Chocolate Chips - BM #13 - Day 3

Chocolate Chips - BM #13 - Day 3:

You all would have known by now, that I am part of Blogging Marathon - 13 and I have selected "Seven Days of Chips" for this week. Here is my 3rd day chips called chocolate chips.

I was waiting to find and try out chocolate chips. While I asked my Google brother to find out he gave me a beautiful link at heavenlyhomemakers.

Chocolate Chips are small chunks of chocolate, which actually would be in round or flat bottomed teardrop shape. They are mainly used in cookies, pancakes, cakes, cream,  muffins and various types of pastry.

There are many flavors namely - semi-sweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, mint chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white and dark swirled chocolate chips. Out of them semi-sweet chocolate is the original one. Nestle and The Hershey company are among the top producers of chocolate chips. (Source: Wikipedia)

My assumption is, the kid's favorite breakfast - Chocos from Kellogg's resembles more or less like chocolate chips.

Now back to the recipe, it takes only 3 ingredients to make chips + 1 ingredient. Ha ha, 3 + 1 why couldn't I write 4 directly, this might be the readers question. The style of making it did not allow me to mention 4 directly. Read the below method of making it, I enjoyed it. Before going to the method let me tell you, here is one more technique how to melt butter as butter and not as ghee. :). Wait, don't scratch your head, when i read the post i did the same thing, but after doing it i have become good at it.

3 Ingredients to make choco chips:

Butter - 4 tbsp (i used amul butter)

Cocoa - 2 tbsp

Icing Sugar - 3 tbsp (reduce the quantity to make semi-sweet)

1 important Ingredient in making chips but we will not use it inside the chips. This was the excited part for me.

Water - 2 cups

Story: I wanted a glass jar to make this chips, I was searching in my kitchen on Saturday morning to get it, but no luck. Then I remembered about our dinner ware glass, ultimately I could use it. More than the family member who else will know what is available in the house, but as I use them less it did not flash immediately to me. I doesn't wanted to hide it as you readers, are my mentors.

Method:

Heat 2 cups of water in a bowl and wait till it boils

When the water starts boiling simmer the stove completely and place a glass jar/tumbler into the water

Add butter to it, and add cocoa powder and icing sugar star stirring continuously

Keep the butter paper on your tray ready, once the butter melts completely pour it onto the butter paper and spread it across

After sometime, leave it in your deep freezer for 4 to 5 hours it would completely dried

Now cut it into pieces and store it in air tight container.

Fact: Do you agree with me now, why i wrote 3 + 1 ingredient. Water was very important to melt butter but I never used it to make chips.

Chips photo:

Momma, I brought these chips from home to take photograph and realized only in the afternoon they had turned to be semi-solid again. So I have left them in refrigerator in office.  

Its worth glancing at what my other Blogging Marathoners are doing in BM# 13

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Marie Biscuit Coffee Chips – BM#13 - Day 2

Marie Biscuit Coffee Chips – BM#13:

Shock by the name, does it look strange like me? Ha, ha Readers, I told the actual name of the chips what I named it. I am not sure if you have come across it or not but I am sure you would have come across Choco logs. While I was searching for what can be made out of cocoa and icing sugar on the other day I came across a post called Marie biscuit - Chocolate logs. I was surprised and clicked here. Recipe was quite interesting and innovative; sometimes to make children eat you should try different things with the same old ingredients else they will say “aiyoo, my mom cooks the same dish everyday”, my first son Aditya, passes this comment without even a second thought.

In the morning I thought of getting carrot to office and then do carrot chips here. But as the time passed by due to my little son I had to rush to catch my office cab at the last moment. So I was just thinking what to prepare, if I go and ask one carrot the shopkeeper will look as if I have gone mad. If I take more I don’t know what to make from the remaining except cook mix with rice and eat. Time passed as the training is on in office and I felt in the afternoon to eat something let me cook in the oven a beautiful chips. I took rusk and went into my pantry but as they itself were crispy I thought it wasn’t a good idea. Then this chocolate logs appeared like a bright screen in front of my eyes. So thought let me put my hands on to it.

