Biscuit Chocolate Cake

Preparation time : 20 mins + 3 hr freezing time | Serves 6 persons

This is very different no bake chocolate cake which is also called cold cake. Biscuits are used in this recipe to give it marble like texture which looks very attractive. To make biscuit chocolate cake just make sure that the batter should not be very hot while mixing the biscuits into the batter, otherwise your biscuits get quickly soft and would not taste good after freezing.

Ingredients:

2 tbspn coco powder
2 egg
1/2 ltr milk
1 cup caster sugar or as required
100 gm butter
Few drops of vanilla essence
1 pack Marie biscuits



Procedure:

1. Take a mixing bowl, and beat butter using electric beater, keeping at slow speed.
2. When the butter gets soft, add caster sugar and egg and beat them together to make a smooth fine paste.
3. Dissolve coco powder in milk so that no lumps would be there and mix it in the butter egg mixture.
4. Now in a deep sauce pan, boil 2 cups of water and place the mixing bowl containing coco mixture onto the boiled water. Cook the mixture on slow heat on steam and stir continuously.
5. After 5-8 minutes until the mixture gets thick just like cake batter remove the pan from steam and let it cool at room temperature.
6. In another bowl, crushed biscuits into large pieces and mix them in the coco batter.
7. Take a zip lock bag, and pour the batter into the bag and seal it from top so that air could not enter into the bag. Place the bag in freezer for 2-3 hours.
8. After the batter becomes freeze take out it from freezer and remove from bag, the mixture has got the shape lke dough. cut the dough into thin slices and serve it at tea time.
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Serving Flatware : J.A. Henckels 45pc Flatware Set

Besides managing supreme quality kitchenware items, the other necessary things for a home worker is to select the best items for tableware which not only admires your family but also looks attractive for any party or regular meals. Among tableware, the most used item is serving flatware cutlery set. For selecting the best flatware set, few things should be kept in mind i.e. the material of the set must be stainless steel, design must be heavy so that the spoons and forks do not bend easily and last longer and last but not least is the finishing, which should be well polished just like a mirror. Not all the above features are found in many serving flatware sets these days but the flatware stainless steel from J.A. Henckels has it all.
It is a 45 pieces serving set which includes :

1. Eight 5 pieces place setting
2. Five hostess pieces
3. Sugar spoon
4. Butter knife
5. Meat fork
6. Serving spoon
7. Slotted serving spoon

Design Features of Flatware Pieces:

18/10 Stainless Steel Body : The body of these flatware pieces is made up of stainless steel in which 18% chrome is used which prevents all the 45 pieces from any kind of corrosion and also increases the resistance from stains. While the 10% nickle makes its surface shiny and smooth just like mirror and hence the cutlery not only looks good but also last for years.

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Designed as Serving Flatware : J.A. Henckels has introduced this flatware cutlery set with beautiful and elegant European Design so that it can be used as serving flatware for any dinner or lunch party at home.

Availability And Price :

This serving flatware from J.A. Henckels is available at Amazon for a price just under $65.




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Semolina Recipe : Sooji Halwa

Preparation time : 20 mins | Serves 4-6 persons

This is a famous sooji halwa recipe from Pakistani cuisine. Halwa is a traditional sweet made from variety of ways, while its main ingredients almost remain same in all recipes i.e milk, sugar and ghee. This semolina recipe is prepared in the same fashion as other halwa, the main step for making any kind of halwa is to cook gently by stirring when the milk becomes dry otherwise your halwa would burn from the bottom and stick to the pan. Mostly people also cook sooji halwa in water instead of milk which does not taste as good as the one cooked in milk and egg.

Ingredients:

150 gm semolina
1 egg
3 cup milk (full cream)
1-2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup ghee
Crushed almonds and pistachio for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Take a sauce pan, roast semolina in ghee for 4-5 minutes until pleasant roasted smell starts to come and the color of semolina changes to light golden. After that remove the pan from the stove.
2. Using hand blender, blend milk, egg and sugar to make smooth paste. Add half quantity of sugar in the blender so that if more sugar is required then it may add later.
3. Now slowly pour the mixture into the roasted semolina, don't pour whole mixture at once because mixture may start splattering if the semolina is too hot.
4. When the batter mixes well in the semolina and no lumps would there then cook the mixture on medium flame for 5-8 minutes. Stand at a distance of stove so that when the mixture starts splattering it would not harm you or cover the pan and stir the mixture time to time. You can add more sugar at this stage if you want.
5. When the mixture starts to dry and mixture stops splattering then stir continuously and cook on medium high flame so that all the ghee starts to separate from the halwa. If the halwa sticks into the base of pan then add little amount of ghee.
6. While cooking if all the mixture of halwa starts to bind together like dough and ghee starts to release from it, then turn off the flame.

Serving:

Take out the hot sooji halwa in a serving platter and garnish with crushed almonds and pistachio.
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