Baking without Oven

How to bake without Oven? It has been the MOSTTT popular query now a days!! This post has been in drafts since a loooong time.... But I was so lazy to write until I promised one of my blog readers, that my next post will be baking without oven. So, I had to fulfill my promise now lol :P

I tried Chocolate Marble cake recipe without oven on stove-top, couple of months back.. and it was just PERFECT by grace of God!! Light, fluffy, with a beautiful texture as shown in pics. And the thing I love about baking without oven is that it takes less time compared to oven :)

Lets see how it goes :)

Home - Made Yogurt

Home made things have always been the best! And so is the yogurt! U all know well the yogurt available at milk shops is mostly watery! So y not try making it at home? Lets proceed towards its simple recipe :)

Home made Butter

Why waste fresh cream?? Lets make butter :)

Ingredients:

Fresh Milk Cream                                           1/2 cup
Cold Water (In summer)                                  2 cups

Warm water (In winters)

A blender =)

Procedure:

To make home made butter is really an easyyyy task :) Why prefer preservatives and artificially made butter when it can easily be made at home with pure ingredients. 

Almost all of u drink fresh milk daily, and after boiling the milk and cooling it down, u get a plenty of clotted cream on the top. Mostly people don't get it what to do with cream, throw it away or whattt?? Lemme tell u a precious tip - To make butter.

What u should do is to start gathering all the cream in a container. This skimmed cream should be freezed daily. When u get plenty of it, like a cup or two, butter is ready to be made :)

Below is shown some of the cream :)

                                                                

Now what u have to do is to pour cream (say half cup) in the blender, and appox. 2 cups of water (Cold in summer, n slightly warm in winter) and simply start blending! Yes yess its that simple lol :)

Note: There is no fixed amount of cream and water that is to be used for making butter. 

Now.. Start blending at intervals.. for like 30 seconds.. and wait until butter lumps start floating above the buttermilk :) All the butter will come at top in the form lumps.. when u see a clear white water beneath the lumps.. butter is ready :))

Just take a spoon and scoop out all the butter out of the blender into the bowl. U can discard the buttermilk or use it for the next batch of cream :) (Although u can also use it as a Whey - Lassi by adding a pinch of salt). 

Squeeze all water out of the butter.. and here u goo...yumm!! 

U can store in fridge for a week or u can freeze it for months :))

Linking this to -  Celebration of freedom


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Home Made Bread Crumbs

Wondering how to use the leftover, or few days old bread? Its just soo simple n easy!! Make bread crumbs :) Bread crumbs are dry bread that has been grated and finely ground. It can be made with the crust or whole bread can also be used. They can although be made by fresh bread too :)

In ready made bread crumbs, they may use emulsifiers, colors or treatment agents (which I usually avoid as nothing beats home made). Bread crumbs can be used to coat snacks, like kebabs or coat chicken or fish while frying to give it a crispier taste. I usually make large amount of bread crumbs every several months. Half kg of bread will give almost 3 cups of bread crumbs.

Here is how to make bread crumbs at home. Its so simple, that I feel odd explaining it to u, but still :P

Ingredients:

Leftover Bread slices/Crust

Salt - Pinch

Procedure:

-First of all cut the crusts of the bread if u wish to use the crusts only. Or cut the bread slices into small cubes if u r using whole bread, because it will give a more even result. I have used the leftover crusts of the sandwiches.

Next place them in a bowl/plate and dry them in microwave oven for 2-3 minutes. 

All the moisture will be finished. Allow the crusts to cool completely. Next add the dried crusts & salt into the food processor & pulse until the crumbs are finely processed. Bread crumbs are readddyy!!

Note: Make sure the crumbs are dry before storing them.

-Store the crumbs in an air tight container & refrigerate.

Linking to Dish it out by Beulah, 

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Tomato Sauce/ Chutney

Today's recipe is about a Dip/Sauce/Chutney.. called Tomato chutney.. which serves as a condiment with several dishes like rice, shashlik, sandwich spread, meat, cheese etc. I learnt it from my friend :) It can stay good for upto a week, if refrigerated :) Its just simple to make, fast, cheap and ofcourse tasty.. It is a great way to keep store that glut of tomatoes that happen every time a year. And the best of all is that it taastes extraaa delicious :P