Tag Archives: Desserts

Fruit and Custard

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Fruit and Custard is one of the easiest and quick desserts one can think off. It is simple and can get you a lot of appreciation from your friends and family. Try it and do let me know your remarks …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups custard (not so thick)(vanilla)
  • 1 cup whipped cream
  • ½ cup blue berries
  • 1 cup sliced strawberries
  • 1 banana sliced
  • 1 mango diced

Procedure:

-Make vanilla custard according to the instructions given at the back of the pack. (Use 4.5 cups of milk) or you can buy ready-made custard from the supermarket.

-In a see through glass bowl/ dish pour the custard and refrigerate for about 6 hours.

-Now decorate it with fruits. Top it with some whipped cream by using piping bag and serve cold for dessert.

Servings:

Serves 6.

Banana Cookie Delight

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Bananas are always great, specially when served with cream or anything which is chocolatey …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 14 chocolate chip cookies
  • 4 – 6 tbspns grated dry coconut
  • ½ can nestle condensed milk
  • 4 bananas sliced
  • a pinch of cinnamon (optional)
  • 250 – 500 ml Thick cream (depends how rich you want)
  • Some grated milk chocolate for garnishing

Procedure:

-For cookie layer, put cookies, coconut (and cinnamon) and ¼ can of condensed milk in a food processor and coarsely blend it. With a spatula take the mixture out and lay a layer of it on the bottom of the Pyrex dish or any other clear dish.

-Now lay a layer of sliced bananas. Drizzle 4 tbspns of the condensed milk on it and lay the layer of cream.

  

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-Leave it smooth on the top and sides with a spatula, garnish with some grated chocolate and bananas and refrigerate for 6 hours or more.

-Serve chilled.

English Trifle / Fruit Trifle

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Fruit trifle is widely popular in Pakistan and around the globe. This is originally an English dessert which is made with custard and other fruit layering with some jam and cream. Its rich and should be consumed in moderation if you are on diet ….

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 litre Vanilla custard (smooth and runny)
  • 1 instant jelly (make according to the manufacturer’s instructions and refrigerate for 40 minutes before using)
  • 10 strawberries (big size) (1 whole, 9 sliced)
  • Few pineapple pieces and slices
  • 2 bananas sliced
  • 1 cup whipped cream
  • 4 tbspns strawberry jam (whipped)
  • 1 sponge sheet / unfilled sponge cake/ 1 plain cake

Procedure:

-In a deep glass (see through) trifle ball spread some custards and layer it with some sponge cake pieces, some jelly crystals, strawberry slices, pineapple chunks sliced bananas, ½ of the jam and some whipped cream.

-Now again repeat the same layerings until the item are finished.

-Your last layer should be custard.

-Sprinkle some left over fruit chunks and cake pieces on it and decorate it with some whipped cream, pineapple slice and whole strawberry.

-Refrigerate for 1 hr. and serve cold as a dessert.

Chocolate Lava Cakes

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A quick and easy recipe to impress that “Someone Special”

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Ingredients:

  • 100 grams bittersweet cooking chocolate
  • ¼ cup white self-rising flour
  • ¾ cup caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ¼ cup butter

Procedure:

-Grease 4 ramekins generously with unsalted butter and dust each one of them with some caster sugar.

-In a mixing bowl whisk eggs, sugar and flour until they form a smooth mixture.

-Microwave butter until it melts. Take some bittersweet chocolate in a mixing bowl and pour over hot butter. Stir with a spatula until the chocolate melts.

-Allow it to cool for 5 minutes with constant stirring. Now slowly introduce this chocolate mixture to flour and eggs mixture. Gently whisk and make uniform mixture.

-Fill ¾ th of a ramekin with this mixture and bake for 10 – 15 minutes in a preheated (200 degrees Celsius).

-Take them out and let them cool for 20 minutes.

-Now flip them onto your serving plate and serve with an ice cream scoop.

Tips:

-Preheat oven for 30 minutes at least.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons.

Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa) (Ayaz Recipe)

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Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa)

Gajar Halwa or Carrot halwa is a Pakistani Sweet dish made of grated carrots and full cream milk scented with cardamom and garnished with nuts, its a wonderful recipe and probably the easiest recipe on this planet for this South Asian yummy and nutritious sweet dish …

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 kg carrots (peeled and grated)
  • 2 litre full cream milk
  • 1 tspn cardamom powder
  • Some almonds for garnishing

Procedure:

-Boil milk and add cardamom powder in it. After 2 minutes, add carrots and let it cook on medium heat for 15 minutes. Now add sugar and cook it for 40 minutes on low medium heat or until the milk is evaporated and “khoya” (milk solids) is made.

-Now stir well on medium heat and after simmering it for 5 minutes, take it out in a serving dish and garnish with some almonds, pistachios and other nuts.

-Serve hot as sweet dish.

Tips:

-Keep an eye on it and make sure that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

-It is a bit time consuming recipe…… so be patient.

Serving:

Serves 6.

Rich Strawberry Pudding

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Strawberry Pudding is one of my favourite desserts, its very exotic and it drives me crazy when served chilled with some good strawberries and whipped cream. Do try this and let me know your remarks …

Ingredients:

FOR STRAWBERRY SYRUP

  • 3 small size strawberries (chopped)
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup sugar

FOR PUDDING

  • Few drops of strawberry essence
  • Single drop of rose pink food colour
  • 500 ml milk (2 small cups)
  • 50 gm sugar (¼ – ½ cup)
  • 3 eggs

Procedure:

-Heat water in a saucepan and add chopped strawberries and sugar. Mix and mash to make syrup.

-Pour this syrup into a baking dish.

-Crack three eggs in a bowl and add sugar. Whisk and add colour + essence. Add milk and whisk again. Pass this mixture through a strainer and pour it into the baking dish over the strawberry syrup.

-Take another oven safe dish (baking tray) that is bigger than the first one.

-Fill its ¼ with water and then place the other dish in it.

-Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and place this whole demonstration on the middle rack and bake for about 45 minutes.

-Take it out and Run a knife through its edges and take it out in a plate.

-Serve chilled as dessert.

Outcome:

Gorgeous strawberry pudding is ready to serve. Decorate with some strawberries and serve.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Use oven safe dishes.

-You can make this is the broiler.

-You can carry out the process of whisking in a kitchen mixture too.

-Avoid lumps.

Servings:

This will serve 4 – 6 persons easily.