November 2017 ~ Full Scoops - A food blog with easy,simple & tasty recipes!

23 Nov 2017

Lamingtons

Cakes, Lamingtons, milestone posts 2 comments

Lamingtons are nothing but square vanilla sponge cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in dessicated coconut. These lamingtons originated in Australia. It is believed to be named after Lord Lamington who was the Governor of Queensland.

I have always wanted to make a lamington cake and I finally made it and it tasted absolutely delicious! Everybody who had it simply fell in love with the cake! The vanilla cake, chocolate frosting and the coconut was just perfect! You've got to taste it to believe how good this is!! My next agenda is to make Pink Lamingtons!!

Today marks the 4th anniversary of my blog! What better way to celebrate than with my favorite lamingtons! I thank God for helping me through and through and for blessing this blog and making it a blessing to many! A big thank you to all who read the blog and leave comments!

Here's what I posted on my previous blog anniversaries!
1st blog anniversary - How to make a Doll Cake.
2nd blog anniversary - Strawberry Chocolate Chip Loaf.
3rd blog anniversary - Neapolitan Cake.

You can choose any vanilla cake for this recipe. Make sure you bake it in a square pan. I made these lamingtons with this Best Butter Cake recipe. Or you can chose from one of these vanilla cake recipes. You can make these lamingtons with an egg free vanilla cake as well. You can also fill this cake with cream or jam before covering it with chocolate.

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Mosambi Juice Recipe | Sweet Lime Juice

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This is the most common juice I make for my husband at home. Out of all the juice recipes I have posted, this is his most favorite and I make it quite often. It is simple and easy to make, tastes great and it has a lot of health benefits. It is loaded with Vitamin C and helps increase immunity, promotes bone health, improves eye sight and many more!
When selecting the fruit, do not pick green ones with thick skin, choose the ones that are yellowish with thin skin, ripe but without any dark spots.

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Shahi Paneer

North Indian Dishes, Paneer Recipes, Veg Side Dish for Roti and Paratha 2 comments

Shahi paneer is a royal, rich, creamy dish made with cashews, cream or curd and paneer as the main ingredients. This dish is usually served as a side dish to pulao or roti. This is such a tasty recipe that my daughter said her friends licked it off her tiffin box!!

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Triple Chocolate Banana Bread

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Chocolate and banana is a wonderful combination and one of my favorites and I can finish up the left over bananas and the enjoy the chocolate too! This cake is even better as it has double the amount of chocolate! I made this for our prayer group and it disappeared quickly!

The cake tastes amazing, so rich, moist and chocolaty! You can't taste the banana as we are adding too much of chocolate, the chocolate masks the taste of the banana. If you like chocolate then you will love this cake.

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Sathumaavu Uthapam

Breakfast Recipes, Dosa variety, Sathumavu, Uthapam No comments

Sathumaavu is a health mix powder made with various grains, nuts, millets. I always make sathumaavu kanji for my kids but sometimes they don't like to eat the porridge. So I add sathumaavu powder to dosa batter to make sathumaavu dosa. This is an easy way to include sathumaavu.

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Bhindi Rice | Okra Rice

Lady's Finger Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes, Veg Rice Variety 1 comment

My son has started full day school and he likes to take only variety rice in his lunch box. He does not like taking sambar, rasam. So I make different kinds of pulao, fried rice often. This time I decided to make this okra rice as I wanted to include okra in my kids diet.

Okra is a healthy veggie, rich in vitamins, folic acid and calcium. It is low in calories and high in dietary fibre. Growing up, I was not very fond of okra but now it's one of my top favorite veggie!

Okra is called as Bhindi in Hindi and Vendakkai in Tamil. Many people don't cook okra due to it's sticky nature but if done properly, there will be no stickiness and it's a breeze to cook okra.

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Paneer Baby Corn Kurma

Baby Corn Recipes, Kurma Recipes, North Indian Dishes, Paneer Recipes, Veg Side Dish for Roti and Paratha No comments

Paneer and baby corn kurma is a tasty dish that you can have as a side dish for pulao or roti. It's easy to make and tastes delicious. Both paneer and baby corn is something that all kids love and this dish will also be relished by kids.
I usually make any kind of kurma recipes to go as a side dish for pulao.

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Mixed Vegetable Pulao

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I have already posted one version of mixed veg pulao where I have used the microwave to partially cook the veggies and then used an electric rice cooker to cook the pulao. You can check that recipe here. This recipe is an easy one pot recipe that is pretty simple to put together.

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Egg Gravy

Egg Recipes, Gravy, North Indian Dishes, Side Dish for Idli and Dosa, Veg Side Dish for Rice, Veg Side Dish for Roti and Paratha No comments

This is a tasty and rich egg gravy which goes very well with pulao or with roti. It's easy and simple to make and loved by kids too! I made this gravy with a puree of onion and tomato as we were having some kids over for lunch. If you prefer to have a little texture in your gravy then you can finely chop the onions and tomatoes and add it in.

