Pizza

pizza dough:
2 cups flour
1 yeast sachet
1 egg
1 tsp suger
1tsp salt
2/3 tbs vegetable oil
warm milk 1/3 cup

preparation of dough:
mix yeast in warm milk set aside for 15 mins..than mix yeast mixture,egg, salt, suger, oil in 2 cup flour, knead well..set it overnight or 5-6 hrs in warm place..

chicken tikka topping:
chicken boneless, skinless: small cubes
i put shan tikka masala :P...u can also made ur own topping of anything
ginger/garlic paste,
yougurt 2 tbs
lemon juice
jalapeño
black olives: sliced
green bell pepper: cubes
onion: cubes
pizza sauce or any italian pasta sauce will work too :)
oregano
chedder cheese,
mozzarella cheese

mix yougurt, g/g paste, lemon juice and tikka masala in chicken marinade for 1 hr..cook with 2 tbs oil in nonstick pan.

Baking:
set oven on 350 deg for 5 min,spread pizza dough, add pizza sauce, cheese, toppings, again lots of cheese and oregano and bake for 20 mins untill the dough become crusty!! ready to serve =)

Chinese Rice

Ingredients:

two cups half boiled rice
5-6 cloves of garlic grated
spring onions as desired
...black pepper 1 teaspoon
soya sauce 1 and half table spoon
Chinese salt 1 teaspoon
chicken stock -1 cup
oil
salt as desired

method:
half boil two cups of rice, then drain and keep aside, in the same utensil add oil about 2-3 table spoon and then add the grated garlic (pls use fresh garlic not the paste) then add salt, Chinese salt, soya sauce,and black pepper and mix well finally add 1 cup chicken stock and keep on dum, once the rice are done chk for seasoning and garnish with spring onions

Pizza Margheritta

Ingredients:

Dough:

Instant yeast 2 teaspoons

Warm water 1 ½ cup

Honey 2 tablespoons

White whole wheat flour 3 ½ cups

Wheat gluten 1 tablespoon

Salt ½ teaspoon

Olive oil 2 tablespoons

Sesame seeds 2 tablespoons

Topping:

Olive oil 3 tablespoons

Plum tomatoes 4 round slices

Mozzarella cheese 2 cups

Basil leaves 12

Salt ½ teaspoon

Direction:

Dough:

Mix together water, yeast and honey. In a bowl take 1 cup of flour and mix the mixture in it. Cover the mixture and let it stand for 30 minutes. Now add 2 cups of flour, vital gluten, salt, olive oil and sesame seeds. Knead the dough by hand for about 5 minutes. Now cover the dough and leave it for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven at 425 F. Divide the dough in half, roll each piece on a floured surface into 13-15 inches round, and placed the rounds on a lightly oiled pans.

Brush each round with olive oil. Divide the tomatoes between each round. Then sprinkle cheese, divide the basil leaves and sprinkle them on the cheese. Now sprinkle salt over the pizza. Brush oil over the pizza. Bake them for 20-30 minutes until the crusts are nicely browned. 

Sachertorte

Ingredients:

Dark chocolate 175 grams

Soft butter 110 grams

Golden caster sugar 110 grams

Egg whites 5

Egg yolks 4, lightly beaten

Vanilla essence ¼ teaspoon

Plain flour 110 grams

Baking powder ½ teaspoon

Icing:

Dark chocolate 175 grams

Double cream 150 ml

Butter 2 teaspoons

Apricots jam 2 teaspoons

Direction:

Preheat oven to 150 degree C. Melt the chocolate. In a heat proof bowl take chocolate, them place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and leave it to melt. Beat cream, butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Now beat in the egg yolks, a little at a time. Whisk well on each addition.

Cool the chocolate after melted, and add it in the butter mixture. Make folds very gently and add vanilla essence. Add flour and baking powder together in the mixture, and mix it by making folds in one direction. In another bowl whisk the egg whites to the fluffy stage. Now fold the egg whites into the mixture very carefully. Pour it in the baking cake tin, and keep it in the oven for 30-45 minutes or until it well cooked. Cool it down.

Icing:

Warm the apricot jam and brush the cake all over it. Melt the chocolate with the cream, again in a bowl over the simmering water. Now remove the bowl and add the butter in it. Mix it and spread the icing over the cake. When all the cake cover leave it to set for 2-3 hours. 

Chocolate Marble Cake

Ingredients:

Butter 225 grams

Caster sugar 225 grams
Eggs 5

Self raising flour 225 grams

Milk 3 tablespoons

Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon

Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

Ingredients:

Butter 225 grams

Caster sugar 225 grams
Eggs 5

Self raising flour 225 grams

Milk 3 tablespoons

Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon

Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

Direction:

Heat oven to 180C/gas. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line the bottom with a circle of greaseproof paper. Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Fold through the flour, milk and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth.

Divide the mixture between 2 bowls. Stir the cocoa powder into the mixture in one of the bowls. Take 2 spoons and use them to dollop the chocolate and vanilla cake mixes into the tin alternately. Take a skewer and swirl it around the mixture in the tin a few times to create a marbled effect.

Bake the cake for 25-35 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool. Add some chocolate syrup over the cake which makes it more tasty.

Tajine Bread

Ingredients:

5 cups flour
2 cups warm water
3 Tbsp powder milk
1 Tbsp yeast
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tea spoon salt
1 Tbsp Fennel (I didn’t add it)
¼ cup vegetable oil

Directions:

1- Mix the dry ingredients (flour+salt+Fennel)
2- Mix the yeast+sugar+water with powder milk for 5 minutes until frothy
3- add batter number 2 to the dry ingredients
4- combine all together with a wooden or plastic spoon until a dough is formed
5- sprinkle some flour in a dry surface and knead the dough for 10 minutes until the dough is like a pizza dough
6- leave the dough to be rised for 1 hour
7- put the dough in a tajine( I didn’t have Tajine) so I put the dough in a pizza pan
8- cut the dough in the pan to triangles
9- melt some butter or put olive oil and pour on the dough
10- put the pan in a preheated oven for 20-30 minutes in a 180 dgr
Very soft and moist

Lasagne

INGREDIENTS (12 servings)

12 lasagne sheets..1/2 cup butter...1 chopped onion..i clove minced garlic..1/2 cup all-purpose flour..1tsp salt..2 cups chicken broth..2 cups milk..4 cups shredded mozzarella..I cup grated parmesan cheese..1tsp oregano..1/2 tsp black pepper..2 cups cubed chicken(or minced meat)..mushrooms(& any other vegetables U wnt to include)

PROCEDURE:

preheat oven @ 175 degree centigrade..boil lasagna sheets fr 8-10 minutes(add some salt and oil in water so the sheets don't stick)..melt butter on medium heat & cook in it garlic & onion..stir in the flour, salt & mix well..mix in the broth & milk & boil stirring constantly for 1 minute..stir in 2 cups mozzarella & 1/4 cup parmesan..season wth oregano & black pepper..remove frm heat..

spread 1/3 of th sauce in th baking dish..layer wd 1/3 of th sheets(covering th sauce) along wth parmesan & mozzarella,chicken & vegetables(i used mushrooms,olives,capsicum)..
repeat the steps with the rest of the sheets,sauce, vegetables,& chicken.
make sure the top most layer is of cheese & and vegetables..