christmas celebration at home 2013

I wanted to write this before the year ends,since past few months life has been very hectic so i was not getting time to update my space today i thought of stealing some moments from my chaotic life and ,...
had written the above two lines in December but thanks to my chaotic life  and the sudden breakdown of the  computer I couldnt complete this post ,so today while jotting down my new year resolution in the journal I thought of completing this post first day of the year itself :-)
sharing some moments of the christmas party

 which I hosted for Advays friend at home
advay helped me with the decoration

 and ya i made him read the christmas story which I had written two years back

 baked some cookies,iced them too ,recipe inspired from here 

 baked christmas cake for the occassion too,recipe inspired from here 

ya guys this one was my dream again

which I lived up this year ,it does feel great when we fulfill our dream

btw this year I did something which was in my bucket list since long more on it will come soon,...:-)
thats all friends wish you all great year ahead
take care and happy blogging.

Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Last year my kitchen smelt of fresh baked bread in december
this year kitchen smelt of cookies ;-)

Baked Chocolate Sugar Cookies Inspired from here

Sprinkled sugar on them before baking

baked some plain ones too...

Advay with decked up christmas tree.
Linking  this post to Its time to Jingle again
                              Bake Off event hosted by Champa of Versatile Kitchen
                              Bookmark recipe Volume 22 hosted by Priya of Mharo Rajasthan
Thats all friends, see you all soon,..:-) happy blogging

Perfect for winters - chicken in spicy spinach sauce

Most of the time when hubby is on call,it rains here and i am clueless  about what to prepare for dinner as its just me and Advay, if alone i would have been happy with a bowl of warm soup,but then Advay he wont drink soup and sleep so i guess i will prepare lemon rice or coconut rice or maybe some stuffed  paratha,..lets see,..:-)
Coming back to todays post sharing with you all bowl of chicken which i prepared few days back  when unlike today all three of us were there, i have seen this in many blog ,this is what i prepared with the ingredients around,this tastes better the next day as the flavours become more intense

Recipe name chicken in spicy spinach sauce
Recipe source kitchen experiment
Preparation time 20 mins
Cooking time 30 mins
Ingredient chicken 400gm
onion three
tomato one'
green chili two
garlic clove two
ginger half inch
baby spinach leaves  one cup
salt as per taste
oil to cook
half tsp turmeric powder
half tsp coriander powder
clove four
cinnamon crushed half inch
cumin one tsp
corianer seeds half tsp
black cardamom two
dried red chili two crushed
bay leaves crushed three
kabab chini four
green cardamom two
preparation
make paste of ginger garlic and green chili keep aside
make paste of two onion and keep aside
chop one onion coarsely and keep aside
make paste of tomato and keep aside
chop spinach leaves,boil in water for few mins
strain , make smooth paste and keep aside.
Procedure
In a non stick wok add one tbsp of oil
lower the flame and add ginger garlic and green chili paste
keep stirring add onion paste ,chopped onionand stir further for few minutes
now add tomato paste,salt ,turmeric power and coriander powder
followed by dried red chili,bay leaves,cumin seed,coriander seed,
clove,black pepper,black cardamom,cinnamon and kabab chini.
keep stirring till oil is seen along the sides,
now add spinach paste ,mix everything together
and let it simmer for few minutes.
remove from flame and keep aside.
In another non stick heat half tsp of ghee/oil
once hot lower the flame and add crushed green cardamom
followed by chicken pieces
fry for few minutes till slightly brown from both sides.
mix the fried chicken pieces with the spinach mixture
and pressure cook for one to two whistle.
serve warm with rice or chapati.
thats all friends ,yesterday we decked up the christmas tree

Advay asked me where are the presents,i told him there is still time for that,..:-),dont forget to join the Christmas event friends,take care ,see you all soon,..;-)

Round up of Its time to Jingle again Christmas Event

Hello Frens,thanks a ton for Participating in Its time to Jingle Event and making it a great success,i am really sorry for the delay,was busy with my exam so thanks for bearing with me,coming back to the roundup,i got to see so many varities of cakes,cookies,and other christmas goodies .

 and to begin with we have

1. 
   
