Bake for 35-45 minutes (looks like this when done).

Let the pudding cool and then refrigerate. To serve, flip the pudding upside down in a serving dish.

Enjoy!

Dessert

10:18:00 PM