Steamy Hot Chocolate Parathas

So with an annual shutdown ahead of me..I have loads of time to cook the stuff I've been wanting for a long time now. The first in line is my favourite - CHOCOLATE PARATHAS. The mere thought of steamy parathas with melted chocolate inside is to die for. A very easily delicacy to make, go ahead enjoy one in this suppeeerrrr cold weather!

Ingredients:

• Hot Chocolate (the canned ones in market)
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Powdered White Sugar
• Butter
• Dough

Recipe:

• Roll the dough in a small sized thick roti
• Mix hot chocolate podwer, cocoa powder and powdered sugar and add some oil to it
• Fill it in the thick roti and make a round ball
• Roll the ball to make a paratha
• Cook it with butter

Tada!! Steamy Hot Chocolate Paratha is ready to eat - enjoy the blast of liquid chocolate!

Red Velvet Cake (With Cheese icing)

A cloudy winter day calls for some delectable delicacy..and what better than cakes - any cakes, Mug Cakes, Cup Cakes, Huge Cakes, I know we all love all of them ;)


So today i decided to make some yum RED VELVET CAKE.Let me set the context for you. there are two very prominent myths about Red Velvet Cake:During the Great Depression, families were using less food colorings and extracts. They were just one more unnecessary expense that could be cut out. While the savings was good news for penny-pinchers, it was not-so-great news for the Adams Extract company. To counter slumping sales, folks at the company came up with the Adams Red Velvet Cake recipe, a concoction that used red food coloring and butter extract instead of the traditional ingredients. Before food coloring become the popular way to make the cake scarlet, the hue was much more subtle and was caused by the way vinegar, cocoa, and buttermilk reacted together. Adams’ ploy worked. The new brilliantly-colored cake was a hit with households across the country, and the fact that the recipe was offered on free recipe cards at grocery stores everywhere didn’t hurt either. So, there you have it: the popularity of red velvet cake is the result of a clever marketing ploy. And who can resist that tagline of a bygone era: "The cake of a wife time."

One (and I don not know which one is incorrect) take on the invention of the red velvet cake is that the Waldorf Astoria Hotel created it in the 1920s and graciously provided the recipe when a customer asked. She later received a bill in the mail for $350, prompting her to distribute the recipe to anyone who would take it.Anyway, the myths will always be, lets Bake and Relish. To begin with it is important to know that the “velvet” comes not from the color of crushed velvet, but from the smooth texture of fine cake crumb. This is a 'MICROWAVE' version of the cake and can usually be baked in a 'MUG'.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon liquid red food coloring
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cider, white, white wine, or rice vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 cheese cubes
• 1 cup Icing Sugar

PREPARATION - Cake

• In a large mug, whisk together the egg and oil.
• Stir in the food coloring, buttermilk, vanilla, and sugar
• Add the cocoa, flour, salt, and vinegar. Beat the batter until smooth
• Grease and flour two mugs, preferably transparent to enjoy the deep red colour of the cake
• Microwave for 4 minutes

PREPARATION - Frosting

• Melt 3 cheese cubes in the microwave for 30 seconds
• Keep Whisking and add dome warm milk (to give enough heat to the cheese to keep it melted)
• Add 1 cup of icing sugar
• Add vanilla essence to it and keep whisking until the desired consistency is achieved
  

Discover food like never before with Opera

Along the “discover” theme, Opera Software organized a #DiscoverWithOpera food bloggers meet-up, inviting some of Delhi’s top food bloggers at Ahoy! Asia.

Just like Opera users setting out to discover content on the web,we were given the opportunity to embark on a journey of Oriental food discovery. At the event, bloggers introduced themselves in a unique way by talking about their food-related discoveries. The afternoon was well spent, with bloggers passing the test of identifying various cuisines including Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Malaysian. Along with an afternoon of fun-filled activities, wes were also quizzed on Asian cuisine some popular myths often associated with the cuisine were busted.

We troed out some of popular Oriental dishes including Chuanr Lamb Kebab from Uyghur, Thai Tofu & Bell Pepper Satay, Uyghur DaPanJi (chicken stew), Zhua Fan Lamb Pulao and Banana Spring Rolls with a vanilla ice-cream scoop & caramel sauce.

Malaysian Lamb Murtabak

Vietnamese Chicken Banhmi Sandwich

All in all it was a great day and we all learnt a great deal about our first love - FOOD!