Food tricks

This classic Flat Top Banana Bread is always a favorite, whenever I have over ripen banana, this is the bread I used to make. It uses one and half cup of mashed banana, yogurt and butter to produce a moist and divine banana bread. It took 50 minutes to bake it at 180 C. Easily turned this basic banana bread to the next level by adding chocolate chips, peanut butter, coconut or blueberry. So, if you're craving for a sweet, warm and super easy treat, this Flat Top Banana Bread is the best option. As this bread was extremely moist, place the bread in an airtight plastic container then store in a refrigerator after 24 hours

A vegan and yeast free doughnuts for our tea time treat this week. Found this recipe on Facebook. It looks easy and quick to make. These Vegan Homemade Doughnuts use vegan margarine and soy milk without yeast. If you're not a vegan, you can use butter and fresh milk. Original recipe calls for deep frying but I opt for baking instead. Also did not coat them with sugar as we wanted a savory version. The dough of these Vegan Homemade Doughnuts are really sticky, I added a tablespoon of flour to make it easier to shape by forming the dough into a ball, flatten it and make a hole with your floured finger or else roll the dough and use a doughnut cutter. The doughnuts turned out very tasty despite they don't rise much as compared with deep fried ones. I think we need to add another teaspoon of baking powder if it is baked (original uses 1 teaspoon). VARIATIONS Liquid can be replaced for fruit juice, you can even add chopped dried fruit. For savory bread, add tomato juice ...

My Red Velvet Banana Cake was slightly different from the regular red velvet as I have added mashed banana in the batter. Am attracted to its color and curious to know how the combination of chocolate and red color turns out plus a little twist by adding banana. This Red Velvet Banana Cake uses yogurt and banana to moisten the cake In case you're not keen to use banana, you may add 2 more eggs plus 1/4 cup of yogurt. Sadly my cake did not turn out deep red in color but overall, it was amazing cake. You're hooked after the first bite! Used liquid red food coloring for this recipe. The ideal pan to use is a 12 cup bundt pan as I don't have it, bake them into a small bundt and another 8 in cake pan. Red Velvet Banana Cake turned out wonderful. Extremely pleased with moist and tenderness of the cake. Will bake again as my family enjoyed it. Even my boy can't wait to devour it after I removed it from the oven. Other cake recipes you should try: Banana Up...

Eid-ul-Fitr is a day of forgiveness and joyous occasion by strengthen ties with people around you. This is not complete without visiting and feasting. It is a must for every household to offer a feast to their visitors. The feast offered can be anything either main dish, sweets, flat bread or even noodles. It does not need to be elaborate, any simple meal is most encouraged. Always think about others who had nothing and avoid wastage. This year I try this Mutton Biryani for my close relatives. It involves a lot of work but I managed to do it all by myself. The step require you to marinade the mutton with spices, yogurt, cilantro and fried onion for at least 12 hours. The longer the better to allow all the flavor absorbed by the meat. I have chosen slightly different method by cooking the meat until tender before layering the rice. The mutton sold here is really tough hence this method is the best option. Since the meat is already cooked and the rice is 1/2 cooked, ...

Always love quick bread for breakfast or in between snack. This week tried my hand baking this Fantastic Apricot Bread. This bread can be baked with yeast but am not in the mood to knead or spend time waiting for it to rise. So chosen this fruit laden quick bread. Before you start, chopped dry apricot into small pieces but fairly visible. Soak them in water for good 30 minutes. Squeeze out the water. keep aside. This Fantastic Apricot Bread was really sweet so it doesn't need any glaze at all. Have seen a few recipes with less sugar but uses glaze after it has been baked. Which one do you prefer, less sugar with glaze or without? This bread received high marks from my family, we are expecting some guest for couple of days, have planned to bake it again.