Serradura/Sawdust Pudding

As this is the Valentine's day week, I thought of posting a dish that is simple and requires no cooking.  As this year the Valentine's day  is falling on a working day, this would be an quick,easy and delicious dessert for those who want to woo your other half with your culinary skills. This is so simple to make that even a beginning cook can put this together with little effort.

Recipe Source:Corner Cafe
Makes 4 cups
Ingredients:
125g (about 15 pieces) Marie biscuits
300ml thickened (whipping) cream
90g (3 oz) sweetened condensed milk

Method:
Roughly break the biscuits and put into a food processor. Blend into fine crumbs; set aside.
Beat the cream and sweetened condensed milk together until firm. Transfer the sweetened whipped cream into a piping bag fitted with a 2cm star- or round-nozzle. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the biscuit crumbs into the bottom of each glass . Pipe a single layer of whipped cream on top of the biscuit crumbs . Repeat layering  1 more time with the crumbs and cream until you have 2 layers of crumbs and 2 layers of cream in the glass. Spoon another tablespoon of biscuit crumbs on top to finish .
Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Garlic Naan

Most of the Indian breads I have tried making at home. But naan was an exception. But this is a favorite of Aishwarya. Whenever we go out to an Indian restaurant, she would have this for sure. So one day she challenged (tricked ?? ) me to making naan.
This turned out to be soft and fluffy and retained its softness even after a few hours. I already made it couple of times and am sure would be making many more times.

Ingredients
1 tbs active yeast
1 cup warm water, about 110 degrees F
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup milk, scalded but cooled to warm
4 ounces melted butter, plus 2 ounces
6 cups flour or as needed
16 cloves of garlic
Cilantro optional
Nigella seeds optional

Method:
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Let sit until lightly foamy, then stir in sugar and add egg, salt, warm milk, and 4 ounces of butter. Slowly add 5 cups flour, adding more as needed to make an elastic dough. Mix well, then roll out to floured surface and knead dough for about 5 minutes.
Place dough in buttered bowl, cover with towel, and set in a warm place to rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
knead the dough again for a minute
Preheat the oven with baking tray to 500 degrees F .Divide the dough into 8 equal parts and shape them into balls.Roll out each ball into triangle, ovals or your favorite shape about 1 cm thick. If desired, top with nigella seeds or minced garlic and cilantro.I used only garlic.Slightly press it into the dough.Transfer the rolled out dough into the baking tray and bake for 4 to 5 minutes.Then after that broil for 1 minute.
Take naan out and brush with butter and serve hot.

Dukbokki (Korean Spicy Rice Cakes)

Aishwarya has friends from different nationalities. Whenever her friends comes over, I serve only mildly spicy dishes  thinking that they won't be able to tolerate spicy food as well as we do. So it was a surprise to me when Aishwarya's Korean friend wanted to try out the Indian pickle. At first I refused, thinking that it would be too hot for her, but she insisted on having it and ate it without any issue. Then she told me that some of their Korean food was even spicier.This made me wanting to try some such hot dishes.
This is one such dish I tried out.

Ingredients:
2 Cups Sticky Rice Cake Sticks,
2 Cups of Cabbage
1/2 Onion
1/2 Carrot
2 King mushroom
2 Green Onion
5 Garlic
2 1/2 Cups Water(if you prefer less sauce add 1/2 cup)
3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
1 Tbsp Pepper Powder
 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
1/2 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
 Sesame Seeds  and green onion to garnish (optional)
Method:
Sock the rice sticks for a minimum of 1 hour.
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a saucepan.Saute garlic and onion for a few seconds,add rest of the vegetables.Add water and rest of the ingredients and cook stirring occasionally till the sauce gets almost dried up.Serve hot by garnishing with green onion and sesame seeds.

Pizza Pull-Apart Bread for Super Bowl Sunday!

With the Super Bowl fever on, everyone is loading up with foods to go with the big occasion. Of course, being San Francisco Bay Area residents, we would be rooting for 49ers. But whichever team you are rooting for, this would be a good snack to root for.
Recipe source: Southern Bite
Ingredients
2 – 6.3 oz can of large southern style biscuits (8 in each can)
1 – 14.5 oz jar of pizza sauce
1/2 green pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 onion, diced
2.25 oz can sliced black olives
2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Method:
Open biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Place in a large bowl.
Add pizza sauce to bowl and Stir gently to coat. Add diced pepper and onion, Parmesan, olives,  and 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Stir gently to combine.
Pour mixture into a greased Bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown and biscuits are done throughout.
Remove from oven and invert onto a platter while hot. Top with remaining cup of mozzarella.