   Glutenfree Eggless Oat and Almond Cookies from A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine,which looks so christmasy perfect with  red and green cherries and Eggless Gluten free Oat and almond ginger bread cookies they looks so perfect
2. 
   
    Laura of Little chef and i and has joined in the event with Frosted Crescents and decked up christmas tree
3. 
   
    Renu of Renus Kitchen has shared recipe of Eggless Oatmeal Walnut Cookies and Spice Persimmon Cake
4. 
   
    Aquadaze of Served with love has shared Snowman Cake which looks perfect for the season
5. 
   
    Cham of Spice club has added colours to the festival with delights like Dryfruits and Nuts Ball and Chocolate Balls
6. 
   
    Christmas is incomplete without fruit and nut cake and we have eggless one here from Divyas Space,and another one shaped like Christmas tree
7. 
   
    Talking of Fruit Cake there is another one with frosting from Rias Space
8. 
   
     Bindiya of in love with food has joined in the event with christmasy Christmas Date and Chocolate Cake
9. 
   
     Bangalore Baker has sent lotz of cookies for the event there is Chocolate chip cookies, Ginger spice cookies ,Coconut  Macroons,Cranberry white chocolate chip bars.
10. 
    
     Simi of its all about food has sent yummylicious Swiss rolls  and thy look so yummy...
11. 
    
     Sweatha of tasty curry leaf has added jingles to the event with two yummy entries Sugarplums for Christmas and Bon Bon Cookies
12. 
    
     Divya of dilse has sent merry looking Christmas Fruit Cake
13. 
    
    Radhika of Soup and Dessert has joined with Snowy White Coconut Cake
14. 
    
     Sheba of Fork,boot and Palette has sent colourful Christmas Cookies which look so cute
15. 
    
     Swathi of Kitchenswathi has sent Plum Cake for the event which is one of the christmas delight
16. 
    
     Kokila has sent Festive looking Fruit and nut Cake another traditional christams cake
17. 
    
     For Pomegranate lovers theres Pomegranate Shortcake from Nishas Kitchen
18. 
    
     Sowjanya of Ruchikacooks has sent yummlycious Apple and Date Cake 
19. 
    
     For Fruit and Nut Cake lovers theres another one to try from Romas Kitchen
20. 
    
     thers Vanilla and Chocolate Muffins to try from Lavis Space
21. 
    
    Lotz of snow and decked up tree thats what Split personality has sent
22. 
    
    Kavya of Kavya Kitchen has added zing to the event with this lovely christmas decoration and awesome looking Ginger Bread Cookies 
23. 
    
    Nithi of 4th Sense Samayal has shared some lovely clicks and beautiful Christmas Kolam
24. 
    
    Shama of Easy 2 Cook Recipes has sent christmas feast pic
25. 
    
    Priya of Easy and tasty recipes has sent varities of cakes and cookies many thanks priya ,for cake lovers theres

 Christmasy condensed milk and dry fruit cake, chunky apple chocolate yogurt cake,chocolate yule log cake,french king cake and

 Crunchy cornmeal cookies.

26.Sayantani of Homemakers Dairy has joined in with Christmas Rich Fruit and Nut Cake 

27. Cilantro of Cilantro Recipes has sent decked up Fruit Cake and Christmas tree pic 

28. Pari of Foodelicious has sent aromatic Coffee less coffee cake

29. Homecooked has sent simple and elegant looking christmas cake 

Entry from my space- Eggless Christmas Cake

                              Christmas tree pic 

Thanks a ton again friends for making the event a great,enjoy the delicacies will be back soon,..:-)

take care and happy blogging.

