No Bake Brownie Bites

Hello and a very happy Deepawali to all my dear readers  (sorry for wishing a bit late). After a long time I am coming back to check on my dear little blog.  Anyways, today's recipe will make up for all the delay :)  Its a No Bake Brownie that I made bite sized using my chocolate moulds.  You can make it in any shape and size.  Its pretty easy and even kids can make it with a little help.  Since I used microwave, it didn't take much time.  Just a handful of ingredients are required and you are ready to have a delightful and festive sweet in no time.  So lets start making these cute looking brownie bites.  Happy Cooking :)

Preparation time - 5 minutes

Cooking time - 10 minutes

Makes - 10-12 pieces

Ingredients:

Grated cooking chocolate   - 1/2 cup

Crushed biscuits 

(I used milk bikis)               - 1/2 cup

Condensed milk                  -  2 tbsp

Chopped nuts                      -  3 tbsp

Butter                                  -  1/2 tbsp

Method:

• Take chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 15 seconds.  Remove and stir well.  Again microwave for 15 seconds.  Remove and mix.  At this stage, chocolate would start melting.  Microwave for another 10 seconds and stir well.  If chocolates is melted then you go ahead with the process, if not then again put it in the microwave for another 10 seconds.  
• Add condensed milk in the melted chocolate and give a nice stir.  Add crushed biscuits and nuts and mix well everything.
• Shift the mixture to a greased pan or silicon moulds and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
• Serve.

Notes:

1. If you are using some lightly sweet biscuits then use some powdered sugar to adjust the sweetness.
2. Any nuts of your choice can be used.

Mango Mastani

Hello to all my readers.  Finally I am here after a long long break.  I was cooking as before but couldn't blog that frequent. Anyways, hoping to continue my passion and post more recipes.  So lets start cooking.

This week I tried something that was in my mind for last 3 months.  Its a delicious mango drink i.e. Mango Mastani.  I had tasted this drink for the first time three months back in Mumbai.  Its a famous drink from Pune.  You will find so many shops selling Mango Mastani in Maharashtra. Its just a mango shake topped with vanilla ice-cream and garnished with chopped mango and nuts.  Its a breeze to make this drink at home.  No special ingredients or equipments and no sweating in the kitchen for hours.  You just need to blend a few ingredients and a delicious drink, bursting with mango flavour, is ready to relish.  Here mango season is over, so I used ready-made mango pulp for this recipe.  Fresh mango will definitely give you more flavour.  Fresh mango or pulp, whatever you use, trust me, you cannot go wrong with this recipe.  

So lets make Mango Mastani.  Happy Cooking :)

Preparation time - 5 minutes
Cooking time - 2 minutes

Serves - 3
Ingredients:

Mango pulp (I used readymade Alphanso pulp)	2 Cups
Sugar	2 tbsp (adjust as per the sweetness of the mango)
Milk	1 cup
Vanilla Ice cream	6 scoops
Chopped almonds	2 tbsp
Chopped cashews	2 tbsp
Chopped pistachios	2 tbsp
Glazed cherries	2 (halved)

Method:

• Take mango pulp sugar and milk in a blender and blend together nicely.
• Take a tall glass and pour in the mango-milk mixture, top it up with 2 scoops of ice cream.  Garnish with nuts and glazed cherries.  
• Make two more servings likewise.
• Serve immediately.

6 min. Microwave Rava Coconut Laddoo

I am running in a microwave mode since the day I got my new microwave J
I simply love the way it cooks.  It gives so fast results and at the end you get no mess to clean.  I have made lots of dessert, sweets and snacks in my microwave and got excellent results every single time.  But thanks to my laziness and frequent power cuts, I could not post those recipes yet.  
As it is said "better late than never", I am starting to post all those microwave recipes from today.  So stay tuned for some wonderful microwave desserts, sweets and snacks.

Today I am going to share my so quick and delicious Rava Laddoo recipe.  They were simply mouth melting.  It took me just 6 minutes to make these yummy laddoos.  Isn't it great?  yes it is.  The cherry on the cake is that the fat content in this recipe is very low as I used only 1.5 tbsp ghee/clarified butter.  With simple ingredients and even simpler method you too can make these laddoos.  It can be a good option for kids tiffin and your festive menu.  So lets start making these quick Rava Coconut Laddoo.  Happy Cooking :)

Makes - 10 laddoo

Cooking time - 6 minutes

My 1 cup measures 250 ml

Ingredients:

Rava                               - 1/2 cup

Fresh grated coconut      - 3 tbsp (I used frozen coconut)
Condensed milk             - 1/2 cup
Cardamom                     - 2 (powdered)
Almonds (chopped)       - 1 tsp
Raisins (chopped)          - 1 tbsp
Cashewnuts (chopped)   - 1 tsp
Ghee/clarified butter      - 1.5 tbsp

Desiccated coconut        - 1 2 tbsp (optional)

Method:

• Take 1/2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter in a microwave safe bowl and add in chopped cashews and almonds.  Mix well and microwave on high for 1.5 minutes.  Add chopped raisins and microwave for 10 seconds more. Shift to another bowl and set aside.
• In the same bowl, add remaining 1 tbsp ghee/clarified butter and add Rava.  Mix well and microwave on high for 2.5 minutes while stirring after every 1 minute.  Add grated coconut and microwave for another 30 seconds.  Add condensed milk and powdered cardamom.  Mix well and microwave for 1.5 minutes or less if mixture gets dried.  Add fried nuts and mix well.  Let it cool down a little.  Pinch a small portion from the prepared mixture and shape it into a ball by rolling between your palms.  Likewise, make more laddoo with the remaining mixture and serve.  
• Optional - u can roll these laddoo in desiccated coconut.
• Store in an airtight container.  Consume within 4-5 days.

Notes:

1. I used thick rava in the recipe but if you do not like a bit grainy texture, you can use fine rava too.
2. Do not add more condensed milk than given in the recipe else it would be too sweet.
3. You can use your choice of nuts and dried fruits in the recipe.  If you wish you can totally skip adding nuts.
4. If you find the mixture a little wet, let it cool down for 5 more minutes and roll the prepared laddoo in desiccated coconut.
5. These laddoos can be made on stove too.