Ingredients:

Marie Biscuits – 8 Nos

Coffee Powder – 1 tsp

Milk – ¼ cup

Sugar – 1 (it was less in sweet so advisable to add 2)

Method:

Break the marie biscuits into small pieces (as small as possible)

Put it in a microwavable cooking box

Pressed “tea with milk” in my office coffee machine I got ¼ cup of milk

Added coffee powder to the milk and mixed well

Pour the mixture on to the biscuits and mix it well

Take a small heap and make it into desired shape

Keep it in oven for 6 minutes

Remove it and add the crispy rusk along with it and munch it

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Paneer Chips - BM#13 - Day 1

Paneer Chips – BM#13:

Hey blog readers, did you check the date today it is 16^th of the month, so, what’s the special? Don’t be surprised it’s once again the time of blogging marathon. 18 bloggers are in this week and 24 are in next week while last month it was 15 and 23. It will be interested to see the new groups in every blogging marathon each one is unique. To watch out the groups in this months’ blogging marathon, just visit here. For previous entries, please click here. 

[BM-12 my entries]

I am in the group of making “Seven days of Chips” along with Preeti. “Chips” not the Microsoft ones, but the one most of munch just to pass our time like snacks. Chips will use very few ingredients and they are crispy it can be either salt or sweet. It is made up of vegetables and fruits.

I checked my mails in the morning and found “finger chips” or “French fries” published by Preeti. It immediately stroke to me about the Paneer Fingers, which I used to have when we used to go for dinner/lunch along with friends or hubby. Due to training I was waiting for my lunch time, when it was up, I quickly had my lunch in 5 minutes (a dhal rice) and ran to the nearby food store called as food world. Checked out I could get “Nandini” Paneer. Nandini is very famous dairy farming unit in Karnataka originated from Karnataka. I checked if I can get 100gms of Paneer because I thought it would be more, but I could get only 200 gms. Thought it would be more, surprisingly when I started munching I realized it was just over in very short time.

Ingredients:

Paneer – 200 gms

Salt – to taste

Pepper Powder – to taste

Method:

Cut the paneer into small fingers/cubes (actually I should have done it long fingers itself)

Put it into a oven and leave it for 6 minutes, till you see a brown one (u know my style of heating it in a oven right leave it for 2 minutes and check how it is then again leave it for 2 minutes and check, 2 minutes and check)

Mix well with a kitchen knife or a fork and sprinkle salt and pepper nicely on it and again mix it

Leave it for another 4 minutes

Paneer Fingers is ready, put it into a bowl and munch it

Note:

You can also use salt and chilli powder to spinkle on paneer and have a different taste

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PuriUrandai

Puri Urandai:

I couldn’t believe myself that I could make a sweet that fast. Thanks to the Blogging Marathon team and to the host who started this, that’s none other than Srivalli of spicingyourlife.

Today being the last day of second week of Blogging Marathon, I am glad to say that I have learnt very good sweets which can be made with less or more time. Thanks for my family and friends who had been very supportive.

Thanks for all the exciting comments which made me jump high on the air.

Puri Urandai is made up of beaten rice and jaggery. I was shocked to see this sweet getting ready just in 10 minutes and I cooked keep my lovely little angel my little son on my hip and then do this, but needed help of somebody while making it rounds. This is a must sweet made by Tamilians during “Karthika Deepam”.

Ingredients:

• Beaten Rice – 1 1/2 cup
• Jaggery – 1 cup
• Cardamom Powder – 1 tbsp
• Poppy Seeds – 1 tbsp
• Chopped Coconut – as you desire
• Fried Gram Dhal – as you desire

Method:

• Put jaggery and water in a thick bottomed vessel to make jaggery syrup.
• When you feel the syrup is almost ready put a drop into a small cup/vessel which has water, you should be able to make a round or small dough.
• Once you are able to make, add cardamom powder and poppy seeds.
• Pour it into the vessel where your beaten rice is ready along with fried gram dhal and chopped coconut. Watch out it would be hot, make your hand wet and start mixing dry ingredients with jaggery syrup.
• Keep it on a plate, take a snap, and eat it with family members.

