Choco Lava cake

Introduction:
So tomorrow is valentine's day and everyone wants to make it the best day for sumone very special to them. I selected a very sweet and warm recipe for my heart and it's yummy molten choco lava cake. It contains all the softness and delicacy of a cake plus the mouth watering flavour of chocolate with a sweet warmth. a perfect dish expressing your feelings all the way on the plate in front of your valentine. Just dedicate this recipe for the love of your life, as I wish i could.

Ingredients:

¼ cup   Chocolate chips
¼ cup   Cherry filling
2 cups   Refined flour
1 tsp   Baking powder
¾ tbsp   Soda bi-carb(baking soda)
1 cup    curd
A few drops  Vanilla essence
1 cup   Milk
¾ cup   White butter
¾ cup   Caster sugar
6 tbsp   Cocoa powder

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Method:
Preheat oven to 170*C. Grease a cake tin and line it with butter paper. Mix the chocolate chips with cherry filling and keep aside. Sift flour, baking powder, soda bicarb and cocoa powder together. Heat the milk till it is lukewarm. Whisk the curd, caster sugar, butter and vanilla essence together till smooth and frothy. Fold in the flour mixture alternating with milk. Mix quickly but gently to a smooth batter. Pour into well-greased muffin moulds and spoon chocolate chips & cherry filling mixture in the centre and bake on the centre rack for 8 minutes. Check the cake, remove cake from the oven and after a few seconds, demould it .you can also bake it in pressure cooker as described in my earlier post.
Serve the cake hot and share with your valentine in moon light. It will melt in your mouth and enjoy the emotions along with the cake....hehhehehe.

Veg Hakka Noodles

Introduction:

wowwww it's chinese............who doesn't fall for delicious chinese cuisine, be it chowmein, manchurian, fried rice, hakka noodles, momos, stir fry vegetables, spring rolls and the list goes on... Chinese food is the best option for anytime meal.. Be it lunch, dinner, evening snack or starter. chinese food is a complete package. and I am madly in love with chinese.....hehe I mean chinese food. Let's make the restaurant style Hakka noodles at home in just 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

Noodles: 1 pack(250 gm)

Cabbage: 125 gm (shredded)

Carrots: 2-3 (long and thinly sliced)

Capsicum: 2 medium sized(thinly sliced)
Onions : 2-3 (thinly sliced)
Spring onions green: 1/2 cup (chopped)
Sprouted beans: 1/2 cup (optional)
soya sauce: 2 tsp
white vinegar: 2 tsp
Black pepper: 1/2 tsp
Green chilli sauce: 2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Oil : 4 tsp
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves for: 2 persons

Method:
Boil approx 1/2 liter water in a big bowl. Add the noddles to boiling water. Let them boil for 2 minutes. Remember not to perfectly cook the noodles. We require 3/4th done noodles. so after 2 minutes put off the flame and refresh the boiled noodles with cold water and dip the boiled noodles in cold water. 
Heat oil in a pan. Keep the flame high. Add onions to it and fry for a 5-10 seconds. Add cabbage and carrots to it and toss the vegetables and cook for 2 minutes on high flame. continue tossing the vegetables to avoid sticking of vegetable on the bottom of the pan. Now add capsicum to it and toss well. Now add boiled noodles, soya sauce, vinegar, green chilli sauce, salt and pepper, spring onion greens and sprouted beans to it. Toss all the things well. You can also add chilli flakes to it, if you like more spicy noodles.
Hakka noodles are ready to serve. Take the noodles out in a serving plate. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

TIPS:

1. Hakka noodles should be cooked on high heat. So cook on high flame.
2. The noodles should not be fully cooked. Otherwise they will get mushy. Noodles should be half boiled.
3. you can add or minus the vegetables according to your taste.
4. you can also add the market made hakka noodles sauce to it.
5. A lilltle ajinomoto can also be added to enhance the flavour.