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Vendakkai Sambar

Lady's Finger Recipes, Sambar Recipes, Veg Side Dish for Rice 1 comment

Sambar is a staple of South India, we make sambar every week and sometimes many times a week! I usually make my sambar with toor dal, you can add some split moong dal as well. Sambar can be made with multiple veggies or with a single vegetable. This time I made it with okra.

Vendakkai sambar tastes really good, the only thing to note is to make sure the vendakkai does not become sticky. To avoid the stickiness, cut the okra into 1 inch pieces and saute the okra separately before adding it to the sambar. By cooking it this way, you can make a delicious non sticky okra sambar.

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Fudgy Eggless Brownies

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I love fudgy chewy chocolaty brownies and I have plenty of recipes of such kind of brownies with eggs. I have posted 2 eggless brownies so far and both are fudgy and chocolaty, just the way I like it! This time I reworked my eggless brownie recipe and ended up with this super fudgy egg free brownie! I loved it! And most importantly my husband who is not fond of chocolates, loved it too!

The most important thing with baking brownies, is when to switch off!! Brownies should never be baked through and through like cakes. It should always be removed when there are a few crumbs sticking to the skewer. I usually bake my brownies only for 25 minutes but for this brownie I had to bake for about 35 minutes. The only thing I would say about this recipe is, keep an eye on the baking time. Do not over bake.
Here are my other two eggfree brownies - eggless brownies, eggless brownie muffins.

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Muttai Idli Upma

Breakfast Recipes, Egg Recipes, idli, Left Over Idli Recipes, Snacks, Tiffin Variety, Upma Recipes 1 comment

My husband made this dish one night, apparently he had seen this recipe in YouTube and he wanted to make it. I have only made plain idli upma, this seemed like a wonderful idea! You can have this as a breakfast or even as a snack. He made this with left over idlis from the morning.

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Kondakadalai Kuzhambu

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My mum makes this kondakadalai kuzhambu and Mochai kottai kuzhambu very often. Rich in fibre and protein, chickpeas are very healthy. There are also many varieties of chickpeas but we mostly use these white ones and the brown/black ones. Since these are dry beans we need to soak them overnight and then cook it. These chickpeas are also called as garbanzo beans in English and Chana in Hindi.

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Baby Corn Carrot Poriyal

Baby Corn Recipes, carrots, poriyal, Stir fry, Veg Side Dish for Rice 1 comment

This baby corn carrot poriyal tastes great with sambar or rasam rice. You can make this recipe in a tawa but I chose to make it in a pressure cooker. This takes very less time to cook and it works well during the early morning school rush.

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OPOS Tomato Coriander Thokku | Tomato Coriander Chutney

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OPOS stands for One Pot One Shot, it's a new cooking technique pioneered by Mr. Ramakrishnan (founder of Pizza Republic and many other food joints in Chennai). It is the simplest form of cooking where all the cooking is done in One Pot and in One Shot, meaning there is no sauteing and no multiple steps involved. OPOS invloves layering the food methodically and cooking at high heat for a short time. There are many advantages of OPOSing but my favorite are the nutrition of the food remains intact and the taste is awesome.

For more recipes and info, do check OPOS chef on YouTube.

This recipe was shared by one of the members of the OPOS facebook group - United by Food, unfortunately I forgot her name. I will update her name when I find it! The taste and flavor of this chutney is extraordinary! We simply love this and I make this often. You can make the same without the coriander leaves too but I like to add atleast a little bit of coriander as the taste is lovely with it.

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Sathumaavu Muttai Dosai

Breakfast Recipes, Dosa variety, Egg Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Sathumavu No comments

Sathumaavu is a powder made with lots of nuts and grains for young children. You can read all about it in this post on homemade sathumaavu powder.

I normally make sathumaavu kanji for them but they are not fond of eating it, I have to force feed the kanji. So I try to include the powder in other ways too. I make this sathumaavu dosa, which works out very well, I also make this egg dosa for my husband. This makes the breakfast very filling and healthy.

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Cabbage Rice

Cabbage Recipes, Left Over Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes, Rice, Veg Rice Variety No comments

Cabbage rice is a tasty and healthy lunch box recipe. It is very simple to make and a great way to include cabbage in your kids lunch boxes. You can also make this on a lazy day and pair it with chips or raita.

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How to thaw Fish quickly

Fish, How to's, Kitchen Basics 1 comment

It takes a long time to thaw fish taken from deep freeze. This method works well for me, it takes only about 15-20 minutes to thaw the fish as opposed to many hours of thawing.

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Sathumaavu Kanji

Baby Food, Healthy Recipes, Sathumavu 1 comment

Sathumaavu Kanji/porridge is an extremely healthy porridge you can make for your babies and children. The Sathumaavu powder is made with many healthy grains, millets, nuts, pulses which makes it very nutritional for young children. Even adults can have this porridge for breakfast, it makes a very filling breakfast.
You can use homemade sathumaavu powder or store bought powder. I usually use my homemade sathumaavu powder but occasionally I buy from the store until my homemade powder gets ready.
The amount of milk used depends on the consistency of the porridge you prefer so you can arrive at it only after some trial and error. I like a thick consistency hence use about 1/2 cup of milk. For a thinner consistency you will require more milk.