Mocha Cupcakes.

Let your favorite flavors of coffee and chocolate seep into one delicious mess. These Mocha cupcakes make for the perfect after hours indulgence. With every perfectly baked batch of goodness, the refrigerate finds itself raided at all ungodly hours. :D 

Ingredients(12 cupcakes)

For the cupcake

1) 1 1/2 cup flour
2) 1 cup castor sugar
3) 1 tsp baking soda
4) 1/2 cup cocoa powder
5) 1 cup milk
6) 1 egg
7) 1/4 cup vegetable oil
8) 1/4 cup butter
9) 1 tsp vinegar
10) 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

For the frosting 

1) 4 tbsp instant coffee powder
2) 1 cup water
3) 1/2 cup condensed milk
4) 1/4 cup cream
5) 4 tbsp butter
6) 1 tsp cocoa powder
7) 1 tsp corn flour
8) 2 tbsp milk

Recipe

1) Mix all the ingredients of the cupcake, together. Bake for 15-17 minutes(Preheated to 180 C).
2) Roast the instant coffee powder in a pan, over low flame. This only takes 30 secs. Introduce the rest of the ingredients(except the milk and cornflour) to the pan, immediately. Mix well by whisking continuously. The frosting can burn if you stop whisking. Let the mixture boil.
3) Mix the milk and cornflour together and add to the mixture, in the pan. Remove from heat when the mixture thickens. Bring to room temperature and refrigerate. One can use the frosting in 2-3 hours. Serve the cupcakes with chocolate shavings.

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Chicken Satay

Lets make some skewered meat on rainy days, shall we? And read some poetry on the veranda with a steaming cuppa. The sky rumbles, meanwhile. 

Ingredients

1) 1 chicken breast piece
2) 1 medium sized onion
3) 4 cloves of garlic
4) 1/2 an inch of ginger
5) 1/2 tsp turmeric
6) 1 tsp lemon rind
7) 2 dried chilies
8) 2 red/green chilies
9) 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
10) 1/2 tsp salt
11) 1 tsp oil

Recipe 

1) Slice the chicken breast into 1/2 cm thick strips.
2) Blend the rest of the ingredients into a paste. Slather the chicken strips with the paste and marinade for half an hour.
3) String the strips onto wooden sticks(in the pic) and fry in a frying pan for a few minutes. Serve hot with a sprinkle of lemon juice.

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Mango ginger Kulfi.

Oh, what fun to be back home in the summers! Mom will read out to me from a nice book of poetry she has recently come across and we will be gorging on home made Mango kulfis. This one is a mom's classic! 

Ingredients 

1) 1/2 liter milk
2) 1/4 cup cream
3) 1 cup mango pulp
4) 1/2 cup condensed milk
5) 1/2 inch ginger chopped
6) 4 tbsp mango conserve/aam satta/aam papad pulp (optional)

Recipe 

1) Reduce the milk to half its quantity, over heat. Stir continuously while the reduction is taking place. Bring down to room temperature.
2) Boil the ginger and squeeze out the juice to reduce its heat intensity. Add the extracted ginger juice along with the rest of the ingredients to the milk and pour the liquid into moulds. Refrigerate over night and serve cold!

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Baked eggs and Toast.

We hardly find time between waking up and getting out of the house, for work. Baked eggs are nutritious and super quick to make. This breakfast option is full on protein which makes it a good post workout meal. 

Ingredients 

1) 2 eggs
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 2 cloves of garlic
4) 2 tbsp milk
5) 1 tbsp cheese shavings. (Cheddar and Parmesan was used in this recipe)

Recipe

1) Blitz the tomatoes and garlic in a blender on medium speed. Empty this into a hot pan and cook for 5 minutes. Divide this among two ramekins, equally. You can also use marinara sauce as the base.
2) Crack open the eggs over the tomato sauce. One egg goes into one ramekin, obviously! Simply pour 1 tbsp milk on top, followed by cheese, salt and pepper. Do not mix!
3) Bake in a preheated oven(220 C) for 10 minutes or until the egg white is evenly cooked. Serve hot with slightly browned toasts.

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