Submitting this to:Blogging Marathon @ Spice your Life by Srivalli

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Kid's Delight - Something Sweet at Edible Entertainment by Kavitha Iyengar and this series were started by Srivalli in her blog.

New "U" event hosted by Vardhini.































Cooking with Love event hosted by Saraswathi Iyer.

Cooking Challenge - Flavours of Tamilnadu.

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TenkaiKarjikayalu:

Tenkai-Karjikayalu:

Tenkai Karjikayalu is my 5^th day post for 2^nd week of Blogging Marathon. My theme for this week is Kids Delight – Something Sweet.

I had done it on Saturday, 28^th Jan 2012 when I cooked lunch for my family. Lunch comprised of Methi Dhal, Tomato Rasam, Rice and curds. Special entry was my sweet Tenkai Karjikayalu (tenga kolakottai or coconut rolls). Our breakfast for that day was Puri and after everybody having breakfast there was wheat flour (atta) remaining. It flashed my great brain why don’t I do this sweet. I asked my mom-in-law she told once lunch is ready I could make them; she said and went to sister-in-law’s place who stays nearby.

I was eager to make so I couldn’t wait, moreover my little son was sleeping, so it was a good time for me to do along with lunch. I kept sugar and water to become sugar syrup, and blended coconut in blender. Once sugar syrup was getting ready I added poppy seeds, cardamom powder, baby saffron and mixed well, add blended coconut to the mixture. I hope you remember I made little almond powder last week, I added them into this. As almond contains oil, it’s better to utilize them at the earliest.

Ingredients:

• CopraPak Laddoos – 18 (I could get 18)
• Small dough/puri – 12

I had to eat 6 laddoos directly and myself, my son, and sis-in-law son, sis-in-law and co-brother it was over in no time.

Method:

Make small puris and keep coprapak laddoos in the center

Cover the dough properly so that laddoos doesn’t come out

Heat oil in a kadai and once it is full hot, keep it into medium flame and fry the rolls

Put it onto a vessel where the oil can be drained

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New "U" event hosted by Vardhini.

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DatesKheer

Dates Kheer:

Kheer is nothing but payasa, sweet which is made either of semolina or of any other ingredient with milk. It can be made instantly and ingredients are also too short. I just added dates to it.

On account of yesterday holiday and tomorrow holiday I am on leave today also. J Hence made dates milk shake, but as I had to take Aditya to doctor due to some allergy plan got changed. Suddenly it flashed, I can just do kheer in the afternoon adding dates milk shake. Yummy, it gave me very good company in my children lunch today.

Ingredients:

• Semolina – 1 cup
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Milk – 2 cups
• Dates – 5 to 6 nos (used fruit not the dried ones)
• Ghee – 2 tsp

Method:

• Soak dates in water for an hour
• Add milk, sugar and dates and blend it together to get a milk shake
• Add ghee in a thick bottomed vessel
• Roast semolina and keep it aside
• Add dates milk shake and allow it to boil
• Add roasted semolina and allow it to become soft/cooked
• Serve it

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UradDhalHalwa

Urad Dhal Halwa:

I came across this sweet in Nayna Kanbar's blog (simply.food) I had bookmarked this sweet for a longer time. When I had paired with Nayna during Blog Hop Wednesday ver 2.0 started by Radhika on her blog (tickling palates) for Jan 2012.

Only modification I did to this is the shape, rest all remains the same.

