Donuts

Long time i have been busy with lots of stuff first I got over with exams and now half of my vacations went by just like this but any how i got admission at Agha Khan College where I always wanted to go. And from next week I'll be taking baking classes so really looking forward to that.

But I still have a recipe to share with you guys so here it is: 

Ingredients:

Milk                        1/2 cup

Yeast                       1 and a 1/2 tbsp

Butter                      1/3 cup

Castor sugar            3 tbsp

Egg                         1

Flour                       1 cup

Baking powder        1 tsp

Salt                          1/2 tsp

Method:

Mix yeast in warm milk and set aside for five minutes.

Beat the butter and sugar until pale then add the egg and baet for another 20 seconds.

Add in the flour, baking powder. salt and the yeast mixture and knead into a dough.

Keep it in a warm place for an hour till its double the size.

Then roll the dough in 1/4 inch thick and cut donuts by using 2 cookie cutters, large to cut the donut circle and small to cut the centre. Place donuts in a large tray, cover and let it sit for another 3o minutes.

Heat oil in a deep pan and fry the donuts until golden brown.Let them cool.

CHOCOLATE ICING:

Ingredients:

Cream                      2 tbsp

Cooking Chocolate   1 cup

Cocoa Powder         1 tbsp

 Melt the chocolate in the double boiler along with the cream.

When its melted stir in the cocoa powder and let it cool so that it comes to the right consistency to ice the donuts.

When cooled dip one sid of the donuts in the chocolate mixture, this will also set in a few minutes.

Now you donuts are ready to serve! 

Pizza

Hey everyone,
                     hope everyone is doing well and wish you all a very Happy New Year may this year bring us lots of happiness and peace.

So since I am back after two whole months I will share a pizza recipe with you guys and during these two months thats what i did baking and baking. My new found obsession!
This recipe is especially for those people who don't have an oven
For the Pizza Dough:
Flour                    1 cup (heaped)
Instant Yeast        1 tbsp
Milk                     1/2 cup
Sugar                   1 tsp
Salt                      a pinch
Cooking oil          1-2 tbsp

For Pizza Paste:
garlic                    1 clove (chopped)
onion                    1 (sliced)
tomatoes               4-5
oregano                2 pinch
chilli flakes            1 tsp
salt                        to taste
sugar                    1/2 tsp
oil                         2 tbsp

For Topping:
boneless chicken   50 g
salt                        to taste
chilli sauce             2 tbsp
capsicum               1 large (sliced)
olives                     8-9
mushrooms            5 (sliced)
chilli flakes             1 tsp
mozarella cheese    1/2 cup grated
cheddar cheese      1/2 cup grated

Method:
Dissolve the yeast in luke warm milk along wid sugar and keep aside for 5 minutes until it gets frothy
After that mix it wid rest of the ingredients and knead them with warm water. After that brush it with some oil and keep it in room temperature until it gets double in size.

For the paste:
in boiling water make slits on the tomato from the top and put it in water for just 20 seconds (not more than that), then peel out the skin and slice it, take the seeds out and make a pury out of it.
Heat the oil and saute the garlic in it until golden brown, then add onions saute it more until its soft then add tomato pury you just made cook it until the extra water drys then add oregano, chilli flakes, salt and suger.
Cook it till its thick in consistency.

Topping:
After the dow is double in size punch it and take the air out.
Roll it with rolling pin in the size of your pizza pan spread the sauce that you just made add a little cheese the the rest of your topping and finally spread all the cheese over it.

Now that's how it looks after doing all the topping
Now here comes the baking part people who dont have an oven can use a big saucepan fill the surface with stones of same size cover it with a lid and tuen on the heat of the stove on high preheat it for atleast 45 minutes before baking
Then you can put the prepared pizza in the saucepan and close the lid and turn the heat to medium.
Let it cook for 20 to 25 minutes.
And the oven owners can bake this at 230C for 5 minutes until it rises ythen lower the heat at 180C until the cheese melts and its nice and crusty.

This is how it looks after being baked. I personally baked it in a stone oven.
hope you'll try this recipe and give me your feedbacks.