The Paleo Recipe Book

Friday, July 01, 2011

Weekend Cake Recipe - Butter Pound Cake



BUTTER POUND CAKE

Ingredients :

2 eggs, separated
6 tbsp. butter, softened
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking powder
4 tbsp. whipping cream
3/4 c. Fruit Sweet
1 3/4 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Method :

  • Beat the egg yolks well. 
  • Add cream, butter, Fruit Sweet and vanilla and beat to blend well. Set aside. 
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda together and set aside in a small bowl. 
  • In a medium size bowl, slowly blend the flour mixture and the liquid mixture in small amounts at a time until well mixed. Beat until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. 
  • Stir a third of the whites into the batter and then gently fold in the remainder.
  • Spoon into a greased and floured 9" pan. 
  • Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until an inserted straw or toothpick comes out dry. 
  • Cool for about 5 minutes before turning out onto rack.



Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Indian Non-Veg Recipe - Hunan Chicken





Hunan Chicken


Ingredients : 


Diced Chicken : 250 gm
Sliced ginger : 5 gm
Sliced garlic : 5 gm
Sliced red chilly : 5 gm
Sliced onion : 5 gm
Spring onion : 10 gm
Chicken broth : 5 gm


Chinese preserved :
Vegetable : 3 gm


Chicken marinade :
Sauce : 5 ml
Water : 20 ml


Method :


1.   Deep fry the diced chicken in oil and keep aside.
2.   Heat the oil in the wok, put ginger, garlic, and toss it for a while.
3.   Add red chilly and onion.
4.   Add friend chicken and toss it.
5.   Add spring onion, water, chicken marinade sauce and Chinese preserve vegetables.
6.   Season with chicken powder and leave it to cook.
7.   Shift nicely in the bowl and garnish with coriander.




Source : TOI

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Indian Dessert Recipe : FRUIT DELIGHT PUDDING RECIPE



FRUIT DELIGHT PUDDING RECIPE

Ingredients :

1 cup Red Jelly
1 cup Gren Jelly
1 Tin Mix Fruit 
1 small Cake
3 cup Fresh Cream 
1 cup Milk 
1 tsp Custard Powder
4 tsp Sugar 
1 Orange
1 Apple
1 cup Grapes
1 slice Pineapple


Method : 

Mix the custard powder in a little milk.
Boil the rest of the milk.
When it comes to a boil , while continously stiring add the dissolved custard powder to the milk.
While stiring add the sugar.
When the mixture thickens put off the flame.
Beat the cream till frothy.
Cut the fruits in small pieces.
Cut small pieces of the cake.
Prepare both the jellies as instructed on the packet.
Now in bowl mix the pieces of the cake, mix fruits, custard, cut tin fruits, half jelly and half cream.
Let this mixture set in the refrigrator.
When fully set take it out and decorate with the rest of the jelly and cream.


Source : Indian Food Forever


Monday, June 27, 2011

Indian Snack Recipe - Rava Dosa



Rava Dosa


Makes : 10 - 12 thin dosas


Ingredients :

1 cup fine soji (semolina)
1/2 cup rice flour or plain flour
1 tbsp. oil
1/8 tsp. soda bicarb
2-2 ½ cups buttermilk
1 tsp. coriander chopped fine
2 green chillies chopped fine

ginger grated 
oil to shallow fry 


Method :

Blend all the ingredients together.

Add more buttermilk if necessary.

The batter should be relatively thin. salt to taste Keep aside for 20 - 30 minutes.

Heat griddle and pour 1 large spoon of batter on it.

Spread by gently rotating the griddle.

Put some oil (1/2 tsp.) over dosa.

Lift with a spatula as for basic dosa.

Roll the dosa in a three-fold cylinder.

Serve hot with onion and/or coconut chutneys.