Ingredients:

Wet Halwa

• Urad  Dhal - 1cup
• Chopped Coconut - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1cup
• Cardamom Powder - 2 tsp
• Saffron - 3 num
• Milk - a little
• Ghee - 4 tsp

Method:

Fry urad dhal till reddish brown and allow it cool

Add roasted urad dhal, chopped coconut and sugar and blend it

Add ghee in a kadai when it melts add the ground powder

Urad Dhal Halwa

Roast it well so that we can get nice aroma

Add milk to it and put it on a greased plate

Once its warm cut it into pieces

Put it in an airtight container and eat it

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Yielded: 20 pieces

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Dark Chocolate Milk Shake

Dark Chocolate Milk Shake:

I planned to prepare puriundai (might be my next recipe) but ended up preparing dark chocolate milk shake in office. :(.

Great thing I did yesterday is, I informed my hubby somehow stating that I like my blog which motivates me to cook/make/bake new things and asked him to cooperate my work. Reason is, my little son has become a nightmare for me, he doesn't sleep nor he lets anybody sleep (including my older son). As my mom-in-law would have cooked something in the afternoon and very rarely I  get a chance to cook something, great thing I do is cook rice in the evening which will hardly take 5 minutes. I need to put this guy to sleep and then prepare whatever I would have planned.

In the early morning, once I got up, my little son also got up and as it was just dosa chutney had to be done. Good my mom-in-law did a new chutney and the recipe will be out shortly.

In the office today I was supposed to have some training and instead of keeping my blog readers wait i just thought a dark chocolate milk shake can also serve as a sweet as we had sugar to it. Please pass your valuable comments if it can be considered under sweet or not.

This is going to be my 3rd day in Blogging Marathon under 2nd week event. As you are aware my group is "Kid's Delight - Something Sweets" for this week.

Ingredients:

B&W Photo

• Dark Chocolate - 4 pieces (one chocolate will have 8 pieces)
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Milk - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1
• Fruits of your taste (just to make you have a good breakfast)

Method:

• Melt butter in microwave
• Add dark chocolate to them and melt them in oven
• Add milk, sugar and heat it for a  moment so that chocolate mixes well with milk
• Take a bowl for fruits add your desired fruits. I have added musk melon and pineapple.
• Click a pic and have the milk shake with fruits. :)
• Post it after tasting the milk shake.

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Kid's Delight - Something Sweet at Edible Entertainment by Kavitha Iyengar and this series were started by Srivalli in her blog.

Bake Fest @ Pumpkinfarmfood by Pradnya started @ Zesty Palette by Vardhini.

New "U" event hosted by Vardhini.

MEC series by Kalyani started by Srivalli on Cooking4allseasons. 









Breakfast Club Jan'12 series hosted Aimée @ Food, Je t'Aimée which was started by Helen
 

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AlmondBreadGolls

AlmondBreadGolls:

It gives me immense pleasure to treat my blog readers who are making me successful in a very short time from the time I restarted my blog.

Golls or balls made out of almond and cashewnut powder and kept inside bread and baked for 2 minutes in microwave oven.

Ingredients:

• Wheat Bread Slice - 4
• Maida Bread Slice - 1
• Almond - 4
• Cashewnut - 2
• Sugar - 4 tsp
• Ghee / Clarified butter - 2 tsp
• Spraying Oil (to spray on the bread so that it doesn't get burnt)

Method:

• Blend almond, cashewnut to a coarse powder 
• Cut the sides of a bread (bread crumbs) and put little ghee on both sides of it
• Keep the ghee in microwave for 1 minute so that it would become thin 

• Add blended powder, sugar to ghee and mix and keep it for 1 minute so that it gets mixed well

• Now take the bread as a cup shape and put the mixture on to it

• Nicely cover the bread with little water or with ghee and spray some oil on the bread
• Keep it in oven again for 2 more minutes so that the bread gets roasted. 

• Take it out from the oven and allow it to cool
• Take the bread crumbs into a glass, add some milk and sugar

• Serve both the dishes almond bread golls and bread crumbs mixture

Submitting this to:Blogging Marathon @ Spice your Life by Srivalli

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Bake Fest @ Pumpkinfarmfood by Pradnya started @ Zesty Palette by Vardhini.

New "U" event hosted by Vardhini.

MEC series by Kalyani started by our BM preacher Srivalli on Cooking4allseasons.

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