Recipe Marathon Day 2 Cheese Bread

Yesterday evening was full of surprise for me ,i was not told anything but everyone else knew including my hubby ,...;-) ya guys i was given surprise birthday party by my sisters and bil at Pallavis place,just like last year this year too there was blueberry cake

 the only diffrence was the place everything else was same,some times it feels so blessed to be around with luved ones isnt it;-) i had dressed Advay as little santa

 who was busy feasting as u can cee in the pics another big surprise for me was hand written poem by my father which i will be posting soon in his blog,i couldnt control my tears when Pallavi read it aloud,i guess this was the best birthday celebration i ever had

thanks Pallavi ,Neha and Suyash for planning and making it so special for me,

Coming back to todays post i gonna post another eggless baking recipe of Cheese Bread  from my bread book,

 I guess December is the perfect month for baking with cold breeze out and chill inside plate of warm oven fresh bread with some broth is all we need ,and that’s what we had for dinner one cold evening, Neha prepared Mushroom soup while I baked bread and together the meal was so comforting

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Recipe Name Cheese Bread
Recipe Source Bread Book
Baking Recipe

Baking Temperature 200-190 degree centirade

Ingredient Needed

15ml active dried yeast

250ml warm milk

25gm butter

425 gm strong white bread flour

10ml salt

90gm grated mature cheddar cheese

Preparation

Combine the yeast and milk in asmall bowl,stir and leave for 15minutes to dissolve and for yeast to become frothy.

Melt the butter and cool it.

Procedure

Mix the butter with yeast mixture and keep aside.

In a Mixing bowl mix the flour and salt together

Make a well in the central and pour in the yeast mixture

Mix well to form a rough dough.

Transfer to a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic

Return to bowl and cover and leave to rise in warm place until it doubles in vol.

(this will take aprrox two to four hrs)

Grease a loaf pan and keep aside

Punch down the dough and knead in the cheese to distribute it evenly

shape it into loaf shape ad place in the prepared tin

leave in the warm place until the dough rises above the rim of the tin (approx.one and a half hr)

Preheat the oven to 200degree centigrade bake the bread for 15mins lower the heat to 190 degree centigrade  and bake until base sounds hollow when tapped approx 30 minutes.

CHEESE BREAD is my second entry for recipe marathon hosted by Nupur of one hot stove

for first day entry of all the runners of the marathon please click here

Christmas tree Pic  is my second entry for the Jingle Event on at my blog

take care and happy blogging frens cee u all soon,..

Celebrating Christmas and Birthday with Eggless Christmas Cake

With nani around i had to bake eggless christmas cake for everyone ,while i was baking she was pretty excited how the cake would taste,as she is very fond of such things which were rare during her days,she liked eggless banana muffin,mexican cinnamon cookies too ,i goona post them soon as this whole week i will be on with Recipe Marathon hosted by Nupur of One Hot stove ,this is first recipe marathon which i gonna participate so i am pretty excited so guys u gonna cee posts whole week on asankhana i dont know how i goona do that :-) coming back to todays post i gonna share recipe of my first eggless christmas cake which i baked today ,

recipe source cake book
recipe name Eggless Christmas Cake
preparation time one hr
baking time 40 mins\
baking temperature 150 degree centigrade
ingredient needed
75gm golden raisins
75gm raisins
75gm currants
75gm glace cherries
50 gm mixed peel
250ml apple juice
25gm toasted hazelnuts
30ml pumpkin seeds
2 pieces preserved stem ginger
finely grated rind of 1 lemon
120ml milk
50 ml sunflower oil
225gm self rising/wholemeal flour
10ml mixed (apple pie)spice
45ml brandy or dark rum
apricot jam for brushing

Preparation Soak the sultanas ,raisins,currants,cherries and mixed peel in the apple juice overnight
Procedure
Preheat the oven to 150degree centigrade ,grease and line cake tin and keep aside
In a mixing bowl transfer the soaked fruits,add hazelnuts,pumpkin seeds,ginger and lemon rind to the fruit.
Stir in the milk and oil ,sift the flour and spice into another bowl,then add to the fruit mixture with brandy or rum.
Combine thoroughly
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tinand bake for 40 mins or until the cake is golden brown and firm to touch.
Cool on wire rack

With the left over batter i prepared cupcakes or muffins whatever they look like in small muffin pan this is how they looked .
Eggless Christmas Cake is off for Show me your cake event hosted by Divya of dil se
and to Its time to Jingle Event hosted by me .

one another look guys :-) wish u all merry christmas ,and ya dont forget to wish me back its my birthday today,,,,:-)tk cre,..and merry christmas again