Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate Bomb | White Chocolate Hot Cocoa Bombs | Heart Shape Hot Cocoa Bombs

Hot chocolate Bombs are trending now around the social media. It’s been a big hit among food bloggers. I combined my creation with current season... yes feb is all about oxo hearts ♥️ ❤️♥️❤️and roses 🌹🌹🌹🌹. So made a hot chocolate Bomb in heart shape.

I have embossed retro style rose on the heart shape chocolate bombs. How cute are these...

Ingredients :

Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting Wafer / White chocolate chips
Hot coco mix
Marshmallow
Gel icing color / Candy color
Milk for exploding the chocolate bomb

Equipment needed:

Heart shape silicon mould

Food safe brush to spread the chocolate on the mould and creating retro roses

Procedure :

Melt some white chocolate. Add 1 teaspoon on melted chocolate in a small cup Mix Rose gel color to get light pink. Using a fine tip brush draw curve both side to make rose pattern

Add 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate and make dark pink. Draw curves on top and borders of the light pink curves. Make some green color chocolate. Draw small branches for roses

Melt more white chocolate. Add small chocolate and spread it gently without breaking the roses. Scrap to make the edges even. Add a 2nd coat to make sure no gaps are found.

Once dry remove the chocolate from mould very carefully.

Now spread some white chocolate in the mould - This is the base of bomb. Carefully remove from mould

Heat a pan and press the edge of the chocolate shell to the pan to even out the edge. Fill in hot chocolate mix and top it will marshmallows. Now press the edge of the decorated chocolate shell to the warm pan. When the edge start to melt remove it from the pan and press it to a filled half. Hold it for 2-3 seconds to seal. Run your fingers around the edges to seal well.

Step by Step Video :

Tri color Idlis | Cocktail Idlis | Flavored mini idlis | Republic day special

These are tiny flavorful bites of idly great as an appetizer, evening snack or for lunch box. For these idly i make the chutneys extremely flavorful as that the idils can be eaten as it is without a dip. Adding of ENO fruit salt is a must because when chutney is added to the batter, the batter itself will loose this natural raising ability. So Eno helps the idlis to raise well and make them very soft and plummy.

Ingredients :

Idly Batter

Coriander Chutney

Red Bell pepper chutney

Eno fruit salt

Procedure :

1. Divide idly batter in 3 bowls

2. Mix coriander chutney to idly batter to get green batter (mix until you get the desired depth of color)

3. Mix red bell pepper chutney to another bowl of batter to get orange batter

4. Mix a pinch of ENO fruit salt to each of the bowl and mix well. (This needs to be added because chutney added to the batter will make the batter loose its natural raising ability)

5. White color idlis can be made with regular batter (no need to add ENO)

6. Pour the 3 color batters in mini idly pan and steam cook for 5-8 mins

7. Once cooled a bit user toothpicks to skewer the idlis

Step by Step Video :

Breakfast Tortilla Wrap | Trending now | Tortilla Wrap hack | Tiktok tortilla wrap hack | Viral now

The tortilla wrap hack is a super simple way to make tortilla wraps for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. Instead of rolling all the fillings up, the tortilla is folded into quarters, making triangle shaped wrap.

Ingredients :

Flour Tortillas

Avocado

Shredded cheese

Mayo Chipotle sauce

Eggs

Milk

Salt and pepper

Procedure :

Prepare egg omelet with salt and pepper

Mash the avocado with salt and pepper

Mix mayo and chipotle sauce t0 make chipotle mayo

1. Lay your tortilla out on a cutting board. Take a knife and make a cut from the middle to end.

2. Imagine the tortilla being divided up into four quadrants or quarters. Place egg omelet , chipotle mayo, anaconda and cheese into each quarter

3. Fold the wrap up to form triangle.

4. Grill the wrap in griddle or panini press

Step by Step video:

Ramalai Cake | Rasamalai Cake

Happy New Year !!!

