Butter Vanilla Icing

This one tastes a little different than the fresh whisked cream icing, but tastes just as good.

Ingredients - 

1. Butter          - 100 grams
2. Icing Sugar  - 300 grams
3. Vanilla Essence   - 2 teaspoons
4. Corn flour/starch - 1 teaspoon
5. Any edible color if required.

Method - 

• In a large bowl mix in all the ingredients and whisk together thoroughly until butter rises to become frothy and smooth. 
• Use this to decorate the cake or any other pastry.

Chocolate Cream Icing

Its pretty simple as it seems, if you got all the right ingredients

Ingredients -

1. Fresh Cream         - 250 grams
2. Icing sugar            - 1/2 cup
3. Cocoa Powder      - 1/4 cup

Method - 

• In a large bowl sift cocoa powder and icing sugar together.
• Add chilled fresh cream to this and keep whisking until frothy.
• Use this over the cake.

Note - Best when whisked using an electric egg beater.

Crispy Onion Rings

For all of those who love to try something crispy and hot during a rainy day! this cannot get any better.

Ingredients -

1. Onion                   - 2 large
2. Paprika powder   - 2 teaspoons
3. Gram flour           - 1/2 cup
4. Corn flour            - 1 tablespoon
5. Refined oil            - to deep fry
6. Bread slices          - 1
7. Salt to taste

Method - 

• Take the onions and peel off the skin. Now, after slicing off its head and tail, cut the onion vertically to get rings. 
• In a bowl mix in all the dry powders with salt and make it into a paste like consistency by adding little water.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a shallow bottomed pan.
• Grind the bread slice in blender to get it powdered and keep it aside.
• Now, take the onion ring and dip it in the batter.
• Afterwards coat it in the bread thoroughly. 
• Fry all the rings until crispy golden. 
• Serve hot.

Note - if you dont have gram flour, you can easily substitute it with plain flour. Also, if powdered bread is not available, one can try powdering rusk or unsalted crackers.

Simple Corn Delight

This is a very simple and easy to make dish that will be a delight especially to little ones. Here's how its done.

Ingredients - 

1. Sweet Corn Kernels          - 1 cup
2. Butter                                - 1/2 cup
3. Black Pepper powder       - 1 teaspoon
4. Salt to taste

Method - 

• In a pressure cooker, cook the sweet corn in little water for 3 whistles until soft.
•  Strain the corn and keep aside.
• Heat a shallow pan and melt the butter.
• Toss in the butter and saute for nearly two minutes in medium flame.
• Season it with pepper and salt.
• Serve Hot.

 Note - if you are going to steam the corn, wait until the steam really arises before you put the corn to steam and it should only take around 6 to 9 minutes.

  (sorry that the picture is blurry, its the best i could get!)

Vanilla Butter Cake

Hi again.

This will be the ever first recipe posted here. So, before i begin, let me tell you that this is a recipe that EVERYONE does love to try at home. This was as complicated as it looks when i first began cooking. I had to try this several times until i got the right combination.  Yes, i too tried several sites, but you definitely wont get as simple as this. This is just a plain cake, but its a great one to try, EASY to make and buttery-delicious!

Ingredients - 

1. Plain flour                      - 200 grams
2. Butter                             - 200 grams
3. Confectioners sugar*    - 250 grams
4. Eggs                              - 2 
5. Vanilla Essence             - 2 to 3 teaspoons
6. Baking powder             - 1 and half teaspoons (leveled)
7. Milk                              - 1/2 cup

  (Note* - Confectioners sugar is also called as Icing sugar. If you do not have Icing sugar at the moment, all you have to do is, blend the sugar solids in a blender to make it into smooth powder. It will not be as effective as used for other desserts, but for cakes as such its more than sufficient.)

Method -

• Take a large bottomed bowl and put in the butter (at room temperature). Beat it in one direction using an electric egg beater. 
• when its soft, add the icing sugar and beat further until frothy.
• Now, add eggs one at a time.
• Add in the vanilla essence as well and continue beating.
• In another bowl, sieve the flour along with baking powder. 
• To this, add the other batter and continue stirring.
• The batter could be made a little loose by adding sufficient milk, to get dropping-consistency.
• Now, grease a cake dish and pour in the batter. 
• Bake it at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. 

Note - Check if the cake is ready by poking in a small toothpick in the middle and on the sides. If its still not ready by 25 minutes, it is sure to go in for another 10 minutes in the same temperature. It would only take a maximum of 45 minutes. Never more than that. 

You can also change the flavour of the cake by adding a different essence to the batter before you bake. Now, another important thing is, some of us might not have an electric egg  beater. So, instead of that you can easily compensate it by beating the batter in a blender, provided the jar is big enough to contain the batter. It is just a substitute, but never as good as using an electric beater. 

Also, don't forget to turn the cake upside down when you place it in a platter. Allow it to cool to get its real soft-buttery-form.

Salutations

Hello everyone. This blog is as ordinary as any other which is already available online. If you wonder why you are here, instead of searching something more reliable, then let me tell you that you haven't made a wrong choice being here. This blog is everything about food and that too the stuff which i have really tried making. I am not going to be posting recipes just like that, but whatever is in here is truly something that had been tried out and the best of what i have been making. I too am a big fan of blogs and sites that assist me in making me a better cook, but unfortunately not all of them guide us right. So, i have picked out the best recipes and made them at home, got appreciation and hence posting it out here so that everyone else can try this.
I can thoroughly guarantee you that whatever you make at home after going through the instructions here, it will definitely not be a failure. And i wont keep you boring. So, HAPPY COOKING!