Butterscotch Cup Cakes

Ingredients:
All purpose flour -3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Eggs -2
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup
Butterscotch Esc- 1 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl take flour and baking powder.
• In other bowl take eggs and blend till fluffy.
• Add sugar little by little and blend it.
• Now add butter to this and whip it.
• Add the flour mixture and mix it up.
• Finally add the esc and mix it up.
• Place liners in muffing tray.
• Pour this batter 3/4th in each cup.
• Preheat oven(OTG) at 180°C and bake for 20-25 mins

Shahi Paneer

Ingredients:

Paneer - 200 g
Onion - 2 (thin slices)
Medium size tomatoes - 2
Badam - 10
Cashew - 5(full)
Garlic pods - 6-8
Ginger - small piece
Melon seeds - 1/2 tsps
Bay Leaf -1/2
Cloves - 2
Green Elaichi - 1
Cinnamon Stick - small piece
Dry Methi Leaves - 1 tbsp
Fresh Cream - 3/4 cup
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 tsp
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Boil water in a pan and when it starts to bubble up, reduce the range.
• Add onion,cashews,badam,melon seeds, ginger and garlic.
• Blanch this for 2 mins and strain and keep aside.
• Once cool, grind this to a paste and set aside.
• Grind the tomatoes and make the puree.
• Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf,cloves, cinnamon and elaichi.
• Add the tomato puree and cook till raw smell goes.
• Add chilly powders, garam masala and salt and saute.
• Once raw smell goes, add the other set of grinded paste(onion, cashew etc)
• Now cook in medium flame/range.
• The gravy will be thick, now add fresh cream and water.
• Mix up and let it boil for few mins.
• Now add the paneer and crushed methis leaves.
• Mix it up and let it boil for 2 mins.
• Shahi paneer gravy is ready and goes good with pulav or rotis.

Note:
I did'nt have melon seeds at home so did'nt use it up.

Mocha Smoothie

Ingredients:

Banana -1
Milk - 1/2 cup
Malted Chocolate Drink Powder(Ovaltine) - 1 1/2 tbsp
Instant Coffee Powder - 1/2 tsp
Honey Or Sugar - As reqd
Ice Cubes - 3

Method:

• Cut the bananas  and freeze it.
• Now in a blender add the frozen banana.
• Then add rest of the ingredients and give a blend.
• Filling mocha smoothie is ready.

Note:

• I had boost in home so used it instead of ovaltine.
• You can also use bournvita or any chocolate drink powder.
• Frozen bananas is must.

MiniCheckers N Marble Cookies

Ingredients:

All Purpose flour - 1 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Unsalted Butter - 150 g
Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp
Vanilla Esc - 1 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Milk - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add butter, sugar and vanilla esc and blend well.
• Add salt, flour and mix well.
• Add milk accordingly to attain dough consistency. 
• Divide dough into two parts and in one portion add cocoa powder.
• Knead both balls nicely.
• Now wrap them in separate butter paper and refrigerate till it is firm.

Step 1:

• Now take the dough out and divide each one into half.
• Knead each half to rectangle, such that all four of same size.
• Now take vanilla rectangle and brush it with water.
• Now place cocoa rectangle on top and brush it.
• Place all 4 alternatively and wrap it and refrigerate.

Step 2:

• Take the dough out and trim the sides
• Cut it vertically into four parts.
• Take one strip and brush with water and place the other strips accordingly.
• Place them in such a way that corners don't have same color.
• When you look the corner it will be like checkerboard.

Step 3:

• Now cut into equal sizes.
• Collect the left over pieces and roll it.
• It will be like marbles.
• Line butter paper in baking tray and place cookies.
• Preheat oven(OTG) at 180°C and bake for 15-18 mins.

Note:
In step 2 I cut the dough into horizontal strips and that is why it became minicheckers:))

White Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 5 tbsp
Unsalted Butter - 30 g
Egg - 1
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
White Chocolate - 6 squares or 25 g

Method: 

• Melt the butter and chocolate by double boiler method or microwave it for 30 secs.
• Let it cool for a while and add ingredients one by one and whisk well.
• Transfer this to greased pan or microwave safe mug.
• Bake in microwave for 2 mins.
• Or Preheat oven(OTG) at 200°C and bake for 5-8 mins.