Rasmalai Cake is a flavorful cake with refreshing cool whipped cream icing. This is one of the best Indian flavored cake i have ever made. This cake has all the flavors of Rasmalai incorporated in every bite.

The main flavors of the cake are saffron, kewra water and cardamom. These 3 flavors are the key for this cake. I made this cake for this new year.

Ingredients :

For Rasmalai:

Milk - 2 cups

Condensed milk - 1 can

Saffron - 1 pinch

Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp

Yellow food coloring

Store bought Rasgullas - 1 can

Kewra water - 1/2 tsp

For Stabilized Whipped cream :

Cream cheese - 1/4 cup

Heavy whipping cream - 1 cup

Icing sugar - 1/2 cup

Yellow food coloring

Kewra water - 1/2 tsp

For Fresh Whipped cream icing:

Heavy whipping cream - 1 cup

Icing sugar - 1/2 cup

Yellow food coloring

Kewra water - 1/2 tsp

Procedure :

Step 1 : Prepare Rasmalai with store bought / Ready made Rasmalai

1. Add 2 cups of milk, condensed milk in a sauce pan and mix well.

2. Crush a big pinch of saffron and add 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder and few drops of yellow food coloring mix well.

3. Boil it for just 1 min and add some chopped nuts and cool completely

4. Strain the rasgulla and squeeze the syrup from Rasgulla and add it to a bowl of water and again squeeze the water from Rasgullas

5. Once the milk is cooled add 1/2 tsp of kewra water and add the squeezed rasgullas and mix gently. Keep it cold.

Step 2 : Prepare stabilized whipped cream (this is for icing and decorating the cake)

1. Beat 1/4 cup room temperature cream cheese until smooth

2. Add 1 cup of cold whipping cream and start whipping in low speed

3. Add 1/2 cup of icing sugar in batches and whip well

4. Add few drops of yellow food coloring and 1/2 tsp kewra water and mix well

Step 3 : Prepare whipped cream for filling

Prepare whipped cream filling by following the same steps from stabilized icing and avoiding the cream cheese alone.

Step 4: Bake a sponge cake

Bake a basic sponge cake in 6" round pan and trim the edges and slice it into layers.

Step 5: Assemble and ice the cake

1. Place a layer of cake on the cake board and drizzle some rasmalai milk on the cake and allow it to soak.

2. Spread a layer of whipped cream filling and add some chopped Rasmalai pieces. And top it with next layer of cake

3. Drizzle the rasmalai milk and allow it to soak. Cover the top and sides of the cake with whipped cream filling and next ice the whole cake with stabilized whipped cream

4. Make some rosettes designs

5. Now decorate the cake with rasgullas, nuts, rose buds and saffron

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Christmas Spritz Cookies | Christmas Butter Cookies | Christmas Cookie Press Cookies

Spritz cookies are light and airy cookies. They are very buttery and melts in the mouth. This generally made using cookie press or pastry piping bag.

I have themed these cookies Christmas by coloring the cookies in red and green and decorated them with colorful sprinkles.

Ingredients :

All purpose flour - 2 1/4 cups
Butter - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Egg yolks - 2
Vanilla - 2tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Gel food coloring
Sprinkles

Equipment:
Cookie press with 3 different disc shape

Procedure :

Add 1 cup butter to a mixing bowl and cream the butter until pale in color

Now add 3/4 cup of sugar mix it until light and creamy

Next add 2 egg yolks and mix well

Next add 2 tsp of vanilla

Sieve 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour and 1/4 tsp salt

Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in batches and mix until it forms a dough

Divide the dough into 3 half

Add red gel food color in 1 half and green gel food color in another half and mix well. Leave the other half plain

Add the dough to cookie press one color at a time and start pressing cookies on cookie sheet. 1 press = 1 cookie

Decorate cookies with sprinkles

Bake all cookies in 350 degrees oven for 10-12 mins or until the bottom of the cookies turn light golden brown. Cool them completely and remove to cooking rack